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The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

A regular morning operation of the bowels puts you in fine shape for the days work. If you miss it you feel uncomfortable and cannot put vim into your movements. For all bowel ir- regularities HERBINE is the remedy. It puts the system in fine, vigorous condition. For sale by all dealers.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
Old Virginia Minstrels

The best negro minstrel show that Fl Pasoans ever saw was that given at the El Paso theatre Tuesday night by the Old Vir- ginia Minstrels. The house was well filled and the audience, black and white alike, laughed or applauded heartily throughout the evening. There was lots of real fun and several acts that. would win applause anywhere.
 Hi Henry Hunt, the oontor- tionist and fire eater, was real novelty and his act is one that is not often seen anywhere. Among other featS he took a small fry ing pan full Of burning alcohol and ate it with a spoon, flames leaping from his mouth with ev- cry spoonful; then he covered a string with alcohol and set it on fire and took it into his mouth; as final act of daring, he took red hot soldering iron from timers furnace, walked to the front of the stage and put 1t into his mouth. The audience could hear it siZzle.
 Arthur Prince, the juggler and hoop roller, is a real expert. There are hoop rollers on the best vaudeville circuits in the country who have no better control and some who do not perform as difficult feats as Prince. His hoop rolling is noth- ing short of wonderful. Similar acts have appeared at Hammer stein's in New York that are not as good.
 One of the strong features of the show is that the commedians are real commedians. They are the funniest negroes that it has ever been the privilege of El Paso theatergoers to see. Wat son, a big black fellow. is fine singer and natural fun maker. Lots of white men behind a burnt cork mask, who draw much more money than this nes gro, gre not such good entertain CTS. Edwards, his partner, is al most as good. He has a voice that gets laugh from the very start and the talking act between these two men is a scream. .-Ex. press Herald, Fl Psso, Texas.
 s-Overalls and gloves, the
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

Nadine aud Roxie Long are spending the week in Little Rock the guests of their aunt. Mrs. Curtis Jones.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
WILSON'S OPENING ADDRESS IN
 SENATE
Will Follow With Speaking Tour
 Through Country

return to the Senate and not to both Houses of Congress. as was originally planned, it was learn ed today.
 In arriving at his decision to restrict his remarks to the sena- tors the president was infu- enced, it is understood, by the wishes of several members of his own party, aud an interest ing bit of psychology is thereby revealed.
 By addressing the members of the Senate, to the exclusion of the members of the House, the president will dettly ac- quaint his audience with the fact that he considers it the hody will have to consider and either ratify or reject the treaty. He is desirous. 1t is believed. of all ow ing the senators to know in this fashion the responsibility that Is theirs in connection with their consideration of the treaty. Should the president have fol lowed his original desire to ad dress both Houses of Congress some members of the Re2ubli can majority in the Senate, it has been suggested, might not accept his speech in the same spirit they would were it deliv cred to the Senate alore.
 Within a day or two. after he arrives in Washington the presi dent will strike out on his speak. ing tour of the country on behalf of the League of Nations. Con trary to some reports. nothing has occurred which night make the president give up his idea of a swing around the circle to re- port to the people in person His decision to canvass the coun try was made at least fcur months ago In Paris when the first rumblings were heard of opposition to the League of Ma tions.
 Details of the presidents tim erary may be made public at the Whitehouse tomorrow. The Whitehouse is momentarily ex pecting a cable. telling the date of the presidents departure from Paris. and it is thought he will sail from Brest either Wed nesday or Thursday at the latest. This will bring him back to the capitol on July ,.
 There was general belief in administration circles today be- cause Of the Senate's fight against the League of Nations and the belief was expressed that possibly the opponents of the league had exhausted most of their thunder In this case, however. the wish was doubtless father of the thought. for it is generally conceded that the president. when he returns, will find the opposition renewed in full force.
 The president may be brought to Hampton Roads by the George Washington, but wherever he de barks a special train will be wait. ing to speed him direct to Wash ington. He has asked that no demonstrations or receptions be held in his honor at the .port of debarkation or at the capitol.
 If the president returns in the first week of July he will have been in Europe, with the excep- tion of his brief visit to the Unit ed States last March, practical ly seven months. He landed at Brest. France. Dec. 13 on his first voyage across to the peace conference. The peace confer ence did not open until Jan. IS, but in the meantime the presi dent was feted in England and Italy, where he was the guest of the sOvereigns of those nations.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

George Young, son Of Mr. and Mrs. N ". Young. who has been in the U s navy for the past two years and four months, is home on a ten days furlous h. having arrived here Monday night. He is a volunteer and was one Of the first II the state to enlist He was on one Of the ships that conveyed General Pershing to Europe when the United States entered the war and this Is his first. time to be on this side of the waters since. His parents were oyerjoved to have him with them, evea for so short time.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

.-Overalls and gloves, the good hind at Buechley's store.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
Republican Doctrine

[From the Dubuque Times-Journal1
We have pointed out that the
great. leaders of the Republican
party have always maintained the
cause of Americanism. The stand
taken by the party to-day is in en-
tire accord with its position in the
past. 1t is not an accident that the
Republican party has been called
upon to put American interests in
the foreground.
One of the clearest statements of
this principle was made by Presi-
dent Mckinley in his first inaugural
when he said
"It has been the policy of the
United States since the foundation
of the Government to cultivate re-
lations of peace and amity with all
the nations of the world, and that
accords with my conception now.
We have cherished the policy OF
noninterference with the affairs OF
foreign governments, wisely in
augurated by Washington, keeping
| ourselves free from entanglem emf
either as allies or foes, content to
leave undisturbed with them the
settlement of their own concerns.
ut will be our aim to pursue a
firm, dignified foreign policy, which
shall be just, impartial, ever watch
| full of our national honor, and al
ways insisting upon the lawful
rights of American citizens every
| where. Our diplomacy should seeH
nothing more and accept nothing
less than is due u.s."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
Bad Men of "Character"
By BRIGGS

Historians who try to write of pre-
historic times tell us that men won wo-
men in these days by brute force
Strength in man still appeals to women
tremendously, and she likes to find her
master, in spite of the vote and a few
other things.
Bad men usually show strength of
some sort. Maybe that is why they are
attractive to women.
Follow up the life story of any GRIM
inal you like, and you'll find woman
in the story. No matter how bad a
man may be, he can usually find a
woman who will believe in him.
Why do women seem to like Blue
beards," or at any rate bad men?
Take any scoundrel you may know,
and you'll find that he has character,
although it is bad. He is untroubled
by scruples and conscience, so when he
wants a thing he sets about getting it.
This may explain why, in so many in
stances, a bad man steps in and wins
woman where many good men had
hesitated. You cannot get away from
the old scientific law-'Like repe,s,
unlike attracts"
There is generally something force
full about a bad man which appeals to
woman as strength, something primi-
tive and fine. She feels the personality
of the scamp, for he possesses person
| ality. Like the moth fluttering round
the candle, which gets scorched at last,
the woman who is attracted by a bad
man usually ends by being his.
She may even be aware of his bad
ness, and it does not repel her. In the
heart of a good woman there is always
the desire to help. She imagines that
her power will be so great that she will
be able to reform him.
Women seem to glory in self sacri-
flee, and they revel in making martyrs
of themselves. The most cruelty treated
wife will rarely hear a word against
her mate. She herself will tell you OF
his. cruelty, but beware of how you
sympathize. 1t is not for you to con.
denim.
Good women so often get the bad
men, whereas good men seem frequently
to WOO women who are not worthy oi
them. Human nature has many kinks
London Answers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
KEEPING STEP

"HoMAS ADAMS, a town plan
ming advisor of Canada, said in
an address before the American
Civic Association at Philadelphia
Mat the greatest defect of our
Ang1o-Saxon civilization is that it
has paid all too little attention to
Ghe environment and housing condi-
tfons of it's working classes. AL
though we have thousands of acres
OF spare land in the United States
and Canada, we have not been able
10 afford enough space in our cities
6cr recreation centers and for small
plots of ground around our homes p"
Our Canadian visitor hit the nail
sQuare1y on the head and he empha-
sized 1t by the further comment that
wo cannot prevent an inevitable re-
action in favor of the saloon unless
we give the people some strong
counter attraction. Harrisburg real.
ICES this situation, and it is because
It does realize conditions CROWNS
out OF the prohibition of the liquor
traffic that much is being done here
4 TO make the living conditions better
and the recreational opportunities
adequate for all the people.
When the loan for the bathing
beaches and bath houses on the Sus
Quehanna basin comes before tn,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
seas" The First Alarm
Frenzy for he Hun Not to Blame
By INNS BROWN
AMERICAN

= WONDER whether any man who
saw front-line service in France
- will ever forget that first gas
alarm. Surely none of the boys who
We're bitten by the fiendish stuff,
and possibly marked for life, will
ever forget it's horrors. But aside
from these there are hordes of
others who undoubtedly recall the
first time the cry came down the
hne-"Gas!"
Speaking for my own organiZa-
ton, q 155-mm. howitzer regiment,
memory emphasizes the ludicrouS
side of that initial alarm now. Back
in training camp we had been duly
impressed with the terrors of gas.
Officers detailed to special gas
school came back reeking with
figures and statistics, convincing of
it's deadly horrors.
Daily drills in adjusting and wear
ing masks, together with emphatic
warning against giving the alarm in
playfulness, and thorough admoni-
tions as to the consequences of fail
ure to take every possible precau-
ton against it, left an impression
not unlike that of telling DOGGY
chances, play everything safe and
be suspicious of all unusual. circum-
stances and conditions" was the
policy
Three weeks before the beginning
of the st. Mihiel offensive we fin
: ished our training and moved up
into the Toul sector. Two days
| after our arrival, we were ordered
to relieve a regiment holding old
defensive positions in the vicinity
| of the villages of Manonville and
Bernecourt. At the end of q weeks
time we received orders to prepare
advance positions to be used in the
st. Mihiel drive.
At the time our regiment echelon
was located in a wood some two OF
three kilometers from the town OF
Menil La Tour. In a pocket of this
wood, flanked by a road which ran
past the echelon, was a big ammu-
milton dump. At night the road was
crowded with all kinds of vehicles
hauling ammunition up to the for
ward positions. Trucks, caissons
fourgons chariots du pare and every
other kind of conveyance available
We're pressed into service. Failure
to observe rules of the road Otter
led to bad jams and tie-ups
| One night 1 was detailed to take
! charge of the battalion train engag.
ed in moving ammunition up. AS
we moved forward to load up we
encountered bad blockade, includ.
led in which were details from the
two light regiments of the brigade
With a lieutenant from my battery
I rode forward to learn the cause
of the tie-up. AS we neared the 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31

cation of the dump, in a kind of
depression, we noted rather pc
culiar smell.
Passing a sentry at cross road
we inquired whether any gas had
been reported. He said he had
heard nothing of any, but that sew
eral men Coming OUT were wear
ing masks. L told the lieutenant to
go back and order our men to put
on their masks.
Instead, he went back to the head
of the column and shouted "Gas."
A loud yell went up Immediately.
Carrying out orders, the sentry fired
five shots in rapid succession. Horns
honked, gongs ratified, and within
two minutes the uproar could be
heard spreading far back into the
countryside.
At that time our regimental gas
officer was a lieutenant of rather
excitable nature, though keen in
sense of duty. After shouting the
alarm at the top of his lungs sew
eral times, he ordered all hands to
get into their masks at once. Due
to certain attention he had been
giving his feet he had on but one
shoe at the time, but the fact didn't
hamper him in the performance of
his duties.
''Is there any gas here, lieuten-
ant?" inquired one of the men after
adjusting his mask.
II don't know" replied the Off
Ger, "but if there is I'm a gone gos-
| lin. You keep your mask on. Til
take whatever chances are to be
taken.'
In the midst of all the excitement
nobody had the presence of mind
to appreciate the strong improbable
ity of a gas attack. Clouds of gas
was an utter impossibility under the
existing conditions. AS to shell or
protector, Fritz hadn't fired any
thing that far back since we had
arrived. But in spite of this the
lieutenant raced to the picket line,
grabbed horse, sans bride or
wild dash for Menil la Tour to
learn, If possible, where the alarm
originated.
! Meantime, back on the road near
the ammunition dump, where we
had unintentionally provoked all
the disturbance and excitement, we
had long since arrived at solution
of the mysterious odor. Some two
or three miles farther back along the
road was a small remount station.
A part of the equipment of the sta
ton was a dipping vat for treating
horses and mules suffering from
skin diseases. Probably half an
hour before we arrived, detail had
passed with twenty or thirty horses
that had been dipped. The chemi-
Gals used had diffused the gas
odor through the atmosphere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
Governments Function
[From Kansas City Timesl

The public welfare is expressly
declared by the constitution to be a
chief concern of the Government.
That welfare undoubtedly requires
that there be no cessation of the
production and distribution of the
necessaries of life.
1t seems no new theory then upon
which the Government now pro-
poses to exercise it's powers to in
sure a supply of coal, without which
industry, comfort, life itself could
scarcely continue. The powers of
the Government undoubtedly are
equal to the case if the emergency
is shown to require their exercise.
There can be no argument on such
fundamentals. A Government must
be strong enough to preserve the
society organized under it. Failing
of that it is manifestly inadequate
to the principal use for which it is
instituted.
| We are accustomed to think of
the Governm ents war power as its
highest function. But actually what
the Government does in war is
simply a means in the exercise of a
higher function still-that of pre-
serving the institutions of peace.
When war comes all private and in
dividual rights cease, or are sus-
pended, while every citizen gives his
labor, his fortune and if necessary
his life to maintain the existence of
the Nation. Nobody then questions
the power of the Government when
properly exercised to the end in
view.
But that end is not different from
the end always in view. Nor are the
means to attain it, so far as the
powers of Government are concern
ed, less under any other condition
than they are under the condition
of war. 1t is only because, hereto
fore, the condition of war has been
the sole one under which the ex-
iste ence of society has been threaten
ed that we have regarded 1T, and
the powers then exercised by the
Government, as extraordinary.
But actually the condition that
would come if all industry in the
United States ceased would be more
terrible than any that war itself
could produce. Would anybody deny
that under such a condition the
Government lacked the power to
remove it's cause? If that cause
was the stoppage of coa1 produc-
ton or the stoppage of distribution
could anybody argue that the GOV
ernment ought not, through lts
power, to compel the service OF
citizens, to produce coal or operate
the railroads to distribute coal? Is
that q greater power than the Gov
ernment exercised when it con-
scripted the labor of citizens, their
money and their lives to defeat the
German armies?
Nobody wants to feel that the
necessity of such exercise of power
will arise. Probably it won't. MOI
is argument particularly in order or
the question of a mans right to
work or not to work as it pleases
him. That question can go over, a:
they say in the Senate. The mair
point is that there is no limit to the
power of organized society, of which
the Government is the legal agent
to preserve its existence whethel
, from foreign or domestic challenge
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1919
dread nothing so much as fall
ing into ruts and feeling myself be-
coming tosSil.-JAMEs A. GARFIELD.
TWO GREAT BRIDGES

~ EADERS of the Telegraph OF
X Wednesday must have been
greatly interested and i'm
pressed with the story reprinted on
the editorial page from L'Illustra-
fion (Paris), telling of the wonder
ful memorial bridge now under con-
struction over the Marne river at
: Chateau Thierry to take the place of
the old bridge blown up by American
engineers to prevent the further ad-
vance of the German horde toward
Paris. Here the tide of battle turned
and the Paris newspaper gives full
credit to the American soldiers.
This bridge is similar to our own
structure to be erected at State
street, and on the southern bank of
the Marne a square has been planted
which will provide access to the
bridge and give scope to its deco
rative composition. Again this square
at Chateau Thierry suggests the Har-
risburg memorial square at the east
ern entrance to the proposed Won
derful viaduct at State street to be
erected by the Commonwealth and
Harrisburg. On the Marine also at
the entrance to the memorial struc-
ture will be erected two monuments
representative of French and Ameri-
can soldiers who successfully de-
Tended the river lines and prevented
the Hun advance. These monuments
suggest again the pylons with their
figures of French and American SOL
diers because the great pylons at the
western approach of the memorial
bridge at State street will likewise
commemorate the splendid soldiers
and sailors of this State by a digni-
ned architectural group.
The building of the memorial
bridge on the Marne was started in
August, when a symbolic ceremony
= marked the placing of the first stone.
This also is coincidence, inasmuch
as the first step toward the building
of the memorial bridge in this city
was officially taken about the same
time
It is a remarkable coincidence
that there should be designed for
Pennsylvania's splendid memorial a
commemorative structure similar to
xhe bridge approved by the expert
art critics of France for the high
water mark of the Hun invasion at
Chateau Thierry.
Under the circumstances, it is rea-
gonable to expect that a transfer of
the 100000 loan from the proposed
walnut street bridge to the great
memorial bridge will be approved
unanimously by the voters of Har-
Eisbug at the election next Tuesday
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
Amending Greeley's AdDice
[From the New York World

GFrom the New York World
The Cincinnati Enquirer amends
Greeley's famous advice to young
men and says, go South, young
man. go South" and editorially in
dicates some of the possibilities in
that region when it says "the real
undeveloped frontier of the United
States is in the Atlantic and Gulf
coastal plains" AS the United
States Reclamation Service has re-
Gently pointed out there are in the
Everglades of Florida alone 1,200,-
900 acres Of rich soil awaiting
reclamation and that, too, in one of
the finest climates in the world. In
the Carolinas, especially in North
Carolina, there are unreclaimed
lands perhaps equal in extent to
those of Florida, while there are
other great areas unredeemed in
Alabama, Texas, Mississippi and
Arkansas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
Fiction Writer'S Progress
[From Life1

When he started-One cent
word 'He lit cigaret."
Six months later-Three cents a
word: Taking out his ornate
cigaret case, he extracted one of
the slender cylinders and applied a
match to it. The curling smoke
mounted like incense at the altar of
some pagan goddess"
Two years later-Twenty-five
cents a word: with q gesture that
EN- bodied consciousness of position
and supreme ease of manner, he
poised the cigaret between his
slim fingers. For just a fraction of
second he held it before putt
it to his lips, as one pauses before a
kiss to take the fullest pleasure in
the anticipation. Then the squirt of
the match brought his features into
sharp relief for an instant, to be
veilsd the next second by the misty
exhalation of that first perfect
puff
When he finally arrived-One
dollar word: HE lit a cigaret."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
The Red Cross
TFrom the Philadelphia Pres

IFrom the Fniladelphla Press.J
The accounting which the Red
Cross is making of its trusteeship of
the tremendous war fund that was
entrusted to it by the American
people is the best possible prepara-
ton that could be made for its
forthcoming membership drive. No
benevolent organization has ever
had before the handling of SO enor-
nous a fund. There were four
hundred millions of dollars placed
at its disposal, either in cash or in
material. How good was the Red
Cross stewardship, how effective its
methods, how business-like it's or
ganization, how excellent Its results,
the reports tell in very convincing
way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-31
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

r. j. Montgomery, of the Read
ing Coal and Iron Company, VINO
has been i'll, is improving.
ID. Lloyd Claycomb, candidate
for district attorney in Blair against
Marion Patterson, used to be In the
Legislature.
DIR. Charles Rohland, who re-
signed as health officer of Berks, is
well known to Harrisburg medical
men. .,.s
Captain B. B. Cannon, elected
president of the 18th Regiment vol
unteer's Association, is a car manu-
Mayor Charles j. Biddle is to
make the memorial address at Nor
risville. e,.,
THE Rev. DR.. George W. Shell
ton, Pittsburgh clergyman, is max
ing series of prohibition addresses
in Ohio.
Justice John D. Kephart VIII pc
sneaker at the Reading Sons OF VET
Grams celebration.
Mayor Clarence j. Smith, who
had charge of the Roosevelt tribute
at Allentown, is a. newspaperman
and former national guardsman.