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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
SAGE OF FISH LAKE

Old Hez Parker, the sage of Pista-
kee Lake. has some competition in
Old Cy Golf of Fish Lake, Mich. A
reserved city dweller of impeccable
habits had run up to Cy's for a day
of bass casting. After the supper,
chairs were pushed back, Cy drew
forth a trio of NANCY Virginia twis-
ters and handed one to the guest.
Don't think I'll take one, thank
you," said the c. d.
Have a cigaret them" Cy con-
tinued, digging into his hip pocket
for the makins'.
mo, CUES not" returned the visit
or.
How about a chew?" cy persist
ed.
Don't use tobacco at all. Mr..
Goff"
WELL" Cy calculated in conster-
nation, what in blazes do We do
with yer mouth, then ?"-Chicago
Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Lieutenant Governor Mccain
was speaker at Lancaster county
celebrations.
Congressman Henry A. Clark, of
Erie, who was here day or so ago,
says that Harrisburg Is pushing out
wonderfully.
General Charles T. Cresswell,
who will command the Reserve Mill
tia at Mt. Gretna encampment. has
been visiting various units of the
brigade.
Professor A. M. Weaver, long In
charge of schools at ConshohockeL
will be the new principal of Will
Transport High schools. u,
Major Charles T. Griffith. u. s..
A., has taken charge of the training
school at Pottstown.
Postmaster A. S. Guffey says
that Pittsburgh sold over a million
and a half war stamps in June.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
OFFICIAL DUTY

IVTTE note with interest the per-
wv .sistent effort of the Harris
burg Courier to arouse public
concern in matters having to do with
the administration of Harrisburg
and all it's departments. From time
to time the press of the city has dis
cussed various unfortunate failures
of the administration, and while
| there has been improvement from
time to time there is here and there
a general breakdown of efficiency
which should be overcome in some
practical and permanent way.
In a recent issue the Courier gave
some attention to the city-manager
form of government and concludes
that Harrisburg will discover sooner
or later that it must be run on busi-
ness lines" Precisely. Unless the
city is operated as a business prop
osition the failures which have been
/ the subject of discussion from time
to time will continue.
We suspect that our Sunday con-
temporary is striking at the vital de-
feet of the present form of govern
lment when it suggests that Harris
burg is becoming too large as mum
cipality to be conducted by officials,
however earnest and devoted, who
must regard their official duties as
somewhat in the nature of side is
sues. their profession or business de-
manding first thought and energy.
| The Telegraph has on several oc-
| casions called attention to the need
of an expert operating head. for the
water department. DR.. Hassler is
probably doing as we'll as the aver
age inexpert head of such an impor.
tant department could be expected
to do, but he would hardly contend
that his training fits him to direct
the operation of a technical depart
ment upon which the health and
comfort of the people so largely de-
pend.
But the department is simply an IL
lustration of others. individuals
holding official position are the serv
ants of the people and HARRISBURG
is big enough and important enough
to require the constant thought and
energy of those chosen to administer
the city's business.
1t is quite probable that the next
session of the Legislature will be
urged to provide for larger meas
ure of home rule for cities like Har-
risburg. and this change may be tn,
means of bringing about more eco.
nomical and efficient government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
Identifying a Young Lady

[From the Saskatchewan Exchange
A Ford car driven by couple of
girls from Holdfast turned turtle
between that town and Penzance
last Thursday evening. The car
was damaged considerably, but the
occupants miraculously escaped i'm
jury. The girl at the wheel was the
same one who met with an accident
at the Purcell barn dance, when,
through lack of safety pins or care
in inspecting buttons, she and a por-
ton of her lingerie parted company
on the dance floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
YESTERDAYS PARADE

= 7 is difficult to write of yester-
days record-breaking Fourth Of
July Americanization parade.
The occasion was too big and its i'm
pressions too varied to be summed
up in paragraph or two. But this
much may be said-the celebration
was a great success and worth every
ounce OF effort and every penny ex-
pended upon it. Even those who
doubt the wisdom of large expendi-
ture at this time admitted that be-
fore the day was over.
The entire city entered whole
heartedly into the events. Native and
foreign-born good humoredly rubbed
shoulders in the parade and in the
crowds that thronged the streets and
each went home with a better opin-
ion and a clearer understanding of
the other. That was one of the big
objects of the celebration. The alien
was made to feel that he and his
family are just as welcome here and
have the same rights as those whose
ancestors were the immigrants of a
century or more ago. And the ma
tive-born learned that, however
much these newcomers have been
neglected-and they have been,
shamefully-they hold for the most
part a very keen conception of the
principles of American government
and have in them the makings of
good citizenship.
Another thing that the parade
brought out is the solidarity of the
American people-native and for
eign- -born-in the war crisis. The
melting pot appears to have been
super-heated by the threat Germany
has made and the divers elements
tossed into it are merging and con-
solidating into a whole thas neither
Krupp guns nor the bombs of Ger
man spies can break.
We who were born beneath the
Stars and Stripes may have forgot
ten the newcomers in our land, but
yesterdays demonstration clearly in
dicated that they have not forgotten
themselves. but are fitting themselves
into their new surroundings mar
velously we'll. Let us see to it that
we do not slip back again into our
old ways of slight and neglect We
have reached a time in the history of
the nation when it must be
"One for all,
And all for one.
And God be with us ALL"
We made a very good beginning
yesterday. but it was only a begin
ming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Much of the dissatisfaction with
the commission form of government
grows out of the indifference of the
various municipal administrations to
conduct the business of the people in
businesslike way. Too often the at
titude of individual commissioners is
that of the fellow who thought public
office was a private snap. Whether
the commission government shall be
evolved as a success or a permanent
and disappointing failure depends al
most entirely upon the character of
the officials and their appreciation of
public service. 1t is up to them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
Right Back to Middle Ages

Speaking of reactionaries. how
about Professor Sprague, who pro-
poses taxing pajamas and exempting
the old-fashioned night shirts p
From the Newark News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

who have inadvertently made 1t pos
sible for individuals of this class to
get their names on the ballot. Ger
tainlY the nonpartisan proposition
has been anything but satisfactory
in its practical operation. Absolutely
unfit candidates have found 1t pos
sible. through the failure of this law,
to be elected to important offices and
it would seem to be about time to go
back to the old system. which at
least compelled the exercise of some
judgment and common sense in the
selection of nominees.
We first pass a law which prac-
tically makes it impossible for man
to vote intelligently in the absence
of information as to the candidates
and their qualifications and then
arrange the names in alphabetical
order so that the first unknown on
the list has a large advantage over
his associates on the ticket. OF
course, the minority will always in
sist that the nonpartisan scheme is
the niftiest little electoral reform
known to history. but the voters of
Pennsylvania are finding out that it
is too often a serious joker that
ought to be thrown into the discard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

II the Kaiser could have seen yes
terday's parade. he'd have known for
certain that some of his spies lied to
him about pro-Germanism in the
United States
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
MOI Epen FIanneL Pants

King George announces that he is
not having any new clothes made
this summer. This gives us some
distinguished company.-From the
Detroit Free Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
NeDer Thouqhtof That

1t seems to have escaped the at
tention of striking workmen that the
men who are fighting for them get
no raise.-From the Philadelphia
North American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
Seems Hilarious to Us

This is a solemn thought. If Hin
denburg's army bites off more than
1t can chew it may choke to death.
From the Detroit Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

And ye SHAH kuop the truth, aud
the truth shall make you free.-JoHN
S: 80.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
That and GEORGE CreeI

wouldn't it be awful IL the war
expert industry should be cIassed as
nonessential.-From the New York
Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is not going ms
fast with its War Stamp sales as
some other cities?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Wage increases totaling more
than 100000 have been granted to
the lower paid workmen of the Do
minion Steel Corporation at Sidney
Nova Scotia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

The British War ONCE has ar
ranged to issue rations to more than
10000 boys from the public and Sec
ondary schools, who have volunteer
ed to work on the land during the
summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
LABOR NOTES

The Government of South Africa
has decided to augment by shilling
per day. as from April /. the allow
ances to wives and dependents of
South African soldiers serving out
side the Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Perhaps we are wrong. but some
thing tells us there are a lot of sore
corns in Harrisburg to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Senator Tillman came into the SEN
ate like lion and went out like a
lamb.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
A BAS BOLSHEVISM

~ PEAKING at the annual COM
mencement exercises at New
York University, David Jayne
Hill, former Ambassador to Ger
many, made several pertinent obser-
vations that should receive much
more thoughtful attention than they
probably will. With a fullness of 10y
atty to the government, the people
of the country are wont to accept
with little question every plea that
is based upon a claim of war neces-
sity. They seem too often deaf to
timely warning. 1t will not be sur
prising. therefore, if DIR. Hills words
thus spoken to a graduating class of
$50 students shall meet little re-
sponse at a time when socialism
wields so much power in the national
administration:
We hear much in these times of
social reconstruction. Great
empires have fallen and revolu-
tion seems everywhere impend-
ing. We. in America. shall not
be exempt from radical proposals
of change. Our enemies will see
to it, they are seeing to II now.
that this Republic shall be threat
ened in its very foundations.
Who is to resist them? Who is
to stand for our great inherit
ance? Who is to say to the incur
sions of Bolshevism, as we are
saying to Prussianism. that the
rights of men. as we'll as states,
to self to the pos
session and use of their own.
under just and equal laws, must
and shall be preserved?
Who, indeed, when every voice
that is raised in protest against the
onward sweep of autocracy and pa
ternalism is silenced with the charge
of "pro-German."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

AN EMBRYO JoKEsMITH.
"And all the animals went into
the ark 'cept the dog"
why didn't the dog go in. too?"
Cause he had bark Of his own"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Mr.. Demain never did better jol
in his life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This place was only a small town.
but 1t was a big buyer of govern
ment securities even when the Brit
ish were attacking washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05
OUR DAILY LAUGH
iigible.' -

HE is a man of rare quahtie1!"
Eyes they are so rare they're neg
iigible."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

E.J. J.STACKPoLE,P PRESS s. Ediior-in-C c hif
F. r. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, ManGging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Captain Charles R. Morris. of the
provost marshal generals Office. who
was here to inspect the financial af-
fairs of the state draft headquarters,
was the officer who arranged the
drawing of the numbers of the draft
ed men at Washington and drew
some of them himself. Captain Nor
ris presented Adiutant General
Beary with souvenir of that occa-
sion giving him numbers from the
two drafts. One of the numbers is
backed with black and the other
with red.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-05

We made a very good beginning
yesterday. but it was only a begin
ming.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Gen. KaIedines Suicide;
When Don Government
Decides on RESIGNATION

PETROGRAD. Friday. February 10
Gen. Kaledines. hetman of the Don Cos
sacks, committed suicide at Novo Tcher-
kask, headquarters of the Don Cos
sacks during a session of the Novo
Tcherkask government, which he at
tended. The government decided to re-
sign and transfer it's power to the local
workmen's and soldiers council. After
the decision Gen. Kaledines went to an
adjoining room and shot himself.
Gen. Nazaroff, who succeeded Gen.
Kaledines as leader of the Don Cos
sacks, ordered the immediate mobillza- :
tion and arming of all Cossacks to tight
the bolshevik troops advancing toward
Novo Tcherkask.
AS leader of the Don Cossacks Gen.
KaledineS was opposed to the polshe-
Wiki and he was the leader of the coun-
last December. On January l the re-
public of the Don was declared with
Gen. Kaledines as president and prime
minister. 1t probably was the reslsna-
ton of this government that led to his
suicide.
In five weeks during June and July,
1916. Russian troops under Gen. kale-
dimes captured 10000 prisoners in an
advance in Volhynia. He was elected
leader of the Don Cossacks In July,
1917.
An unconfirmed report that Gen.
Kaledines was believed dead was re-
ceiyed in Washington on February 10.
from the American consul at Tihis.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
BILLS AMENDING CODE
INTRODUCED IN SENATE
Measures Refer to Building Asso'
Citations, Savings Banks and
Trust Companies.

Two bills amending the code Of laws
Of the District Of Columbia. with ref
erence to building associations, saw
ings banks and trust companies. have
been introduced in the Senate by Sem
ator Owen Of Oklahoma, chairman OF
the banking and currency committee
The first bill, relating to building as
sociations which are operating in the
District of Columbia. though incorpor-
ated or organized under the laws of a
state or territory other than the Dis
trict, provides that after the approval
of this act ANY such association de-
string to be authorized to transact OF
operate a building association business
in the District of Columbia shall first
obtain the approval of the controller OF
the currency. evidenced by a certificate
in writing in such form as the con-
troller shall prescribe"
The second bill, relating to savings
banks and trust companies, provides
that all savings banks and trust COM
panies organized under any act of Con-
gress to do business in the District or
by virtue Of the laws of the states
after the approval of this act desiring
to do business in the District must first
obtain the approval of the controller
OF the currency. The language Of the
amendment is identical with that quot
ed in regard to the first bill.
Both bills were prepared by and in
troduced at the request of the con-
troller.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
OPPOSES CURTA|[ED
RECORD CIRCULATION
Senator GaIIinger Wants Usual
Distribution of Only Un-
censored Publication.

Aroused over the fact that the Con-
gressional Record has been distributed
only in Washington since the 1st OF
February, Senator Gallinger, republican
leader Of the Senate, today urged that
something be done to permit the usual
circulation Of "the only uncensored
publication we have at this time"
.rhe people ought to have the priv
ilege Of reading the Congressional
Record" continued Senator Gallinger.
He said he had received letters from
constituents who usually received the
Record, explaining that they had not
had it for some time. Senator Gal
linger said he had been informed there
had been paper shortage.
"I have a remedy to suggest" said
Senator Gallinger. He held up to the
Senate a list of twenty publications
printed and sent out by the govern
ment, all of which he insisted might
well have been left unpublished and
the paper used for the Congressional
Record.
Here is one showing wholesale
prices in this country two years ago."
he said. Yet we are spending hun
dreds of thousands of dollars on just
such publications. Here is another en-
titled, The Pirates of the Deep'-stories
of the squid and octopus"
Senator Smoot, a member of the print
ing committee said that it had been found
impossible to purchase enough paper of
the kind required for the Record; that it
is not being made. He said that the
trouble was the executive departments
were insisting upon publishing millions
of copies of documents that were ut
terly valueless at this time.
Senator Reed suggested that many Of
these publications were being put out
by the food administration and other
new bureaus.
II know it," said Senator Smoot, land
there is one bureau which 1 am told is
spending IS 900 a day putting out pub
lications. That Is the Creel bureau. 1t
ought to be Investigated"
Senator Gallinger suggested that the
whole matter was approaching a
scandal"
Evening star., 1918-02-19
Allied ENJOYS Protest
Reputation of Loans;
Trotzky Makes Charges
R tho Associated Press.

By the AsSocinteo fresS.
PETROGRAD. February 15.-The
protest made by the allied and neutral
diplomatic representatives against the
repudiation of Russia's national debt
by the bolshevik government, Foreign
Minister Trotzky intimated to the CEN
trail executive committee of the all
Russian workmen's and soldiers con-
eress last night. indicated silent un-
derstanding with German imperialists.
He said:
The protest of all the ambassadors
against the notification of loans locks
around US a ring Of international i'm
The protest presented to Foreign
Minister Trotzky by the diplomats
reads:
I'm order to avert all misunderstand-
ing in the future. the representatives
clare that Nhey consider the DEGREES
on the subject of the reputation of
the Russian national debt. the confis-
! cation of property of all sorts and
value inasmuch as they concern their
nationals and the said representatives
reserve to themselves the right to
claim at any hour they desire from
all losses which the decree and meas
ures put upon their nationals"
In reference to the confisca tion
| measure It is explained that losses ag-
gregating many millions of rubles al
ready have been sustained by foreign
capital in connection with the seizure
of factories.
The diplomatic corps drafted the pro-
| test at a meeting in the American en-
| bassy. 1t was signed by the ambassa-
dors from the United States, Japan,
France, Spain, Great Britain and Italy
and the ministers from Belgium, China.
Portugal Switzerland, Sweden. Nor
way, Denmark, Holland. Brazil. Argen-
tina. Greece, Serbia and Persia These
are all the nations represented in Pet
rograd.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
ADMITS Low PAID men
SHOULD GET INCREASE
Representatives Of Railroads Dc.
clare Workers Receiving Less
Than $1,000 Need Raise.

Increases in wages received In the
last few years by various GLASSES Of
railroad employees were explained today
to the railroad wage commission by
representatives Of the mauagements.
continuing their information to aid the
commission in making recommends
tions.
The necessity for more pay for the
.'Iow paid man." who was defined ~ one
who draws less than $1,000 = year. was
admitted yesterday by ]. w. Higgins
and John G. walber. representing the
western and eastern railroads. which
pay IS per cent of the total railroad
wages.
Those expected to testify today In.
clude C. H. Niemeyer and E. T. Whittier,
Pennsylvania; J. T. Latimer. Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy; F. G.. Nicholson.
Wills, Missouri Pacific; c. p. Conklin.
New York, New Haven and Hartford: /:
w. J. Tollerton, Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific; D. r. McBain. New York
Central. and E. F. Potter Of the 500
lines. .--
terday before the railroad wage commits
sion said they were present not to op-
pose the wage demands made by their
employees, but to give whatever infor-
nation they could that would be OF
service to the commission in making
recommendations for wage increases.
I'VE are here as employees Of the gov
ernment to present our view OF the
situation confronting the railroads"
Mr.. Higgins said.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
MINERS ASK MEDIATOR
To Settle Strike in Alabama Coal
Fields Where 5000 Men Are
Reported Idle.

Frank A Hayes, president Of the United
Mine Workers Of America, asked the fuel
administration today to appoint an UNI
pire to settle the strike in the Alabama
coal fields, where $4,000 men are reported
idle The men contend the operators have
not lived up to the wage agreement ap-
proved by the fuel administration.
The fuel administration decided to send
Rembrandt Peale, special assistant to
DIR. Garfield, to the Alabama fields to act
as mediator. Mr.. Peale is the coal oper-
ators' representative in the fuel admins
tration.
About 10000 miners now are on strike
in Alabama, and reports today indicated
that miners not directly concerned are
threatening to strike out Of sympathy with
those who are out.
Evening star., 1918-02-19
CLAIMS $5,4s4.5o DAMAGES.
John E. Fillingame Sues George J.
Sanderson for Injuries in Collision.

George J. Sanderson was sued today
for $5.434.50 damages by John e. Fill.
lingame for personal injuries and prop.
erty damage alleged to have resulted
from a collision on Bladensburg road
near Cottage City, Nd.
The plaintiff. through Attorneys Will
ton J. Lambert and R. H. Yeatman
says that October 2. 1917. he was riding
a motor cycle toward Bladensburg and
was run into by an automobile op-
Grated by Sanderson.
Negligence is charged. 1t being al
legged that Sanderson ran his machine
from behind another automobile going
in the same direction. without giving
any warning, and that he was on the
wrong side of the road as Fillingame
approached on his motor cycle.
It is claimed that the motor cycle
was entirely demolished and that FIJI
lingame received personal injuries.