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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
HARRISBURG PICTURES

MO COMMUNITY anywhere in the
IN United States has had moi
creditable record in all war ac-
tIvities than Harrisburg and now
that we are approaching the stage
of recorded history those who are
concerned about an accurate record
of the events of the last year or two
must cooperate in every possible
way with the recognized historical
agencies.
Colonel C. W. Weeks, with the
general staff of the War Depart
ment and chief of the Historical
Branch, has been in communica-
ton with Mayor Keister regarding
a compilation of the pictorial rec
ords of the war so far as this COM
munity is concerned. He wants to
obtain photographs representing all
the important phases of war activ
ity and Harrisburg must be ade-
quately represented with pictures
showing the valuable work which
it has done and is doing during the
time of war.
Unfortunately, the material Colo
mel Weeks so far has received from
this city is not adequately repre-
sentative and his letter to Mayor
Keister is an invitation to appoint
some energetic individual or asso-
citation to collect and forward to the
War Department, Pictorial Section,
the photographs that would prop
erly portray Harrisburg's activities
from city campaigns or celebrations
to the simplest home work.
Pursuant to this request. William
C. Alexander, sales manager of the
Moorhead Knitting Company. has
been appointed chairman of COM
mittee to collect the photographs
that are desired and he has invited
the cooperation of citizens gener-
ally.
Now is the time to look af er
these matters of historic interest.
later it will be more diff
cult to collect the pictorial and other
historical data of Importance. Pic
lures of the imposing and patriotic
Red Cross, the Ma
tional War Aid and all other activ-
tiles ought to be included.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
"LedDe Our Dead In France"
From the Independent ~ Yll

lFrom the Independent IN. Y01
On hearing that the government
proposed to bring back for burial in
this country the bodies of American
soldiers fallen abroad, ex-President
Roosevelt writes to General March,
chief of staff:
Mrs. Roosevelt and I wish to en-
ter most respectful but most en-
phatic protest against the proposed
course so far as our son Quentin is
concerned. We have always be-
lteved that Where the tree falls,
there let it lie
We know that many good per-
sons feel entirely different, but to
us it is painful and narrowing long
after death to move the poor body
from which the soul has fled. We
greatly prefer that Quentin shall
continue to lie on the spot where he
fell in battle and where the foemen
buried him."
In reply General March says he is
in entire sympathy with Mr.. Roose-
velt's attitude and that General Per-
shing has authority to pursue the
same course in cases where the rela-
tives express a similar wish. We
hope that most of them. will join the
eX-President in this protest, for the
transportation of corpses long dis
tances is a heathenish custom. We
think it absurd in the Chinese that
on travelling abroad they insist on
providing for the return of their re-
mains to the Celestial Kingdom, in
which they were born.
Our boys who have made the su-
preme sacrifice have earned the
rT,k d
they helped to free. The idea of
disinterment is equally repugnant to
sense and sentiment The money it
would cost were better spent in
saving the starving children of Eu-
rope. The truer feeling about this
was voiced in the sonnet written
by Rupert Brooke shortly before he
sailed with the British Mediterran-
can Expeditionary Force in Febru-
airy. 1915, and died in the Aegean:
If 1 should die, think only this of
me:
That there's some corner of a
foreign field
That is for ever England. There
shall be
In that rich earth richer dust
concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped,
made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love,
her ways to roam.
A body of England's, breathing Eng
lish air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by
suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed
away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no
less
Gives somewhere back the
thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams
happy as her day;
And laughter learned of friends;
and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an Eng
lish heaven.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
FRIDAY, DECEMBER is, 1918
MADOO'S PROPOSAL

~ ECRETARY McADOO Will have
to produce more convincing
arguments If he wants to induce
Congress TO accept his plan for a
continuation of government control
of the railroads beyond the twenty
one-month period prescribed by
law. The only reasonable excuse
the Secretary gives is that he de-
sires to preserve the morale of the
men by keeping their wages at a
high standard and to see complet-
ed many improvements now un-
day way or contemplated. With all
due regard for the wisdom of the
director general, it may be said
without stretching the truth that the
railroadmen have showed their abil-
ity to look after their own wage
contracts and that they got their
eiglrt-hour day only after President
Wilson yielded to the threat of a
general strike. And as to improve
ments, the railroads under private
direction have never displayed any
inability or lack of desire to spend
money on changes and extensions
where the need exists.
Senator kellogg struck a popular
note yesterday when he said he be-
lieved the roads should be returned
to their owners under strong Fed
curities kept under the watchful
eye of the government to prevent
any possibility of manipulation. We
are paying too much for too little
service from the railroads at pres
ent. Rates have been advanced
enormously and the service reduced.
The public is paying far more for
railroad transportation now than
ever before. That is one of the
reasons for the high cost of living.
for on everything, practically, we
eat, wear or use, we pay higher
freight rates than ever before, and
these rates enter into the retail
price of the article. Yet we are told
that the roads are being managed
more economically than ever under
government control" notwithstand-
ing that even with the increased
rates the government is footing a
big deficiency bill. To continue gov
ernment management is to continue
these conditions.
on the other hand, the country
does not want a return of the old
public be damned" days of the
Vanderbilts, the Goulds and the Har-
rimans. when railroads were bought.
sold and wrecked over night to en-
rich the pockets of a few Wall Street
dealers. Nor does a return to pri
vate ownership entail any such dan
ger. Congress is we'll able to erect
the proper safeguards in that direc-
ton.
Mr.. McAdoo's proposal comes as
a surprise, in view of President
Wilson's recent assurance that the
administration had no program.
Evidently the Secretary is acting in
accord with presidential wishes. and
1t may be that he is doing SO to
square himself with his father-in-
law" thinking that no such measure
will be passed this session, or in the
hope to remove the issue of gov
ernment ownership from his own
presidential campaign in 1920.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
Farms For Returning Soldiers

(From the New York Herald)
VITAL national questions are
" discussed in the annual re-
port of Secretary of the In
terror Lane, a summary of which is
published this morning, and some
vital questions are asked, the an
swers to which are not fiattering to
us as nation.
Mr.. Lane discusses the problems
with which the country is confront
ed, and in particular the necessity for
education of the foreign newcom-
ers, the negroes and even the ma
tite-born whites in the lessdevel-
oped parts of the country. The tens
OF thousands of men who speak in
the language of Shakespeare are,
after three centuries in this coun-
try, unable to read one line of
Shakespeare or to sign their names.
And yet, he adds. they have
fought for this country through
every war, and have died as
heroes for a land that did not con-
Germ itself enough about them to see
that they were educated. These
people have not had their chance
their condition is a reproach to the
Republic" on the duty of educat-
ing and Americanizing the new
comers the Secretary wakes elo-
quent. Indeed, his report as
whole is so far removed from the
ordinary routine and dry-as-dust Of
fetal document that it is nearly lit
erature.
What should be said, he asks. of
democracy which calls upon its
citizens to consider the forming of
a league of nations, of passing judg-
ment on a code which will insure
the freedom of the seas or of sac
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
A PrOfHeer

"I was endeavoring," says the
teacher of night school in coun-
try town, Ito instill into the minds
of certain of my discouraged pupils
some notions of ambition.
:" Do you know?' l asked of a
disreputable looking lad of nine
teen. that every boy in this country
has a chance to be PRESIDENT"
"'Is that SOP asked the boy, re-
fiectively. Then he added, Say,
teacher. I'll sell my chance for a
quarter From the Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
The Highwdymdn Within

The threatened hotel workers
strike in New York involves only
walters, cooks and storeroom help.
You never hear of checkroom en-
ploye walking off his job, except to
retire to a mansion on Riverside
Drive, or else to the hospital when
some ruined patron attacks him.
From the Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
MR.. HILLEARY GOES UP

"H HE hundreds of Harrisburg
people who have learned to love
and admire e. D. Hilleary dur
ing his nine years of residence in
Harrisburg as division freight agent
Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway. will be glad to hear that
he has been promoted to be assist
ant general freight agent of the
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Remarkable Remarks

[From the Independent IN. Y.)1f
President Masaryk-Tm only an
unspoiled boy. E
Colonel House-I always have a
happy appearance.
The Wouldn't Teddy
look funny in a gas mask? 4
H l.. Mencken-A wife Is almost
always the more intelligent of the
pair.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-The vil-
lage was full of Americans and Aus-
tralians extraordinarily alike in
type
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principdli-
ties, nor pot0er, nor thing present.
nor things to come, nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the loue
of God, tchich is in Christ Jesus our
Lord.-RomdnS S:SS, 50.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg had a store
In almost every house along
Front street 100 years ago, and
those which were not stores
were taverns? .
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
LABOR NOTES

Portland, Oregon. is the only city
on the Pacific coast that still Clings
to the old 24-hour idea of working
it's fireighters.
Employees .at tho grain elevators
at Midland, Canada, demand so 'ents
an hour, time and half for over
tlme and double time for Sundays.
The Manitoba (Can.l Minimum
Wage Board has set its first wage
for working women in the prov
ince in the cause of laundry work.
ers The. board has figured that
s9.4S a week is necessary for a girl
to live decently. and for good meas
ure an additional two cents a week
s added.
President Wilson and President
Carranza of Mexico have been in
vited by President Gompers. in the
name of the American Federation
of Labor, to attend the information
al labor congress to be held in La
redo, Texas, commencing November
I3 next. Governors of all border
states of tie two republics have also
received invitations to attend.
Officers of the International La
dies Garment Workers Union are
preparing to make effective the dec
iaration of their last convention for
an educational campaign to be con-
Quoted by five members appointed
by the president of the interna-
tional. 1t was voted to appropriate
$40. 600 annually for the work. This
movement will include popular edu-
cation through lectures, the study
of the English language. public
speaking and all subjects pertain
ing to trade unionism and the labor
movement. Literature will be dis
tributed to the membership with
out cost or at nominal cost.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The provost marshal generals
office during one period of the Civil
War was close to where the State
Draft headquarters stands. A
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

Portland. Oregon. is the only city
on the Pacific coast that still Clings
to the old 24-hour idea of working
its firefighters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-13

A Wilkes-Barre dispatch says: M
the direction of the county judges
soldiers votes from six of the sev-
enty-three military camps were eerti-
fed and formally added to the totals
of the county. giving John j. Casey.
Democrat. the election to Congress
over E. N. Carpenter. Republican, by
AZ votes. Votes from Camps Dix.
Greenleaf. Lee, Hancock and John
son and Puget Sound NavSyard were
certified. These gave Casey 81 and
Carpenter 81. Exclusive OF the sol :
dier vote, official returns in the
county gave Carpenter a lead of 1s.
but the soldier returns reversed the
result"
IT is believed Carrsnter will make
,foSpaal contest
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-03
THE ARMIsTICE

The armistice in effect provides that 0ernalv mus"
tain things within certain length OF time we nave "s
n fire shot until the expiration OF the time mehloh'u any
- do 60 Bu we shall keep soldiers in line our guns oau
nd no rpnared at any take OF ourselves Il any
bino bappens to lead believe that Germany is not a'
CARRYING out of the armisce ,n
The soldiers are standing today exactly where they Sooo WIZ"
Monday morning Inc cahoh arc
=; Tho same nosions aircraft tuned up ready lor
Everything is exactly it when the hou arlVeu
giving and will so remain until the expiration OF he
Jf when the time Germany has complied WIFI al u ~
- of the armstice hoses will be indefinitely suspended o
anv will then shape that she will be harnheSS sic
he such position complies with the arnstce that size
no shall then agree with uerlhaV upon "
49, f naace conference and proceed do please IN the
meantime troops wherever we want 10 no '
i;on Of the armistice before So when the arm
expired shall likely move our gums anu P
d man the forts Germany turned and otherwise get
info nositon to dominate the enemy completely
The conference place time this winter lhere
I'LL M No occasion TO hasten it. hostties will have ceased
and since we will be doing please Representatives
from all of the Allied nations will be hand and representatives
from the Central Empires will also be present wall be big TASK
make the treaty in that will involve so many quesUohS
pr+ :; will finally he made, and it will be signed
IF Germany refuse the treaty she VIII be gwen 50
many hours TO At the end OF the perod named II she
shall continue the war upon We
would then such disadvantage that woudn De nuc
of war contemplated 1t about as certain as any
Germany will comply with the terms oi Tie
ce and that will whatever treaty OF peace is ay put VI
to her all intents and purposes the war is oVer IL
able that Germany will continue the struggle or that sh WI" aoN
fire of her failure comply with our demands
Columbus Dispatch
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SOME SPLENDID ANSWERS

Inst to prove to the world what may |
be expected from a group of prospec-
tive automobile drivers, Denver mo-
toring authority presented to his class
a number of technical questions. Inc
results we're nothing If not amazing.
Though he does not swear to the truth
of his statement, the Denever mans
veracity cannot be questioned
Below are quoted his questions and
some of the answers obtained as
given by a writer in the Salt Lake
Tribune:
Question-If your brakes failed to
work going down hill. what would you
do?
Answer would jump out and
throw a rock under the wheels.
(Which side Of car going in the
same direction must you pass?
Always pass on the safest side
Off your engine stalled on car
track. what would you do?
A,-Telephone my husband to come
and fix it.
O.-When the car is standing. which
side should be next to the curbing?
A-The side nearest the sidewalk
Q.-What precautions should be
, taken in backing your car?
A.-Reverse the engine.
Q.-What is the accelerator?
"A thing that has something t
do with something inside the car
, when you step on it, or something.
> Q.-When the batteries run out
! what must you do?
A.-Run after them or get new ones
9 Q.-Why must you keep grease an
oil off the wheels?
p A.-Because it gets your hands an
v clothes dirty.
Q.-What is the Office of the spar
9 plug?
A.-The office Of the spark plug
s the office where it is made or sold
II Q.-How far must you stop from
X fire hydrant?
@ A.-Far enough not to scratch tn
varnish.
e Off your engine stalls going up
hill, what do you do?
VI Airy to start it.
1t Q.-What would you do If the steel
1t ing gear broke?
A.-Drive to the nearest garage al
e have the man fix 1t.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-03
MOMAN,S DEVOTION TO HOME

Home duties to many women APP
pear more important than health. No
matter how i'll they feel, they drag
themselves through their daily tasks,
overdo and pay the penalty in head
aches, backache, dragging-down pains
and nervousness; they become ir-
ritable, and finally discover that some
form of female complaint has fastened
itself upon them. When a woman
gets into this condition there is one
tried and true remedy made from the
roots and herbs of the field, Lydia E
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
which for more than forty years has
continued its great work among wo
men in restoring health after many
other remedies have failed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-03
BACKACHE is A WARNING
Maysvf1Ie People should Not Neglec
Their Kidneys.

Backache Is often natures most fire.
quent signal of weakened kidneys. To
cure the pains and aches, to remove
the lameness when 1t arises from
weakened kidneys, you must reach
the cause.-the kidneys. II you have
pain through the small of your back,
urinary disorders, headaches, dizzy
spells, or are nervous and depressed,
start treating the kidneys with test
ed kidney remedy.
Doan's Kidney Pills have been
proved good and are especially for
weak kidneys. Doan's have been used
in kidney trouble for over 80 years.
Read Maysville testimony.
Mrs. q. Sphar, e. Second and Wal
nut Sts., says: II have never seen
Doans Kidney Pills fail to help any
one complaining of their kidneys.
have been greatly benefited by them
myself. At times my back has ach-
ed and have suffered from lameness
through the small of my back. When
| have been in that way, / have used
| a box or so of Doan's Kidney Pills
which l procured at ChansIor's DRUG
Store. They have always kuickly re-
| moved the trouble"
Mrs. Sphar is only one of many
Maysville people who have grateful!
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. /
your back aches-if your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for
kidney remedy ask distinctly TO
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the sam
that Mrs. Sphar had - the remed
backed by home testimony. so cent
at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. When You
Back is Lame-Remember the Name:
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I'VE COULDN'T FIGHT BUT WE CAN SAVE"

The usual festivities accompanying the opening OF colleges 1S
ara changed in character all the United States stu
It, vo adoed themselves to save sugarwhich college girls
rnouhng many of life that center about
shops fudge parties But what are tra
ton in the face need for saving sugar for world on short
rations?
Fudge parties aars where guests partake of
nrune and dates stuffed No realized before how
good prunes taste for confeclon FEWER trips 10 ice cream par
NOT only save butter fat but also reduce the num-
her of ncidentas entered the account book LESS sweets
and more thrift holds good slogan for college girls this
winter
reasno because shortage Candies oda and sweet
cookies were the chief food consumed while studying
playing.
The thousands girls colleges of the country
he an effective of saving and other necessary
foods spreading the doctrine other people
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KfiSSl Creates
j. J. Wood & Son. Druggists, Mays-ville Ky.

Q.-What is the speed limit in the
city? In the country?
A.-Not over forty miles an hour in
the city Slower in the country, be-
cause the roads are bad.
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MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE

FOur-rOOm dwelling in good cOndl-
ton ON Third street near Wood. Has
gas, water and necessary Outbuildings
on lot 3Sx1O7. Hurry up and see
ThOs. l., Evan & Co. 20-tf
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and tell him how | can fight.
Pray for us all, we will be home
soon. Your son,
PRIVATE CHARLES ID. HALL.
Co. A, S14th Inf.
A. f.. +.
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New York;. E. Upper and Peter
Wright of the British Seamen's Union
arrived here Monday to ask American
seamen to boycott all German ships
They want the Americans to join with
the British in refusing to sail into
German ports.
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Nnrrnrnn,ntt Pier. RI

G%S,Ps S. oGs NO o Teed ike men,
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A BARGAIN!

100 acres near Burtonville, Ky. All
in grass except 20 acres in crop SOW
ed in wheat and grass this fall. ~
miles from High School. Barn to hold
acres of tobacco. Stock barn stalls.
Corn crib, stripping house and some
timber, 8 room house with porcnes,
meat house and plenty of water. Six
ty ($6O) dollars per acre.
NJ. f. COUGHLIN
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
End Floor Farmers & Traders Bank
Building.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hall of l2lo
East Third street are in receipt OF the
following letter from their son, Pri-
yate Charles D. Hall over seas:
October Is. 1918.
Dear Mother:
l am sure you all will be glad to
hear from me it has been so long since
[ have had chance to write. | cen
hardly realize that things have hap
pened as they have, but ! guess it is
all true.
If you should happen to change your
address let me know. Let me know
how all are getting along.
Tell everybody that | am feeling
| fine.
Has Paxton or any Of the last boys
that registered been called? Tell
them they should worry for the Black
Devils will finish the Kaiser for we
are hot after him.
l was awfully sea sick for a while
but am all right now.
Write as soon as you get this Tor
| am anxious to hear from you. DO not
worry about me for we do not want
for anything. Army life is fine.
Tell father am anxious to get home