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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
No President From Many
willis ]. Abbott in Golfers
XVeakIy l

1t is O curious fact that while the
record of the United States Navy mas
been one of practically unblem1shed
glory, no navy officer has ever been
seriously urged for the presidency.
The tragic and utterly unjust1fiable
shattering of the popularity or Ad-
miral Dewey put an abrupt ana pltl-
full end to the nearest approach TO
presidential boom" that naval cir
cles have ever harbored.
Admiral Farragut, despite mag
nificent record of achievement, a no
BILE and elevated personal character.
and widespread popularity, was
over-shadowed by Grant, and was
never even mentioned for the presi-
dency. Perhaps this year might have
broken this long precedent. On ev-
cry hand one hears praise of the
character and public services of Ad-
miral William S. Sims. who COM
manded our naval forces in Euro
pean waters during the late war. AS
sailor and diplomat he won his pro-
motion through steady and efficient
work. without the adventitious aid of
pull" And / do not think his pop
ularity or availability has been ad-
versely affected by the fact that the
Secretary of War reprimanded him
for having long ago publicly pledged
to England, American aid with ships,
men and money should the mother
country eversbe in need. The repr-
mand was forgotten when the time
for fulfilling the pledge came around.
At first glance persons who may
be interested in the Sims candi-
dacy will receive a rude shock when
they look him up in the biographical
complications of the time. For it is
set down that he was born at Port
Hope, Canada fact which if il
stood alone would disbar him from
| the Presidency. But his father was
a citizen of the United States. tenn
porarily sojourning across the Canad-
ian line, and the youthful Sims thus
entered the world a citizen of the
Nation in whose service he has grown
gray and won laurels so glorious that
| there are many in this country who
would add to them the very high.
est gift at the command of the
American people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

chagrin and disappointment of van
quished militaristic nations. But 1t
is certain this condition will pass.
when these people realize that
the victors in the war were lighting
for a noble and just cause, the sal
,vation of civilization threatened by
their selfish masters, they Will rec
ognize that the war ended in the
only possible way it could have ended
and in the best way for them as
we'll as for the peoples of the other
nations of the world 1t is just as 1t
is in life. A patient who has been
ill when he passes the crisis is not
vet recovered. He must first pass
through, a long period of conva-
lescence before he fully RECEIVERS his
strength and can again fill his
proper place in the world
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
A PldintiUe Ditty

+ From American Legion Weekly.
Among the passengers on the ship
was a man who suffered badly. One
day he hurried up to the Captain
and started: 9TH -th-the-"
I'm very busy now" interrupted
the Captain. Tell the mate here
But the mate was also busy, and
the sufferer tried everyone else in
sight without success. Finally he
came back to the Captain.
Look here, man, sing it, That's
the only way" urged the officer.
Whereat the man chanted in a
tragic voice:
SHOULD auld acquaintance be for
got and never brought to mind ?
The blooming cook fell overheard
and is twenty miles behind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
The Fiunlp Situation
TFrom Harvey's Weekly.

FROM Harvey NSchlS'I
The Poet has beaten the Peda-
gogue. That is the gist of the fiumc
settlement That is the net outcome
of months of controversy and STRIFE.
President Wilson set himself arbi-
trarily and as he doubtless thought
invincibly against Italian possession
of Fiume. Captain d'Annunzio set
himself absolutely for Italian posses
sion at that place. So long as he was
at Paris, and could keep up even q
remnant of his self-concocted fiction
of q mandate of the American nation
backing him in all his vagarious
policies, the President was able to
hold his ground. and to bar Italy out
of that Italian city, against the VIII
of the other Powers. But he could
not suppress the daring of the mill
tant poet.
At the end of the dance comes the
unmasking. 1t was not. indeed, un-
til his return to this country. and
some time thereafter. that the Presi-
dent was revealed to those upon
whom he had practiced camoufiage.
But the disclosure came. The states
man and the people of Europe
learned the hollowness of his pre-
tences. and with that revelation
came the collapse of the strange OBJ
session which he had exercised over
them. So when the authoritative
Statesmen OF Great Britain, France
and Italy got together to talk bust
ness, they ignored his former iin-
perious dictation. and in the twink
ling of an eye settled the Fiume con-
troversy. To-day, in spite of the au-
tocrat of the White House. Italy
holds that essential part of what she
long lamentcd All Italia 1rredenta,
now become Italia Liberata.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Life

To talk with God before 7 talk
with man. To do my daily work
with sunshine in my face. To be
strong in the presence of tempta-
ton; alert in the presence of oppor-
tunity; open-eared to the call or
conscience for service or sacrifice;
open-ninded to views of truth which
differ from mine. To make duty
10Y, and Joy duty. To work ana
not worry; to be energetic ana not
fussy. To be true to myself, ana
false to no man; diligent to make
living. and earnest to make a life.
To cherish friendships and guard
condolences. To be loyal to princl-
ple at the cost of popularity. To
make no promises I cannot keep,
and to keep no foolish promises. To
be faithful to every honest obllga-
tion. To be tempered under
criticism. charitable in my judg-
ments, discriminating in my adJec-
tiyes. TO honor no one. simply be-
cause he is rich. TO deSpise no one,
simply because he is poor. TO be
respectful, not cringing, to the great;
sympathetic with the sorrowinS'
gentle to the weak; helpful to the
fallen: courteous to all. TO be SIM
ple in my tastes quiet in my dress
pure in my speech; temperate In my
nastimes. To companion with great
books: cherish inspiring thoughts;
and to keep my body on friendly
terms with water and fresh air. To
fear nothing but sin; hate nothing
but hypocrisy; envy nothing but q
cleon life; covet nothing but char
acter. And at last to leave the
world a little better for my stay; to
face death without u tremor, with
faith in Christ who tunneled the
grave that I might walk into the
larger and perfect life.-Daniel
ITcffmon Martin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

weekly.
Mr.. Palmer says the Government
won 1T, Mr.. Lewis says the miners
won it and the operators say they
won it.
We don't know who won it, but
we know who lost it.
With a loss in production of
100000 tons of coal, a loss in
wages to miners of $60,000,000 loss
to the operators of $12,000,000. large
loss to manufacturers through fuel
shortage, thousands of men out of
work and an inestimable loss to the
people in general, it seems fairly
clear to us that the public lost the
strike. Sometimes, indeed, we are
tempted to believe that nobody really
won it and that everybody lost it.
At all events. the public is more
than ever out of humor with strikes
and strikers, and if you doubt that
ask the first man YOU happen TO
meet, or the next hundred.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

life to an aged and helpless man.
When the sheriff of to-day was
poor. friendless lad, this man gave
him a job and started him up tho
ladder of success. After all these
years the bread he cast upon the
waters is returned to him many
fold.
If for no other than selfish rea-
sons. 1t pays to be kind and gener-
Gus. "As we sow, SO shall We reap"
prising volume.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
1sS,risA' NJ =, Trib.As lac
(From the Dallas News

ing, but they were wonderful to the
Babylonians and as much Il matter
of pride to them as 24-story build
ing is to Il Texas city to-day.
The Colossus of Rhodes was a
massive bronze joke, but it stirred
beholders to awe. Those who came
to see it did not laugh; they only
rubbered. The sight of an immense
image of man straddling a harbor
did not strike the tourists of those
days as comical, but only as great.
And the end of that mighty eff
figy-what change it was from
heroic pose to lowly dispossession,
from climax to anti-climaX! The
Colossus of Rhodes was dethroned
by earthquake and sold by the thrifty
townspeople to a junk dealer.
All mans wonders perish in time.
Only the things of God endure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Ruskin'S Birthplace For Sale
[E'rom the London Telecranh 4

lFrom the London Telegraph
No. 81 Hunter street, Brunswick
square. London, the birthplace of
John Ruskin, is for sale by private
treaty. In the early days of the
Nineteenth Century John james
Rusliin came to London from Edin-
burgh to enter the wine trade. In
1918 he married his cousin, Mar
garet Cox, and February s, 1919.
the author of Sesame and Lilies"
was born. The house in Hunter
street, which is now distinguished
by commemorative tablet, is of
the substantial Georgian type so
we'll known in bloomsbury, and was
erected at a time when the district
was particularly in favor among
city merchants. The accommoda-
tion is ample. and all modern con-
veniences have been installed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

Among businessa men generally
there is the hope that certain con-
structive legislation in Congress may
reach final enactment early in the
new year. Until the railroads shall
have been returned to their owners
and put on a business basis, we can
hardly hope for any material inn
provement. Paternalism has about
run it's course in the United States
under the present administration and
sanity is beginning to manifest itself
in many directions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
EaSily Fired

[F'rom Louisville Courier-Journal1
YES, auntie. it is rather sudden.
but I am to be married next week.
but you know nothing about
We'll, there are plenty of maya
zines on the subject. | shall inn
mediately subscribe to one of them."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

County Controller John p.
Moore, of Allegheny, was one of
those who drove the first blow for
the new South Hills tunnel in Pitts
burgh.
Mayor NJ. b. Kits, of Erie. plans
to inaugurate q new system of street
paving in his city as a result of his
visit here.
w. c. McFarlane, municipal Or
ganist of Portland, we'll known here.
is giving concerts in Western Penn
sylvania cities
John C. Winston. new director of
public works in Philadelphia, spent
considerable time here last winter
during the charter battles.
w. b. Kurtz, mentioned for di-
rector of transit in Philadelphia, has
been a prominent banker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
THE BUDGET MAKERS

sion the members of City Coun-
~ ell have been strenuously en-
deavoring to keep the expenditures
of the coming year within the pos
sible revenues. They regard as
practically certain an increase OF
two mills in the tax rate owing to
the largely increased labor ana ma
teriaI costs in the several depart
ments of the city government Two
mills more on the present Valua-
tion would mean two dollars per
thousand per year. For example
nronerty assessed for purposes OF
taxation at $4,000 would pay on the
increased rate so cents month
more than last year.
1t is we'll that our people under
stand Just what the proposed IN
creased rate would involve and the
municipal authorities, when they
shall have finished consideration OF
the budget, ought to make very clear
to the public just what the condl-
tions are and the occasion for aug
mented revenues. O..
OF course, it is obvious that the
additional compensation of the po-
licemen and various other employees
is q large item. 1t must also be Kept
in mind that what is true of the
man in private business under pres
ent conditions is also true of the
city in the conduct of it's affairs.
The tendency of the times is to-
ward higher costs in every direction
and no business man or average
consumer will be surprised at the
gradually climbing expenses of Har-
risburg. All that the people have
a right to expect is that the expendi-
lures shall be carefully made and
without extravaganza. Wherever
a dollar can be saved without injury
to the proper maintenance of city
property, it should be saved. If there
is inefficiency anywhere it should
be remedied and if there is unreas-
enable advances in any quarter
these should be denied. In short,
the interests of the taxpayers ought
to be safeguarded at every turn. 1t
is their city and they should be fully
informed as to every expenditure,
it's reasonableness and necessity.
Mayor Keister and his associates
in these closing days of the year are
manifestly endeavoring to prepare
a budget which will meet The situaz
ton and not be out of proportion to
the needs of growing and up-to-
date city. Wherever increased ex-
penditures are necessary to main
tain the efficiency of any department
the taxpayer will have no objection.
He will have right to protest, how
ever, if any ill-advised action is ta-
ken which would add without justi-
flcation to the total expenditure and
incidentally to the mill rate.
Careful pruning of the various
items may result in a reduction of
ers ought to carve wherever cary
ing will save without injury to the
city and it's best interests. We are
assured that this is the purpose of
the budget-makers, and so long as
they proceed on these lines they
will please the people. 1t is seri-
Gus problem in the present day to
keep down expenses, but it is the
tions and city officials to exercise
the best judgment and the strictcst
economy. In this way only can we
get back to solid ground in our per-
sonal, corporate and municipal ac-
tivities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Reindeer Speed Records

Gcarl ]. Lomen in the National Geo
graphic Magazine.1
Surprising records have been
made by Alaskan reindeer in long
distance travel and also In speed
tests. Indeed, for short distances,
the deer can outrun the dog or
horse. At, an annual reindeer fair
in Alaska two deer, pulling O sled
and driver. made five miles in four
teen minutes thirty-two seconds,
and ten miles in twenty-seven min
1ltes twenty seconds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
An Advocate For the Sinners

My little children, these things
write l unto you. that we sin not.
And If any man sin. we have an adj
vocate with the Father. Jesus Christ
the righteous. And he is the propi-
tiation for our sins; and not for ours
only, but also for the sins of the
whole world-I John ii. l and 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
EIeou Written in Il Coal Bin

The furnace fire tolls the knell or
falling steam,
The coal supply is virtually done.
And at this price, indeed, it does not
seem
AS though we could afford another
ton.
Now fades the glossy, cherished an
thracite,
The radiators lose their temper
ature,
How i'll avail, on such n frosty night
The short and simple fiannels OF
the poor.
American Legion Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
"HE seven wonders of the world in

pFIOF TO thG great lnVentlOnS
the last forty-five years were
the Pyramids of Egypt, Hanging
Gardens of Semiramis at Baylon,
Phidias' Statue of Jupiter at Ath-
ems, Temple of Diana at Ephesus,
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colos-
sus of Rhodes and the Pharos or
lighthouse at Alexandria
The seven wonders of the ancient
world never amounted to much ex-
cept in the way of scenery. And
as scenery they wouldn't be much of
q sight to-day. Nevertheless, in their
time they were truly wonders, and
as such had an incalculable effect
upon the lives of the ancients.
The hanging gardens of Babylon
doubtless represented q rather medi-
ocre quality of landscape garden
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
"CAST YOUR BREAD"

kkN Asst your bread upon the
~ waters" is an old proverb
the truth of which is dem
onstrated in the life of every man.
Good deeds and kind acts, like
chickens. come home to roost.
The other day the sheriff of
Franklin county gave home for
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
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, 1919-12-22

And let the peace of Christ rule
in pour hearts. to the irhich also De
acre called in one body; and be ye
thdnktaL-CoL- 5 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
DO you KNOW

THAT Harrisburg has handled
immense quantities of agricul-
turaI machinery from its dis
tributlon places this year?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Residents of this city contributed
some of the first trees for planting
Capitol Park.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
WHO WON THE STRIKE?

/<VTTHO won the coal strike? ?"
w asks a writer in a current
weekly.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-02-12

what are they going to do this year?
They are going to approriate two
hundred thousand dollars for the
same purposes. And the man who
will be elected to mail the advertis-
ing circulars is to receive a salary of
five thousand dollars a year!
Mislead the People by Suppression.
The facts are not generally known,
because the Leaguers have taken
measures to suppress information.
They settle everything in secret eau
Gus and the legislative committees
might just as we'll be dispensed with.
They try to hold a club over the news
papers by threatening to put them out
of business. A few days ago the In
dependent Voters Association held a
meeting in Bismarck to organize for
the coming campaign. A bill was i'm
mediately introduced in the legisla-
ture which made it a misdemeanor for
a body Of men to adopt a political
name that in any way resembled the
name used by another political clique.
Another attempt at suppression. And
that has been their game since the
legislature convened. Suppress ev-
erything that will enlighten the peo-
pie. Preventing a referendum vote
on the gigantic bonding measures, is
suppression. Threatening the news
papers with determination is suppress
sion. Making it unlawful to organ
ize politically against them is sup
preston. And yet the Leaguers boast
of their Democracy!
AS it vas stated in the beginning of
this article, it is high time that the
people were aroused. No such dan
gers ever confronted a state before.
The political and property rights of
our citizens are being placed in jeo-
pardy. If "the program" carries the
state will be bankrupt, financially and
enslaved politically.
Matt johnson.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-02-12
DOCTOR FOOLED BY TWINS
Candidates for Merchant Marine So
Much Alike One Of Them IL Ex-
amined Twice.

Boston. Massive n~ineteen-year-
old brothers-James r. Miller and Earl
W. Miller Of Chadbourn, N. Care
the twinniest twins that ever hit Uncle
Sans merchant marine training ship
here.
The examining surgeon was the first
to be fooled. First he examined James
r.. Then he turned to his desk to
make out his record, taking for grant
ed that James would pass to the
next room. But he didn't. He thought
there was more to come. And Of
course he was examined again. "Gosh,"
he thought. "they do a pretty thorough
job here"
EARL" said the doctor, still talk
ing to James, ''you sure are an i'm.
age of your brother"
Just then Earl entered the room.
I'm through with you, James," said
the doctor, speaking to Earl.
"Don't I get examined?" inquired
Earl. And then a great light dawned
on the Doctor :
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-02-12
WAR vlt " WON, BUT NOT ENDED
,oronna Says Readjustment Days
Need Aid Of Every Citizen.

Statement by United States Senator
AISLE J. 0ronna, Of North, Dakota:
81 The war has b Zen won, but has not
saded. The days Of readtustment will.
demand the cooperation and intelli-
gent aid Of every loyal American citi-
lsn. Money must be raised to defray
war bills which will worry the guar.
dams Of the nations financial destiny
TOR some time to come.
Patriotic, constructive aid can be
rendered the Government now by even
the smallest wage Garner, and in such
. manner as to make his patriotic eff.
fort q boomerang of good fortune. The
Government fs urging American citi.
Gems to continue the purchase Of War
Savings and Thrift. Stamps and other
Government securities, to help raise
money to defray expenses which at
present are wen heavier than those
which arose while the var was n. Our
financial stability must be maintained,
our credit must remain unimpaired.
Il heartily approve Of the Govern.
ment's plan to spread the gospel OF
thrift in every home throughout the
land. The purchase of War Savings
and Thrift Stamps is q practical man.
Hesitation Of thrift. The likeness OF
BENJAMIN Franklin which appears up
on the new issue is indeed significant,
and homage should be paid to him by
every citizen by investing In Govern
ment securities, thereby laying the
foundation for the national spirit OF
thrift which l believe the wal has in
,culcated in many who formerly did
not know the meaning of the word
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-02-12
DANGEROUS LAW
ENACTMENTS
@uUsSS
Continued from Page ~

other result? Let us quote from
Speaker Stairs speech delivered the
other night. His remarks appeared
in the League organ, the Capital Dali
ly Press. He spoke in regard to taxes
and admitted that they would be in
creased. However, he dealt principal
ly with the taxes that will be brot
about if the bonding scheme for in
dustrial enterprises should not prove
a Gees He said: "Do you know
what that tax would be? 1t would
amount to just $17.2O on every quar-
ter section" Let the reader bear in
|onind that heretofore the state taxes
have been about eight per cent of the
total taxes that the property owner
has been called upon to pay. But
Speaker Stair makes no estimate
what the increase on taxes would be
on account of the extra expense in
CURED in providing for the large
army of appointees created by the
legislature.
Single Tax to Socialism
The single tax proposition is a real
menace to the farmer; in fact to all
property owners. It is the intention
to pass a law to the effect that lands
on which taxes are not paid shall be-
come the property of the estate. This
would mean that in the drought
stricken districts thousands of fran
ers who are heavily mortgaged would
fail to pay taxes and the farms would
thus become the property of the state
AS soon as they would become state
property they would not be taxable
This would mean an increased tax or
taxable lands;and each year as the
state acquired nor land the ia,
would increase on lands privately
owned. In few years the statt
would be driven into the most radica
kind of Socialism.
Two years ago a bill appropriatint
$1,000 dollars for immigration
purposes was vetoed on the groun'
that it was a gross extravaganza. Blu