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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

ly accustomed to their surroundings.
The khaki-clad youngsters were a
dapting themselves to this under
ground life with the ease of bats or
the sightless creatures which crawl
beneath the earth.
Candlelighted transparencies set in
rocky inches indicated the location
of company Headquarters, guardhous-
es, military police, or direction of
various exits, each of which bore the
name of some city, state or river
back home. At times in our pro-
gress over the uneven floor of rock
it was necessary to bend heads to
escape bumps in places where the
ceiling was low.
Slanting runways branching from
the main level indicated there were
other tiers below. Wandering
through this maze of galleries one
soon lost his sense of direction, and
it was not with surprise that we
learned the officers restricted men
to company areas because of ease
with which one became lost in the
labryinth.
The walls of this subterranean
city were decorated with sketches
and portraits in chalk. There were
also mural decorations. The men
exercised in the corridors and are
taken out in small working parties
at night
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
MILITARY MORALS

One of the uses of the proceeds of
the Liberty Loan that will appeal
strongly to the great mass of Ameri-
can people, is the care and atten-
ton given to the moral welfare and
protection of the American soldiers.
Heretofore, with the American
Army and even now, with some of
the armies of our allies, the moral
welfare of the soldier was and is a
matter largely ignored. In the Ger
man armies provision is even made
for immortality.
1t is to the glory of American
arms and American national charac-
ter that of the men who wear the
United States uniform a high stand
ard of conduct is expected and de-
manded, and provided for. Kipling's s
Single men in barracks" are not to
find their prototypes in the Ameri-
can Army.
Gen. Pershing says there is no
cleaner-living body of men in the
world than the American Army in
France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
WHEAT AND LIBERTY

TN HE self-restraint and the pa
triotism of the American peo-
pie are on trial. Food Admin
istrator Hoover has asked bakers.
grocers, eating house proprietors and
private consumers to cut more
deeply into their use of wheat and
flour. The necessities of the occa-
sion demand that we send far more
than we have been sending to our al
lies in Europe. We are going to do
this whether or not the American
people consent. 1t remains to be
seen whether they will stand Loyalty
by the government and cut down the
consumption of wheat at home or be
forced to the use of bread cards.
The cause of democracy is at
stake and the man who will not
curb his appetite to the extent of
eating less of wheat and more OF
some other product is not a good
citizen. II people place their stom-
achs above the lives of hungry peo-
pie in Europe and above their own
souls, they must be prepared fol
enforced food regulations-brea
cards, in short, issued by the gov
ernment and limiting each consumer
to a reasonable allotment.
1t is to be hoped the American
people will arise fully to the occa-
sion. but if they do not, Mr.. Hoover
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

j. King McClenahan. the grand
old man of Hollidaysburg, celebrated
his ninetieth birthday, with a not
able reception and was congratulate
ed by men in half the counties of the
state.
Cyrus j. Rhode, county con-
troller of Berks, has issued a general
invitation to taxpayers to visit his
office and look over the books.
Richardson Hand, prominent
Wilkes-Barre man, has left the serv-
ice of that city, for that of the gov
eminent.
james D. Ayers, Pittsburgh
banker, has been named one of
thirty to visit the troops in France.
Col. II. P. Bope, long identified
with the Carnegie Steel Co., and
partner of Carnegie and Schwab,
has retired as vice-president and
sales manager.
COL Asher Miner. commander
of the old Ninth infantry and now
head of the Luzerne county artil-
lery, has recovered from illness and
will go direct to Camp Hancock.
William S. Leib, new Schuylkill
county commissioner, began life in
Ashland, and formerly held the Of
flee of deputy prothonotary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
Collars For CutUOrnS

A gardening expert writes in the
April Woman's Home Companion;
About the first thing on the
ground is the cutworm-and about
the meanest! These creatures chew
off the young, freshly set-out plants
of tomatoes, cabbage and, indeed,
anything, the very night after your
transplanting has been accom-
plished.
MANY use a poison bait; but my
preference, especially where there
are pests to get at such things as
sweetened poisoned bran. is for
paper collars. AS the worms crawl
along the ground and eat right at
the surface, a stiff paper or card
board rolled into a collar and Sc
curely pinned, and then pressed into
the earth for perhaps a half-inch
around the plant, is about as good a
defense as can be devised. 1t must
be put in place when the transplant
ing is done"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Freight EnlbargoeS
e Editor of the Telegraph;

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Reverting to the question of
freight embargoes in my letter of
March 25th. 1 omitted an important
part, namely, that no material under
this heading should be accepted for
shipment and thus prevent loaded
cars standing idle in consequence of
these embargoes.
The trouble is the inability to un-
load them at their destination as at
present there are not sufficient ships
to meet the demand.
The government will no doubt en-
deavor to obviate this general con-
gestion of cars by putting up large
temporary sheds as repositories at
these shipping centers, where loaded
freight cars can be easily unloaded
and released for further service and
keep the tracks clear.
Your sincerely.
BRUCE GREEN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
VERY GOOD WORK

n ECORD of the fire that yester-
X day swept one of the largest
garages in the city would not
be complete without a word of praise
for the very admirable manner in
which the department conducted it.
self. The wonder is not that the
building should have been destroyed
but that, with the conditions pre-
vailing, many surrounding structures
were not burned. Good judgment
and courageous work combined to
save the heart of the city from a
very disastrous fre.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
GOOD FRIDAY

"O-MORROW the world will OBJ
serve another Good Friday.
AS on that day preceding the
first Easter, when the hope of hu-
manity hung in the balance and the
future seemed dark indeed to doubt
ing souls, the dawn of Good Friday
this year will bring again it's fears
and it's misgivings and the fate of
civilization, even of Christianity it
self for centuries to come. lies in the
outcome of the contest between good
and evil now being waged on the
bloody fields of France.
And it was about the sixth hour,
and there was darkness over all the
earth until the ninth hour" we read
of that day when Christianity was
first on trial in the world, And the
sun was darkened and the veil of
the temple was rent in the midst"
But little later doubt and darkness
were dispelled. The sun broke forth
on a new day. the stone was rolled
from the tomb, and the powers of
night were banished by the glory
and the splendor that shone round
about.
And so, tomorrow, may we not
look forward, past the welter of
blood and the sacrifice, beyond the
temporary triumph of the agencies
of Satan. to the coming of that new
Easter for a world saved and de-
livered free of shackles to genera
tions who shall have learned the
lesson that right is eternal, that love
is greater than hate and that no
great sacrifice is ever in vain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
THE STATE PRESS

"Idlers," says Henry Ford, "caus-
ed the war-idlers of so-called roy
atty, who made others obey them,
and capitalistic idlers, who made
fortunes and sought greater fortunes
by forcing others to do their bid
The mechanism turned out by our
strong, intelligent wage earners will
triumph over the idlers." Henry's
right. 1t is a battle between those
who work intelligently and those
who idle brutally. It. moreover, is
truth set forth by one who knows
Mr.. Ford is a capitalist and about as
near royalty as anyone can get in
our democracy. In addition, he is
doing more. perhaps, than any other
individual in the country to produce
mechanical war contrivances.-
Bradford Record.
Senator Vardaman, of Louisiana,
has apparently been taking lessons
from the spitball artists in the big
leagues and has adopted a new style
of delivery. He used to sputter like
broken trolley wire as he rallied
over his pet aversion predatory
wealth" and conducted his own cru
sade for Socialism. Now he has
! adopted a new senatorial delivery
from which all denunciation is OBJ
| liberated, radiant as Lebanon
county landscape in spring time, to
| judge by this sentence from his
speech on the railway bill: War is
the pregnant of perpleXing prob
lens which come forth with fearful
fecundity, and the attempted solu-
ton of which will lead the states
man in his Investigations into all
the avenues and ramifications OF
human ualities.-Lebanon News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
SUPPLY OF CHAPLAINS

The war will need one chaplain
for every 1900 men, says Chaplain
F. ]. Prettyman of the United States
Senate.
Where are they to come from?
There are 10000 churches and
10000 ministers in this country.
Four thousand new ministers a
year are needed.
The seminaries turn out about g.
900.
OF the first ten classes from Yale
three-quarters of the members en-.
tered the ministry; and half of thC
Princeton graduates of the first de-
cade became ministers. But of 1926
students in the class of 1916 at Yale
only nine were preparing for the
pulpit; at Princeton eleven expected
to preach.-From the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
TREASON

philadelphia Public LEDGER
Is it not about time that the off,
cials of the federal government in
Philadelphia, and elsewhere. for the
matter of that, came to a realiZa-
ton of the fact that the United
States is at war with an enemy des-
perately in earnest and with the fur
ther fact that spies and traitors are
at work among us striving to ham
string the nation in its preparations
to meet that enemy? That they at
present fail to appreciate the Sc
riousness of the situation, that they
are dealing supinely with a deadly
menace, is shown in many ways, in
the leniency that is shown to sus-
poets, in the lack of vigor with which
clues are followed up and in the
utter failure to take those ordinary
precautions which common pre-
dence and forethought would dictate
as a primary duty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
A RIGID INVESTIGATION

0OUNCIL, as DR.. Hassler recon-
mends, must make a rigid in
vestigation of the charge that
conditions are not as they should be
at the municipal smallpox hospital.
Health officer Raunick has been in
sistent in his demands for the erec-
ton of a new building and is on
record many times as saying that
the structure now in use is not fitted
for the purpose to which it is put.
But that would not excuse either
carelessness or neglect in admins
tration. Fair play for the health
board and justice to those who are
compelled to take treatment at the
hospital both demand u vigorous
probe of the whole matter, so that
the public may know the truth or
falsity of the charges.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
PUBLISHING CASUALTIES

~ ENERAL MARCH makes out a
very good case for those who
~ favor Withholding the ad-
dresses of men killed and injured in
the war zone. and not the least of
the very good reasons he gives is
that which pertains to the efforts OF
shyster lawyers to foist their serv-
ices upon the parents and Depend
ents of soldiers who were killed or
died in the service. to whom the
government must pay insurance.
There is not the least intention
upon the part of Uncle Sam to dodge
his responsibilities in this respect,
but on numerous occasions, General
March says, INSCRIPTIONS lawyers
have convinced benefciaries that
theiA services were necessary and
have collected large fees unjustly
from gullible clients.
II for no other reason, we must
be content with meager information
concerning the addresses of our
dead or wounded, but when the Gem
eral backs this up with proof that
the publication of such information
would be bad from a military
standpoint we must submit as grace.
fully as possible to a necessity of
the war. Newspapers naturally de
sire all the news they can procure,
but no loyal editor would publish a
single item transgressing in the
slightest wise military regulations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
CLEAN, WHOLESOME CITY

TT is the duty of Harrisburg,
through its officials, to keep the
home fires burning by a close
supervision of everything which
makes for a clean and wholesome
city. so that when the boys return
they will come back to a home town
which is fit for the heroes of a great
war. At no point should the public
spirit of our citizenry be allowed to
break down. Everything that is
worth while should be maintained
efficiently and with a view to sub.
stantial betterment in every direc-
tinn
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

will have the support of all worthy
of consideration in putting bread
rationing rules into effect. He
should not hesitate should the need
arise. Those who will not sacrifice
voluntarily must be made to do so.
The safety of the nation is not to
be endangered by selfish minority.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
JUSTIFIABLE CURIOSITY

It happened last night that Occy
wattles dropped into the same seat
he held the night before at the
movie show. But the gum he left
sticking under the seat the first
night was gone last night. Mr.. Wat
ties doesn't want the gum, but he
does confess to a very natural curl
osity to know who did get it.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

COlumDla feueratlon or LaDor lot
1918.
Miss Caroline Manning of the
Minnesota State Labor Bureau
claims that women who have replac-
ed men in war work do from so to
rs per cent. more work than the
men.
At the biennial convention of Dis
trict No. 3, United Mine Workers, at
Pittsburgh, it was stated that rs new
locals have been established and 80
coal companies unionized in this dis
trict.
Even the grandmothers in Great
Britain are now wearing overalls
and doing their bit to win the war
by going into the munition plants
and doing odd jobs, such as their
physical powers will permit.
New York City waist and dress
makers, affiliated with the Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers
Union, are jubilant over an organic
ing campaign which has doubled
their membership.
The Federal Census Bureau has
issued it's census of cotton manu-
factures, taken in 1914. 1t shows
that $685. wage earners were en-
ployed that year and the average
wage was 1887 a year.
Chief Justice Brown of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court has ruled
| that a dining car conductor is not q
brakeman and that railroads mus
not include him when they are COM
plying with the full crew law.
American Federation of Labor, ha:
rejected an invitation sent him by
Karl Legien, head of the Federated
Trade Unions of Germany, to attend
Samuel Gompers, president of the
| a workers peace meeting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

The old-fashioned party who
choked on piece of beefsteak.
The good cook who used to fry
the fish in butter.
The man who used to give his boy
a bean bag to play with.
The fighter who used to cure n
black eye with fresh pork.-Pitts-
burgh Leader.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

A correspondent OF the Telegraph
writes to suggest that all candidates
for the Legislature should not only be
pledged to support the prohibition
amendment, but also local option as
well, so that in the event of the failure
of the amendment State prohibition
or local option could be adopted. This
suggestion, and many others having
to do with the whole matter. shows
the interest in the anti-liquor issue
this year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
A PEACE DRIVE NEXT?

THERE are strong indications
that the German offensive, If
attains anything approaching ;
German su ,cess, will be followed b,
an even stronger drive for peace
Short of going through the whole al
lied armies and winning a really de
cisive victory, Germany must max
another peace bluff, both with tn
hope of winning peace while a Ger
man peace may yet be had and t
keep the people at home keyed t
the sticking point. Colonel Harvey
writing in his War Weekly just be
fore the present campaign opened
summed the situation up very ad
mirably in this way;
With ultimate victory held out
to them as the sure reward of un-
failing constancy under their
are precisely in the state of mind
of the population of a beleagured
city in any o. the famous crucial
sieges of history. They are hold
ing out just as the people of Lon
donderry or Leyden held out, be-
cause of the great stake whose
winning or losing turns on their
constancy and fortitude. But they
will not suffer hunger and want
and disease and slow death for
nothing. At whatever time the
situation in the field shall become
such that the only thing that
holding out can possibly mean is
a putting off of the evil day
and the longer it is put off the
more evil-they will refuse to
hold A 6afaaf in the fold
that in itself would be far from
fatal will suffice to show the
hopelessness of the outlook; and
the suffering that hope made en-
durable will be found too great TO
bear when no motive exists to
continue the agony.
At what time a sudden col
lapse of German morale may be
brought about in this way ii
would be idle to attempt to pre-
dict. The time will come as sure
as there is God in heaven and
an American on earth. That the
German Government is itself con-
scious of the danger. the charac-
ter of its present overtureS SUI
ficiently indicates. 1t wants to
negotiate peace while yet its
power shows no clear signs of
breaking When these signs do
become manifest, its overtures
will be different in substance, and
above all dlUefent IN tone. 30
long as Germany can use the
language of an invincible, but
more or less magnanimous, enemy
ii will be impossible to negotiate
with her. When defeat has come,
or when the shadow of defeat is
unmistakably upon her. she can be
dealt with upon a basis that will
make possible a righteous and a
lasting peace. And that time will
come If we firmly refuse-as
President Wilson. like the heads
of the British and French Gov
ernments. has thus far unwaver-
ingly done-to countenance any
attempt of an undefeated Ger
many to forestall the day of
just and permanent settlement.
This is no time to talk peace. The
enemy will propose that the fightins
end, but we in America must bt
firm in our refusal to treat with Ger
many until her armies are hopelessly
defeated or her people are up il
arms against the ruling classes. Thi:
may require one year, two years, five
years, but whatever the time We
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
THE INCOME TAX
Guardians Must Report

The duly appointed guardian of minor or the
conservator of estate of incompetent person,
is required to render personal returns for and in
behalf of his ward Under the conditions as
would the ward if competent to act, and in doing
the personal exemption to which the ward is entitled
may be claimed:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

The Department of Labor is con-
Quoting drive to enlist 250,O00 men
for future needs of shipbuilding
yards.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
An Easter Hat

Mary bought her Easter hat,
with a eighteen flop;
Said Mary, "Sure, I'm doin' my bit,
with hat that goes over the
top
RALPH /. DEIHL,
Paxtang, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Large numbers of rubber workers
are joining the Akron (Ohio) Rubber
Workers Union, affiliated with the
A. f. of L.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

It's them as take advantage that
gets advantage in this t1orld.-GEoRGE
ELIOT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Kaiser grieved by ruin" says a
dispatch. He's due for a lot more
grieving before it is all over.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg's water lIuri-
fication system has been copied
by many cities of the country?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Employers have granted the re-
quest of Reading (Pa.) organized
plumbers for a wage increase of 10
cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
OUR DAILY LAUGH

He-I suppose we are to consider
the engagement broken.
She-You are, not me-I'm still
engaged to someone else.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

According to German reports, that
American counter-offensive appears
to have been very offensive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Duncan McCallum, of Vancouver
was elected president of the British
Columbia Federation of Labor for
1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Get your garden ready. but don't
plant your tender seeds too early.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
HISTORIC HARRIsBUR,
Gone, but Not Forgotten

One of the first state conventions
held, was in this city about 1926.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
LABOR NOTES

Brush makers at Dallas, Texas,
have organized.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

There is a strange absence of men
tion of "Gott" in the Kaiser's more
recent dispatches to Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

MAKING SURE.
why didn't you call for help
when he kissed your"
II was afraid some one would
hear me-"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Ell. J.STACKPoLE,P Prss't s Edisor-iH- c hiSf
f. r. OYSTER, Business MdrGger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. MandGing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
Peeitc4 i~
Pe~~sqeSo~ia
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Information from Pittsburgh is
that the resuscitation of the guberna-
torial boom of United States District
Attorney E. Lowry Humes is COM
plete and that the activity of Coun-
ty Chairman H. B. Cutshall, of Craw-
ford county, the Humes habitat, IS
inspired. The statement is also made
in Pittsburgh that Acting Chair
man Joseph F. Guffey, of public
utility fame, is getting ready TO
make an announcement and that aX-
State Treasurer William II. Berry,
of Philadelphia and Chester, has
stopped packing up his canvas and
inclined to get into the fight in the
hope of winning something.
All signs are favorable to a real
nice Democratic fight, rather more
extended than the Republicans, If
that were possible. The Democrats
are split over the liquor issue and
the machine managers. appear to
have some differences themselves.
Perhaps, after all, things may get in
to such n pass that the President
may be forced to take a hand and
designate a candidate whom all must
support. Stranger things. have hap
pened.