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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-02
AUGUSTA LOCALS

Ed Goring OF Waterville was in the
city awhile Friday on matters of
business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
AN ARCHAIC PAYROLL

~ ECRETARY OF THE COM
- MONwEALTH WOODS is ex-
~ actly right when he recon-
mends in his annual report to the
Governor that the Department of
State Of Pennsylvania should be re-
organized with special reference to
modern business conditions and to
facilitate the work" This branch
Of the State government is operating
under a series of laws, the youngest
of which is more than a dozen years
old. There are other departments
Of the State government almost as
much hampered, but not quite, and
that of the secretary, which turned
almost 100000 into the State
Treasury as the revenue from its
business for two years, may be fairly
cited.
1t does seem strange that the
State of Pennsylvania, which Is a
business corporation with an in
come, free from tax, of over $40,-
0O0,0 a year, can not pay its peo-
pie what they would get as man.
ayers of branches of a department
store, foreman,in a foundry or me-
chanics or carpenters on ordinary
construction work. The legislatures
Of the past specified the jobs and
fixed the pay. 1t was good pay in
those days and the hours made "a
job on the HIP much sought after.
But times have changed and the pay
Of bricklayer and the hours of a
railroader have the emoluments and
time of a State government attache,
especially in the wartime rush of
work at the Capitol, much faded for
attractiveness.
The truth is that the State govern
ment pay system has been an an
achronism. Good men and women
have gone to other places and. left
important public work for the same
reason that teachers have been do
Ing the same thing. There is no flex-
ibility about the payroils in public
service. 4 plan was devised when
the effect of war began to be felt al
the Capitol whereby salaries could
be adjusted. but It was petulently
thrown into a waste basket There
should be a means of adjusting sal
aries in the state government Just
az in the Bsthlsham Steal Cnmnanv,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
| HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS

May
1 now hope. gentlemen of the Con-
gress, that in the delicate tasks
l shall have to perform on the other
side of the sea, in my efforts truly
and faithfully to interpret the prin-
ciples and purposes of the country
we love,
1 may have the encouragement and
tAe added strength of your united
support?
L realize the magnitude and difi-
Guilty of the duty
1 am undertaking
l am poignantly aware of its grave
responsibilities
l am the servant of the nation.
1 can have no private. thought or
purpose of my own in performing
such an errand.
1 go to give the best that Is in me
to the common settlement which
1 must now assist IN arriving at in
conference with the other working
heads of the associated governments.
/ shall count upon your friendly
countenance and announcement.
l shall not be inaccessible. The
cables and wireless will render me
available for any counsel or serv-
ice you may desire of me, and
/ shall be happy in the thought that
1 am, constantly in touch with the
weighty matters of domestic policy
with. which we shall have to deal.
shall make my absence as brief as
possible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

.-E. Pusey Passmore. the COVER
nor of the Philadelphia Reserve
bank, is working on the plans for
the Victory Loan.
DIR. II. H. Baish, secretary of
the Teachers Retirement Board, is
making a series of addresses on the
retirement plan in Western Penn
sylvania.
General P. C. March used to be
one of Lafayette's star drop kickers
when he went to college.
DIR. John A. Brashner, the
Pittsburgh scientist, took an active
part in the presentation of the flags
of the allies to the Memorial Hall
in that city.
General Charles T. Menoher,
who commanded the Rainbow di-
vision in the final campaigns, is a
native of Ligonier and will be given
a reception at Johnstown, where he
formerly resided, when he returns
to America.
The Rev. DR.. Robert Hunter,
reelected stated clerkN of the Pres
byterianf synod, is a Philadelphia
clergyman and we'll known all over
the state as an authority on Pres
byterian activities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
off With Green; on With Blue
(From the New York Sum }

(From the New York Sum-
The treasury program for the
War Saving Stamps is of interest to
everybody who has a partly filled
card. The current cards, which are
redeemable in 1923, will not carry
over into the next year. 1t is an
nounced. For instance, a stamp
buyer who has bought one savings
stamp a month this year and who
now has twelve of the twenty spaces
filled with green stickers, will not
be able to complete the card unless
he buys the eight lacking stamps
this month-and not everybody has
s34 to spare at the holiday season.
However, the card as 1t stands will
be honored by the Government in
1923 and the holder will receive
SEQ.
Stamp collectors will start afresh
with the new year, when the new
cards will appear and the 1919 issue
of savings and thrift stamps-both
blue-will be on sale. In January
the savings stamps Will cost SALE,
and as heretofore. one cent will be
added to the price each month.
These stamps will mature on Janu-
ary /, 1924, when each stamp will
be redeemed at IS. The stamp saw
ers will do well to clean up the slate
as far as possible this month, at
least to the extent of completing
their thrift stamp cards and getting
savings stamps for them. These
assiduous stamp buyers have been
of great assistance to the Govern
ment in war, their total purchases
this year amounting to perhaps
more than a billion dollars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
The President in Europe
LFrom the New York Herald

LFTom the New York Herald
To-day President. Wilson arrives
in France to enter upon his self
imposed diplomatic mission to Eu-
rope. or the cordiality of his recep-
ton there can be no doubt. The diff
ferent allied and also neutral coun-
tries which he may elect to visit
will vie in doing him honor. The
attention he will receive will in a
sense be tribute to the leading part
he has taken in the war and Is
about to take in the peace, and in
large measure also a tribute to the
United States, which has shown its
unselfsh aims and idealism not only
in entering the war. but also in de-
priving itself in order 10 help coun-
tries less bountifully supplied with
the necessaries of life.
During his voyage the President
has had time to consider the situa-
ton which he will find at Paris
and Versailles. Doubtless, also, he
has had opportunity to learn tho
opinions of the allied leaders with
respect to some of the problems with
which the governments have to deal,
1t may be that he has modified some
of the views he was understood to
hold with respect to the fourteen
points" which he laid down, and
also regarding the amount of indem-
nitication 10 be demanded from Ger
many and the punishment to be i'm
posed on the nation as well as on
the actual makers of the war. 1t also
may be expected tina he is now ready
with his own Interpretation of the
freedom of the seas and all its
implications and corollaries, though
he may be expected to discuss the
question with the governmental, ma
val and military heads in Paris be-
s@zA aSailsi=~ - = @z@1 aanAiis@L4@
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
BRITONS ARE EREG'LAR FELLERS
An American Cob Pays Tribute His Pals of England
Navy
r. n
Lewis r. Freeman in the Outlook

HE OST profound of all emotions
MI stirred in the brest of the
American sailor by the war
and the new knowledge the war has
brought. him in undoubtedly his
awakening sympathy and admiration
for the British and Great Britain.
The picture the most of him brought
over of the Brition was a sort of
haZy composite built up of what his
school histories told him about
George the Thirds soldiers and of
what he himself had seen of the
Briton-as represented on the Ameri-
can stage and in the funny papers.
+ 1t goes without saying that the
incarnation of that kind of q COM
posite didn't seem a very promising
individual for the Yankee sailor to
make friends with. This creature
of fancy was a male, of course. What
the female of the species was he had
an even hazier idea, and that there
was really nothing to speak of to
differentiate her from the girl, sister
or mother he had left behind him he
never drpmed. Considering that
this is the way things looked to him
at the outset-and the picture is not
in the least eXaggerated-one cannot
but feel that the American sailor has
made most gratifying progress in
correcting his perspective in a COM
paratively limited time and with few
opportunities.
cannot refrain from setting down
the personal tribute of one "gob" in
particular to British bluejackets in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
THE CAPITOL PLANS

- RNOLD W. BRUNNER and
\ n those associated with him in
the development OF the Cap
itol Park Extension Zone have
dreamed a great dream. 1t is for
the people, through their represen-
tstives IN the State government, to
make it come true.
The Photographic illustrations
setting forth the contemplated i'm
provsments, as given to the public
by this newspaper Saturday evening,
are attractive in appearance and
noble in design. Carried into ac-
tuality they will give the Capitol of
Pennsylvania a setting of classic out
line and OF beauty and dignity not
surpassed anywhere in the whole
world. The program is ambitious.
It 10 not intended to be completed in
a year. The development is to be
gradual and the foundations are to
be so enduring that they shall stand
for all time TO come as a monument
to the ability of the builders. the
grandeur of Pennsylvania and Of the
wealth, genius and vision of the
people OF the period that shall pro-
duce them. Every move has been
made with greatest care. Every
item has been considered not only in
the light OF its own excellence. but
with respect to It's relation to the
scheme as whole. There is not a
false note apparent anywhere. Mr..
Drummer has done a good job and he
has had the hearty cooperation OF
the State officials in whose employ
he Is, all Of whom have displayed
keen interest In the work and deep
appreciation Of its importance from
the viewpoint OF the Commonwealth,
Fortunately in the shaasa eR aA,a-I--
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16

general. The "gob" in question had
been born on or very near the
Bowery, but seven years in the navy
had 0bliterated all traces but the ac-
cent. He was a stroker, and as the
champion ''lightsheavy" of the
American squadron was being put on
in an occasional special bout in the
course of the British squadron ELI
limitations. In spite of the fact that
the British box only three rounds,
where the American Navy had been
boxing six, and a number of other
variations in rules, he had done ex-
tremely we'll, having lost but a single
bout, and that by being slightly out
pointed.
He was still nursing a black eye
from this latter contest--in which
his sportsmanlike conduct no less
that his cleverness had won the ad-
miration of every one present--when
1 asked him If he had been satisfied
with the decision. "Poifickly," was
the instant reply. HE had too much
steam for me from the first gong;
but I'll do better when I've woiked
out iii" longer to go the three
stead O. the six round course. Wot
do 1 t'ink o. the British as sport ?
Say, they's the best ever. They's
more than just 1t from me, and wot
more can you ask than that?"
If the Yankee sailor has any
superlative beyond regular feller''
to apply to mate who has met with
his approval, have yet to learn what
IL is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
200 Million Wasted Acres
[From the Philadelphia Press ]

IFrom the Phlladelphla Press.J
Secretary Lane estimates that
there are two hundred million acres
of waste land in the United States
which can be made into farms. And
he is in favor of doing 1t for the
good of the returning soldiers.
The plan merits approval for it's
own sake. Whether the returning
soldiers reap the benefits of it or
not-and none in the United States
Is better entitled to theni-those
millions of wasted acres should be
reclaimed. They represent incalcul-
able potential wealth, and the very
process of reclaiming them offers a
part solution of our present labor
problems.
Sooner or later the thing will have
to be done. The experience of older
nations indicates it. Common busi-
ness judgment demands it. The in
crease of the national population
will in time make it imperative.
And Mr., Lane is right in urging
that 1t be done now. The war has
developed the American natural
genius for great projects, has taught
us the value of agricultural re-
sources and has charged us with a
great national debt which may the
more speedily be discharged If we
make our waste lands productive
and fruitful.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
IN RONCHERES CEMETERY

flames Hopper in Golfers Weekly.1
We saw in the cemetery of the
village of Roncheres (Soissons-
Rheims salient) the grave of seven
French tirailleurs who had fallen
here at the first battle of the Marne
in September, 1914. Then across one
of the walls which had crumbled,
the cemetery spread into the new
German cemetery, with huge wooden
crosses made of trunks and limbs
of trees Embarked. And here 1 saw
what 1 had seen in the town of
Vermelles. in Artois, as far back as
early 1915--showing that the Bochel
though he may change when he re-
treats, is always the same when he
thinks himself conqueror.
AS in Vermelles, four years ago,
so lately in Roncheres, he had stolen
the pious ornaments of the village
tombs. and had placed them upon
his own. He had placed on his
graves little Virgin Maries and
rosaries stolen from the village dead,
and those naive wreaths of wired
beads and of artificial flowers with
which the French villager expresses
| the Immortality of his grief. The
wreaths bore inscriptions; he had
heavily ignored their incongruity
when applied to his dead, and one
felt the last sacrilege consummated,
and one felt there was something
indeed wrong with that race, when.
over the mound which delineated
the form of some burly invader, one
read, in black letter among the
shimmering white beads: ITO our
mother" or To my little baby girl.
or ITO our beloved little school
mate"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16

istrAtiOns we are assured Of cofi-
tinuanes OF this broad.mindsd pol.
10y, 90 that there 10 no danger OF
either delay or interference with the
plans 30 well begun.
II has been suggested that the
proposed city hall and courthouse
be erected on a plot fronting the
Capitol zone, preferably on the
Technical High School side. This
is altogether appropriate from the
asthetic point OF view. 1t is desir-
able. also. from the city's viewpoint.
for the proposed State street viaduct
will divert much trafiic from Market
to Walnut sereets and TO some extent
change the stream OF travel from
what is now the main thoroushfare
to the street fronting on the park.
At all events, tho Capitol Extension
should become the heart of civic
center and no better beginning could
be made than the location thereon
Of such a county and municipal
building as is contemplated. There
by we could show the people Of the
State that we are ready to meet
them half way in their plans for
Capitol improvements, and extern
s!ons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
PRESIDENTS GREETING

~RESIDENT WILSON has re-
- ceived a most fiattering re-
u ception in Europe. The well
come he has been accorded at the
hands of the French people might
be calculated to turn the head Of
any statesman. did he not realize
that the warmth OF their enthusi-
asm Is as much for the great ma
ton he represents as for himself
Unquestionably, the President is
popular with the people of the al
lied countries. He Is spokesman for
America. and It was American SOL
diers who turned the tide of battle
in France, saved Paris and took
decisive part in the campaign that
brought the Hun to his knees and
freed Europe from the menace OF
serfdom, He is to the grateful
French a heroic figure to whom hom-
age should be paid in full measure
for the glorious part America
played in the final months of the
war.
Nobody grudges the President this
rare experience. He went to Euope
against the judgment of many OF
his countrymen, but being there
they will hope that he will acquit
himself we'll in the trying expert
ences ahead and conduct himself in
a manner both to his own credit
and that of the nation.
Certainly, the opportunities to that
end are we'll nigh limitlass; but,
then, so also are the responsible
tiles.
The excess of emotion, with which
Paris greeted Mr.. Wilson indicates
that America is on the top wave of
popularity in France. We are in
a position difficult to maintain. If
we come out of the peace confer
ence as we'll liked abroad as We are
now, little less than a miracle in
diplomacy will have been accom-
plished. All good Americans will
pray for that. We have no selfish
aims. we seek no territory, we ask
no indemnities. Justice and a last
ing peace are our only desires. Our
place at the peace table should be
that of arbitrator rather than dicta-
tor. Our representatives must be
careful that they do not everyday
their part. They should not mis-
understand the temper of the
French people. They must not read
into their vociferous welcome mean
ings that do not lie there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1e, 1918
GROCERY PROFITEERING

IT is greatly to be feared that
profteering in provisions Will
= not be greatly checked by the
expressed intention of the Food Ad-
ministration to close all grocery
stores where excessive prices are
asked. The evil does not lie so near
the surface that it may be removed
by an operation so superficial. To
be sure, there are grocers who hold
out for the last penny, and who do
seek profits beyond all reason. But
their number is few as compared
to the whole and they are not re-
.sponsible for the high prices now
SO generally prevalent.
The retail grocer is paying more
for the goods he sells than before.
The same applies to the wholesaler.
Both must charge moro because
they pay more. Local regulation
doubtless will check some profiteer-
ing of a minor nature, but to get to
the root of the trouble we shall
have to go back all the way to the
producer-and even beyond.
Government regulation generally
has been followed by advanced
prices to the consumer. The more
we experience it the less we like it.
Until some way is found to give the
producer a decent profit, to eliminate
tho excessive toll many middlemen
sexact and to deliver the goods to
the final purchaser at a fair price,
government control will not be very
popular. The local Food Admins
tration, which has done very good
piece of work since it came into
being, is doing all it can in its at
tempt to prevent local profiteering,
but its powers are limited to that
and too much should not be eX-
pected OF it in the way of reduced
prices. Indeed, 1t is likely that Its
efforts will be more in the direction
OF preventing further advances than
in bringing prices down.
Remember the mail carrier, and do
your Christmas mailing early, too.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
CHRISTMAS MAGIC

Deep hidden in the Woods of Yule
There lies n magic Christmas pool
And every year, with love and care
l carry all my friendships there.
For some are worn and knocked
about,
And some have long been crowded
And some are forced and over
grown,
And some are simply skin and bone!
And some of course are true and
fond; .... Vi.
But all must go within the pond.
I dip them to my deepest range,
And, heavens, If you say the
change!
The new como out as good as old,
The faded take the shine of gold,
The halt go leaping up the path
All glowing from their magic bath,
I wish that could say with truth
1t does the same for looks or youth.
There may be ponds for other ends;
I only know the one of friends,
Deep hidden in the Woods of Yule--
The heart-renewing Christmas pool.
Juliet Wilbur Tompkins.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
ON CHRISTMAS DAY

On Christmas day the tots will
prance
About the house and laugh and
dance
And shout hnd sing until the place
Shall seem a fairyland, where grace
and joy are mingled in romance.
And neither time nor circumstance
VIII have the slightest sort of
chance
To mar their pleasures as they race
On Christmas day.
But, boy, while I may often glance
On each ecstatic countenance.
And while each little ones embrace
May bring the sunshine to my face
My heart will be with you in France
On Christmas day.
-nA1ak NJ. Tharnsan
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Had q Reason

Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN,
Paymaster of the navy, said the 9TH
er day:
Graft disappears from army and
navy contracts, with the disappear
ance of the grating middleman. OF
course, most middlemen are honest,
but the grating ones we warn off,
I'VE take up the position of Smith
who cut an extract from his paper
one morning.
what are you cutting out?"
Smiths partner asked.
IAN item.' he answered, about
chap who secured a divorce be-
cause his wife went through his
pockets.
What are you going to do with
it?'
"'Put it in my pocket said
Smith. - From the Washington
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Sir Thomas Returns TO Cup
TFrom the New York world.I

tFrom the New York world.1
'tAs we were saying" Sir Thomas
Upton might remark in prelude to
his message concerning a post-bel-
lum race for the Americas Cup. For
really the Irish Baronet's new chal-
lenge is only a renewal of that which
was to have been met in 1914. What
we were all saying more than four
years ago was that Shamrock w and
Resolute ought to make q pretty
race of 1t, Then war intervened.
A fine contest for the famous cup
in 1919 would bring a great sport
back very happily to q sea upon
which for the last four summers
there has been no place for play
things. U-boats and piracy having
done their worst and vanished,
white wings and sportsmanship may
return, and in doing so. furnish by
no means one of the least striking
features of q lingering celebration
of peace. 1t will not be forgotten by
those watching the delicately turned
racers that other members of the
big yacht family, not sailing craft
but boats built with q first aim to
pleasure, turned themselves to use
full Purpose in the world conflict.
America has agreed generally that
no cup challenger has ever met
more signally and manfully than Sir
Thomas Upton the requirements
of sportsmanship. Three times
he has attempted the feat of
lifting the Americas trophy and
carrying it back to the Old
World. His qualities as q loser and
his pluck as sailor are sufficiently
in evidence iE :he speed with which,
as wars echoes begin to die away,
he returns to the challenge. An
American of the full percentage may
becomingly wish for him, with his
Shamrock of the fourth leaf, the
very 5est of good fortune--even to
the point of almost grabbing the
cunt -. ...
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
THE GALLANT 28TH

Had 1t not been for the 2Sth.
OF soldiers true and tried;
The tyrant might have won the day
And all the world defled.
But no, twas Pennsylvania sons
That fought cen to a man,
That swept the Huns like chaff aside
From the Marne to famed Sedan
May glory, honor, laud be theirs.
AS they their march begin,
Through Teuton lands our flag to
wave,
And even In Berlin. -. D.
: -GEQ "a RRRZCHARD. I