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The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

Rejection OF the peace treaty, with
its league OF nations covenant, or adOp-
tion of amendments would mean sacri-
flee by the United States OF al con
cessions obtained from Germany under
a dictated peace, minority members
of the foreign relations committee de-
clared in report presented Friday TO
the senate.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

If George Washington never told
lie. Wen bet he didn't make fishing
hobby
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

An appeal for formal recognition by
the United States of the belligerency
OF the various tiCarranZa reyolu
tionary factions in Mexico and for
financial aid in the proposed over
throw of Carranza and the setting up
of provisional coalition government.
was presented at the White House
Tuesday. The appeal bears the seals
Of Gilirado Niagara, commander of the
"reorganizing army; Guillermo Meix-
uerio, commander of the defensive
forces of the free and sovereign state
OF Oaxaca"; Felipe Angeles and Fran
cisco Villa, commanders of the con
vention forces" and Manuel Pelaez,
commander of the constitution OF
1857 revolutionary army"
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

The Equitable Oil and Refining Com
pany of Texas, with headquarters at
Wichita Falls and capital stock of
$50,000,0Q0 has been granted a char
ter.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

President Wilson Thursday, through
Secretary Tumulty. sent "a telegram
to Samuel Gompers urging the stee'
men to postpone their threatened
action until after the forthcoming in
dustrial conference is held at Wash
in2tOn.
The St. Mary banner., 1919-09-20

Nomination of William f. Gonzales
of Columbia, S. C., to be American
ambassador to Peru was confirmed
Wednesday by the senate
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
GIVE THEM A RIDE

THE Rotary Club, the Kiwanis
Club and the Knights of Column
bus have done their part fully
and generously in providing enter
tainment for the wounded soldiers
at the Carlisle hospital but not all
of us have been so thoughtful. 1T.
should not be forgotten that these
men were. wounded in our service.
that they placed themselves between
us and the Hun and took the bullets
that otherwise would have been
aimed at US. We owe them a lot
and we can pay only in kindness to
them in their distress.
We might take counsel from the
generosity of John Lindner, leading
citizen of Carlisle, who has thrown
open his country estate as sum-
mer resort for Carlisle convalescents
Mr.. Lindner has set splendid eX-
places, but many of us have auto
mobiles and Carlisle is only twenty
minutes from Harrisburg, if the
State Police aren't watching. You
who have cars, arrange to give these
men a ride. They need the recrea-
ton and YOU need to forget your
own selfish pleasures for half day
at least.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
HOME, SWEET HOME!"

DUILDING operations in Harris
n burg are increasing b. leaps
and bounds in all sections of
the city. There is no longer need
to discuss the absolute necessity of
more dwellings to house the people
and to provide homes for many who
are now living elsewhere and are de-
sirous of casting their lot among us,
An important conference was held
at the Harrisburg Club a day or two
ago under the auspices of the hous-
ing committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. This committee has
been investigating the local condi-
tons and is primed with concrete
facts which furnish the most elo-
quent argument in support of the
constructive housing campaign
which has been under way for sew
eral weeks.
1t was developed at this confer
ence that as against building per-
mits for dwelling houses and apart
nents last year amounting to S46,-
$50. there have been issued thus
far in 1919 a grand total of s729,S00,
more than half of this amount be-
ing represented in permits issued
during the present month.
s.-4 Mr.. Haynaker. representing the
housing activities of the United
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
The Industrial Titan of America
Story Pennsylvania Wonderful John Oliver La Gorce
Reprint

mobile engine. AS it turns around,
it lifts the barrel several inches, and
then lets it drop, repeating the pro-
cess about as rapidly as one can
count. When this shaking process
is finished all of the cement has
been driven out of the funnel and
into the barrel, which is now packed
as tightly as if it were solid rock.
A piece of wood is nailed over the
hole, and the steel-hooped barrel,
weighing nearly four hundred
pounds, is ready to be transported
With three separate operations of
converting hard solids of consider
able size into dust, at the rate of
thousands of barrels a day, one
would naturally think of a cement
plant as the dustiest place in all the
world. Yet in many modern Port
land cement plants there is not as
much free dust floating around as
one finds in the average old-fash-
ioned country grist-mill. Indeed,
there are some plants so free from
dust that one might go through
them in a dress suit and come out
without serious need of a whisk-
broom or a clothes brush.
The shearing strength of concrete
made from Portland cement is rls-
ing to such unexpected heights that
the experts suggest that the day may
not be far distant when archItc ctural
specifications will permit the same
lightness of construction that is ac-
cepted with steel. A world shortage
of steel might be compensated by
an abundance of artificial stone as
hard as any adamant made in the
laboratory of nature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
ITO Be COntinucd)
He That Alone Would Be

[John Andrew in New York Times.
He that alone would be, let him
arise and come
From out the quiet, stagnant
country side,
And find a dwelling in a city where
the thousands dwell,
And there abide.
The hermit, weary of mankind's
ignoble strife,
Flies to the forest, or in dark
retreat
Secludes himself o, fool! There
is one secret. place
The city street.
And there be some who take the
convent cell, and hope
Thus to avoid earth's pleasures
and false joys,
While grim seclusion, bound with
brass, awaits the seeker, midst
A city's noise.
The prairie dweller, lone, may see
From green to dreary white, nor
His neighbors voice, but birds and
beasts give him companionship
Amidst the drear.
In the city you can live and walk
among
The crowds as through a drifting,
misty zone
Can hear strange voices, see the un-
known faces of mankind,
And be alone.
Or in your chamber note strange
footsteps pass your door
That evermore go past-with for
titude
Can mark the CHEEKY laugh. the
scrap of talk that puts bounds
To your solitude.
You that alone would be, arise to-
day and come
From cave and cell. from prison
and prairie wide,
And hide yourselves forevermo
among the multitude,
And there abide
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

States Department of Labor and
Industry. and who is the author of
a bill providing for the creation of
home loan banks, was the chief
speaker at the conference. His
theory of enormously increased
credits. based upon the utilization
of building and loan mortgages as
security for loans, was outlined in
such a way as to arouse general
interest in the proposition.
There are now in the United
States more than a million less
homes than would have been the
case had the average building rec
ord been maintained during the last
few years. But n marked change
has occurred in the last two weeks,
the building permits issued last
month having been the third largest
in the history of the country. Mr..
Haymaker confidently predicted an
enormous building boom, which has
already started all over the country.
He dwelt upon the importance of
the home life in the development
of a contented people and pointed
out how unsatisfactory were the
conditions which follow the univer-
sal renting proposition. either in
dwellings or apartments. He re-
called that in the old days the con-
Guiding music for the average dane
H.. n,.tx ~
which indicated the innermost
thoughts of the dancers. Now the
final selection is Till We Meet
Again" and this is an unmistakable
sign of the changed house conditions.
One of the significant and encour-
aging features of the conference was
the attitude of the bankers present,
all of whom stated emphatically
that the banking institutions of Har-
risburg were as one in their policy
of liberal consideration of loans for
persons desiring to build their own
homes. There was general agree
ment that the ordinary banking
rules were stretched to the limit to
accommodate such persons and that
the moral risk was big element in
every such transaction.
These conferences are bound to
aid in the education of the people
on the housing question and in
bringing together the banking and
building and loan interests in the
most practical way. It is conceded
that some definite plan must be
adoptEd in the furtherance of a
great building program, but the
bankers made it clear that they
were the guardians of the deposits
of the people and that nothing
should be done to weaken faith in
the banking institutions, which had
already adopted liberal attitude in
the matter of the building and buy
ing of homes.
Mr.. Mcfarland and his associates
in the Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee are deserving the apprecia-
ton of the entire community. They
are making distinct headway.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
Yankee and COckneV

Among the amusing anecdotes re-
counted Ian Hays Last Million"
is one showing how much the Yam
kee recruits had to learn under the
officers of the British and French
armies even after their preliminary
training at home. A young Ameri-
can officer wittily describes to a
Red Cross nurse the emphasis
placed upon the proper method of
saluting: There was an English
sergeant well the boys used to
come running a hundred yards to
see him salute an officer. I tell
you it tickled them to death at first.
Next thing they were all trying to
do it, too" Here the American gave
a very creditable reproduction OF the
epileptic salute of the British
Guardsman. Like that" he said.
I'm not surprised they ram" COM
mented the nurse. "Still," continued
the officer appreciatively, that SER
geant was a bird. At the start we
regarded him as a pur9 vaudeville
act. He talked just like stage
Englishman, for enc thing ."
shall never forget the first morning
we held an Officers Instruction
Glass. There were about forty of
us. Old Man Duckett. that was his
name, Sergeant Inspector Duckett-
marched us around and put us
through our PAGES. We meant to
show him som ething-we were a
chesty bunch in those days-so- we
gave him what we imagined was a
first class West Point show. (Not
that any of us had been at West
Point) When we had done enough,
he lined us up and said: Well, gen.
tlanen I have rim over votIr Doinfc
and before dismissn' the parade, I
should like to say that I only wish
the President CT the United States
was here TO see you. If he did catch
sight of you. l know that his first
words would be. Thank Gawd from
The bottom OF my heart, we've got
a naVy!" ("
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14


Along. the street there comes
blare of bugles. a ruffle of drums,
flash OF color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
A ND that's the way Americans
n greet the flag to-day-the first
Flag Day since Chateau-Thier-
ry, the Marine, the Argonne, Saint
Mihiel and Sedan.
Hats off to the flag! Not only
because it is a glorious flag, and a
victorious flag; not only for the
deeds of daring that. have been per-
formed in it's name; not even for the
men who have died that it might
wave. but for what it stands.
Hats off to the flag! The flag that
is the symbol the world around Of
Equal justice, right and law,
Stately honor. and. reverend awe;
[ Sign of Nation great and strong
: To wards her people from foreign
Pride and glory and honor.-all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.
Hats off to the fag! More than
ever the flag of democracy, OF equal
opportunity, of mercy and justice;
the only flag in the world that has
never headed a selfish fight, nor
championed an unjust cause.
Hats off
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, ruffle of
drums;
And loyal hearts are beating high:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
No Wonder Germany Quit
Number Five
NOVEMBER II last" said
Colonel j. B. Kemper, of the
~ Army Recruiting Office .325

LON NOVEMBER II last" said
)colonel J. B. Kemper, Of the
Army Recruiting Office, 325
Market street, Harrisburg, the thing
the Germans started at Ypres in
April, 1915, the use of poison gas,
was beginning to react with a VEN
geance. They first used chlorine,
which was released from several
thousand steel jars when the wind
was favorable and drifted over our
lines in the form of yellow cloud
Chlorine didn't have a very long
vogue however, it wasn't bad enough
and besides it was SO plainly seen.
They then developed phosgene, a
colorless gas, but even that didn't
work very well in clouds, so they
started loading it in shells and shoot
ing it over. At first the shell had
just enough explosive in it to crack
it and let~the gas rush out, but
everyone soon got wise to the faint
pop made by an exploding gas she'll
They then filed the shell about half
full of gas and the other half was
high explosive. Then was when the
trouble began. You couldn't tell a
gas shell from any other until you
breathed in the gas. and then it was
frequently too late to make any diff
ference. The fina. German develop
ment was mustard gas. 1t is n heavy
liquid which does not Vaporize until
the sun gets on it, but in woods,
underbrush and in cloudy weather. it
may stay on the ground, on the
leaves and bark of trees and brushes
for weeks, and anyone touching
these infested places will be badly
burned.
Many and many a man has sat
down in n she'll hole and spent the
next few weeks on his face in bed
while the mustard gas burns healed
up. Others have kneeled to shoot
or perhaps to dress mans wounds.
and have had their flesh burned off
their knees. During the wild straw
berry and raspberry seasons a num-
Der of men died from eating berries
which had been saturated with mus
tard gas. But don't worry! We never
let tire Boche put anything over on
us for long. When the armistice was
signed Germany was producing 210
] tons of mustard gas every week but
| France was producing 3S5 tons, and
| England 455 tons. Uncle Sam can't
let anybody else beat him. so he was
producing $40 tons per week or four
times the German production. Down
near Baltimore was small plant
! built by n HARRISBURG contractor.
that was loading 250.000 shells with
gas every dav: mustard. phosgene.
tear gas. sneezing gas and some with
that American mystery. Lewiscite
said to be seventy-two. times more
powerful than mustard And we
were only getting started in the pro-
duction of gas"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
John Bdrleycorn's Troubles
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
The position of John Barleycorn
at this moment reminds us of the
story of the colored man who want
ed his boss to please lemme off mex
We'n'sday two weeks kase ! wants
to go nah uncle's funeral" Oh, no,
his uncle wasn't dead yet, but he
was done gwine be hung on next
Tuesday two weeks Old John
Barleycorn strenuously objects to
being buried on July /. and his
friends and mourners are assem- bling
in Washington and threaten to fill
these last few weeks of June with
their pleas and lamentations. In
cidentally they will make the days
bothersome for the new Cor2re
and no man can yet say what the
outcome will be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

&C. S. Bair, prominent Shriner a
Philadelphia, is seriously i'll.
Chief Justice j. Hay Brown was
elected an honorary member of the
Sons of Veterans at Lancaster,
Mayor W. S. Mcdowell has
named a woman assistant to havs
charge of the regulation of public
dances in Chester.
General Richard Coulter, O
Greensburg. has taken charge Of
American Legion affairs for Vest
moreland county.
Prof. w, M Harclerode, wh4
had charge of the arrangement o.
the historical fete atsReading. traced
the history of Berks county back
over 200 years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
A FEW QUESTIONS

ERPLEXED merchants, who
have been losing hair and sleep
in an effort to properly inter
pret the luxury" tax law, will re-
joice in the news from Washington
that the Republicans in Congress
have turned thumbs down" on the
unpopular statute and will wipe it
off the books before the month
is out.
Never was there such a demon-
stration of taxation gone wild as
this act displays. Solomon in all
his wisdom would have been
stumped by its vagaries, for it has
no answer. Even those eminent
Democratic statesmen who framed
it now admit they do not know
what it means.
when is a girl a girl?" when
is a boy a boy?" When is a girl
"a miss" rs a corset undercloth-
ing" These and a hundred other
questions of the "brain-storm"
variety have been asked of the Fed
eral tax authorities by puzzled mer-
chants and the experts, after a few
incoherent gurglings signifying in
tense agitation, have sunk into deep
eogitation of the problems involved,
from which they arouse occasionally
long enough for little nourishment
and a wink of sleep, but never for
period sufficient for an intelli-
gent reply.
Democratic leadership at Wash
ington reached the height of it's alb
surdity when it framed this bill,
which provides, among other items,
taxation on certain grades of under
clothing for boys" and girls" but
fails to define the age when a male
child reaches the stage of "boyhood"
or when a female infant arrives al
the period of girlhood. The law is
silent as the grave on the subject
and the merchants admit you can
search them" for an answer Also
they ask when does a boy become
man, and when does a girl become
miss? Likewise is a corset under
wear? If it is, it is taxable; if not
it goes free. You can imagine how
| the purchaser would decide this last
named item, but how about the
dealer who must answer to the rev.
enue officers for his interpretations ?
After you have pondered these
weisfty problems, consider for a
moment the processes of reasoning
which regulate the imbibing of soft
drinks and the eating of ice cream.
A lemon soda from the faucet is
! taxable at the rate of one cent foI
every ten cents worth. A lemon
soda in a bottle is not taxable al
all. But if you ask the clerk tt
dilute your lemon soda. or other soft
drink from a bottle with a little
carbonated water from his faucet
straightaway it becomes taxable
soft drink. Tea, coffee, beef tea
clam broth, clam bisque, tomato
bisque, tomato bouillon are not sof
drinks in the minds of the legisla.
tors. Does this mean that these ole
friends have been tracked down al
lserpents lurking among the limo
cent sodas and are marked for sue,
cessive executions by constitutions
amendment?
These are but few of the Fed
eral tax law vagaries. They rur
right down the list from tariff to in
come, getting worse as they go. Is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
Destroyed the Unbeliepers

will. therefore. put you in re-
membrance that the Lord. having
saved the people out of the land
of Egypt, afterward DESTROYED them
that believed not.-Jude, 5.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
A Prohibition OuerU

CFrom the Rochester Post Express. ]
But won't Secretary Daniels OBJ
ject to his dry navy taking over any
foreign port?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

decided that their first duty lies in
revision of the tax statutes?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
IL or not otherwise credited in this
s11 paper and also the local news pub
~. slished herein.
All rights of republication of special
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
Do YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg's manner
OF establishing a memorial TO
the men in the World War is
being awaited with interest by
other cities? Il
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
General Anthony Wayne ones
vned property in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14
FLAG DAY
HATS OFFl

HATS OFF!
Along the street there comes a
blare of bugles. a ruffle of drums,
a flash OF color. beneath the sky:
Hats off!
& The flag is passing by!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-14

The WiIkes-Barre Record has
this to say on the suffrage amend
ment: THE Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture ratified the prohibition amend
ment because it had already been
ratified by sufficient number of the
States to make 1t effective. The wom-
an suffrage amendment has not vet
been ratified by single State. The
suggestion that Pennsylvania should
he the first State to send in an af-
firmative resolution will not fall
upon willing ears. There is reason to
believe that the Legislature would
defeat the amendment If it could. so
1t will not be anxious to vote until it
is known what the other States are
going to do about it,
The Washington herald., 1919-12-18
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA
WOMEN WILL MEET

The Woman's Auxiliary OF the
Presbyterian Synod OF Virginia will
hold its fifteenth annual meeting al
the Assembly's Training School. Rich
mond, December 1881.
The business, sessions will be pre-
sided over by Mrs. John Bratton,
Madison Heights, Va. Mrs. Bratton
is one OF the vice presidents of the
synodical and president of Montgom-
cry Presbyterial auxiliary.
Among the speakers will be the
Rev. Gilbert Glass. D. D., Richmond,
Assembly's executive secretary of
Sunday School extension: the Rev.
ID. *. Walthall, d. D.. waynesboro,
Va, chairman woman's advisory
committee Of synod: the Rev. William
Z. Hudson, Staunton! synods mana
ger OF stewardship campaign; Mrs.
]. Calvin Stewart, honorary president
and historian of the auxiliary, and
Miss Margaret Mcclure, Roanoke,
synodical secretary Of young peoples
work
Mrs. II. N. Price, Baltimore. vice
president of the synodical and presi-
dent OF Potomac Presbyterial auxiI-
iary. will attend the meeting. Among
those attending from Washington arc
Mrs. J. A. Dorritee, Synodical and
Presbyterial secretary of Assembly's
home missions, and Miss Mary Wed
dell. treasurer of the Synodical and
of Potomac Presbyterial.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-18
OFFICERS BRUTALITY RIGHT
WAS CONCEDED BY SOLDIERS
Enlisted Man in Hearing Of
Capt. K. W. Deter Testii-
fies He Was Sickened By
Long Punishment of Pris-
oners at LIE Mans.

New York. Dec. 17.-Victor Shep-
herd. New Haven. Conn. testffying
today at the trial Of Capt. Karl W.
Deter. former military police off,
Ger in France. told the court-mar-
ttal lie thought American officers
had the right to beat privates.
Il saw so much of it in France
that thought 1t was the custom.
and didn't know until | was sum-
moned as witness for this trial
that officers couldn't beat their men
as much as they wanted to-"
Shepherd admitted that DETER
posted orders against beating pris-
oners. but said it was shortly be-
fore Deter left LIE Mans. and five
months after brutality to the pris-
oners had begun.
1T made me sick to see those
poor fellows beaten up that way"
declared Shepherd.
Shepherd said that DETER chal-
lenged Fred Yates. Newport, KY,
ABOUT half his size to come into his
room and light 1t out man to
man." The witness said Yates went
into the room and came out COW
cred with bruises.