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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-10

To Hell With the
Kaiser
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
SAVE US FROM MUSH
(From the Kansas city Starr

Heaven spare us now from mush.
Save us, oh, Gracious Providence,
from the food of the pacitist, the
dreamer and the mollycoddle. We
have q work to do which calls for
a diet for red-blooded statesman
ship.
we have been fed up" on rhetor-
ical mush; on the theory of doing
nothing rude to the Hun. The VIC
tory which Americans and the Eng
lish and the French and all the AL
lies are celebrating is not pacitist
victory. it was not won by gen.
tie slap on the wrist. 1t was won
by a smash of iron and steel.
Only a week ago the pacifist was
shedding tears over the fact that
those who demanded unconditional
surrender were asking for the i'm
possible, asking something that
would prolong the war for another
year at the loss of millions of lives
in the futile effort to gain a mill
tary victory.
Had it been a pacifist war there
would have been no military VIC
tory. 1t would have been a nego-
tiated peace. There would have
been no white flag for the Huns. 1t
would have been a situation of COM
promise in honor.
Now that there has been a mill
tary conclusion, now that Germany
is broken, the paciasts, theorists and
the parlor Socialists will come forth,
all bearing mush.
We will hear much of charity
for a fallen foe." We will be ex-
horted to show mercy to the de-
feated." They will come bearing
bouquets, asking to be permitted to
offer consolation to the prisoner and
to leave tracts and flowers in his
cell.
The terms of the armistice, it was
told in the story of the meeting of
the envoys to hear the terms from
Marshal Foch, were 'shock" to
the Germans. They were not the
terms of the pacifists. They were
the terms that brought Germany to
her knees, broken and crushed.
The peace terms must also shock
Germany. They must contain the
stern expression of the worlds dis
cipline against the worlds greatest
offender. Otherwise. Germany never
will realize the crime she has COM
mitted against civilization. There
must be no paroling of the criminal
to his next friend" A man or a
nation cannot be saved from the
result of crimes by putting on q
new coat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
NAPOLEON AND KAISER
New York Timesl ]

The cases of Napoleon and the
former German Emperor are paral-
lei in some respects, in others not.
If William II has not been a great
soldier, he has been the cause of far
more bloodshed and misery, which
he could have prevented by refusing
to exercise his war powers. Both
Napoleon and William planned to set
up a vast empire, to dominate the
world. Napoleon made war many
times to realize his ambition. Will
liam thought to accomplish his OBJ
ject in one desolating conflict. He
failed ignominiously and meanly,
after falsely processing himself a
friend of peace for twenty-five years.
Military glory makes no halo around
the head of William. He was not q
hero to his own army, for he shun.-
ned the perils of the battlefield. He
has not been distinguished as a leg
islator nor as an educator. He has
had no conception of human liberty.
His mental qualities are common
place. Posterity will regard him as
more responsible than any other hu-
man being for the sacrifice of mil
lions of lives in the great war, as a
EULER who might have been benefi-
cent and wise, but attempted to de-
stroy the liberties of mankind and
to raise on their ruins an odious
depotism. To forgive him and to
forget his terrible transgressions
would be to condone them.
1t can never be said of william s
career what Professor J. Holland
Rose has said of Napoleon's.: THE
man who bridled the Revolution and
remolded the life of France, who
laid broad and deep the foundations
of a new life in Italy, Switzerland
and Germany, who rolled the west
in on the east in the greatest move
ment known since the Crusades, and
finally drew the yearning thoughts
of myriads to that solitary rock in
the South Atlantic, must ever stand
in the very forefront of the immor-
tails of human history" William can
be immortal only in his bad emil
nence."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
Hair Wash, Instead of Ring

II just can't do a thing with my
hair to-day; it's just been wash
ed"
In this country that remark is such
an old bromide that it doesn't call
forth even the ghost of a smile. But
in Yunnan China, it is breathtaking,
the sign and manifest of an event.
For 1t means that the speaker has
just been married.
Roy Chapman Andrews. who spent
year in Yunnan collecting speci-
mems of the American Museum of
Natual History tells abodt the Ori-
entail, once-in-a-lifetime hairwash
in his recently published book,
Camps and Trails in China" where
in he describes his experiences in
the Flowery Kingdom. He says:
THE girls wear their hair fbobb-
ed in front and with a long plait in
back. They wash their hair once
on their wedding day-and then
1t is wrapped up in turbans for the
rest Of their nvesl"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
A HOME IN THE HEART
By BRIGGS

Oh, ask not home in the mansions
of pride,
Where marble shines out in the
pillars and walls;
Though the roof be of gold it is bril-
liantly cold,
And joy may not be found in its
torch lighted halls.
But seek for bosom all honest and
true,
Where love once awakened will
never depart;
Turn, turn to that breast like the
dove to its nest,
And you'll find there's no home
like home in the heart.
Oh! link but one spirit that's warm
ly sincere,
That will heighten your pleasure
and solace your care;
Find soul you may trust as the
kind and the just,
And be sure the wide world holds
no treasure so rare.
Then the frowns of misfortune may
shadow our lot
The cheek-searing tear-drops of
sorrow may start,
But star never dim sheds q halo
for him
Who can turn for repose to a home
in the heart.
Eliza Cook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

to Secretary W. Harry Paker on his
way home from Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia newspapers say
that the suit over the Philadelphia
primary bills looks as though there
was a dispute as to whether guards
Chester is about to have a fare
up over The tax rate. 1t will also crur
sade against the third-class city law
from all accounts.
The official computation of the
vote in Lehigh county shows a plu-
rality for Judge Bonniwell of 1877,
but Senator Beidleman, Republican
nominee for Lieutenant Governor
carried the county by COS, the other
Republican nominees having plurali-
ties of about the same size.
John w. vickerman, Allegheny
dry" leader in the House says re-
garding notification of the amend
ment: From the facts we have in
hand, am satisfied the next Legis-
ture will ratify the prohibition
amendment. We have 100 written
pledges from members of the House
and enough other pledges to give
US vote of not less than 10S, four
more than the required number. In
the Senate we have the pledges of
% members, with assurance of
enough additional votes to reach 26,
a majority"
The Pittsburgh Times
November gave the names of
ninety-five members of the House
pledged to vote for ratification. In
making up the list of 100 Mr.. Wick
erman counts the ninety-five and
adds these five additional names:
Ross L. Beckley and William c.
Bowman, Cumberland; George A.
Comerer, Fulton; Philip H. Crock
ett, Philadelphia, and T. E. Brooks,
York. The men are Republicans
and have given their pledge to vote
for ratification.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
1914 PROPHECY VERIFIED
Paris Cable Message to The Times Foretod Wars End

of the earth. Antichrist will
massacre priests, women, chill
dren, and the aged. He will show
no mercy, holding the torch like
the barbarians, but invoking
Christ. There will be an eagle
in his arms, also in those of his
acolyte, the other bad monarch,
who, a Christian, will die
through the curse of Pope
Benedictus.
ITO conquer Antichrist more
nen must be killed than Rome
held. 1t will require the efforts
of all the Kingdoms. This will
happen twenty centuries after
the incarnation of Gods world"
The prophecy" is contributed
by a writer signing himself
''Peladan," who, after showing
its application to the present
war, says that it is only the first
part and that he will give the
rest later. The Figaro makes
no comment.
The Petit Journal prints an
other prediction said to have
appeared early this year in an
almanac published in the In
dian native state of Jodpore and
to have been brought to the edi-
tors notice by q Hindu named
Varnia, living in Paris, whose
two sons have just Joined the
Foreign Legion:
TN the month of july" says
the prediction, "all Europe will
be upset by a war setting in con-
flict the greatest powers, accom-
panied by enormous disaster.
In November a great Emperor
will lose his crown and the war
will end"
Many persons, remembering II
which seemed a bit e,
ravagant in 1914, have called a
ention to its accuracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
Our Exports and Shipping

In the three years prior to the
war our average annual exports to
the Allies averaged $3.50, 900 tons of
food. Last year, under the stimu-
lus of well-directed food conserva-
ton and food-production campaign.
we succeeded in sending to the Allies
11,S20,00 tons of food. The mini
mum pledged for this year is an in
crease of close to 100000 tons.
That was based on continuance CT
the war. With peace, and the added
responsibility to head Off starva-
tion in large areas of Europe that
could not be reached before, it is
estimated that this country will
have to add another 5000, 900 tons,
if not more. raising the requirement
from this country to close to 49,
10000 tons. This takes into consld-
Grafton such relief as ;Nailable
shipping facilities can provide from
South America and Australia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
WHY TWO CENTS
(From Boston Exchange\

NtfOm Boston E&changel
When the government asked the
newspapers to go to "non-return
basis" which means that the re-
taller loses on such papers as re-
main unsold on his hands the busi-
ness became for him, at the one
cent price, decidedly Improbable.
This naturally reflected itself in the
distribution. There was not margin
OF profit enough to requite the dealer
for keeping an adequate supply of
newspapers on hand, vand even risk
Ing some loss at nightfall in order
to keep his customers surely sup
piled. This situation further re-
acted against the delivery of news
papers at the door. Boys could earn
more money doing something else
than the dealer could afford to pay
them, and so the public failed to
get the news service to which it had
become accustomed and for which,
we believe, it is only too glad to pay.
Then the price of newsprint paper
baked large in the affair. 1t used
to cost $42 a ton delivered in Bos-
ton. The government has now fixed
minimum price of SIS a ton, f..
o. b. at the mill. and as q matter
of fact, newsprint can rarely be
bought in the general outside mar
ket under $50 ton. We also have
to pay the freight the government
recently advancing its clBrges by
25 per cent, an increase which also
applies to the sending of the fin
ished product upon the trains to
their scattered destinations. Such
changes are only symptomatic OF
advance all along the line, includ-
ing the great element of labor cost
Boston has proved, nevertheless,
the last city in the country to so to
two cents. Months ago the war in
dustries board suggested that no
newspaper should be sold at less
than that figure. The publishers
of Boston. including ourselves, have
been reluctant to make the advance,
and have done so only as q result
of circumstances which are beyond
our control. We have the assur-
ance that this is not profiteering, or
taking an advantage of war condi-
tions. The change in price of our
basic material alone, which
threatens to be quite permanent
would justify all the advance that
we have asked. And we hope and
confidently expect to be able to hold
the price at two cents against the
tendency now in existence in many
parts of the country to carry it for
ward to three.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
LET THE HUN SHOW US
(Boston Herald)


The present German leaders evil
IDENTIFY think they can appeal to
President Wilson when they know
they cannot appeal to Foch or to
the British, French and Italians.
Only by long oversight of the many;
by long labor in rebuilding Bel
GUM, Serbia and France; by long
payment of indemnities; by the ex-
treme penalties imposed on the lead
ers of the enterprise, can the Ger
man people be taught that If might
makes right" it is equally applicable
to Germany, when loser as to any
other nation in the same .circum-
stances.
Let~us help build up Belgium,
France and Serbia; let us feed them,
clothe them and rehabilitate them,
and let Germany pay for it. Rus
sia needs help much more than Ger
many; there is no doubt about the
starving of the Russians. The Ger
mans and Austrians managed to
feed and clothe themselves while
fighting for four and ene-half years,
blockade or no blockade. They have
had time to make munitions and
keep millions of men in the their
army and navy; their lands have
not been injured, nor even invaded: /:
let these men, who are now released
from murdr and plunder, go home,
go to feeding and clothing them
selves, their wives and children and
not calling upon President Wilson to
feed and clothe them. If they could
look out for themselves during the
war, the nations of the earth should
see If they likewise cannot feed and
clothe themselves in time of peace.
If, on examination, it is true they
are starving, we must help feed
them, we must supply necessary
food; but they are not entitled to
charity, certainly not until by their
works they show the penitence which
so far they have failed to exhibit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
"At Attention" Before God

Paying tribute to the services per-
formed by the British Y. M. c. A.
w. Gordon Sprigg, writing in Asso-
citation Men. the organ of the Amer.
ieap "Y," is reminded of the reply
made by Field Marshal Sir George
White to an inquiry addressed to
him at. the close of the three months
siege at Ladysmith, South Africa,
in the Boer War. Sir George was
asked to explain how he maintained
his cheerfulness and upheld the
spirit and morale of his weary troops
amidst so much discomfort, depres-
sion and uncertainty. Because.
said the field marshal. II stand at
attention before God every morning
so that 1 may receive my daily or
ders."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
THE MEETING TONIGHT

HARRISBURG people ought to
Il turn out in large numbers to-
night to hear Major William
B. Gray discuss his proposal to make
the Susquehanna river navigable.
This meeting at the Technical High
school ought to be made memorable
in the history of the city. 1t will
mark the first step toward making
Harrisburg a maritime as we'll as a
railroad traffic center.
Major Gray, who is one of the dis
tinguished engineers of the country,
and who is an authority on the
handling of waterway developments,
is confident the river can be suffi-
ciently deepened at reasonable ex-
pense to warrant the undertaking of
the enterprise. He is prepared to
show that many of the difficulties
which less enterprising engineers
have regarded as insurmountable
can be disposed of at reasonable cost
and effort, and that the project is
such as should have the prompt and
energetic attention of the COM
munity.
Major Gray's findings will be
backed up with data collected by
the State Water Supply Commission,
and presented by Chairman zent-
myer, of that body. The Importance
Of the subject to be discussed is
recognized by the people of other
towns along the river and big dele
cations will be here from Colum-
bia and elsewhere. If the majors
plans are to come to anything the
whole susquehanna Wiley must get
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

back of the movement. Harrisburg,
the central point and one which
would be most benefited, perhaps.
is very properly the rallying point,
but the Chambers of Commerce and
other civic bodies all the way from
the bay to Williamsport and beyond
ought to become sufficiently inter-
ested to send representatives to
future gatherings at which the sub
ject will be discussed.
The deepening of the river would.
within a decade or two, make lIar-
risburg the third most important city
in the State and would greatly en-
hance property values and make for
the general prosperity of the COM
munig.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

4 MONTH after the war began
~ the New York Times, in it's
- issue of September II, 1914,
printed a special cable from Paris
carrying extracts from an article in
the Figaro upon a series of prophe-
cies alleged to have been written by
q monk three centuries before the
outbreak of the war. These alleged
prophecies foresaw many of the
events and conditions of the war and
are reprinted, so that a comparison
of the text with recent events may
be made. The special cable said:
Paris, Sept. 10-The Figaro,
which is now issuing a small edi-
ton in Bordeaux, besides its
usual four pages in Paris, on its
first page publishes an eXtraor-
binary translation of Latin
prophecy alleged to have been
written by q monk, Brother
Johannes, in the year 1900, de-
scribing the destruction of Anti
christ in Il great war. Follow
ing are some significant pas
sages:
"The real Antichrist will be
one of the monarchs of his time.
A son of Luther will lrinvoke God,
proclaiming himself his envoy.
He will have only one arm. His
armies, which will appear in
Vulnerable. will take for the de-
vice the words, God with u.s.
(the motto actually stamped on
the Prussians' belts.) He will
long act by ruse and treachery,
and his spies will overrun the
earth, but a war will furnish the
occasion for his throwing off the
mask-not that war waged
against the French monarchy,
but another easily recognized,
because in two weeks it will be-
come universal, bringing into
battle the most distant peoples
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. Wilmer Krusen, Philadel-
phia health director, says people
have not enough regard for fresh
air.
Mayor E. v. Babcock, of Pitts
burgh, has been spending some days
at the seashore.
jules E. Mastbaum, prominent
Philadelphia theatrical man, says
work will be started on a new $2,-
100000 theater in Philadelphia as
soon as the government permits.
Edward, j. Fox, supreme court
Justice, has been reelected presi-
dent of a bank at Easton from
which he retired when appointed to
the bench.
Col. Henry w. Shoemaker, AL
toona publisher, will assume his
duties on the new State Forestry
Board next month.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
THE RETORT DEADLY

1t would be worth something %
know who it was that uttered thA
pertinent answer of an Americ~S
soldier to the German prisonsa
who said: What we can't undE't.
stand Is where you got shiaN
enough to bring you all over" Sara
the American: ''It took but one,
The Lusitania brought us oves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

1t is obvious to any thinking per-
sons that the President will be satis-
fed with nothing save absolute free
dom of political action, without as
sistance, interference, consultation
or anything else from the Senate OF
the United States as far as his per-
sonal conduct of peace negotiations
is concerned" 1t seems absurd at
this late day for the United States
to assume autocratic power in the
final adjustment of peace conditions.
This country has done well in the
eleventh honor of the conflict, but
it should not be placed in a false
position by any ambitious role arbi-
trarily assumed by the President,
We should modestly and disinter-
estedly aid in q broaa and generous
and permanent peace settlement by
and with the cooperation OF the
other nations concerned,
up to a certain point" says the
same correspondent. Mr.. Wilson has
rendered a world service of inesti-
mate value in co-ordinating the war
aims of the Allies and the United
States as a moral proposition, but
the events of the last two weeks
have demonstrated very clearly that
he can render disservice by putting
the cart before the horse.
In fact, it might almost be intl-
mated that the American people
would like to listen to the peace
propositions of England, France and
Belgium before singing too loud of
heir own. No doubt these would
not differ materially from the Will
son propositions in most respects,
but they would be so clear that they
would leave no room for debate as
to their meaning"
But even more important than
these considerations is that of the
needs of the moment in the United
States. At a time when industry is
struggling with the problem of turn
ing from war to peace, the place Of
the President is at home. Vital ques-
tions of policy, important decisions
which only the executive can make,
will be matters of everyday develop
ment at Washington for the next
three or four months, or longer, and
his place is at his desk. There never
was a time when it was so import
ant that the finger of the President
should be constantly on the pulse of
the country as now. Our peace dele
gates will be very well able to look
after our interests abroad, but the
President alone is authorized to an
swer many of the questions now
arising at home.
Nothing will be accomplished by
the President going abroad save the
of the peace dele
gates and a little personal aggran-
dizement for himself, and it is to be
strongly suspected that a desire to
bask for little while in the spot
light of popular attention in Europe
is the prompting influence back of
his decision to participate in the con-
ference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
nlunik.

Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
said to the German troops after the
collapse: you will never be aban-
doned by your field marshal in the
struggle. He will ever be confident
in YOU" Which is another form for
"You can't lose me. Charley" Mean
while, old Tirpitz, the arch-murderer
of innocents, has skipped to Switzer-
land. And the Kaiser's personal press
agent-O, where is he?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
LABOR NOTES

Toronto. Canada. has rs local
unions.
Lehigh Valley r. r. shop men have
formed a system federation.
Trade unionism is making great
gains in Kansas.
ottawa (Can.) street car men have
received increased pay.
Firehghters at ToroAto. Cam. have
formed a union.
:
Londonderry (Irelandl teamsters
have been granted higher wages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titlcd to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to 1t or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
Fully Supplied

"Gott NIT Uns!" yelled the German
host.
The Yankee answered, Pool
You haven't got a thing on Us,
For we've got mittens, too.
-TennYson j. Daft i
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
Murmured Against the Lord

And ye murmured in your tents
and said, Because the Lord hated,
he hath brought us forth out of the
land of Egypt, to deliver us unto the
land of the Amorites, to destroy us.
deuteronomy |, 81.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg's way OF
celebrating the return of its
SONS is being awaited by some
other cities?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19

Wartime prohibition comes just
about the time peace is to be declared.
and one cannot but wonder how much
grain would have been saved IL the
President had agreed to 1t a year ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-19
HTsTORIC HARRISBURG

The early steamboats, on the
Susquehanna had landings near
Market street.