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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
THE GREAT ADVENTURE

T + YOUR boy is persistent in his
desire to enlist for the war don't
be too insistent upon your re-
fusal to consent. There is danger
for him in the Army, to be sure,
but there is danger also at home.
From Chicago comes the story of
a lad who was relieved from mill
tary duty by a local draft board
after repeated efforts on the part of
his mother to have him exempted.
Three days later he was struck by
an automobile and lost leg. That
Is an extreme case, but it illustrates
the point. You have only your sons
welfare at heart, no doubt, when
you urge him to remain at home
while his comrades are donning the
uniform of their country, but be
sure that you are doing him a kind
ness before you persuade him not
to go. Be sure that you are not
yielding to selfish impulse, as well,
in your arguments against his en-
listment.
The lad who wants to enter the
Army now has in his minds eye
the Great Adventure of all time
He is imbued with the spirit of the
Knight of the Holy Grail and of
the Crusaders. He wants to have
a part in liberating the world from
the grip of autocracy, and to cheat
him of the opportunity would be
to rob him of an experience that in
the years to come will be to him
a priceless memory and to his chill
dren their greatest heritage.
Have you ever seen a party of
Civil War veterans foregathered for
a camp fire" or reunion? Their
Great Adventure was the liberation
of the slaves. Honors and expert
ences in abundance have come to
them in later years. but their SER
rice with the flag is the great out
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
WOMEN IN THE WAR

~ REAT changes have come as
I - the result of the world war.
~ and in our own country men
and women are at last realizing that
old traditions and practices must
give way before conditions which
were not even dreamed of a year
ago. In an article on the industrial
changes recently ex-Ambassador
James w. Gerard held that one of
the crying needs of this country is
a great labor exchange, such as had
been organized by Germany, with
branches in all the cities and towns
of our country. He believes the
women could conduct such an ex-
change so that women and girls who
are idle in the industrial centers
may have places obtained for them
at good wages in other parts of the
country.
The details of arranging such an
exchange" suggests the former Am
bassador, "of providing means of
certifying as to the character and
capability of employees and employ
ers, and of advancing the means of
transportation, where necessary,
form g. problem worthy of attention
of the most capable American
women"
Here in Harrisburg we have the
nucleus of such an organization in
the Red Cross and the National War
Aid Associations. These instrument
talities may be so merged and de-
veloped as to get the best results
with the least waste of effort. As
the war goes on pride of opinion,
social or personal ambition, any
thing and everything which may in
terfere with efficiency and practical
results must disappear.
There has been from the very out
set in this community an intelligent
appreciation of the part which the
women and girls must play in the
Sreatelt tragedy of the ages. All
have responded to every call and
tllS liHS iSSOiu VI IldIIlSpuI6 anu
the district of which it is the CEN
ter in the mobilization of the ma
tional forces is due in large meas
ure to the inspiring and noble ef-
forts of our patriotic women.
After the war the necessity of
providing employment for those who
have taken the places of men in the
service will require careful thought
and such a national labor exchange
as herein discussed would seem to
be an eminently practical move
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
What the Weather Said

Don't blame the weather man at
all
Not wantin' to complain,
For snow falls when it's time to fall,
And rain knows when to rain.
The weather mamie does his best,
And then the weather does the rest.
One brother wants a spell that's
dry,
One wants a flood below,
But nary one can run the sky,
Or tell the wind TO blow.
The weather still speaks sure and
plain:
"I reckon 1 can run this rain!"
oh, who can tell the weather's plan?
You nights we'll be resigned!
It says: 'I'll tip that weather man,
And then I'll change my mind!"
The prophets all laid on the shelf,
The weather says: I'll run my
self"
Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta
Constitution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
MISSES THE POINT

A N ATLANTA exchange takes
n exception to a recent editorial
appearing in the columns OF
tho Telegraph, but misses the point.
The Telegraph does not object to
the planters receiving higher prices
for their cotton now than in peace
times; far from that. Its objection
lies in the failure of the Admins
tration to fix a fair price for cotton,
the staple crop of the Southern far
mer, as 1t has for wheat, the staple
of the North, and, further, because
the War Trade Board has made a
ruling that mo individual licenses
shall be required for the expectation
of raw cotton to the United King
dom, France, Japan or their
colonies"
Whereas Northern producers of
agricultural products and Northern
manufacturers must continue to
make their way toilsomely around
through the dozen or so of buildings
at Washington which house the War
Trade Board and must maintain the
practice of going, hat in hand, to
ask permission to do business with
established or new foreign GUS
toners, King Cotton will be subject
ed to no such disagreeable expert
ence. This royal product may be
sold anywhere, without restriction,
at any price; and if the foreign de-
mand is large enough and the price
high enough it may be that the
home consumer will find himself
hard pressed to obtain cotton for
his own use.
Through Democratic favoritism
and Southern dominance in Con-
gress, the cotton planter has been
able to protect himself from any
form of Government regulation of
the price and the distribution of his
staple at home; and now, by the
grace of the Democratic War Board,
which rules our export trade, the
cotton planter is given an exception
al advantage in selling his product
in other lands.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
LACK OF COORDINATION

philadelphia Public Ledger
1t must be said in all fairness
that Secretary Bakers reply to his
critics is on the whole more con-
vincing than the public had antici-
pated. In the first place his attitude
was less self-sufficient than it had
been at a former hearing before
the Senate Military Committee. He
was more ready to admit that there
had been shortcomings in his de-
partment, though he called atten-
tion to it's achievements. His de-
fense naturally involved some spe-
cial pleading, such as a lawyer en-
deavoring to make out a case might
be expected to indulge in. Thus he
pointed out that France and Eng
land had urged the sending of troops
first of all, and had promised to
supply ordnance so as to save ton
mage and facilitate transportation.
The answer to this, of course, is
that our lack of ordnance made this
the only thing to do. The fact re-
mains that in spite of ample warn
ings of the probability of war we
were far from a reasonable state of
readiness when the war came. Mr..
Baker is not altogether responsible
for this. Yet it is difficult to ac-
quit him of some failure to hasten
preparations as he might have done.
Nor is the attempt to pass the
buck" to General Wood or to Gen
eral Pershing quite convincing. To
say that the former had urged hur-
rying the men to camps even if they
had to drill in civilian clothes is
not an excuse for the defective sani-
tation which General Gorgas de-
scribed. To say that Pershing want
ed Lewis guns only for aviation
corps is not an explanation of the
delay in selecting the type of rifle
and pushing its manufacture. Again
it may be said that the fault is not
to be imputed to the Secretary alone.
There is evidence in his speech. as
elsewhere, of lack of coordination
and lack of foresight
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
TEN BIG BREWERS

There were ten big brewers held
council of war
To see how they'd manage to keep
open 'the barr"
For fanatics by sodas and grape
juice had made
Such inroads upon them that they
were afraid
The time was not distant when over
the line
They'd number not ten but only Just
nine.
The nine that got over put on a
bold front,
And said, It's respectable places we
want;
Just let us clean up the saloons
while you wait"
The fanatics said, NO" and then
there were eight.
Yes only eight brewers still on the
bum job,
A-calling each Prohib a crank and
a snob;
But the cranks and the snobs de-
cided to fix
Two more of the brewers, and then
were six.
Just six little brewers a-growing
heart-sick,
To see how the foes of their traffic
grew thick;
These foes set upon them and cap
tured two more,
And so their full number was left
at just four.
Four poor lonely brewers. a pitiful
lot,
Soon they'll be unable to make one
poor sot;
For the four at one swoop we'll
sweep out of the land,
And let all the poor sots learn up
right to stand.
B. e. p. PRUGH,
Harrisburg. Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

j. NJ. Coughlin, the Wilkes
Barre educator, who will soon re-
tire, was a member of the State
School Code Commission.
Dean f. Miller, the Altoona
clergyman, who says that angling is
clerical sport, says that he has
been fishing since he was mere lad.
Charles ]. Rhoads, who has re-
signed as governor of the Philadel-
phia Reserve Bank, will go to
France on Y. M. c. A. work.
William kirkpatrick, of the
North Wales Record, has been
chosen as president of the Mont
gomery and Bucks Newspapermen's
organization.
William Finn is spending the
rough weather in Florida.
F. H. Lloyd, Pittsburgh mer-
chant has been elected a vice-presi-
dent of the American Wholesale
Dry Goods Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Bill" Haywood says that there
is nothing in common between the
I. w. w. and the Bolsheviki," and
since the Bolsheviki have shown
some disposition to disagree with
Prussia, it looks as though "Bill'
might be right about it.-Kansas
City Star.
Kerensky, says the valued Post,
has become "a man of pathetic
mystery" About as mysterious, we
should say, as a corn-cob. Kerensky
cracked because, instead of acting,
he conversed. He took the bull by
the ear, not the horns. He cried
havocksky and let slip a pack of
roaring sucking-do He hung his
banners on the inner walls, and
struck when the iron was cold. A
man of mystery! The mystery was,
did he accent his name on the first
syllable or the second?-Chicago
Tribune.
Trotzky might get the ignoble
peace prize.-Raleigh News and
Observer.
What Russia needs now is not so
much Trotzky as a Standpatsky-
Baltimore American.
The Bolsheviki can sell peace to
Germany, but can they deliver the
goods ?-Columbia State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
THE PEOPLES FORUM
ERROR CORRECTED
; Editor of the Telegraph:

y tHe EuHoF OF me efcgrdph:
l was misquoted in your valued
paper last evening as having said,
The men who go out of Harrisburg
cited as qualified for general mill
tary service, should be the finest set
of soldier material, physically and
mentally, that ever wore an army
uniform" If you will be good enough
to make that statement, THE
men who are selected through the
local boards of the country instead
of just Harrisburg" you will be ex-
pressing just what I said to the in
terviewer. The work of all local
boards is checked up by special ad-
visory boards of medical examiners.
This ought and I believe will re-
suit in the type of soldiers wearing
U. S. A. khaki such as never went
to war before in this old world of
ours.
Yours truly,
DIR. G. r. PHILLIPS,
Local Board of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
Milestone FeeIinGS

GFrom the New London Dav1
Before three moons have waxed
and waned, William McAdoo will
wish that his appointment as rail-
road director general had been teth-
cred by heavy milestone and cast
far, far out into the midst of the
sea. Complaint, criticism and un-
popularity are looming to sweep
over 1t like the waters of Noah's aw-
tul flood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
NO BEER FOR GERMANY

X ERMANY, it is reported, is
(T without beer. Now we begin
to understand the reports of
riots in Berlin. The German has
stood up manfully under the wheat
and potato restrictions. He has been
able to get along without his Linn
burger and pretzels. But beer, ah,
that is a serious matter. Now, if we
could only cut off the sausage sup
ply the fate of the Kaiser would
be sealed. BY such small things do
empires rise and fall,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

who struck Billy Patterson" is
not a more difficult problem to solve
than the ash question in Harrisburg.
Our municipal authorities have been
unable to reach any conclusion re-
garding the matter, after a discussion
of several months. but it is sttn the
hope of the people that some ade-
quate provision will be made so that
the city shall be protected and the
health of the people conserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

Commissioner Lynch has been up
against the most serious problem of
his career as head of the highways of
Harrisburg. Not even the oldest in
habitant can recall such winter of
continuous snowfall and the job of
keeping the streets and crossings and
sidewalks in a passable condition has
been Herculean in its proportions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
THANK FIRENiEN

To the Editor of the Telegrdph:
Please publish this in your col
umnS:
With the thermometer around zero
Harrisburg's volunteer firemen on
January 22nd, prevented very
large fire by their prompt response
and untiring efforts.
We whose homes were saved wish
to publicly acknowledge our graft
tude to each one and commend them
for their good work, in spite of the
heavy snow and trouble with their
engines.
Our sincere thanks go to every
one who assisted us so willingly and
we assure you it was appreciated by
The Residents of North Linden St.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

standing event of their lives. With
any other experience would they
part, but never with that. Ask any
one of them about it. Ask him
whether or not he would enlist again
to-day, were the opportunity his.
Ask him whether or not you should
let your boy go.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1918
PITY THE COAL MAN

n ITY the coal man. Much has
been said against him. He has
been blamed for charging
prices far in excess of reason. He
is alleged to have favored Gus
toners. He is "cussed" and ma
1igned and belabored in a manner
that is far from just, but nobody
has come forward to say a good
wcrd for him in the trying circum-
stances of this worst of winters.
Duobtless, some coal men have been
guilty of the offenses charged, but
let's be as charitable as we may and
not blame all for the faults of the
few.
There is fairness in all things, and
before you condemn utterly try to
put yourself in the place of the re-
tail coal dealer. Prevented from
ketting his usual supply in mid-sum-
mer by the stupidity of the National
Administration, facing winter with
bare yards and beset by not only
his own regular customers, but by
hundreds he never saw before, who
first beg and then berate, his is a
sad lot.
But in addition to that, his busi-
ness hasbeen shot to pieces. He must
live by his profits, but his profits
are wiped out and his overhead
expenses keep right on mounting.
He would make money by closing
his yards until the coal supply i'm
proves. But, instead of that, he has
been trying to meet the demands of
the public and the Fuel Admins
traitor and at the same time keep
out of the sheriff's hands. If you
think the coal mans life is a happy
one go buy a yard and try it for
yourself
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
OTHER BABIES

(From the Youths Companion)
Friends who wish to send
flowers will please give the money
to the babies of our Allies" was the
closing sentence in the death notice
of baby that died the other day
in Boston. 1t suggests beautiful
way to pay a tribute to the memory
Of the little one whose Life is ended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

Germany is hearing from her own
people now, and their voice is likely
to be more potential than any protest
from the outside. Gradually the peo-
pie of Germany are learning that the
war was mot thrust upon Germany"
but was started by the rulers of that
country for the promotion of their
own selfish aims and to crafty an
Unsuitable ambition to rule the world.
The examples of Caesar and Napoleon
were not sufficient for these cyclists,
and they are now paying the price of
their own folly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

Electrical workers at Houston
Texas, receive Sc a day.
Since the war started 1,421 900
English women have entered paid
employment, according to a Govern
Government departments, $4,000 in
the transport systems, $4,000 in
banking, $4,000 in industries and
$4,000 in commerce.
The minimum on which a family
of five can live in New York is
shown to be $3.50 this year, as COM
pared with $S40 in 1915. In 1915
half the married men in this city
were found to be receiving less than
SIS a week, while $17 was the aver
age.
John B. Lennon, for twenty-seven
years treasurer of the American
Federation of Labor, has accepted
appointment as mediator for the
Department of Labor and has been
assigned the states of Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Indiana and Missouri.
The Department of Labor an
nounces the transfer of the United
States Employment Service (the
government machinery lOI pleiClliB
wage-earners in profitable employ
ment) from the Bureau of Immi-
grafton to the office of the Secretary
of Labor.
Under a decree of September 26,
1916, bureau of labor has been
established by the Netherlands in
the Department of Public Works,
charged with institutinS nnemploy-
ment insurance, establishing labor
exchanges and endeavoring to pre-
vent unemployment and to provide
unemployment benefits.
More than half the Americans
formerly in the employ of the
Philippine Government have been
retired since July, 1913. There are
now a few more than 1,2O0 Ameri-
cans in the service, whereas four
years ago there were more than
$500. Meanwhile there has been
a steady increase, naturally, in
Filipino employees of the Govern
ment, the list showing 1000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
PROMISE OF THE MAMMA

Then said the Lord unto Moses,
Behold, l will rain bread from
heaven for you; and the people
shall go out and gather a certain
rate every day. that I may prove
law, or no.-Exodus xvi, 4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
A Notable Year

Nineteen hundred and seventeen
will be remembered as the year in
which garbage became an obsolete
institution.-From the Washington
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
Over tie 'Toh
t~ Pexxa.

How they used to laugh when
you told them you liked mush!
Now it is the great American ex-
travagance. The good old cornmeal
variety is becoming so popular that
the price is shooting sky-high.
WHAT A BABY COSTS
How much do babies cost?" said
he,
The other night upon my knee.
And then 1 said, "They cost q lot;
A lot of watching by a cot,
A lot of sleepless hours and care,
A lot of heartache and despair,
A lot of fear and trying dread,
And sometimes many tears are shed
In payment for our babies small
But everyone is worth it ALL"
Lafe Bixby. who got drafted last
week, wrote back to Hen Sogg's ton
serial parlor for his ukelele, reports
the Old Willow correspondent. Now
Sogg is in an awful fix, as he
found by taking the strings off it
what handy cuspidor the ukelele
made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is becoming
great distributing point for
apples? :.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
The Alphabet of Kaiser

* is for Killing
OF which he is king.
A is for Anger
Let wild demons sing!
stands for Infants
BY bayonets slain,
S stands for Sorrow,
With anguish and pain!
e is for Empty
Sad Belgium torn France.
R-Retribution,
There's no second chance!
Marshall Louis Mertens
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
uARRTSRTRC

When the State Capitol first NOV
tanned for while at Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

DR.. Joseph K. Dixon's appeal for
ten Indian regiments is to be heard
by the Senate Military Committee
shortly. In the meantime DR..
Dixon is pushing his propaganda as
fast as possible by public lectures.
No man is acquainted with the In
dian better than he. No other man
has visited and become so familiar
with every reservation in the coun-
try or knows So many Indians per-
sonally. More important is the fact
that he knows the heart, mind and
soul of the aborigine and has his
heart thy.-Philadelphia In
Quirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
THE STATE PRESS

One of the larger Sunday papers
had quite a deal of rot about "di-
vinely blushing" trained nurses
abroad seeing our lads strolling by
and wishing they were detailed to
Safeguard" the dear fellows over
Paris. This is the kind of sweet
Sammy truck that drives our boys
over the top when there is no need
to go. 1t makes this war seem like
an all-day sucker dream and the
readers of papers like harmless
maniacs let lose in the asylum
grounds of a Sunday afternoon
Hagerstown Mail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31
LABOR NOTES

Electrical workers at Houston,
Texas, receive Sc a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-31

The manner in which contractors
and builders kept on the job yes
terday in spite of the low tempera-
ture was we'll worth watching. In
fact, some people who could not
work themselves put in some time
observing the manner in which the
men employed on the Penn-Harris
went about their job. In the outly-
ing districts where new houses are
being built men worked behind can
vass and board screens and lucky
were those who could put in win
dow frames and panes.
Newport daily independent., 1918-03-22
HERE AND THERE
Mrs. Fannie Robinson is visiting 6er many friends at Auvergne.


 Mrs. Fannie Robinson is visiting er many friends at Auvergne. For Sale A small cash register
 D. Bevens, Bevens' Drug Store. Miss Narcie Rice was down from uckerman this morning shopping. Drnyage of all kinds handled omptly. Phone No. 10. Ches- I'll Robinson. 13-dtf. Roy Turrentine, one of our old empany B boys, is home from Camp eauregard on a furlough. E For fishing tackle, base ball goods md croquet sets calls on I. D. Price look and News Go. 286d6t 53w1 Dr. Charles E. Carroll as pur- |hased a passenger Buick car rom F. Il. Van Dyke, local agent. Shades that will roll up; cut to Eit with special machine. Hayden Holloway Furniture Go. 2S dtf. Miss Jeanette Fairchild, of Little Rock, is the guest of Miss Louise Robinson.
 Your shades will be hung right if 5ought at Hayden Holloway Furni- tre Company. 2ssdtf 5 Misses Florence and Helen John- |ap, of Auvergne, were shopping in own this morning.
 < For garden seed go to I. D. Price look and News Co. 86d6t. 52w1
 of Kenyon, was here
 1ones Sing to Batesville to visit tends ~a Fo,nta;n Pens stssasrsnsssd to sos s,sf For sale by ssn in every 'd and Jews Co. Sed6t
 and daughter,
 s. & rned yesterday
 {<- nd, where they
 CpIa1 with their son
Newport daily independent., 1918-03-22

Miss Willie Overton Minor was ex- pected home on No. this afternoon from Underwood College at St Charles, Missouri, and will spend the