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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
BRITAIN'S DAY

r 7 is appropriate indeed that the
twined with the Stars and
Stripes The United States does we'll
to join in the observance of Britain's
Day. No nation ever had a more GAL
liant or helpful ally than America
in Britain in the year and more we
were at war. But beyond that is the
debt we owe to England for making
possible the victory over the Hun
and the preservation of our own
country from invasion. When the
"contemptibles," 100000 strong,
were thrown across the path of the
unrushing German millions they
knew and England knew that they
would be annihilated. They were the
price the nation was to pay for time
to give Joffre opportunity to prepare
for the first battle of the Marne.
Few of them are alive to-day. But
their spirit became the spirit of the
Allied armies and the millions who
followed them barred their breasts as
gallantly as men ever did to the
barb of a cruel foe.
Perhaps England might for time
have remained out of the war if
Belgium had not been violated. But
when that helpless nation was
crushed under the heel of the in
vader, there was but one thought in
the hearts of liberty-loving Brit
ishers the world around and that
was to rush to the rescue. How
splendidly they maintained the ira
ditions of their race their graves
from Bagdad to the channel ports
show. But not alone on land was
British valor a factor in the win
ming of the war. On all the seas OF
the world her brave jacktars were
fighting the submarine from the
decks Of reeling destroyers and the
guns of staid old merchant ships
They bearded the Hun in his den
and they swept him from the high
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
A Remnant of the Wild West
(From the New York Times)


The red Indian wears a cutaway
coat, or else khaki, and practises his
stealthy warfare only against the
Germans. The cowboys widest deed,
outside the films, is eating a whole
can of peaches at a sitting. The
bison, almost extinct, is sitting up
again, but in carefully tended herds
in national parks. Is there nothing
left in the lands of the settirg 6 sun,
wilder than Arthur Capper, for the
American small boy to contemplate
with anticipatory joy? Yes, by the
red gods of the much advertised
outdoors, there's one of the old
frontier friends left, for the wild
horse of the plains is with us yet.
Instead of eXulting in the discov-
cry of this remnant of romance, the
Forester of the Department of Ag-
riculture, Henry S. Graves, views it
with alarm. Ten years ago it was
a menace, he says, but the demand
for a certain class of light horses
resulted in the round up Of these
wild ones, which are undesirable on
the ranges because they Craze closer
than sheep. But now the wild horse
is back again, a pest of the National
Forests:
where water is scarce they drink
from tanks and reservoirs badly
needed by the cattle, while they
make heavy inroads upon salt, fight
ing cattle away from the salt troughs
and often injuring the calves and
weaker cattle in their mad rushes
from the salt grounds on the ap-
proach of mounted men. Many of
these bands of horses are unbranded
and have no actual owners, although
'maverickers' operate among them
constantly, thus keeping the animals
on the move, disturbing the cattle,
and injuring the range. Many are so
wild as to make it difficult to round
them up, except at heavy and al
most prohibitive costs'
Forester Graves declares that the
ranges pre-empted by these rude
horses are badly needed for the use
of cattle. He sees a cure for the evil
by refusing to permit further graz
ing of horses on several of the for
ests. Some of the horse breeders
will take part of the wild horses.
The organization of special round
ups may clear out the rest of the
animals.
Time was when such news would
send boys from every Eastern state
sneaking down to the railroad sta
ton to board the westbound fast
mail, armed with bowie knife and
| lassoo, and an unsanitary copy of
"Lariat Lon" from the Beadle
press; but such times are no more.
The boy nowadays would rather
ship before the mast on subma-
rine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
"The GrayMan of Christ"
(From the Literary Digest)

generals, artillery, cavalry, engi-
neers, tanks, fought and wrought
across the map of Europe abSo-
lutely as he commanded them to
do, and in no other manner, as he
went into that little church to pray.
Nor was it an unusual thing for
General Foch to do. There is no day
that he does not do the same thing
if there be a church that he can
reach. He never fails to spend an
hour on his knees every morning
thait he awakes from sleep; and
every night it is the same.
Moreover, it is not new thing
with him. He has done it his whole
life long.
IF young Evans could have fol-
lowed the general on to headquar-
ters, where reports were waiting
him and news of victory upon VIC
tory was piled high before him, he
would doubtless have seen a great
gladness on the generals face, but
he would have seen no .loSN of sur
prise there.
Men who do that which Foch
does have no doubts. When Premier
Clemenceau, the old Tiger of France,
stood on the battlefront with anxious
heart one look at the face of Foch
sLllieu ali MS ISdFS. he returned 10
Paris with the vision of sure and
certain victory.
THE great agnostic statesman
doubted, but the Gray Man OF
Christ did not doubt.
THE facts. then, in the case are
that when the freedom of the world
hung in the balance the world turn
ed to Foch as the one great genius
who could save it against the Hun;
and that Foch, who is perhaps the
greatest soldier the world has pro-
duced, is, first of all, a Chris
tian,
Young Evans, of San Bernardo
no, just an every day American boy
from under the shadow of old San
Gorgonio, spent nearly an hour with
Foch in an old French church, and
not even one bayonet was there to
keep them apart.
i'They represented the two great
democracies of the world, but there
in that old church they represented
jointly, far greater thing-the
democracy of Christ"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

and fondest hopes; that lovely land
of joy and sunshine through which
we pass on our way from the cradle
to old age, and where the wisest
of us linger in memory when the
candles burn low on Christmas eve
and the hanging stockings in a row
await the annual visitation.
We have missed our old friend,
the "cleartoy" the past year or two,
and right heartily have we "cussed"
the Kaiser, whose U-boats made
war on our sugar supply, and we
are right glad to note that the lift
ing of the sugar bans will give the
candymen full latitude in the way
of holiday preparations. We are
getting back to normal. Christmas
this year will not be marred by the
thought of millions sleeping in frozen
trenches with the shells Of the Hun
roaring over head. It's good old
world after all, and Christmas is
Christmas again, and the clear
toy" is the sign and the symbol
thereof in childhood's realm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
SATURDAY, DECEMBER !, 1918
THE PROSPECT BRIGHT

o.PEAKING before the Harris
burg Rotary Club last Monday
~ E. S. Herman, of this city, fore
casted good business and STEADY
work following a period of read
iustment, and his judgment was
that this period would be OF orleI
duration. He gave as his reason FOR
this opinion that the reserve STOCKS
or the worlds markets are at low
ebb. For four years the world mas
been making a business of war, with
the result that supplies of all man..
ner of manufactured goods are near
the vanishing point at a time when
people are beginning to buy after an
interval of self-denial. The demand
is heavy and the available supply
small. Mr.. Herman said, which is
condition that makes for fair wages,
good prices and busy days ahead for
manufacturers and merchants.
This is an optimistic survey of
situation which has been fraught
with anxiety for the makers and sell
lers of peace-time products. 1t is
borne out in every respect by the
speakers at the Atlantic City con-
vention of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce. Better days are
ahead than we have ever known,
for however great the volume of
trade, the degree of profit and the
height of wages during the past
four years, the whole fabric Of war
time business was fiimsy and admit
tedly resting on the shakiest Of
foundations. But the new prosper
ity will be based upon real human
needs, backed by unlimited ability
TO buy and a market that it will
require years to saturate. When the
most astute businessmen of the
country agree with one voice that
the outlook is rosey and prospects
bright, even the most timid manu-
facturer or dealer may tack on more
sail to take advantage of the favor
able wind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
CAPITOL DEVELOPMENT

4 RNoLD W. Drummer, the
"A Capitol extension architect
one day remarked upon the
unusually happy state of affairs in
Harrisburg where the State and city
authorities are in perfect accord as
to the development of the larger
park and it's surroundings. Many
cities in similar circumstances have
not been so fortunate. frequently
State and city officials have tangled
over improvements of far lesser i'm
portance than are being outlined
here.
OF course, Harrisburg has the ad-
vantage of a city solicitor who was
identified from the first with the
park development idea. John e.
Fox was responsible for the success
of the bill in the Senate and he will
do his utmost to cooperate for the
early development OF the newly
acquired area and the erection of a
bridge at State street. Indeed
Mayor Keister, the city councilmen
and the state officials from Cover
nor down are so enthusiastically ia
vorable to the project that it Is
fair to assume that next year this
time, the Legislature willing, the
work will be we'll under way. The
city stands ready to do its full share,
and more.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
AU0idinq the Flu

The influenza is not disappearing
as fast as it was hoped. The situa-
ton imposes upon everyone the
duty to watch himself closely and
keep away from it, and also as far
as possible not to carry it to others.
If you have a case at home, don't go
among people who might catch the
malady. We strongly suspect that
that is much thoughtlessness in this
regard. If you are subject to the
flu, don't endanger other people,
even if you escape yourself. We are
told that the epidemic may last into
the winter and that is possible If
people do not exercise greater care
than they seem to be doing. There is
more danger to the community in
carrying it than in going where it
is and getting it, But if you get it,
or think YOU have. go home and stay
there till it is all over.-Ohio State
journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
NOW FOR "CLEARTOYS"

HvOW that the sugar restrictions
M have been lifted, won't you
please, oh Mr.. Candymaker,
add some cleartoys to your Christ
mas stock? Christmas is no more
Christmas without a few cleartoys
to sweeten the disposition and glad
den the heart of childhood-old and
young-than Christmas would be
Christmas without Santa Claus.
Listen children; once there was
a man who admitted, right here in
the Telegraph office, that he didn't
know what you meant when you said
'cleartoy." Yes, indeed, he was just
that ignorant. He had never admired
a red or yellow candy elephant, or
a horse or a lion, and he had never
known the deliciously sticky delights
of a toy engine, or a steamboat, or
a ship in full sail. He came away
from a pro-German community in
Wisconsin, which at once absolves
him from blame and explains his
lack of knowledge as TO things
Christmasy.
But there are none such among the
natives of this community, young
or old, to whom the "cleartoy' is
as such an indication that Santa
Claus is hanging around the back
porches and roofs trying to get a
line on the behavior of boys and
girls as is the coming to town of
Christmas trees and holly wreaths.
Even the oldest and the most sedate
of us easily hearken back to the days
when the ''cleartoy" was the SYM
boil of all that childhood holds dear
est of yuletide revelry; of untold
vistas of that dear, delightful fairy
land where the good old Saint with
reindeer and sleigh holds sway;
where every minute holds a song
and every second a laugh; where
sorrow is not and never was, where
warmth and good cheer abound; /;
where the holly berries are no roster
than the cheeks they match; where
dark secrets bloom into golden
realizations Of. our deepest desires
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Robert A. Quin, head of the
Susquehanna Coal Company, who Is
widely known among coal opera
tors, has started a movement to have
every man in the Luzerne field given
his old job back when he comes
from war.
John Wanamaker is making q
special study of the various war ac-
tivities and urges that the Emer-
gency Aid be made a permanent
body.
General w. G. Price, Jr., men
toned for senator to succeed the
new Governor, is one of the senior
officers of the Old National Guard
and commands an artillery brigade
in France.
Israel Carpenter, the veteran
city engineer of Lancaster, and
known to golfers all over the state,
has been reelected unanimously.
Bishop w. +. He'll, seriously in
jured in a railroad accident, has been
a minister since 1880.
Superior Court Judge Frank NJ.
Trexler is president of the Allen
town Masonic Temple Association.
The Rev. DR.. c. ID. Leonard, of
Williamsport, who has been in
France on war work, is on his way
home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

seas. They crushed his vaunted mer-
chant, marine and they finally &C
cepted the full surrender of a feet
that was afraid to meet them In
open battle.
Can you picture what would have
happened had the British feet been
unequal to the task imposed upon 1t,
or had the British armies yielded
In all likelihood we should be at
this moment fighting the victorious
German armies not far east of Har-
risburg. British armies and the Brit
ish fleet alone prevented this cat
astrophe. So 1t is with grateful
hearts, indeed, that we should salute
the British colors to-day wherever
we see them flying.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
CHRISTMAS is COMING

The play-day of the world is near
The one glad day of all the year
When kindly thoughts their comforts
bring
And every heart inclines to sing
OF friendship, brother-love, and all
That should the human bosom
thrall!
The day of cheer for all mankind!
We leave our cares, our griefs, be-
hind,
And living only in the light
OF one fair space 'twixt night and
night.
Return to youth and childhood's
glee-'
Forgetting all life's misery!
The precious day, when rays of love
Shine here below, shine there above!
Again we'll try with tenderness
Friends, strangers, foes, alike to
bless
With that goodwill which shall for
aye
Endear to all the Christmas Day!
-Lurana Sheldon, in the New
York Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Nen Watch on the Rhine

There's a new watch on the Rhine,
A lank, lean visaged man,
Well knit and straight
And brisk of gait
Each inch American.
There's a new flag on the Rhine,
Red, white and blue with stars.
Without a smack
OF pirate black;
Just Freedoms glorious bars.
There's a new song on the Rhine,
'My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
A chorus grand
Enthrills the land,
Our hymn of Liberty.
There's a new watch on the Rhine.
White-souled American
Come be ye free
Wide filings his plea
To the brotherhood of man.
e-The New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Poe;tc% IL
Pe~~sqgOo"in
Nv the x.CoTsnr1tiftncrra
BY the Ex-Committeeman

From what can be learned about
the State Capitol, there is no inten-
ton on the part of either officials OF
the outgoing or incoming govern
ments of abolishing the State De-
Tense Commission. On the contrary,
it will be continued as useful body
to cope with any emergencies which
may arise, it being held thac It pro-
vides a body which can TO a certain
extent act without calling the Leg
| islature, as it co-ordinates the exec
utive and fiscal offices of the gov
ernment, who are elected by the
people, with the Adjutant General,
the military chief of the state, who
is an appointive officer. The Emer-
gency Works Commission, of which
the Governor is eX-officio chairman,
can take care of any construction
which has to be handled to provide
work for men in times of industrial
depression or unemployment.
The opinion expressed here is
that the State Defense Commission
Will be continued as an emergency
body and that the State Council OF
National Defense will be continued
IN limited way to meet conditions
which may arise in. the readjust-
ment following the war, the de-
mobilization and the like. It's coun-
~ councils, from what is learned
here, will no longer be active, but
be maintained as a body which can
be called together should occasion
arise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

our constitution is a patched, shin
gled roof and still leaks. These vari-
Gus amendments have been the out
growth of local or individual
thought. 1t is much better to have
a convention composed of represen-
tatives of the whole state make a
constitution, than to patch it up
from local or individual suggestion.
There are many evolutions in the
political land material wants of the
state that have come to us because
of our growth and development"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Point of SimiIdritu

Robert had a new brother about
three weeks old.
Whom does your little brother
look like?" asked one of the neigh
bors.
81 don't know that he looks much
like anybody" replied Robert.
He looks a little like President
Taft in the back of his neck
Dallas News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

tional federation of manufacturers
councils to meet wartime and after
the-war emergencies have been an
nounced
Another worlds record has been
made at a Belfast Qreland) ship
building yard by completion of a
standard ship in five working days
after the launching of the vessel
The Gas and Electric Lighting
Company of Baltimore is training
women for the work of reading me-
ters and installing heating and light
ing appliances.
According to an investigation of the
Federation of German Textile Work
ers, the average weekly wage of fe-
male workers in the Adorf district
was 1892 marks (S3.79) in July, 1917.
The cooperative Society of SPRING
field, ILL.,, has paid $3.50 in dividends
during the two years of it's existence.
The society has 362 members and its
total resources amount to S1S,172.70.
Miss Elizabeth Christman, for six
years general secretary treasurer of
the international Glove Workers
Union, has been appointed chief of
women investigators of the. National
War Labor Board.
A bill has been introduced in the
Brazilian Congress providing for the
publication of a quarterly labor bull
letin to begin with the date of the
definite organization of the National
Department of Labor.
The Manitoba minimum wage sta
! tute Is more limited in it's scope than
that of British Columbia, its provi-
sions extending only to female work.
ers "in any shop, mail order house or
/ factory in any city in Manitoba"
The. Parliament of Alberta. Canada,
at it's recent session enacted new
law on the subject of workmen's
compensation, which supersedes the
| act of 1908 and considerably enlarges
the scope and liberality of the pro-
visions made for industrial injuries,
The retirement OF teachers in New
Jersey is taken care of by two sys-
tems-the teachers retirement fund,
established in 1895 and supported by
| contributions of the teachers, and the
| 35-year service pension, establish
ed in 1903 and paid at the expense
Of the state,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
II Was Educational, AnylUay

Anyhow, the men between 81 and
46 who laboriously prepared to an
swer all the queries of the question:
naire learned lot about themselves.
Boston Globe. t
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

Member OF the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
tieled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to It or
and also the local news published
herein.
Ali rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Having Little Imagination

Every German family should bt
furnished with an appetizing list oi
food cargoes sent to the bottom by
U-boats.-Wall Street Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Alas, If!

Germany is nevertheless ahead of
the came, though it has lost the
whole world if it has gained its own
soul.-Houston Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Let Us Say YeIlOD Streak

Wilhelm wanted to go down in
history as the greatest of the great.
He has succeeded. But the greatest
of the great what?-KnoXville Jour
nal and Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Only Ones That Enjoyed 1t

We surmise that the cooties will
regret to learn that the war is over
A pleasant time was had by them.-
Columbia Record
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
German Trouble in a Nutshell

The trouble with this war game
was that it ran into extra innings
and Germany had no relief pitcher
or Observation-Disclosures POST
Express,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg tin is use9
for work on naval vessels?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The soldiers who went out from
Harrisburg in the 1912 and Mexican
Wars disbanded in Capitol Park.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
Seem Cruel to His Gentleness

The Huns think the armistIcs
terms are harsh. The Hun. of course,
is noted for the gentleness of his
Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
LABOR NOTES

Plans for the organization of ma
tional federation of manufacturers
councils to meet wartime and after
the-war emergencies have been an
nounced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE -TELAGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

Another worlds record has been
made at Belfast Qreland) ship
building yard by completion of a
standard ship in five working days
after the launching of the vessel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07
q. ]. sTACKPOLB

q. j. STACKPOLE
President and Editor-iirChief
f. r. OYSTER, Business Hanger.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ, Mdnd0in1 Editor
A. r. MICHENER, Circulation Manager
Executive Board
J. p. MCCULLOUGH,
BOYD NJ. OGELSBY,
L. r. OYSTER,
GUS. NJ. STEINMETz
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

Company of Baltimore is training
women for the work of reading me-
ters and installing heating and light
ing appliances.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

According to an investigation of the
Federation of German Textile Work
ers, the average weekly wage of fe-
male workers in the Adorf district
was 1892 marks (S3.79) in July, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-07

In the .course of his comments
upon the need for a new constltu-
tion Ex-Governor William A. Stone
says in the Philadelphia North
American: "The second constitu-
tion of Pennsylvania was adopted
fourteen years after the first; the
third. forty-eight years after the
second; the fourth. thirty-six years
after the third. Forty-four years
have elapsed since the adoption of
the constitution of 1874. From 1874
up till 1901 there were no amend
ments to the constitution, but since
1901 there have been twenty-seven
amendments adopted, until To-day