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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
THE PUBLIC SPEAKER

DHE day of fiamboyant oratory
may be past, but not so the
popularity of public speaking.
The more closely organized the
community, the more good pubic
speakers are in demand. Almost
anybody can talk more or less effec-
lively If he has a message from the
heart, but even the man who has
sold himself big idea may be
embarrassed If he is suddenly called
upon to convince group of his fell
lows by addressing them Jointly
from dinner table or rostrum.
Public speaking is both a gift and
an acquired art. Just as the compo-
sition of English may be improved
by instruction and practice, so may
the amateur speaker attain the airs
and graces of the polished lecturer
by study and application.
Nearly every man aspires to ap-
pear we'll before his fellows and even
the humblest envies the man who is
able to give ready voice to his ideas.
These are reasons, probably, why
the Y. NJ. c. A. class in public speak
ing was such q great success last
year and why the class continues to
attract new students. The man who
can't speak intelligently and fiuently
in public when called upon is labor
ing under an unnecessary handicap,
and in these days of many meetings
and conferences the average man has
come to understand this as never
before.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
INJUSTICE DONE

10 fEc EdHoF or He Telegraph:
/ note with much qualification the
stand taken by the Telegraph in the
Dickinson-J j efferson incident and as
sure you that your timely exposure of
the gross injustice done these young
men Is more widely appreciated and
far-reaching in effect than perhaps
you and the Telegraph management
may suspect.
What Dr. Morgan lacks in appre-
citation for the feelings of the JEFF
ferson boys, their parents and the
colored citizenry of this Common
wealth, he also lacks in tact and
executive foresight and illustrates
aptly how under present conditions,
the elevation of little men to big
places has wrought woeful injustice
and almost irreparable damage both
to the institutions and subjects over
which they preside. He condemns
himself both by the act and his ex-
planation of 1t when he admits that
the formerly agreeable atmosphere
might" change for the worse with
the expected" coming of southern
students to the s. A. T. C. His own
words and acts pave the way for
the propagating of the very element
which big man would never permit
20 enter.
in this connection: Telegram signed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
SHALL GERMANY PAY?

"HE Manufacturers Record
thinks that "the entire cost of
the war to America and the
Allies should be placed upon Ger
many. The Record suggests that this
could be accomplished by the con-
fiscation of all bonds that have been
issued by Germany, Austria, Tur-
this war, and all prior bonds issued
by those countries and held by their
own citizens.
The German people, who have
gloatingly subscribed to these bonds
in hopes that they would be able to
loot the world" should be saddled
with the burden of this cost, or else
no interest should be allowed on
those bonds until the Allies have
been fully repaid.
The Record goes farther and in
sists that Germany should be COM
PEELED to pay a pension to the fam
lily of every man killed in the de-
fense of civilization in this war and
of every Allied soldier permanently
invalided.
mo one could object to the Ger
man people having the opportunity
to work increasingly for the next
fifty years in paying off this in
debtedness," declares the Record,
which believes that we and our
Allies would thus be relieved OF
the entire bonded Indebtedness con-
sequent to the war and taxation
would thereby be greatly diminished
1t would also exercise a salutary
effect on any country which might
have in prospect an era of such un-
bridled license, pillage and rapine
as has characterized the German
policy of terrorism for the past four
years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. w. w. Keen, the well-known
Philadelphia surgeon, says he will
not ever again wear or buy any Ger
man made articles.
Governor Brumbaugh in letter
to Washington people on the mer-
chant marine says the American
flag must go to every port on earth.
H. e. Paisley, head of the Phil
adelphia Sabbath School Associa-
ton, has secured permission for SER
vices to be resumed in some OF the
churches of that city.
-Ex-Speaker George e. Alter was
one of the men on the program at
the opening of the supreme court
room at Pittsburgh.
DR.. e. E. Sparks. president of
State College, is arranging for stu
dent examinations for the army at
the College.
Rabbi Eli Mayer. of Philadel-
phia, will go to Albany. He has
been prominent in Jewish affairs in
that city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
BRIGGS

by. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assist
date of September 25-.The War De-
partment has not issued any instruc-
Joining Student Army Training Corps
at Ohio State University or any other
institution. Any student mentally
BY tRe seSooy oeas a9f egbiep
admittance into any Student Army
organization. Emmett j. Scott. Spe..
clal Assistant to Secretary of War "
Acts such as the Dickinson incident
life of the American colored man and
under stress of war conditions he
grits his teeth. and swears to bear
the humiliation and insult as his por-
ton knowing full well that his part
In this wonderful period of world
history is not in vain. Every insult
ana stab IN the dark brings him a
new champion of the Telegraph type
and focuses the rapt attention of
many fair-minded Americans who
otherwise pay but passing attention
colored American is subject.
- would suggest. Mr. Editor, that
II Or. Morgan feels that Dickinson
college at this late date. is bound to
ern student body in it's attitude to-
wards its student of color, that the
great organization back of 1t, change
the location of the institution to
a job.
1t is a great source of encourage
ment. and satisfaction to the citizen
to know that there is in Harrisbure.
an organ of the influence of the
Telegraph unafraid to tell the truth
IN defense of the right. Defending
moral gain is not half so popular as
exploiting his wrongs for material
gain but in the end 1t counts for SO
much more in human progress and
racy."
Very sincerely yours.
STEPHEN j. LEWIS,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
By this shall all men knoo that
ye are my disciples, il ye haze loUe
one to dnother.-JoHN 1895.
NO TIME FOR TALKING

-HERE is distinct note through
out all the newspaper comment
- upon President Wilson's last
reply to Germany's peace proposal
adverse to any further communi-
cation with the thugs of Berlin.
obviously the American people are
relieved, as eX-President Taft has
said. that we are headed in the
right direction and let us fervently
hope that the President will re-
strain IL temperamental impulse to
write more frequently than the con-
ditions would seem to warrant. He
is mighty nimble with the pen, but
the tendency of all persons inclined
to singing English is to overdo the
thing. Short, direct and perfectly
understandable language is much
more to the point than indulgence
in rhetoric that sometimes has a
pleasant sound, but falls short of
conveying real meaning.
From now until the time when
Germany surrenders Internationally
we shall hope and pray that Presi-
dent Wilson will confine himself
to short-arm jabs, the only kind
that the Hun appears to understand
and appreciate.
The most heartening feature of the
recent epistolary episode is the over
whelming demand of the people of
the United States for force and still
more froce until the Kaiser and his
unmitigated hellians are flat on
their backs yelling enough
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

The thing to do. obviously. Is to have
the Harrisburg Hospital. the city and
the county to join forces and erect.
possibly on the poor house farm
a great metropolitan hospital such
as would meet the needs of all Gen.
trail Pennsylvania for years to come.
When we begin to improve the
hospital facilities of Harrisburg and
vicinity let us do 1t In a really big
way. after a manner that will give
our people the kind and size of hos
pital their wealth and numbers de-
mand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

The number of voters that have
come out indicates very healthy
interest In public affairs.
Our prime interest, of course, Is In
the winning OF the war. In thous-
ands of homes the chief thought
of the moment Is for the safety OF
some dear ono In the service. Our
minds are far away. Our vision ID
apt to follow our thoughts. But de-
spite all distractions, very large
percentage OF the citizenship has not
forgotten tho duty of suffrage. The
result in November should be the
election of men we'll qualified for
tho places they seek. That usually
is the result when the electorate
goes calmly and determinedly to the
polls without the confusion of cam
paign excitement which so often be-
clouds the real and vital issues.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

is one of the most famous Gothic
cathedrals, its west front, consis ing
of three porches, Ethe central one
surrounded by fine rose-window,
being second to Notre Dame of Paris
only, in purity of type. The cathe-
dral of Laon is built on the usual
cruciform plan, but the choir ter
inmates in straight wall instead
of in an apse. OF the six towers
only four are completed, the square
central forming a lantern within the
church. The distinctive feature of
the towers is the belfry with which
each is surmounted, openworked,
and decorated with gigantic sculp-
tured figures of oxen, symbolizing
the days of construction when OK
teams transported the building ma
terial from the plains up the steep
middle of the Twelfth Century, Notre
Dame of Laon was not finished until
1925. Its loveliness, that places it
foremost in the history of Gothic
architecture, is enhanced by match
less specimens of Thirteenth Gen.
tury stained glass. The bishops see
of Laon was permanently done
away with by the lawmakers of the
Revolution and the bishops palace,
another fine Gothic edifice, is now
the Hotel de Vile. The municipal
library is renowned for it's rich COL
lection of manuscripts.
The hill on which Laon rests is
singular in shape, being divided into
two branches, one of which supports
the town with the cathedral and the
citadel, the other a quarter, called
des Creuttes, built around the abbey
of st. Vincent. 1t is difficult to asso-
ciate the depression between these
two eminences, with it's smiling, gar
den and vineyard-clad slopes with
the rumble of cannon and the tramp
of marching armies. That small
green valley speaks of the peace and
prosperity that were the share of
Laon before the German came and
which the great events to the pres
ent are about to restore to her.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
NEIGHBORS NO LONGER

The management sincerely regrets
to announce that all direct commun-
ication by rail between Germany
and Turkey has been interrupted on
account of the war. Such a con-
tingency, of course, was not fore
seen. All intending travellers be-
tween Berlin and Constantinople,
therefore, are notified that they can
be carried only as far as Nish, with
no prospects of getting any farther.
owing to the refusal of the Bull
garians to grant transfers. And only
yesterday, as 1t were, Berlin and
Constantinople were almost like
next-door Observation-Disclosures Sci
ence Monitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
1918 REGISTRATION

"HE fact that registration in
Harrisburg is approximately
1000 less than last year is large
ly explained by the absence of sew
eral thousand men of voting age in
the army, most of whom entered
the service within the past twelve
months. 1t is remarkable that the
.TeSistration has held UP as we'll as
ii has. under the circumstances.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
BIG HOSPITAL NEEDED

~HE present epidemic of inf1u-
enza points the need of addition
- al hospital facilities for Harris
burg in no uncertain way. We have
been compelled to take over a school
for the treatment of victims who
be that other schools or clubs may
also have to be utilized. The Harris
burg Hospital, the Polytechnic and
hospitals of private character are
all full to over-crowding. They are
good institutions in their way, but
they no longer meet the requirements
of the growing city.
! DR.. Raunick, city health officer.
has been urging the erection of a
joint city and county hospital for the
treatment of contagious diseases.
This, too, Is needed, but in consider
ing such a proposal the city and the
county authorities should give due
thought of the advisability of meet
ing the hospital needs of the COM
munity for many years to come by
the joint construction of a home for
the infirm, to take the place of the
antiquated and obsolete almshouse,
and a general hospital, with a con-
tagious disease building for treat
ment of such maladies as small
pox, etc.
The time is fast approaching when
the Harrisburg Hospital will have to
be removed from its present some
what noisy location. 1t has done and
is doing an invaluable work, but the
, city is growing and it is not. Neither
would it be advisable to go on add
ing to the plant as 1t now stands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
Laon---Prize of First Degree

7 AON, dominating the plains of
Picardy from the height of her
steep, isolated rock, $50 feet
above the level ground, is a military
prize that is of the greatest impor-
the "trouee," or gap of the Disc
and the highways and railroads
leading to Paris, says the Christian
Science Monitor.
For the third time since the early
part of the last century, laon has
endured the bitterness and humilia-
ton of German occupation, and for
the third time she has known the
happiness of the hour that freed her.
From the shady promenades that
crown her great limestone rock, on
the site of the old medieval ram
parts, one can imagine her citizens
peering westward toward st. Quen-
tin and the forest of st. Quentin,
to see If, perchance, they could dis
tinguish the khaki and horizon blue
of the liberators.
At Laon, in 1914, Napoleon at
tempted to reorganize the remnants
of his Waterloo army, but in vain,
for after siege of 10 days the city
was compelled to surrender to
Blucher. Again, in the disastrous
year of 1870, Laon heroically barred
the way to the German avalanche
toward Paris. Again she had to
capitulate, not emitting, however, to
exact the price of admission from
the unwelcome guest: as the Ger
mans marched into the citadel an in
dignant private of French engineers
blew up the powder magazines.
In war time Laon prides herself
perhaps most on her fine military
defenses, consisting of inner works
on the eminence on which she is
built, and of groups of forts that
connect her with Rheims and with
the Aisne and insure her important
position in the triangle of fortresses
she forms with La Fere and Rheims.
In peace time her chief glory is
her cathedral. Notre Dame of Laon
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
IFrom the Savannah NewsI


Its efforts to find out why New
York women in greater numbers are
not registering in order to vote is
worrying the New York Sun. AL
though the women of the city out
number the men, now that so many
men are in the Army and Navy, the
first two days of registration showed,
out of every 100 persons registered,
~ men and 23 women. Certainly,
1T would seem that women who are
enabled to vote for the first time
would be as eager to go through
with all the necessary formalities as
is the average man when he crosses
the 21-year-old dead line, but either
New York women ara peculiar or
else they don't care so much for
the ballot after all. Can 1t possibly
be that they wanted it because they
didn't have 1t, and now that they
can vote If they want to, they don't
care very much about 1t? Some
pert person is sure to suggest that
If the poll tax should be quoted at
9S cents on the dollar. every eligi-
|ble-to-vote woman in the country
would promptly pay up.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
NO NEGOTIATION

THE air having been cleared of
the miasma of negotiation with
the Hun, America is now ready
to press forward with even more en-
ergy than ever before toward the
goal of a righteous peace and the
suppression for all time of organiz-
ed murder and pillage. There is a
rising tide of disgust with regard
to any future community with the
Prussian outlaws. The other day a
forceful writer made this observa-
ton regarding the last peace pro-
posal, which illustrates the attitude
of the average American citizen:
Germany and her vassaI, Aus
tria-Hungary, have had the au-
dacIty to submit another offer to
the Allies for peace negotiations,
and an armistice. Switzerland
humiliated itself i'm handling the
German stuff, while Sweden per-
formed the same nOxiOus service
for Austria Hungary. The au-
daciOus elements of both ooze
from every pore, and no more so
than where the infamous Kaiser
expresses his Willingness TO agree
upon "pence with honor" just as
though the ruling powers of Ger
many have any conception what
ever as to the essence of honor,
and ngain, where he is quoted as
willing to "extend his hand" as
though there is any one In the
Allied world who would touch his
dirty hand-the hand already
paIsied by it's blasphemOus up
raisnls toward u misrepresented
"Gott"-deiiIed by the signatures
to broken covenants nnd treaties,
stained by the blood of millions
of slain victims and desecrated
by the rnvishment, brutality and
lust, which was encouraged and
condOned, MS performed by his
soIdiery. Withdraw the foul hand
you thus extendj 1T In nauseOus
to sight and sense, nnd we Will
have none of 1t.
Guilty OF heinous crimes and
without an atom of pity, these men
are a menace to civilization, and
President Wilson is absolutely light
in declaring that there 'an be no
negotiation with an autocracy such
as has overruled the German people
to their own utter destruction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
BondWdrd, Christian Soldiers

Bondward, Christian soldiers, march
ing on our way,
the price be heavy we shall
gladly pay.
On the fields of Flanders stand our
gallant boys,
Raising high our banner mid the
battles noise.
Chorus.
Bondward, Christian soldiers, march
ing to Berlin,
Though the price be heavy we will
surely win.
r. P. wEISENFLUE.
Scranton, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

Anybody who has observed the de-
crease of arrests by the police de-
partment since the closing of the
saloons must be impressed with what
would happen in the event of ma
tional prohibition. Only fourteen ar
rests last week and but three of
these for drunkenness. 1t was stated
at police headquarters that it Is not
uncommon for the arrests to reach
a total of one hundred in a week and
there have been scores of arrests on
a single day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16


cessories in New Zealand. The de-
mand for sheet music is greater than
the supply.
American manufacturers will find
practically no competition in the
field of metal office furniture in Ar
gentina. One or two native firms
haye made some steel letter files
for banks but the files proved to be
very expensive and do not give as
much satisfaction as the American
file.
There was a great increase i'm last
years production of olive oil at
Malaga, Spain, and present condi-
tons point to another heavy crop
yield. The increase in prices has
created a serious problem in the
olive oil trade.
The War Trade Board announces
in a new ruling that cheese has been
added to the export conservation
list.
Three important cement compan-
les in New Zealand have consoli-
dated, with a capital stock of ST.
1900, and it is proposed to oper-
ate but one of the plants until the
demand for cement increases very
materially
Several inquiries have been re-
iceived at the Cape Town consulate
general for the names of American
manufacturers of machinery and
equipment for the manufacture of
starch.
An American consulate is to be
opened at Crane. Bolivia, by the
Department of State, and Ross Haz-
eltine has been appointed consul
Experts of tin plate, terne plates
and taggers tin from the United
States during the first seven months
of 1918 have amounted to 390,s05,-
210 pounds.
Condensed milk and preserved
meats ara wanted in Italy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

The late General Simon Cameron
was n philosopher and experienced
in political strategy. He once said
to the writer that a political leader
should first learn in what direc-
tion the people were going and then
lead the procession. Public men of
n later day are manifestly observing
that rule of conduct.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

A new chamber of commerce has
been established at Sanchez, in the
Dominican Republic, an important
port on Samana Bay. This is the
fourth chamber of commerce to be
organized in the Puerto Plata con-
sular district within the past year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

An organization in Italy desires
to purchase shoemaking machinery
of all kinds for shoe factory there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

A. cognac distillery in Chile is in
the market for bottles, labels, sup
plies and improved machinery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
TRADE BRIEFS

Bicycles. electrical supplies, hard
wares and food products are de-
sired in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

Now the President slaps the Poll
ticalmaster General second time by
ordering restoration of the mail SER
vice, such as it is, to Miss Jane
Adams World Tomorrow. Quite
right! We think as little of Miss
James doctrines as of the Nations,
but she is no less entitled to have
her say about things.
We suppose the Sun realizes that
the country cannot Get Rid of Kit
chin" without getting rid of a Demo-
cratic Congress. Can that be what
it really means? Hey, Burleson!
If the Hun wants to talk peace
let him talk while he is running.
We can say all we want to say to
him while we are charging bayonets
at the double quick.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

Germany plunged the world into
war when she was ready for it. We
shall restore peace when We are
ready for it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
SdrtoridI Note

Knicker-What is the fashion?
Bocker-old clothes and fourth
loan buttons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

If Mr.. Hoover could enforce the
old-time Yankee maxim, "Clean
your plate" he would conserve more
food than by all of his orders. regu-
lations and impurities combined.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is furnish
machinery for big coast defense
guns?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
e. J. STACKPOLB
President dnd Editof.iR Chief

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also tho local n5Nvs published
herein.
All rights of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
PAY AS YOU ENTER.

PAY AS YOU ENTER.
SHOULD you insist on having q
friend precede you in entering .
:ar?"
IL consider 1t wise, anyhow. He's
lpt to pay the fare for BOTH"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16
JOKES FROM COL. HARVEY
IN. A. Reviews War Weekly

IN. A. Reviews War Weekly
When Vorwaerts called upon Am
bassador Francis to withdraw from
Russia and Uncle David remark
ed inquiringly that he was from Mis-
he meant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-16

AS we were saying, On to Berlin.