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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
HARMONY AT CAPITOL

TT MUST be extremely gratifying
to Governor Sproul TO feel that
he has the confidence of the Leg
islature in both branches and that
there is a general disposition among
the lawmakers to cooperate with
him in all constructive legislation.
There may be differences of opinion
regarding details, but these differ
ences do not affect in any way the
cordial and helpful attitude OF the
legislators toward the present oc-
cupant of the gubernatorial chair
Governor Sproul has striven from
the outset to achieve practical and
substantial results for the Common
wealth. He has INDUCED in no rhap-
sodies over visionary or impractical
things. but with his eye steadily
fixed upon the welfare of the people
whose servant he is the constant ef-
fort of the Governor has been TO
overcome the difficulties hedging the
head of a great Commonwealth in
this reconstruction period. His vi
sion is clear and in every public
utterance he has manifested consist
ent sanity of view and a realization
Of the responsibility resting upon
one in an important station.
We do not recall any administra-
ton which has so thoroughly in
vited the confidence of the lawmak-
ing branch. and this means that
the results of the session are likely
to be acceptable to the large ma
jority of the people. Carefully
avoiding the usual pitfalls Governor
Sproul has already achieved much.
and with a continuation of the har-
monious relations now existing be-
tween himself and the Legislature
the record of substantial progress
in matters affecting the welfare of
the Commonwealth cannot be. other
wise than creditable to all con-
cerned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
SHACkLE THE Hun

kkR UGH time has been wasted" :"
V said Senator Lodge in q
recent address The de-
lays have bred restlessness and con-
fusion everywhere. Germany is lift
ing her head again. The whimper-
ing after defeat is changing to
threats. She is seeking to annex
100000 of Germans in German
Austria. She is reaching out in
Russia and reviving her financial
and commercial penetration every
where. Germany is again threaten
ing, and the only source of a great
war is TO be found for the future as
for the past in Germany. She
should be chained and fettered now
and this menace TO world peace
removed"
But instead of following such an
obviously practical plan, the peace
conferees have wasted much preci-
Gus time in the discussion of
league of nations, designed more to
stir up resentments among liberty
loving people who have never had
any thought of warning upon their
neighbors than to curb further ag-
gressions on the part of the Ger
mans. Not only does the prolonged
delay in dealing with present con-
ditions tend to fill the Germans with
renewed arrogance. but it also has
the effect of dulling the popular in
dignation and horror at the Teuton
methods of war. Germany should
be removed once and for all as a
menace to the future peace of the
world, and in doing so the allied
will take far more ef-
fectual step in the prevention OF
war than in urging the adoption of
any league of nations that can be
conceived,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
= IEUT. CONINGSBY DAWsoN's, ,
Living Bayonets" is composed
of letters written by Lieuten-


of letters written by Lieuten-
ant Dawson to his immediate fam
lily, and these letters pick up his
story at just about the point where
Carry On" left it, and take it as
far as those days of last October
when Germany began her whining
and hypocritical plea for peace
Brief and broken, some of them,
written in all sorts of places and
under all sorts of conditions, from
the luxurious comfort of a London
hotel to n dugout half full of mud
and water, the letters reflect all
sorts of changing phases and chang
ing moods-all sorts. save those
which have to do with despair or
any, even the very faintest, appre-
hension of eventual defeat
The letters begin with one dated
in April, 1917, and give brief
glimpse of the English advance, but
IN June, Lieutenant Dawson was
wounded at Nimy, and that in the
right arm; gas-gangrene set in, and
for some months he was necessarily
out of the fighting In Septem Der
came visit to Canada and the Unit
ed States, and when in November he
returned to England it was to dis
cover that he had been detailed for
NNbs IIic 1llS COMMISSIONER,
instead of to France and the fight
ing line. Against this order he
chafed sorely. In June they are
looking forward to at least one and
probably four more years of war.
BY that time they may all be dead
who now stand facing the guns.
But no matter; behind stands Amer
lea with her high courage, her
sacrifice, and her millions of men,"
And to an American, this expecta-
ton of the coming of the Americans.
and the description of what happen
ed when at last they did come, are
no less than absorbing. At the first,
the men at the front scarcely realize
what that coming is going to mean;
then London goes on scant rations,
that the United States may be sup
Piled with tonnage, and then-then
through camp and hospital, among
the wounded and along the weary
shell-torn roads, one song is sung
by every poilu and by every Tommy;
and that song is "Over There" For
now the Yanks are indeed coming.
we could have won without the
Yanks-we're sure of that: but
we walk jauntily. The Yanks are
coming. They will reap the peace
for the world which our blood has
sown." And that last phrase ex-
presses something which we of the
United States should never forget:
that for nearly four years before
we entered the conflict, England and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
NOT SENTIMENTAL"

WRITER who does not sign
Il his name sends letter to the
Telegraph complaining against
this newspapers defense of the day
light saving law, in which he takes
the ground that this newspaper must
necessarily be an enemy of the
farmer if it is a friend of this law,
and dismisses the whole thing as
the rawlings of a selfish sentiment
talist."
The Telegraph does not need to
tell it's readers that it is at all times
an ardent supporter of the farm and
a true friend of the farmer. This
newspaper realizes the dependence
of the nation upon the men who till
the soil. But it does not believe
the farmer to be seriously, if at all,
injured by daylight saving. Not
a single farmer need change his
clock next Sunday night if he does
not care to do so. He can go
along on his old schedule of get
ting up and going to bed if he so
desires.
1t is not the Telegraph, but our
correspondent, who is selfish. This is
a nation of majorities, and a ma
jority of the people of the nation
reside in cities and towns. The
farmer may work according to his
own schedale, but the town resident
must go to work to the sound of the
whistle. He must act not independ-
emily but in unison. Therefore, his
clock must be turned ahead if he
is to have any time for garden work
or recreation in the evening. Towns
people being in the majority and
vitality interested, and the farmer
being in minority and interested only
in a secondary manner, must give
way to the townspeople in this mat
ter of daylight saving.
We who live in towns are not
mere "sentimentalists" in this. Our
farmer friends recently voted in ia
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
Union Labor's Opportunity
By BRIGGS
WAL Street Journal.l

1t is to the abiding credit of the
New Jersey Federation of Labor
that it has laid down two proposi-
tons which the rest of us can read
lily endorse. 1t says that general
strikes are always injurious to the
workmen; and laws must be obeyed,
however obnoxious they may be. This
Is speaking good sense in a clear
voice, and union labor now has q
chance of making itself solid with
public opinion. 1t has seen the re-
suit of I. w. w. teaching, and every
thlng decent in the ranks of union
ized labor is opposed to Bolshevism
in any form.
What We're the best workmen's
com plnations the world ever saw?
They were the trade guilds, having
their origin for the most part in
the thirteenth century and operat-
ing successfully for several hun
dred years. Every master" or
employer, was responsible to the
guild and had himself been success
siVely an apprentice, journeyman
and master workman. But the
principle which gave vitality to these
powerful, successful, wealthy and
competent guilds was that they
guaranteed the high quality of work.
The inferior workman was recog-
nized as a mistit and required to
find employment elsewhere.
The result was the most enduring
work, the most artistic work, man
has yet devised; as is manifest in
surviving evidences like the great
athedrals,-poetry in stone: full of
magnificent wood and glass work,
and textiles which have survived
the hand of Time. The workman
was an artist as we'll as a laborer,
and We should not forget that there
never was a great artist yet in any
department of human effort who
had not made himself, by ceaseless
thought and effort, q first-class
craftsman of his trade.
Here then is n standard for our
labor unions, which can make them
one OF the greatest moral forces in
the country. They need only to
scrap the pernicious doctrine that
the competent workman is to be
restrained from his best efforts in
order that the unintelligent, the
incompetent, the discontented work.
man shall retain his place in the
union and be protected from his en-
pioyer, when what he needs is to be
protected from himself. The unions
Will never command public conf
dence when workers of this kind are
allowed to dictate the rate of produc-
ton and the quality of the product.
The unions can enormously extend
their influence by diverting mem
bership of this kind to other and
more suitable employment. Such
workmen have mistaken their call
ing, and the attempt to force them
upon production is the most fruitful
cause of labor trouble. The old
trade guilds were not tyrannical. But
in England at least, and in the Han
seattle cities, they broke up the
feudal system forever by sheer moral
force.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
POLICE DO GOOD JOB

FOLLOWING the recent revela-
= tions of Warden Hargest. of
the Dauphin county Jail, who
drew the public's attention, through
the columns of the Telegraph, to the
prevalence of the dope" habit here.
the Harrisburg police department
has displayed most commendable
energy in searching out the local
dealers in habit-forming drugs. The
raids of Monday night are most
refreshing evidence that the police
are in real earnest about this work
and mean to break up the practice
of dope selling in this city.
More wholesale arrests, where
conditions are found to warrant,
will do much to drive the agents"
out of business here. They are
bad lot, catering to the denizens of
the underworld" and caring only
for the rich pickings they are able
to get from the poor wretches who
would sell their very souls for "a
shot or two of morphine or pill"
of opium. They are criminals beside
whom a safe-robber is a gentleman
and a scholar. Very often they
themselves are dope fiends" and
they are in business only for the
sake of the immense profits for
small effort. The police will have
full and hearty public support in
this or any other campaign for a
cleaner, Better city they may under
take
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
Literary Notes

D. Appleton e Company have just
announced publication of the new
volume of THE American Year
Book" covering events of 1918. The
American Year Book" is published
annually by the Appletons, being
edited by Francis G.. Wickware and
prepared under the supervision of
a board comprised of members of
forty-three learned and scientific
societies. THE American Year
Book" has always proven an invaIu-
able help to students, editors and
other people requiring a ready refer
ence of current American events.
and it appeals to the general reader
as series of interesting and ex-
ceptional articles contained in one
volume.
This week the Appletons will issue
two new juvenile books, one by
Ralph Henry Barbour entitled I'm
der the Yankee Ensign" and the
other by Joseph A. Altsheler called.
THE Lords of the Wild" Bows,
young and old, will be interested
in these new volumes by two big
favorites, for Mr.. Barbour's tales
of sport and school life and Mr.. Alt
sheler's Indian and historical stor-
les have probably been. more widely
read than any other books ever writ
ten for boys.
A most timely volume to be pub
lished by d. Appleton G. Company
this week is a popular account of
how to successfully cultivate and
maintain a home garden. The book.
entitled The Book of the Home
Garden" has been written by Edith
Loring Fullerton. the well-known
garden expert, and it is said to be so
clearly and simply written that a
child can follow its instruction and
advice.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
FOCH PLAYS THE GAME

'VXTHILE rainbow chasers and
wv idealogues are playing cross
tag with each other, with
Europe and America the playground,
one Marshal Foch is plodding along
in a way that makes Germany sick
to her stomach.
Recently Foch demanded that
Germany turn over all her merchant
marine for the use of the allies.
food or no food. Every little while
he demands that the Germans va
cate particular piece of territory,
and if they quibble about it French
troops move up and take it.
1t is darned shame that Foch
isn't at the head of the peace table.
The debate respecting a league of
nations, and pretty songs about five
little nations in Already would come
to a speedy halt. and Germany
would get hers where it belongs. The
more Foch the less boche.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

John c. Winston, the chief
speaker at the charter hearing yes
terday. is one of the veteran re-
formers of Philadelphia.
DIR. Thomas t. Mutchler, who
managed the fight against the Rorke
bill. has been the head and front
of every fight against Sunday law
breaches for over twenty years.
Major c. C. McGovern, who com
manded the Pittsburgh cavalry at
the outbreak of the war, was here
yesterday.
Col. L. A. Watres, former lien
tenant governor, was among the
Governors callers yesterday. He was
here on Armory Board business.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

The Red Cross is asking for cloth
ing for war sufferers. They should
have it in abundance. Every family
in Harrisburg has at least one gar
ment that has been outgrown, worn to
the point of being no longer present.
able for the uses to which it was in
tended. but still good enough for gem
eral wear. We must remember that
while the war is over for us. millions
in Europe will be war-sufferers for
years
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

tober IT; st. Mihiel sector, riovem-
Der z to II.
Prisoners captured: 65 officers,
1922 men. Guns captured: SO
pieces of artillery. Ala machine
guns. Total advance on front line,
SO kilometers (made by units of one
regiment or less.)
Insignia: Yellow cross on black
circle, n combination of the division
al colors, yellow chosen because it
was the only color paint available
in Texas when the division was as
sembling its equipment. The cross,
long used to mark Government
property, had a terrifying effect on
the Philippine natives.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

vor of continuing the home garden.
We as practical folks accept his re-
commentator and prepare to do our
part toward feeding the world, but,
being practical we must ask for time
Therefore, We must have daylight
saving.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
When Baseball Was Sport

Every time we hear of a baseball
player who holds out for more salary
we are carried back to the DAYS
when the star player on the team
had to chip in his share toward the
ballroom, the Detroit NeWas
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
Thirty-Third DiDiSion

National Guard
of Illinois, West
Virginia: Arrived in
France May "a
1918. Activities:
Amiens s e C t o r
with Australians) A
July 21 to August
18; Verdun sector;
Santemher Q to Oc-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

Members OF the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
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of all news dispatches credited to
it or not otherwise credited in this
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All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

Men employed in the steel works
of Sydney, Nova Scotia, have receiv-
ed an increase of 2h cents an hour
in wages.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26

Trade unionism has finally been
officially established in the Winni-
peg (Canada) police system. The
Council, by vote OF s to 9, sane
toned the union force. :.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
LABOR NOTES

Striking hotel workers at Dublin,
ireland. have returned to work, both
sides having agreed on arbitration.
Many laborers from Puerta Rico
are being imported into the South
ern States to relieve labor shortage
on the farms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
HISTORIC HARRIsBuRG

The river front used to be The
big place for shooting matches
century ago
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg railroad mer
made fine records for their work OF
the railroads in France?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-26
Pseit;cs . L.
Pe~~sYesa"ia
By the Northumberland

The legislative program for the
remainder of the session of 1919
Will be made up at Philadelphia in
the next three days. Republican
leaders will present views to Senator
Penrose and late in the week Gov
ernor Sproul plans to visit that city
TO listen to suggestions. BY next
Monday everything will be outlined
and the House rules committee will
likely report in favor of May Is for
adjournment and April 20 as the
last day for presentation of bills.
Senator Penrose has not changed
his attitude in opposition to changes
in the election laws and there will
be few, if any. The third class city
non partisan repeal bill will likely
be forgotten. The second class city
legislation will not be extensive.
The administration bills are rapid
ly getting into form and will all be
N hand by April 1, it is expected.
The investigation into the school sys-
tenn, while reported out in the Sem
ate, is not expected to make as much
of a stir as it might have done a
month ago.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-30
Low PHONE Rate
ACTION limited
.0N WIRE RELEASE
Utilities Board Investigation
Is Hinted Today,

Sweeping revision OF telephone
rates i'll Oklahoma, for both long
distance and exchange service, will
follow return Of the wire companies
TO private ownership. II was int,mst-
ed this morning at the office OF the
corporation commission
When Burleson's control of the
wires ceases, il is understood, the
commission will begin thorough in
yestigation Of rates and service with
the view Of issuing orders placing
rates back on pre-war schedule,
and demanding service commensurate
with the charges demanded by the
companies.
When the wires are returned to
their owners, the jurisdiction OF the
state, through the corporation COM
mission. is restored and the commits
sion becomes the rate-making power
for the state.
The commission has :ontended all
along that the Burleson rates are ex-
orbitant and excessive, and it was
upon ehis contention that the COM
mission endeavored 10 have the char.
ter Of the Bell company revoked. |,
necessarily follows, II is pointed out
that when the commission resume.
jurisdiction an order will be issued
putting into effect rates which were
m force prior to the Burleson order
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-30
She Eloped to
WedAutoMan;
Seeks Divorce
Niece Of Mrs, French Van
derbiIt Charges Husband
With Cruelty,
NV Universal service)

NEWPORT. X l., April 9-Mrs
Jack Gcrashty. who as Miss Julia
Estelle French. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs, Tuck French, eloped with her
fathers chauffeur, filed suit for d.
vorce today, charging her husband
with cruelty and failure TO provide.
Miss French who is niece oi
Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbilt
shocked society when OF August g
1911, she eloped with Geraghty, whose
father KEEP, a livery stable, and wal
married at Central Village. Conn The
French family promptly declared war
and the first gun fired was the dis
owning Of the bride. However. when
in 1912. the Geraghty's had son
christened Jack ir. an armistice re-
suited.
For a time Gcragh,y worked as an
automobile salesmen. hut his ability
as a Chauffeur exceeded that as sales
man, II was said, and he anG his wife
went 10 live on farm near Woburn
Mass, hence for time he drove into
Boston, peddling apples
Mrs. French Mrs. ceraghty's moth
er. divorced her husband in 1914 and
Mr.. French remarked.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-04-30
FINE WEATHER
TO AID FIRST
BASEBALL CAME
Large Attendance Indicated
by Interest in City,

With almost perfect weather condi-
tons. the 1919 Western league base
ball season will be ushered in at ) 80
o'clock this afternoon a, the new park
on Exchange avenue.
Fans had tn :ir first glimpse OF lack
Holsand's warriors In their new honrv
uniforms at 2:lS o'clock this after
noon. AZ tfMt hour q street parade
was started. In the pageant were
Flyna's band, stockholders OF the local
club, members Of the Oklahoma City
and ST. Joseph teams, Mayor Wal
ton, "A. r. Tearney, president OF the
Western circuit. and others.
lmmt diately following, the two
teams went in automobiles to the
park, where the real ceremonies will
he held. Both Mayor Walton and
Mr.. Tearney will make addresses. dcd-
ieating the new $4,000 park. Between
events, Flynn's band will spice the
baseball atmosphere with larry"
strains.
Mayor Walton will pitch the first
ball and Mr.. Tearney will be his
catcher.
In celebration Of the gala day, the
city hall was closed at noon today,
all officials expressing the ve,errni-
nation to help the home boys get off
to a running start. In view OF Mayor
Walton, proclamation the majority Of
business houses and all banks will be
closed.