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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Dollars may not go as far as form
erly, but they go faster.-Florida
Times-Union.
Talking of safety-zones, the kais-
er's family seems well supplied
Wall Street Journal.
Keep the dinner horn blowing, and
the rest of the Austrians will flock
in.-Chicago Tribune.
1t can be little consolation now to
Austria to reflect that she started it
all.-Baltimore American.
If anybody wants to raise the price
of anything and get away with it,
now seems to be the time.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
1t is estimated that since April 6,
1917, $4,000 poems have been writ
ten bearing the line "sadder and
wiser" to rhyme with kaiser
Kansas City Star.
Maybe these German drives are
just a cunning German trick to
make the population of Germany fit
the food supPly.-Nashville Southern
Lumberman.
We all know upon whom Henry
Ford is depending for the votes to
get him into the Senate, and there
is no denying that there are enough
of them. if they'll just take the time
to drive around to the polls.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
OVERS of white bread, who
have been patriotically stiff

T OVERS of white bread, who
have been patriotically stiff
- ing their murmurs and heroi-
cally swallowing war-bread, may now
see the dawn OF hope upon the hori-
zon. One, at least, of our allies is
nearly self-supporting, and next year
we shall be able to keep millions of
bushels of wheat at home which, un-
der the conditions of previous years,
would have been exported to feed
England. What agricultural strides
have been made there since the war
began can be seen from paragraph
in the London New Statesman:
In 1918, as against 1915, the
acreage (England and Wales) under
oats is up Dy 80 per cent; that un-
der wheat by 3S per cent; that I'M
der barley by IL per cent; that IN
der other grain by SO per cent. !;
that under potatoes by so per cent.
The number of allotments G,300,-
OOO) has increased by lao per cent
The Report of the od-Production
Department is as satisfactory as
we could wish; the number of acres
under cultivation in the United
Kingdom has gone up by over four
millions in two years, all records be-
ing broken.
rms hgure ignores the great in
crease in gardens and allotmerls,
and 1t is estimated that, on the
present scale of consumption, this
years home harvest will be sufficient
to feed the population for forty
weeks. The. supply before the war
was only enough to meet a ten
weeks consumption. Breadstuffs are
not everything; and even of them
one-hfth still has to be provided.
But granted that we can keep this
rate of production up, and-in spite
of the drains of the army upon
our labor-can, with the helm of
women and prisoners, save what we
produce, the wolf has now been
driven considerable distance from
the door. With sinkings diminish
ing and ship building on the in
crease. we can, we think, congratu-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
A Fep HdrDeyized Shots
[From the n. A. Review War
Weekly1

FROM the N. "A. REVIEW war
WeeklyJ
While there may have been
touch of friendly eXaggeration in
Mr.. Schwabs reference to Mr.. Balm
bridge Colby at the San Francisco
launching fete as IAN incompatible
orator." we have no doubt that the
Commissioner spoke eloquently and
conVincingly, as usual, but 1t was
Mr.. Schwab himself who gave the
punch and won the enthusiastic CO.
operation of his fellow-workers when
he told them with forceful earnest
ness that the credit for winning
this war will be shared equally by
the workmen of America and the
fighters of America
Bolo Pasha is dead, but his malign
spirit seems to be marching on; in
our own country. Have we no firing
squads here?
Josephus manfully declares that
this war shall be won If it takes
every man up to sixty years; while
Newton perkily pipes: Not even
to forty-five If / can help it" AS
for us, we say, Good old Josephus!
Philip Scheidemann, the German
Socialist leader, demands peace with
honor" That means, then, that 1t
is not to be a German peace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
DIR. FIREMAN ENLISTS

T HE enlistment of DIR. George A.
Fireman, who sails for France
shortly as a lieutenant in the
medical corps, has set fine example
for the Younger physicians of Penn
sylvania. He is fifty-four years old.
almost beyond the age of accept
ance. but he felt the call of coun-
try and forsook a very good practice
to serve the lads overseas. His de-
cision is IN keeping with his excel
lent record while a citizen of Har-
risburg, he having given literally of
his time and money to the work of
the Y. M. II. A. and other welfare
projects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
AMERICAS GUARANTEE
TKansas City StarI

The German is getting hint of
what is in store for him next year
when a powerful American Army
will be ready to take the offensive.
The American force engaged yester-
day was not large, by modern stand
ards, but it showed once more the
superb quality that the Nation has
come to expect in it's soldiers.
Courage is taken for granted in
all armies to-day. But in addition
to courage, the Americans displayed
the initiative, the resourcefulness,
the high individual intelligence that
are a guarantee of the success of the
great enterprise which this country
has undertaken.
What a blow to German hopes the
result of the first days fighting in
the great offensive must have been!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

this prohibition has in any way les
sened the efficiency of the workmen
there, nor did Mr.. Schwab. ESQ far as
is known. ever consider prohibition
a disadvantage when, few years
ago. he purchased the great plants
then in operation at that point and
since then has spent more than $780,
10000 in enlarging these plants for
the bulldog of ships and the max
ing of steel rails"
In the face of all this 1t begins to
look as though Colby's judgment is
bad with respect to prohibition, as 1t
is with regard to politics.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
GLORIOUS NEWS

~ LORIOUS news from France!
vi The whole country thrills with
it. Our soldiers have done what
we knew they would do. The Hun
has been taken on" at his own game
and beaten. The Americans have
proved that the best kind of a de-
fensive is an offensive.
Pershing's boys didn't play the
game according to Hun rules. In
stead of waiting for the Germans to
hop into the Yankee trenches, the
Americans went right out to meet
them, which was disconcerting to
the naughty Hun, to say the least.
But the fruits of this victory are
not all of a military character. They
are both moral and political as well.
German morale in the army and
at home is bound to suffer as a re-
suit. The people of Austria. disheart-
ened by recent defeat at the hands
of the Italians and war-weary, will
be carried a step farther along the
road to revolt against Prussian dom
ination. Bulgaria and Turkey will be-
gin to wonder if the game is worth
the candle and the wavering ones of
Russia, who have been watching
which way the cat is likely to jump,
will form new conclusions as to the
possibilities of a Prussian victory.
The whole war enters upon a new
phase as a result of this overwhelm-
ing defeat of what started out to be
a great offensive. The Allies will be
tremendously heartened. The wisdom
of a supreme command has been
justified and the much-boasted in
vincibility of German arms has been
given a terrible jolt.
We must not, in our enthusiasm
over the splendid achievement, eX-
pect too much. If our men stop where
they are and hold the ground taken,
the Germans will have been terribly
punished. If they manage to eject
the Germans from the Marne salient,
or force large bodies of them to sur
render, the victory will have been of
overwhelming proportions and be-
yond the expectations of anybody.
1t must not be thought that sue
cesses like those of yesterday can
be continued indefinitely. Immediate
gains are not nearly so important
as that our men have taken the
measure of the Germans in open
field fighting and found the Prus-
sian veterans inferior to even our
unframed troops. The end of the war
may be still far in the future, but
we know now definitely and finally
that man for man we can whip the
best the Germans can pit against us,
and that is half the battle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Campmeeting, Not a Camp

Old Caesar thought he knew some
Thing about the tented field, having
followed his master as body-servant
through the war between the states,
but Camp Jackson was a revelation
to him.
"Yer mean. Maus' Jeems," he
ross-examined his young NAUSEA,
"dat desc young gem'n can't drink
nothin' stronger'n spring water 4"
That's ALL"
"And no frolickin wild de gals?"
None whatever"
"An' no swearin' at de mules?"
Against regulations"
"Lor', Maus' Jeems, disher amt no
camp. Disher's -
The Columbia State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Col. Haruey's Good Intentions

1t is kind of George Harvey to
suggest elimination of Congressional
elections in all sure Republican or
Democratic districts, but he could
earn more gratitude from a long
suffering public if he could put the
l,ihosh on the oppressive burden of
campaign oratory. = Indianapolis
Star.
We did our best to achieve both re-
suits. but Vance McCormick's boss,
whoever he may be. wouldn't have 1t.
North American Reviews War
Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

of Europeans. especially those of
the Southern part of the continent,
where public concerts are part and
parcel of municipal life. If the
Public Welfare Committee could see
its way to take up the idea in Har-
risburg it would be doing much to-
ward bringing our people together,
especially those of foreign birth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Protest From Those Affected

IFrom the Kansas City Star.1
General Crowder has ruled that
moving picture actors are essential
workers. This comedies with the
view several notable movie actors
have held all along. Indeed, a few
OF them. If cornered and questioned
closely, would confess that they are
indispensable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Union labor is represented in the
South Australian Parliament by II
members-an increase of 13.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Deep Gloom in Spots

[From the Kansas City Times.1
AS was to be expected, the mo-
ment to educate our singers at home
instead of abroad suits everybody
except the singers and the neigh
bors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
This Is a CheerfuI Thouaht

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Just because you don't get what
you do want don't jump to the con-
clusion that you are not going to
get what you don't want.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Liquor men in New York state are
anxious for the right to employ bar
maids.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
Remember, It's Kansas Society

IFrom the New Orleans States.l
The announcement that society
women of Kansas are volunteering
to cook for harvest hands will prob
ably result in the scarcity of farm
labor becoming still more acute.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Our regards to the Italians, with
the message that now we know now
they felt a few weeks back.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Practically the whole of the straw
berry crop in Missouri was picked by
women workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

A bill is under consideration for a
minimum wage for women workers
in the District of Columbia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Colored laborers of a paper mill at
Orange Texas, have organized a
union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Charges are now made that the in
ternational union movement was sub
sidized by powerful German enemies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Wonder what old Rat Face, other
wise known as the Crown Prince,
thinks of the brave Prussians now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
LABOR NOTES

1t is officially denied that Canada
contemplates the conscription of la
Dor, masculine or feminine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1918

Sail on, o ship of State!
Sail on, o Union, strong and great
Humanity t0itb all its fears,
With all the hopes of future gears,
Is hanging bredthleSS on thy fate!
-LoNGFELLow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

A little more delay, and Harrisburg
people would have forgotten the
meaning of the word housing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Cleveland taxicab companies have
dispensed with men chauffeurs and
now depend exclusively upon women
to run their machines,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co..
TELEGRAPH Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
OUR DAILY LAUGH

THESE COOL NIGHTS.
The fall wind makes us feel like biz
Vacation days are DER,
And now the mighty question is
Where is that blanket store?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Being sent to Siberia is going to
have a new significance shortly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
BAD COMPANY.

BAD COMPANY.
LIST Street Lamp: He's in pretty
bad shape this morning.
End Street Lamp: Yes, he was In
the midst of a street fight and got .
fractured skull!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

E.J. .STACKPoLE,P Press g. E6itoriH-Ch Chisf
F. R. OYSTER. Business MoHager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

1t can be little consolation now to
Austria to reflect that she started it
American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Dollars may not go as far as form
erly, but they go faster.-Florida
Times Union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

Keep the dinner horn blowing, and
the rest of the Austrians will flock
Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19

If anybody wants to raise the price
of anything and get away with it,
now seems to be the time.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
HOOVER TO DISTRIBUTE
SEIZED HUN SUPPLIES
16illion Tons Of Shipping, Wrested
From Germany, to Revictual Peo-
pie Of Devastated Regions.

PARIS. Friday. December 2o.-Her-
bert c. Hoover, American food admin
istgator, will soon come into possess
sion of a million tons Of German ship
ping. which will be employed In re.
victualing devastated portions OF
France. Serbia, Belgium and Rumania
now destitute of food. These ships
were wrung from the Germans by the
armistice commissioners without
pledgfng that Germany would be sup
piled with food.
At present no supplies will be sent
to Germany. the first relief work OF
the allies being planned in neutral
countries. Meanwhile, it is believed
that the Germans can subsist on food
stored for the use of their army and
boarded by peasants.
A thorough Investigation of the food
resources Of the central powers is
being made and only after the needs
of the entente nations and neutrals
are met will supplies be diverted to
enemy powers, should such action be
found imperative.
PARIS. December 81 (Havas).-In-
stead of the 100000 tons Of ship
ping demanded of Germany by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
HURLEY AND ASSOCIATES
INSPECT S. O. s. ABROAD
Gathering Information Looking to
Reduction Of Shipping
Program.

TOURS, December 21.-E. N. Hur-
ley. chairman Of the United States
Shipping Board. has been the guest
of Quartermaster General Harry L
Rogers. here, while making an ex-
tensive tour Of inspection Of the
American supply service. He is be-
ing accompanied on his journey by
William S. Gibbs Of the ship con-
troll committee and Thomas F. Logan,
special American shipping commits
sioner. They are gathering informa-
ton SO that they may proceed imme-
diately with the reduction Of the ship
ping program for the American ex-
peditionary forces on account Of re-
duced necessities since the signing OF
the armistice.
James wadsworth, jr., United States
senator from New York, is here. and
both he and Mr.. Hurley were i'm
pressed by the salvage plant estab-
lished in this city by the Americans.
They declare It should be taken back
to America intact to serve as model
there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
MAJ. BIDDLE, FAMOUS ACE,
RETURNS FROM FRANCE

PHILADELPHIA, December I'll
Maj. C. ]. Biddle of this city, one OIL
the famous American aces in service
in France, arrived heree tonight, sur
prising his relatives by reaching home
without previous announcement. He
was accompanied from France by
Lieut.. Col. William Thaw, Pittsburgh;
Capt. Edgar E. Tobin, San Antonio,
Tex, and Capt. Ray c. Bridgeman.
Lake Forest, Ill.
Maj. Biddle declined to talk tonight
of his experiences in France. He went
abroad before the United States en-
tered the war to enter the ambulance
service, but enlisted as a French SOL
der four days after this country de-
clared war. He was transferred to
the Lafayette Escadrille and later
became commander of the 4th Pursuit
Squad of the American Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
PATRIOTIC AIRS, ONCE
FAVORITES IN BERLIN,
NOW CALLED "RUBBISH'

LONDON, December 10 (Cor-
respondence Of tho Associated
Press). According to a re-
turned British prisoner who
was at liberty in Berlin during
the revolution there. "Deutsch-
land Uber Allies" 1.-THE Watch
on the Rhine" ana similar pa
triotic songs are just now
highly unpopular in the Ger
man capital.
Three English civilians who
had celebrated the signing of
along the Unter den Linden
singing 1.-THE Watch on the
Rhine" when they were stop
ped by German soldiers. who
said they ought to be ashamed
of themselves for singing such
rubbish.
i've come from the Rhine"
one of them remarked. You
go down there and try to keep
watch and then you won't sing
so much about it"
But we are English" one of
the civilians replied.
what" exclaimed the aston
ished soldier. "Then why sing
'The watch on the Rhine?"
WELL" grinned the English
man. you see, we are keeping
it now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
WORKERS NEEDED
.||!||::::.::::::IIo AID RED CROSS
- 5;
asked to Help Secure Mem
baships to Sustain WASH
!. 49, ington's Record.
APPEAL BY Mr.. TAFT

. Another urgent appeal was made
From local Red Cross headquarters
last night for workers to help put
Washington on q par with other cities
IN the Christmas roll call Of tho Or
ganization.
Membership reports yesterday
thowed increasing interest. but more
workers are needed, it was stated, if
the National Capital is to sustain the
record in this drive for memberships
fhat 1t has shown in every war work
campaign.
: Counties heard from in the Potomac
division. of which the District of Co
3umbia is a part, are making splen-
did showing and practically all OF
Them reporting so far have shown a
total in excess of their reports last
year.
171,OOO New Members.
=. From the Potomac division, exclu-
tive Of Washington, there were about
10000 new members reported yester-
day, and Frank J. Hogan reported
about $4,000 new ones from the Dis
trict. Added to the $1,000 reported
from the entire division Friday night
this makes about 200 in all so far.
Lieut.. Frederick knobel of the
French army is making effective
speeches for the local campaign. The
drive for subscriptions will be COM
pleted tomorrow night, SO that work
krs who wish to aid in the Washing
ton campaign are urged to report at
pncef to 141S H street. This office
will be open all day today.
! Twelve Millions Answer Call.
. From national headquarters it was
feported yesterday that up to noon
yesterday about 100000 persons
had answered the Christmas roll call.
This report was compiled from scat
terfng reports reaching national
headquarters from all parts of the
country. Influenza and bad weather
have dnterfered with the Red Cross can
v4ssers in many sections.
lAppeals will be made from pulpitS
Throughout the nation today.
s1he Atlantic division, consisting of
New York, New Jersey and Connect
cnt, has rolled up membership of
1850 900. Last reports from Michi-
g&n. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa and
Nebraska, comprising the central di-
Vision. credited those states with an
ensollment of approximately 100000.
The lake division registered 1.410,000
Tpkmbers up to noon, and the south
western division 1.o50.500.
Mr.. Taft Makes Appeal.
FORMER President Taft yesterday
isEaed the following appeal to the
American people to make the re-
sponse to the Red Cross roll call
unanimous:
~But two days remain of the Christ
mas roll call of the American Red
Cross. Even that time, however. is
long enough for all Americans to
register themselves on the side of the
mighty agency of mercy that, having
played so great a part in winning the
WA, must play an equal part in the
work that is still to come.
1.-THE dollar is trivial, but the heart
ia;sthe mightiest force in the world.
T6Sput behind Americas part in the
future the united heart of the Ameri
CAL people will be the greatest ac-
calpplishment that Christmas can
bling. for it will give the world a
mighty message of peace and good
viii among men.
~ am sure that the American people
win make their Christmas greeting to
Humanity unanimous"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
TO OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY.
J. B. Ramsey in Charge Of Club
house for Colored Soldiers.

The new clubhouse at POLL Georgia
avenue, for colored soldiers, will be
opened Christmas morning. Christmas
breakfast will be served from 9 to IL
o'clock and there will be special en-
tertainments afternoon and evening.
]. B. Ramsey of New York has been
assigned by the Colored War Camp
Community Service to take charge of
the clubhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
AIR OFFICERS ORDERED HERE
~
Twelve Second Lieutenants Come
& From Garden City.

Twelve officers of the air service
t4sronautics) at the air service depot.
Garden City, Long Island. have been
offered to Washington for duty
uAder tho orders of the director of
military aeronautics.
4hey are: Second Lieuts. Lawrence j.
Kline, Harold w. Quirt, Herbert r.
Shepherd, Harry II. Singletary, YER
nSn H Wright, Henry G. Woodland.
CS4tlandt s. Johnson, William ].
Rady, Edwin Crookes Smith, Isaac ].
wAliams, John A. Wilkinson and
Oscar R Zipf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
this vear IN the Christmas mail. A

this year in the Christmas mail. A
~ per cent increase is being handled
at indianapolis without congestion or
delay. The postmaster at Pittsburgh
reports an increase Of 9 per cent in
outgoing parcel post and 20 per cent
increase in mail for city delivery.
Five 3-ton Army trucks have been
put in service in Pittsburgh and the
mail is being handled on schedule.
Buffalo reports a 20 per cent In
crease in volume, with prompt de-
livery. An increase Of rs per cent is
reported from Los Angeles, every
thing being cleaned up on regular
schedules. Chicago reports Christmas
mail much heavier than last year.
with no delays or congestion in the
main office or substations.
st. Louis comes to bat with a re-
ported slight decrease in volume OF
Christmas mail incoming, with mark
ed increase of outgoing mail. all handled
promptly.
fee Department express the belief
that conditions surrounding the han
ding of Christmas mails in an sections
of the country are better this year
than at the same season for several
years past.