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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
IF 1t Takes TWenty Years"

On one occasion, during my stay
at the front, sang THE Wee Hoose
Amang the Heather to an audience
of $1,000 Scottish soldiers at Arras.
1 was watching those lads-some
of them were seated, looking up into
the sky, others with their elbows on
their knees, others with their arms
folded, all deep in thought. What
were they thinking about? 1 will
tell you. They were thinking of the
folks at home and of the 'hoose
amang the heather" After the con-
cert 1 had a chance of speaking to
many of them, and 1 asked, How
are you getting on, boys?" They an
swered: I'VE are getting on all
right, but how are the folks at home
getting on?" I said. They are get
ting on all right, but are anxious
about you out here"
The spirit of these men was shown
in the message which they gave to
me. You tell the folks at home"
they said, mot to be anxious about
US. This is our place out here. This
is where the best men in the world
are. Tell them that we're going to
stay here, even if it takes twenty
rs.''-Harry Lauder, in The Chris
tian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
THE AWAKENING

War didn't interest Thaddeus Brown.
The LATEST man in a lazy mans
town.
The only ambition astir in his breast
Was a "big chaw O. twist" and
place to rest.
The latter he found at the village
store.
Where along with some others-a
dozen or more
Discussing the war-all but Thad-
deus, mind,
Who to purpose was dumb and to
justice was blind,
And, when asked how he stood in
these matters of state.
He'd drawl his reply as verdict of
weight
And a final decree of the daily de-
bate,
Mighty foolish"
The seasons passed on with their It'd
ings of woe.
Good men and brave were at grips
with the foe,
Yet, Thaddeus sat in the shade by
the store
Along with a couple of others-not
more,
For the old crowd had dwindled,
SOInc WcdIlHB "lno DTOWHs
Had honored the flag with the troops
from the town.
Like barnacle glued at an old rot
ten pier,
Thaddeus grunted to all who would
hear. -
mighty foolish"
At last came the edict which fell
like flash.
And its horrors hit Thaddeus Brown
with a crash.
For Crowder had said-and Crowder
was right
That If man would not work, man
man must go out and fight.
And Thaddeus heard, when the grim
warning fell,
Like the saddening tones of a fu-
neral bell,
What think you now, Brown" said
his host with frown
To the LATEST man in a lazy mans
town.
And Thaddeus groaned as he shifted
his chair
And nervously fondled lock of hair
And croaked like a drowning man
gasping for air.
Mighty ser'yous.
WILL FERRELL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
UP TO THE POLICE

TTNLEsS and until the police de-
partment rigidly enforces the
present traffic regulations addi-
uonal provisions will have little or
no effect. When all is said and done,
the only way to bring about better
conditions with respect to the use
OF. the streets and highways by all
manner of vehicles is through
strict and uncompromising enforce
ment of every provision of the sew
eral ordinances.
If these regulations should happen
to be onerous or in any manner un-
necessary, their enforcement woud
develop these facts and amendment
could easily be made. But the en-
,actment of ordinances without eff
ctent enforcement amounts to little
more than an aggravation of pres
knt conditions.
Police officers should be given To
understand that their first duty is
to study the regulations and then
see to it that nothing interferes with
their enforcement.
Harrisburg has long since ceased
10 be a village, and because Tom,
Dick or Harry protests against in
reference with his alleged personal
rights is no reason why the police
officials should not do their duty
under all circumstances. Parking
of automobiles along congested busi-
ness streets and the main driveways
of the city is little less than an out
rage, as is also the failure of the de-
partment to compel obedience of
that provision of the ordinance which
prohibits the use of the cutout and
unnecessary blowing of horns.
We have no doubt that the Motor
Club of Harrisburg would cooperate
heartily with the police department
in correcting present conditions, but
1t ought not to be necessary for any
organization to aid those charged
with the enforcement of the laws
and ordinances of the city.
A few simple regulations. rigidlv
enforced, would soon cure existing
evils.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

hundred per cent. crews were the
rule in this section on Liberty Loans
and for the Red Cross. And the rail-
road men are the backbone of the
War Savings.
And when superintendent f. w.
Smith announced that his men have
moved a quarter of a million cars
over the Philadelphia division in a
month and smashed all records we
throw up our hats. And now when
Superintendent r. Boone Abbott
comes along and tells that his men
have broken all records for hustling
cars over the Reading and out of
Rutherford yards it's cheers for the
Reading, too. 1t is a splendid ex-
ample of service to the nation that
the railroad men of the two big sys-
TENS are giving in the Harrisburg
district.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
THE READING, TOO

A NYTHING that the men of the
~ Pennsylvania and Reading sys-
TENS do in the furtherance of
the transportation interests of the
Keystone State, of which this is one
of the vital centers. interests thous-
sands of people in Harrisburg. This
city and its environs have a popu-
lation directly concerned with rail-
roading that numbers thousands, and
when one sits down and figures out
how intimately connected railroad
work is with the very life of the
States capital district it may easily
be realized how great pride we all
take in the hanging up of new rec
: ords for car movements.
Railroad work is hazardous and
any accident strikes home to our
hearts. We rejoice when there has
been "a big month" and we are all
glad when some huge improvement
is authorized here. Harrisburg rail-
road men have given demonstrations
of their loyalty to Uncle Sam in stick
ing to their work in the face of the
worst winter ever known in this
State only few months ago and in
moving coal when they had to buck
snowdrifts to do it Our own rail-
road men have given of their best
to the railway battalions in France
and Harrisburg railroad workers are
laboring on repairs, tracks and other
work close to the front line. One
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
THE SOLDIERS MOTHER
Bv LaIla. Gerahty

BY Lalla Gerahty
She stands alone, wrapt in the man.
tie of her pride;
He Soul, living flame of white
hot love;
Her Heart, a place of desolation,
where the great tide
OF longing, hideous with fear, for
ever moves
In waves of anguish through the
long, dark nights,
Only within the mirror of her eyes
we see
The silent agony of one who fights
Against the dreadful thought of
what may be.
For Courage rises is her. free and
strong.
That Spartan spirit earned from
the past;
And thr -rfrlness for bearing such
To crown her Motherhood with
joy so vast.
Thus she bears her woman's part,
Praising her God with all her
might
For gift so precious as that brave
young heart
Who counts his life as naught be-
side the cause of right,
Where craven fear has no abiding
place
From mothers such as this our noble
race
Springs forth in splendid manhood,
round
Which the glory of old England
,heds her grace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

"A. ]. Drexel Biddle, of Philade1-
phia, is home from Europe, where
he spent several weeks studying war
conditions.
"A. B. Mcintosh, prominent Nor
ristown man, has gone to France to
work among soldiers.
"A. NJ. Eby, Hazleton banker,
well known here, has retired after
twenty-four years of service.
M. J. Barker, Uniontown clergy
man, will engage in Y. NJ. c. A. work
in the army.
Fred Zimmerman, Philadelphia
theatrical man, celebrated his sew
-enty-fourth birthday.
Recorder P. s. Kift, of Clinton
county, has been made chairman of
the speakers bureau of the Public
Safety Committee in his county.
General G. T. O'Neil has been
elected secretary of the Allentown
Chamber of Commerce.
Evan c. Jones is the new presi-
dent of the Lafayette College alumni.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
WHAT ABOUT WOOD
kansas City Star1


The country has waited with anX-
iety the announcing of a military
reason for the failure to make use
of the unusual liabilities of Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood at the front. General
Wood showed his capacity as COM
mander in Cuba and in the Philip
pines. In his service in the United
States he was distinguished for his
resourcefulness and grasp of affairs.
Before America got into the war he
was one of the few public off1clals
who appreciated the seriousness OF
the situation and tried to arouse the
country to the danger.
Men of his experience and known
ability are few. The Nation can i'll
afford to lose the service of any of
them. But now, without explana-
ton, General Wood is refused assign
ment to active service to which other
men not in his class are being sent.
Fair minded men are reluctant to
believe that any considerations save
those of a military nature are being
permitted to count in the conduct
of the war. Only a few days ago
they applauded the Presidents an
nouncement that politics was tenn
porarily adjourned. But they can
not forget the common gossip that
General Wood was in bad in Wash
ington- on account of his advocacy
of preparedness. They cannot forget
the renorts current for long time
that he was to be barred from active
service for reasons unconnected with
his military ability.
There is universal belief in Cen
eral Woods competency as a COM
mander. If there are any valid rea-
sons against this belief the Nation
has a right to know them.
Unless a satisfactory explanation
is forthcoming will it be possible to
avoid the conclusion that considera-
tions other than those of the ma
tional welfare have been decisive in
the case of General Wood?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
BE NOT AFRAID

When thou goest out to battle
against thine enemies, and seest
horses, and chariots, and a people
more than thou, be not afraid of
them, for the Lord thy God is with
thee, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt.
And it shall be, when We are come
nigh unto the battle, that the priest
shall approach and speak unto the
people.
And shall say unto them. Hear.
o Israel; ye approach this day unto
battle against your enemies; let not
your hearts faint; fear not, and do
not tremble, neither be ye terrified
because of them;
For the Lord your God is he that
goeth with you, to fight for you
against your enemies, to save you.-
Deuteronomy 20, 1-5.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
FIREHoUSE STORAGE

~ COMMISSIONER GROSS doesn't
know whether Alderman MUIR
rays car may be stored free of
cost in city firehouse.
The commissioner ought to know
that firehouses supported by the city
are not maintained for use as private
garages. Beside, the city owns quite
a.number of automobiles and if there
is room in the firehouses for storage.
by all means let the city use it, as
Its does now to limited extent.
Alderman Murray il an officer of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
AN EDUCATIONAL DEFECT
Kansas CITY Star. ]

German prisoners who have
glimpsed the size of Americas force
in France are reported as amazed
They had been told that the U-boats
had kept America out, and that a
few thousand English soldiers had
been dressed up in American uni
forms to make q showing. Even
educated German officers believed
this invention of the general staff.
Thus we may begin to see the re-
suits of the once much lauded system
of state education in Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
7a e OF One Mind

President Wilson would doubtless
concede that it is exceedingly diff
cult to please all Americans, but his
words to France accomplished that
unusual effect. No matter how men
may differ on other subjects, as to
the heroism of France, the intelli-
gence of France and the debt of
civilization to France they are OF
one mind.-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

n NE of the most amazing mani
festations of the Germanic
~ spirit, in invaded France, says
c. Journelle in the Atlantlc
Monthly, is the compulsory saluta-
ton which the officers impose upon
all males, and by a refinement OF
tyranny, upon the women and girls.
Even in ancient Latium, at the Cau-
dine Forks, only the men were made
to pass under the yoke, and that
but once. But the Teuton, in his SEN
sibility to human dignity. is never
weary of trampling upon other mems
souls and of treating man like
,beast of the field.
This enforced tragi-comic salute to
the invaders and intruders naturally
wounded to the quick the high sense
of their own dignity and of the truth
characteristic of Frenchmen. Resist
ance appeared on all sides. Force
was necessary to crafty caprice
that Gessler might have delighted
in. At Noyon, at Vergnier, in hun
dreds of places, those who infringed
the regulation were thrown into Jail.
Sexagenarian priests who had neg
lected to bare their heads before
sublieutenants were dragged away to
prison beyond the Rhine. officers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
TUESDAY, JUNE 4. 1918

Every thought and feeling is q
painting stroke, in the darkness, Of
our likeness that is to be; and our
tohole life is but q chdrbeT, tchich
toe are Jrescoing toith coIors that do
not appear tchile being laid on tcet,
but Which t1iH shine forth after
tcdrds, tohen finished and dry
HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Having utilized the party ladder
discarded by the "old Guard" leaders
OF the Democratic party to climb to
power. the present bosses of the
Democracy in Pennsylvania have
evidently determined to kick the lad
der from under their present perch,
with the thought that. having reached
a place OF safety. they are not in
further need of the organization
which has recently repudiated them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
The Lord Rebuketh a Kino

Ahaziah fell down through lat
tice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria; and he sent messengers.
and said unto them, Go, inquire of
Baal-zebub the god of Ekron
whether I shall recover. But the
angel of the Lord said to Elijah the
Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the
messengers of the king of Samaria.
and say unto them, Is II not because
there is not a God in Israel, that We
go to inquire of Baal-zebub th@ .Se1
of Ekron?-u Kings. 4. Az
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
LABOR NOTES

Painters at Lincoln. Ill, have Sc
cured an increase of 81 a day.
Mobile (Ala.) Central Trades Coun-
Gil has thirty eight affiliated unions.
Fire Fighters International Union
has sixty-six local branches.
The British Trade-Union Congress
has met regularly since 1871.
Congressman Nolan, of California,
Is a molder by trade.
Minnesota is the latest state 10
bar alien teachers.
Toolmakers at Brantford, Can. ask
SO cents an hour.
On January next Toronto brick
layers will get 70 cents an hour.
A great number of Portuguese la
borers are working in the munition
factories of France and England to
release men needed at the front.
One million. eight hundred thou
sand women are engaged in our agri-
cultural pursuits and dairying; 750-
GEO of these are under 21 years.
Announcement is made by Cam
ada's Food Board that as a result of
the enrolment week for the soldiers
of the soil over 10000 boys have
been secured in Ontario and the four
western provinces
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

the law and he ought to know, If MIR.
Gross does not that firehouse is
no place for privately owned car
IF he is to have free storage the same
privilege should be extended to the
public in general.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
THE U-BOAT A SPUR

m HE appearance of German sub
marines in American waters
should cause no surprise; the won-
der is that they did not turn up here
months ago. Naval circles have ex-
pected raids of the kind ever since
the United States entered the war.
That they did not develop sooner is
doubtless due to the fact that every
German submarine available was in
use on the European side; that they
come at this time, when allied sink
ings are at their lowest ebb on the
far side of the Atlantic. is a very
strong indication that the waters
there are now so carefully guarded
that U-bosks no longer find it pos
sible to operate with any degree of
success along the Irish coast or in
the North Sea.
Two purposes may be assigned to
the raid. Either the Germans were
bent upon attacking transports and
found them too carefully guarded.
or they were sent to harrass shipping
of all kinds and spread terror of
German arms in America. In either
case they were not successful. The
American Navy may be relied upon
to look after the submarine menace
as effectively in these waters as our
chasers are doing under Admiral
Sims abroad. While we have sent
a very considerable portion OF our
Navy to the other side, the number
of vessels at home is ample to meet
all likely requirements, and we may
expect the sea arm of the service to
give good account of itself If the
raiders persist in their activities,
which does not seem probable.
If Germany hoped to frighten
America into slackening our war
preparations, she has missed the
mark. The American people were
not born in the woods to be frighten-
ed by an owl. The U-boats have
brought home the war to US as never
before, but the only result has been
a. tightening of the belt a squaring
of the shoulders and deeper de-
termination than ever to rid the earth
once and for all time of the Ger
man beast. The more active the
U-boats on this side of the ocean.
the angrier the American people will
become, and the more they will CEN
centrate their efforts toward bring
ing their overwhelming might to
bear effectively against the disciples
of frightfulness and their war ma
chine.
We in America are more than
100, 900, 900 strong. We have most of
the money in the world, resources
beyond the estimate of man, the
brains and the energy to make our
treasure and our raw materials avail
able for any purpose. and the de-
termination to win this war if it cost
us our last dollar and our last man.
U-boat raids will not diminish our
fighting spirit, which, as of old, grows
and becomes more intense under pro-
vocation.
We may lost many boats. Sub
marines may come from hidden
bases in Mexico or the Bahamas,
which afforded so secure retreats for
blockade runners during the Civil
War, or they may traverse the broad
Atlantic for a necessarily brief foray
on tbis side. but the oftener they
come and the heavier our losses, the
more vigorous will become our war
activities. The visiting U-boat is to
the American people merely what a
sharp. spur is to a spirited horse.
FIREHOITSE STORAGE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Retired businessmen under fifty
classed as 'loafers" can enroll as
law students, with an interesting
problem in constitutional law for a
starter.-Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg knit goods
are being sold all over the east
ern state?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
AS. late as 1913 wolves used to an
noy people on the outskirts of Har-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

When the Kaiser hears that the
French War-Cross has been awarded
to Lieutenant Meyer of Milwaukee,
he will almost despair of the Repub-
lic.-New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Another thing we're going to show
Germany is that the Roumanian
peace treaty is a scrap of paper that
is scrap of paper.-Kansas City
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

William A. Magee, who was sworn
in for another term as Public Serv-
ice Commissioner yesterday, mas
adopted an outdoor study. The COM
missioner took the books and papers
in a case assigned to him to bench
in a shaded part of Capitol Park ana
proceeded/to study up in cool spot;
He had only children, squirrels ana
pigeons to distract his attention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
OUR DAILY LAUGH
ALAS.

Y o 8, L m
afraid I'll have
to go to the hos
pital, two of my
.ibs are broken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

On January l next Toronto brick
layers will get 10 cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Painters at Lincoln. Ill, have. Sc
cured an increase of 81 a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04
EDITORIAL CONVENT

Nicaragua, the twentieth country
to declare war on the Kaiser, is dis
Greet enough not to say how many of
anything gaes with the declaration in
the next twelve months.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Slowly Russia learns that Germany
does not mean to let 1t have even an
abject peace.-Springfield Republi-
can.
General Foch is a living demon
stration of the fact that a man some
times can worry along without a
ss-agent.-Emporia Gazette.
Won Hindenburg's promise of
peace by August is evidently given
as a promissory note with right of
Indefinite renewals. - New York
World.
Fighting has begun between Boil
sheviki and anarchists in Moscow,
and you can't tell the players with
out a re-card.vChicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

u. ]. Prss's s. Edisor-s.-C Chief
=. r. OYSTER. BHsissss Manager.
GUS II, STEINMETz. AasagiHe Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Published evenings except Sunday BY
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Production in the iron and steel
mills in Harrisburg is said to have
reached, the highest figures IN the
history of the city during May, but
the data will not be made public, as
practically all of it is going into mu-
nitions or material for war. The
steel production in the city was
greater than ever and is to be con-
siderably increased by the firing up
of a newly built open hearth steel
furnace at the Central works: Ihe
two furnaces in blast produced close
to daily records.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-04

Toolmakers at Brantford, Can. ask
SO cents an hour.