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New Britain herald., 1919-08-18
By Truing K. Bacon

ITO THE Christian world three cities
 nave ever been so interwoven with the very texture Of religion that the mere mention of their names has al- wsaagEs brought beforc the mind this spiritssrvs preelainence of their activi- siss--Jerusalerr, Rome, e,conataatincple.
 Cf two Of then1-Jd.IAaN4R and constantinople--the Turks held 1in- terrupted sway for more than had thousand years t
 The British army Tn Palestine pried this Mcsiem bsrnacle from Jerusalem in 1917. And now, the Greek commits sion of the Peace Conference has come to tiac conclusion that the Moslem hold oii Consta ntinopIe must likewise be released.
 II has been dscidea. indeed, chat Turkey must clear out Of Europa al Together, and content itself with it's Hoslen holdings in .Asia. :
 To the Turks ConstGn..nople was the g1Icrufn by which they raises thelxSelves to worldpowoc. And at least one of the Christian churches which they found there--the St. So paia Gfoly sWisdorn)--becal1as to them. arcbitectura1ly at least. the most csle- brated mosque In tho world. Wmil tha return Of Constantinople to ta. Greeks, St. Sophia will Soon re.oa9 agaIn to the anthems of Christian vSr- ship. ssE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
A FINE CHOICE

" He choice of William II. Ger
man to be Scout Commissioner
for Harrisburg places the Boy
Scout movement in excellent hands
in this district. Mr.. German is a
man of extraordinary energy,
great lover of outdoor life and in
thorough sympathy with all move
ments having to do with the i'm
provement of boys. His painstaking,
careful work in connection with Ro-
tary Club activities and war service
drives the past year or two has at
tracted the attention of all who have
had the pleasure of being associated
with him and have won him un-
stinted praise. He is modest and
unassuming, but has a firm hand
and determination sufficient to carry
through to success any movement
he starts.
Scouting in Harrisburg will feel
quickening influence with the new
commissioner in charge. The Scouts
are fortunate in procuring such a
man and Mr.. German may feel COM
plimented upon being chosen for the
work; those responsible for his elec-
ton are noted for their ability to
pick winners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
, A LESSON FOR Us

H r. PAZET, former am bassa Tor
from Peru to the United
States, made a deep impress
sion upon all who heard him speak
here Thursday night His plea for
better understanding between
North and South American countries
was from the heart. What he told
us concerning enemy propaganda,
both here and in South America,
is true.
German propagandists said to
Americans: Don't trade with those
hateful South Americans. They detest
you and are not to be trusted. Don't
deal with them for they desire only
to cheat you. They are a bad lot"
And then they went to South Amer
lea and told the people there the
same kind of lies about us. And we
believed, and they believed, and the
Germans carried home the bacon.
1t is time, indeed, that we walked
up to the importance of trade and
friendly relations between the peo-
pies of the only League of Nations
that ever has been worked down
to a practical, stable basis-the
Pan-American Union, of which we,
in this country, are a part.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
TOMMYROT

~HE hopelessness of the Demo-
cratic administration at Wash
- ington is illustrated by the ash
nine remarks of the Congressman
who made possible the taking over
of the telephone and telegraph lines
by the government. He admits that
government control of public utili-
ties has been a failure, but lauds
Postmaster General Burleson for his
efforts and blames the whole dis
NAL falldown on the blunders of
Republicans left in office by the
Democratic organization. This is
such an absurd view that it would
be scarcely worthy of attention were
1t not for the fact that 1T is spoken
seriously by a man who will have a
prominent place in the next Con-
gress. rs
But our Democratic friend is right
to this extent-that government con-
troll has caused rapid crystahzation
of public sentiment against govern
ment ownership, and the country
we'll knows where the blame lies.
The people will insist that the rail-
roads and the wire lines be returned
go their owners, but with Federal
supervision to- the extent of con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
A Highway Monument

There should be erected to the
memory of Colonel Roosevelt some
great outstanding monument, which
shall endure through the centuries
and be wholly devoid of any COM
mercial aspect; but at the same
time a monument worthy of his
name and his achievements, worthy
of the wealth and power of this
country, should be built which, while
honoring him, would benefit man
kind.
A monument of this kind might
we'll find expression in a superb
highway, built as solidly as the Ap-
plan Way, one which would stand
through the centuries and be known
a thousand years hence as the
Roosevelt Highway. 1t should be
built as thorough, so, broad, with
such deep foundations, and be beau
tilted with trees as the highways of
France are, that it would be worthy
to rank as an honor to the Nation.
1t is probable that If Roosevelt
could give voice to his own wishes,
he would prefer it to any other
monument which could be erected
to his memory.-From the Manu-
facturers' Record.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
VICARIOUS PALSHIP
BRIGGS

never thought Joe Briggs was such
a much;
He sorto' seemed to me reg lar
dub.
never thought worth while to keep
in touch
With him or with his gawky half
grown cub.
But lately Joe and me has been in
clined
/ To pal when we connect up any
where.
He's quite a decent animal. I find
His boy and mine were bunkies
over there.
1 used to sidestep Joe at every
chance.
He never pulled a thing 1 cared
to hear.
He throwed my talking powers in
Il trance
Whenever L discovered he was
But recently I've flocked with him
He's gettin' brighter every day. I
Amt nothing like the nutty thing I
thought
His boy was my boys buddy over
there.
spose If there had never been no
war
Acrost the ocean I'd have never
known
That Joe was not the dub l took
him for
Why. he's got notions nearly like
my own
We understand each other right
along:
Most anything we've got we glad
ly share.
So far as | can Gee there's nothing
wrong
With Joe-our boys was buddies
over there.
Strickland Gillian in the Satur-
day Evening Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12

tinuing the joint use of terminals,
the direct routing of freight and
such Capitalization of operating au-
thority as shall make the highways
of commerce of the greatest service
to the people. The old policy of
starving the railroads, on the other
hand. will have to give way to u
more libertl plan of granting reve-
nues to provide for good wages for
employees and to handle the volume
of business that nation with a
10000, 100000 foreign trade bal
ance has to prepare for. Any other
policy would be unpatriotic and
detrimental to the interests of the
whole community, and we suspect
that our Democratic friend is simply
preparing to get on the band wagon
while blaming those who are al
ready aboard for pushing him off
into the mud.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
COAL PROSPECTS

noOR and more expensive coal is
the prospect for the present
generation of men, if we are
to believe Floyd w. Parsons, editor
of The Coal Age. The best coal is
mined first, he says, and the finest
quality already has been marketed,
he adds. And this leads him to the
assertion of a belief that has been
steadily growing in the minds of
many men who have given thought
to the matter of coal, which is that
we shall be forced to relnquish
anthracite as a household fuel, for
the reason that it is fast becoming
too expensive for the average wage
Garner who cannot afford to burn
nine or ten tons of $40 coal year.
Mr.. Parsons points out that "prac-
tically the only available deposits
of high grade steam coal lying with
in reach of the Philadelphia and
New York markets are in Cambria,
Indiana and Somerset counties in
Pennsylvania. Even in these few
districts the undeveloped tracts are
limited in area and will be rather
difficult to develop, due to the thin
ness and depth of most of the seams.
The situation in regard to gas and
by-product Goals is even less favor
able so far as the large Eastern
markets are concerned. West Vir-
ginia contains large supply of these
Goals, but freight rates again render
these Southern fields quite inaccessi-
BILE. Only few small areas of gas
and by-product Goals are available to
the New York and Philadelphia mar
kets, and these lie in pennsylvania,
Each year now witnesses the
exhaustion of u number of high
grade coal areas. Far more mines
producing better grade Goals are be-
ing worked out than there are new
mines commencing to produce. Many
investigators have reached the con-
cIusion that the tonnage of high
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
Ur0es More Church Ads

The proposition of putting religion
on a business basis to the extent OF
directing the attention of the lay
man to his ecclesiastical duties
through the columns of the press
will be advocated at the Presby-
terian General Assembly in st. Louis
the week of May 15 to %. News
paper advertising in every COM
munity in which there is a Presby-
terian church will be urged by James
b. Wootan, director of Presbyterian
publicity in the United States. In
urging church advertising in the
newspapers Mr.. Wootan says:
THE newspaper is the most in
sistent factor in modern life. 1t
enters our affairs every morning.
noon and night. 1t is the one force
that finds an open door at every
house. 1t is our companion at meals,
on trains, in street cars. at the club
and in the home, 1t Is a molder of
public opinion and often private
opinion, because primarily 1t is the
chief purveyor of information.
Politics, science and business can
not do without 1t, nor can that great
est of, all institution, the Church.
From the New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
To Buy Old American TOYS

The hundreds of buyers of toys
from all parts of the country who
are in New York City at this season
buying for their Fall and Winter
stocks are without exception de-
manding the American made toys,
SO thoroughly did the country be-
come aroused during the agitation
over the receipt of the large cargo
of German-made toys just before
Christmas. The toy Industry in the
United states means a gross retail
figure of $40,000,00O annually, ac-
cording to a statement of +. d.
Dodge, Secretary of the Toy Manu-
facturers of the United States,
which held a meeting at the Nc
Alpin Hotel few days ago.
Mr.. Dodge said that before the war
American manufacturers were able
to supply about 60 per cent. of the
demand here, but during the war
the industry received a great i'm
petus. He said that there is no
scarcity of American-made toys. An
invitation has been received by the
manufacturers from the Smithson-
ian Institution at Washington, d.
c., to prepare complete exhibit of
all the American toys that were
popular during the war. This will
become a permanent exhibit at the
institution. A committee was ap-
pointed to prepare the collection of
toys.
A label, or identification mark,
for American made toys, has been
adopted by the manufacturers. This
will be placed on oil cartons and
on the toys themselves where pos
sible. 1t bears a picture of Uncle
Sam with a little boy and girl in
each arm, and the lyrics:
AMERICAN T VS.
The pennies spent on toys
For Uncle Sans own g-sS I boys
In turn, of course, go back again
To our own loyal working men,
American-the Workman's Hand
Amerioan-'twas Built and Planned
American--in Spirit, too,
Americas Toy Gift to YOU.
Mr.. Dodge said that the boycott
of German toys. while a good idea,
is not sure to be a lasting thing,
so the American manufacturers have
decided to keep up a strong cam
paign for BUY American Goods"
which, he considered, would outlast
any boycott scheme.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
HATS OFF TO SCHAFFER

TT ATS off to Attorney General
Schaffer! He has the true
Pennsylvania spirit. His crisp
reply to Postmaster General Burle-
sons ruthless attempt to override the
laws of Pennsylvania with respect to
the fixing of telephone rates will
meet with the approval of all who
have read Judge Kunkel's master
ful opinion in that case, in which he
clearly shows that the Postmaster
General has no legal ground for the
assumption of this unwarranted in
reference with the laws of Penn
sylvania.
If Mr.. Burleson had been sincere
in the assertion that he desired to in
crease telephone rates in order to
meet increased expenses he could
have formulated his schedules and
submitted them to the Public Service
Commission, in harmony with laws Of
Pennsylvania enacted in full accord
with the constitution of the United
States. But he did not choose to do
that. He wanted to show his author
ity. lie desired to thrust down the
throats of Pennsylvania people tele-
phone rates in excess of those pro-
nounced reasonable and sufficient by
our own Public Service Commission
and higher than thought necessary
by the companies themselves, if their
own formulated schedules are to be
regarded as satisfactory.
No, Burleson's purpose had little
to do with getting fair return for
the telephone stockholders. He is
an arrogant, self-opinionated official
who wants the government to own
the lines, and he is doing everything
in his power to discourage private
ownership of public utilities and to
force the government to hold the
wire lines permanently. But he failed
TO take into consideration two such
capable and devoted Pennsylvania
officials as Schaffer and kunkel, who
may be depended upon to fight the
States battle to the last ditch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12

~
N light" less than Admiral Will
liam S. Sims, but the Amer
can people should understand that
the commander of their naval forces
in European waters, who came home
yesterday, rendered invaluable SER
vices during the war, and is one of
the great sailors and leaders of an
age when navies have reached their
highest development 1t would new
err be known from Admiral Sims
himself what he accomplished on
the other side as naval commander,
strategist, administrator, and DIP
lomat, for he is the most silent of
men about his own performances
He has cared nothing for personal
distinction, but he has cared a great
deal about the improvement of tho
United States Navy and he has been
supremely concerned about the sue
cess of the Allied cause. The Brit
ish know the value of William Snow
den Sims as war commander;
his initiative, his thoroughness, his
interchangeable industry and tireless
activity. his strength of character,
his magnetic leadership, his readi-
ness to assume responsibility, his
cheerfulness and confidence, his tenn
pered resolution, and his unfailing
tact The truth is they envy the
United States Navy the possession
of Sims.
AS a practical seaman the admiral
satisfied the most searching British
tests, and for enterprise and spirit
and the faculty of doing the right
thing at the right time he had no
superior in the British Navy. His
destroyer fiotilla was so we'll trained
and so skillfully handled that it took
it's place in the submarine patrol
without the loss of an hour. On
shore, as we'll as afioat, the Ameri-
can admiral was always equal to the
emergency and had a solution for
every problem. 1t seemed the OBJ
vious thing TO do to make Sims the
commander of the Allied forces in
Irish waters during the absence of
the senior British officer. The Amer
lean admiral always got on famous
ly with everybody in authority, SOL
der sailor, or civilian, and he was
so fair in his judgments and so
generous in his tributes. which was
second nature to him. that there
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
ADMIRAL SIMS 4 REAL AMERICAN
IFrom the New York Times

was no limit to his popularity in
England. Vainglory was foreign to
him. He was Il stickler for the truth,
and he never hesitated to give our
allies full credit for their efforts in
the war; nor did he ever exagger"
ate the American contribution from
a false sense of loyalty to his own
service. The truth was in Sims, and
it always came out. No man could
be prouder of the United States
Navy, but he could see and acknowl-
edge the big things our allies were
doing.
1t must be with a peculiar satis-
faction that Admiral Sims returns
to America wearing the laurels of
his success. Four years before the
war he predicted what was coming
his forecast is of record: and he
committed the glorious indiscretion
of declaring at Lord Mayors ban
uqct in London on December 8, 1910,
that if the British Empire was ever
seriously menaced by an external
foe you may count upon every man,
every dollar, every drop of blood of
your kindred across the sea-" The
consequence was AN official repri-
|mand by President Taft, who was
perhaps not so unsympathetic and
severe as his letter to Secretary
Meyer seemed to indicate.
Admiral Sims next detail will be
the reorganization OF the Naval War
College on modern lines, as prompt
ed by the naval lessons of the war.
In his new field he cannot fail to
distinguish himself, for he has not
only been the most progressive Of
ficer of the navy, but the most fear
less in urging improvements and re-
form. The bureaus learned to dread
his busy typewriter years ago, and he
would go TO the verge of insubordi-
nation, as he has confessed himself,
to make his point. He taught the
navy how to shoot when it marks
manship was deplorable. and he
helped TO revolutioniZe naval con-
structicn when our ships had defects
that greatly impaired their useful
ness. Admiral Sims motto, Cheer
up and get busy" has given him a
strong following in the navy with
the rank and file, for he has always
lived up TO it himself. Able, eff
cient. fair minded, and loyal. he has
found his golden opportunity in the
war; and the American people can
not give him too warm a welcome.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12

grade coal shipped from the low
freight rate territory into the At
lantic seaboard markets will not be
increased beyond its present volume.
These authorities expect q decrease
in the shipment of such coal and an
ticipate that the markets will have
to be satisfied with a substitute in
the way of lower grade fuel. The
only other solution is that consum-
ers will have to pay higher freight
rates. thereby bringing in coal from
more distant fields"
The fuel outlook is anything but
bright, so far as prices are concern
ed, and, unless the sooty. low grade
coal can be translated into gas or
electricity and distributed for house,
hold use in one or both those forms,
prospects are anything but good for
the "smoketess city" toward which
many persons have been looking,
and hoping and working.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
AnSwer DoktorS of Kultur
[From Harvey's Weekly.l

[From Harvey's Weekly.1
A unique light is cast upon what
we may call the incorrigible Hun
nishness of the Hun by the recent
message of the universities of Leip-
zig and Heidelberg to all the uni
versities of France. asking the re-
sumption between them of the re-
lationships which existed before the
war.
This almost incredible piece of
Hunnish effrontery is of course os-
tensibly based upon the theory that
there are no racial or national de-
marca tions in the world of intellect,
but that science and truth are uni
versally the same. That theory is
correct, but misleading. 1t depends
on the professors.
1t is notorious that the university
professors of Germany, and the So
called "intellectuals," have long
been foremost in supporting the
infamous designs of the Hohenzol-
lern dynasty. and in promoting that
"kultur" which is q German euphem-
ism for savagery.
In the face of those things, what
colossal impudence, what indescrib-
able effrontery, what monumental
lack of sense of common decency,
were involved in this recent request
of the two Hunnish universities.
The response of Bordeaux Univer-
sity to this Hunnish missive is
worthy of reproduction and remem-
brance. 1t requested the German
professors to ask the people of the
battle zone in France what they
thought of resuming relations with
the Germans and declared that the
whole German people were guilty of
atrocities and crimes, and did not in
this generation deserve the resump-
tion of relations with the civilized
world. Perhaps" it added, eve
may change our mind rega riding the
next generation" That the Ger
mans do not generally take any such
view of the case, that they do not
appreciate the enormity of the moral
wrong committed by their UNIVERSE
ties and intellectual leaders, is one
of the most scathing indictments that
can be framed against them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

p. M. Sharpless, who threatens
to move his plant from West Ches-
ter because of controversy with the
town council, is a millionaire farmer
and authority on dairying.
Judge o. b. Dickinson, who is
sitting in the telephone rate injunc-
tion proceedings in Philadelphia, is
q Delaware countian.
George S. Speaker, new head of
the State Gas Association, is a Leba-
non man.
F. G.. Hastings, the Milton edi-
tor, has been chosen a member of
the borough council.
Congressman Fl. w. Temple is
endeavoring to arrange for parade
of Western Pennsylvania troops in
the county seats of their home coun-
ties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
A Wild FiOWer Garden

oh. come to see my garden
Where all sorts of wild things
grow;
Anem ones, hepaticas,
And bloodroots white as snow;
And violets white and violets sweet,
And striped ones and spurred;
And yellow ones and purple ones
All names you ever heard;
Spring beauties in their striped
skirts.
And Mayfiowers white and sweet;
Arbutus-just a little patch
All tangled at your feet;
And bishops caps and coral bells;
Houstonias bright and blue,
And, hiding underneath a bush,
Some orchids FLASHED with dew.
And there's perula's fairy bell
And star-grass white and tail;
And harebells, blue as blue can be,
Trailed on bit of wall;
Sea- holly with it's prickly flowers;
Sabbathia-oh, you know
Sabbathia owns the fairest pink
The flower hearts ever knew.
Come later on and you will find
Bane- berries crimson stems,
And foam flowers, and a hundred
things
All in their diadems;
Lobelias blue, both great. and small,
And, by the arrow-heads,
The jewel-weeds and monkey
flowers,
And fireweeds duslty' red;
Then the gentians fringed and gen.
tians closed;
Heleniums reaching high,-
And spathes of violet dragon-head
Held up to sun and sky. ..
And yellow stars lie under foot;
And partridge-berry flowers,
And lots of little trailing things
That come with summer hours.
Lobelia cardinalis?-
Oh, you should come and see
The scarlet of its banners,
It's gorgeous panop1y;
And where you see the butterflies
Go circling round in rings
You'll find the weed that bears their
name
Decked with some painted
wings;-
And there's a bird sways singing;
And there bird speeds by,
And round about in places
Birds tri1l q lullaby.
George Kfingle in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-12
Here l Wander in April

Here I wander in April
Cold, gray-headed; and still to my
Heart, Spring comes with q bound.
Spring the deliverer,
Spring, song-leader in woods, Choir
ally resonant;
Spring, fiower-planter in mead
owS,
Child conductor in willowy
Fields deep dotted with bloom,
daisies and crocuses:
Here that child from his heart
drinks of eternity:
Robert Louis Stevenson (From
New Poems and Variant Read
ings," published in 1919.