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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
AMERICA

The night has decked herself in
jewels
For my pleasure,
Yet finds no favor,
For my heart is torn and bitter
For the crushed bodies Of my
brothers
The night has seen
These three years.
When suddenly
The distance trembles with sound,
AS of some great thing moving,
That holds the clang of metal,
And the whirring of machinery,
And the tramping, tramping, tramp
ing,
OF perpetual feet.
So I listen on and listen,
And warm wonder takes me,
For know the sound that trembles
Is the stirring of a nation,
To the succor
OF my brave dead.
It is the tramping of her armies
Gathered willing from her prairies
And her forests and her mountains,
Gathered willing from her cities
The masses of her thousand cities
Coming, coming to the fight.
1t ID the clang of metal
Molding, making in her factories
A myriad fine implements
Wherewith her men and ours
May help to force the right.
1t is the whirring of machinery,
OF her acres of machinery,
Working infinitely
To make food and clothing
For the men that fight.
1t seems
A giant bell within me rings,
And rings with joy,
To know the great are coming,
And the great will help the great.
And as still listen
The mighty sound is growing;
Somehow it makes a lullaby
For me to sleep.
Helen Dircks in the London OBJ
server.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
LABOR NOTES
BY BRIGGS

At Well Hall, England near the
Woolwich Arsenal, the British Min
istry of Munitions has built some
1000 houses of a permanent type. 1t
has erected stores, halls, schools and
other public buildings; also baker
les, central kitchen, laundries and
churches.
Organized labor's agitation against
the leasing of women convicts in Ala
bama to private contractors is de-
veloping strong public opinion
against this system. At the next
session of the State Legislature a
measure will probably be introduced
to prohibit this practice.
Union-Made Garment Manuactur-
ers' Association of New York City
has agreed to raise wages as a re-
suit conferences. Cutters and ap-
prentices are increased 50 a week and
all other week workers VIII be ad-
vanced ten per cent. These rates
are effective February 1.
The government of New South
Wales (Australia) has set aside 337
acres of Crown land in the suburbs
of Sydney for the purpose of erect
ing workingmen's cottages. Reser-
vations have been made for roads,
parks and churches-for parks thir-
ty-two acres; public schools and
technical colleges, seven and one
half acres, and churches, five and
one-ourth acres. There are also res
ervations for police stations, and ad-
ministrative buildings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
Ballad of Unsuccessful

DR.. Richard Burton, Phi. D., head
of the English department at the
University of Minnesota, is the au-
thor of this striking poem:
We are the toilers from whom God
barred
The gifts that are good to hold.
We meant fun well and we tried
full hard,
And our families were manifold
And we are the clan of those whose
Were u milestone dragging them
down.
Yea, we had to sweat for our bro
theirs sin,
And lose the victor's crown.
The seeming able, who all but
scored,
From their teeming tribe we
come;
What was there wrong with us, o
That our Ehes were dark and
dumb?
The men ten talented. who still
Strangely missed of the goal,
OF them we are; it seems thy will
To harrow some in soul.
We are the sinners, too, whose lust
Conquered the higher claims;
We sat us prone in the common
dust
And played at the DEVILS games.
We are the hard luck folk who
strove
Zealously, but in vain;
We lost and lost, while our COM
rades throve,
And still we lost again.
We are the doubles of those whose
way
Was festal with fruits and
Body and brain we were sound as
they,
But the prizes were not ours.
A mighty army our full ranks make.
We shake the graves as we go;
The sudden stroke and the slow
heartbreak,
They both have brought us low.
And while we are laying life's
sword aside,
Spent and dishonored and sad,
Our epitaph this, when once we
have died:
THE weak lie here, and the bad"
We wonder If this can be really the
close,
Life's fever cooled by deaths
trance;
And we cry, though it seem to our
dearest of foes;
God, give us another chance!"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
Fuel From the Ash Pit

In most furnaces, particularly in
the small ones used in dwellings,
coal is very inefficiently burned and
the cinders that are ordinarily
thrown away contain q great deal
of combustible fuel.
1t is too bad the ash burning
craze was allowed to wane years
ago. Now is the time to have it
revived. We feel sure that If every
consumer of coal could be pre-
vailed upon to sift his ashes. he
would effect a saving that would be
of material benefit to the country at
large, and at the same time would
be doing a great deal toward solv-
ing the problems of heating with
which he is now confronted.
We were told few weeks ago
that half of the coal shortage of
this winter could be made up if each
householder would save one furnace
shovelful of coal per day. Is not
this shovelful to be found in the
ashpit?-From the Scientific Ameri-
can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
OH, BEAUTIFUL SLUSH!

DID YOU ever, in all your life,
see anything so beautiful as
the slush which came to town
yesterday coincident with the rise in
temperature? Ordinarily slush is
anything but source of delight,
but yesterday, after the thermome-
ter had begun to sit up and take
notice, following a period of pros
tration that threatened to be perma-
nent, slush took on a new aspect.
How we reveled in it, How we
sloshed about in it and went home
joyfully with soaked feet and
laughed at the idea of grip
Slush yesterday had all the soft
suggestion of spring that comes with
the fiutter of robins wing, a blue
birds song or the breath of an
early violet blooming on a sunlit lea.
slush was the harbinger of better
days. Slush spoke comfortingly to
us of dandelion salad and sassafras
tea; of Palm Beach suits and Pana-
mas; of lazy nights in hammocks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

Nobody is happier than the motor
men and conductors over the change
in the weather. They have been hard
worked and long-suffering. The mail
carriers and the expressmen, the dray-
men, the delivery clerks and the rail-
road men are also all smiling to-day.
Nobody but they themselves will know
just what they suffered during the
prolonged cold weather. Railroading
of all kinds has been conducted with
great courage and efficiency under
the most trying circumstances. The
wonder is not that the roads were
tied up occasionally, but that they
managed to operate even in a re-
stricted way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

e. Lowry Humes, the wester|
district attorney, who is developirI
boom for Governor, was formerI
in the Legislature.
DR.. Victor II. Wieand has bed
reelected head of the Allentowl
Fair.
John C. Clark, Lock Havd
banker, is confined to his home 4
the result of a fall.
Lewis II. Parsons, in charge 4
the loan for the Third Reserve ban|
district, is busy comforting wifi
bankers about the details.
Howard G. MCGOWAN, formf
legislator from Berks, has been al
pointed farm labor manager for thu
county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
Might of the C0nquerOr

Must kultur rear it's domes over
mountains of corpses, oceans of
tears and the death rattle of the con-
quered? Yes; it must The
might of the conqueror is the
highest law before which the con-
querer must bow.
KARL A. KUHN (of Charlotten-
burg), 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
STORIC HARRISBURG
"Sdfety First" For Bill

A subscription has been stert1
by a Texas man to buy crutches q
Kaiser Bill, "as he will need the
next Christmas" But the need
not so apparent, judging by the gre
care taken by the kaiser and h
sons to keep away from the dang
zones at the front.-From the Bait
more American, ....-.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
Doctor-Call in Doctor Squills ant
we will hold consultation.
Mrs. Hardluck-Do you think h
is going to die, doctor? oh no. onh
Squills owes me money and see I,
chance to collect
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

and Joyous days on field and stream.
Slush may not appear so delightful
week from now. There is such
q thing as getting too much even
of prayed-fer blessing. But 1t
certainly did look good yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918

II zoe find but one to 10hom zoe
can speak out Of our heart freely,
aoith a0hom aoe can 4CdlE in loUe and
simplicity 1oithout diSSimuldtion, 1oe
haze no ground of quarrel 1Uith the
q0orld.-STEvENsoN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

The Telegraph welcomes to Harris
burg the new superintendent OF the
Philadelphia Division, w. f. Smith,
Jr., whose promotion by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company was an
nounced exclusively in these columns
yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
CONGRESS CANNOT


RESIDENT WILSON, in the
latest and most amazing of
the administrators war measures
asks Congress to delegate to him the
last yestige of power remaining in
the legislative branch of the govern
ment and to constitute him supreme
dictator at least for the period oil
the war. Congress cannot legally do
what the President asks and II
should not do so if it could.
The President has been given
more and more power willingly by
Congress when it became apparent
that he needed it for a proper pros
ecution of the war. Food and fuel
regulation have been placed in his
hands gladly by Congress because
it was felt that the situation de-
manded radical action and CEN
tralization of control. Price fixing
the power of saying whether or not
beer shall be manufactured in this
country during the war, and many
other matters of vital importance
to the nation have been entrusted to
him or his appointees.
Nobody objects to this executive
authority. Nobody would take from
the President any of the vast infiu-
ence that he now wields-an intiu-
ence and a power, by the way, sec
ond to that of no other ruler in the
world. not even the Kaiser himself.
Willingly Congress and the people
will add to Presidential authority
when the need becomes apparent.
But that time is not yet, and not
likely to come, for the reason that
what the President now needs is
not more power, but able men to ex-
ercise the power already vested in
him and his subordinates.
The Presidents state papers and
his definitions of the nations war
aims are above criticism and voice
in admirable manner the sentiments
of a vast majority of the people. He
has done a great work in getting
war preparations under way. But he
has blundered woefully in his selec-
ton of men to do the work at hand.
He has accomplished much, but If it
had not been for his persistent and
impatience with Con-
gress and congressional suggestions
and recommendations he and the
nation. too, would be much farther
along toward the end of the war. He
has ignored Congress at every op-
portunity. Instead of seeking ad-
vice and help he has declined both
and has rebuffed even those of his
own party who offered friendly aid.
Now he asks Congress to confer
upon him vastly more power thar
is welded by any monarch on earth.
There is no questioning the Presi-
dents sincerity nor his patriotism,
but, few will agree with him in his
evident assumption that he can best
conduct the great war alone and
unaided by Congress. Not only that
but Congress was elected by the peo-
pie to perform certain specific duties
in the government which the con-
stitution and law distinctly specify
congressman cannot transfer these
duties to the President even though
they so desired. They have a com.
mission from the people and they
cannot legally surrender it to any.
| body. The President has all the
authority he needs. What he shoult
have is bigger men about him t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

"This," says the Punxsutawney COR
respondent, has been a hard winter
for most of u.s." But why discrimi-
nate2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

It is entirely in accord with the
name of the place that Middletown
should become a military hub.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg sales Of
War Saving Stamps are jump
ing daily?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Early courts were held in IL ID
house on Front street below th
John Harris mansion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

Passing the buck" builds no ships.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

Colonel Frank M. Vandling,
Scranton, a former HarrisburgeI
was back in the city yesterday
attend a meeting Of the commissio
in charge Of construction at til
State Institution for Feeble Mindd
Women. The Colonel met a numbd
of old friends and was cordial
greeted about the Capitol.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

Ell. STACKPoLE,P Pres't s. Editor-in-C Chirf
r. r. OYSTER. Business MGndger.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

The small loan brokers of th|
state, who have a pretty live associa|
ton and numerous members, hav|
taken a step which is worth conf
mending. They have decided thai
they will not accept Liberty Bond
or Baby Bonds as pledges. Thes|
securities are to induce thrift anI
the state officers of the organizatioI
have ruled that there shall be moth
ing doing in the line of hooking
cl1nh fhinne
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-08

DIR. B. A.. Montgomery is a Re-
publican candidate for the office of
State senator from the old indepen-
dent district of Mercer and Craw-
ford counties. The encumbent Is
L. M. Smith, of Crawford county, a
Bull Mooser. DIR. Montgomery is
president of the Mercer County
Farm Bureau.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

A savage tortures his enemies, CIV
ilized man his friends.-Los Angeles
Express.
French political propaganda con-
ceaied in sausages is being sent into
German lines This guarantees that
the "kamareads" viii eat il up.-Gal-
weston News.
One OF the kaiser's sons has written
a book entitled With Ny Battalion
in the Front Line Trenches For
those who like fiction il probably
would be very interestinE.-B ont
Enterprise
The help OF every American is
needed II is no time 10 90 about the
land proclaiming the mistakes OF the
country Let's put our shoulders 10 the
wheel and help along. not scotch the
wheels. Every word OF approval viii
help somewhere.-Grecnv (Texasj
Banner.
All secretary MeAdoo has to do in
a day is TO raise a billion dollars in
Liberty bonds. revise the rules and
time cards OF all the railways. attend
to several million work people who
want more pay, get every kind OF
freight moved ahead OF every other
kind and talk with all the people
that want jobs and contracts--Waxa-
hachie Light.
Some Of the expert war correspond
ents predict no drive" by the Ger
mans. but a continued Watchful wait
ing policy. a kind Of wearing out
process Hilaire Belloc thinks Ger
many viii lose at this and points out
as his reasons that Germany has not
the force to make a drive or to sue
cessfully bring off a campaign Of at
trition.-Matagorda (Texas) Tribune.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
Hobby May Not Present
Committee Suggestions;
Would Mean Years Work

Austin, Texas, Feb Ex-Governor
Hobby is facing a serious problem re-
garding the method Of submitting TO
the legislature at the special session
the recommendations OF the legislative
Investigating committee. He finds
that to submit almost anyone OF the
recommendations the opening OF the
POSSIBILITIES for the instruction Of
numerous bills. the consideration OF
which cannot be accomplished during
the limited space Of 80 days OF an ex-
traordinary session
The governor said to give proper
consideration to all the recommen-
dations made by the committee would
REQUIRE at least one year. consequent
~ It appears TO be his intention 20
submit only a few OF the more i'm
Dortant recommendations when the
iawma kers convene. He pointed out
that these recommendations mean al
most an entire change in the govern
mental system OF the state, DE Is
anxious, however, TO have the legis-
Iature dispose Of the liquor reguia-
ton program before attempting 10
pass laws carrying out the recon-
mendations OF the committee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
81, 600 FIRES in TEXAS
SINCE DECEMBER 10. 1910

Austin, Texas. Feb. 25.-Reports
received by state fire marshal Wal
lace English. indicates that $1,000
fires occurred in Texas since Decern-
Der 10, 1910, 10 January I, 1918 OF
this number, 3S,305 were OF fires oc-
curing in dwellings, apartment
houses, boarding houses and private
outhouses, and Of which 25,242 or
$50 percent were preventable. 405
or los percent unpreventable. and
9006 or 23.5 percent from unknown
causes.
It is shown that Of the $1,000 fires.
~ 695 were OF fires in all classes OF
mercantile risks and special hazards,
and of which number 1856 or oh
percent were preyentable, Sl55 OF
1872 percent unprsventable. and 1874
or 20.4 percent from unknown causes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
DAILY RECORD.


san Elizcrio grant, II. Elan ct al
70 J. Krakauer. survey 1o9. SO. 900; Jan
uary 81. 1878
Sunset Heights. aIundy avsuue-J ?.
Murrin to Reamer Billiard north esE feet
Of lots % and 2s. block 81. SO; January
Military Heights. Mountain aveuue-A
J. Blain 70 Jose Macias. lots - and 20.
block p. $3.50: June z. 1871.
Tobin tCwusite-W. H Fenchler 10 y.
500; February q. 1915.
Bassett's addition. Texas street-N. G.
Buchoz to ". H Fenchler. lots II TO "a
block so. $1,000. February o. 1915
Franklin Heights. 3Iasoffin avenue-W.
H Vance TO Hiram Hadley. lots 3 and
west 6 4 feet OF 10. block IS. $500; Feb
ruary 1. 1915
Alexander addition. Cincinnati street.
G. Baron 10 Nick Kousiakis. lots l. and
IS. block ZIG Sla0: February 1a. 1918
Grand View. Nations street-Jane Nor
gan Marshall TO Rachel A. Morgan. lots
i. Is. Is. block 20. SIC; February 3,
Grand View. Mountain street-Rachsi A.
Morgan to Jane Morgan Msrzhall. lots l.,
IS. IS. block 81, SO; February IL. ISIS.
Manhattan Heights. Lebanon street
James B. Brady 10 c. H Powell, lots 6
and Z, block S, St92i February is. 1918.
Building Permits
H b. Beutell. fireproof building lot IS.
block Is, Mills addition. SIS. 600.
c A. Foungberg. Piedras and Boulc-
ward, addition 10 second story. $500
Licensed to Marry.
Alex Thompson and Claicy Sheapherd-
Ralph r. Brown and Catherine Heck
mann
Prank Wertz and Mildred Goddard.
Santiago Duran ard Jus.ins Mendoza
William G. Wilson and Tsidra Holguin.
Dennis Saunders and Roberta sheldon.
Mar Ben and Maria Lopez.
Felx Rangel AID Luana Nidulis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
ANOTHER REVOLUTION IS
RAGING IN COSTA RIGA

San Juan del Sur. Me, Feb ga
revolution is in progress in Costa
Rfca. Wire communication has been
Interrupted between the frontier and
Las Canas. The towns Of Ala1uela, san
AIateo and Hereda are in the hands OF
the revolutionists. It Is reported Las
anas and Punta Arenas probably VIII
be captured shortly
The present administration Of Costa
Rica came into power in consequences
OF a revolution in January last year
President Gonzales was overthroWn BY
Gen. TinOco, who assumed the presi-
dencv. The United States has not
recognized the Tinoco government
Former president Gonzales and Ger
mans in Costa Rica and the United
States are said to have been concerned
in a plot to overthrow the Severn
ment discovered by Costa Rican au-
thorities last May.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25

in the blacklist gloom Of life lie Jew
els OF wit; and humor sparkles every
where with the most delightful incon-
sistency.
Picture the stern metallic matter
of-factness OF q battleship's engine
room. Glittering steel, cold and hard
and sharp. Crisscross rods and arms,
the giant fabric Of a modern main
engine. Would you think to look at
one glinty capsule of the mechanism
that therein lay a juicy kernel Of hu-
mor2
Glands. as they are called. were
such particular bits under repair one
day in port. A gland fits around a
piston rod where it passes out of a
cylinder and prevents steam leak
age. A gland is secured TO the pis-
ton and is in two parts with some
soft cotton or metallic packing be-
tween it and the rod By setting up
on screws connecting these two parts
the packing is pressed in tight and
plugs the space through which steam
and water might escape.
The assistant engineer officer
wiped sweat from his brow with a
grimy hand. His patience was ex-
hausted. Here Smith," he said to
the oiler. ego tell the chief these
glands are in bad shape and he ought
to see them"
The messenger disappeared up the
ladder. He was new on the ship
and had to ask his way to the chiefs
room Sir" he reported. Mr..
Lemly says to tell you sir, that his
glands are bad and you ought 10 see
them. And pardon me. sir. but I
think the trouble Is lower down.
All right" was the officers
prompt answer, now go straight
back 70 sick bay and tell the steward
TO let you have some castor oil and
I'll see him in about ten minutes"
The man went away muttering.
Castor oil may do he said to him
self, but it's new glands is what she
needs" He had to explain twice to
the steward before he could get a
pint Of the lubricant, which seemed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25

see with tray pass glasses of liquor to three
soldiers The soldiers later signed statement that they
were to have paid 81 three drinks The woman
interviewed leave the transaction incomplete Fed
eal officials here informed of the but de-
cned to undertake prosecution because they said there
proof of sale Police officers also said they knew
Of bootgges furnishing liquor to soldiers but could do
nothing because they did not money change hands
This Interpretation the law seemed quite variance
with its intent and probably in most parts of the country
proof of the act Of furnishing liquor to soldiers
gardess of the sale feature would have been sufficient to
bring conviction. So while the changed ruling may make
little difference here, in other places it may make very
great difference Indeed the chances that booeggng
will totally disappear place of the bootleggers viii be
left ONLY A MULTITUDE OF BIBUL0US FRIENDS"
Any soldier who hasn't "frend" to give him drink
acquire in hurry.
The army is not helped by this change. It does not
make for prohibition and rank injustice to the saloon
keepers who paying large for licenses and
entitled consideration if the secretary is going
the soldiers drink.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-25
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE
FARM SURVEY OF TEXAS

Austin, Texas, Feb. ga complete
agricultural survey Of the state OF
Texas is to be made for the federal
government by Taz. ". Mcclellan,
state farm specialist OF the state Ia
Dor department: this having been de-
cided upon following a conference
here with DR.. Mcclellan by George 4
Maloney OF Washington, D. c, super
vising farm help specialist OF the
federal department OF agriculture
The purpose OF this survey IS 70
get first hand definite and reliable
information as to the needs OF the
farmers in the way OF labor, seed
and other things necessary TO an in
creased food and feed production The
survey viii start March IS.