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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

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Dirrmann bat bef4loffen. ieinem
perfeblten 2e5en Elm gnbe 5u MAIDEN.
2anse itebt .er an ufer bes Sluifss
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auf2 - Run, er mar 10 isbr gelau.
fen. unb ba er auberoroentli6 erbiBt
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Sab ettpas f9aben tOnnte.
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prpfeIiOr (auffabrenb): 9l8, gfus
quite beiBt iie2 Seit elmer balbsn
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ben Namen tommsn uno Ieibe entz
feBIi4en 0urit; (bie Sir Dffnenb)
qlusuite. brinssn sic mir nal Elm
Glas Daiisr!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

Gait: nSerr @irt, bGn9t mein
Suit bier in Der geGbe Der Sir aub
iider2"
8irt (nab einem priifenoen
9lid): Sen fonnen sic ioear por
Die Siir DGngen!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

- 9rud dfebIer in 81 NOR 3
@ebiet. (slus Dem 9riefe eines
8erIobten) .sld, IiebIte @rna, in
Der @einIaune geitano er mir feline
2iebe uno sab mir ben eriten aub!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

"Otan iagt, Serr Goftor, Sic ia.
ben Sbren Sousnirt ais lcbertranf
bebanoelt, uno or einem MagcnIci.
ben lei er geltosben."
nSqiien Sic iid Ood nidts porre.
ben! @enn id) einen 8atiente!t
als leberfranf 6ebanOle, bonn itirbt
er alld oaran; Oas merfcn Sic Iid!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

= Gnt duIbigune. SrGll-
lein (5u einem Serrn, Der ii6 be-
miibt, ibr einen auB ou raubem {:
~Otein Serr, Sic geben 5u ipeitl"
Serr: rHibts fir UNCUT, Iiebes
SrauIein Sic iinb mein 2cben lno
man mill bod germ iein 2eben ee.
nieBen."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

= Sas geniiet. 81: SD
fenne Den Serrn aonmer5ienrat
aIs einen eoleu Wann, er IdBt bic
Gedte nibt piiien, mas bic 2infe
tut"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

!SauSfrau: .Otinna, moidcn
Sic nal 9leid Die Slide, bic i'm
@isidranf liegenl"
nslber. Waoane, mas brou6 i'd
Die oenn gu waibcn, Die iino bod
ibr gan5es Seben lang i'm @ulet
9emeien!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

Ser 1lnperbe5ferli6 6 e.
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SSabren ieiner glbpeienbeit iebr Der.
dnbert9"
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Subilben?~
rGinaubilbena Wiefp9"
.vGr fpri6t immersu babon, mas
er bod friiber fir Elm Narr seipeien
lei.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

Hi6t einmaI oas! Gin
Bauer gum anoeren, Der in Der
ReiioenS MARI: n@arit aud in,
Sbeoter?"
rSa."
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rSamlet" bats o'beiBcn."
r@ar's ibou2"
n@ar net; net mai s'i6ubpIat.
teIt baben 60
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

3unseniibuns. ~0u
lisbft beinsn 9rdutisam, ben 9ios
IinDirtuoien. ipobI febr."
~~unousipre9Ii4!~
rTas finbe it besreiflid, penn
elmer Sscsrosansti beiBt."
SIM &on5ert. Singer
GingD: - ipar 10 jung lino
morsenidJon ="
9anfier geidenItein: .9ott, mas
niitt ie mir, tpenn ie 1norgen iton
lit iino niht belit'i"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1918-04-18

rSteint elm breter i,ns S gu ien Sbr Setter, sndbss
Sr6uIein?"
r9as mill id slauben! genn Der Sr stee bier neben mir
iGBc Serr Sofor Ser bGtte on aI Die 2ebe crflart"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
GOmperS and Labor Pdcifisn,
GFrom the New York Times.l

GFrom the New York Times
In addition to his unremitting and
fruitful patriotic labors at home, Mr..
Samuel Gompers has done the Unit
ed States invaluable service abroad.
He is for n dictated peace" as
strongly as Mr.. Lodge and the rest
| of us, outside of the Socialist Little
Germany and the imitation intellec-
tuals of American pacifism, few but
unfit.
Keen and ready was the opposi-
ton of the Federation of Labor to
the Stockholm Conference and all
the other German sideshows the
yearnings of some weak-kneed or
weak headed Entente Socialists for
conversations" with the German
Socialists, long notorious agents and
tools of the German government.
Steady and keen is the federation's s
opposition to all the games and de-
vices of the dupes or accomplices of
the German Socialists to bring about
a peace by understanding. a peace of
negotiation, a peace that shall leave
Germany free to continue her policy
of dominion.
Mr.. Gompers has blocked once the
little game of Mr.. Arthur Hender-
son and the other gods of what is
now the Independent Labor Party,
which consists in large part of mid
die class" people. Mr.. Gompers has
sailed for Europe, to block Mr.. Hem
derson's game again.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
PENROSE AMENDMENT

N ENATOR BOIES PENROSE'S
- amendment to the man power
bill whereby men called in the
draft shall be classified according to
the information given on their ques-
tionnaires and not be required to
claim exemption is exactly what
American spirit and fair play calls
for. BY it's terms a man will put
down his answers to the questions
asked by the form and the local
s-2tt board will then proceed to put
him in a class where he belongs.
Classification will thus become more
or less automatic. 1t will in nowise
deter a man comfortably situated,
but given a deferred classification
for reasons set forth on his paper,
from asking for active service, but
1t will remove embarrassment from
men who would rather don a buck
private's Uniform and leave the wife
and kids to hustle for themselves
than claim exemption when other
men are not doing it.
The manner in which the Ameri-
can people have arisen to the war
Is one of the magnificent things of
all history. With that vigor and
thoroughness for which the people
OF this republic have been noted
from the days when they chased the
red man over the Blue Ridge to the
time when they ended the nuisance
of autocratic rule just off the south
eastern coast the men have sprung
to arms to make the world free and
At to live in. President Wilson has
been backed up in a way that is
wonderful when one thinks of it.
But at the same time there are many
men whose families need their sup
port and guidance; whose work in
communities is such as to demand
that they stay at home to continue
it, whose brains are more important
producing than they would be fight
ing, in other words whose. place is at
home until the summons for every
man is made in a last extremity. No
one likes to stand aside when duty
calls, and when the trumpet is
sounded for men to grid on their
armor the red blooded American
wants to fight. Naturally, he does
not war to claim exemption and
have it tbT-wn in his face in after
years, when the neighbors have for
gotten the entirely proper reasons
for his deferred classification.
whether they be in the public in
terest, because of the Importance of
his work or the plain necessities of
his family. The Penrose amendment
is square deal and the country will
appreciate it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Gen. Cr0Uder a Draft Student

Representative Greene. Vei IL, ont,
who as member of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee has come
into intimate contact with General
Crowder. tells how the latter spent
a lifetime studying for the big job
he now holds.
When General Crowder was a
junior lieutenant at an obscure army
post in Texas he CHANGED upon a
copy of old Civil War draft regula-
tions," Greene said.
He read them over. first out of
curiosity. Then he began to think
how those rules could have been
made more just and equitable.
Gradually he evolved his ideas of
how draft should be run and with
the idea came the conviction that
some day in this country there would
be the need of a great army and
that this army would be raised, not
from volunteers, but by a process of
selection from the total man-power
of the country.
Meanwhile Crowder was advanc-
ing in the army step by step.
When the United States entered
the war General Crowder was the
one man in the army who was ready
to go before Congress with a con-
crete suggestion for the framing Of
a selective draft law
Other members of the Military
Committee say Crowder's suggestions
were written into the bill almost
without chanse.-EXchange
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
FOLLOW OHIO'S EXAMPLE

n HIO Republicans yesterday
adopted unanimously a plat
form containing plank strong
ly favoring national prohibition. 1t
was obviously the thing to do. Pro-
hibition sentiment is growing by
leaps and bounds. 1t is sweeping the
country, More than half the number
of States required to make the
amendment a part of the Constitu-
ton have approved it. The final sue
cess of the measure appears to be as
sured. 1t is a wise political leader
ship that moves in accord with pub
lie sentiment, if not in advance of it.
1t is folly for political organizations
to stand in the way of what the peo-
pie earnestly want. for in the end the
people will have what they want.
The Republican State Committee
of Pennsylvania in framing a plat
form should take leaf from Ohio's
notebook. Senator Sproul has said
that he hopes the platform makers
will come out flatfooted for prohibi-
ton, and he is careful to add that
no matter whetb er they do or not he
means to stand by his own declara-
tions on the liquor question.
The occasion will permit of no
straddling. The platform should de-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A CAPITOL GUIDE
To the Editor of the TELEGRAPH:

10 "e Eot1of or fhe Telegraph:
1T was happy thought that sug-
s 5ted the distribution of little bull
let''- describing the Declaration
chamber in independence Hall to the
million and more visitors who come
there each year. Wilfred Jordan, the
curator of the hall, tells me that the
plan looks to the preparation of sew
eral other bulletins, all of which will
be distributed free TO visitors.
The first bulletin, fourteen-page
leaflet, illustrated with facsimiles of
the Resolution of independence and
of the Declaration itself, is now be-
ing given away in the hall.
There is great deal of informa-
ton packed away in these pages.
Many are devoted to facts and dates
and answer the Inevitable questions
which nine-tenths of the visitors
either ask or on which they desire
to be informed.
From all parts of the civilized
earth visitors come to the birthplace
of Liberty, but not one in a thousand
knows anything about the chamber
itself or what's what there. In the
leaf1et will be found a brief account
of every important >object in the
room and a short chronology of the
the time of the Virginia resolutions
introduced by Richard Henry Lee,
but believed to have been written by
Jefferson himself, to the time the
engrossed paper was signed by mem
bers of the Continental Congress in
August, 1875.
Decidedly the bulletin is likely
to prove of immense educational
value; and the more information is
obtained about the historic room
the deeper and more vital will be the
patriotism of the visitor"
The above clipping from the Phil
adelphia Ledger explains itself. Al
the present time there are thousands
of visitor1 to Pennsylvania mag
nificent State Capitol who greatly de-
plore the absence oF any available
printed description of the building,
it's statuary, paintings, etc.
The writer believes that the Com
monwealth could not serve the many
interested visitors to better advan-
tage than by presenting them with n
copy of a publication giving a brief
description of the many matters OF
interest The writer is proud of
PENNSYLVANIA and the Capitol and
more especially because he has had
the opportunity to inspect a consid-
erable number of other state cap
itol buildings of the United States
none of which surpass that of our
own grand Commonwealth, regard
less of more lavish expenditures OF
money by sister states. The guides
who escort visitors may tell about
the sublimity and grandeur of the
cdifice, its compelling beauty
strength and harmony of its beau
tiful and imposing architecture; but
a printed description would be priced
by visitors and. tourists beyond
spoken words, however fitfully eX-
pressed. --
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Christ the COn1batant
[From the Christian Register. ]

be in no doubt, from the inviolable
nature OF his approach to every
crime. what His course would be.
Let US say. with supreme con-
tempt for casuistries, that they who
think that the Jesus Christ of the
soldier is a remote God presiding
over devotional services in stately
temple md administering the ele-
ments of the communion. at once
defame the soldier and deny their
Lord. Let our word be not mtsun-
derstood. We speak with the pro-
foundest reverence for the ministra-
lions and forms of religious observ-
ance. But the Christ whose princi-
pal business is in the sanctuary
made with hands is a false Christ.
The true Christ is out there in the
thick of it, on land or sea or in the
air. There is not a danger that He
would evade. there is not a soldier
but He would brother him with his
virile love, there is not an opportu-
nifty to deal death to the enemy that
He would not shrink from or delay
in seizing! He would take bayonet
and grenade and bomb and rifle and
do the work of deadliness against
that which is the most deadly enemy
of His Fathers kingdom in a thou
sand years. He came that we might
have life, abundantly. That is the
ineXorabie truth about Jesus Christ
and this war, and We rejoice to say
it. If it is not so, then the war is not
ours.
The spirit saith to-day: Come
forth. thou Christ complete, captain
of our salvation, exemplar in the
flesh of every noble impulse and de-
sire that ever moved the heart and
soul of thinc own beloved mankind!
Be with us in thy mystical might,
with thy relentless passion to save
the world again which has been lost
since thou were here. For thou and
we az one, at last; yea, thou are
infin-t 'lS like us, as we would be like
th-s, I'D together. though we de-
scend to hell, we shall win the VIC
tory. Good soldiers of Jesus Christ!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John W. Jordan, reappointed a
members of the Valley Forge Com
mission. is one of the noted histor-
ians of the country.
State Librarian Thomas Lynch
Montgomery is working on his hobby,
which is photography of the state
and has an impressive list already.
Edward Lindsay, who Is to pre-
side at the meeting Of Library trus.
tees at Uniontown, Is active in the
library at Warren and served in the
Legislature.
Senator William c. Sprouts am
bition is to gather the facts for a
history of the Delaware river.
Charles B. Spatz. former legis-
lator, who is fifty-two, tried to en-
list in the Signal Corps and was re-
jected at Reading.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
The Public Be D.
Philadelphia Press1


Director General McAdoo started
in very eXuberantly to cut down the
expense of conducting the railroads,
and among his comparatively small
economies was the closing of most
of the branch ticket offices in the
large cities. Experience of railroad
managers had established these as
rot only a convenience to the public
but as necessity to prevent conges-
zion at the railway stations. In this
city, as elsewhere. it has been found
that the public could not be prop
erly accommodated after the clos
ing of the branch offices. and ad-
ditional windows for the sale of
tickets have been opened at the sta
tions, and back office established
at Chestnut street near Sixteenth.
This does not fully relieve the pres
sure, however, as the waiting crowds
in busy hours attest. After he has
been in charge of the railroad busi-
ness for a few years the Director
General may know aep part of it al
most as we'll as the managers who
have spent q life time learning it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
THE GASOLINE ORDER

TT THE Fuel Administration feels
that the use of the passenger
= automobile on Sundays must be
restricted for the sake of the gaso-
line such a measure will save for
war purposes, the least we can do is
obey.
The request, which amounts to an
order. will be regarded as a real
hardship by those who have no other
time for the use of their cars ex-
cept on Sundays, hut it is not to be
viewed in the same light as the
"fuelless days" of last winter, which
cut down production and limited the
earning capacities of millions OF
people.
Nobody is actually hurt by being
compelled to remain home Sundays
and by doing so we are merely sub
mitting to condition that has pre-.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Automobiles and the War
Pittsburgh Gazette -Timesl

pittsburgh Gazette -Timesl
1t is not only the owners of auto
mobiles who have benefited by jour-
neys on the country roads on the
universal day of rest. The automi-
bile has developed generosity in the
people. Millions who do not own
cars are guests of those who do when
they ride and they get more than
fun out of it. But If the gasoline-sup-
ply is short. or a shortage is immi-
nent If motoring Is not curtailed the
people will forego with an approx
nation of cheerfulness the road
pleasures to which they have be-
come accustomed. win the war is
a slogan that means something. The
popular sentiment is. IF the war can
be won that way, take my car"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
this war goes much I
ID further il will be someone S |

4 VEfoRE TINS war goes muCn
ID further it will be someone's S
business to say that Christ IN
, the trenches is not merely Christ the
consoler, but Christ the combatant.
We arc rsldyGforthwith to declare it,
and now so do. That is the most i'm
perative lesson we have to learn If
we are 5oInS to make religion count
for the utmost to-day. The time has
passed for that wrath like concep-
ton of the Man of God. We have
got to see him acquainted with arms,
and not merely moving about in
white robes haloed with supernal
glory. His work changes according
to the needs of the world. We have
got to go through the mental travail
of learning the Christ of anger and
action as we'll as the Christ of meek
ness and meditation. We are bound
to follow him, going down into the
pit of the mire and filth, and the
shot and the shell, and the guns and
the grenades and the bayonets, doing
to the death the iniquities incarnat-
ed in the enemies of man and God
That is inescapable. 1t must be done.
1t is unthinkable that He would
Kill only because we have misinter-
preted His person and His mission;
and because, when it comes to re-
ligion, people are sentimental chill
dren who flee from the incontco-
vertible logic of fact. We are in this
war because we believe it is a judg-
ment of God that only by force of
arms can we save the world. As
Christians, OF course, we say Christ
approves. But would he fight and
kill? The business of Jesus Christ
was to save the world, we affirm;
and that is our business. He was
willing once to pay with His body
for His souls desire. But most of
us go no further. There was no IN
ternational warfare during His life
/ time. and His recorded experiences
! are thereby limited. We are unable
therefore, from facts. to co~"lude
what He would do: but we olluht to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Fair Play and No InrnunitieS
Philadelphia Press


1t is not contended that the gov
ernment should not raise eight bill
lion dollars by taxes, if that is re-
garded as the proper proportion. 1t
is contended, however. that there
must be no politics in the levying of
taxes; there must be no immune
class; and there must be a special
effort to round up tax dodgers. Con-
centrating on wealth and industry is
a very foolish way of bringing about
the ideal condition in this country.
There are certain industries in the
country which have for sectional or
political reasons been absolved from
the payment of taxes. There are GER
tain things which are untaXed which
could readily bear a tax. Why
should there be any immunities or
exceptions? Why should not the doc
trine of fair play in taxation have
a chance. especially in time of war?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

Again the Republicans at Washing
ton have demonstrated their patriot
ism by support of tho Administra-
tion's war program when Democrats
recorded themselves against 1t. Also
tho floor management of tho revised
and important draft act was in the
hands of Republican member. Scna-
tor Sproul has already pointed out
that the election of Republican ma
jority in Congress would be the best
thing that could happen for the prose-
cution of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

vailed in England and France ever
since the war began. If we are called
upon to make no greater sacrifices
than this we shall be fortunate in
deed.
But however they regard the mat
support the government in its latest
efforts to conserve fuel supplies for
the use of the army
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

From the Industrious manner in
which German submarines are devot-
ing themselves to the sinking of fish
ing boats. one might suspect that the
Kaiser holds a lot of shares in the
big beef hacking companies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

clare one way or the other. The
''wets" are lining up behind Bonni-
well. There is but one place for the
Republican party in Pennsylvania.
this Fall-and that is in the dry"
column.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
No Wdu to Woo Comfort

Lima Beane says you can't get
cool by sticking your finger in re-
volving electric fan.-From the To-
ledo Blade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Are They Going Backwards?

(From the New York World)
Transit facilities in New York arc
vaguely suggestive of the kaiser's
itinerary to Paris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
To Be Admitted

1t must be admitted, however, that
the Kaiser has come nearer fooling
all his people all the time than any
other ruler.-Indianapoli News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
Old Stuff, Bill; Old Stuff

Like all defeated campaign man
ayers. the Kaiser is claiming every
thing.-St. Louis Dispatch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
The BuSU BOche

How doth the little busy Boche
Improve each shining minute?
He gets out of salient
AS fast as he gets in it,
Brooklyn Eagle
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918

Trust in no ing but in Providence
and your o,0n efforts: @eVer separate
the tt0O.-DICKENS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg pig iron is
being used for making many
articles for carrying on the war?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

Baltimore (Md) Clothing Cutters
and Trimmers' Union was recently
awarded an increase of SO week in
nearly all the shors In February a
similar advance was secured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Conrad weiser compiimented John
Harris upon the ideal location of his
home for the transportation routes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

There is naturally considerable hot
air about the steam heat rate advance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29
LABOR NOTES

Akron (Ohio), machinists have a
100 per cent. Organization.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-29

Vancouver (B. c. street car men
are to receive a minimum of 40 cents
aA hour and a maximum of 81 cents
an hour, two years service to deter
mine the maximum pay. They, re-
ceive the eight-hour day and get time
and hali for overtime.