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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-30
Their Place.

"There are a great many tiers In
this JAIL
Yes. and there ought TO be anoth-
er kind"
.What is that:"
"Profteers."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
What Haze | Done?

[From the United War Work Cam
paign Literature1
What have you done, what have you
To help the boys Behind the gun?"
Men who, tagged and travel weary,
Turned the tide at Chateau Thierry,
And those whose bleeding bodies
stood
The hail of death at Belleau Wood?
For these, the bravest under the sun,
What have you done? What have
you done?
What have you done, what have
To back the men who stopped the
What have you offered-words or
To meet your country's urgent
needs?
Trenches in France are running red
shed.
They braved the. blast of fire and
gun,
What have you done? What have
you done?
What have you done, what have you
done
Along the trail of the frightful Hun
To mend the bodies racked and torn ?
What have you given, what forsworn
To ease the hunger, pain and woe
Wrought by a brutal, savage foe?.
Have you a heart, or have you none
What have you done? What have
you done?
What will you have when vict'ry's
won
A record to show or one to shun?
Which shall 1t be to praise or blame,
A glow of pride or blush of shame?
When war scarr'd heroes question
you,
What will you say, what will you do?
Answer to conscience-every one,
What have 1 done? What have I
done?"
-AMMI WRIGHT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
THANKSGIVING WEEK

TOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
N asked the people of the Com
monwealth to observe to-mor-
row as Thanksgiving Day for the
passing of the influenza epidemic.
That is a good thought, but why not
enlarge upon it? Why not make the
whole of next week Thanksgiving
period for the victory that has come
to the Allied arms and the preserva-
ton of civilization?
The man who is truly thankful
gives. The ancient Hebrews offered
up sacrifices of the best that God had
given them. Let us emulate that
worthy example by giving something
of our plenty to those who need it,
and with the War Work committee
asking for S1S0,OOO from the city
alone, it will not be difficult to de-
eide where your gifts should go.
Be thankful to the soldiers and
sailors who have made our civiliza-
ton secure and register the fervency
of your prayers by the number of the
dollars you give for their welfare.
Give as you pray.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
A Question of LdlD
[From the Pittsburgh Dispatch1

GFrom the Pittsburgh Dispatch1
The food administration of Penn
sylvania which has admitted itself
rebuffed in attempts at remedial ac-
tivity by the absence of state laws to
restrain profiteers, believes a way is
opening to effect a change. A mass
of evidence is said to have been col
lected to prove the profiteering prac-
tice common in philadelphia, and
Congress will be asked to act upon
it by providing legislation that VII
give the food administration a legal
resource. The long list of regul4tive
orders issued from time to time \has
given the public an impression that
the food administration had almost
unlimited powers, but Mr.. Hoover
and his subordinates say the reverse
is true. When the beneficial results
of the food administration in New
York were pointed to by Victimized
Philadelphians the answer invariably
was that official activity in New York
was through state laws.
Mr.. Hoover and his assistants
deplored from time to time that fed
eral agents, acting in the national
interest, were forced to rely for legal
aid upon state laws, and solicited
Congress to provide the necessary
power which always was denied
Now the food administration believes
it has collected enough testimony
on the widespread ravages of the
profiteering epidemic to satisfy Con-
gress that legislative necessity has
been proved. The Pennsylvania Food
Administration has had field agents
out for some time gathering prices
on all staples and noting practices,
and is able to establish the profiteer-
ing fact whether Congress gives heed
and supplies the corrective laws or
not. The administration also ex-
presses the opinion that if Congress
will furnish the legal weapon profit
eering in foods can be brought to
an end, the result consumers have
hoped for without much hope in it's
consummation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
GERMANY BEATEN

TIME end OF the war is so plainly
in sight that fighting may come
to an end before these words
reach the public. Germany has been
unable to procure an armistice be-
fore the defeat of her armies. The
military supremacy of the Allies has
been clearly proved. German SOL
diers are utterly defeated and in
panic-stricken flight. Even though
actual warfare ends to-day, the world
knows that the Allies have smashed
the German military machine, and
that it is trying desperately to save
the remnants from utter annihila-
ton. That is the big thing that his
story will record of these momentous
days. The legend of German invinci-
bility is shattered.
And the next biggest thing is the
plight in which the German empire
finds itself. 1t is in grave danger OF
going the way Russia has gone. 1t
will be to the interests of the Allies
to save the nation from this disaster.
The Bolshevik is a menace to the
world. Bolshevikism must be put
down If civilization is to live. A quick
cessation of the war, the occupation
of German territory by Allied forces,
the abdication of the Kaiser and a
complete democratization of Ger
many alone can save the country
from a deluge of blood from within.
We have no great pity for the Ger
man people in the misfortune that
has overcome them, but it Is our
duty to the world and to ourselves
to put down the International Grim
inal wherever he may be found, and
the Bolshevik is as bad as the Kaiser
himself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
OF THE OLD SCHOOL

THE Telegraph published last
evening a poem by Prof. ]. H.
Kurzenknabe, of Camp Hill, long
resident of this city and known
and loved by thousands. If all the
people native to Germany were of
the kindly nature of the aged
musician there never would have
been q war.
As Mr.. Morgenthau, the dis
tinguished former ambassador to
Turkey. said during his address in
Chestnut street hall Thursday, the
German life of a half-century back
has been crushed by the military
teachers. who took the children at
the cradle and instilled into their
hearts and minds the damnable doc
trines that almost ruined civiliza-
ton and are about to destroy the
forces that set them in motion.
Just now we are so sore over the
atrocities of the modern Germans
that we have forgotten for the
moment the older, kinder Germany,
but we are not so vengeful but that
we hope the old days will return
and after a period in sackcloth and
ashes the Germans may again come
into their own. Prof. Kurzenknabe is
of the old school of Germans, but
he is of the modern school of
Americans, all wool and q yard
wide.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR Isaac Sharpless. head of
Haverford, says that William Penn
first proposed the League of Ma
tions.
j. P. Gaffney, Philadelphia ciS
solicitor, says that this is the tinA
when salary inequalities should kS
corrected.
w. II. Donner, the steel mana
facturer, is giving much of his time
to government work at Washington,
Representative d. ]. Bechtol0.
of Steelton, reelected this week, u
a native of Myerstown.
Representative w. K. West. C
Danville, here yesterday, has served
three times in the House.
IS. Davis Page has been eleotS4
president of the Colonial Sooiaeef
of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
SAVE THE LEAVES
[From the Atlanta Constitution,

tFrom the Atlanta Constitutionl
The season when the raking and
burning of fallen leaves is the order
of the day is upon us. but the house
holder. and especially the war gar
dener. who is provident and thought
full, will rake the leaves that fall
upon and litter his premises, but he
will not burn them.
Instead, he will pile them in heap
or put them in a pit-which is bet
ter-there to let nature convert them
into plant food.
This applies not only to the leaves
that fall during the autumnal sea-
son, when the trees disrobe prepara-
tory to their winter sleep. but to all
manner of vegetation, such as weeds.
dry grass. dead stalks. etc, that clut-
ter the garden after having served
their immediate purpose. All are of
earth earthly, and all were intended
to return into the earth again. That
is in keeping with natures scheme.
The agriculturist who is wise, re-
gardless of the scale upon which he
operates, will conserve them and
make of them a valuable byproduct
Of the years output
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
THE ONION CROP

WY ESTERN Pennsylvania far
wv mers complain that they have
no market for the $4,000
bushels of onions they raised this
year, and they are at a loss to under
stand why. We think we know. Most
likely its because of the scarcity of
good beefsteak. Steak smothered in
onions used to be a favorite dish in
many restaurants. But when the
army went to France and most of the
. fine cuts of beef followed, and what
was left at home shot up. beyond
the price we once paid for turkey,
the consumption of onions suffered
likewise. The remedy is equally
simple and scientific. Let the far
mers who complain raise steers on
one half the farm and onions on the
other, and-presto-the problem is
solved.
Or, the war coming to an end and
the supply of beef for home con-
sumption being gradually increased,
why not an advertising campaign to
popularize the consumption of beef
steak smothered in onions, in which
the restaurant men and tho growers
OF French fried potatoes might join.
Pictures of prime broiled sirloin.
surrounded by steamlng brown
onions, with crisp potatoes on the
side, together with pot of coffee
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

lines up her county chairmen; the
county chairman for women covers
her county with sufficient workers,
using those already on the county
committee, and adding many more,
so that the story may be carried to
the remotest home. For the rural
communities there will be q woman
for each school district. For cities
and towns the wards will be used
for the units.
The endless telephone story will
start November II, each committee
member telling seven women the
United War Work story by telephone.
If any women called have heard it,
another woman will be called. Each
one will be told to tell the story
to seven others who have not heard,
asking each of them in turn to tell
seven others, thus making the end
less telephone story. No soliciting
for money or requests for contribu-
tions will be made over the phone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

peace times where the educational
and the military are combined In
wholesome and practical manner
There are thousands of buildings
available for the soldiers and the
Importance of continuing at the
close of hestliities the welfare work
which has been 80 largely respen4
slble for maintaining the morale Of
the fighting forces Is evident. When
our fighters come back they will
be better men In every way than
when they left, But we must stay
with them until they get back homel
There will not only be oppor-
tunlty for tho classical training Of
the men; there will be vocational
training and every opportunity to
flt themselves for even better things
when they return home than they
had before going into the army,
So the United War Work orSani-
nations are getting right behind the
men at the most critical time to
prove to them that tho people at
home are ready to back them in war
or peace. The plans that have been
worked out to let our fighters go
to school-to give men vocational
and technical training that will fit
them to earn more when they return
than they did before they left-the
opening of the English and French
universities for higher education
the organization of correspondence
courses so that however isolated
a man may be he can benefit by
these advantages-these are the
things which the great army educa-
tional program of the United War
Work campaign contemplates and
which the people of the country are
now asked to provide for in their
contributions to the big drive that
will get fully under way next Tues
day, the 18th of November.
So it is up to you to show by your
willingness to help in the raising of
this great fund that you are much
interested in the fighting men who
are ready for peace as you were for
the same men who were pepared
to make the supreme sacrifice for
you on the fighting front.
The nearer peace comes the more
you must give-to make the period
of rehabilitation an asset instead of
a dangerous liability for our fight
ers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
ITALIA IRRIDENTA

[From the Kansas City Starl
The complete and decisive victory
achieved by Italian arms, a victory
which, measured by its direct and
immediate results, must be account
ed one of the greatest in the wars
annals, will be accorded the fullest
recognition by the Allies and by his
tory. A year after the defeat of
Caporetto. in which German treach-
cry accomplished what German and
Austrian arms could not do, the
army has shown the world how
slight was the crack-opened up in
the Italian defense by the elaborate
propaganda and barrage of lies with
which the enemy had sought to
break it down, and how steadfast
and unshaken Italian natiopalism
and the character of the Italian
people remained thoughout the or
deal.
The resolute stand on the Piave,
after the retreat from the Isonzo,
deprived the enemy of all the ex-
pected fruits of his victory, pur-
chased by deceit and intrigue. The
army did not break, the nation stood
firm and, instead of the sack of
Venice and the triumphant march to
Rome the enemy had promised him
self, he was forced to devote his
whole strength to holding a line
that profited. him nothing and kept
from Germany the help that had
been anticipated from a released
Austrian army.
If Italy had done no more for the
Allied cause, this canceling of Aus
trian cooperation with the German
forces in other theaters would have
been an ample measure of service
from nation without large econo-
mic resources and deficient in war
material, such as coal and steel.
But Italy was not content with
that effort. Her soil was invaded.
Her ancient provinces were unre-
deemed and she had lost the line of
her first brilliant advance. She re-
sumed the offensive, forced the pass
age of the Piave, defeated and routed
a great Austrian army that occupied
front of more than a hundred
miles, and in a campaign of but a
few days, laid Austria's military
power in the dust. Germany's last
ally, the power closest to her and on
which which she counted the most,
was put out of the war. and, by
a poetic justice, put out by the ma
ton the Austrians had long oppress-
ed and despoiled.
Italy is redeemed. The Italian
flag again floats in Trieste and the
Trentino. and in the acclaim of the
Italian people over this victory of
justice every Allied people will
heartily join it's voice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
Going Up
IFrom the kansas City News

L
The military party in Germany
that has screwed up its face, shut
it's eyes and declared it won't take
the medicine under its nose may
learn something by opening one eye
and taking a look at the armistice
rms imposed on Austria.
Armistice terms, the kaiser and
his advises may be informed, are
going up. They are a war COM
modify and those that must have
them have to pay dear. Germany
must buy in a rising market.
Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria have
swept the counter bare of anything
that could be called bargain. They
didn't haggle. They were in such
a hurry they didn't ask to have the
article wrapped up. Now the kali
ser will have to take what is left
and nobody will pretend it is thing
he will take any pride in having
sent home. But take It he must
and at the price marked on it. That
is the only choice left to late comers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
Every Hut Will Be a University
Glass Room When Victory Is Won

fessors and teachers over there and
we need two thousand more. We
need five million dollars for text
books alone, for the American Army.
We need three million dollars for
books of reference. The educational
program ought to get one hundred
million dollars by itself"
Among other plans originated in
Harrisburg for stimulating interest
in the United War Work fund and
raising the city's quota of S1S0,000,
and the districts quota of 100000,
is the endless telephone story which
was originated in Harrisburg by Mrs.
William Jennings, Vice-president of
the district committee.
This telephone story is to be told
to thousands of women over the tele-
phone. with the approval of the
district chairman, e. ]. Stackpole.
The district chairman for women
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

our schools and universities can pro-
vide, have volunteered to go across.
And with them will go a steady
stream of the ablest American busi-
nessmen. Together they will keep
the boy UP to the mark. They will
give him the chance to come back,
a better trained, more resourceful,
more successful boy than when he
went away.
He has fought your battles for
you and won. Will you send him the
men and the books that will help
him to win the battle of after life?
DR.. John r. Mott has this to say
of the great reconstruction move
ment foU soldiers:
The burning question to-day is,
shall the period of rehabilitation be
a period of decentralization or not?
We have sent more than 500 apro-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

Germany has broken with the shaky
Government Of Russia, but having
stolen about everything that the
Prussian invaders could lay their
hands on, they are probably quite will
ling to relinquish any further respon-
sibility. One Of the Specifications Of
the peace terms with Germany should
be the sending of an enormous salvage
corps of the Allied armies to scour
every part of Germany for the plunder
which has been shipped bacl: from the
invaded territory. Germany will never
get what's coming to her until there
Is a thorough reclamation service es-
tablished which will return, SO far as
possible, the stolen property Of the
neighboring countries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
ARE YOU READY?

~ My those who are in intimate
touch with the great war work
program of seven wonderful
organizations have any real appre-
citation of the comprehensive char
acter of their big undertaking. OF
all the projects that have been
launched, however, none is more
far-reaching than the determination
of the United War Work campaign
ers to establish among the fighting
forces OF the United States overseas
universities for the continuance dur
ing the period of rehabilitation of
the educational work which was in
terrupted with the breaking out of
the war.
Several thousand professors are
being modified under the direction
OF the united campaign leaders for
educational work on the other side
of the ocean. All the Y. NJ. C.. A.
and Knights of Columbus buildings
will be utilized as educational CEN
ters and here the university work
will be carried on. Millions of dol
lars are necessary for this splendid
effort in behalf of the boys who have
been fighting the battles of freedom
and Justice. Many of the young
soldiers will come back as a result
of this program ready for their de-
greea or prepared to continue their
college careers without any serious
interruption of their studies,
This arrangement will reproduce
in q way the military institute of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

and plenty of bread and butter-be-
fore-the-war-slze orders-end the
line Tender and juicyi fragrant and
wholesome" or something like thnt,
ought to do the trick. Which would
be profitable for the newspapers as
we'll as the enien growers.
We knew d lot about onion grow
ing and selling, de we not7 We do
not,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
rT1 HAT shall 1 do when I get
wv back homer"
avEr;II - IL - - -. o
will 1 be all out


will these warfare years unfit me
for making progress in business
when 1 return?"
These are the questions that boys
are asking over there-asking them
eagerly, half fearsomely. They
have given year. or two, or three
years and of the best part of their
lives. Will it mean that they are
handicapped permanently because of
that sacrifice?
NoEmuch! When the day of final
victory comes every hut" in France
will become a university class room.
Our belief in the necessity and value
of this work is so great and our
confidence in the backing of the
people so strong that the Y. NJ. c. A.
recently ordered over two million
dollars worth of educational books
to go to France now and be paid for
out of the money to be raised in
the forthcoming United War Work
campaign. The leading educators of
America have been across and laid
out the plan; the best teachers that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
Both Were Proud
tFrom the Chicago Tribune ]

tFrom the Chicago Tribune.1
Anna, the maid, having picked up
a woolly sheep, a soldier boy, a
Teddy bear, and many kindred treas
ures strewn about, vigorously pro-
ceeded to tidy up the apartment.
Mother came home and expressed q
warm approval.
Much grati1ed, the maid re-
marked with pride: 1T takes me
to clean up"
With equal pride Della remarked:
1T certainly takes me to dirty up.
That gives you lovely chance to
get praised by muVver."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

When the whistle blows, and
they call it the end of the war,
don't expect Bill and Jim to be
morning. Think how long it took
us to get our fighters across. Then
you'll realize how long il may
take to get them back. We want
to make the period of demobiliza-
ton a fine, helpful period for ey-
cry Yank. Don't stop giving now.
This will be the time they will
need us most.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER ., 1918

There are three kinds Of people in
the tCorId-the t0illS, the tcon'tS and
the cdnts; the first accomplish eU-
erything, the second oppose every
thing and the third fail in every
thinO.-WnLIAM T. ELLIS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

Member Of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication or
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited In this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
Ali rights OF republication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09

Our fighters haven't failed you.
Don't fail them! When peace
comes moro than ever they will
need the entertainment and
educational work of these seven
organizations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-09
LABOR NOTES

The convention of the North Caro-
lima State Federation of Labor petit
toned the state Legislature to pass
a free textbook law.
In the steel works at Hanyang,
China, common labor gets SO a
month. skilled labor gets from So to
$12 a month.
Traffic over the Tralee and Dingle
(Ireland) Light Railway was sus-
pended for some days owing to a
strike of the employees.
It is estimated that in all lines of
work 1,442,0e0 women have stepped
in to fill the depleted ranks of indus
try in England.
The anthracite coal district has
lost 10000 miners through the draft,
enlistments and by inducements Of
fered in other Industries.
State administered workmen's
health insurance was indorsed by
the Colorado State Federation of
Labor at Its recent annual conven-
ton.
Pennsylvania railroad clerks in
Philadelphia are joining the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks in squads
and platoons.
There are 100000 British wage
earners now being paid from the
public funds, either for service with
the colors or in munition work and
other war trades