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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Frankfurter Zeitung shows that the
Hungarians are still distrustful of
the much-discussed economic union
of the Central Powers.
The Hungarian Manufacturers
Association declares that any such
union must be absolutely conditional
upon Hungary preserving unre-
stricted her economic independence,
while the existence of her national
industries must be in no way en-
dangered, as only the development
of these industries after the war can
bring about an improvement in the
financial situation and make good
the economic damage caused by the
war. The association further in
sists that the negotiations now pro-
ceeding between the Hungarian and
German governments should be only
of an Informative character. and no
definite or binding agreements
should be entered into as long as the
economic results of the conclusion
of peace can not be known.
And so it goes, item after item,
column after column. Life in the
Central Empires, as reflected in the
newspapers, is about as gay and
carefree as the central figure at
lynching bee and with prospects not
much more promising. BY compari-
son. we in America are just now liv-
ing in the millennium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
RURAL SCHOOLS PLIGHT

TF THE reports coming to the
State Capitol regarding condi-
tions in some of the rural school
districts, especially the remote sec
tions of Pennsylvania, where there
are not many resources and revenue
by taxation is limited, are correct
possibly dozens of school houses will
have to shut their doors in advance
of the time when the term generally
ends in spring. In many instances
the children can help on farm or
garden, and in measure alleviate
the labor situation arising out of the
war But there are others where
suspension of educational work is un-
fair to the pupils. Altogether, it is
deplorable that Pennsylvania, which
has prided itself upon the advantages
it gives to young folks. should have
school houses close ahead of time for
lack of funds.
The State Board of Education last
week called attention of the federal
government to the need of some ac-
ton to help the States maintain
teachers at their desks in the face of
the considerably higher pay offered
in industries and business. That is
all very good. but what is needed in
Pennsylvania is to have the way so
prepared that when the next Legis-
lature meets, one of the first things
1t can do is provide funds so that
next spring conditions will not be
repeated. Da. Nathan C. Schaeffer.
the States veteran Superintendent
of Public Instruction, has for several
years called for reapportioning our
States magnificent grants for educa-
ton and the State Board of Educa-
ton has made recommendation
The trouble has been that when the
legislators have met there has been
so much fuss over factionalism, pat
ronage and the like that things inn
portant to the country folks have
been passed by. The next Legisla-
tive program should not be delimited
to enactment of laws for benefit of
any class, municipalities or interests.
but broad. well-rounded, compre-
hensive scheme that will remedy ur-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
The Ninety-Fifth Psalm

0 come, to the Lord, let us sing,
o come and our thanksgivings
bring,
To the rock of our salvation,
With the noise of jubilation,
To God, the great God, let us sing,
Above all the great gods, the great
King.
He holdeth the deep in His hands,
The strength of the hills he COM
mands.
And the sea is His, for his hand
Hath made it and formed the dry
land.
O come, let us worship, bow heel;
Before God who made us. let Us
kneel.
For He is our God, and will keep
People of His pasture as sheep,
Hts voice, if ye hear it to-day,
Harden not your heart, but obey.
They doubted, they tempted, they
tried,
In the day of temptation. they died.
For forty years long was I grieved.
My promise they never believed.
A people that err from my path,
And therefore must learn of My
wrath
Unto whom sware the Lord. the
Most Blest,
They shall not enter into my rest.
r. NJ. RAMSEY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
CLOSING IMPORT DOOR
[Omaha Bee.1

[Omaha Bee.1
President Wilson has issued an or
der placing an embargo on long
and interesting list of imported ar
ticles. These have been selected for
one of two reasons; either they are
produced at home in sufficient guam
titles to supply domestic demands, or
they are of a nonessential character
Liberation of tonnage now employed
in a carrying trade of no war service
for uses in traffic between here and
Europe is aimed at. Thus we are
thrust back to the simple life of the
fathers, when patriots preferred the
home product and only nabobs or
fops sought that which came from
abroad. Americans may miss some
of the things cut off, but they will
find substitutes in domestic supplies.
or go without. and none will kick or
complain but the thoughtlessly sell
fish, who already regard this war as
a bore and an unpleasant interfer-
ence with their accustomed comfort.
The embargo is apt to have another
very good lesson. It will teach our
folks the excellent qualities of things
produced at home, and If the war
lasts any length of time we are apt
to become addicted to the use of our
own make or growth of goods, so
that we will prefer them in the tu-
ture to any from abroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
LIFE IN GERMANY

~ HEER up, folks! If you think
We are having troubles in this
~ country take look into a Ger
man or an Austrian newspaper and
be happy by comparison. We hear
a lot from the Kaiser about "Gott
and Victory" and considerable from
Hindenburg concerning the Ger
man will to victory" but even the
well censored Teutonic press can't
repress it's feelings about the real
conditions at home.
For example, the Leipzeiger
Volkszeitung bewails the fact that
there is no more leather for shoe
soles and that henceforth the shoe
makers will have to use wood. The
Frankfurter Zeitung's editor, evil
IDENTIFY a man of appetite, declares
disgustedly that even the fish sup
ply has failed in large measure and
rations are lower than ever. Even
herring and sprats are treasures" :"
he says. The Vossische zeitung has
worked itself into a towering rage
because, while 1T and many other in
-dustries are short of coal. much fuel
is wasted in heavy Sunday passen-
ger traffic. The Deutsche Tages-
zeitung notes that copper prices have
gone away out of sight and that lack
of raw materials is killing the hard
ware business, and the Hamburger
sFreindenblatt bleats loudly over the
decline of the wire trade for the
same reasons. Every article of
business is scarce" restricted" or
Just about to be one or the other,
land the future holds not a single
lrainbow for single German editor.
Added to this are the almost bru-
tally frank Austrian criticisms con-
cerning the conduct of the war and
all things Of German origin. For ex-
ample, a Budapest telegram to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
A GREAT JOKE
Portland Oregonian.l

llcillo OlC5OIlohsl
The levity which has greeted the
indiscretion of the jurors who drank
part of the evidence in a bootlegging
case is indicative of q sentiment
which has n wider prevalence than it
should. That sentiment makes en-
forcement of the law more difficult.
The impression is rather common
that bootlegging is crime only when
one is caught at it. The otherwise
law-abiding citizen who succeeds in
bringing home suitcase full OF IL
quor from California without being
detected chuckles over it among the
friends he can trust. 1t is nothing
to be ashamed of in his or their eyes.
1t is entirely different from picking
a pocket, though just as unlawful.
The jurors assert that the verdict
was not affected by their iInbibing,
because it was decided on before
they imbibed; yet it appears that
they drank in order to be sure that
the evidence offered was brandy. The
contradiction makes clear enough
that the jurors drank the liuqor be-
cause they wanted it, and thought
they could get away with it in safety.
AS already said, it is the popular at
titude.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
LIBERTY BOND VALUES

A n owner of Liberty Bonds asks
~ the Telegraph how it happens
that Liberty Bonds, for which
he paid par value of $50, are selling
on New York Exchange at less than
that figure and he wants to know IL
the old bonds will not bring face
value now, why the new issues
should be worth par.
The answer is simple. Owners of
the two former issues of Liberty
Bonds sold their holdings to the
amount of about $500, 900, 600. So
many were offered that the effect
was to reduce slightly the present
market value.
But a Liberty Bond is like an
apple tree. The farmer sets out an
orchard to apples and is content to
wait ten years for his first crop. The
Liberty Bond that sells for slightly
below par now will be in full fruit
age in ten years, or less. For when
the war is over, and with greatly in
creased revenues, the United States
SofelHiHeHt DeSlnS TO call in its
bonds in vast quantities, the effect
will be to greatly enhance the value
OF the securities. and it would not
be surprising if, within a decade
Liberty Bonds with a par value of
SO, sold as high as 60. Civil War
bonds and the Panama Canal bonds
are examples. The value of the
bond is there, but. as in the case of
the apple tree, you must wait a
period for the fruit. The ten-year-
old orchard is worth vastly more
than the newly planted orchard, and
it is so with the bonds.
However the bonds have this adj
vantage as an investment. that from
the very first they yield their owner
a fair return in the way of interest
on the face value of the security.
There is no better investment than
a Liberty Bond. 1t is as good as
gold and better, and, in addition, it
will insure liberty for you and your
children. Don't sell your bonds.
Stow them away and let them grow
in value with the years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
HIS MOTHERS GIFT

This poem of 1888 has with it the
following note: L require nothing
of you,' said a mother to her inno-
cent son when bidding him fare
we'll. but that you will bring back to
me your present countenance.'
What shall 1 bring to thee, Mother
mine?
What shall I bring to thee?
Shall bring thee jewels that burn
and shine
In the depths of the shadowy sea?
Shall I bring thee garland a hero
wears.
BY the wondering world entwined.
Whose leaves can cover a thousand
cares
And smile DER a clouded mind?
Shall bring thee the deep and
sacred stores
or knowledge, the high and free.
That thrills the heart on the hal
lowed shores
OF classic Italy?
What are the jewels. my boy. to me?
Thou art the gem ] prize,
And the richest spot in that fearful
sea
Will be where they vessel flies.
The wreath the hero loves is won
BY the life blood of the brave.
And his brow may lose e'er 1t wear
the crown ..
| The smile that mercy gave.
Dearly earned is the volumned
| wealth
That opes to the lamp at night,
| While the fairer ray of home and
health
| Goes out by the sickly light.
Bring me that innocent brow, my
| boy,
! Bring me that shadowless eye.
Bring me the tone of tender joy
That breathes in thy last Good
bye"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY

irish members of Parliament
have taken a mistaken view of
conscription in Ireland. Unless
this war is won. Ireland's hopes for
home rule and full self government,
now apparently about to be realized,
will never come to pass. The Kaiser
will take good care of that. Unless
conscription prevails in all allied
countries the war may be lost. Thou
sands of the bravest of the brave of
Ireland's brawny sons are fighting
in the trenches. Those who will
not go to their aid should be made
to do So America, with a universal
conscripion law on its books, does
not look with any too much favor
on government representatives who
oppose such a measure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
The Man Who Drinks and
Lets 1t Alone Never Does

later, will suck him under. Thou
sands have been cured, only to re-
lapse, because they could not resist
the temptation to "nibble at it,
all of whom might have remained
permanently cured had they MAIN
tanned a steadfast teetotalism. The
only safe place for a drunkard is
directly in the middle Of the straight
and narrow path.
Perhaps the most difficult of all
drunkards to cure are the 'periodics"
those who, without any apparent
cause, break out every month or six
months, or at some recurring period
of time, as regularly as the lunar
cycle.
The best medical opinion now in
clines to the belief that dipsomania
as it is called-is a mental dis
ease resulting, sooner or later if
not drastically eradicated in the
meantime-in a complete nervous or
even mental breakdown.-From
Curing the Alcohol Habit" by DIR.
Edwin F. Bowers in April Physical
Culture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
EDITORIAL CONVENT
BY BRIGGS

The Kaiser is willing to bear the
troubles of his people, but they must
continue to do the lghting..Cleve-
Iand Plain Dealer.
You may rest assured of one thing.
the Jersey mosquito will not be ar
rested for loafing.-New York Morn
ing Telegraph.
With panied surprise the German
Troops are discovering that American
soldiers are not too proud to light
Chicago Daily News.
1t must be a source of regret to
Lord Lansdowne that he has only two
cheeks to offer to the enemy.-Phiia-
delphia North American.
Ny idea of a far-slghted man is the
soldier who wrote to the book com
mlttee and asked for a guide of the
CITY OF Berlin. - New York Morning
Telegraph.
Secretary Baker is in Europe. and
MS regular critics are now deciding
whether to say he should not have
gone or should have done it at least
TWO years ago.-Chicago Herald.
The Irish Americans who are urs-
ing on Congress resolution virtual
~ condemning Great Britain are
packing IN a. safety secured for them
py the activities of the British Fleet,
North American.
The Joplin News Herald is opposed
10 shooting the poor devils who went
10 sleep on duty in France for the
done to those of the peoples repre-
sentatiVes in this country who have
been half asleep on the lob ever since
the war started.-Kansas City Times,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
DON'T BE FOOLED

n ONT me fooled by all manner
of sensational rumors set
afloat by pro Germans to ex-
cite the American people and lower
their morale. For the past two
weeks there have been persistent re-
ports of grave disasters to the allies
and of serious defeats for American
troops in France. Each Sunday re-
Gently, when all the news wires are
closed, have come rumors that the
Germans have broken through"
This shows that there are pro-Ger-
mans in Harrisburg and that the lie
was deliberately fostered here and
spread. 1t could not have come
from out of town because; ordinar-
lily, there is no out-of-town news
service on Sundays. The newspaper
offices are closed and the operators
are given day of rest.
One of the understandable pc
culiarities of the human mind is that
it is ready to accept as gospel any
wild rumor that comes to the ears.
No matter how improbable or i'm
possible it may be, without stopping
to consider or deliberate, the hearer
is prone to believe it and his spirits
go up and down, according to the
import of the news. Then comes
the reaction, when he learns the
truth, and it is for this reaction that
the pro-German plan. Don't believe
anything of a sensational nature re-
garding the progress of the war un-
till it is verified by reliable news
paper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
FUTURE PROBLEMS
[Ohio State Journal. ]

[Ohio State Journa1.1
What tremendous problems will be
before the people when peace returns
and life gets back to it's own. These
are the problems of transportation,
labor, proflteering, military rule. tenn
perance, selfish politics, vice, divorce,
taxation, class legislation,S the public
service, sinecures and others equally
important that the people will have
to face when the war is over. And
there is this, too, about them, that
the war has greatly changed their
character and created new relations
to society about them all, so that they
will provide absolute conditions of
our peace and progress. They cam
not resume their ancient attitude
toward the world. There will be start
ed a new deal and all these prob
lens will have to be solved so SIS to
obtain their new footing in the COM
ing order of things. All these prob
lens will be vastly changed in their
scope and import.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
LONDON RIVER
IFrom Punch1

IFrom Punch
Half a score o. sailormen that want
to sail once more,
Cruising round the waterside with
the peter at the fore,
Half score O. sailormen the sea'll
never drown
Seven days in open boats a-drifting
up and down!
Out to find another ship and sail
from London Town.
Half a score o. sailormen broke and
on the rocks.
Linking down Commercial Road,
tramping round the Docks,
Half a score o. sailormen, torpedoed
thrice before a
Once was in the Channel chops, once
was off the More,
Last was in the open sea, hundred
mile from shore.
Half score of sailormen that want
to sail again
And her cargo's all aboard her and
it's blowing up for rain!
Half a score o. sailormen that won't
come home to tea,
For she's dropping down the river
with the Duster flying free,
Down the London River on the road
b the open sea!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
THE man who thinks that he can

THE man who thinks that he can
take a little drink and let it
alone" usually doesn't. No ex'
cessivist can ever-at any time, or
under any circumstances, drink Gl-
cohol, even as a "medicine"-which
it never is-without imminent dam
ger of a relapse into his former serf.
dom.
The very first drink-even the
Social sips quite likely to cause
all the old craving to flare up like
a forest fire.
The reason is evident. For the
poison of alcohol and the nerve
cells of one who has been its victim
are incompatible. Alcohol effects a
union with the fat in the brain and
nerve cells to form q poisonous COM
bination, which prevents absolutely
the normal functioning of the brain
cells. So, no man whose habits of
drinking have become chronic, can
ever hope to drink moderately" If
he tries it, he is flirting around the
edges of a whirlpool, that, sooner or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John Reber, who may be the
next Congressman from SchuylSill
county, is prominent retired man
ufacturer living at Pottsville.
The Rev. DR.. w. NJ. Woodfin,
Pittsburgh clergyman. is just home
from visit to the soldiers in France.
Robert w. Mearns, just pro-
NOTED to be colonel in the Regular
Army, is a Delaware countian and
was appointed to West Point by
Congressman Thomas S. Butler, who
is still serving.
Patrick r. McDermott, well
known here, has been selected as
president of the Allentown Flag AS
sociation.
e. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia
financier, is serving on the sinking
fund commission of that city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
A LOUe Toast

Let's raise a toast to "Our Boys at
the Front"
Let's ring it loud and true;
Let's cheer for the ones who are
bearing the brunt
OF the battle for me and for you.
Let's make it love song from each
loyal heart
To the Boys Of the Red. White
and Blue!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

ban as well as rural conditions and
distribute the funds which are so
abundantly poured into the State
Treasury on an equitable and at the
same time business bases. Not even
war must interfere with education in
Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
4 cHILD'S MESSAGE

i am but little child
BY nature here am~1ed.
l can not dig, nor plow, nor sow,
And yet must be fed.
But If I try, think I may
Just do a little day by day.
! must not throw upon the floor.
The crust I can not eat,
For many little hungry ones
Would think it quite a treat
For willful waste makes woeful want
And I might live to say
o. how I wish / had the bread
That once threw. away.
JOHN G. KETTERMAN.
1850 Park St. Harrisburg, Pa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

The Kaiser recently purchased
s5.ooo,ooo worth more of Krupp Sc
curities. Maybe that was what was
back of the recent drive. The more
munitions used the bigger the divi-
Sitnds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

/. Again the Crown Princes Paris dim
ner has been postponed. If somebody
doesn't hurry His Royal Highness may
get peevish.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

The membership of the Toronto
Moving Picture Operators local is
160, and of this number thirty-five
have enlisted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Boys Of 16 years and over not per-
manently employed are called upon
TO enroll in the United States Boys
Working Reserve.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Employment offices to provide po-
sitions for women have been opened
in thirteen cities by the United
States Employment Service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Major D. Watts Morgan. d. S. o..
has been nominated by the miners
of Wales as candidate for the now
Parliamentary division of East
Rhondda.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
Not All at Once

Do you suppose General Pershing
also offered the French that airplane
we have sent over there INDIAN
anolis Star
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

1t has been decided by the British
Labor party to contest Bootle, Bonar
Laws seat, at the next general cleo
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Aldershot (England) Town Council
has opened q communal kitchen for
women workers and children at a
cost of $3.50.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING co,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Having weathered the Easter egg
season successfully, young America
is already looking forward to. the
joys of summer vacation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication of
all news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
AL, rights of republication OF special
dispatches herein are also, reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

We suspect, Mr., Domain looked at
last winters calendar when he made
his forecast for to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Sioux Falls, S. D.. has adopted the
city manager system instead of the
commission form of government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
THE STATE PRESS

The proper place to pull off ath-
letic stunts this summer is in gar
den or on a farm. Nothing else
should be tolerated in the athletic
line-not even the pastime on the
golf links and tennis courts.-New-
castle News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
LABOR NOTES

A complete survey on the substi-
tuition of women for man power in
industry is to be made in Cleveland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10
a wash bill

"Oh, Clara! You have broken
those two cigars I had in my vest
pocket"
TOO bad. George. Why dop't you
buy stronger cigars"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Ed. .STACKPoLE,P Prss't s. Ediisr.in- Chief
+. r. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS NJ. STEINMETZ. Mdnoging Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-10

Perhaps the Kaiser's gallant sons,
none of whom has received a scratch
in the war, are operating that sew
enty-six- mile gun.-Scranton Repub-
lican.