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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
SCHOOL VICTIMS

[From the Saturday Evening Post ]
Looking at it from the material
side-which is the side from which
so many of us do look at our occu-
pations-school teaching is the most
beggarly profession in the United
States. No other calling that is
presumed to require anything like
the same amount of training and
ability is so illpaid. No other call
ing that is presumed to require q
considerable mental discipline and
development is held in such low re-
gard or is so little supported by
public admiration. No other learn
ed calling except the ministry is
pursued under conditions that in
volve so much humiliation, and the
minister's trials with his vestrymen
or trustees are somewhat anchor
ated by the fact that in very many
cases he is free to take an appeal
over their heads, whereas the local
board of education is generally a
supreme court for the teacher.
These are not flattering things to
say of a nation that has been de-
claring for a hundred years that
its hope lay in public education.
But they are true.
Just now the teacher is in an ex-
ceptionally unpleasant situation. His
or her cost of living has gone bal
looming. like everybody else's. But
on the whole there has been only a
feeble response on the other side
of the ledger. The result is deple-
ton of the profession. Under pres
ent conditions especially - when
nearly. every other field of activity
is bidding eagerly for labor of near
ly every sort-teaching looks less
attractive than ever.
The less attractive it looks the
more inferior the teaching force will
become-inevitably Already oper-
ating the system upon which we
say the hope of the nation depends
has become, for a portion of those
engaged in it, a mere incidental,
pin-money, stop-gap between grad
uation and getting married.
There is danger of it's becoming
an accepted notion that upholding
the hope of the nation is something
any fairly intelligent girl can do
between dances.
But of course the real victims are
not the teachers. The real victims
are millions of prospective citizens,
particularly in the country, on whom
we are palming off a niggardly
swindle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
Over he 1oEa
tn PeMna.

Il am firmly convinced that a
few years of self-government in Ire
land would make Ireland a very
rich and prosperous country" says
Samuel Young, East Cavan, Ireland,
oldest member of the British par
lament. He is 81 years of age. and
is on the job every day. Asked the
best way to live long he replied,
Bring yourself into harmony with
your surroundings"
1t is agreeable to know technically
just when one may kiss his best girl.
Love Editor in Berks county was
asked: Il am young lady, 10
years old, and keep company with
a young gentleman of %. He is all
my heart desires and wishes to mar
ry me, but my parents object. Tell
me which to obey, heart or parents,
and as we have been going together
long is it proper to accept kiss
from him." The Berks county eX-
pert is of opinion that $50 long is
long enough to permit kissing.
Private William Compiler, of
Rockville, Md, with 312th Machine
Gun Battalion at Camp Meade, wor-
ries no more about the day when
the white horse comes down the
road" soldier language for pay
day. Formerly bellhop he just in
herited 100000. II want a wife
now to look after the coin when I'm
abroad and keep it if ] never come
back" Since then Camp Meade has
added three more mailbags to its
quota
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
Stop Propaganda Of "Hate"

Orchard Washburn Child in Col
lier's Weekly.)
It is a fact reported from secret
sources and over and over again that
the German officials watch the al
lied newspapers and magazines day
in and day out to find a hate
speech" to reprint and circulate in
Germany.
Bolo, convicted in Paris for act
ing for Germany in spreading prop
aganda, corrupted certain news
papers. The State Department has
analyzed the effect of this German
money. Was it to spread pro-Ger.
man propaganda? 1t was not II
hired these newspapers to emit a
febrile eruption of hate, spite,
threats and hysterical abuse of all
Germans. That was the commod-
ity which the German secret service
bought and paid for, and having OBJ
tanned took home and spread broad
cast to rally the people around the
military ring.
Says the German censor in con-
fidential orders: ut is much de-
sired that the press interpret in
German interests events such as
Ribot's speech" Ca "bitter end" pro-
nouncement).
The same kind of order went ont
so that the German people might all
have the famous Lloyd George
knockout" speech of last year.
1.-THE hate props ganda" within
Germany-the "Gott Strafe Eng
land" propaganda which the Ger
man autocracy once fostered-was
abandoned because II served more
Ito unite the people of the Allies thar
to unite the people of GermanHRf
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
MULES AND MEN

tFrom the Zenda Citizen.
That gosh dern mule is an ornery
BRUTE"
Said the farmer, hes meaner than
sin,
I'll take him to town and I'll sell
him
And see just how much he'll fetch
in."
THAT dog gone mule is an ornery
BRUTE"
Said the mule buyer to his pard,
"But I guess he'll do for a year or
two
If they don't work him too hard"
THE dern shaved tail, said the gum
ner's mate,
"The blasted old ornery roam.
He's tough, know, but better than
folks
Who won't help the Liberty Loan"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
A PATRIOTIC SERVICE

"HE Harrisburg Real Estate
Board having been called upon
- to do it's part for the country by
making appraisals of the property
near Middletown which is to be used
for aviation and ordnance purposes,
has agreed to perform the work free
of cost. Ordinarily the fees for such
valuations would amount, probably,
to several thousands of dollars, but
the appraisal committee has pa
triotically decided to forego pay and
will give a week or two of hard work
for the good of the cause.
1t is such service as this that
creates public confidence and makes
for the betterment of the real estate
business. The Harrisburg board has
been organized only short time, but
already it has made itself felt as the
most potent force in Central Penn
sylvania real estate circles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
THE WEBSTER SPIRIT

"he most inspiring story of pa
triotic devotion on the part of
young Americans that has ap-
peared in Harrisburg in many a day
was that published by the Telegraph
last evening relating the splendid
work of the Webster school children
in Liberty Bond, War Stamps and
Red Cross work.
Probably other schools in Harris
burg might also appear on the honor
roll and this newspaper would be
happy to tell what they are doing,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
Good Bye, I'm Going OUer"

Frank Hall, deputy chief of the
State Department of Mines, has pre-
sented to the Harrisburg Chapter
of the Red Cross his new song and
music, Good Bye, I'm Going Over"
1t is to be sold for the soldiers
chocolate fund. The words of the
song are as follows:
Good-by, I'm going over
/. To the battlefields of sunny
France.
I'm glad to know I'm helping.
Pm glad for a soldiers chance.
I'll do my part with honor,
When the warlike bugle calls,
But my thoughts will turn back
\ homeward,
When the twilight falls.
REFRAIN:
Good-by I'm going over,
Good-by, dear u. S. A.
I'm off to fight for freedom,
I'm off to join the fray.
The Stars and Stripes will guide me,
When the warlike bugle calls,
But my thoughts will turn back
homeward.
When the twilight falls.
Good-by, I'm going over
Where the Sammy boys will do
and dare,
That right may be triumphant,
And victory be our share.
The cry to arms will thrill me.
When the warlike bugIe calls,
But my thoughts will turn back
homeward.
When the twilight falls.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
THE FAN.

I'm going to
move into th5
city next sum-
IN er.
Into the city?
I should think
the s u m m e r
would be just
the time when
you'd want to
be in the coun-
try.
WHAT! And
miss all the ball
games? Not on
your life,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Bully for City Commissioner Lynch!
When he starts to put the streets in
first class condition he is doing just
what all our officials ought to do in
maintaining the city in first class
shape until the boys come back"
Commissioner Gross is pursuing the
same policy with respect to the parks,
and Mayor Keister is very properly
starting a crusade against disorderly
practices and the other things which
initiate against a well conducted city
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

but the work of the Webster build
ing is so remarkable that it can
easily stand as an example of what
Harrisburg boys and girls, inspired
by devoted teachers and enthusiastic
home folks, can do to back up the
boys in the Army and Navy If they
try.
The Webster building is certainly
entitled to some distinctive flag or
mark of merit, and its teachers share
quite as much in the credit as do it's
pupils, for no school is more efficient
or energetic than it's teaching corps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

One of the good signs at Washing
ton is that Secretary Baker has noti-
fed Senator Chamberlain that he is
ready to report to the Senate Military
Committee on his trip abroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ANOTHER
SLAP AT
SAPPY.

What's weigh
ing on your
mind, Cholly?
Do you think
my mind Is a
pair of scales.
Well, no, If
you want to be
precise about 1t
scales a r Q
evenly balanced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled TO the use for republi cation OF
all news dispatches credited to it 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, 1918-04-19

1t is quite certain that the next
Legislature will have a few things
beside the prohibition of the liquor
traffic to deal with. For instance,
the elimination of German philosophy
and propaganda under the guise of
text books in our schools and colleges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
STATE PRESS

Won Hlndenburg has informed the
Kaiser it will take time to win. This
was after he had fixed his dinner
party in Paris for April 1.-Balti-
more Sun.
If every family of the country
should waste just one slice of bread
a day, that would mean the waste of
twenty million slices, or at the rate
of sixteen slices to the loaf, million
and quarter loaves. At ten cents a
loaf this would amount to S125, 900
a day, or over $45,0OO,000 for year.
That would be enough to feed all the
starving people of Belgium, Ar
menia and Syria. All from the vast
ing of one slice of bread a day by
a family. Be saving; help win the
war.-Carlisle Sentinel.
Religion is hardly religion, if it
does not tend to express itself Gre
atively. And religion always does
express itself creatively at those
points where men are stirred by
some great social ideal. The man
who has a religious message, what
ever may be his creed, whatever his
theology, has something which the
world needs, and which by Gods
grace at the present time 1T will get.
Religion has become international.
Religion has ceased to be a matter
of merely saving a mans soul from
something which may happen in the
future. Religion wants to look out
for dead people, but it has much
more interest in live people.-Shailer
Matthews.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1918

Nor knotoeSt thou tohdt argument
Thy life to thy neighbor'S creed has
lent. EMERSON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

E. J. STACKPoLE,P Pres't s Editor-in- Chief
2. r. OYSTER, Business Mdrdger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. MGnnging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Vancouver, B. c., is to have a
munipally owned fish market.
Probably $500 women are now
acting as bellhops in the various
hotels throughout the United States.
the War Department and is directed
by Miss Mary van Kleeck.
Seventy-five students at Johns
Hopkins University pledged them
selves to work in the shipyards
throughout the country during their
vacations this summer.
London, Ontario, Can, Trades and
Labor Council declares that there is
danger of the labor market being
glutted by a raft of men suddenly
initiated into certain fields by mill
tary authorities.
At Cincinnati a wage increase of
SO a week has been secured by Car
riage Drivers and Chauffeurs' Union.
Extensive experimenting has dem
onstrated that South Africa can es-
tablish profitable industry in the
manufacture of vegetable oils and
soap.
Hoboken, n. j., Typographical
Union has secured a two-year agree
ment with wage increase for men,
bers employed in commercial shops.
A department for the maintenance
and housing of women workers in
munition plants has been created in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

the War Department and is directed
by Miss Mary van Kleeck.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Major General George w. Goethals.
builder of the Panama Canal and or
ganizer extraordinary, is too big to be
acting quartermaster. So he is given
the more important job of getting
troops and supplies to France. 1t is
stated with show of authority that
already the speed with which troops
are being dispatched abroad is FIVE
times as great as the average main
tained during the first ten months
the United States was at war with
the German Government. The u. S.
A. boys are getting thicker and
thicker on the other side. thank God!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Probably $500 women are now
acting as bellhops in the various
hotels throughout the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Food will win the war-Droduce it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

Liberty Bond signal: stop. look
and loosen"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
LABOR NOTES

Vancouver. B. c.. is to have a
munipally owned fish market.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19
THAT EXTRA HOUR

WY HAT are you doing with that
wv extra hour of daylight each
day?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-19

50 a week has been secured by Car
riage Drivers and Chauffeurs' Union.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-01
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD.
CKansas City Starr


 The detachment of Gen. Leonard Wood from command of the 89th division and his assignment to department duty on the eve of the expected movement overseas will not be understood by the country General Wood is the senior major general of the army. He stands-in the public mind as the earliest exponent in the army of the pre- paredness policy that is now, after long delay, reaching its fruition. He has been on observation and instruction duty in France, and has recently passed medical examination and been declared fit for Serv- ice.
 If there are military reasons why Gen eral Wood should be detained on home service, some hint of them from Washing ton would not be out of place Unless such explanation is forthcoming very harmful impression Is. exceedingly likely to prevail, for the war department can not be unaware that the country has been greatly puzzled by its apparent unwilling ness to make use of General Woods great abilities. In the absence of such intima- ton there will be widespreadb belief that there were reasons other than military and such a belief will not make for the good feel ing which all patriotic American hope and pray will prevail
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-01
PRETTY BIG JOB. BOYS.

Monster guns, hidden in pits forty and fifty feet deep. and 25 to 50 feet apart, form labyrinth of defences around Der lin, according to John Erickson, native O. Sweden. For five years, beginning with 1907, Erickson says he worked on the out CT defences of Berlin and prior to that time worked for the Motla gun works of Sweden turning out heavy ordnance for Germany.
 Guns surrounding Berlin, according to Erickson, range from twenty-two to forty two inches in diameter Many are of the larger type. Some are over two hundred feet long. Their foundation is set in seven feet of solid granite, sunk in the bottom of the pits in which the guns are hidden, sur rounding the city. Two circles of these guns surround Berlin One is seven miles from the city's outskirts-the other is eleven A screen roof is now laid over these guns A layer of two feet of dirt covers the top. Grass, trees and even the seasons crops are planted over them.
 Electricity controls the huge guns, Brick son says When the guns are needed the roof may easily be thrown off and the guns hoisted to position.-From the Milwaukee Leader
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-01
ECLIPSE OF SUN
 ID BE VISIBLE ON
 SATURDAY JUNE s
Sun Will Be Under Shadow of Moon About Two Thirty and Will Remain for Short Time Only.

The Warren district will, on June s, enjoy the unusual privilege of witness ing an eclipse of the sun.
 To persons living on narrow path running from the extreme northwest ern part of the United States to the extreme southeastern, the eclipse will be total To our citizens, the sun will be about two-thirds covered. Not fer 99 yeaTs-until 2017-will similar oP- portunity come to the United States, and not for 360 years will the states that are Co be favored with the total eclipse oU June De again so fortu- nate Total eclipses arc happening somewhere in the world most of the time, but they get all over the world only about once in every three and a half centuries.
 The biz black shadow which will be caused by the moon swinging be tween the earth and the sun, will sweep cross the country at an almost unbelievable rate of speed. It will cut diagonal path across the United States about sixty miles wide. which will run through parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louis isna, Mississippi, Alabama and Flor ida.
 The moons shadow will touch the earth first at a point in the Pacific ocean southeast of Japan at the little island of Borodino. It will travel northeastward until it is about 500 miles south of Alaska, then its course will be southeastward
 Traveilng at the rate of about 2,00O miles m hour, it will strike the Amer jean coast at the mouth of the Column bia Iiv5f, the moving shadow then hay ing traversed about two-thirds of its path. Striking the United States at 1:55 D. m., it will reach the Mississippi valley ct about 4:37 p. m., central time, and will leave the United States at the coast of Florida at 5:42 eastern time
 The darkness of the total eclipse will last about GO seconds. Folks on both sides of the path will see but a partial eclipse, but pretty much all of the United States will get a touch of the big event. Arizona is long distance from he path of totality, but people in this section will see about a three quarters ecIpse.
 Beginning at about 2:25 D. m., peO- pie in Eisbe5 viii observe the sun passing ir eclipse behind the moon. As nearly 65 per cent of the suns face will be obscured. the strange darkness in the middle of the afternoon will be very evident
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-01
That Wobbly Picture Of Hunt
 Rises Like RdnquO's Ghost

Legislative correspondence from Phoe- nix sent to several Arizona dailies throws some interesting side lights on the wobbly issue in the legislature. A recent article says in part
 The senate was calmer today than yes terday and the senators in their remarks were more considerate of their colleagues feelings. The I. w. w. organization had not single mention during the session and the Bisbee deportations were referred to only once.
 This was in an aside. by Senator Roberts to Senator Sutter when 1t was observed that Sutter was perusing copy of Is Freedom Dead? D. an l. w. w. publication, a sequel to one of the pamphlets the federal government barred from the mails.
 Better look out, laughed Roberts, di- recting his remarks to Sutter, you'll get deported from the senate if you read that sort of literature" Sutter reply was to the effect that anyone reading the pam phlet should be deported from any country.
 Incidentally, there was considerable in- terest in the pamphlet, for the reason that 1t contained splendid picture of Governor I1unl +Wlltl HIS dIIIlS d4OOl-Q lWO AtabAO1ISl I. W. W.'s, one of them Grover H. Perry who testified yesterday at the Chicago l. w. w trial An interesting yarn Is going around, relating to the little booklet. As told about the legislature yesterday, Peter Robertson, a prominent citizen of Yuma, who ran for governor on the Socialist ticket last year, receives without subscription all publications of the l. w. w. publicity bu- reau. When the ''Is Freedom Dead ?" pamphlet arrived in his mail he took occas- ion to joke Senator Winsor about the atti- tude Governor Hunt was in, being photo graphed with l. w. W.s in an attitude of ,endearment toward them.
 Senator Winsor, who is quick to see possibilities, tipped the facts to Leroy Ladd who admittedly Is Governor Hunt closest adviser It is alleged that Ladd forthwith made tracks to local l. w. W. headquarters where had been sent large supply of the pamphlets, and brought them in. Ladd it is said, left the impression that the pam phlets were to be used as campaign litera- ture Their acquisition had to do with politics, but none of the copies was ever mailed out As the story runs, they were used as fuel in cooking morning eggs at the governor mansion.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-01
FOR OR AGAINST THE l. w. w.
(Phoenix Rennblicanl


 If this thing keeps on in the legislature the l. w. w. will be the issue in the demo- cratic state primary campaign. Every dem ocratic candidate will be forced to take one side or the other. He cannot satisfy the people with broad statement of his patri- otism, his answering loyalty to the presi- dent and his hatred of Prussian autocracy. He will be either for or against the l. W. w; we mean the l. w. w. as it exists in Arizona and 1t is everywhere alike.
 If only the l. W w. as it has been shown to be in the Chicago trial, were the issue it would be no more troub blesome than Prus- sianism, but the l. w. w. in Arizona in- cludes many voters, perhaps some thou sands of voters who are actually members of that dastardly and criminal organization and perhaps, some thousands of others who lack the nerve to be members
 We suppose some of the candidates will try to straddle the situation but things are now so shaping themselves in the legis- lature that that can not be done Every candidate must define his position. He must come out plainly against the l. w. W. or the voters will assume, as they ought to assume, that he is for the l. w. w. The stand he takes against this band of crini- nal traitors must be taken without reserve, without qualification and without explana- tion If he IS moi willing to do that, let him not prate of loyalty and patriotism.