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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

the name of Ludendorf loom large
in German cables.
But, individual responsibility for
the spring drive aside. it is now ap-
lparent that instead of bringing Ger
man victory immeasurably nearer.
as appeared in the dark days of the
Easter season, the German offensive
of 1918 was the supreme error of
the war from the Hun standpoint
1t was the fatal blunder which upset
all the plans of the pan-Germans for
world dominion. If the German
armies had remained on the Hin
denburg line last spring, 1t is
scarcely likely that more than
half-million Americans would be
now in France. In that event, too,
the initiative would have been with
the Allies. but they would have been
exposed to the same danger which
has proved the downfall of the en-
emy-an advance at terrible loss
which could not be sustained
against numerically superior forces.
If the spring offensive had not been
essayed. German divisions could
have been sent to aid the Austrians
in the drive upon the Italians, with
possibly very different results. There
would have been ample men in Bull
garia to uphold the hands of the
wavering Bulgars. and the Macedo-
nian collapse would have been post
poned, at least.
From the moment the American
troops stopped the German advance
at Chateau-Thierry and hurled back
the surprised Prussian Guard in dis
orderly retreat, the spring drive OF
the Huns has been the best card Of
the war for the Allies. When Lu-
dendorf played his trump ace he
neglected to consider the joker he
had dealt his foe in the shape OF
Foch and the Allied unity of COM
mand.
Dissension is a child of failure,
and ever since the days of ADAM
man has displayed a tendency to
get from under" so that it is little
wonder we now find dissension
within the headquarters of the Ger
man staff and it may easily be true
that Hindenburg has washed his
hands of the whole problem of hold
ing the German armies in their pres
ent perilous position and has retired
to that obscurity whence he came
when the Russian Road Roller ap-
peared in East Prussia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
YANK TO GERMAN MAJOR

Here is one of Floyd Gibbons
best narrations of the fighting on the
western front:
We'll, listen to this true story of
a German major who was taken
prisoner by the Americans. We
asked him for his impressions of
Americans as fighters. He was de-
, cidedly sore. Evidently something
was on his mind. He said that he
knew nothing whatever about the
| fighting qualities of the Americans.
He added, however, in perfect Eng
/ lish, that he had found them 'ex-
tremely persuasive
Then he described exactly how
he was captured. He said that dur
| ing a terrific barrage delivered by
the Allies he was in an underground
compartment with forty-two wound
| ed German soldiers. When the bar
rage ceased the Americans came
over. The German majors first look
at an American soldier came when
one of our boys, a private, appeared
at the opening to the underground
compartment. The very thought of
that fresh private with his undigni-
fled informal manner seemed to
have gotten the very goat of the
major. For, according to him, the
private appeared with hand gren-
ade in each hand and his tin hat
pushed back on his head. Armed
and rigged in that manner he
looked down the stairs into the face
of the German major and yelled at
him:
"'Come out of there, you Dutch
blankety blank-or I'll spill a whole
basketful of these things on top of
your beam
NO, sir, there was not the sign
of smile on the majors face as he
told it. Not tract of humor was
in him. Just plain disgust. The
very idea of taking n prisoner that
way-and a high and mighty MAJOR
at that"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
This Is The Mothers Loan

Speed means a quicker. surer Vic
tory, and our boys earlier home
again.
Il beat the Austtrians because
they did not know the value of five
minutes" said Napoleon. His rule
for victory was to be on the ground
first with the most guns. II owe all
my success in life to having been
a quarter of an hour before my
time" Lord Nelson once remarked.
His victories, too, were victories of
speed
The cry of every American woman
to her government to-day should be
Spend money faster!" Every ounce
of her thought and energy. during
the three weeks dedicated to the
fourth Libery Loan should be en-
ployed in arousing tin her own
household and the households of her
neighbors an eagerness to lend every
possible penny, and to lend 1t
quickly.
Thus the fourth Liberty Loan may
become a message of far-flung en-
couragement to our boys across the
seas; a message of unpleasant augury
to their foes. For every bulletin of
the mounting millions will cry out in
tones unmistakable:
I'VE are raising a greater fnnd
than men and women have ever
raised. We are raising it in three
weeks, when smaller loans have
taken four. Money is nothing to us
we sacrifice it gladly for the sake
of speed. For the sake of a quicker
victory. and the return of our boys
to their homes"
In the spirit of that message let
us face the greatest loan in history;
a loan too large to be subscribed by
banks and business houses-so large
that it must come out of the little
economies of women. A Mothers
Loan-a cry from the heart of
American womanhood for Speed
Woman's Home Companion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

TTTHERE there is much smoke
wv there must be some fire." is an
old saying that may be applied
to the latest report that Won Hin
denburg has resigned as chief of
the German staff after a heated in
terview with the Kaiser. Whether
or not the old field marshal actually
has turned over his duties to Lu-
dendorf, the repeated reports of dis
cord at the Hun war headquarters
are unquestionably founded upon
fact.
Either Hindenburg or Ludendorf
is responsible for the German drive
for Paris this year. and indications
are that Ludendorf must shoulder
the load. At any rate, he had charge
of the operations. and all through
the grim days when German armies
were sweeping over northern
France, threatening Paris and the
Channel ports, the name of Luden-
dorf doomed large in the dispatches
from Berlin. 1t was not until the
tide Of battle had turned that Ber-
lin took pains to deny the rumor
OF Hindenburg's death and to an
nounce that he was actively engaged
in an endeavor to extricate the Ger
man armies from the dire distress
into which Ludendorfs leadership
had plunged them.
Military experts for several weeks
man armies can be saved only by a.
retreat from France and Belgium.
but despite this concensus of opin-
ion, through the influence of these
who still hope ~ save something
from the rout, they have been kept
fighting hopelessly TO stay the
steady advance of the numerically
superior Allies, 1t Is entirely in
accord with developments taAt Hin
derburg, himself a soldier rather
than a diplomat, should have urged
a great retreat, such as lie engi-
neered on two previous occasions
with resulting victories for German
arms, and should have insisted upon
having his way in the face of the
Kaiser's desire for a continued stand,
at least until the result Of his latest
peace offensive should become known.
Ludendorf, for obvious reasons,
hoping to save his face ana TO
wrest something of victory from de-
feat. might be expected to take
sides with the Emperor, and it
would not be surprising to again see
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
No Peace With Hohenzollern

[From the New York Times]
If Germany wants peace. let her
do away with her irresponsible,
braggart Kaiser and speak by a
Government of her own people to
the Governments of the allied peo-
pies. It is not from Prince Maxim
ilian, answerable only to imperial
authority, but from a Minister re-
sponsible to the German people that
Germany's plea for peace must
come. He does not even describe
himself, in his Reichstag speech, as
such a Minister. Compliance with
the terms the Allies are agreed in
insisting upon as indispensable to a
lasting peace, demands of Germany
an enforced or voluntary change of
heart and purpose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John r. Drexel, the Philadel-
phia banker, is home after a trip
to Canadian provinces
DR.. B. F. Roger. who is very
much of a storm center just now, is
a Franklin countian and used to be
in charge of the Philadelphia muni-
cipal hospital.
Colonel Wardlow Milne, of the
British army, will deliver the lee
lures on the Mesopotamian cam
paign at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
II. C. McEldowney, the Pitts,
burgh banker, is in charge of the
loan work in that city and is giving
the whole three weeks to it.
ELI Hemple, a Williamsporter
has celebrated fifty years with the
Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin.
George w. Geiser, district at
torney of Northampton, says that
the Pennsylvania jury system needs
a QUESTIONABLE to determine quail
f1cations of men called.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
TIE is a member of the British
n Commission to this country,

n Commission to this country,
and he was commenting on the
achievements. of America in France.
When the full story is told. it will
be one Of the most inspiring records
OF history" he said. mo one who
has not been there can imagine it.
The port where your troops land
has been transformed as If by a
miracle. Great piers stretch out into
the harbor; lines of railroad. laid
with American rails by American
engineers and travelled by American
locomtives, stretch away toward the
battle lines. Huge storehouses cover
theadioining acres for miles. tell
you, it is marvellous what you have
accomplished"
And then he added, in after
thought:
You are pouring out money as if
it didn't cost anything"
Pouring out money as if 1t didn't
cost anything-that is our record in
the war thus far. Our first year cost
us billions more than the first year
of any other nation. And now we are
asked to raise in three weeks the
largest loan ever subscribed by the
people of any nation.
We are running this war in the
most eXtravagant fashion; and there
is not man, woman or child in
America who wnts it conducted in
any other way. Why? Because we
value speed more than money; and
speed is always eXtravagant.
Speed means more guns brought
more quickly into play. and more
ammunition to feed them. Speed
means ships built at high cost be-
cause of overtime wages; it means
airplane plans discarded as fast as
new improvements come along. II
means all this-and we bear the cost
of it gladly, without regret. For
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
DEFEAT

Here lie /,
Who should be Master of the World.
The sides of the coffin hem me in;
The lid presses on my face.
The plans of thirty years are ended
beneath a velvet pail.
planned a war to make all other
peoples of the earth
The slaves of Germany.
l almost won, l thought,
l captured ships and guns and cities,
but not their spirit
A spirit that neither frightfulness
nor ruthlessness could break,
Nor sudden death,
Nor mutilation,
Nor. violated homes,
Nor slavery.
/ willed to conquer by the power of
the material;
] was conquered by the power of the
spirit; s.." ..
The only slaves made were Ger
man slaves.
England lives;
France lives;
Even Belgium lives,
Whose blood spattered the tram
pling feet of my on-marching
armies.
I lie here,
Still, cold-S
Not for to-day, nor for tomorrow,
But for all eternity.
LOUISE SPILMAN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
RARE DIPLOMACY

A FTER the first flush of dis
L = appointment over the discovery
that President Wilson did not yield
to the temptation to turn down
fatty and without parley the latest
German peace proposals, the care
full reader will conclude that the
President has given voice to as rare
and effective a bit OF diplomacy as
the history Of the nation presents.
Yankee like. the President evades
a direct reply to the German note
by asking in turn several questions
of a highly embarrassing character.
do you accept my fourteen points
or were you only camouflaging? ?"
he asks, in effect. And Prince Max
will have to answer shamefacedly
that Germany does not accept those
terms.
DO you represent the war lords
or the people," the President queries,
and again the imperial chancellor
will have to confess that he is merely
the agent Of the Hohenzollern mill
tary clique.
"Are you ready TO evacuate Bel
GUM and France and show the world
that you are really sincere in your
peace move or are you only trying
to fool us all into letting you get
away with your ioot?" continues
the President, and Prince Max must
admit that Germany has no inten-
ton of getting out of invaded terri
tory until forced out,
The Presidents language is mild
to a marked degree, but every SEN
tence contains barb that will bring
walls of pain from the German gang
at whom they are directed, Ger
many's answers must convince even
the German people of their govern
ments insincerity, wickedness and
dupiicity. The President has placed
Germany in position where she
must confess her crimes with her
own lips, He has set a trap for the
German chancellor into which he
needs must walk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
HEROES OF THE WAR

(From Captain Gilbert Nobb's
story entitled. "On the Right of the
British Line" recopied by William
Fenstemacher, scribe, Boy Scouts
Troop, No. 13.)
Speaking of those left behind. I
am referring to mothers, wives and
sweethearts. Our fighting men are
cheered in the streets, every news
paper and magazine sings their
praise; every shop window reflects
their needs; in theater, pulpit and
workshop their praises are sung.
But are they the real heroes of the
war?
Ask the fighting man himself.
Speak to him of his wife or mother,
and the expression on his face will
answer your question.
There is no one to sing her praise,
no one to paint the picture of her
deeds; no one to tell of that lonely
feeling when her hero departs and
the door is closed behind him.
The fighting man looks upon his
share of the war with light heart.
Events come too rapidly upon him to
feel depressed. He does not feel the
knawing hunger of the lonely wait;
the emptiness of the world when
the parting is over the empty chair
at the table, and the rooms made
cherries by his absence.
There is no one to describe the
terrors of the morning casualty list;
the hourly expectation and frozen
fear of the telegraph boys rat
tat" bringing some dreadful news.
There are no crowds to cheer her;
no flags or trumpets to rouse her en-
thusiasm and occupy her thoughts.
No constant activity, thrilling excite
ment, desperate encounters.
Here is a silent patriotism. She
is a true hero of the war. And
hundreds of thousands of homes
throughout the nation, her silent
deeds, her wonderful fortitude, are
making the womanhood of America.
A history which medals will not re-
ward, nor scars display.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
A Prayer
sod, I pray of Thee,

o. God, pray of Thee,
Let these things come to be
To punish Germany.
Through all the coming years
Let her heart break-with fears
And shedding endless tears.
Let all her hopes be vain,
Let her bear the curse of Cain
For the millions she has slain.
Let her bear the awful blame
And let her hated name
Be whispered low.-with shame,
Let her hear the steady beat
OF Five Million Allied feet
On Berlin's doomed street.
And until our sword is pressed
Upon her naked breast
o. God, don't let us rest.
God is not Knocked. Whatsoeve,
4 Nation soweth, that shall 1t also
reap. Germany as a Nation mus
be destroyed.
w. E. COCHRAN.
Cleveland, Ohio
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
needs must walk.

AS your hat is knocked off by the
overhanging branches of the trees
on practically every sidewalk in
Harrisburg, don't swear at the owner
of the tree, let your anathemas rest
upon the Indifferent City Council
which still believes that the care
and planting of the trees of Harris
burg is a matter which need not
concern the municipal authorities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

The press and the people of the
United States have beaten President
Wilson to it. With one voice they
have declared that they will have
no peace made in Germany and that
any talk of negotiations is futile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
Scripture For the Kaiser
[From the Kansas City STAR

The kaiser, in his speech to the
Krupp workers, showed himself
something of a student of the Scrip
lures, Has he happened lately to
turn lately to Ezekiel vii, 25 and 81?
He might learn something to his ad-
vantage by doing SO:
Destruction cometh; and they
shall seek peace. and there shall be
none,
THE king shall mourn. and the
prince shall be clothed with DESC
lation and the hands of the people
of the land shall be troubled: I
will do unto them after their way,
and according to their deserts will
I Judge them; and they shall know
that am the Lord"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Bert" Blough. and may his tribe
increase, was the Abou Ben Adhem of
the Liberty Loan forces yesterday.
He topped them all in the number OF
subscribers and the total amount.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

And if thy brother sin against
hee, 90, ShoU him his fault betCeen
thee and him alone: il he hear thee,
thou hast gained thy brother.-Ndt-
theW 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

A good many young men seem to
be willing to go into the Armys
mechanical training courses Judg-
ing from the applications being ms de
for admission to the draft calls for
the University of Pittsburgh, State
College and Carnegie Institute,
which close next sday. Under
the call these classes can be filled
by voluntary induction of white reg
istrants with grammar school edu-
cations and more than needed seem
probable to apply besnre the vol
untary period ends on Saturday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

DR.. ]. T. Rothrock, the father
of the State Forestry Reserves, has
personally visited many of these
tracts with Mr.. Conklin and gives
the advice of his years of tours in
the woods.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg has almost
half Of its factory capacity on
articles for Uncle Sam?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
and also the local nekvs published
herein.
Ali rights of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

"+-he people of Pennsylvania have
a good bit of money in the banks
according to the statements made
by those under state supervision
and they ought to be able to fl
nance their shares of the loan in
style" remarked Daniel f. Lafean,
commissioner of banking to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

The National Industrial Confer
ence Board has been investigating
the question of women in metal
trades and finds that employers, as
a rule, favor this plan from the
standpoint of economy and do not
consider the question in it's broader
significance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

In the War of 1912 Harrisburg
tanneries made much of the leather
for equipping American troops.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

More rabbits and squirrels have
been reported as capering around
the fields in the central and eastern
sections of the state than for five
years by wardens of the State Game
Commission. In some places the
rabbits have been making them
selves almost as much of a nuisance
as the squirrels. Several years ago
the state distributed rabbits in coun-
ties where they were shy. Their
descendants are numerous.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

The National Safety Council, in
prosecuting it's safety campaign, is
urging upon workers that goggles or
other forms of glasses be worn
where the eyes are exposed to dan
ger from flying splinters or par
ticles of metal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Owing to the intent of the Brit
ish to establish diamond mills at
home to cut African rough stones,
upon which the Amsterdam indus
try is predicated, interested Hol-
Ianders are looking toward the dia-
mond fields of Dutch Borneo for a
supply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
LABOR NOTES

Members of the Baltimore Typo
graphical Union employed in COM
mercial shops have secured volun-
tary wage increase OF 50 week,
following conferences with the en-
ployers and representatives OF the
union.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC

TINE Philadelphia Inquirer, COM
menting upon the folly of per-
mitting ourselves to be unduly
excited over the influenza epidemic.
offers this very excellent bit of ad-
5ice:
Panic is the worst thing that
can happen TO an individual or a
community. Panic is exaggerated
fear, and fear is the most deadly
word in any language. The fear
of influenza is creating a panic,
an unreasonable panic that will
be promoted, we suspect, by the
drastic commands of the authori-
ties. Let a person become excited
over the daily reports of new
cases: let him brood over them;
let him shake his head in dismay
and with every little ache or pain
that may be harmless in itself
give himself over to dismal imag-
inings. and he is providing a fer
tile field for attack. His mind
fears II. becomes receptive TO 1t,
invites ii.
Take precautions, but don't be
foolish. Don't imagine yourself sick
when you are not; on the other
hand, don't try to fool yourself into
believing you are we'll If you are i'll.
Don't dose yourself with medicine,
but don't neglect a doctor when a
doctor is needed. Be moderate in
all things. Cool heads and calm
nerves are as essential as throat
gargles and antiseptics.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

AN INVALU-
ABLE GIFT.
What did your
father say he
would give you
for a wedding
present?
He said he
would give the
only thing he
C o u l d give
truthfully his
sympathy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELNGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

Ella ]. Skeahan, marshal OF the
New York State Reformatory for
Women at Bedford, N. Y, is the
first woman to receive requisi-
ton at the State Capitol. The mar
shall is also the first woman with po-
lice powers to transact official bust
ness at the Department of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. She
came here with papers for Helen
Solotar, who was arrested at Phil
adelphia and got the great seal and
ribbons on the documents in Snort
order.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

SURPRISE
FOR CHOLLY.
Cholly And
was my present
a surprise for
your sister?
Willie You
bet! Sis said she
never imagined
you'd give her
a n y t h 1 n g so
cheap.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
SLOW.

SLOW.
Edith (sighing)
oh, dear! Tom
hasn't proposed
yet.
Marie Well,
what can you ex-
pect OF a chap
who never runs
his auto over ten
miles an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09
HUNS FATAL BLUNDER

TTTHERE there is much smoke
wv there must be some fire." is an
ID -o,,i,o +bo+ ,aax ~ n app,gad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-09

(From Captain Gilbert Nobb's
story entitled. "On the Right of the
British Line" recopied by William
Fenstemacher, scribe, Boy Scouts
Troop, No. 13.)