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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

not believe it conceivable that the
President would project himself into
situation that would reflect un-
fortunately upon our good faith and
prove disastrous to the overwhelm-
ing tide of goda feesing which has
followed the adverse attitude of
England and France and other
countries prior to our entrance into
the war.
America should be represented at
the peace table by the strongest men
in our public life and these should
be left free to engage with their
colleagues of other countries in q
broad and open discussion of all the
matters at issue so that when the
peace shall have been finally pro-
claimed there will be no bad taste
in the mouths of any of the partici-
pants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2s, 1918
WORK FOR ALL

IN the last session OF the Legisla-
ture there was enacted an i'm
portant measure for the creation
at a commission which will have to
do with the extension OF the public
works OF the Commonwealth during
PERIODS of extraordinary nnenlploS-
ment This commission comprises
the Governor, the Auditor General
the State Treasurer and the Commits
lztoner of Labor and Industry, and
54oso0 was appropriated to carry
ion the work
1t appears from . study of the
act that the Law contenplates a
thorough Investigation of labor ccn-
dit1ons in every part of tho State
with u view TO encouraging all man
ner of pnhHc work in order IN give
employment to those In enforced
4d1eness.
This board will secure tentative
plans, in cooperation with other
state organizations, for such cxten-
sion Of the public works of the State
as shall be best adapted to supply
Increased opportunities for advaR-
tageous public labor during such
periods of temporary unemployment
1t is provided that no person not a
citizen of the United States shall be
SO employed and he shall also have
been resident of Pennsylvania for
al least six months.
With the close of the war and the
gradual resumption of normal en-
ployment conditions this commission
will be in position TO perform the
most helpful public service. AS the
telegraph has already suggested in
connection with the after-war period.
Harrisburg and all other communi-
ties should now prepare for the re-
turning soldiers. Every man. whether
disabled or not. must be given op-
portunity to work: and we must also
remember with appreciation and
similar provision for their employ
ment the canteen and other workers
among the women and girls.
The commission organized under
the act in question can do much in
the way of industrial preparation;
and let it not be said that Pennsyi-
vania Jagged in any respect before.
during or after the war. ,..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
[From the New York Timesl

ltrom the new hofk 1lHles1
Salutation and health to Mr.. A. s.
Wheeler of the University of North
Carolina, who begs The Times 10
send a radio to Germany asking
Karl Rosner to forward at once an
up-to-date account of the glorious
doings of the Kaiser" IL is good to
see that the most innocent OF i'm
perial historiographers, the sweetest
of contemporary German poets, the
tenderest hand that ever Steered an
Emperor to film, is not forgotten
in the misfortunes of Germany. Be-
cause William has abdicated-if he
has-shall Karl abdicate, jump off
the intellectual throne, hide from
the world like Nebuchadnezzar gone
to grass?
What did Mr.. Emerson say about
the great mans friend being greater
than the great man? Nowhere else
does Wilhelm live so vividly and so
humorously as in the lyric rigmarole
of Karl. No doubt Karl is with his
hero now in Count Won Bentincks
castle, posing him for the film, pick
ing up the pearls and rubies that fall
from those seldom-clos lips. In
his busy days at his old job Wilhelm
had to pass so much of his time
changing his uniforms that, with the
utmost desire and volubility, he
could not utter all the thoughts that
arose in him. Now shall not Karl
show him to us as a quiet, plain
country gentleman, a thorough bour-
geois, the model of democratic con-
stitutional King and Emperor, pro-
vided in any adjoining country the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
A ROMANCE-FILLED SEA
IF. B. Bradley-Birt, in Through
Persia"1

Surely nowhere else in TIE world
is there an arm-of the sea so fraught
with historic memories as that
which guards the approach to Per-
sia on the south. Quitting India at
Karachi, one sails straight out into
another world, a world of Oriental
despotism and old romance.
Even at the outset, as one crosses
the Arabian Sea, historic memories
crowd thick upon one. This way
from the Indus, at whose mouth lies
Karachi. sailed Nearchus, admiral OF
the great Alexander, in the fourth
century before Christ, leaving so
careful a record of his voyage that
it's course along the northern shores
can still be traced to-day.
From the opposite end of the Gulf,
from Busrah in Arabia, twelve CEN
turies later, came Sinbad the Sailor,
of wide renown, on his seven voy-
ages of far famed adventure to fur
nish nursery tales for all time to
come.
Early in the sixteenth century
there suddenly appeared upon the
scene the high-pooped vessels of the
Portuguese, first of European ma
tions here as elsewhere in the rush
for empire in the new worlds east
and west
Then at the beginning of the sew
enteenth century there followed in
the wake of the Portuguese the Eng
lish and the Dutch, eager to rob the
earliest pioneers of their hard-won
laurels and wrest from them the em-
pire of the seas. From time to time
the French appeared like meteors
amidst the clash of warning ele-
ments, making spasmodic efforts to
share the spoil and plunder of this
new world of wealth, the fame of
which, magnified a hundredfold in
Oriental flower of Gpeech, had
spread far and wide over the west
Throughout the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries this coveted
arm of the sea was the constant
scene of strife from end to end. With
varying fortunes, the Portuguese,
clinging with logged tenacity to the
first footholds they had won, held
their own for a hundred and fifty
years For a time the Dutchmen
swept the seas. Then the English
succeeded to the supremacy of the
gulf.
The first port of call is the most
picturesque spot along all these
coasts. Barren, rocky. inhospitable,
the Arabian coast line looms into
view, rising abruptly out of the sea.
Its huge. frowning masses of range
on range of hills, destitute of all sign
of life or vegetation, stretch gloomy
and forbidding as far as the eye can
reach. In this long, dead wall of
coast there is something strikingly
impressive. And behind 1t lies Ara
,bia. that land of legend and romance
whose secrets these towering walls
of cliff that stand between 1t and the
sea guard well with all the tenacity
and suspicion of the east.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PRESIDENTIAL ORDER
flc Editor of The Tefegrdbh:

To the Editor of The Telegraph:
Wen l was a boy I found con-
siderable difficulty in remembering
the order in. which the different
Presidents came. While 1 could
mention all the names l could not
always give the names in their prop
er sequence. I met a friend the
other day and we talked about this
matter. He told me how the matter
was made an easy thing for him by
reeiting O line OF rhyme for each
name. 1t struck me that perhaps
this was as good u thing for the
boys now as for the boys of my days.
thought that probably you might
be interested enough in these lines
to print them at some opportune
time. To say the least the last line
indicates that the present time is
opportune.
George Washington was number
one,
Then Senator Adams next came
on,
Jefferson made the number three,
And Madison, the fourth was he,
Monroe, the fifth, to him succeeds,
While sixth, the junior Adams
leads,
Seventh, Andrew Jackson came,
And eighth, we count Van Buren's
name,
william Henry Harrison was num-
ber nine,
And next John Tyler fell in line,
Polk was the eleventh as we know,
And next was Taylor in the row,
Taylor died and Fillmore took his
place,
And Pierce was fourteenth in the
race,
Buchanan, the fifteenth, Pennsyl-
vania's only man,
Great Lincoln, the sixteenth, the
first Republican,
Next came Johnson to the White
house door,
Eighteenth. Grant, hero of the Civil
War,
Nineteenth, Hayes, of the eight by
seven call,
And twentieth, Garfield, beloved
by all,
Chester A. Arthur came next to hand.
And twenty-second came Grover
Cleveland,
Next, Benjamin Harrison, stalwart
and firm,
Twenty-fourth, Cleveland's second
term,
Next William Mckinley, a truly
good man,
Twenty-sixth, Roosevelt, hero of
San Juan,
Next in order William Howard Taft.
Ask Wilson the next how many
aircraft.
Something tells me that this might
make interesting reading for some
of the Telegraph readers and be-
sides help host of boys and girls
in their historical work.
Very truly yours,
Unconditional Surrender.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
TO THE NEW EDITOR
[Trom the Kansas city TimesI

II lOiil lho NtlhSSlo lily 1lillCoI
We take great pleasure in extend
ing the right hand of fellowship to
Mr.. Henry Ford of the Dearborn
(Mich.) Independent. Mr.. Ford is
the latest adjunct to the ranks of
the profession, having just pur-
chased the Independent, together
with its subscription list and good
will. We understand Editor Ford
will continue to publish the 1nde-
pendent as a weekly.
In his salutatory, Mr.. Ford an
nounces that he has q great interest
IN the future, not only of his own
country, but of the whole world, and
that he has some ideas and ideals
which he wishes to give to the pub
lie without having them garbled, dis
torted or misrepresented.
We have often wondered why Mr..
Ford wanted to fool away his time
making motorcars, tractors and
money, while the newspaper field
awaited him. We are glad to well
come him at last to the fold.
OF course, he will find that he has
entered the journalistic world at a
time which is not so auspicious as it
has been. The price of print paper
has Joined the aviation service, and
printers ink and supplies are almost
double the old price. Still, we hope,
prices will be down in the spring.
il there are those who are a bit
skeptical about the world sitting up
nights to read Mr.. Fords ideas,
there is one advantage being an edi-
tor of a paper will give him. AS edi-
tor of a paper without a mortgage.
Mr. Ford can give the world his
ideas, whether it wants them or not.
However, as permanent circulation
builder we would suggest that the
new editor perhaps will find 1t more
profitable to offer one of his house,
hold necessities as a prize for sub
scriptions, rather than to depend
upon the world hunger for his news
paper editorials.
Nevertheless, there's a bushel of
fun in writing ones ungarbled, undis-
torted and unmisrepresented ideals
to the world, even II, as We editor of
the Dearborn Weekly Independent
will find out, the printer sends them
forth in cold type, garbled, distorted
and misrepresented. The world will
never know the difference, however,
as Mr.. Ford also will find out in time,
for the world doesn't read them. 1t
reads the column marked: Per
sonals," Local Items" Society
Gossip and From Our East Dear
born Correspondent" all of which
features Editor Ford will find it
profitable to maintain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
CITY AND STATE JOIN

TT Is most gratifying to the people
of Harrisburg that the officials
OF the Commonwealth have in
riSrG the cooperation OF the mu-
nlcipal authorities in the construc-
ton of the great monumental VIA
duct at State street. The plans
adopted by the Board OF Public
Grounds and Buildings contemplate
q dignified and impressive memorial
which will comport with the Capitol
and its environments. This is COM
bining the esthetic with the prac-
tical in common-sense fashion and
there can be little doubt that the
Legislature will approve what the
board has SO intelllgently designed.
The great monumental viaduct
which will give a proper extension to-
the Capitol grounds over the tracks
Of the Pennsylvania railroad and
the Paxton Creek Valley will prove
an appropriate memorial for those
who fought in behalf of liberty and
justice as the sons of the Common
wealth. There is very general ap-
prOval of the proposition that the
great pylons shall contain on tablets
the names of all the Pennsylvania
boys who served in any branch of
the nations defenders.
Now that the war Is over 1t Is
eminently proper that all the State
undertakings, which have been de-
ferred until the close of hostilities,
should go forward with energy in
asmuch as the memorial feature
ought not to be delayed and the
work will, likewise, provide employ
ment for many of the men who are
coming back from overseas and the
cantonments and camps in this coun-
try.
1t is gratifying to realize that the
State and the city are ready to join
at every point in doing the things
which will make Harrisburg a still
moro attractive setting for the i'm
posing building on Capitol Hill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
GREAT WAR MEMORIAL
ByBRICCS
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer)

1t is fitting that the Capital of the
state of Pennsylvania should have
an appropriate and worthy memorial
of the soldiers and sailors of the
Keystone State who served in the
great war, and it was a happy
thought which decided the Board of
Public Buildings and Grounds to
utilize the proposed monumental
bridge, which is to be erected in con-
nection with the Capital Park eX-
tension, for the purpose. This bridge.
to be constructed by the state, coun-
ty and city, was to have been built
upon a large scale in any event. and
at the suggestion of Arnold w. Brun-
ner, architect of the extension, it is
to be so amended as to be work of
art, as well as an object of utility.
The two massive pylons. which will
be distiN ctive features of the brnge,
will be dedicated to the army and
navy. The idea of the sponsor for
the structure is to have each of these
pylons surmounted by an appropri-
ate group of statuary and to utilize
the large chamber OF each one as
the receptacle of panels to contain
the name of each Pennsylvania who
served in the war.
The idea is so good that 1t Is to be
hoped that 1t may be carried to a
successful conclusion. The United
States has reached q stage in history
which deserves special commemora-
ton, andit is highly desirable that we
go about it in the right way and with
an eye to its effect upon the outward
appearance of the cities of the coun-
try. 1t must be admitted that most
municipalities are far from being
beautiful. We have been so intent
upon material progress that we have
neglected the finer things of life.
But with the close of the great war
q new era has opened and there is
an opportunity to make amends for
past neglect. After the Civil
War we had memorials of the
heroic dead in practically every
hamlet and city in the land. Most of
them were granite shafts, surmount-
ed by the statue of a soldier. Such
reminders are to be found in the
public squares of nearly every town
in Pennsylvania. They express the
heartfelt sentiment of the people, but
they are monotonously alike. We
have progressed since those days,
and our progress should be made
known by the variety and the artistic
effect of our war memorials.
Harrisburg is to be congratulated
on the prospect of possessing a war
memorial that will be both striking
and adequate. That city has made
wonderful strides in the last two de-
cades. and it bids fair to become one
,of the most attractive cities in the
state. The building of the new Cap
itol gave a great impetus to the idea
of the "city beautiful" and it's citi-
Zens and businessmen have enthu-
siastically contributed their share to
the work of creating modern
municipality which is not only creds
table to them. but that will also
be a source of pride and satisfac-
ton to all the people of the great
state of which it is the capital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
THAT COMFORT STATION

TOCNCIL will be justified in pay
~ ing absolutely no attention to
the objections OF those who
would spend $4,000 for a public
comfort station to clutter up the
already crowded Market Square.
when a station can be provided in a
more accessible place at fraction
of this cost. II at one time money
can be conserved and the Square
saved from the intrusion of q build
ing that will do no more than clog
travel and be in the way OF great
public demonstrations. there ought
to be no question In the mind oe
anybody as to the wisdom of the
course.
Council should be, and no doubt is.
perfectly aware that there is little
public sentiment one way or the
other on the location of the pro-
posed station. There are those who
would have the city officials believe
that there is a public demand for
the Market Square site. It is not SO.
Those who want the station in the
Square give as a reason that some
other cities have similar structures
similarly located. but that is no
reason why Harrisburg should go
ahead and make what would be
recognized as a grave error a month
AFTER its completion. ic not before,
and which then would bring down
on the heads OF those responsible
the wrath Of every driver OF a wagon
or automobile in the city. to say
nothing OF the indignation OF pedes-
trians, who would be compelled to
cross the street at the busiest point
Ia the city to reach the station
Council is moving along proper
lines and it should pay no attention
to those who are determined to spoil
Market Square and spend lot Of
money unnecessarily in doing 1t.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Beigium'S ''FOohShneSS"
[From the Kansas City Sian |


King Albert and his associates in
the Belgian government in 1914 gave
the supreme exhibition of what
many persons might have called
foolishness. Germany desired to
pass through Belgium in order to
strike France on its unprotected
frontier. 1t was ready to pay hand
somely for the privilege. Yet the
Belgian government refused the
bribe.
It's decision meant Louvain. and
the long series of horrors that fol-
lowed--the burning of towns. the
murder of hostages, all the terrors
that brutal army could bring to a
conquered territory. But 1t delib-
erately accepted the risk of the long
agony and destruction, rather than
peace at the price of shame and dis
honor.
To-day who questions the wisdom
as we'll as the righteousness of the
choice? The record written by Bel
gium in the hearts of men is an inn
perishable gain to civilization. Is it
not too much to say that the little
nations decision was q profound
moral significance to the world, that
the world Is different because of 1t.
There are times in the history of
nations as well as individuals that
he that saveth his life shall lose it!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
FOR A FITTING MEMORIAL

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In hearty accord with your sug-
gestion of an appropriate memorial
commemorating the noble deeds Of
our arms and the dawn of universal
peace. Allow me to suggest that in
whatever shape the same is event
ually decided, that the beautiful
statue fountain donated to the city
by M. s. Hershey and which has
so shamefully been kept in oblivion
by the powers that be, be incor-
porated in the memorial and made
a part of same, and l would suggest
as a most suitable location the new
Capitol Park extension, and I be-
lieve the sculptor. Donate, would
be glad to offer his services in MAX
ing it a worthy memorial.
Yours very truly,
CITIZ EN-.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
THE PRESIDENT ABROAD

THERE are differences OF opinion
regarding the propriety of
President Wilson going TO
Europe at this time. but the general
belief is that the President has dis
regarded the counsel OF many per-
sonai friends and almost unanimous
opinion of the press of the country.
If he goes simply as the President
making a visit, 1t is one thing: but
1t is quite another matter should
he determine TO take part in the
discussions at the peace table. His
presence at the conferenc with
representatives of other countries
might lead to an uncomfortable
strain OF the pleasant relations which
now bind together the nations that
have brought the autocrats of Ger
many to their knees.
AS some one has suggested.
politeness will forbid any protest
by the nations against the President
being present, but the fact will re-
main that embarrassment must fol-
low any active participation on his
part in the discussions.
America took no such part in the
war as would justify its dominance
Of the final settlement. President
Wilson is in large measures going
contrary to the expressed convictions
and sentiment of his countrymen and
this Interpretation of his attitude
cannot fail to have a rather un-
favorable effect upon the represen-
tstfves Of other nations.
We must not be placed in the role
ef dictator st Versailles. we can
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

On every side the economic factors
are entering into the great period of
expansion in the industrial world.
There is confidence on all sides. The
war has been determined and with
the final settlement of the peace
terms will come tremendous develop
ments along the paths of peace. Penn
sylvania will have quite as important.
a part in the peace work as it took In
the necessary activities of the war.
The approaching Legislature will
have much Of constructive legislation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Get the Facts, Doctor

DR.. Strattor says that "old maids
are a result of mans undesirability."
Has he never heard of the excess of
women in the population in most old
communities, or is this squint to-
ward polygamy? Tut, tut, doctor;
count up the old bachelors first
New York Evening Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
French Girls Good Listeners

A soldier who is coming home to
marry an American girl, says:
"trhe charm of the French home
life is a revelation. The French
girls stand the beauty test every
time. Their keen humor doesn't
take the form of the verbal spar
ring and the cheap banter of the
American debutante. They can talk
well and inteliigently, and, what Is
more, they can listen, From the
Chicago Tribune,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Time Is Here

The time Is at hand when govern
mental interference with private
business should cease. The peril to
democracy abroad having passed we
should give 1t. a free hand in Amer
fca.-Altoona Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Walk in His commandments

And this Is love. that we walk
after his commandments. This is
the commandment. That as ye have
heard from the beginning. ye should
walk in It'll John /. 6.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

to consider and with Governor Sproul
guiding affairs we may expect salts
factory progress.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

President Wilson has not recogniz-
ed the United States Senate as an
important part of the treaty-maixlng
power of the country and may yet be
forced into 8 humillating position
when it comes to the adoption of the
Versailles conclusions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Portland (Ore.) City Firemens
Union has asked municipal authori-
ties to install the two-platoon sys-
tenn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

The Victoria (Australia) Govern
ment has purchased $4,000 acres,
costing nearly s2.000.000. for a SOL
diers settlement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

Men and women returned from
service on the other side declare with
one voice that the boys have done their
part and 1t is now up to the peace
commissioners to complete the work
in harmony with the ideals which
sctuated the fighters in conquering
the Hun. a'..