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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
ROOSEVELT AND RUSSIA

MONG the latest of his mes
n sages of hope and encourage
4 - ment was a letter from Col
onel Roosevelt to Ivan Nafodny,
vice-president c, the Russian-Amer-
atic-Corporation. In this let
ter the former President compli-
mented his friend upon a translation
of Fisk's Critical Period of Ameri-
can History" and added.
Like every good American, all my
instincts are for friendship and ad-
miration toward Russia. l welcomed
the revolution which overthrew the
autocratic and bureaucratic tyrrany
of the Romanoffs. 1 was saddened
and rendered indignant by the ty-
rany and anarchy with which the
Bolshevist leaders supplanted 1t. l
now most earnestly hope to see a
genuine republican Russia, a demo-
cratic Russia, the United State OF
Russia, a democratic Federal Re-
public of Russia come out Of the
present chaos. The motto must be
Justice for oil and an adherence of
class tyranny of every kind"
In all his public utterances and in
the many things that he wrote the
lamented leader of American thought
and American ideals showed an abid-
ing friendship for the struggling peo-
pies of earth. He seemed to sense
the aspirations of those who have
striven and are striving toward the
light, and his appreciation of the
conditions in Russia was clearly
demonstrated in much that he said
and wrote during recent months.
Like many public men who are
concerned with the worldwide con-
ditions, he foreshadowed the great
ness OF Russia and manifested conf
dence in its ultimate regeneration.
Men familiar with the inside de-
velopments believe that Russia is
bound to throw off the shackles of
ignorance and emerge into a sane era
of development that will make of the
millions of oppressed people happy
and contented family under leader
ship that will point the way to a
higher and better civilization.
Had Colonel Roosevelt been sent
to Russia at the time of the revo-
luton as Mr.. Narodny and other
prominent Russians urged at the
time. as the head of the United
States mission, it is believed he
would have been able, owing to his
great popularity. to have saved the
situation and prevented the break
down which followed the plotting at
Berlin and the reign of TrotZky and
his infamous group of traitors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
THE MING TEA SET
(Rv Aline Michaelsl


IT stands upon my table there
With such a quaint and artlesS air.
Within it's yellow garden-close
Twin turquoise ladies, so demure,
Tread purple bridges miniature,
To pluck a glowing, golden rose.
One would not dream to see them
smile,
Those turquoise maids with witch
ing vile.
That some six hundred years have
sped
Since first they saw Springs bios
soming
When came the dynasty of Ming,
And Kublai Khan's hordes fought
and fed.
Hung-wu. the Son of Heaven, is
dead.
His temples dust, his glory fed;
That potter, too, at King-te-chen,
Who wrought with such consum-
mate art
In centuries past each smallest part,
Will paint nor rose, nor maid again.
Strange. kings and dynasties are
gone,
And still this fragile thing lives on.
AS tho Deaths self it could defyl
The mind that planned, the hand
that wrought
Are naught, ay, even less than
naught
To beautys Immortality.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
FOCH AND NAPOLEON
,(From Answers, London)

Napoleon was prolific war
maxim maker. His maXims number
more than a hundred. Many of them
are as true to-day as when they
were made.
"In war;" said Napoleon, there
is never more than one favorable
moment. The great art is TO seize
it and use it well.
Foch seized the favorable mom-
ment and in a month not only saved
the situation, but turned the IN Dles
on the enemy. He concentrated his
troops and acted with energy" as
Napoleon laid down.
Common sense-the application
of wisdom to circumstances--is
Foch's maxim, as it was Napoleon's.
Napoleon wrote: "Plans may be
modified ad infinitum, according to
circumstances, the genius of the
general, the character of the
troops, and the features of the
country
Napoleon insisted upon the study
of past campaigns. THE science of
ouired by experience and by study
ing the campaigns of all the great
captains
Foch has been a lifelong student
of military history. In the spring
he was acting up to Napoleon's die
tum-"the measure which is not
profoundly meditated in all its de-
tails produces no result" When
Foch was ready he dared at the
right moment" For twenty years
past Foch has been profoundly
meditating" the details of the stra-
tegy which has given him such sig
nal success.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
MAJOR GENERAL O'NEHL

DRIGADIER GENERAL C. T.
X O'NEILL, long a popular Of
flcer in the National Guard of
Pennsylvania. will be retired with
the rank of major general. This is
a worthy honor for the brave soldier
who as "Bucky" O'Neill endeared
himself to every one in the old guard
and in the new army during service
on the Mexican border and later in
the southern cantonments.
We salute Major General Christie
pher T. O'Neill and trust that the
good humor which constantly per-
vaded his presence may continue to
brighten the lives of all with whom
he comes into contact. General
O'Neill is SO well known in Harris
burg that the honor which has now
come to him is quite as much ap.
preciated here as at his home in
Allentown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

the project, the planes selected will
undoubtedly be unique of their kind.
Plan Discussed Two Years
The exploration of the Polar basin
by airplane has been a topic of dis
cussion and argument at the club
for two years and much valuable
data has been uncovered.
For man who has followed the
sea and fought the North since his
first trip with Admiral Peary in
1897, Captain Bartlett is surprisingly
up to the minute. To him airplanes
are not "new-fa tangled contraptions"
of extremely doubtful value, but ma
chimes of the greatest possible use
fulness. Despite his weather worn
face, scored by the winds of the
Arctic Circle, he appears to be a
man in his early sos, although by
calendar count he is 43. His opin-
those Of q much younger man.
The airplane is the big thing of
the present age" he says, confident
ly. There are machines in Europe
of which we are Just beginning to
get an inkling, and they are going
to be big things mighty soon. Long
distance records have been made
over there which are about the most
astonishing things of the war"
In addition the former followers
of his fortunes, Captain Bartlett will
ship on the schooner several avia-
tors-possibly army and navy men
who have shown their courage, skill
and endurance on the'other side.
This is the way Captain Bartlett
sums up his project:
A Three-fold Enterprise
I'VE have three important mis-
sions to accomplish. The first is to
fly across the top of the world from
Cape Columbia on the American
side to Cape Chelyuskin on the ST.
berian side: the second. to conduct
extensive soundings in the Polar
basin and make map of the floors
of the basin and collect the flora
and fauna of the ocean bottom; and.
third, to send up sounding balloons
and explore the upper air of the po-
lar regions.
$50 you see." the captain con-
cludes, I'VE intend to do it thor
oughly; submarine, surface and
aerial exploration. There are more
than one million square miles of
territory in the Arctic basin, par
ticularly that part north of Canada
and Alaska, which still remains to
be explored. 1t is possible we shall
find land there, for Admiral Peary
on his trip to the Pole did not ira
verse this territory, He found no
land from Cape Columbia to the
pole, but further westward there
might be a continent, for all we
,knoW,"-New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919
ANEW HOSPITAL
who has give

-VERYBODY who has given any
II thought to the subject or who
- has had experience in recent
months with the overcrowed condi-
tions at the Harrisburg Hospital will
be in hearty sympathy with the
resolutions adopted at the suggestion
Of DR.. John B. McAllister by the
Dauphin County Medical Society
Tuesday evening recommending the
erection of a new hospital for Har-
risburg.
DIR. McAllister believes that a
large. well equipped, properly sitn-
ated hospital would be a splendid
memorial for the men who repre-
sented the city in the war with Ger
many and with that there would be
few to disagree, but whether it is
built as a monument or simply to
fiji growing need it must come
shortly if the city is to do its duty
by its people.
Without any thought of adverse
criticism it may be said that the
Harrisburg Hospital is no longer
adequate to meet the needs of the
community. 1t is old and badly To-
Gated. 1t cannot be enlarged except
in q haphazard way that would never
be satisfactory. What we need is
big, metropolitan hospital situated
on the outskirts of the city where
there is open space and pure air
about but which can be reached
from the industrial centers and the
heart OF the city over paved thor
oughfares in a very short time.
The physicians have been slow to
turn their backs on the old hospital
building. They have stood by it
nobly. for years, giving freely of their
time and ability, urging changes and
Improvements to tide over the ever
pressing needs. Now they see the i'm
possibility of going farther. They
have asked that they be given prop
er quarters and proper surround
ings in which to perform their work
of mercy. The people must heed or
pay the penalty in suffering and
death.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
NOT MONEY ENOUGH

THE liquor interests are like the
Germans They think that pro-
hibition is coming simply be-
cause they did not spend enough
money to prevent it, just as The
Junkers believe they were defeated
because they did not put physical
force enough into their military
preparations. Neither can under
stand that there is in the world such
. thing as moral force and public
opinion, which combined are ire
sistable.
Theodore Roosevelt proved very
conclusively that not all-the money
in the country is as powerful as the
government of the United States
when he made his famous fight
against corporate control at Wash
ington, and the government of the
United States is merely the will of
the people as expressed at the polls.
On the same plane is national pro-
hibition., Public opinion is against
booze and the great moral forces of
the country have gotten into motion
against. it. Nothing can prevent its
enactment into law.
The liquor men are said to have
eledged billion dollars to balk the
will of the voters. They will find the
sum is not big enough. Indeed there
IL not enough money in the United
States to throw" this election. The
liquor makers and sellers them
selves admit, down in their hearts.
that the business is not good for So
ciety. They know in their souls that
the end is in sight. Every dollar they
spend will be SO much money thrown
away. When q majority of the peo-
pie OF the United States decide Sc
-yaously upon one course of action
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT
BRIGGS

With all respect to the venerable
John Burroughs, who says that the
time has come for Germany to re-
pent openly, we would suggest that
repenting openly is one of the easiest
things a sinner does-it is repenting
inwardly that counts. We should
see to it that Germany repents all
the way hrough.-Chicago Daily
News.
Taxes are heavy, but not as heavy
as the crops.-Washingto Post.
The Hohenzollerns and the cooties
are sorry the war is over.-Syracuse
Herald.
Having landed in France, Presi-
dent Wilson may proceed to land
on Germany.-Chicago Daily News.
The DR.. JekylI of Berlin now has
fears for the safety of his Hyde
The Gamecock University of South
Carolina).
1t looks as if repairedness were
going to cost Germany more than
preparedness did.-Columbus Ohio
State Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
A BrdDe Correspondent

1t was early morning and the
broken roads were miry. We sat
and smoked our pipes in the gray
car of the British War Office, wait
ing till the way was "a bit less un-
healthy" We were both feeling
something of the monotony of war,
for even an artillery duel become
monotonous.
The old soldier with the tanned
and cracked cheeks Began to
chuckle. You know Thingamy?"
he asked.
did not know him personlly. But
he was a famous newspaper corre-
spondent who wrote fervid descrip-
tions of battle which made the blood
pulse as one read them. l admired
his brilliance, and said so.
He was along with me in this
very car last Sunday morning." said
the Colonel, still laughing. we
were held up as you and l are held
up by the boche. He's a great writ
er, is Thingamy. You see, when we
got back 10 General Headquarters
L had to censor his stuff"
"Well?"
well, it was deuced funny. We
were having as lively time as you
and l are having; but it was won
derful. l didn't know till l read
that article that we drove along the
road with shells bursting by the
dozens all round us, and that / was
nervous and pale. while the news
paper man insisted that we drive
on. though the car rocked with the
convulsions of the explosions. 1t
was good reading, exciting, though
Thingamy did suggest L was a
coward and he was very much of a
hero" He chuckled again.
And when you censored the ar
ticle | suppose you cut oub all that
rubbish?"
Not line. Don't you know that
it is not the business of military
censor to cat out lies? His job is
to prevent unwise publication of the
truth. L think we might slowly push
on. Don't you ?"-Sir John Foster
Fraser in Harper's Magazine for
January.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
NEEDLESS. THREAT
(From the Philadelphia Ledger

(From the Philadelphia Ledger
No discussion of the naval pro-
gram outlined by Secretary Daniels
before the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee will deal fairly with the sub
ject or justly reflect American naval
policy which fails to give due en-
phasis to the proviso which accom-
panied and conditioned the an
nouncement. 1t is not strange that
foreign commentators should have
seen only the threat in that propo-
sal of the Secretary of the Navy. No
secret was made of its purpose to
bear on the coming peace conference.
1t was notice to the maritime pow
ers of the world that unless a full
and satisfactory revision of the laws
of warfare on sea shall be brought
about and unless there shall be Gre
ated a league of nations to enforce
the laws agreed upon then the
United States must hold itself free
TO safeguard its own interests and
do its own policing of the seas. But
that notice was accompanied by the
express provision that any enactment
by Congress should be subject to
suspension by the President in the
event of concord among the powers
on the subject of the freedom of the
seas.N
opinions may differ as to the
imeliness of the Daniels announce
ment. In the face of conditions in
Europe, and especially with the
echoes of British election manfes-
toes fresh in mind. the intimation
that the United States has in delib-
crate, contemplation a challenge TO
Britain's traditional command of the
seas mas a significance so terrible
that the great mass of English
speaking folk will shrink with hor-
ror from its contemplation. For the
execution of that threat would mean
an ultimate repetition of the stupen-
dous horrors of the last four wears
on vastly greater stage, a fratri
cidal contest the possibility of which
| is unthinkable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
THE "COOTIE"

VrYHAT shall we do with the
wv 'cootie?'" asks London
exchange after relating that
the little parasite has been respon-
sible for the deaths OF large num-
ber of soldiefs and the illness of
many others Surfing the war. Well,
'cootie' huntiAsg is said to be pop
ular pastime in the camps. and
wouldn't IL b good thing to drop
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
Permnnencu Desired

1--WE are down and out; isn't that
enough?" remarks the crownless
prince in one of his Interviews.
Everybody knows that they are
down, but what must be made sure,
for all time is that they are out
Utica Observer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
Standing the Watch

will stand upon my watch, and
set me upon the tower. and will
watch to see what he win say unto
we, and what I shall answer when I
am reproved.-Habakkuk II.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Unquestionably. Governor Brum-
baugh's farewell message is the best
he has written. and contains many
things that the Legislature might do
well to consider.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

1t is not that Americans are opposed
necessarily 10 a League of Nations,
but that they want peace first and
consideration of a league afterward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
Wen Complain to the Janitor

The Grandmother of the Russian
revolution Ii on her way to the
United States. We hope she isn't
bringing the kid along.-From The
Detroit News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

'em, one by one. into long distance
shells and drop 'em over among the
Bolshevikt of Germany and Russia?
Or would that be regarded as too
harsh treatment even for a 'cootie"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Member of the Associated Press-Ine
Associated Press. is exclusively en-
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not otherwise credited IN TINS Pape
and also the local news pupllsheo
herein. o;a,
All rights of republication OF speelal
dispatches herein are also reserFeu'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

there is no power short OF divinity
that can prevent them attaining the
end sought. And just now they are
determined to have national prohi-
bition.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

The first organization of its kind
In the United States to advocate ex-
tensive Federal ownership of public
utilities is the Ohio Federation of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Portland (6re.) meat cutters are
demanding an eight-hour day, a $685.
a-week minimum and $25 a week for
women employed as sausage makers
and on counter work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
LABOR NOTES

Canadian trade unionists have
protested against the Lemieux act.
claiming that employees use it to
their advantage because of delays
before an award is made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Thousands of women have invaded
the realms of anan in the machine
shop and various other lines of en-
ployment which heretofore have
been operated exclusively by men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09
Bartlett Airplane Expedition
May. Find the Polar Continent
Plans Completed Navigator Fly
Columbia Siberian Coast Etah,
rs Operations

the project, the planes selected will
undoubtedly be unique of their kind.
Plan Discussed Two Years
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Samuel s, Castles, who has been
appointed deputy sheriff of Lacka-
wanna county by Sheriff ]. r..
Schlager, has been in business in
South Scranton many years. He has
been president of the South Scranton
Republican Club and secretary of the
County Republican Committee. He
was exalted ruler of the Elks and Is
active In Masonic organizations,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

entered at the Post office In Harris
burg, Pa, as second class matter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-09

Some employees are well pleased
with the change in the system, but
others are not altogether satisfied.
Considerable inconvenience will be
occasioned for many of them. En-
ployes in places without banking in
stitutions expect to have consider
able difficulty in having their checks
CaShedA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-16
Plenty of Rooms Out Doors

Plenty OF Rooms Out Doors
The whole country is thinking about moving
down to Florida this winter. to keep from freezing
WE'LL tents cheaper than coal and there is plenty
OF room in the open, though house viii be
scarce in the state this year-Florida Times-Union
Pretty accurate estimates give Franklin Calhoun
Liberty and Jackson counties West Florida along
the Apalachicola river approximately $4,000 stands
of bees which produce annually honey crop OF
about 1000 barrels-considersble sweetness contrib
uted by busy bees" to the total of Floridas
product of goodies.-Times Union.
See where there IS movement to educate people
to do without alcohol. When a fellow can't get 1t
fail to the necessity for that particular form
Of notwithstanding Commercial.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-16
MILLIONS AGAINST BILLIONS

The supreme court of the United States yes
terday set its seal of approval on the wartime
prohibition act, handing down its decision that the
act and its application constitutional. thus dr1v
ing one more nail in the coffin Of John Barleycorn.
The decision of the supreme court will come as a
great blow to certain interests, which were count
ing on the courts to line up with the antis. One
of the claims which has been recently brought for
ward and with which the ant-prohibitonists have
bolstered their cause has been that prohibition is
costing the people too much money. It is declared
that it will cost at least 100000 year for its
enforcement which would mean about $4,000
month"; or $1,000 per day going out of the treasury
TO keep the country dry.
Prohibition, at that price is the cheapest invest
ment that the United States government could pos
sibly make Four million dollars invested in clear
minds, healthy bodies happy homes. better morals.
The liquor traffic is said to have taken toll Of
from two to three billions Of dollars year. from
this country alone Billions spent in creating
misery encouraging vice. lowering moral standards.
disrupting homes breaking women's hearts and
cursing children's lives.
Four million dollars for happy homes. against
billions to promote crime. disease. poverty and gem
eral inefffciency. The people have decreed. The
manhood of the nation is back Of prohibition. tine
people have made their decision, and the supreme
court has backed them, and henceforth and forever
John Barieyeorn is dead
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-16
TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

The centennial commission will be called upon to
appear before the supreme court to show by what
authority they represent the people Of F1Drida.
q commission; and, il having such authority. by
whom authorized. II the state legislature has
stepped its authority in appointing the commission.
then its action in regard to the fourunit fair for
Florida is illegal. and the centennial designation
is exactly the ordered by the legislature OF
1915, which made Pensacola the site for the cele-
bration; il the supreme court finds that the COM
mission is legally authorized to act for the state.
then the commission will be called upon to prove
by what authority they designate four Cities in
stead OF sites for centennial celebration for
Florida.
Pensacola has some legal talent all its own, and
people of Pensacola intend to fight this matter
to finish
Pensacola has already been twice designated as
the centennial city; the centennial idea belongs to
Pensacola; the centennial movement has been fos-
tered here. this city has worked for the celebra-
ton without faggng. it has the backngs Of this
community, and the committee OF hundred are
determined to see that justice is done this city and
section
John S. Beard acting for the committee, will take
the case before the supreme court. and it is be-
leved that it will be settled once and for all in
favor of Pensacola.