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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

One need only read the walls of the
Hun over the peace terms to under
stand the yellow character of a peo
pie responsible for untold suffering
and rameless cruelties. They were
ready to impose harsh terms upon the
helpless nations about them, but now
that the boot is on the other foot thew
indulge in cowardly shrieks of pro-
test which ought to have no effect uo
OH their victims. They are reaping
the whirlwind of their own folly and
must suffer the consequences of selfish
schemes to enslave the world.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

BY decreasing the weekly hours in
the Lancashire (England) spinning
mills, more work has been found
for 100000 people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

The great bulk of the Fifshire tex
tile trade is in the hands of female
labor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

Entered at the Post Office in Harris
burg. Pa, as second class matter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-15

The average wage of the ordinary
farm laborer in England has been
advanced during the war from $3.50
a week to 1915 a week.
Washington Journal., 1919-01-03

OffenssIoRen bate, pieber gu fdIies
BEN, ols enoli9 Der OetettiO unD
5rau DOrnemonn in Der Soustir srs
Idienen.
S4nea unb gsrduI9lOs Ttiesen bic
bstoen gu 2Obe in ben Mogsn, unb
ougsnbIidIi4 fubr Der Iebtere aud
T4On bopon.
Sn Der 8ergsrtrnbe anselanst, mo
Der 0etettiO feline 8obnuns bate,
tntlodte 2erOt Isiner Pfeife tpieOer
oieieIben 2outs nie porber, uno
pieoer purOe ibm oieIeIbe antport
outeil.
piles in Srbnung," murmeIte er.
9onn, ii9 gegen feline 6eiben 8sgleis
ter penoenb, iogte er: sWir tperben
gdnaIi6 ungeItOrt iein. Bite, itsigen
Sic aus"
Evening star., 1919-02-28
CHORUS SINGS ANTHEM
AS PRESIDENT ARRIVES
tfStar Spangled Banner" Given by
1000 at Reviewing Stand.
America" at Close.

The Star Spangled Banner" chorus
of 1000 voices. led by Percy Foster. sang
The Star Spangled Banner as Presi-
dent Wilson entered the presidential re-
viewing stand. The chorus, organized
by Mrs. Priscilla W. Streeter, was made
up of government employees. war work
ers and others. The singers were sta
toned Immediately east of the reviewing
stand in front of the White House.
4 striking symbolic group forming a
background for the big chorus was made
up OF 4 central figure of Uncle Sam
bearing an outstretched American flag.
He was fianked by men representing
England, France. Belgium. ITALY, Japan
and Serbia, each uniformed correctly
and bearing the flag of the nation he
represented.
The singers were assisted by four
cornetists from the three branches OF
the United States service-two from
the Army and one each from the Navy
and the Marine Corps.
AS the President left the stand .he
chorus sang america
Evening star., 1919-02-28

service, 12e5 18th street northwest;
Sergt. Ezra r Leferts. 2o10 F1agler
place northwest; Sergt Charles E.
Riley. Company r. 16&th Infantry. son
of William Riley, s19 18th street
northeast: Private Amos White. EnEi-
neers. lilo 11th street northwest; Prt-
vate John T. Grahm, Company c, saith
Infantry. 303S r street
Wacmingtonians who disemharked
today are Second Lieut.. Rufus Rob
erts, Battery c, 151st Field Artillery.
of 1927 Morse street. i'll of nephritls
Private Roy r. Shook. 316th Infantry,
1926 Iith street, wounded in right
thigh; Lieut.. Fena1d Petit. ordnance,
1115 17th street northwest: Sersts.
William II. Sayles, 325th Field Signal
Battalion. 439 r street: George W.
Saunders. same unit, 4IoT Elliot street
northwest. and Corp. Harold Jennifer,
same unit, +45 I'd street southwest.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
PRESIDENT DISAPPROvES
JOINT COMMITTEE PLAN

President Wilson does not approve
the sending of a joint COMMITTEES OF
members ofsths<Iouse,an and Senate for
eign relations committee to an inter-
allied parliamentary conferences in
Paris during the peace negotiations.
The President feels, Chairman
Hitchcock of the Senate committees said
Yesterday, that the sending of such a
committee to Paris at this timesuffzht
not be desirab1e and might cause con-
fusion Members OF the House. and
senate committees an a recent meat
irg discussed reselution now pend
lng before the Senate, COMMITTEES, atI-
thorizing the sending Of representa-
fives to Paris to attend the, interal-
lied parliament, but final action upuu
y was deferred Inyiews Of the Presf-
dents attitude. IL was regarded as
virtually certain that 1t would be re-
pcf,ed adversely and the invitation
declined.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
FRENCH TO OPPOSE
HUN SHIP SINKING
Lauzanne Says Government
Is Firmly Determined to Use
Craft Allotted to It.
BY the Associated Press.

! BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, February 27.-"The French
| delegation to the peace conference
! wAl energcticaily oppose the general
| sinking of the German fleet" says
I stephane Lauzanne. In the Matin.
other powers. or course, may do
what they like with their share of the
4 eet. but the French government and
L, evy is firmly determined to use the
sir ips which fail TO France when the
feet is divided up among the allies
in proportion to the losses each suf-
fers d during the war
GEORGES Leygues. minister of ma
rines clearly explained the reason for
this attitude to the navy committee
of the chamber of deputies recently.
He Sd owed how France gave up her
backyard plants to make munitions
at the beginning of the war. stopping
ali Sh q building. She lost IL peI. cent
of her naval tonnage and comes out
of the war with a weakened navy.
which $ he has been unable to keep
in repat for five years.
France needs a navy to police the
seas to 1rotect her colonial empire,
the second largest in the world What
would Tx country say if. a year
of credit tn build ships Identical with
those sunk'%@ The most pacific nations
in the world have navies, and the
United States has just drawn up the
most important program ever voted
by the American Congress"
Evening star., 1919-02-28
FINDS THE U. 5. shocked
WITH FOOD PRODUCTS
Survey by Department of Az rlcul-
ture Includes Wheat, Certa Is,
Meal and Canned Goods.

An incomplete survey by the aDe-
partment of Agriculture of comma T.
cial stocks of wheat, cereals, f1ciur
and corn meal, wholesale groce, 9
goods and canned goods on hand Fen
ruary. OF this year shows that The
United States is well stocked for soma
time to come.
OF large number Of commodities
necessary 10 life, the survey shows
that only in three instances was the
amount or hand less than on Febru-
airy l. 1913, anu in each oa these in
stances the stocks were more than
so per cent OF the totals on hand
last wear
Evening star., 1919-02-28
HA|G GUDEN|AN TO AID
NEAR EAST RELIEF WORK
Armenian Violinist Volunteers
Services and Will Play at Liberty
Hut Mass Meeting.

Haig Gudenian. an Armenian Vio-
linist. who has volunteered his serV-
ices to the Washington committee IN
charge Of the drive for relief IN the
near east here. will play at 4 mass
meeting TO be held for the campaign
at Liberty Hut next Wednesday night
Mr. Gudeniap has addressed an invl-
tation to Mrs. Newton y. Baker 10
sing at the meeting. pr. G. W Hunter
of New York, a member of the. relief
commission, who has been in Armenia,
will speak, and Charles W. parr,
chairman OF the committee on meet
inEcS will preside
Evening star., 1919-02-28
NABBED 10000 SLACKERs.
$50, 900 Men Aided A. B. Bielaski
in Department Of Justice Work.

The Department OF Justice rounded
up and inducted into service nearly
49, 900 sIackers. The bureau OF in
vestiSation Of the department re
ceived more than 1900 complaints a
day. and the American secret service
during the war had in its personnel
more than 25G,o00 men, including
members of the volunteer agencies
such as the American Protective
League.
These facts hacame known through
an address by John Lord O'Brian.
assistant attorney general. on the
occasion of the presentation of an
automobile to A. Bruce Belaski
chief of the bureau during the war.
by the bureaus employees. Mr..
O'Brian referred TO Mr.. Bieiaski as
the keenest and most efficient secret
service chief OF the war and the best
informed man in America on Hun
propaganda"
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Reports of Wholesale Grocers.

Wholesale grocerS reported in
cTeases in the following commodities
Beans, 1913 per cent: rice. s1I1.S per
cent; rolled oats. 1863 per cent; ;
canned tomatoes. 1867 per cent;
canned. corn, 1914 per cent? sugar.
r1,6-S per cent Canned salmon on
hand on February I. 1919, was 90
per cent of the total, on hand Febru-
airy l., 1D1S,
Holdings of condensed milk this
year represented $50 per cert of
stocks held by firms a year ezEber'
gwhiles the holdings of evaporated nil
represented S1.5 per cent of the Feb
ruary, 1918, stocks
Evening star., 1919-02-28
His Record in Europe.

Mr. Gudenian is well known
through all western Europe and the
Balkans for the delineation through
music of his own composition of the
trials of his native land from the tyr
amy of the Turk. He has played be-
fore many of the crowned heads Of
Europe Shortly after the beginning
Of the war he heard that his parents
had left their home in the Caucasus
and he has not heard from them since.
Mass meetings will be held tonight
and tomorrow night at Dunbar High
School by the colored committee to aid
the campaign here. Music viii he fur
nished by the Dunbar High School
orchestra.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Pop MOORE GETS BACK
White-Haired Sergeant of Wash.
ington Has Three Sons in Serv-
ice, One Captain.
Special p;spstcb to Tho Star

Special pispa tch TO The Star
NEW YORK, February 2S-'Yes,
sir. I'm only sergeant. but all in all,
I've put in a couple of decades and
more in the United States Army" and
Sergt. Charles Pop" Moore. white
haired and grizzled, but erect and
muscular, grinned bit gloatingiy
when interviewed on the transport
President Grant on which he arrived
Wednesday at Hoboken. ''pop" was
in France with the headquarters com
pauy Of the Gf4th Infantry. He has
three sons in service. One of them.
his superior in rank, is Capt. John
Moore.
! never met up with him in France"
said Pop. with 4 laugh, but if | had
| guess his dad would have had to sa-
lutte the kid"
Sergt' Moore lives at SIS Taylor
street northwest, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
FIRST WOMAN To- RECEIVE
!. ARMY SERVICE MEDAL

The first woman to win the Amsri-
can Arry's distinguished service
n1edal is Miss Beatrice Macdonald of
tho Reserve Nurse Corps who was
seriously wounded while remaining
at her post with wounded men at. a
British casualty station during Ger
man night raid. Secretary Baker in
yited her to the War Department
tcdayto receive the decoration with
formal ceremony.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Wheat Holdings Large.

Wheat holdings this year were
nearly three times as large as the
stocks on the same date last year.
This year there was on hand 223.
SF4 $50 bushels, a total that is 1855
per cent of the 1918 stocks. Corn
-four on hand this year aggregated in
the incomplete survey 3l.330,9sl i
pounds, or 663.5 per cent of last
years. stock.
Cereal holdings showing increases
this year as compared with last year
and their percentages follow: oats,
1922. barley. 1861: rye, 3SS. Corn
showed a decrease, the percentage be
ing S5.6 per cent.
Increases in stocks of -four and
corn meal on February /, l9b1, as
against February 1. 1913, were:
Wheat -four, 1888 peE cent; whole
wheat and graham -four, 134 per cent;
barley -four, 100 per cent; rye flour
1914 per cent: corn meal, 1913 per
cent: buckwheat -four, 292-s per cent,
and mixed -four, 3J3.7 per cent
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Employ Only Union Labor.

In response to a resolution asking
the Shipping board as to tho employ
ment policy in the shipyards at Seat
tie, wash, having government con-
tracts, Director General Piez has in
formed the Senate that only union
men had been employed there, because
the Seattle yards were CLOSED shops"
before the war.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
TOXIC STUDENTS ORGANIZE.
Publicists Also Are in Movement to
Combat Militarism.

{ TOXIC. January %. Correspond
ence of the Associated Press) DIR.
Inazo Nitobe. we'll known professor of
colonial administration in the law col
Iege of the Toxic Imperial University,
together with a number of other schol-
ars and. pubIicists,. has organized the
Dawn Society in order to combat mill
txsrisnn and reactionism in Japan.
DR.. Nitobe is a graduate of Johns
Hopkins University. and last year was
prominently mentioned for the A. Bar
ton Hepburn Iprofessorship Of American n
constitutional law in the Imperial Uni
yprsity.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Appeal for Last-Minute Donations

Washington has contributed slight
ly less than 100000 to date of the
si50.000 asked of the city by the com
mittee. Contributions are still bein g
received by the treasurer for the fund,
Eugene E. Thompson, 72S 18th street
however, and the committee hopes for
last-minute contributions to the fund
the campaign for which closes tomor
row night.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
Other Washington Arrivals.

Other Washington arrivals were
Col E. Waldron Albert, 5th Engineers,
the Portner, 18th and streets: Capt
George NJ. f. Steese. 5th Engineers
Army and Navy Club: Capt David NJ
Tastet, medical detachment, 1s4th In
fantry, 1926 Fairmont street north
west; Col. Henry Clay Fisher. MedicaI
Corps. No. 2f43 X street northw est; ;
Lieut. George NJ Tricket. embarkatiou
Evening star., 1919-02-28
DISTRICT BILL MAY
+: FAIL OF PASSAGE
Prospect Seen in Conferees
Deadlock Over HaIf-and-
~ Half Issue.

n Prospect that the District appro-
rristion bill will fail of passage at this
tEeSs;oD of Congress. because the con-
Efrees for the House and Senate are
IN deadlock over the question of abol-
Hhing the half-and-hah system of
Financing the National Capital, OBJ
irulka during debate on the third de-
Hciency bill. in the House yesterday.
N Minority Leader Mann rebuked Rep
fesenta.ive Sisson of Mississippi. who
ss..ahairnan of the subcommittee in
Charge OF the District supply bill, be-
cause of his determination to insist
on abolition of the half-and-half prin-
ciple.
Evening star., 1919-02-28

Foremen of the Hog Island shipyard.
who struck last week for higher pay
and returned to work pending a de-
cision of their demands. have accepted
new rates of s66 and s54, with other
CONCESSIONS.
Evening star., 1919-02-28
When Point Came Out.

This exchange occurred when Rep
fesentative SisSon offered. and the
House accepted, an amendment to the
deficiency bill authorizing the District
tor collection of ashes or to take over
the collection service. This provision
is identical with one in the District
bill
Il do not think the District bill has
a chance to pass" Representative Sis
SON told the House. after he and the
other House conferees had withdrawn
rom q conference in which the Senat c
conferees had suggested creation of a
commission to devise a plan for ap-
preparations for the District, embody-
ing changes in the half-and-half plan
If that seemed desirable
Decline to Consider Proposition.
Mr.. Sisson and his associate. con-
fereeS declined even to consider the
proposition and the Senate conferees
Hefe iInmovabie in their refusal to
agree to immediate abolition of the
haaf-and-half system on July 1 next.
seeking to justify his attitude
representative Sissons said the Senate
coAferees refused even to discuss
cazNeing the; present system, and he
thoueht such an attitude toward the
q9eetfon was unwarranted.
TheH House has twice. by. a. two
thfrds vote, declared against the half
ana. half principle said Mr. Sisson.
f1our cohferees feel that the House
euEnt to receive more consideration
st the hands of the Senate"
NJ. Sisson added that no attempt
US being made to- change the Dis
tItct TAX system, although he declared
ts1at Washington taxpayers pay less
enan half what taxpayers in many
osher cities pay.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
THAT WHEAT
GUARANTEE

Because of his price guaran-
tee of 1925 a bushel Uncle Sam
stands to lose from 80 cents to
n dollar on every bushel of
wheat harvested this year. llav-
ing made this guarantee to the
farmer he will make it good
That is Uncle Sans way.
But what is the Farmer GO
ing to do for Uncle Sam in the
Victory Liberty Loan?
Europe is buying wheat right
now from the,big accumulations
of the last two or three years
in Argentine and Australia at
something like $3.50 a bushel.
Without the government
guarantee the American farmer
would be getting no more than
this price now. And be doing
well at that.
If he is to retain the respect
of the American public, if he is
to continue TO be regarded rs
the backbone of the nation, he
must do his part in this next
bond issue
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
Presbsteran Churches. .

At Snyder and Ira Next Sunday.
We respectfully call the attention
OF the public TO our services at the
Presbyterian church in Snyder next
Sunday ut II a. m. and $50 p. m,
mountain time. We invite every per
SON in or near SHyder, who is not
expecting to attend church services
a, some other place. to come ou'
and worship with us. Rivalry is un
necessary: there are plenty Of PEG
pie in the community to fill all the
places OF public worship Let ever
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

Read what these patriots and
sports said when asked what
they were going TO do in the
Victory Loan Campaign. These
are extracts from letters re-
ceived from Liberty Loan chair
men by Frank NJ. Smith, Fed
eral District Director of the
War Loan Organization at Dali
las.
After having put through
four loans with the last one l59
percent in excess of our quota,
do you think that we sound IKE
a bunch that would lay down
and not finish the Job? When
you are ready for us to shoot,
give us the high sign and then
watch us bring home the ba-
con"
Yours truly,
(Signed) FRANK NJ. HAYNER,
Chairman Dona Ana Co., n. NJ.
Replying to yours of the
18th instant, beg to advise that
it is with pleasure that | con
sent to stay in the harness until
the Job is completed, let that
be one year or twenty, should
last so long.
| am at your service until
you are through with me-"
Yours to serve,
(Signed) r. T. CORRELL.
Ochiltree
81 am glad to be in position
to assure you that Baylor Coun
ty people are very patriotic
but we have been suffering
from the droughts for three
years and would kindly ask tina
! our quota be made as low a
possible. Our people have gon'
their limit every time, will d.
it again to finish the work.
Several Baylor County boy
: we're lost on the front, amonI
; them my eldest son, who wa
In the seth Division. My sec
; ond son is still in France, s
the work will not be complet
until the boys are all home
and Peace is establishe
throughout the land"
+ (Signed) G.. B. NORRIS,
! Chairman,
Baylor County, Texas, Libert
Loan Organization.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
DON'T SELL YOUR
LIBERTY BONDS

Your Government asks You
not to sell these unless You have
to. To part with your Liberty
Bonds means giving up your
pledge of patriotism and citizen
ship. Liberty Bonds will be
worth much more money pres
emily and it is good business to
hold them. If you must sell, go
to a banker and let him give you
information and advice. Do not
sell to just anyone, who may not
treat you fairly.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
With the Altrurian Ciub

The Altrurian Club met Fel
IN regular meeting with Mn.
gins as hostess. This was 4 4
meeting and all were glad 20
have to recite a lesson. a Cine
gram OF music and readings
rendered after which the hostcs
sisted by Mrs. Hamilton. and
Harris served a refreshing
course luncheon. All enjoyed the
sic of the Victrola for some
after adjournment.
The guests were Mr.. A. c. ~
Mrs. Ike Boren, Mrs. ]. Monroe
Miss Nell Higgins.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
INCOME TAX is
TRULY POPULAR.

"The payment OF Income taxes
/ takes on new signiiicauce
/ which should he understood by
/ every citizen. The taxation sys-
r TEN of this country Is truly pop
+ ular. of the people, 10y the peo-
+ ple and for the people. Every
h citizen is liable to tax, ana the
+ amount of The tax is graduated
r according to the success and for
r tune attained by each individual
+ I'm awaiting himself of the oppor-
4 tunities created and preserved
h by our free insi tu,lons. The
K method and degr, of the tax Is
4 determined by no favored class,
4 but by the represc .tatlves of the
4 people. The proc eds OF the tax
4 should he regarded as national
4 lnvcs.ment."-Da.lel c. Roper
X Commissioners OF Internal keve-
4 nue..
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

r. B. Wills returned home Mon
day from the L. $. Navy. lie hav-
ing volunteered into that branch OF
the army near year ago. lie is on
a furlough but thinks he will receiva
his discharge before he has 90 re,
turn He has been stationed at SAM
Francisco, Calf. and speaks of bein 4
highly pleased with this branch y
the work and wishes 20 rcamin in I
81 they will allow him TO 10 with
the fleet when they start around ths
world
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

body attend church.
The above invitation viii also ap-
ply to Ira where we expect to hold
services Sunday at 1880 p. m. }
shall be glad to meet ali old friends
together With the new corners of the
Ira community. at the church.
Yours In His service.
Jas. II. Tate.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
Lohn oil n Gas Company.

I desire to commend to oil invest
ors the merits of the Lohn Oil Il
Gas company. See me at Towle's
Jewelry store
A. j. Towle, Local Representative
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

Franz Sears has returned from ''e
war. bringing home wound N on.
arm which the boches gave MIN At
varaun He was with the FAMOUS
os,h d,vision and put up all the
,,gbt he could from the 5th OF tne
month till the sth when they nv
him and laid him out 1t wiil pe
remembered that his wife, nee Jimmie
Mccunton died at Commerce wn'ie
no was across the waters He go'
his discharge recently and Is p"VN
IN the McClinton home to take car
NJ the pretty baby left him whei
~ w;fe and mother passed away
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28
EXCHANGE CHAT.
{: I: : :

- - = -
The Colorado Record man says he
had his garden in fine condition for
planting but the sand storm took
Il ND and sent II, east, however ne
eot a good one in it's place sent over
rom Big Spring.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

Mr.. W A. Clark. eX-sheriff 4
Borden county. but OF late has bed
at Ranger. was here Sunday on HI
return trip to Ranger after spendin
week with his family at Gail. "
A tried TO tell us something aboj
the Ranger mud and oil. but said !,
could not express IL as ii was an
the best thing TO do would be
come and see It Tor ourselves.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

When parties are in contention
and an umpire Is called and rules
in such way that both sides INA
fault with his decisions, you can say
with certainty that he is honest tsir
and right.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

Paul said he had learned TO Dc
content with whatever train OF Gil
cumstances came to him. but We
have an idea he never had TO go
through a series OF West Texas sand
storms.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

II is understood that the roau
builders are fixing about three Ln'le'
n, road In the deep sand on hnni'
orook aud working up some OF the
other bad places on Route three
Out on No. & it is said all the iahu
owners but one have moved their
fences back and It is thought he wiz
do 60 Work is going along niceiy
On several other parts Of the county
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-28

Surgeons agree that in sat'
cuts. burns. bruises and wouuda
first treatment Is most irupof
When an efficient art.soptlc Il
piled promptly. there is ~ Dc
OF infection and the wound beei
heal az once. For use on ma
beast Borczone is the ideal ant
tic and healing agent. Buy T.
and be ready for an emergene{.
by Grayum Drug Co.