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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
From Your Home ToDn"

Sing, o Muse, in the treble clef,
A little song of the A. E. F.,
And pardon me, please. IL give vent
70 something akin to sentiment.
But we have our moments Over
When we want to cry and we want
to cheer;
And the hurrah feeling will not
down
When you meet man from your
own home town.
It's many a lonesome, Lonesome day
Since you embarked from the U.
S. A.,
And you meet some men--it's a
great big war
From .burgs that you never. had
known before:
And you landed here, and your rest
camp mate
Was a man from some, strange and
distant state.
Liked him? Yes; but you wanted
to see sr tsE.
A man from the town where you
used to be.
And then you went, by design or
All over the well-known map of
And you yearned with 2 yearn that
grew and grew
To talk with a man from the place
you knew.
And some lugubrious morning when
Your morale is batting about .110,
Where are you from 2" and you
make reply, a. .4N
And the o. d. warrior says: so
am l." -
And the universe wears. a smiling
face y ..-F-
AS you spill your talk of the old
home place;
You talk of the streets, and the
home town jokes, A.,
And you find that you know each
others folks: - .fE..t
And you haven't any more woes at
AS you both decide that the world is
A statement adding to It's renown
When you meet man from your
own home town.
You may be among the enlisted men,
You may be a Lieut.. or Major
Gen.;
Your home may be UP in the Chill
koot Pass.
IN Denver, Col, or Pittsfeld. Mass. /;
You may have come from Chicago,
ILL.,, @G
From Buffalo, Portland. or Louis
willie E%a
But there's nothing, I'm gambling,
can keep you down
When you meet a man from your
own home town. So
II you want to know why wrote
this pome, .ts-
Well : *t* I've just had a talk
with guy from home:
Capt. Franklin p: Adams in
Golfers. '-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

(From the New York Tribune)
Not that he had been touched
deeply by. greatness and. wore the
mark, of it with unconcern; not
that he was the noblest friend of
honesty and common sense and the
ruthless foe of cant, unfairness, un-
truth and n-Americanism; not
that he took always the most dam
gerous part for himself; not that he
was a man OF splendid human
uqalitfes; not for anything that can
be set down in words, but for some
thing to which his deeds and attri-
butes and heroism, all pertained-
for himself we loved him.
Farewell, mighty hunter! You
were the swiftest, cleahest. and most
valorous of your tribe. You pressed
the hunt fearlessly and to its logi-
cal ends, not in fantasy through; the
clouds, but in fact on this earth,
where the consequences are. Innu-
merable and precious are the tro2
phies. We place them at your bier.
Would that there were demons, OF
doubt and darkness and unright-
eousness along the path you are
now on. For you would sIay them
all and like 1t more. s
Farewell, o rare American!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
SENATOR KNOX

GINCE the death of Colonel Roose-
Welt there is a national tend
ency in public places and among
public men to discuss available can
didates for the presidency. 1t is
certain that the campaign of next
year Is going to be one of tremend-
Gus interest. Among the names most
recently thrown upon the screen is
that of United States Senator Knox
of Pennsylvania. His large expert
ence in public life as Secretary Of
State and Attorney, General, and his
distinguished services in the United
States Senate have given him un-
usual qualifications for the presi-
Dental office.
We are entering upon q great era
in which men of sanity and devotion
to the interests of the people will
play q large part. Senator Knox's
recent public. utterances have inn
pressed all sections of the country
clearness of vision, his courage and
his Americanism. Pennsylvania will
be glad to present this distinguished
son for the consideration of the
nation in the next campaign, as one
admirably fitted in every way for
the highest place in the gift of the
people. ...,..
Too often this great common
wealth has been ignored because 1t
happened to represent SO largely in
Its electorate the majority party.
but the political developments of
the last few years have demon
strated that 1t isn't so much a mat
ter of geography or the strength OF
parties which must influence nomi.
nations as the character and quail
fications of the candidate.
We must have a united Repub-
lican party next year and the cam
paign will be fought not on any
false issues or hypocritical slogans
but squarely and fairly on the fun.
damental- principles upon, which
our institutions rest. There is not
among all our statesmen one who
would bring greater strength to the
office or inspire greater confidence
among tho people than Senator
Knox. r-.t . Z. s
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
CONTAINED EVERY WORL

(From Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Apropos Of the death of the Rev
DR.. Joseph Twitchell of Hartford
friend of Mark Twain and original
of Harris in the latter's "A TramH
Abroad" DR.. F. p. Parkin said thd
other day: 20.
Some years ago DR.. ]. M. Buck
ley. the noted Methodist editor, tool
some of his clerical brethren severeI
ly to task for their tendency to draw
on the ideas and even the language
of Joseph Parker without dud
acknowledgement.
while the discussion was at it'd
height Mark Twain attended 'Jod
Twitchell's church and heard one oil
the latter's finest efforts. =
after the sermon he came for|
ward. grapsed the preachers hand
and said: Joe, that was a good ser|
mon, but have book at home thai
contains every word of it. u
"Dr. Twitchell was taken abacl
and then he waXed indignant.
"'If you can show me the book, I'd
certainly like to see it, he rejoined
I gave a great deal of brain swea|
to that sermon
"The next day Mark Twain senI
him a copy of Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
Harmony in Harrisburg

(F'rom the Philadelphia EveninI
.a "a Public I,edger)
1t would be idle to speculat|
about how much of the harmony a|
the Republican legislative caucus IL
Harrisburg was due to the concilia|
tory advice of Governor-elect Sprou
and how much was due to the real
ization of the minority that q figlj
was useless.
The fact remains that monI
prevailed. Representative Spangiej
of York, was indorsed for the speak
ership of the House and SenatcI
Buckman. of Bucks, was approve|
for Speaker pro tenn. of the Senat{
Mr.. Sproul has the confidence d
both wings of the party. and neithe|
wing oan boast that 1t owns him. II
has also had long experience In til
! Legislature and understands its sud
cep.ibilities as we'll as Mckinley ul|
6srstood the susceptibilities of Con
gress when he became President. Ii
certainly ought to be harmonic
ing influence In Harrisburg TIN
winter and the most expert AgeI
there in securing beneficial llegislt
ton. ts, 1.S sss ~
The session begins with the pfoiiI
ise of a reasonable degree OF coo
GRAFTON between the factions and Z
little waste of time in futile bicke
ing. -e A
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
City Government

acted very promptly, it is true, but
many of the taxpayers are convinc-
ed that projects are too often made
into law before the general public
comprehends the gravity of the sit
uation.
While 1t is very true that many
persons are entirely too negligent of
their. civic duties. we believe that
the salvation of the city as well as
of the nation depends upon the pri-
vate citizen. For that reason we are
strongly favorable to home rule.
Many persons decline, toAstrust the
people. They say that it is only
the few who are fit to, govern, and
that they alone should have the
franchise. Some of our present
municipal regulations are based
upon the notion that the common
people are not qualified for the in
telligent discharge of the duties of
citizenship. That is the thought
back of all the laws, rules and reg
ulations which deprive the people
of privileges and opportunities that
most of us believe essential to the
maintenance of a democratic form
Of government. We are confident
it is a wrong notion; that the peo-
pei are entirely capable of govern
ing themselves and that the few err
rors and blundsrs they commit are
better to be borne than the tyranny
of an autocracy.
The Tribune trusts the incoming
Legislature will devote its serious at
tention to the problem of city gov
ernment Nothing would more dis
tinguish its record or more surely
achieve for it glorious chapter on
the historic page than the sosution
of this intricate and, vexatious Dues
Ition. We are specially Interested
in third class legislation, but 1t
seems likely that IL the general as
sembly were to enact law giving
each community the power to gov
ern itself, subject only to the re-
strictions imposed by the constitu-
ton and the laws, much good would
result. An the enlarged freedom
of the several communities would
be in harmony with the spirit of the
age. 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
Commutdtion TelephOning
(From the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin(

(From the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin)
The new toll rates for telephone
Service, established as one of the
first acts of the Federal administra-
ton, while constituting reduction
for most of what are known as long,
distance calls, operate as an in
crease for the greater part of the
nearby suburban service, the ad-
vance in the rate varying from
twenty five per cent. to a full doub-
ling in some instances. ~
Naturally there is complaint from
the large body of suburban tele-
phone subscribers or transient pa
irons of the public stations, for
whom the value of the telephone
facility is largely measured BY the
availability in matter of cost of COM
munication with Philadelphia, and
it Is to be expected that when their
complaints shall reach the Federal
controllers at Washington, they Will
be considered in view of local con-
iitions, rather. than on a basis uni
form with the conditions of general
long distance business.
The problem is closely akin to
that of the Communication business of
the railroads, which, 1t Is generally
admitted. involves factors that are
not common to the problem of gen.
eral railroad rates, and which en-
title the passenger traffic within
metropolitan districts to concessions
from the uniform mileage rates as
applied to long distance travel.
Practically all the territory with
in fifteen miles of the central post
office in Philadelphia. which is the
fixed point for determining tele-
phone mileage for some unaccount-
able reason, Is local and the run
of telephone business within that
territory is of that nature. Rates
for service, therefore, whether or
not they can be uniform, ought to
be adjusted to this characteristic of
the service, rather than to the re-
quirements of service between Phila-
delphia and Chicago, or San. Fran
cisco. The relation of volume of
business ito the distribution of over
head costs on individual messages,
warrants such a differentiation. If
no other reason exists. But there is
the further reason, which parallels
the argument for the Communication
railroad rate, that the facility of
communication Is an essential fac
tor in the building up of the subur-
ban territory, and consequently in
the increase of the telephone COM
pany's business, and that therefore
1t is entitled to special considera-
tion f..l. .N
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919
A lust PROTEST

"HE rising protest OF the Ameri-
can people against the rank un-
\ fairness of the War Depart
ment in refusing to promote officers
in the big army after the date OF the
armistice, is bound to be heard at
Washington. 1t now develops that the
real secret of this unusual order Is
the opposition of the regular army
staff who have never manifested any
real appreciation of the civilian SOL
diers. Advices from Washington in
dicate that 90 per cent. of the fight-
ing officers of the American army
were reserves and others commis-
stoned from civil life and that only
fiye per cent. were regulars"
1t was hoped that when the gross
unfairness of this order was brought
to the attention of Secretary Baker
and his associates, some steps would
be taken to correct the manifest in
Justice, but unless the great civilian
army through it's friends go to Con
sress with a demand that the order
be rescinded, it is entirely prooaple
that nothing will be done.
A large majority of those who
went into the army from civil life
or through the National Guard Or
ganization have no thought OF re-
naming in the army permanently,
but they had a right to expect that
they would be allowed to retire from
the service with the rank to which
their sacrifices entitled them.
If nothing is done before the
4th of March, it seems almost in
evitable that the new Congress will
take such action as will rectify what
has been done. 1t is understood that
General Pershing has appealed to
the President to at least rescind the
order so far as the overseas forces
are concerned, but whether the gen.
eral army staff will be able to pre-
vent this action remains to be seen.
Scores and scores of young offic-
ers who gave the best that was in
them for their country in its hour of
peril and who had reason to expect
that they would be promoted before
their retirement from the service,
are naturally disappointed and are
bound to regard as ungrateful the
repu bile which had assured them in
the time of its extremity that a
square deal would be given its de-
tenders and their. dependents. Meth
err promise has been made good in
the broad sense that the people ex-
pect. @
We still believe that there is
enough spirit of fair play and JUS
tice in Congress and administration
circles to rescind this manifestly
adtocratic and unfair decree against
brave men who fought and won the
victory only to be slapped in the face
in the hour of triumph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
The Greatest Citizen

(From the Kansas City Starr
At the time. of his death Theodore
Roosevelt was the worlds greatest
citizen-perhaps the greatest citi-
zen of ali history. It is possible to
refer to this aspect of his character
above all others because citizenship
was the same passion with him that
money making is with some men.
science with others, music with
others. -
On his Dakota ranch he was a
member of the vigilance committee.
In Oyster Bay he was chairman of
the committee ito deal. with the
spinal meningitis epidemic. ! AS
President he. regarded the office as
simply means for o. wider .exer-
else of citizenship. After he left the
White House he remained the Ma
tion's leader in public affairs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
FRANCIS ]. TORRANCE

CRANCIs ]. TORRANCE has
passed, out in the very midst
of his great usefulness as a
member of the State Boardsof Char
tiles. No man ever gave more de-
voted service to the State than this
busy. practical, hard-headed busi-
ness man. He was deeply interest
ed in the relief of suffering and in
the care of those who could not care
for themselves. Pennsylvania will
be fortunate in finding another man
with the same qualifications for this
important work. %
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10

COMETIMES one wonders whether
~ 1t is quite impossible for an
American legislative body to de-
wise a really workable plan for the
government of cities. Up to the
present moment the weak spot in
American government has remain
ed where it existed at the start
in the control of our municipalities.
So far as can be discerned the pan
acea for the evil has not yet been
discovered. -'
Here an Pennsylvania we have had
various acts of assembly, each of
which was believed by it's author
to be a specific for the evils that
were but too manifest. In the be-
ginning each city was given a spec
ial charter under which 1t entered
upon its more or less promising ca
reer.s Later on--in 1874, we be-
lieve - the Wallace act became a
law. The acceptance of the pro-
visions of that measure was option
al, and Altoona never accepted.
Later on the act of 1887 was passed
and tried awhile, only to be pro-
nounced unconstitutional by our
highest court. Then came the act
of 1889, which has been superseded,
so far as. the third class cities are
concerned. by the Clark act, per-
haps the least effective of the lot.
$ 1t is generally admitted that the
act under which third class cities
are governed has failed to realize
the expectations Of it's friends. 1t
is at least no better than the act
1t superseded. and 1t has imposed
upon the third class cities a burden
of expense. which. did not exist be-
fore and which seems to many to
be entirely unnecessary. Whatever
may be the character-of our public
servants under the present law, the
Judgment of the majority of the
people is that they have not meas
ured up to- their opportunities; that
they are not a whit more effective
than the former regulations produc-
ed. but that they are. very much
more expensive. Under the new
method the mayor becomes a mere
figurehead. Legislation may be en-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
"HELLO, KING"

.(E. II. Sothcrn in Scribner's)
! The King of England walked into
the American Eagle" hut in Lon
don the other day..
At all hours the place is filled with
American soldiers and sailors, eat
ing, writing, reading, playing games.
The kings visit. of course, created
Immediate interest. among the sons
of the free and the brave One of
them approached the monarch and
held out his hand.
Hello. kingp' said he.
King George took the proffered
hand and exchanged compliments
with the soldier hey.
well, what of tt?" would say
the rookie, should one question him.
He's a man, amt he? Human,
eh 2" Thus does the spirit of dem
ocracy, toss over It's shoulder the
gewgaw Of divine right.
He greets the embarrassed gods,
nor fears ,...
To shake the iron hand of Fate,
Or match with Destiny for beers.
3 Shall l demand ceremony when
royalty is thus assailed? While the
street. arab assumed the role of cri-
tic, the American fulfilled the office
of judge. He proclaimed that ver-
dict which illumines the present
hour. whether he was aware of it
or not, his greeting was eloquent
with the unbarring of gates and the
falling of shackles. the smashing of
idols and tie, liberation of aves. In
his own person he was the symbol
of America in. this war-"Crusaders
lighting for great ideals, immortal
ideals, ideals which shall light the
way for oil men to places where JUS
tiee is done and men live with lifted
heads and enlancipased spirits maxi
ing 1t impossible for rulers any
where to make toolseand puppets of
those upon whose consent and upon
whose powers their own authority
and their, own very existence de-
pend" Thtis said President Wilson
In his. Labor Day message.
The King of England as an en-
lightened monafch Is one with the
President: therefore. Hello. King"
and the .handciasp was surely signl-
.ficant and satisfying So
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10

Those enamoured OF the Clark act
are perfectly welcome to it's PROVISIONS
until the end of time. but other cities
which have not prospered under it's
operations should be unhampered by
its compulsory requirements. OF
course. it has some good points. but
it has fundamental weaknesses which
are a positive hindrance to the. de-
velopment of the more important
cities of the Third-class, including
Harrisburg. Any real analysis, of it's
defects would show up the paramount
weaknesses of the act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT
ByBisg.

1t must be a glorious thing for
Grand Old Britain to reflect that In
her modern history only her own
kith and kin have been able TO put
her down for the s1count.-Houston
Post. 's -.~ -t
The Baltimore American wants to
know whether the Crown Prince re-
nounced or not. II he did, 1T was
case of subtracting nothing from
nothing and having nothing left
Houston Post.
Licking war-savings stamps leaves
a pleasant taste in the mouth. Try
it.-Chicago Daily News.
If William had tried half as hard
to commit suicide as he endeayored
to conquer the world he would have
had one success to his credit.-In-
dianoplis News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
1.-THE LONG, LONG TRAIL"

rHE Telegraph yesterday pub
lished a wonderfully fine car
toon by Ding" entitled The
Long. Long Trail" picturing Colo
mel Roosevelt. in the cowboy trap
pings he loved, riding out to join
the long line of departing pioneers
making their way down toward the
sunset through the winding valleys
of the distant mountains.
1t was such cartoon as the for
ner President himself might have
designed to mark his own passing.
Certainly it would have pleased him
could he have seen 1t. for Roose-
welt was nothing II not a pioneer.
He was one of the very last of the
picturesque figures Of the "Old
West" Trooping before him into
the valley Of the shadow have gone
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
MARY'S THANKS

When little Mary fractured one of
the rules governing table behavior
she was removed from the family
board and made to eat her dinner
at a table In a: corner. Her presence
was. ignored by, the other members
of the family. sea
Alters 4 period Of silence the fam
lily heard her giving thanks. Il thank
thee, Lord, for preparing for me 4
table In the presence OF mine
anArrtaa" .As. .s4''s lts,~ = r
And that was ths last time that
Mary ate away from. thes family
table -Everybody''s Magazine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10

Custer, and Fremont. and Croc-
kett. and Bowie. and Cody and those
other magnificent men OF = period
such as the world never knew be-
fore and never will know again.
They were the knights errant of the
nineteenth century. Daring, gem
erous, gentle, high. spirited. ever
ready for a night or froiic; quick
to defend tho weak OF the, right
ever the foe OF wrong; knowing not
the moaning of fear they looked
death In tho face and smiled a. one
who greets friend in passing. One
and all they were Amertcans--men
In the best sense of the word; he
roes before whom nation OF hero
lovers bows as It does before no other
group in history. They were our
very own. They exemplify tho spirit
we like to think OF as purely Amer
lean.
But they are gone. and we shall
not see their like again. What a
scene the csrtoonist has pictured
for usl Encamped along what pleas
ant valleys, bivouacked along what
ever-fiowing crystal streams are
these heroic voyagers resting to-
night! What a welcoming by those
who have gone before can we imag-
inc when this the latest and
greatest of them oil comes down
''the long, long trail" Surely they
have won their everlasting reward.
Surely they are entitled to rest and
happiness beneath the shade of
trees that are forever green, and
lakes that are always calm and
beautiful. Perhaps there Is as much
truth as there is poetry in the
Happy Hunting Ground" legend of
tho Indian. Maybe heaven is not all
gold and precious jewels. Possibly.
away of in some corner, there may
be found a reservation" for those
simple souls who love the open bet
ter than they do the city. to whom
a campfire beneath a cloudlessb sky
is dearer than a canopied couch in.
a kingly palace. In some such scene
may we be forgiven by our ortho-
dox friends II we picture our friend
Teddy" happy again as he was in
those golden days when the "Old
West" was young, when the from
tier was somewhere east of the
Rockies. when youth was his and
his great future stretching out like
the virgin land before him, was as
pleasant of prospect and as laden
with dreams as the lovely landscapes
through which he rode.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-10
WHEN THIEVES FALL OUT

"ROTZKY is reported to have
fallen out with Lenine and to
have thrown his erstwhile
partner in crime into prison. The
end of the Bolshevik influence in
Russia is approaching. When
thieves fall out honest men get their
dues" :.