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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
There VIII Be Repdration
By BRIGGS

In his address to President Will
son, President Poincare told of the
splendid wo1k done by the United
States troops and how they had been
witnesses of the deliberate destruc-
ton carried out Systematically by
the Huns. He added: 80.
I'm your turn, Mr.. President, you
will be able to measure within your
own eyes the extent of these disas-
ters, and the French government will
make known to you the authentic
documents in which the German
general staff developed, with as
founding cynicism, its program of
pillage and industrial annihilation.
Your noble conscience will pro-
nounce a verdict on these facts.
Should this guilt remain unpunished,
could 1t be renewed, the most splen-
did victories would be in vain"
And President Wilson replied:
Never before has war worn so
terrible a visage or exhibited more
grossly the debasing influence of
Illicit ambitions. l am sure that l
shall look upon the ruin wrought by
the armies of the Central Empires
with the same repulsion and deep In
ulBHdllOH IldL lhey SllT III tllc hSdl 10
of the men of France and Belgium,
and l appreciate as you do, sir, the
necessity of such action, in the final
settlement of the issues Of the war
as will not only rebuke such acts of
terror and spoilation, but make men
everywhere aware that they cannot
be ventured upon without the GER
tainty of just punishment"
Thus is dissipated one of the
doubts that England and France
have been indulging in concerning
Mr.. Wilson's policies. Would he
agree that Germany should be made
to answer for her savagery? His
address to the President OF the
French Republic makes 1t plain that
tho Huns must be called to account
for. their barbarities. If he can take
this stand before he sees for him
self the enormities of their offense
againt civilization, how much more
will hH be impressed with the ne
cessity of making an example OF
them after he has visited the battle
fronts and gone through some of the
devastated districts!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
A RIVAL TO THE COAST

IF the figures compiled by the
State Department of Agriculture
= showing the number and variety
of commercial orchards in Pennsyl-
vania mean anything the time is
approaching when the South Noun
tain apple is going to chase the
Hood River and other notable pip
pins from the Pacific coast, and peo-
pie who have been paying a quarter
for q fine piece of fruit from the
Northwest will be able to buy one
Just as good, and very likely bet
ter, than the coast product. And
this Increase of the fruit raising
business is right in line with Penn
sylvania destiny. There was no soil
of all the colonies that returned
finer favored or better looking ap-
pies and other fruits than that of
Pennsylvania, and just why the
farmers of this State allowed the
orchards on the hills and in the val
leys of this State to run down is
hard to say. ~
But now We have some of the
finest orchards in the whole State
growing right within fifty miles of
Harrisburg, and Adams county is
looming up as an apple producer
that is something worth while, with
York. Franklin, Cumberland, Ian
caster and other counties with
numerous trees which have not be-
gun to bear. With total of three
quarters of a million apple trees
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
COSTLY BLUNDERS

TIME taxpayers of Harrisburg are
about to reap in advanced taxes
and increased expenditures the
harvest of costly blunders so lavishly
sowed by the school directors in
their haphazard adoption OF hign
school building program and their
delay in getting it under way. They
had plenty of time before the war
both to work out their problems and
to have all the contracts let, taking
advantage of pre-war prices and
wages. Now, with more than half
the authorized money spent, comes
another survey, with Recommended
tions for a revision of the original
plans to a marked degree. Every
change has cost the city money, and
the board should make sure beyond
doubt this time that it is right, else
we may find ourselves with a high
school system on our hands that Is
not the best We could have procured
for the money.
With regard to the location of
the new high school building on the
Capitol Park Zone, there can be no
reasonable complaint, for the park
is centrally located, easily accessible
from all parts of the city, and the
erection of a handsome school there
would be in keeping with the inten-
ton of the city to locate a civic
center about the extended capitol
grounds. But the proposed aban-
donment of the Technical High
School, with its excellent record, its
high morale and it's splendid organ
ization-to say nothing of remodel
ing a building especially built at the
cost of many thousands of dollars
for the purpose to which it is being
put-for the doubtful experiment of
CO. o-education, is a matter that should
be most carefully considered before
1t is adopted. There is no better
school in the State than Tech" For
number of years 1t has ranked
higher than the Central school,
excellent though that has been and
is, and the. boys have devoted far
more attention to work and much
less to social diversions since the
separation of the sexes. They would
vote almost to man against the
abolition of the school that is Just
beginning to come into it's own in
the way of reputation, school spirit
and tradition. The great trouble
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1s, 1918
"A FITTING MEMORIAL

rr ARRISBURG is casting about
II for a fitting memorial with
which to honor the men of this
city who donned the uniform at the
call of country and went out to
fight the battle of liberty in France.
There have been many suggestions,
but no definite action. This is prop
er, for there should be no .hasty
decision in a matter so important.
A public meeting to discuss the mat
ter would be helpful and 1t is to be
hoped will be arranged. Meanwhile
the thought of the community should
be given to the subject.
The American City Magazine" in
k lengthy article in the December
as offers q number of suggestions
nS . very practical nature. Says
- writer: More than any other
was A history, this one has been
aha for a principle-for liberty
ha EHO safety OF democracy. Prin-
< may be depicted in stone or
kcexROd on canvas, but such repre-
hzea4tOns. however beautiful and
Usn6oflcal will not have life. A
E<4notDls can live only in the lives
bS snen. and II it is our purpose to
nszpStuate the cause for which the
great war was fought, we must con-
k4Anf1y reiterate and teach the prin-
ciples of liberty and democracy to
each succeeding generation. This
suggests that a memorial worthy of
the recent conflict be dynamic; it
must be a building that shall honor
che dead by immortalizing the prin-
ciples for which they made the su-
preme sacrifice; it must be a build
ing commemorating the service of
the living by giving service, rather
than q statue or a shaft in which
there could not pulse the life blood
of new day."
This is in full accord with popu-
along the line of suggestions made
from time to time by this newspa-
per. When the matter shall have
been finally placed in the hands of
a committee with authority to act
there will be no talk of mere pile
of monumental granite. The Har-
risburg memorial must be more than
that. 1t must breathe the spirit OF
service and sacrifice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
One of Sprouts Aims
rphilndelnhin Rulletin.l

philadelphia Bulletin
The Highway Department or
Pennsylvania, important as 1t has
become in its work, its expenditures
and the number of employees who
come under it. will be far more so
in the next four years because of the
special interest which the Governor
elect has long taken In the develop
ment of a great road system in this
state, anil because of the fifty mil
lion dollars which the people, at the
election last month, authorized as a
loan for that purpose.
In rendering the office of Com
missioner to Lewis S. Sadler, OF
Cumberland county, he has recog-
nized a lawyer and man of affairs
who bears q reputation for clean
handed and clear-headed Judgment
who may be expected to frame for
this department a practical ana
substantial policy of betterment and
advancement.
The roads and highways in the
Commonwealth should be surpassed
by none in the entire Union, and
the ambition of the incoming Gov
ernor to accomplish that purpose as
far as possible during his admins
tration should result In splendid
addition to the convenience, COM
fort, pleasure and welfare of the
great body of the people of Penn
sylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
A Point For POtSddnl
(From the Kansas City Starr

(trOm the hdnSaS Clty Slaf)
with the smoke of battle lifted we
can now look with some closeness
over the late theaters of war and see
IL there is anything out of the much
that Germany set out so confidently
to do that she has accomplished.
At first there seems nothing. There
is plenty of undoing to be seen on
all hands, but no doing All results
are negative. And yet. If we consider
we shall have to admit that the
Berlin conspirators evolved out of
their heads one scheme that stands
fulfilled to the letter. That is the
scheme of Mittel Europa. They want
ed n new middle Europe and they
have got It, Nothing of the old mid
die Europe was to remain under
their plan, and behold! nothing of 1t
remains. Where the Austrian en-
pire once spread its bulk, which was
to be the main buttress of the pro-
posed structure, nothing that even
looks like Austria can now be dis
cerned. A free Hungary, a, Czecho-
Slovak republic and new Poland
now make up that part of middle
Europe.
To the south the Balkan bridge
over which the German Mittel
EUROPA was TO cross TO turkey and
the East, presents a newness fully
as striking and as foreign to the
German plan of what that newness
was to be. The South SlaVs are erect
ing a kingdom there that lies right
across the path Germany had mark
ed for herself as road to India.
Thus is the prediction of Nauman
and the Pan-Germanists fulfilled.
They smoke I'm their Dride and said
there should be new middle
Europe, and here it is. The liberated
races, so long held suppressed by
the Hapsburg tyranny, owe a debt
of gratitude 10 the Potsdam plotters
But for them the freedom of those
races might have been delayed many
more generations. But the impatient
Hohenzollern vanity was working in
their favor. 1t couldn't wait any
longer for the new Mittel Europa,
and the new middle Europe is here!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
Carol Singing
(From the Philadelphia Record)

(From the Philadelphia RecorO
In the new movement toward or
ganized carol singing on a large
scale, the Middle West, as usual,
makes the initiative. 1t was two
years ago that Detroit began. The
singers were children, up to boys
and girls just short of the adult;
and they banded themselves togeth-
er into a formal body known as the
"Children's Aid Christmas Carolers
of Detroit"
The laid" part of the movement
in Detroit is typically American.
These young carolers do not merely
sing the Christmas hymns all over
the city. In addition, they collect
funds for the holiday of the poor
children of the community.
Four thousand children sang in
the -caroling there last year. Divid-
ed into groups of ten or so, they
spread out over all the residential
section of the city, till, 1t is said,
there were four hundred miles of
them. If any reasonable citizen of
the big lake metropolis failed to re-
ceive the stimulus to Christmas
kindliness and warmth which is in
herent in the hearing of Christmas
carols sung by youthful voices in the
frosty air, the fault undoubtedly lay
with the citizen-not with the chill
dren,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
LABOR NOTES


Oregon has minimum wage. for
Mattresses of $11.61 a week.
BARRIERS at Toledo, Ohio, have Sc
cured, $50 for 56-hour week.
Women freight-handlers are en-
st. Louis (MoO plumbers demand
sS for an eight-hour day.
Union teamsters at Peoria, ILL.,,
have secured union recognition.
Coopers at New Orleans have or
ganized and Joined the international
union.
Muskegon (Mich.) street-car men
were granted minimum of 40 cents
an hour
A retail clerks union has been
formed at Phoenix, Ariz., with zoo
members.
British trade union membership
increased over 100000 last year.
Salem (Ohio) Iron Molders Union
has advanced wages $1,25 a day.
The Women's Trade Union League
of England now has a membership
of over 100000.
A wage increase of so a week has
been secured by Hudson IN. W
Brewery Workers Union.
Nearly all the street cars in Eng
land are being operated by women
motormen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

with many so-called school experts
is that they do not recognize the diff
ference between a school and
school building. There is a value
beyond dollars in such a morale as
DR.. Eager has developed in the
Technical High School. all of which
would be lost for years to come II
it were abandoned. We have had
blunders enough in our high school
program. The directors have been
sufficiently deliberate in the past to
warrant them going bit slowly with
the present proposed changes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

bearing, and almost as many coming
along. Pennsylvania is growing to be
one of the big fruit producers OF the
land and when one considers that
there are over a million and half
peach trees. too, 1t can be seen that
Pennsylvanians have faith and cash
to invest. ..
These figures relate to the COM
mercial orchards only. There are
thousands of fruit trees on farms
and in yards which have not been
included.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
THAT STATE SONG

TOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
N been hopeful that the war
would bring out great State
song. So have all of us. But this
song of songs has declined to come
forth. That is a painful difficulty
about patriotic songs. They cannot
be manufactured. The song fac
tories" of the country have been
trying the experiment ever since the
declaration of war, but with little
success. Anybody may hammer out
rag-time jingle that will set the
toes going, but the lofty sentiments
of great popular state or national
anthem-that is only for the great
occasion and the master hand.
Our much maligned, but really
very stirring, Star Spangled Ban
ner" was born amid the stir of bat
tie and the rockets red glare" The
Battle Hymn of the Republic re-
fected in a remarkable degree the
spirit of the times that produced it.
So the list might be heightened by
score of illustrations. Songs of
their type are not written in re-
sponse to proclamation or in compe-
tition for reward or fame. They
burst spontaneously from the heart
of the people, or they do not come.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Charles NJ Means in charge of
bituninous production in the Ma
tional Fuel administration has re-
signed and will resume his engineer
ing business in Pittsburgh.
Herbert G. Tulley has been
elected vice-president in charge of
welfare work for the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company.
Z LJohn j. Casey declared elected
IN Congress in Luzerne, used to be in
the Legislature.
Chancellor S. B. Mccormick has
established a course in reconstruc-
tion at the University of Pittsburgh.
william Draper Lewis, who ran
for governor four years ago, Is now
urging a constitutional convention.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
A Empire to Let
[Trom the london Mailf

Asia Minor is an empire 10 let,"
the ols,est and most historic empire
in tie world. 1t is now lying dere-
lct under our eyes, waiting to be re-
juvenated and restored 10 the Garden
of Eden 1t once was. The Germans
have kindly spent hundreds of mil
lions of marks on 1t in railway build
Ing and other public works.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
The VictOrS

AS we understand the speech
made by Gen. Won Einem in the
evacuation of the Rhine provinces,
this is what lie said to the inhabi-
tantss of the Rhineland:
YOUR victorious army greets you.
We have protected the Fatherland
from it's enemies. We are unde-
feated. We have shared the armies
of the enemy into the Fatherland so
that YOU might have a look at them.
We have broken the enemy's fist
with our loyal German noses. We
have bruised the enemy's toes with
the seats of our loyal German PANTS
We have broken the butts of the en-
emy's rifles with our loyal German
skulls. We have outrun the enemy.
Remain proud and German. We are
victorious. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
Loyal to the Last

Reports of the former kaiser's at
tempted suicide are not convincing.
If Herr Hohenzollern is weary of life
he has only to return to Germany,
and he will find many to aid him in
his quest for relief.-From Philadel-
phia Evening Ledger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
Dominion of the LdW

Know ye not, brethren, (for I
speak to them that know the law
how that the law hath dominion
over q man as long as he liveth?-
Romans vii, /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

Europe will have to give us some
thing more exciting than the assassi-
nation of Portuguese President IL 1t
wants to keep on the front page with
the Legislature about to go into ses-
ainn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
Be Patient, as Husbandmdn

Be patient therefore, brethren,
unto the coming of the Lord. Be-
hold, the husbandman waiteth for
the precious fruit of the earth, and
hath long patience for 1t, until he
receives the early and latter rain
James V, z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
World Resigned

The world bears with wonderful
resignation the news that rioters are
about to break loose In Berlin
From the Washington Post. =
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
A Japanese Print

A curve for the shore, ~
A line for the sea,
A tint for the sky
, Where the sunrise will be;
A stroke for q gull,
A sweep for the main;
The skill to do more,
With the will to refrain.
Ruth Mason Rice in The Forum
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

Turkeys coming down in price?
Well, that's what always happens
when people refuse to buy when
prices are abnormally high.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
Bill For Damages and Losses

Here are the enormous items in
the bill against Germany, as care
fully compiled by Paul Clay, the
statistical authority:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

poland quits Germany" newspaper
headline. Quits Germany? What do
you mean, Germany
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18
DO YOU KNOW
THAT Harrisburg steel is be-
ing used for armored cars?
usToRIC HARRISBURG

Some of the French Huguenott
and Germans who settled the Lykens
Valley resided here for some years
before moving on.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

Date palms 100 years old will yield
gallon of alcoholic beverage a day"
says the Kansas City Times, but what
tank can wait century for a drink?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-18

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELAGRAPH PRINTING co.
Telegraph Building, Federal Square
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
A Merry Christmas
Sale of Cut Glass

The merry chink of the cut
glass and the sleigh bells of Santa
Claus chime very we'll indeed.
We don't want to tell you what
a good gift a piece of cut glass
will be.
We do want to tell you that if
you have any idea of giving a cut
glass gift, this is the sale in
which to buy it.
All the pieces that one particu-
larly desires for gifts are in it
and the prices are one-third less
than regular.
Between bonbon dishes at 81,
$1.25, $1.5O, S1.75 and SO and
flower vases at $3.50, SO, $3.50 and
up to $12.75 the variety is wide
and the value exceptional, the
assortment comprising berry
bowls, footed nut dishes, celery
trays, fern dishes, water jugs,
baskets, sugar and cream sets
and relish dishes.
CFourth Floor. ChestnuD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

Store Closes $3.50 p. M.
berthe Store You Will Find the Christmas Goods Christmas

A TEACHER of knitting and
"A demonstrator of the Column
bian yarns is now on duty in the
Art Needlework Store from $3.50
in the morning till 5 o'clock.
(Second Floor, Centrdl.)
A FINE collection of andirons is
n ready for Christpas gift seek
ers, and such irons have been
pretty scarce of late. Some are
plain and some are trimmed with
or wholly Of brass. Also fire
screens, both iron and brass, are
here. (Fourth Floor, Centrally
WHAT cheerfuller thought when
w the snow blows than a wood
box or basket? We recommend
one which doesn't let the chips
through. (Fourth Floor, Cen
trdl.)
NO--all the bulbs aren't gone
" yet, though they soon will be.
Hyacinths are 10c each, 81 a
dozen, $3.50 a hundred. Tulips
are 30c dozen, SITE a hundred,
SIS a thousand. (Fom'th Floor, Z
Mdrket.)
A CHEEKY little basket with a
y fuzzy fern in it is a pleasant
thing to own. Sl.50 complete.
(Fourth Floor, Murkct.)
EVEN silver cleaning discs now
II adays are put up in Christ
mas wrappings. Price 81.
(Fogrth Floor, Market.)
WHAT is home without a nut
w bowl? Bowl. cracker and six
picks for only $1.25. (Fourth
Floor, Market.)
WHITE enameled tables, white
w kitchen cabinets, white cereal
sets are all excellent for women
who love housekeeping. (Fourth
Floor, Market.)
THE whirlpool dish-washer is a
l. treasure to the woman who
hates the drudgery of the ordi-
nary mop and dish pan. (Fourth
Floor, Market.)
WE have a fine collection of
w mahogany trays. One kind in
particular with little inlaid figures
in center is special at S6.25.
(Fourth Floor, Mdrket.)
A WONDERFUL variety of
n molds for holiday ljellies in
cludes hearts and melons, turk
heads, fruit and thistles. Also
here are vegetables and cake
cutters of cleverness. (Fourth
Floor. Market.)
ALUMINIUM tea kettles without
n seams are a joy to behold for
their shininess and black wood
handles. $3.50 and $685.. (Fourth
Floor, Market)
TEA, coffee and cocoa pots with
solid copper bodies covered
with nickel plating are $1.25.
(FOurth Floor, Mdrket.)
TAKE your choice of pyrex
glass or pottery casseroles-
they are all set in pierced nickeled
holders and are moderately priced.
(Fourth Floor, Mdrket.)
WINDOW VENTILATORS are
w invaluable aids to health.
Covered with fine cotton cloth
they cost SOC to 75c, according to
size. (Fourth Floor, Market.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Fine Waists

In a trio at $25 apiece, each is
of Georgette crepe and with
silver and silk embroidery and
steel beads; one being navy and
gray, one plum and tan, and one
black and white.
Another of navy with white
crepe collar and real filet is
$16.50: and so is one of navy,
plum, 'taupe or brown with cut
steel beads.
Also at $16.50 and at $3.50 are
some quite lovely pink and white
Georgette crepe, of filmy net and
hand embroidery.
Third Floor. CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
800 WOmen'S FrOCks
Special at $35

Some are reduced out of our own stocks
and some are newly brought in at late season
prices. There are serges,l wool jerseys,
tricotines, tricolettes and Georgettes, not to
mention combinations of different materials.
Colors are black and taupe, new blue,
brown, metal grays, light gray and tan They
are all in good condition, and there are all
sizes in the lot.