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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
LETTER FROM BLUE DEVIL
Tin dianapolis News] ]

When the Blue Devils visited In
dianapolis last May they were en-
tertained by local citizens. Maurice
earlier was the guest of Martin
Rehfuss, Jr., County Fuel Admins
traitor. He has written a letter to
Mr.. Rehfuss, a translation of which
reads:
Having returned to France, 1
hasten to thank you very much for
the welcome you gave us while So
journing in your beautiful United
States. Never, never shall 1 forget
your fraternal love. I have been so
happy to notice that America and
France are united, as a soul in the
body, for the freedom of the world.
II have related to my fellow-citi-
zens of France all that you have
done and what you are still doing
for us. 1 have told them of your
love. I have also told them that
France has a big sister in big Amer
| lea, upon whom we can depend. I
shall always tell my American
| friends how you received the Blue
Devils in your city and 1 shall kiss
them for you. You may be sure that
in the field of battle our hearts beat
and our blood flows together, be-
cause we are fighting with the same
object, the security of the world
/ and the crushing of this accursed
race called German.
Once more, thank you. AS to for
getting never! How can l forget?
| When 1 came back from my absence
in France 1 found my family in a
pitiful condition. Driven from their
village by the Huns by shell and fire,
they are now destitute without any
resources. How we curse the Boches
and we will never forgive them for
their barbarism. Forget? Never!
Thank you, and much love from
a Blue Devil"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

e. V. Babcock. who is host to
many prominent men to-day at his
farm near Pittsburgh, is a member
of a family which is very prominent
in the lumber business.
Captain ]. Dickinson Este, who
has been winning laurels in air fight
ing, is president of a Philadelphia
manufacturing company.
Col. Lewis e. Better. of the
Council of National Defense, has
been visiting Camp Meade.
DIR. John P. CARRIER, head of the
Philadelphia schools, says that edu-
cation must be kept right up to the
top mark in spite of the war.
A. c. Bigelow, active in the
movement for more sheep in Penn
sylvania. has gone to North Caro-
lima to tell what this state is doing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Fair Season

(From the Pennsylvania Farmer)
The county and district fairs
should be of greater educational
value this year than ever before.
There are graver farm problems be-
fore the agricultural public than
ever before. and the good fair will
present these problems to the COM
munity as no other institution can.
Then. the industrial exhibits, includ-
ing farm machinery, farm building
equipment, and labor-saving devices
about the farm are more impor-
tant and more needed this year than
normally. Again, 1t has been busy
season.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
LABOR NOTES

Wallace, Idaho, hotel and restau-
rant workers have received the eight
hour day.
Women hosiery workers at Dury,
Ireland, demand a 1874 per cent.
bonus.
Retail clerks at Fort Worth, Texas,
have agreements with most of the
mefchants.
Brockton (Mass) BARRIERS have
raised wages SO a week.
Women ice wagon drivers in In
dianapolis are proving a success.
Baltimore (Md.) yeast makers have
secured wage increases of 20 per cent
Kilmarnock, Scotland. has abolished
half penny fares on the tramway
cars.
Large army trucks are being oper-
ted by women drivers in Detroit.
Northampton, Mass. fnds the COM
munity market plan a money saver
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
We've Got Them on the Run
By BRIGGS

In Picardy and Flanders,
Like frightened geese and ganders
They flutter in the sun;
They don't take time to goose-step;
They take long, quick. loose step
We've got them on the run!
Though Hindenburg may scold
them,
His famous line won't hold them
They're making a home run;
They're hiking for the Rhine land;
Don't blame them-it's fine land
Lies basking in the sun.
Some day they'll rally-may be;
Yet awful though that day be
The battle will be won;
And all the world, made free then,
Will praise the deeds of free men
Who overcame the Hun!
Joseph B. Glider, in New York
Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
No Time For Recreation

One of the new magazines is called
Country Life in the War, but we
doubt whether there will be a de-
mand for it. Country life in the war,
we learn. consists of working from
4 a. m. to 10 p. m. with only a little
time off on Saturday afternoon to
paint some slacker's barn yellow
From the Grand Rapids Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
S[dckeriSn1 in Mountains

The New York Herald says the
only opposition to the draft is in iso-
lated mountain sections. In some of
the mountain counties of Kentucky
none was called under the first draft
law, because all of the men between
,21 and 81 had gone as volunteers
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Mdu Need ArnlU

After the war it might be well to
keep a few shock troops in govern
ment service for the purpose OF
showing speed maniacs that with a
little judicious machine cunning the
world can be made completely safe
for democraoy.-From the Toledo
Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
WE MUST GO ON

" he message hdWrence Neiiier'
noted housing expert, brings to
Harrisburg briefly put, is that the
city is facing a serious housing con-
dition, but that the remedy is at
hand, If we have but the courage and
the energy with which to apply. it.
The Chamber of Commerce has
done a good piece of constructive
work in bringing Mr.. WELLER here
and his preliminary findings, as out
lined at the luncheon to-day. are in
teresting and we'll worth while. But
what the Chamber and Mr.. Veiller
have done constitute a mere begin
ming. If we pause now all the effort
put into the movement will have been
for nothing.
Houses do not grow on trees and a
great housing development, such as
Harrisburg must have II it is to keep
pace with its opportunities, is not
brought into being at small cost or in
a moments time. Our park develop
ments, our sewers, our paved streets,
our filter plant, the new n-Harris
hotel-all these and others are illus
trations of the time, the energy and
the never-failing enthusiasm neces-
sary to carry any great public i'm
provement to completion. So with
housing; a tedious process of organ
ization and promotion must precede
actual results.
There are many sides to the prob
lem. We do not solve housing Difficult
ties simply by the erection of more
houses. A building ordinance, mod
ern and comprehensive; a zoning
system, carefully framed by experts;
means of forcing the renovation of
unfit houses, and the selection of
ground for industrial housing devel-
opments-all these and more are i'm
portant factors in a correct solution.
Harrisburgs needs along all these
lines are real, vital and urgent. The
duty of the city is to plan now.
We have spent money with lavish
hand on parks, Fairgrounds, filtered
water, sewers, paved streets, great
viaducts and public schools. Yet
these are in the last analysis sub
ordinate to the home. Home is
where the heart is" but there is
very little heart in the dirty, run
down shacks that many Harrisburg
people by necessity dignity by that
title. A well-housed city is a self
respecting city; the opposite also is
true. The labor turnover in Harris
burg is five times what it ought to
be. This can be greatly reduced.
More and better houses constitute
the answer
Proper housing is both humanitar-
ian and good business" 1t is our
next big public movement. We must
so at it with all the vim, the energy,
the pep" and the good judgment
and breadth of vision that marked
our earlier undertakings. We are at
the parting of the ways. One leads to
stagnation and the other to a bigger,
better city. 1t is for our people to
say which road Harrisburg shall
take
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Congressman Kreider is greatly in
terested in the proposition to make
the Susquehanna river navigable. and
believes the project to be entirely
feasible. In this matter, as in all
others having to 90 with the pros
perity and development of the district
and the State. our representative at
Washington is always alert.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Mr.. Brisbane, having been caught
with the goods, proceeds to make a
lot of noise about it. But that won't
help. The people these days want
honest newspapers, honestly owned
and honestly managed, and all the
yelling of the yellows won't change
their ideas in this respect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Bet Pdpen Bushes at This

This Franco-American offensive
against the st. Mihiel salient should
remind Captain Won Papen of those
idiotic Yankees. From the Spring
field Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
LOST.

LOST.
DR.. Quack-I
had a great
many more pa
tients last year
than / have this.
I wonder where
they have gone
to-?
M rs. Com
forter-Well, all
we can do, Doc
tor, is to hope
for the best.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Superintendent Schaeffen in his
Arbor Day proclamation, urges the
people to plant trees this year to re-
place those required for war uses. Nor
is the war the only agent of destruc-
tion, says DR.. Schaeffer. Another
argument for a Shade Tree Commits
sion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Ex-Mayor ]. William Bowman is
chairman of a committee of tho Coun-
Gil of National Defense for Dauphin
county, which will have to do with
the very proper and important work
OF collecting and compiling the mill
tary data of the war. When this COM
mittee shall have organized its work.
1t will have the earnest cooperation
OF ell citizens. to the end that the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

A good banker and musician are
alike in one particular, at least; both
know a lot about the value of notes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

We haven't heard for a long time
anything concerning the Serbians, but
they seem to be still able to get the
bulge on the Bulgars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

history or q. great strugsre, 90 rar
as 1t relates to Dauphin county. may
be complete and accurate to the last
detail,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

German newspapers profess to be
discouraged" by President Wilson's
reply to the peace note. which is pre-
cisely in accord with the Presidents
purposes in writing it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Won't EDen Look at 'em

Teutonic bids for an inconclusive
peace at this time will be duly filed in
the entente waste basket.-Frona the
Chicago News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

The German soldiers might adopt
as their marching tune the stirrins
air OF Home. Sweet Home"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
HISTORIC HARRIsBURG

The first post office was in Sec
ond street near Chestnut and was
opened in 1871.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
DO YOU KNOW

THAT parts made in Harris
burg are in use on cannon used
In the Marne offensive?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
OUR DAILYLAUGH
NO WONDER

AVN w NFA - - : -
Poor old Jones
lost every cent
he had in Wall
street.
Serves h ! m
rig h t. 7 h G
darned fool wa:
play ying the
game with hii
own money.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Some Plunge Heddlong In

Some people borrow trouble and
others speak German In public
From the Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Kno1 that the lore Of thyseU doth
hurt still more than anything in the
toorId.-ThonlGS a Kempis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
e. ]. STACKPOLE

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to II or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
SURE

- :
ENOUGH.
T h Q doctor
says I'm eating
too much sweet
stuff. Says sugar
makes you lazy.
Think it does2
L o q ( sugar
might.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Assertion was made by Judge
Bonniwell in a recent speech that
Palmer and Mccormick, had they
lost the gubernatorial nomination in
1914, were ready to bolt the nomi-
nation Of Michael ]. Ryan. This
year the party" he concluded, tried
beyond endurance by a leadership
selfish and incompetent. a leader
ship concerned only in the acquisi-
ton of fat offices for themselves and
their intimates seeking power and
wealth with a shameless disregard
for the reputation of the party, has
repudiated this pair of incompe-
tents, and they arrogate to them
selves a reputation of that choice.
I welcome the reputation. I have
no desire for the support of two
such men,"
1T is said by keen political OBJ
servers that the split among the
Democrats in Lehigh is daily grow
ing wider. Many resent the Fair
Play" movement. There has always
been in Lehigh a feeling against
those who depart from party regu-
larity and kick over the traces, To-
cally called "bellhommels." 1t is
also evident that on account of the
Presidents war order to stop brew
ing and the imminence of prohibi-
ton the wet" issue is losing its
force, so that the Republicans. in
spite of the fact that Lehigh is nor
mally 1900 Democratic, expect to
carry the county for Sproul.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
WANT TO PUT

n l. NSA
When I h 9
time C o m e s
t h o re a r Q
mighty few men
who want to
die.
Yes, I guess
It's about the
last thing a man
wants to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
'v1NDICTIvE.

v1NDICTIVE.
Did you ever
See @ woman that
was tongue-tied? ?
No. but i've
seen lots of them
that ought to be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20

Everything now depends on bur
final eXertions. Everything is at
stake and because our enemies
know it, because they have the
greatest respect for the German
Army, because they see they can
not overcome our Army and Navy.
they are trying to overcome us by
means of internal disintegra
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
TWILL REDUCE FARES
TO SUMMER RESORTS
Railroad Administration
is Now Working on
New Schedule of
Rates.

Observation-Disclosures excur.
sion fares to summer resorts will be
put into effect soon by the railroad
administration. Passenger traffic
committees now are working on sew
eral thousand local rates to seashore
and inland resorts, and many OF
these will be recommended to Di-
rector General McAdoo within
week. Altho low excursion rates ex-
listing before June 10, when the j.
cents mile passenger rate went into
effect, will not be restored, the
special rates will range from 10 to
20 per cent lower than the straight
fare.
A number Of other apparent in
justices effected by increasing pas
senger rates fatty to 3 cents a mile
particularly in short hauls, are I'M
der consideration by passenger traf-
fic committees.
The railroad administration today
decided to add to the freight traffic
committees, which are threshing out
adjustments in rates necessitated by
the general increase, representatives
of the shippers and the public. They
will be appointed next week.
New export and import rates,
established on a specific basis of in
crease, went into effect today. They
ranged from rs to SO per cent above
the old rates.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
GERMANS SHIFT
AMAzES WORLD
Officials Speculate on
Cause of Transfer of
Blame From England
10 Russia.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The speech
of German Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann before the reichstag, in
which he laid chief blame for the
war on Russia, was read in official
and diplomatic circles here with
some degree of surprise and aston
ishment.
The question which Immediately
occurred to all officials was the un-
DERIVING motive for the sudden shift
of blame from England to Russia
and the placing of England third in
the order of liability and France next
to Russia.
Suspect German Diplomacy
Such a statement, in contradiction
of all the German official argument
heretofore, diplomatists thought
might foreshadow some further
move, possibly to test out the senti-
ment of the allies on peace and prob
ably to create some dissension
among them. AS with other moves
of German diplomacy, it was viewed
most cautiously.
Some observers think Germany at
last has become convinced that it is
with England and America she must
deal in peace negotiations, and is
paving the way for elimination of the
"strafng," practically ignoring the
other entente powers, confident in
her ability to deal with them sepa-
rately If England and America can
be brought to see the advantage to
themselves of accepting such peace
terms as the Germanic powers are
prepared to offer.
To Retain Alsace-Lorraine
Other features of Won Kuehl-
mann's speech are declared by Of
ficials here to be nothing more than
repetitions OF forn1er declarations
by him or by his predecessor in the
office of foreign minister. The ref
erence to Germany's independent
existence within the boundaries
drawn for us by history" is under
stood here to mean a determination
to retain Alsace-Lorraine by virtue
of the ancient title set up by Ger
many preceding the separation of
those provinces by Napoleon's act.
Referring to the German minis
ter's declaration that Germany
could not bind herself to any pledges
in regard to Belgium" it is pointed
out that this statement was evidently
made in answer to the comment
made recently in the house of COM
mons by Foreign Minister Balfour
that nowhere had Germany officially
declared her willingness to evacuate
Belgium.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
ut still is very high vet.

but still is very high yet. III
Last Wednesday Mrs. George Tais
bot of Idaho Falls came down and
spent the day here with her Sister,
Mrs. N. l.. Jacob.
Three carloads of soldier boys,
who had either been drafted or vol
unteered, passed thru here on laat
Wednesday on the passenger trAiil
going south. Many of them Were
from Idaho Falls. A large crowd
gathered at the depot to see them
go thru and to greet many familiar
faces. gEi
Mrs. Lulu Mcguire came down
from Idaho Falls on Wednesday slaet
to attend the district meeting OF the
Rebekah lodge here.
A big war saving stamp drive waB
made here last week. Shelley Witt
surely go over the top again. The
prominent citizens of the town re
taking active parts in this drive ma
are getting good results. Almost
every man and woman is buying wAr
savings stamps. #KkgN
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02

M. J. Brown went to Idaho Falls
on last Thursday.
A number of drafted men and boys
who volunteered left for the train
ing camps last Tuesday and We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Moore made a
business trip to Idaho Falls on last
Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. N. S.
Sage.
A number of Idaho Falls people
attended the dance and farewell
party here Monday, June "a.
Nelson Miller and family went to
Idaho Falls on Tuesday last.
Mrs. Wright, mother of W. s.
Wright, came up from Blackfoot on
Tuesday last to spend a few days
with Stull and his wife.
The river is now lowering some,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
The Family Purse
and Children's Food

The family must be fed, whatever
foods cost, and the wise mother will
study how to get the greatest re.
turn on her investment by the care.
full selection of foods. The cheapest
foods are by no means necessarily
the most economical. Half decayed
fruits and vegetables are sold very
cheap from the wagons or markets,
but may be very expensive to the
family IL illness results, and it is
only too true that cheap milk may
cost the life of baby. 1t is plain
that unless food is in good condi-
ton it is not cheap at any price.
But even when the quality of food
is above reproach, it must be selected
wisely and adapted to the needs of
the family. To do this it is good
plan to divide the money that may
be spent for food in some such way
as the following: (a) Spend from
one-quarter to one-third Of the total
food money for bread, cereals, mac
aroni and rice" Bread and other
cereal foods from the basis of the
American family diet and should be
freely used for children. (b) Buy
at least from one-third to one-half
a quart of milk a day for each men,
Der Of the family" This amount Of
milk for the family will ordinarily
permit each child to have one and
one-half pints day. (c) Spend as
much for fruit and vegetables to-
gether as for milk" Children
should begin to have little vege-
table food in the first year, and after
the second year well-cooked vege-
tables shold form a usual part of
their diet. (d) Spend not more
for meat and eggs together than for
vegetables and fruit. The amount
spent for meat may be decreased as
the amount spent for milk in
creases." It has been found that
many families spend an entirely un-
due amount of their food allowance
for meat, which is the most expen-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
GENERAL PERSHING
INSISTS THAT LETTERS
BE WRITTEN HOME

DUTY to ones country does moi
end on the parade ground, nor even
on the battle field, but consists in
doing everything in ones power to
help win the war;" says an order is.
sued by General Pershing, a copy
Of which has been received by the
war department.
ITO write home frequently and
regularly to keep in constant touch
with family and friends is one of the
soldiers most important duties
Mothers and fathers will suffer II
they do not hear often from sons
fighting in France. In the present
large companies it is not possible
for officers to write letters for their
men, and very man must do it for
himself"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
Bannock County Boy
is Killed in Action

POCATELLO, Idaho.-News OF
the death of Paul Davis, the first
Bannock county man to be killed in
action, has just been received from
Washington by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Davis, who reside on a
farm near McCammOn.
Mr.. Davis was % years OF age
and was a private in A company,
162nd infantry. He was one OF the
Bannock county contingent which
left here for Camp Lewis las October
and was sent to France in November.
The information is that he was
killed in action on May 20, but the
point at which he was station when
he met his death is being withheld
for the time being by the war depart
ment. The body was buried abroad.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-02
ODDLY SHAPED FEET NOW
GET FITTED IN ARMY SHC

Two out of every 1000 mem
the army have to have their sh0I
made to order. In several car1I
entire regiments have had their fs|
measured, and hundreds of drawirI
were made of odd shapes and aix4
At the present time the army IlzI1
between 100000 and 3,000a0f
pairs of shoes a month.
Facts brought out in tests seem
prove that men in the present sS<E'
are larger than those serving in l
vious wars. Not only is this shaw
by the larger sizes Of shoes cal1
for, but by the larger sizes of OF
clothing that is being required.
ords in the quarter corps show t
a size larger, on the average, is
ing demanded in blouses, shirts,
breaches than have ever before T.
used.