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New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
ssXV7e Must Cheat Our Foe. Not
w Try to Change His Nature

We do i'll. I think, therefore, TO talk
mucn of universal peace Or OF a general
disarmament We must go in for preven-
tive medicine, not for radical cure We
must cheat our foe, circumvent him in
detail, not try to change his nature In
one respect war is like love, though in
no other Both leave US intervals Of rest,
and in the intervals lie goes on perfectly
well without them, though the imagination
still dallies with their possibility. Equally
insane when once aroused and under head
way, whether they shall be aroused or
not depends on accidental circumstances
How are old maids and bachelors madeo
Not by deliberate VOWS of celibacy, but by
sliding on from year to year with no suf-
icient matrimonial provocation So of
the nations with their wars. Let the gen.
eral possibility Of war be left omen, in
Heavens name, for the imagination to
daily with. Let the soldiers dream Of kill
ing, as the old maids dream of marrying
But organize in every conceivable way
the practical machinery for making each
successive chance of war abortive Put
peace men in power; educate the editors
and statesmen to responsibility How
beautifully did their trained responsibility
in England make the Venezuela incident
abortive! Seize every preteXt, however
small, for arbitration methods, and multi
ply the precedents, foster rival excite
ments and invent new outlets for heroic
energy, and from one generation to an
other the chances are that irritation will
grow less acute and states of strain less
dangerous among the nations. Armies
and navies will continue, of course, and
fire the minds of populations with their
potentialities of greatness. But their
officers will find that somehow or other,
with no deliberate intention on any ones
part, each successive "incident" has man.
aged to evaporate and to lead nowhere,
and that the thought of what might have
been remains their only consolation.
The last weak runnings of the war spirit
will be punitive expeditions" A country
that turns its arms only against uncivil-
lied foes is, / think, wrongly taunted as
degenerate. Of course it has ceased to be
heroic in the grand old style But verify
believe that this is because it now sees
something better. 1t has a conscience.
1t will still perpetrate peccadilloes But it
is afraid, afraid in the GOOD sense, to
engage in absolute crimes against civili-
Zation.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Significance Of the
/ Number of Guns Lost

"The probability that lack of gasolene was
more important factor than shortage of
ammunition was suggested by the surpris-
ingly large number of guns reported as lost.
The German statement was to the effect that
in the initial phases of the campaign eigh-
teen hundred guns were captured on the
Italian front. On the other hand it was ex-
planned that large proportion of these we're
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
w as the Italian

AS it 1taly's lack of gaso-
lene that caused her loss
of two hundred thousand
men, eighteen hundred
guns and a stretch of ter
ritory which had been
gained by two years of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
THE CITY GROWS

-HE death of Patrick GiInaugh,
known to thousands as "Chiefy
- Gilner," self-appointed custo-
dian of the capitol, marks the pass
ing of the last of a number Of some-
what similar figures whose peculiar
tiles for years had made them con-
spicuous. 1t is not so much that
these types are disappearing as IL
is that the city is growing. We are
past our village stage and the viii
lage characters are lost in the hosts
OF people that make up the life
of the larger. more metropolitan
community. We shall never know
their like again. They were a pa
thetic lot at best. Like the court
Jester OF old, they have had their day
and find no place for themselves in
the hustling, bustling Harrisburg
that has come into being in the past
! ten years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Entered at the Post Office in Harris
burg. Pa, as second class matter.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1918
THE NEW PRESIDENT

HE directors of the Harrisburg
wv Chamber of Commerce have
Il made a wise selection in the
choice of George S. Reinoehl' dl-
vision manager of the Bell Telephone
cor,nanv. as president of the body
for the coming year. During 'he
administration of Andrew S. Patter-
son at n time when the activities
of the Chamber embraced many lines
of national and local enterprises MT
Re,noebl was first vice-president ana
ne such constantly at the elbow OF
the president and his mainstay IN
many of the trying war work cam
paigns. He will be worthy success
sor tn Mr.. Patterson, whose term was
marked by many worthwhile accom-
plishments.
-. Mr.. .Reinoehl has been a resident
of Harrisburg for many years and
has been active in the affairs OF the
community. He is a member of the
Harrisburg Club and of the Rotary
Club and has just completed year
of service as president of the Boy
Scout Council, the advisory body
which looks after the welfare of the
Scout movement in Harrisburg and
vicinity. He is man of much energy
and ability and will bring to his new
office the experience, tact and force
necessary to make the coming year
success. The Chamber of Commerce
has come to occupy very important
place in the life of the community
and the presidency is not an empty
honor. 1t requires work very often
of an arduous nature, and exacts at
tention and concentration that were
thought unnecessary a few years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Lancken Refused to Aid Edith CaveH

also refused the request of Presi-
dent Falder of the Belgian School
for Nurses that Miss Cavells body
be delivered to them.
In an article called The Last
Hours of Edith Cavell," Mr.. Gibson
last year told how he labored in
vain with Won der Lancken on the
night in which Miss CaveH had been
sentenced to die, seeking at least
a stay, and was rebuffed with q
sneer. Mr.. Gibson related that
when he and Matter CASTOR d Laval,
attorney to the American Legation,
| told Won der Lancken that the civil
lied world would be stricken with
horror at the shooting of a woman,
| the German replied that the effect
| on the world would be excellent"
At the same moment, he related,
Count Harrach, q colleague of Won
der Lancken. interrupted with the
remark that his only regret was that
! they did not have three or four old
English women to shoot"
Mr.. Gibson said he asked Won der
Lancken to telephone the Kaiser at
Great Headquarters, but the request
was refused.
/ In October, 1918, Won der Lancken
was appointed by the Kaiser, head of
the so-called neutral commission to
investigate charges of devastation
and destruction during the German
| retreat in Belgium. In commenting
upon the selection, The London
Daily News said:
THE selection of Won der Lancken
Is extraordinary when it is recalled
that he played leading role in the
murder of Edith Cavell."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
SprOuI as Choice of the People
philadelphia Inquirer1

Not often is it given to public Of
fetal to go into the gubernatorial
chair with such overwhelming sup
port as has been given to William c.
Sproul. The State Department has
just announced the complete official
vote of the State of Pennsylvania
and it shows that Senator Sproul has
plurality over his opponents of
245,293. 1t is evident that this would
have been still larger If it had not
been for the injection of issues which
really had no bearing upon the Gov
ernorship. 1t is quite clear, therefore,
that the successful candidate will as
sumo office as the choice of great
majority of the people.
The importance of this overwhelm-
ing vote lies IL the fact that 1t will
give him the opportunity to be of
real service to the citizens of Penn
sylvania. 1t is not too much to say
that he will assume the Governor
ship with no friends to regard and no
enemies to punish. He will not be
harassed by partisan or factional
quarrels. He will not be called upon
to placate this or that element of the
people. He will be as nearly untram-
meled as it is possible for a man to
be in this practical and work-a-day
world.
This is as it should be, and it is no
exaggeration to say that he gives
promise of living up to the expecta-
tions of his supporters and that he
is the ideal man for the times. He
has had an experience of twenty
years in the State Legislature, he has
proved himself a successful business
man, he knows the needs of the state
and he has the disposition TO de-
velop its industries and to increase
it's Importance among the sisterhood
of Corflmonwealths.
The coming four years should be
! fruitful ones in Pennsylvania, and
with energy and harmony of action
the Keystone state should be placed
among the most progressive states
of the union,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Chair of Americdnizdtion
LChayenne LEADER

The. first American university TO
establish a separate department of
Americanization is the University of
Wisconsin. The purpose of the new
project is the development of a con-
crete and practical policy for the
teaching of citizenship. The schools
of the state of Wisconsin will then
be used in carrying this policy into
effect.
A special training course has al
ready been established for the in
structlon of students who are to
deal with foreign born peoples in
America. Three of the specific
plans already outlined are ID nat
uralization of aliens in the state; (2)
a training course for teachers Of i'm
migrants. and (3) instruction in all
the parochial and private schools.
some of which have hitherto used
foreign languages to a large extent.
All available agencies will be
used TO make the scope of the work
statewide. The help of the public
schools, vocational schools, and the
Y. Nj. c. A, as we'll as the university
extension service, will be called in to
reach every community, urban and
rural.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
They'd Make Us Talk German
New York Times. ]

Away back in the dark days of
last February there was printed an
Associated Press dispatch from Ber-
lin that would make strange read
ing if it were to come across the wa
ter now. 1t was to the effect that
the members of the Deutscher
Sprachverein, or German Language
Association, had adopted a resolu-
ton earnestly advising the chancel-
lor to decree that when the time
came to establish terms of peace, all
ed in the German language. Only
in that tongue were the representa-
tives of the vanquished nations to
be allowed to say what little they
would have to say when their fate
was decided.
That proposal was highly charac-
teristic. and there is no reason for
supposing that If the Germans had
won they would have seen nothing
unreasonable in adopting 1t, though
to have done so might have had its
practical inconveniences, even for
the VtctorS.
But February is long ago. Much
more than eleven months have pass
ed since then-it is a whole era that
has elapsed. and now the Germans
are thinking not of how to empha-
size a triumph, but of how to es-
cape from a few of the consequences
of utter defeat. They would accept
mercy, no matter in what language
it might be expressed. They are
asking for it, too. in all the lam
guages they know - and, to give
them due credit, they know, and
know well, not few. Yet their lin
guistic abilities did not save them
from misunderstanding all their
neighbors, near and remote. Their
learning was q snare, as learning Of
ten is when its possessors make
wrong use of 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Farmers Benefited Most
OWN Payne in the Saturday Even
ing Post)

(Wiu Payne in the Saturday Even
ing Post)
At least 25 million people in the
limited States are on a payroll, liv-
ing on wages and salaries. AS to
other large contingents, such as min
ers lumbermen, teamsters, farm
laborers, we have evidence of much
higher pay. AS to still other con-
tinuents the evidence is more frag-
mentary. For example, / know of
no statistics covering million per-
sons and more in domestic and per-
sonal service, but every woman who
hires a domestic servant knows that
wages have advanced briskly.
Next to those on q payroll the
most numerous division of the popu-
Iation consists of 6 million farmers.
The Department of Agriculture will
no doubt put the gross value of farm
nroducts this year we'll in excess of
30 600 million dollars, against Il little
less than 10000 millions in 1914.
This means, for example, the gross
value of all the corn as well as the
gross value of all the hogs and
cattle that ate the corn; 1t contains
Implications.
But of all products considered in
big groups war has increased the
nrice of farm products most. From
July, 1914, to August, 1918, the
wholesale price of all leading COM
modities taken together increased
1O5 per cent. In the United States
while the price of farm products m
creased 141 per cent. The farm
price has benefited most. M big
group has benefited more than
farmers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
TRUCKS AND HIGHWAYS
EoRE power to the movement
WI for the limitation by the Leg
isIature of the size and weight

EORE power to the movement
lV for the limitation by the Leg
isIature of the size and weight
of trucks using the highways of
PENNSYLVANIA. Too long these enor-
NOUS trucks have been permitted to
rip to pieces the expensive highways
of the Commonwealth. There is no
reason whatever why corporations
or individuals should be permitted
10 destroy the good roads of the
State.
But the effort should not end with
the improved highways constructed
by the State. Right herein Harris
burg well-paved streets are being
destroyed simply because the NUM-
cipal officials will not restrict the
weight and size of trucks which
are utterly destroying the asphalt
streets. .
For instance. the splendid boule-
ward along the river-the pride of
the city and the admiration of all
visitors-is being gradually ruined
by heavy trucks Of coal dealers and
others. Business is necessary. of
course. but business can be con-
Quoted without damage to the public
welfare ana the city, having ex-
pended, directly and indirectly, hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars for
Improved paving. has a right to ex-
pect that the officials will see to II
that this paving is not torn to pieces
through the use OF heavy trucks that
are utilized because It is more eco
nomieal for their owners.
The Legislature will be entirely
Justified in providing limitations
upon these enormous. vehicles that
Vre rendering the highways OF the
\ te unsafe, for other users and at
same time destroying the roads
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Only One Real EngIiShmdn
[From The Literary Digest


A correspondent in the London
New Witness recently pointed out
that England is suffering from for
eign domination" He wrote. I'VE
are governed by the Welsh, PRAYED
at by the Scots, and preyed upon by
the Irish." From note in the Lon
don Evening Standard the genuine,
native-born Englishman does not
seem to have much to say nowadays.
1t writes:
"The Versailles conference is con-
sidering decisions which may effect
the fate of Great Britain for genera
tions.
"A correspondent points out that
on this conference our country is
represented by:
"One Welshman, Mr.. Lloyd George.
"One Scottish Canadian, Mr.. Bonar
Law.
One Jew, Lord Reading.
-Four Scotsmen, Mr.. Balfour, Sir
Eric Geddes, Marshal Haig and
Admiral Wemyss.
"One Englishman, Lord Miner.
rs this not?" he asks, "a humilia-
ting position for the country south
OF the Tweed-the so-called pre-
dominant partner? England proper
is said to contribute 40 to so Der
cent. of the men in the British army.
80 per cent. in the British navy.
and about 80 per cent. of the British
war expenditure. Yet she has only
one Englishman to make her voice
heard at this crisis of her history
Oddly enough-though the Evening
Standard omits to mention 1.-THE
one Englishman cited, Lord Miner,
was actually born in Germany, and
his father before him, since his
grandfather, physician settled
there without losing touch with
England or acquiring German citi-
zenship
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
PoeSticA Su
Pe~"4qgOo~ia
By the Ex- Committeeman

Commenting on the appointment
of d. j. Snyder, a Greensburg law
yer, to the bench of Westmoreland
county, to succeed the late Lucien
w. Doty. the Philadelphia Press to-
day says: Though the vacancy had
existed many months, the appoint
ment to-day took Capitol Hill COM
pletely by surprise and started no
end of gossip as to whether the Gov
ternor had decided not to fight the
Gather suit to prevent him from
acting as head of the War Service
Bureau and writing a history of
Pennsylvania part in the war.
Since the State Defense Commit
tee voted, with the aid of Auditor
General Snyder and others previ-
ously opposed to the Governor, to
name DR.. Brumbaugh to the War
Bureau post, there have been re-
ports that an understanding had
been reached under which in return
for the place given the Governor he
would refrain from filling a number
of offices, including a Superior Court
vacancy, when Judge Kephart goes
on the Supreme bench, and leave
them for Governor-elect Sproul.
Some have doubted, however, wheth-
er such an agreement, if there was
one, included the Westmoreland
judgeship.
Even before the Governor was
actually named, Walter II. Gather,
who was dropped from the Public
Service Commission by Governor
Brumbaugh, threatened to bring suit
to prevent his taking the job, and
several weeks afterwards, on De-
cember 8, started equity proceedings
to secure service on the Governor.
Yesterday Governor Brumbaugh
accepted service in the suit and a
couple hours later he announced the
Snyder appointment.
Capitol Hill is wondering If the
Governor has made up his mind to
| fill all vacancies. in view of the Gal
ther contest, probably letting the
suit 90 by default and permitting the
lob to take care of itself. Service in
the Gather suit has now been OBJ
tanned on all of the War Board ex-
cept Lieutenant Governor McClain
and State Treasurer Kephart. The
latter is i'll.
Snyder has served two terms in
the Legislature.
with the death last summer of
Judge Doty, a number of candidates
sprung up for the place. Three men
| had their claims for recognition
pressed the hardest, Snyder, c. ID.
Copeland, judge of the orphans
court, and Charles b. Whitten..
Snyder was a member OF the
Legislature and consequently couio
NOT take the office until after his
term as Assemblyman expired in De-
cember. All three made trips to
Harrisburg along with large delega-
tions, and had interviews with the
| Governor.
Judge Snyder is classed as dry
and besides taking an active part In
the politics of Westmoreland county
has an interest in newspaper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
ERBERT HOOvER's tart re-
RI fusal to have anything to do
- - NTH Ioro,, ,,oY dor Iancken

TT ERBERT HOOVER'S tart re-
fusal to have anything to do
with Baron Won der Lancken
as a representative of Germany in
food matters and his message to tell
Lancken and his colleague, DR.. Rieth,
Ito go to h with my compli-
ments," is due to his knowledge OF
the two men.
One explanation of Mr.. Hoover's
reference to Baron Won der Lancken
is. found in the record of the latter
while he was the German Civil and
Political Governor of Brussels. 1t
was to Won der Lancken that Brand
Whitlock, American Minister to Bel
GUM, vainly appealed to intercede
for Miss Edith Cavell, the English
nurse who was executed by the Ger
mans on the charge of "treachery."
On the night of the execution Am
bassador Whitlock wrote this note to
Won der Lancken:
MY Dear Baron: I am too sick
to present my request myself, but
appeal to your generosity of heart
to support it and save from death
this unhappy woman. Have pity on
her"
Hugh S. Gibson, Secretary of the
American Legation, sought out the
Baron, but the latter told him that
he ould not intervene OF stay the
death sentence, that General Won
Bissing, the Military Governor, hav-
ing supreme authosity in such cases,
had decided, after mature deliber-
Grafton" that the infiiction of the
death penalty on Miss Cavell was
imperative. Baron Won der Lancken
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Woman and Her Vote

ct told Henrietta that was proud
to see her vote just like a man."
said Mr.. Meekton.
Did that please her?"
mo. The choice of phrase was
unfortunate. She said that If she
couldn't use better judgment than
man there would have been no
need for her troubling about the
vote in the first place.-From the
London Sketch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
Cruel mcOnlpetency
(From the kansas City Times)


1t has been more than forty days
since the armistice was signed and
the fighting ended in France. Still,
the casualty lists continue to pour
in at the rate of from 1,50O to 5000
daily.
How long is this form of cruel
incompetence to continue?
The manner Of handling the cas-
ualty lists has been one of the worst
of the bungling features that have
characterized the war organization
in Washington.
Months after the battles in which
the casualties occurred, the relatives
and friends of the boys in France are
not yet aDe to ascertain definitely
the fate of their loved ones. The
fathers ar mothers at home wait in
dreadful suspcnses for news from
Washington.
Suppose 1t be granted that the
cables cannot carry all the names.
There are, nevertheless. steamships
sailing all the time, and there were
torpedo destroyers available for the
War Department to bring the lists
back in the original Surely the
dead and the severely wounded
were known a few days after hos
tilities ceased, and should have been
available for publication in this
country several weeks ago.
One man who returned from hte
war IN France, who reached Kan
sas City the morning of December
2, read the casualty list printed that
morning in The Star and said: why,
come Of these boys were killed or
wounded September 26. Is it possible
that you are just receiving the news
of list so old as this one?"
After all these weeks since the
war ended, the list is but little more
than one-half completed. The War
Department permits them to drag
through the endless chain of red tape
machinery organized for handling
| the names and distributing the news.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
The Financial Earthquake

From The Walnut Ridge Blade)
The earthquake shock at 4.3O Sum
day morning came like an explosion.
1t caused Mr.. Herden, night clerk
at the Boas Hotel, to stagger and
almost fall. 1t shook a dollar out
of his hand which had just been
paid him by a guest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31

The President says he is not think
ing of incorporating Bryan's peace
treaties in his League of Nations idea'
and we notice he isn't giving William
Howard Taft much credit for having
originated the idea.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31
All Papers Take Notice

The Westfield Evening Journal
knows what it wants and doesn't
hesitate to ask for it. 1t says:
HAS ANY ONE
Died.
Eloped.
Married.
Divorced.
Left town.
Embezzled.
Had n fire.
Had a babyA
Broke a leg
Had q partyE
Sold q farm
Had twins OR
Rheumatism.
Struck it riGh.
Been arrested.
Come to town
Bought a home.
Stole q COW or
The neighbpr's wife.
Committed suicide.
Committed b murder.
Bouaht an automobile.
Fallen FROM an airplane.
Run away With handsomer man.
That's nevis. Phone 400 or 491
and the Eve ping Journal will pub
llsh it.-ProYdence Evening Trib-
une.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-31

An exchange talks of the "Dignifed
officers and the humble privates."
which sounds pretty good. but who
evor heard OF a humble American pri-
vate?