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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
THE VICTORY LOAN

tFrom the New York Times.l
On the eve of the Fifth Liberty
Loan campaign let us take counsel
together. There is more or less
loose thinking about this last call to
help Uncle Sam pay his war bills.
His honor is involved. and may It.
not be said that it should be a point
of honor with every American who
can buy a bond to stand by him and
help to carry his burden? The war
was won because the United States
found the money not only to raise
armies, expand the navy, and make
munitions, but to stake" our allies
and feed their people.
It was a short war for the United
States, and a merciful war, since our
losses in fighting men were a few
scores of thousands, while those of
France were far more than a million
and of the British Empire nearly n
million. Economically the United
States comes out of the war with few
scars, while France is grievously
spent and Great Britain will suffer
from her sacrifice for generation.
Prosperity will soon be knocking
at the door of America again and she
will quickly recover from the ordeal.
hut for her allies it will be "a long,
long trail" to better times. They
will have to undergo many hard
ships. to endure many privations. to
faint and falter on the way. to ex-
perience dark days, before they can
compete with us again on even terms
and know success. With the war
over. their people are living on
shorter rations than Americans
knew at anv time during the strus-
gle. Should we complain Of a bur-
den of taxation that is light and
easily borne compared with the
crushing load they stagger under"
The price we pay for victory seems
high only when we do not contrast
our condition and our obligation
with theirs. And ii must never be
forgotten that we entered the war
on our own account as much as on
theirs. Any other view is sophistry
or self-delusion. Moreover. was
because they fought so hard for
three years that the end came so
soon after our armies took the field.
Their debt to us is great. but so is
ours to them. So let us pay our war
bills cheerfully.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
THE natives of Africa, whether I
they are regarded as economic |


assets or as human beings, are
in reality children, with certain
vices of their own, but in their raw
state uncontaminated by a corrupt
and material civilization. They may
be nodded like clay in the hands
of the potter, and it is the duty of
those higher in the scale of civili-
zation, as ii is understood in Wes-
tern Europe and America, to see
that these children of Nature are
not crushed lower and lower, until
of soulless domination.
This is the essential justification
of European control. Yet from the
first it was announced in the Kolo-
male Zeitschrift, that self-interest
was to be the handspring of Ger
man policy in Africa. I'VE have
acquired this colony" it was writ
ten, mot for the evangelization of
the blacks, not primarily for their
well being, but for us whites Who
soever hinders our objects we must
put out of the way" Avoiding the
charge of hypocrisy, so freely leveled
at those who have adopted other
views, the Germans have laid them
selves open to another. and per-
haps more sinister, impeachment.
clared Bebel, lis conceived only
from the point of view of material
profit"
In the early days OF German
colonization, from 1884 up to 1900,
it was fondly hoped that the Ger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
First DiDiSiOn

Regular Army: Division Headquar-
ters arrived in France June 81, 1917.
Activities: Sommerville sector, ten
kilometers southeast of Nancy. Oc-
tober 21 to November 20. 1917; An
sauville sector, January Is to April
3, 1918; Cantigny sector, April 20 to
July (battle of Cantigny, May 2S
to 500; scissors operation, Marne
counter offensive, July IS to q;
Sazerais sector, August Z to "a st
Mihiel operation, September IL and
13; Argonne Meuse offensive, Octo
Der l to 12: operations against Mou-
zon. November 3 and 6; operation
south and southwest of Sedan. No
vember Z and s; march on Coblenz
bridgehead, November II to Decem-
ber Is, 1918.
Prisoners captured: 165 officers,
1904 men. Total advance against
resistance, 81 ki'ometers.
Divisional insignia: Crimson figure
81" on khaki background. Chosen
because the numeral Il" represents
the number of the division and many
of it's subsidiary organizations. Also,
as proudly claimed, because it was
the first Division in France; first
in sector; first to fire a shot at the
beiIhdHst HISt W dtCdChi HTsI 10 COLI
duct raid; first to be raided; first
to capture prisoners; first to infiict
casualties; first to suffer casualties;
first TO he cited singly in General
orders: first in the number of Di-
vision Corps and Army Commanders
and General Staff officers produced
from its personnel"
Seen at times represented by n
star and crescent of white, mounted
upon q khaki circle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
ProDerbS of Modern Japan

[Saito-Man in the Continental Edi-
tion of the London MALL
Many foreigners have been please (!
to call my country, Japan, the land
of proverbs. A large percentage OF
our proverbs, it is needless to say
concern women.
Most of the old widely known
ones have been freely translated, OF
stolen. by foreign writer's. But we
are not worried. New and clever
proverbs are fast being created by
the new generation of men and wo-
men.
l translate below some of the gems
which have recently come under my
notice. They do not necessarily rep
resent the opinion of the present day
Japanese people. but they are al
any rate a contribution to the abun-
dant world wisdom of the immortal
problem:
New women are created to re-
place good women"
"If you want to love women, be-
gin by loving money"
Women who remember shop
signs and trade marks make good
wives"
Very jealous women are easy to
control"
Pride goes before a fall, especial
ly in beautiful women"
Women and mountains should be
looked on at distance"
Women fall in love with their
protectors: men with women"
Men who can neither brag nor
flatter need not fear being loved by
women"
Rather than make love in clumsy
language. bite your tongue out"
plain women bewail their misfor-
tune in proportion to their learning. 81
when marriage agents praise any
woman for her virtues, you may be
hcertain that it is another way OF
saying that she is ugly"
Women who seek liberty too Of
ten lose it,"
"A wife who does net know how
to please her husband makes him
commit no end of blunders."
Men who like, to take photos with
their wives are henpecked."
Thin Tipped women tell lies; thick
Tipped women are lazy and jealous" "
'Tis women who know they are
ugly that powder their faces"
Women admire women of their
own type"
The secret of winning the woman
who jilts YOU is-perseverance."
Women understand men; those
who understand women are also
women"
Poisonous flies carry shiny wings;
bad women pretty faces"
Men laugh with their hearts;
women only with their mouths"
Women who habitually bite their
lips are jealous"
War makes men strong and wo-
men lovely"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
COrnering Mr.. BurleSon
[From the New York World.

[From the New York World.1
Postmaster General Burleson is
not helping his grand public owner
ship enterprise by making state
ments as to his operation of tele-
graphs and teicl>hones which are in
stantly challenged by men familiar
with the facts.
For example, he says that the re-
cent increase in rates was made nee
essary by higher wages and that the
added revenue will hardly cover the
extra expense: but officials of the
employees organization deny that
there has been any actual increase
in wages, holding that the extraor-
binary outlays now cited are mostly
due to costly and wasteful methods
introduced since the lines passed
under the control of Government.
AS a further illustration, in de-
Tending the 20 per cent increase on
rates on these grounds, Mr.. Burleson
says that it would have been un-
avoidable and probably greater Il
private management of the lines had
been continued. In reply to this we
have the statement of President
Mackay of the Postal Company, i'll
which he guarantees restoration and
maintenance Ol Ile Olu rates Wnen
public control of his lines shall have
been relinquished.
Departmental views on these sub
iects are twisted by the preconceived
notions of Government ownership
pers. These gentlemen. with Mr..
Burleson at their head. started out
with promises of efficiency and econ
omy and the belief that their system
could be made permanent. They
have failed, as everybody knows
and. instead of admitting the truth
they are Offering explanations that
do not explain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
Finally, be strong IN the Lord, aud
IN the strength Of his night.-Eph. $40.
CITY PARK PLANTING

IN these Springtime days, the Har-
risburger. who is not thrilled with
pride over the many attractive
features of this city, is deficient in
the love of the beautiful in nature.
Especially is this true when one
and observes the picturesque gran
dcur of the river and mountain
scenery at our doors.
a walk along the Front Steps of
Harrisburg" impresses the stranger
with the fine character of treatment
of the river front and suggests the
possibilities of the future planting
OF the terrace and also the perma-
nent care of the west-shore embank-
ment.
At this period of the year, the
islands and the green fields beyond.
impress the visitor with the beauty
of the city's environment and con-
stantly suggest the need for some
fixed policy for the Department of
'Parks regarding future development.
Hundreds of people now enjoy the
walk along the Front Steps" but
there is general comment respecting
the failure to properly plant with
permanent shrubbery, the terrace of
the embankment. Soil pots were
placed in the riprapping from Mac
lay Street southwark and yet few OF
these pots have been utilized in the
planting of the slope-probably not
ten per cent of them.
With the great quantity of shrub
bcry available for planting at the
City Nursery, it ought to be an easy
matter to cover the embankmen.
with the most attractive planting
and now that the war is over and
the shortage of labor is no longer
a fact to be considered, it is not
unreasonable to expect that the post
poned planting will be proceeded
with this Spring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

VTTHAT the New York World say.
wv of housing conditions in Ger
tain parts of that great met
ropolitan center applies to Harris
burg SO well that it is worth quoting
According to that newspaper:
A Brooklyn clergyman is living
in his church because he cannot
find an apartment. Men offer
premiums to agents to get them
rooms. y Bronx landlord raises
one rental within few months
from SIS to $50. \ woman who
cannot pay $26 for rooms formerly
costing SIC begs Mayor Hylan to
let her pitch a tent in the park;
and this course may yet be neces-
sary.
Not all landlords are grasping;
many have advanced rents only
the small percentage justified by
higher costs. The fact that living
quarters often cannot be found at
all, which plays into the hands of
the comparatively few cormorants.
is the more widely serious element
in the case.
In spite of crushing debt and
heavy war losses Great Britain has
resolved upon a national rehousinE
campaign. The Government bill for
the purpose begins. 1T shall be the
duty of every local authority in
England and Wales to provide
housing, and sets forth how this
may be done by public credit, COM
pulsory purchase of land and other
means that seem radical until the
CVershaoowing greatness of the
emergency is considered. The need
is even keener in our fast-growing
cities. yet we simply drift.
The housing of the people is the
concern of the people. who are the
Government The rent problem is
bigger than the deserts of land
lords. 1t concerns public health
and morals. the growth or decay
of entire communities. It is prob
lem that must be faced.
Fortunately, consideration of our
problem is in good hands. We know
hat there is a shortage of houses,
We know the condition exists, but
% precisely what extent and how to
meet it we must rely upon informa-
ion now being collected and upon
he study of those charged with the
work. That other cities recognize
he same need and are facing the
ame problems should give us cour-
ige to go forward carefully with the
ask before us to the end that the
.esults shall compare favorably with
he best attainments of other COM
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
BOlSheUiSnl Means This

4 am strongly convinced that in
all main essentials, the aims of the
Bolsheviki and of the I. w. w. are
identical Minister of Posts and
Telegraphs Zorin, who lived eight
years on the east side, told me once
that they expected to get Germany
after Russia, and after. Germany
they would tackle the UHited States"
Excerpts from the testim ony before
the Senate Committee investigating
Bolshevism by the Rev. DIR. George
S. Simons, superintendent from 1907
until last October of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Russia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
FISH AND BY-PRODUCTS

The fishing industry of Alaska has
made many millionaires during the
past score of years, but the majority
OF the Napoleons of finance have
been content with canning, salting
and packing. Few have paid any
attention to the by-products which
offer a broad field for exploitation
Thousands of tons of offal is annual
ly thrown back into the sea that
could be utilized and with profit.
Fertilizer and oil are among the
most valuable products that are be-
ing practically overlooked, while
the opportunities for the cod liver
oil industry all along the chain of
islands forming the Aleutien group.
is acknow' edged by those conversant
with conditions to be the most prom
ising in the world. This item and
the erection and maintenance of cold
storage plants at advantageous
points on the Aleutian Islands offers
great inducements to capital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Mayor e. V. Babcock, of Pitts
burgh, has improved enough to sign
city bonds in bed.
Charles A. Amber. former in
surance commissioner, will head the
Salvation Army drive in Montgomery
county.
Henry A. Wise Wood, prominent
New York lawyer. has arranged to
address the Philadelphia homo de-
fensc organization.
Professor James w. CroweIl,
cited for Y. M. c. A. work in France,
is a State College professor.
General w. G.. Price, of Chester.
generally believed in line for COM
mand of the new National Guard,
expects to sail for home in the next
month. He has been decorated by
the French government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

more substantial and desirable than
anything that Russia has ever known.
Meanwhile, men, women and chill
dren. helpless and blameless, must
die by the hundreds of thousands.
victims of the greatest governmental
crime the world has ever seen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
A CONSTRUCTIVE SPEECH

IN y
sl,eoch before the Manufactur.
~ ers' Club in Philadelphia FRI
doy night. took the ground that the
mart the Republican party must play
in the affairs of the nation in the
next few years is that of a con-
strrictive force. ard he very properly
laid small stress upon the policy of
mere adverse criticism OF the Demo-
cratic administrat which natur-
,Ilv has cropped out in the ad-
dresses of less thoughtful men fa-
miIiar with war history in Wash
ingtun. Said he:
do not intend to critfcise at
this time. the wastetuiness, thG
nrononIic la,oTNr ,ieu netbods nTacticed dur
ing the war. For the present we
ca" P"sS vtastn l, inovitabio and
men lose their balance. Let these
lhlngs, hoWsNGr, ,"H p%SS lnoIt aIt ror- or
ward and, as a preliminary reso-
luton let US s,iGmn's boii GIcl'be he
"Eccnomy and Retrenchment."
l,ooror,v and rotroncbment have
..,o,,o r,o.a +b,r evor rripe es-
aon,i.,. - .bo co,duc+ of govorn-
o,,tot activities No cannot continue
70 float hir hond issues We must
,-.
begin 10 thlhk seriously ABOUT "lP-
ing out the Indebtedness we already
.-.., ,,s -.,,..,., :. ,,.;I, =.
nave ConIfaCleH' vi COURSE IL "llP pe
necessary for the Democratic ad-
....,a..,.io, 80 ori,.o f,r and oo,,.
r"illstraIloh 10 give 'u'' anu |O'''-
plete account of its steward ship, and
1910, l,.,;lox,b1o dir+,- ri,,,
coup'les9 coiiSl''el Ct '"i' VIZ y ili'ei'
will be washed before the new Con-
-.,,,,,, ,,,o+os its ,,orl, l,,,+ Son
ator Penrose is right in his opinion
tho, tho neonIa arc far more inter-
''"' '''o t,, -.
a.a.s,,a,, ;n+o,d 20 do +bop T., who,
t,o ,Domooro+s bovo doro Nrara
sri,ioi,,, vii, not p,oo+ +h6 aor,ord,,
80 .,n ,.o+ors Tho iroop,ire pc
..,.,t..z - 49, uoo+ oo,,
l,,,.,,,.a ,o..no 90 +boir .,,
-. ,,,rs+ ras+ora +bo cour+rv "a
.,.a,. -, ro,,i,1,,. &C -,oss;b,o 4ro,,, tho
o,d +ta o,.i,s +ba+ boya fo,Iou,a,
=, a., ,.al,o As cora+or ponroso
,az, ,,;s.
union for our future course
should say: Let the government
aooIiSm ~ .Snra,,aa auJGSa ,Io oI' US rs anu
store business. including the
rat'pIaIis ,,i, u.s. anu a 'giePHone ft ana teie
abolish and forget methods which
verge on soclailsm ana winch are
dmstrv resume in its normal
channels. Let US re,estahlish and
and enterprise which nre-anie
nently have made the United
nreseive nafion in +bn unrId pio-
coo e'ii Oiii-
piisA tllose ehus there Will De no
question as to the election of a Re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

Gradually the various trades and in
dustries are recovering their equilib-
rum and proceeding somewhat along
normal lines. 1t will be some time, of
course. before the war reaction ceases
to be felt. but the fact that trade and
commerce are beginning to recover is
an assurance of a stabilization of labor
and industry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

Short term Victory bonds at Az
per cent. interest have an attractive
sound.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
TheY Return From France

Two soldiers kissed each other
when they met at the Union station.
-[From the Leavenworth Times
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

where, and this is about the way the
messages would read:
Good morning. Did you say good
morning to each customer this morn
ing? Frank w. Woolworth." !"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

Lets kiss and make up" says
Harden to the allies. Let's see isn't
there a particularly appropriate story
about one Judas and his kiss?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights OF republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
LABOR NOTES


The meat packing plants in Can
NADIA employ over 1900 women in
various capacities.
Drug clerks in Greater New York
have formed themselves into a Drug
Clerks Union with view to secur-
ing shorter hours and increased
wages
The tetile industry in Brazil sup
plies rs per cent. of that country's
cloth consumption.
A vast portion of the working
class of Chile's less than 1000, 900
population is engaged in the ex-
ploitation of the nitre fields in that
country.
Mexico is to have national
'workmen's compensation law which
will include many of the important
features of similar laws enacted by
States in this country.
The cotton mills in India employ
nearly 100000 persons and the cot
ton ginning, cleaning and pressing
mills more than a third as many
additional workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
SOULLESS HUN RULE IN AFRICA
POlicV

Colonies Acquired For Us WhiteS,' Was Frankly Bru
Policy
tEvans Levin in the Atlantic Monthly.I
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

Lieutenant Governor Beidleman
has made more addresses since his
inauguration than any other official
in the State service in a similar per-
iod. He had has so many invitations
that he has been compelled to de-
cline many of them in order to give
attention to his legislative duties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
While the,
4t,f,an fnr ~,

While they have nothing to an
nounce for publication. City Com
missioners William II. Lynch, DIR. s.
f. Hassler and Charles w. Burtnett
are quietly arranging their fences
for reelection. Their friends say
they will have the support of men
prominent in the Republican organi-
ZatiOn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15
HERE ALSO

VXTHAT the New York World says
wv of housing conditions in GER
tain parts of that great met
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-15

| do not intend q CritICise at
this time the wastefulness, the
ill-advised projects and the bad
economic methods practiced dur
ing the war. Fer the present we
can pass them by. realizing that
in war waste is inevitable and
men lose their balance. Let these
things. however, pass for the
moment. Let us now look for
ward and. as preliminary reso-
luton. let US solcmuly declare
that our slogan shall be
"EccnomN and RetrenChmcnt."