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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
Out of a Fathers Heart
A WIFE.
From the Kansas CITY Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
'Quentin's mother and / am very
glad that he got to the front and
had the chance to render some serv-
ice to his country and to show the
stuff that was in him before his fate
befell him"
In those restrained words of Colo
mel Roosevelt yesterday spoke the
heart of every American father and
mother with a son at the front.
There is nothing that can make
quick coming death a little thing.
There is nothing that can take away
its poignancy. The separation. the
loneliness, are simply dark facts to
be faced. But there is another side.
There is the side of duty done. Of
ideals cherished, of deaths swallow
ed up in victory. 1t is not all of life
to live. nor all of death to die. When
the supreme moment comes, what
is the inevitable, the overwhelming
consideration? Not the sorrow of
parting. Not grief and tears. But
the simple question: Have I fought
the good fight? Have I done NV
part? Have 1 played the man."
So the stricken father and mother
with the light for the moment gone
out of their lives. can exclaim with
solemn pride: I'VE are glad that he
had the chance to render some sery-
ice to his country and to show the
stuff that was in him before his fate
befell him."
Can any parent ask for more?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
GET RECORD COMPLETE

" HE chief reason why many men
should be mining anthracite
coal are now in army camps is
that either the operators or the
miners failed to grasp the import
ance of having the procedure taken
as required by law. The selective
service act or the draft, as we know
it best, is carefully drawn. Realizing
that it would strike every walk of
life its trainers provided for appeals.
In the coal region. where things
go sometimes without details being
as carefully attended to as in other
sections OF the State, many men
neglected to file appeals, many oper-
ators thought some one else was
attending to it, some people got the
idea that Washington would look
after the miners and others never
woke up until the local draft boards
called them to go to war. Then there
was an outcry; many meetings and
a sudden understanding that appeals
had to start with local boards. the
best posted as to the need of the man
in industry. And even with all this
there are men telephoning here TO
State headquarters to ask about the
exemption OF coal miners.
The important thing is to follow
the act. Appeals must start with
local board and in taking it to the
district appeal board the record must
be complete. The local board has the
record.
If the requirements are obeyed
and the records complete there will
be no further drafts on the men who
actually get out the coal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
MONUMENT ENOUGH

Where shall fall upon my battle
ground
There may rest-nor carry me
away.
What holier hills could in these days
be found
Than hills of France to hold a
soldiers clay
Nor need ye place a cross of wooden
stuff
over my head to mark my age and
name;
This very ground is monument
enough!
'Tis all wish of show or outward
fame.
Deep in the hearts of fellow coun-
trymen
My fast immortal 'sepulcher shall
be,
Greater than all the tombs of ancient
kings.
What matter where my dust shall
scatter then?
l shall have served my country
oversee
And loved her-dying with a
heart that sings.
Ray Gauger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
WHY I?
To the Editor of the Telegraph: /:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Why in all the songs, prose and
poetry about the war is the wife's
name never mentioned? When a
man marries "he promises in sight
or God and these assembled witness
es to forsake all else and cleave him
only to this woman until death us
do part" But it seems that war
obliterates this. The wives don't
count in war time. This is, to saw
the least, rank injustice. In the
hrst place there is no more sacred
relationship than the married one.
In the second place most mothers
nave other children and are not CIV
ing their all, and in the third place
where husband leaves children be-
hlnd the wife has to fulfill both obli-
cations.
do not mean to cheaper Or de-
ride a mothers sacrifice, but only
ask for fair amount of considera-
ton. A mothers heart is wrung
when her bcy goes. but she, under
normal conditions, has her husband.
But the wife has no one. You ALI
know that a husband and wife have
more in common than mother aud
son. Condolences, advice, compan-
ionship and a oneness that no other
bond on earth equals must be sever
ed, but we are pushed aside, ignored
and in some cases even snubbed. Is
1t right? Please in the future give
US an equal footing.
A WIFE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
THE FLAG WENT BACK
[Philadelphia Evening Ledgerl


I'VE regret being unable on this
occasion to follow the counsels of our
masters, the French. But the Ameri-
can flag has been forced to retire.
This is unendurable, and none of our
soldiers would understand their not
being asked to do whatevef is neces-
sary to re-establish a situation which
is humiliating to us and unaccept-
able to our country's honor. We are
going to counterattack."
Pride is an essential of morality. 1t
exalts men and maintains their pur-
poses at levels higher than anything
dictated by the frank self-interest
and the bread-andIbeer PHILOSOPHERS
of your modern liberal. The subtleties
of the superb dispatch quoted above,
written by an unnamed American
commander Immediately before the
brilliant American counterattack on
the Marine, were not lost on the
members of the French staff to
whom it was sent. In the French,
our masters" was the implication of
stately Difference to the ranking Of
ficers and the place that they have
won through travail. And in the next
line famed the white pride of ma
ton that, even in the thick of mill
tary actions which swing back and
lOi WdIo Will tuC AOiCS VI Inc 9Sd
own tides, could not bear to see its
flag momentarily displaced. None
of our soldiers would understand"
There are Oriental nations which
still feel that they alone know how
to be austerely proud and how to
feel that life itself is a small thing
where honor is concerned. They
might properly take that message
written in the thick of battle and
put it in textbooks for their children.
The French officers had merely
suggested an hours rest for the
American troops!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
THE SCRIPTURES APPLIED

o Lord God, to whom vengeance
oelongeth; God, to whom ven-
seance belongeth, shew thyself.
LIT up thyself, thou judge of the
earth; render reward to the proud.
Lord, how long shall the wicked,
now long shall the wicked trium ph =?
How long shall they utter and
speak hard things? and all the
workers of iniquity boast them
They break in pieces thy people.
20 Lord, and afflict thine heritage.
They slay the widow and the
stranger, and murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, the Lord shall not
see, neither shall the God of Jacob
regard it.
people; and, ye fools, when will ye
be wise?
He that planted the ear, shall He
not hear? He that formed the eye,
shall he not see?
He that chastiseth the heather,
shall not He correct? He that teach
eth man knowledge, shall not He
know
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of
man, that they are vanity.
Blessed is the man whom Thou
chastenest, o Lord. and teachest him
out of Thy law;
That Thou mayest give him rest
from the days of adversity. until the
pit be digged for the wicked.
For the Lord will not cast off His
people, neither will He forsake his
inheritance;
But judgment shall return unto
righteousness, and all the upright in
heart shall follow it.
Who will rise up for me against
the evildoers? or who will stand up
for me against the workers of
iniquity?
Unless the Lord had been my help,
my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
When 1 said, My foot slippeth, Thy
mercy, o Lord, held me up.
In the multitude of my thoughts
within me Thy comforts delight my
soul.
Shall the throne of iniquity have
fellowship with Thee. which frameth
mischief by a law?
They gather themselves together
against the soul of the righteous, and
condemn the innocent blood.
But the Lord is my defense, and
my God is the rock of my refuge.
And He shall bring upon them
their own iniquity, and shall cut
them off in their own wickedness;
yea, the Lord our God shall cut them
off
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
"A Little Learning"
IFrom Harper's Magazine. ]

lFrom Harper's Magazine
A Chicago man was walking
through a foreign quarter of his city
when, with an amused smile, he
stopped in front of small eating
place. on the window of which was
painted in white, Lam Stew"
Now the proprietor happened to
be standing in the doorway, and
when he saw the smile of the gem
tleman who had stopped in front of
his place. he asked to be. favored
with the explanation of the joke.
Whereupon the other explained
about the missing "b" in lamb
and the proprietor accepted the cor
rection IN good part, at the same
time expressing his thanks.
When next the Chicago man pass
ed that restaurant he found that the
menu had been changed, but that the
lesson in photography had not been
forgotten. The proprietor was now
offering "Clamb Chowdar."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

meet them. I would suggest that the
anonymous letter writer, who is a
member of council, accept this chal-
lenge, and although he is trained in
JUNCTION, believe 1 can produce facts
and figures that will convince our
Camp Hill residents, even if they do
not convince the members of ooun-
Gil.
| would also like to hold up for
ridicule before the people of Camp
Hill the councilman who wrote the
anonymous letters to the Harris
burg papers, and who did not have
the manhood and courage to ac-
knowledge their authorship until ne
was confronted with proof that I
knew who wrote them.
Any letter 1 send to the Harris
burg papers will go over my own
signature and I will be prepared to
back up any statement 1 make.
beg to remain not anonymously,
but frankly and sincerely,
ROBERT e. CAHILL,
President Camp Hill Fire Co.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

We like to make ourselves believe
that we are very practical. common
sense people. and perhaps we are But
we are so full of sentiment that 1t
oozes out of our pores. When senti-
ment sticks its head in the door prac-
ticability hides under the bed and
horse-sense flies out of the window.
We are so constituted, that we pause
in the midst of a double-column ar
ticle descriptive of the great battle in
France, to thrill over a brief item
setting forth the gallantry of lad of
eleven who waved an American flag
in the faces OF the German U-boat
gunners firing at the barge on which
he stood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
EDITORIAL COMMENT
By Briggs

Both General Foch and Mr..
Hoover are showing us how the Huns
may be whipt by nibbling tactics
st. Louis Star.
Germany has built three new
bridges across the Rhine. Do COM
ing events cast their shadows be-
hind?-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
According to T. r., the most un-
necessary luxury accorded to spies
in this country is the last IN" in in
North American.
Things are reversed in Soviet Rus
sia. The Bolshevik police probably
round up everybody who wants to
Work or Fight. ht."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Garment men are predicting that
ready-made suits for men will reach
500 next fall. And no possibility
of relief with suitless days.-New
York Evening Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
He Belongs to the Country

[From the Johnstown Tribune.l
Some New York politicians want
to lick other New York politicians by
using Colonel Roosevelt as a candi-
date for governor. 1t is a long day
since Colonel belonged to.New York.
He is as much a citizen of Texas as
he is the Empire State. He belongs
to the country and it would be a
most serious state of affairs IL any
argument could induce him to run
Tor governor of New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
Conserving Paper

The Pittsburgh newspapers have
been prompt to put into effect the
regulations laid down by the WaI
Industries Board regarding the use
and waste of newspriut paper. The
Pittsburgh Newspaper Publishers
Association, which comprises all the
daily papers of the city, have agreed
to an increase in the price of their
Sunday editions to ten cents. This
is an advance from six cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

clude the Fourth OF July. the 14th of
July and the deliverance of the world
from militarism after the war. We
have had our own Fourth. the French
have had their Bastile Day and in the
day which will follow the winning of
the war must be an international holi-
day in which all the nations that
stand for Justice and humanity and
liberty can participate alike.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
TIME TO ACT

" HE Child Welfare Committee's s
decision that it cannot do any
thing for the betterment of
child life in Harrisburg until the
housing condition is improved is a
finding of which every citizen of
Harrisburg should be heartily
ashamed. The committee wants re-
suits Immediately. and very properly
SO. 1t is not content to await the slow
process of correction through legis-
Iaion and the erection of blocks of
new houses of model types. Babies
are dying in the foul atmosphere of
the shacks that so many of the
poorer people of Harrisburg are COM
PEELED to call home and the time for
action has arrived.
The housing law in Pennsylvania
and our housing regulations in Har
risburg are lax and permissive of
all manner OF evils. They are of small,
assistance in the corrective work so
badly needed. But the Telegraph be-
lieves If Council will instruct DR..
Raunick, as Health officer, and the
building inspector as we'll, to close
up every house in Harrisburg that
is unfit for human habitation. the
courts would stand by them In their
effort to improve living conditions in
this community. Certainly, the health
laws are broad enough to permit a |
public health official to order fam
lies out of surroundings that not
'nly threaten their own health. but
he health of the whole city, by con-
The slum does not con-
Inc its evils to itself; it reaches out
IS Shiny tentacles in every direction,
nto the homes of the prosperous and
he respectable, and it slays innocent
'abies in the cradles of clean and
homes. Every dirty,
nsafe house is not only a plague {
INTO itself, but running sore on the
ody of the city. Certainly, it would !
eem, under such conditions as we !
ave here and with these facts in
lew Council, ought not to stand upon
eremony, but should promptly in
truct the health board to warn care |
ess and unscrupulous landlords !
ither to put into frst-class repair t
ne houses they offer for rent or close
hem. Thus far the health board
hight go, and where its authority {
tops the building inspector might be |
allied in to order the removal or :
OF unsafe structures.
OF course, such procedure would :
e but preliminary to the enactment '
a proper housing code and the ;
rection Of blocks OF good houses to /
ent at reasonable figures. It would :
ford temporary relief and would /
Q notification to landlords that the {
ay of the real estate blood-sucker c
! at an end in this city. II Council | i
oes not act Of its own accord, it is !
, be hoped that the good women I
tho make up the Welfare Commit
se will take up the cudgels them
elves. The Telegraph promises them !
s heartiest support in such a ven s
IRE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
DO YOU KNOW

-That the fashionable resi-
dence section OF Harrisburg used
to extend far south OF Market
street along Second and that
many of the cheap apartment
houses there were formerly tho
homes of wealthy families?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

90. Linford Scott, maker Of e.,r
ettarrlages. ca used to be engineer FOR
1ne government in charge OF gun 10.
eations on Pacific coast fortiflca-
-, Newton Dubs, welI-knewn in
reports that the whole
Tty OF Liling, China, where the
Ohi'eo "a Evangelical hospital is Iocat-
tnaa Su. mas peen laid waste by rebel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
Game For the Hun

[From the Erie Hefald.1
When the Hun isn't executing
military movements, he's busy exc
cuting Finnish women and boys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
They Mean Business

Those Texas women who are reg
istering for the ballot mean bust
ness. They are not disclosing their
ages for fun.-Dallas News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
How Lona Shall l Cru2

o Lord, how long shall I cry. and
thou wilt not heari Even cry out un-
to thee Of violence, and thou wilt NOT
save!-Habakkuk |, 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23
TUESDAY, JULY IS, 1918

I thdnk Thee that learn
Not toll to spurH;
Wtth on beneath the sun
1t makes me one;-
; For tears, tohereby gain
Kt1ship toith human pain;
tFor Lope, my comrdde by the dusty
toGys,
4 01vs Thee pruise.
EMILY REED JONES.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

Some one has suggested that there
should be great day set aside to in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-23

M. PRESS 8 Editor4n-C c hisf
+. r OYSTER. BHsinsss Manager.
GUS NJ STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-14
SOLDIERS PRAISED
BY LONDON. PRESS
National Army Parade
Arouses Much En-
thusiasm. l..
SCENE is NOTABLE ONE.
"Huskies" New Name Selected for
Americans as They Leave Wa
terloo Station.
SCENE is NOTABLE ONE.

London, May 12.-The appear
ance of American National Army
men on parade in the streets o1
London yesterday aroused the en-
thusiasm of the Sunday papers as
have few events in many months
The writer's unite in giving unstint
ed praise to the appearance of the
men end predict for them a record
of splendid achievements when they
reach the front.
"Since the thrilling days of the
first months of the war;" says The
Observer, "London has not known
such notable scene of enthusiasm
as that evoked yesterday. The fin
est skht have seen since the war
began was the verdict of a young
soldier who has seen service on the
fronts. The men are fine looking
body and appear to be in the pink
of condition.
"Londoners cheered yesterday as
they have not cheered for many
months" says Lloyd's Weekly News.
ut was the women who gave the
Americans a special welcome. God
bless you they cried all along the
route. Mothers lifted their children
that they might have a sight of the
soldiers from across the sea who
were going to fight side by side with
daddy.
Find Nickname.
"And the waiting crowds found a
name for the visitors. AS the first
battalion swung out from Waterloo
station some one called to a friend
that they were "A real husky lot
The word pleased the fancy of the
crowd and soon every one was call
ing for cheers "The Huskies."
"It was great friendship which
was struck up between the London
crowd and the American boys who
have come across to give them a
hand"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-14
VISIT FROM WILSON
MIGHT BRING PEACE
European Trip for the
President is Sug-
gested.
COMES FROM FRANCE
Paris Editor Says Labor Mission
From America Has Accomplish
ed Great Good.
COMES FROM FRANCE

Paris, May ia visit to Europe
by President Wilson "as our su-
preme-war lord for peace by vic
tory" may bring the final decision
in the war, says Paul Hyacinthe
Loyson, editor of The Rights of Man
in statement prepared for the
Associated Press concerning the Am
erican labor delegation which has
just completed its visit to France.
M. Loyson attaches the greatest
Importance to the moral support
given HAsmerica H to France, which
feels the'ssssfnipf nearly four years
of war. HesRass that the action
of the Socialists, who assured the
Americans they would have no part
in an international Socialist con-
ference in which representatives of
the enemies country participated
was of deepest significance.
Referring to the American labor
delegation with which he visited the
French front, M. Loyson said:
''In sending over this delegation
as much has been done for the sal
vation OF France as by Secretary
Baker in dispatching a whole army
to our front.
''Never have our men been in SUCH
high spirits since 1914, but allow
ance must be made for a certain
nervous strain at the rear as: conse-
quences of 46 months of war. More
over, this natural phenomenon has
been deliberately exploited by a
small number of perverted persons
who advocate a patched up peace.
For a whole week these politicians
have made desperate pressure ON
the Amr%can delegates to bring
them around to the idea of a con-
ference with the Germans.
"But you can not compress Am
erican steel Much the reverse. The
Americans have strengthened the
backs of the war weary and have
caused the defeatists to hide their
faces"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-14
w. P. BEARD ARRESTED
SUNDAY-NOT IN JAIL

W. P. Beard was arrested Sunday
by Deputy Marshal c. J. Bruce, and
taken to Greenville, where ne will
be given a preliminary examination
before a United States Commission
er on a federal warrant, issued Sat-
urday, charging him with .disloyal
utterances against the government
and with attempting to obstruct the
operation of the Selective Draft
Law.
Beard, it will be remembered, was
convicted at Greenwood some
months ago of violation of the es-
pionage law, and of publishing ut
terances. He has been out on bond
since his conviction pending an ap-
peal to the Circuit Court of Ap-
peals.
The Greenville News says that at
a late hour Sunday night Board had
not been committed to Jail, but was
in the custody of the United States
Marshal, C. J. Lyon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-05-14
FROM CAMP WADSWORTH.

A party of young soldiers came
down from Camp Wadsworth Sun
day and spent the day with friends.
The young men made the trip
through the country and made their
headquarters at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ T. Coleman. The diff
ferent young were entertained at
tea at the homes of Mrs. j.. S. Stark,
Mrs. w. S. Cothran, Mrs. w. P.
Greene and Mrs. Coleman. In the
party were: Sergts. Frank A. Hol-
ler, Harold J. Fink, Walter A. War
ner, Howard A. Van Loan, Wilbur
A. Marks, Jesse J. Derx, Earl W.
Blake and Robert Wood. Privates
LeGrand G. Markle, George Nicho-
las, Lawrence G. Bellamy, Corp.
William E. Driscol, and Wagner
Andrews. The young men all came
from the State of New York and
have been for many months at
Camp Wadsworth. They like the
South.