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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-12

GEORGE w. CoUTTs. Attorney at
Law, Room IA. Schmidt block.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-12

WANTED--G Girl general houseworlx,
3 in family. Wages s25. Write
Mrs. r. d. Sinclair. Bonneville. ore
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
SONG FOR MARCHING MEN

o who will give us song for them
The silent marching men?
A martial song with swing in 1t,
With measured rhythm and ring in It,
The breath of q deathless thing in it,
A song for marching men.
o who will give us song for them
The silent marching men?
A gallo song with cheer in 1t,
A tender song with tear in 1t,
And never taint of fear in it,
A song for marching men.
o who will give us a song for them
The silent marching men?
Trumpet and bugle and fife in 1t,
The passion and pride of life in it,
And the old mad joy of strife in it,
A song of marching men.
o who will give us song for them
The silent marching men?
With iron and blood and ruth in 1t,
Vision and beauty and truth in 1t,
Terrible pathos of youth in it,
A song for marching men.
o who will give us song for them
The silent marching men?
With a sacred wordless space in 1t,
With clinging last embrace in it,
A song with woman's face in ii,
A song for marching men.
Q who will give us a song for them
The silent marching men?
A scorn for the tyrant's rod in It,
A thought of the crimsoned sod in 1t,
A faith in the Living God in it,
A song for marching men.
Theresa Virginia Beard in the
Bellman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
GENERAL WOOD
kansas City Times.

The detachment of General Leon
ard Wood from command of the
Eighty-ninth Division and his assign
ment to departmental duty on the
eve of the expected movement over
seas will not be understood by the
country. General Wood is the senior
major general of the army. He
stands in the public mind as the
earliest exponent in the army of the
preparedness policy that is now,
after long delay, reaching its fruition.
He has been on observation and in
struction duty in France and has re-
Gently passed medical examination
and been declared fit for service.
If there are military reasons why
General Wood should be detained on
home service some-hint of them from
Washington would not be out of
place. Unless such explanation is
forthcoming a very harmful impress
sion is exceedingly likely to prevail,
for the War Department cannot be
unaware that the country has been
greatly puzzled by its apparent un-
willingness to make the fullest use of
General Woods great abilities. In
the absence of such intimation there
will be widespread belief that there
were reasons other than military and
such a belief will not make for the
good feeling which all patriotic
Americans hope and pray will pre-
vail
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
LII EMPTY CLOSET
BY BRIGGS

Ihere's iii. empty closet in a III
empty room,
Where tn shadows lie like dust
upon tn floor;
IL ulster be his closet not s. very long
ago
That's why don't go near it any
more.
Every lii hook is empty, 'ceptin'
one, an from it hangs
tIh whitest Ill ghost that ever
grew
In a heart that's near ter breakin'
with its agony o. grief
An empty flannel nightie piped
with blue.
JUS a Ill flannel nightie that was
shrunken in th' wash,
In spots tn blue has run inter th'
white;
But I've seen him in it, sleepy, when
tucked tn covers in,
An kissed him, soft, an took away
tn light.
JUS a lii flannel nightie, hangin'
empty on hook,
AS II 1t was ashamed-or in dis
grace
JUS a iii flannel nightie an It ain't
no use no more,
but Couldn't bear to take 1t from
Its place!
JUS a little empty closet in a. rl
empty room,
where tn shadows lie like dust
upon the floor
IL uster be his closet, where I'd put
his clothes away,
That's why hate ter go there anv
more.
But I've left his Ill nightie hangin'
on a single hook,
l sorter had ter leave it there. I
guess;
All, that iii empty closet in that lii
empty room
is crowded-crowded full of lone
Illness!
MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
In The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
GENERAL WOODS CASE
New York Times1

Ex-President Taft has been and is
loyal and earnest supporter of his
successor in this war. and has never
wavered for a moment in that 10y
atty. He is beyond the suspicion of
partisan motives when he offers the
grave and well-considered sugges-
ton to the administration which we
reprint to-day from the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. When Mr.. Taft says
that the country is seriously disap-
pointed that General Wood has not
been permitted to go abroad with
the division which he has been train
ing" the President and Secretary
Baker may rely absolutely on the
sincerity of Mr.. Taft's concern and
the accuracy of his information.
The country does not know why
General Wood was permitted to train
a division for service abroad. to
make his preparations to go abroad
with it, and was then suddenly halt
ed on the eve of sailing and ordered
to stay at home. 1t has heard ru-
mors that the order was given for
political reasons and counter-rea-
sons, that it was given because of
the jealousy of other officers. 1t does
not know what to believe, and 1t is
undoubtedly disturbed.
Whether 1t is the administrations
duty to itself to make known the
real reason is a question for the ad-
ministration to decide; but 1t is OBJ
vious that it is the administrators
duty to the country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
ICE CREAM

A ANNOUNCEMENT that some of
~ the local ice cream manufactur-
ers mean to conserve effort and
materials by limiting flavors to three
or four favorites recalls the fact that
the National Food Administrator
thinks so much of ice cream as a
standard food that he is not inter-
fering with its manufacture, but
rather is encouraging the dealers to
increase their products by permit
ting them to use unlimited quantities
of corn sugar and corn syrup for
sweetening purposes where their de-
mands for the present year exceed
their regular sugar consumption in
1917.
Generally speaking, ice cream is a
wholesome and nourishing article of
diet as we'll as a toothsome dainty.
Health board reports occasionally
have laid it open to suspicion, largely
because the public does not differen-
tiate between the number of bac-
terra found therein and the number
of disease germs present. Bacteria in
very large numbers is an indication
that disease germs may be present.
The more bacteria, the more likely
the presence of injurious germs, but
the mere presence of bacteria may
mean nothing of the kind, for it is
next to impossible to produce milk
or ice cream without the presence of
some, and all bacteria are not harm
full. Usually the fewer the bacteria
the better the ice cream, but the
mere presence of 2,o00 bacteria per
cubic centimeter of cream is no
proof that the ice cream is disease
producing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
FIRST SNOW OF SEASON.
TFrom the Kansas CITY Star.1

GFrom the Kansas City Star.1
THE coal administration" says a
dispatch from Washington, lis much
alarmed over the prospect of coal
shortage next winter"
But not the man who already has
his coal supply for next winter
tucked away in the basement. The
man who should worry about the
news from Washington is the man
who takes no stock" in the warnings
sent out by the coal administration.
He is the man who always waits until
the first snow of the season" ar
rives. Then he grabs the telephone,
calls up the coal dealer and orders
his coal sent out without a minutes
delay, and swears at the coal man
when he is told that he will have to
wait until Tomorrow or the next
day."
There may be even a bigger dis
appointment waiting for that chap
with the first snow of the season
next fall. He may call up his coal
dealer only to find that he has waited
all summer to find next winter that
the fears of the coal administration
this spring were fully justified.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
THE CHANGELING DOG

Sometimes my little dog would start,
And stand so still with every muscle
stiff,
That / would know
He saw a something that I couldn't
see.
And I would look high up, where
tree met tree,
And hold my sling-shot ready, SO
that If
The branches bent apart,
And something flew
My little dog, he knew
The things only guessed!
He knew where tired dwarfs lay
down to rest;
He knew where pixies kept their
treasure chest;
He knew the place where, at the
close of day.
The dancing little sunbeams hid
away.
We used to wander through the
woods together,
My little dog and I, in pleasant
weather,
And when he barked or frisked I'd
feel that he
Was laughing at the things I
couldn't see
I always thought he was a fairy
child
Changed to dog, perhaps. for be-
ing wild
And running off to play with boys
like me.
1 often wished (and, oh, I wish It
nowD
That he could speak. He would
have told me how
The Brownies lived, and where the
rainbow gold
Was hid away. He might have even
told
How youth Is kept when years will
slip away
And 1 would be child again to-
day.
MARGARET E. SANGSTER,
In The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

wv THILE the United States Army
Wv forces in this locality are
about to open another drive
for recruits, the British Army also
has commission endeavoring to in
duce Englishmen and Canadians To-
Gated throughout Central Pennsyl-
Vania to join the colors of the
mother country.
american workmen above draft
age who work side by side with
young Canadians and young English
men can help the recruiting agents
by asking the slackers how it hap
pens they are not in the Army and
intimating that the front is the
place for them in these critical days.
Young Americans are subject to the
draft. They may enlist as volunteers
If they see fit, and thousands of
them are so doing, but they are
performing their full duty if they
stick to their jobs until Uncle Sam,
by the arrangement of the draft
quota, calls them to service. There
is no such regulation for the En-
slishman or the Canadian. They
must answer the call of the home
land as volunteers If they are to go
into the ranks of it's defenders.
After the war the young English
man or the Canadian who did not
enlist when he had the opportunity
will have some explaining to do, both
in this country and at home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

James Hughes, the veteraj
Center county educator who will
given a reception at Bellefonte. hsI
been a figure in state education fd
many years.
hanna county, takes the position tn
ali bars should close on MemoriE
and other big holidays.
r. C. Bateman, Cambria ste
man, has gone into government Sc
vice.
DIR. William Draper Lewis. he
yesterday for the transit argume1
saws he is more concerned with la
than politics now.
John Farris, Pittsburgh
gineer chosen for the new Tions
bridge, is a specialist in bridg6
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
PRINTERS ARE DRY"

THE members of Typographica,
Union No. IA, of this city. de-
serve the public commendatjon
they unquestionably will receive as
result of their stand in favor of
national prohibition, despite the ar
ton of the State convention of the
Federation of Labor against the en-
actment of the amendment. There
was a time when the tendency of tba
printing trade was distinctly "vet E"
but that time passed with the as
tendency of the influence of the
union in the affairs of the trade and
for years there has been no steadier
dependable class of workmen in tba
country than the printers. The ac-
ton of Sunday is in full harmony
with the advanced stand taken NV
this organization along many lines.
The labor element has always been
the prey of the liquor forces Under
the guise of freedom of thought and
action, labor conventions time after
time have been induced to go on rec
ord as opposing prohibition. not
withstanding that the vast majority
of working men heartily favor the
reform, and it is gratifying to OBJ
serve this exception. Another note
worthy of comment in the resolutions
adopted reflects the "win-the-war''
spirit of intense loyalty that pervades
the printing trade, as it does prac-
tically all other labor organizations,
and its impatience with any form of
leadership suspected of being luke
warm on that subject.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
THE SECOND LINE

THIS week begins the period of
outdoor training for the new
Reserve Militia of Pennsyl-
vania. which was formed to replace
the National Guard. Many former
guardsmen, veterans of the Spanish
War and Philippine Wars and young
men have gone into this body of
soldiers and it is now practically all
organized. equipped, armed and
ready for call. This week the off,
GERS will be given instruction under
canvas at Mt. Gretna and the men
will take UP outdoor rife work. In
July the brigade will be assembled
in the field for the first time.
Those who have observed the new
militia organization are of the opin-
ion that 1t is a staunch second line.
1t is regrettable that so much time
was lost in selecting the officers to
organize the units. but the enthu-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

siasm of the men commissioned will
In a great measure make up for the
delays in announcing appointments.
And by the. same taken, the vacancies
which still exist on the roster should
be filed up at once so that when
the brigade goes to camp IL will have
every administrative and command
ing officer to round the men into
form.
1t is very gratifying to see that
Pennsylvania, even with the handicap
of time, has formed a brigade of men
to police her own borders and to
form second line for Uncle Sam.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

German soldiers a wholesome re-
spect, if not an actual fear, of the
Americans as warriors.
TO be sure, we shall have an occa-
sional back-set, but it is fine to know
that the American strain has not lost
any of its fighting qualities; that man
for man, it is better than the pro-
fessional soldiers of the Kaiser, and
that it is all a matter OF getting
enough men in France from the
United States to turn the scale of
numbers against the Potsdam gang.
When the Americans reach the two
million mark in France the begin
ming of the end will be in sight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
SOMETHING NEW

" AS the United States some en-
tirely new, revolutionary arm
or military device in course of
preparation for the winning of the
war? The question is prompted by
the continuous reference in high
places to the possibility of the con-
fict being brought to an end bv an
entirely new force or weapon. Floor
Leader Mann referred to it the other
day in Congress when he said, "it is
not impossible that the war will be
won by something entirely new,O and
there are continual hints of the kind
in stories that float out from WASH
ington. Are we about to develop
something as revolutionary as the
monitor or the repeating rifle? If so.
1t cannot come too soon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
DOWNTOWN WANTS PARK
0 He Editor of The Tclegrdbh:

~ ''S %uH" OI IHe lefegfuPH.
You have published much in
praise of Harrisburg's parks. Did
you ever have one of your reporters
Visit the river front park below Pax
ton street? No! Well, won't you
please send one of them down to
look 1t over and then print in your
paper just what his inspection will
snow as to the conditions there. Let
him notice that the coal companies
having their landings at the foot or
Paxton street use this park as a
garage for their tomobiles; that
the Dig auto trucks each hauling sew
eral tons of coal frequently drive
over tne park. He may not see this
but II he will make some inquiries ha
VIII lind people who have seen it.
This has been reported to the Super
intendent of Parks with the number
OF the truck and nothing done. Let
MIN notice the grass, or absence of
grass and the quantities of plantin
leaves and weeds growing and thriv-
ing there. Let him count the
benches from Paxton street to Dock
street, this act will not be hard on
his mental powers. Now when we
see how nicely the parks are kept
above Paxton street the comparison
makes us feel that there must be
some reason for the utter neglect
shown by the superintendent and
his able assistant of this little park.
Almost every property owner who
owned the ground to low water mark
gave that ground to the city for
park purposes and when, some re-
fused to give their ground and the
Court ordered the city to pay dam
ages for it, the property owners
along Front street paid those dam
ages.
1t is not only the people who
live along Front street who complain
but the people who live in Race
street and Showers street cannot find
bench to sit on in the evening
when they could enjoy the beautiful
view and enjoy the breezes. 1t is a
common sight to see them spread
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
HARRISBURG AWAKE

HARRISBURG responded to the
n Wake UP America" appeal in
Chestnut street hall Monday
evening in a manner that indicated
this city is very much awake and
in wholehearted sympathy with the
text of the lecture.
Throughout the address and the
exhibition of war pictures every ref
erence to loyal, patriotic service and
sacrifice was cheered to the echo,
while every hint of pro-Germanism,
disloyalty or slackerism brought
forth distinct indications of disap-
proval. The audience represented
every walk of life, from the highest
to the most humble Bankers and
workingmen, merchants and clerks,
employers and employees. rich and
poor sat side by side and applauded
the same sentiments. No meeting
held in Harrisburg since the war
started has been so heartening to
those on whose shoulders falls most
heavily the planning of the city's
part in the war work campaigns that
have been staged and must be
staged from time to time until the
war shall have ended. 1t was a clear
demonstration of the will of the peo-
pie to persevere in their efforts and
to go to whatever lengths may be
necessary toward the winning of the
war.
Harrisburg is loyal and patriotic.
That was proved long ago. when so
many of her young men enlisted that
the city was freed from call by draft
on two occasions, and when our
people oversubscribed each of the
war funds raised. And now it is
clearly shown that those who re-
main at home mean to do their part
by sticking to the job and thereby
the supplies necessary
to keep our soldiers in the field. II
Is indeed heartening circumstance.
is awake and her peonIe
alive to their duty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
Raising the Draft Age

In raising more men for the Amer
lean Army the revealed purpose of
the government is to raise the draft
age rather than lower it. Senti-
ment thus protects the youth of the
nation, protects 1t as If 1t were a bud
to be sheltered from inclemency, and
1t is difficult to stand up against this
sentiment and say that it Is destruc-
tive nonsense. That is precisely
what 1t is. The man of 40 will make
poor soldier. The young man of
20 will make a good one. The man
of 40 will be missed in the economic
processes of the nation. The young
men of 10 and 20 will not be so
greatly missed and will make much
better soldiers,-Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
ECLIPSE OF SUN
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

To he Editor of the Telegraph:
Newspaper men are so engrossed
with mundane affairs, such as war,
baseball, etc., that they forget about
things higher up, fear. I have not
noticed any reference to an import
ant event which will shortly take
place in the heavens. According to
the most reliable almanacs, espe-
cially the famous Bear almanac, we
are destined to have a total eclipse
of the Sun on Saturday, June s,
1918.
Visible to the North Pacific Ocean
and North America, the path of to-
tai eclipse passing over Seattle,
Wash; Denver, Col, and Orlando,
Fla, to the Bahama Islands, and in
the Atlantic Ocean.
Visible in the United States as a
partial eclipse.
At Harrisburg beginning at sun
time at 4.25, government time 5.45,
and ending at 6.32 sun time, 1872,
government time in the afternoon.
And at Enola a fraction of a Sec
ond later.
Get out your dark glasses.
c. D. RISHEL.
Enola, Pa, June 1, 1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
THE PEOPLES FORUM

newspapers on the so-called grass to
sit on. We don't know why this con-
dition exists. 1t is safe to say that
during the entire time Mr.. Gross has
been Park Commissioner he has not
spent twenty-five dollars on the up
keep of this stretch of park. We
are surely entitled to some consider
alton. We have waited patiently
thinking they would do something
for our comfort in return for what
we pay towards keeping up the park.
Now just send one of your young
men with some descriptive powers
to look over this stretch of park.
Let him print conditions as he ac-
tually finds them so that no injus-
tice will be done in any complaint
between the Park Board and the
people living below Paxton street.
RESIDENT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
TRUE TO TRADITION

T VERY time the American forces
n have met the Germans in
France the minions of the
Kaiser have come out second best.
Americans who know the caliber
of their countrymen and are IA
miliar with army traditions are
not surprised. An American. is
as good with a gun as a Hun
any day, and a mighty sight bet
or In most cases. But what is hap
pening in France is not only most
hesrtening to the soldiers who have
not yet gone across and to their
fellows in civilian clothes, but a half
dozen or more distinct successes for
American arms, like that a few days
ago at Cantigny and again yester-
day 1T the Marne. will instil into the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
Austria's Useless Aim

It is announced that Austria al
to become a great colonial pow
Whichever way it goes Austria
not be that To-day she is the
sal state of Germany, and she w
become a formally incorporated.
of the Kaiser's empire should eli
zation fail and Germany win.
the other hand defeat of the cd
trail Powers would pave the way
the independence of at least tn,
nations now included within 4
dual monarchy. - San Francis
Chronicle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
LABOR NOTES

Canadian labor unions demand
that enemy aliens not fit to be at
large should be interned and placed
at work on governmental land
and used for the clearing of land and
production of foodstuffs under gov
ernment control.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
How Are the Mighty Fallen

And David lamented with this la
mentation over Saul and over Jona-
than his son (also he bade them
teach the children of Judah the use
of the bow). The beauty of Israel
is slain upon thy high places; how
are the mighty fallen! Tell it not
in Gath, publish it not in the streets
of Askelon.-II Samuel /, II to 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

1t is stated that in the textile
industry employers are trying to
standardize wages and workingscon-
ditions that comp Atition for en-
ployes may be reduced, thereby
eliminating to some extent the float
ing labor in that industry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

Organized street car men in Chi
cago have dedicated magnificent
100000 building, the first to be
owned by a local OF the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees of
America.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1918

Each OF US inevitable
Each of us HmitleSS-edch of US tcith
his or her right upon the earth !;
Each of us dlIotoed the eternal ptlr-
ports of the earth;
Each of us here as diuinely as any Is
here.
WALT WHITMAN.