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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
Court Records
PETITION FOR GUARDIAN.

A petition has been filed in the
circuit court by Minnie E. Young for
a guardian to be appointed for Eli
zabeth A. Roberts, who the plaintiff
asserts, is of unsOund mind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION

articles needed canning
by shows ubbers knife
bubbles containers litter wire basket tor
directions
dipping Here's the
Washington, which
you a canning postage
Wa for
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

Lulu Early has filed a petition in
the circuit court for divorce and a
change of name from John Early,
charging with him abandonment and
failure to provide.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
DOG TAXES DUE.

Dog taxes must be paid at once at
the township trustees office. If not
paid the case will be taken to the
prosecutor.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
COMPLAINT CHARGES CRUELTY.

A divorce was granted in circuit
court Tuesday morning to Sarah
Crawford from William Crawford on
the grounds of cruel and inhuman
treatment. Ray K. Shively sat as
| special Judge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
CATCH HIM

The season will be complete only
when every jar does its duty. Free
book of instructions on canning and
drying may be had from the National
War Garden Commission, Washington
D. c., for two cents to pay postage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06

NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION
Vegetable and fruit slicer for use
in drying. This and many other sug-
gestions will be found in the free
canning and drying book which the
National War Garden Commission
of Washington will send to any one
for a two-cent stamp to pay postage.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06

This outfit, which is being shown
by a New York house, combines all
the qualities of an attractive and
comfortable garment. A gaily flow
cred chintz smock worn over but
toned knee breeches is something
very smart and new for garden wear.
The heavy socks and low, f1at-heeled
oxfords are very practical for actual
garden or farm work. Such socks
are a real comfort when picking ber-
ries, for they protect the legs from
scratches
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06

of military value. The
upper left-hand picture shows British
officers quizzing two pris-
oners The taller prisoner is Ger
man and the shorter one a German
Pole. The allied men in the trenches
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-06
WRITTEN ON THE WALL

Tho handwriting is plain. Don't
ignore it. Free book of instructions
On canning and drying may be had
from the National War Garden Com
mission, Washington, D. c., for two
cents to pay postage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
TRADE BRIEFS

The leading Portuguese merch-
ants of Bahal completed the organ
ization of the Portuguese Chamber
OF Commerce and Industry. The
object of the association is to pro-
mote and develop commerce and
industry and to establish better re-
lations between Brazil and Portugal.
Food products and chemical pro-
ducts are the needs of a man in
France.
In the Province of Bengal, India,
26.486 animals died of contagious
diseases during the year N917-IS, as
against S,4I5 in the previous year.
Cotton and wooden clothes are the
needs of man in France.
A wholesale merchant In Switz-
erland is in the market for cotton
goods. textiles and miscellaneous
goods. These goods are desired for
the wholesale trade for the island
of Cyprus and goods are to be
shipped direct.
Spark plugs and motor parts of
different kinds are desired by a
man In Arabia.
AS the demands for kilSuyuA grass
In South Africa is increasing. the
Union Government has issued a
pamphlet dealing with itsscf1aractsr.
istics and advantages as a cattle
fodder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
The Horseshoe Won

The print of horseshoe in soft
earth will always have the power
to stir a young Missouri soldier
even If he lives long enough to for
get the sounds of war.
"I don't know yet how | went
through a shelling on Friday, the
18th. without getting hit" writes
Lieutenant Lawrence Settles, OF
Fayette, with an artillery company
of the seth Division.
"The Boches had been putting
over lot of high explosives. We had
been digging in at night, keeping in
shallow shelters all day and trust
ing to luck. l know one thing. how
ever-a little jest about the super
stition of the old horseshoe saved
my life once ON that day, anyhow.
My sergeant and ! picked out a
low fold in the ground for tempor-
airy shelter and were proceeding to-
ward 1t. when / saw the print of a
horseshoe in a shell hole
WELL" l said. las this is Friday,
and the ian, Sergeant, let's sit on
the old horseshoe.
I'VE crept in and a minute later
the low fold we had first started for
was blown to the winds That was
one time, YOU can bet, 1 was not
ashamed of having been supersti-
tious."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
THE PATH OF WISDOM

(From the Kansas City Star.)
The appeal made by Gen. Leon
ard Wood in his address to the
Kansas City Bar Association last
night for universal military train
ing and adequate preparedness for
war, was, in fact, an appeal for
peace.
This is the end of the present
war" General Wood said, but
do not believe there are any so
Utopian as to believe this is the
last war"
The trouble which this country
will encounter, even in the light of
the war just closed, is that there
are too many Americans who are
so Utopian as to believe that this
is the last war. 1t was this dream
of universal peace which found us
in the unfortunate condition which
General Wood pictured when the
war came upon us unprepared to the
point of being almost helpless.
1t was our failure to heed the
counsel of such wise snen as GEN
follow the advice of those who
hoped and DRAINED that there
would be no Nar, which found us
wholly unfit to enter upon a war
which we ourselves declared.
Unless we take heed now to such
counsel as General Wood gave in his
Kansas City address last night we
will again drift into the future,
aimlessly and purposeless as to any
security against the conditions we
faced in April. 1917, when we
found ii necessary to go to war and
unable to meet the emergency.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
The Competent Farmer

The competent farmer has finished
And has finished his dinner as
we'll
He is through for a time with the
world out of doors,
And he loafs by the fire for a
spell.
The logs crickle-crackle; the sparks
fly in fiocks;
Aspiring smoke heavenward goes.
The farmer for ease is displaying
his socks
And a pair of inquisitive toes.
The complement farmer has autos
and sich
But he'd rather have comfort than
style.
In dollars and happiness both he is
rich
Ay, peaceful the close of a hard
working day
But out in the gathering gloom
An owl sings a mournful and sinis-
ter lay
That breathes of dispair and the
tomb.
The competent farmer is making his
plans
For the morrow as gravely he
smokes.
The children's bright faces he low
ingly scans
And smiles at their innocent jokes.
He knows what he owns, dollars,
acres and fiocks,
And he loves every critter and
fowl;
And he don't care a darn for the
holes in his socks
And he doesn't give a hoot for the
owl.
GRIFF ALEXANDER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

1.-THE Phila. Evening Public Ledger I
Since the latter part of 1914. the
French common soldier has been
called a doughboy. The word poilu
means hairy. 1t comes from, the
French word poll, meaning origin
ally the hair of an animal. It is also
sometimes used to mean the beard
of man. When the soldiers were
in the trenches they let their beafds
grow and they did not shave when
they went home on leave. Their
friends called them "poiIu," or hairy,
just as we In America are in the
habit of calling thin, slender boy
skinny" in joeular way. When
the slender boy appears his play
mates say, "Here comes skinny and
when the. friends of the soldiers saw
them shack home in their villages
they said, Here comes hairy"
Some of the French dictionaries
give brave or strong; as a derived
meaning of poilu because the man
of great physical strength is usually
hairy. But the application of the
word to the French soldier in the
great war arose from it's apt descrip-
tion of his unshaven state. The
French speak of their brave pollus,"
which they would not do IL they were
using poilu as a synonym of brave.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
FULL STEAM AHEAD

18TH real public spirit the City
nv Council and City Solicitor Fox
are meeting the expectations of
the community with respect to the
great monumental viaduct at State
street and the incidental treatment
of the Capitol Park zone. Harris
burg is more than ready to do its
part in cooperation with the State
at all times.
The widening of Third and Walnut
streets is the first step and there
is definite assurance that the un-
slightly poles and wires in the same
district will go in the near future
1t is a pleasure to all who are inter-
ested in the progress Of the city to
observe the evidences of a rapidly
reviving public interest in the un-
dertakings which were more or less
put aside during active hostilities.
Hardscrabble, necessary changes
in the park zone. especially the COM
pietion of the parkway under the
Reading railroad near Paxtang, and
all the other matters which have
been among the improvement plans
will now go forward under full
pressure.
While the city is preparing to
speed up Its civic activities so as
to provide employment for all re-
turning soldiers and those who may
be thrown into idleness in the reduc-
tion of war industry, the State.
through the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings. has also de-
cided to go ahead with its bridge
building program and with the con-
struction of highways.
Also. there is disposition every
where on the part OF individuals and
corporations to get busy. so that the
time lost while war was the chief
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
Clear Up CyclOp'S Riddle
TFrom Phila. Evening Ledgerl

IFrom Phila. Evening LEDGER
The most singular of all sea mys-
teries-the loss of the great collier
Cyclops-is dismissed in few unin-
forming lines in Secretary Daniels
extensive report of American naval
activities in the war. The naval de-
partment processes total ignorance
concerning the fate of this valuable
vessel and it's human freight.
Unless the government is hiding
something's proceeding wholly in
defensible now that hostilities have
| Ceased-its attitude now puts the So
luton of the riddle squarely up to
| Germany. If she knows the answer
she should Immediately be made to
disclose 1t just as she has revealed
the location of mines and shown her
hand regarding submarines.
Not only the relatives of those
sailors who disappeared with the ship
but the public in general has a right
to information on a subject unparal-
leled in modern sea annals. Henry
Hudson, adrift in n small boat in a
bay that now bears his name, was
presumably shipwEecked. So was
Laperouse, the dauntless Frenchman
adventurously exploring Ahes Paciae.s
Back fifty years ago a vessel that
failed to reach port could be au-
thoritatively asserted to have fallen
a prey to the perils of iceberg, fog,
reef or storm. But waves do not de-
stroy staunch up-to- date craft such
as the Cyclops. Icebergs are nom
existent in the Tropical Atlantic
where she vanished. Echoes of a col
lision would reverberate.
/ There is the faint possibility that
she was captured, but in that case
something would almost certainly
have been heard from the prisoners
by this time. The hope that there
are survivors is scant indeed
But unwarrantably meager is the
Navy Departments handling of the
case, If it has conjectures it should
divClge them, and following those
should come rigid inquisition of the
German authorities until the truth is
known.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
, WISE SAM GOMPERS

(From the Philadelphia Bulletin.)
Forty leaders of organized labor
in New York City, including some of
national reputation, listened yester-
day to n protest from the lips of
Samuel Gompers against the pro-
posed plan for the creation of a
Labor Party as an active factor in
national and state politics, and ad-
1ourned without favorable action.
The president of the American
Federation of Labor, of native
shrewdness and ability, which has
been markedly developed by long
years of experience. deserves at
tentive ears from those who are
younger in their service and who are
quite apt to borrow their ideascfrom
abroad. rather than to form them
on the basis of their own knowledge
and best judgment as to d.tions
In the United States.
There have been Labor" parties.
under one name or another, in the
United States, but hardly their
names are to be found ION the rec
ords to-day, much less any list of
their activities. Lahor's interests,
how ever, have not been neglected
Either OF the great political factors
is, in itself, labor party, dependent
upon workers for it's strength and
If they were not representative of
labor In their organiza Ion, would
necessarily be mindful Of It's cause
as a matter of practical politics.
Mr.. Gompers knows the potency
OF labor as, factor in American
politics. and doesn't propose to sac
rihce 1t by the separation and isola-
ton OF that force for Independent
action.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
A JUST CLAIM

IVY HEN the United States en-
wv tered the war the Shipping
Board requisltioned about
2s5,OO tdeadweight tons of Nor
wegian shipping contracted for or
under construction in this country.
The claim of the Norwegians for re-
endorsement was deemed excessive
and as a consequence no payment
whatever has been made to them.
The enormous destruction by Ger
man submarines of Norwegian tom
mage makes it imperative for that
country to replenish her shipping
facilities as soon as possible, and
the Withholding by the United
States of payment for the shipping
that we took from her is a very
great handicap.
1t ought not to be difficult for
the Shipping Board, with the mill
lions at its disposal, to arrive at
some sort of understanding with
Norway. A considerable portion of
the sum she claims should be paid
hire, and the balance could be made
the subject of fourther exchange of
views. The President and his Sec
retary of State should find time, in
the midst of their peace treaty ac-
tivitles. to see to it that the Just
debts of the United States to
friendly foreign Nations are
promptly liquidated in order that
our present amicable relations with
those countries may be continued.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
Why Meat Is High

One does not need to be a patri-
arch to remember the happy days
when he could buy the choicest por-
terhouse steak for twenty cents a
pound, and other meats in proper
ton. But those who think the war
is responsible for all of the increase
would do we'll to realize that had
there been no war at all we might
be as badly off. In the last fifteen
years the estimated rise In popu-
lation is about 20 per cent. but in
the same period there has been a
decrease of two per cent in the to-
tai of beef cattle here. The result is
obvious In the increased cost of
meat, of shoes and leather.
Nor is beef the only meat supply
that has not increased in proportion
10 the population. IL Is only a part
of the whole agricultural problem.
"Back to the land" Of import labor,
sums up the possible alternative So
luton. And how many are really 60
ing back to the land?-Washington
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1918
ANTIOUATED AND COSTLY

ot-vTY COMMISSIONERS OF
Pennsylvania are evidently ue-
~ .ern,ined that the present an
,iouated system of assessment shai'
no abolished at the first oppor-
+unitv. Under existing laws there
is in each Dauphin county district
,rd in each of the wards of Harris
burr n realty assessor for county
nurposes who is elected oy 'he
voters. With scores of men est-
mating property values, the results
are lust what might be expected II
is said the cost of county assess
ment in ,Dauphin under the present
system is about $4,000.
Some time ago the commissioners
of the state, in convention at PITTS
burgh. adopted a resolution urging
the next Legislature to aoolish the
election by the voters of real estate
assessors and substitute therefor the
creation of the office of county asses
sor. with assistants, to be named
either by the county commissioners
or county court or both in joint con-
ference. Almost any system would
he better than the present crude
ARRANGEMENT. The same Leglsia-
ture should also wipe out the exist
ing system of tax collection, which
Is not only eXpensivee, but incon-
venient and unsatisfactory. Now Is
the time TO introduce practical re-
forms with a view to efficiency and
economy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
The New Industrial Greed

love. as we'll as to toll, and the re-
sponsibility rests as heavily upon
industry as upon government or So
ciety, to see that these conditions
and opportunities prevail.
a. Industry, efficiency and initi-
ative, wherever found. should be
encouraged and adequately reward
ed, and Incidence. indifference and
restriction of production should be
discountenanced. .-
80 The provision of adequate
means for uncovering grievances,
and promptly adjusting them, is Of
fundamental importance to the sue
cessful conduct of industry.
IS. The most potent measure in
bringing about Industrial harmony
and prosperity is adequate represen-
tation of the parties in interest; eX-
listing forms of representation
should be carefully studied and
availed of insofar as they may be
found to have merit and adaptable
to the peculiar conditions in the va
rious industries.
81. The application of right prin-
ciples never fails to effect right re-
lations; the letter killeth and the
spirit maketh alive; forms are
wholly secondary while attitude
anu SpirII are gali important, ana
only as the parties in industry are
animated by the spirit of fair play
justice TO all and brotherhood, will
any plans which they may mutually
work out succeed.
IS. That man renders the greatest
social service who so co-operates
in the organization of industry as
to afford to the largest number of
men the greatest opportunity for
self-development and the enjoyment
by every man of those benefits which
his own work adds to the wealth of
civilization" = 49,.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
MADE in Germany"

Senator Lodge proposes that we
shall follow the example of Canada,
sells goods obtained from Germany
since the war to advertise that fact
conspicuously in his shop and on
his stationery. That is an admir-
able plan, the only better one-per-
haps not practicable-heing to make
1t a penal offense to sell such goods
at all. We already require ali Inn
ported goods to be plainly marked
with the name of the country from
which they come. Senator Lodges
proposal would be merely a logical
and highly desirable extension OF
the same salutary principle. Let
It be enacted. as 1t certainly should
be, and the public will do the rest.
n. A. Reviews War Weekly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

THE following creed was adopt
ed by the business men of
the country in Atlantic City
last week:
THE convention heartily endorses
in letter and spirit the principles
of the industrial creed so clearly
and forcibly stated in the paper
| read to it Thursday morning by
John d. Rockefeller, Jr., and
urges upon all units of industry -
where they may not now be en-
ployed-the application of such
principles. Without approving or
rejecting his particular plan or
machinery, the principles advanced
by Mr. Rockefeller are as follows:
Il. Labor and capital are part
ners, not enemies; their interests
are common interests, not opposed,
and neither can attain the fullest
measure of prosperity at the eX-
pense of the other. but only in as
sociation with the other.
"2. The purpose of industry is
quite as much to advance social
well-being as material well-being,
but in the pursuit of that purpose
the interests of the community
should be carefully considered, the
well-being of the employees as re-
spects living and working condi-
tions should be fully guarded, man
agement should be adequately rec
ognized and capital should be Just
ly compensated, and failure in any
of these particulars means less to
all.
"3. Every man is entitled to an
opportunity to earn living. to fair
wages. TO reasonable hours of work
and proper working conditions. -
a decent home, to the opportunity
to play, to learn, to worship, and to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12
JOINT PUBLIC BUILDING

NOUNCILMEN nnd county COM
~ missioners took long step
forward yester day when they
got together in a serious effort to
erect a joint City Hall and Court
house. For years the need of such
a building has been evident. For
a long time a joint home for the
city and county seats If government
has been discussed. But though
there have been urgings, there has
been no action until yesterday.
The Courthouse IL not only anti
quated and too small fer the growing
needs of the community. but it is little
better than a firetrap. Experts who
have looked it over have expressed
wonder that it has escaped so long.
Fire in 4 single section would sweep
1t from one end to the other. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
of records that could not he re-
placed If destroyed arc in constant
danger of flames. Every property
owner and taxpayer in the city and
county would be the loser If the
Courthouse should be burned.
Beside. the county ought to have
three courtrooms and modern ac-
commodations for the many who
use the building. The present struc
ture is too small, insanitary and in
convenient for the county's uses, ami
IT is a mere makeshift so far as the
city is concerned.
No municipality OF Harrisburgs
size has offices SO widely scattered.
Part of the officials are quartered
In the Courthouse and the remainder
IN office buildings for SQUARES around.
They ought to be concentrate /.
Hundreds of dollars d year could lie
saved in rentals. to SOW nothing of
line, comfort and convenience, If
hey were all under one roof.
The logical solution to the prob
EN- is a joint building. Councilmen
and county commissioners are on
The right track. They will have the
support of everybody who knows
anything about the. Tnstter. The next
conference ought to he most inter-
esting and productive of helpful
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-12

In order that Belgium and France
should be in position to recover from
the awful devastation of the war Ger
many ought to be compelled. under
the peace settlement, to send back to
the devastated regions all the ma
chinery that may be necessary to give
Northern France and Belgium the op-
portunity TO restore their own IN
dustry and recover in some measure
their lost industrial life. 1t was the
fun intention of the Hun not only to
steal all the machinery that he could
Law his hands on, but to destroy. what
was left in order to prevent any COM
petition after the war. He should be
and all the materials necessary for
the rebuilding of France and Bel
gium. even to the demolition of plants
made 10 disgorgc every bit of the loot
and buildings in Germany.