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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Cats and Birds

[From the Boston Transcript.
III cats in Massachusetts really kill
as many as 100000 birds in a season,
as the State commissioners of fisher
les and game estimate in their an
nual appeal to cat owners, there is
surely justice and point in their ap-
peal for the protection of birds from
cats, for each insectivorous bird de-
YOURS many thousands of insects and
the removal of so many birds means
an increase of the insect population
by untold millions. Never in the
history of New England was the in
sect pest so burdensome and so
menacing as 1T is now, and any agen-
cy which tends to make the pest still
greater constitutes a public danger.
The account of the State with the
harmless cat is not, however, sum-
marily closed by the statement of the
commissioners. If cats catch wild
insectivorous birds, they also catch
a good many birds that are not in
sectivorous, or but sparingly so. Cats
prey heavily, and probably chiefly,
so far as birds are concerned, on the
English sparrow, which does more
harm than it does good by driving
away native birds; and, incidentally
cats prey on rats, mice and moIes,
thereby establishing an item of credit
for themselves in the account. If
we exterminate the cats altogether,
we might lose at one end of the line
more than we gained at the other.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

mere caprice or unsubstantial griev-
ances to deprive her children of their
father, and thus sacrifice their true
welfare to her own egotism. No
woman can be compelled to live
under the same roof with her hus-
hand, and, if she leaves him. even
liking some one else better" will
not prevent her from retaining the
custody of her young children, if all
that appears on the surface is in
compatibility. IT would be incorrect
to allege that the consciousness of
the courts recognizes more than a
drift in this direction; yet oppor-
tunity runs hand in glove with the
temptation, one extenuated by the
apostles of freedom who hold that
marriage is up" to a man. and that
if he cannot retain his wife's affec-
tion she is justified in leaving him.
This postulate of liberty, If not set
forth in much of current fiction, is
to be read between its lines. Years
ago, when a woman in whose favor
| had decided. whispered to the court
officer as she went out, Tell the
Judge he's a darling" I thought it
not unlikely that I had been cajoled.
From Domestic Relations and
the Child" by Robert Grant, in the
May Scribner
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Farmers Union Of Maine
[Christian Science Monitor.l

[Christian Science Monitor.1
Many people, it is safe to say, are
in the attitude of observing with in
terest how the Farmers Union. OF
Maine, markets it's members pro-
ducts. The farmers, of course, are
interested; but so, also. are consum-
ers; and no doubt, in far greater
numbers than the farmers. One
phase of the matter, at the present
stage, is the interest of the con-
sumer in the question of whether or
not the member of the Farmers
Union cares about his interest. The
consumers concern with this pro-
ducers' enterprise will be still larger
when the enterprise is fully devel-
oped and embraces. besides its chain
of retail stores in the State, dis
tributing depot in a large CITY, in
tended to be Boston, Massac achusetts.
The duration of this interest on the
part of consumers. however, of
whom it will be worth while for the
Maine farmers to remember there
are a great many within marketing
distance of Boston, will depend on
whether or not the Farmers Union
shall offer any particular inducement
for people to buy of it's proposed
store. The Union will be justified
in believing that consumers without
number are, Notwithstanding disap-
pointments. still seeking markets
where they can feel that products
are for sale at prices that have not
been inflated somewhere between the
producer and the ultimate purchas-
en-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter Of appreciation
By BRIGGS
he Tele0rdph:

To the Editor Of the Telegraph:
Please print copy of the follow
ing letter in your publication and
oblige:
To the Publicof Pembroke: The
b. 7. S. Literary Club of Penbrook
has lately received from an un-
known citizen letter expressing the
public's appreciation of the program
which the club presented on May
7th, Sth and tn. a copy of the
same letter was published in the
issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph
on May 18th.
We, now in return, extend our
thank to both the unknown writer
and the general public for these
written testimonies of their appre-
citation of the production.
The Club was very anxious to
serve the public of Penbrook and
now are greatly encouraged upon
learning that their efforts have been
noticed and approved by the citizens
of our borough. And we assure the
unknown citizen, that this token of
thanks and guarantee of public sup
port, which we have received, viii
in the future be an inspiration to
every member, to improve and in
crease the social activities of our
borough.
Yours, with thanks,
Pres. b. Il. S. Literary Club.
Penbrook, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
BURLESON-THE "GOAT"

[From the Johnstown Tribune.1
1t is not strange that organizations
of civil service reformers have joined
in the attack on Postmaster General
Burleson. The Postmaster General is
a regular Democrat. of the Wilson
school, when it comes TO a question
of the civil service. which term, by
the way, means the list of employees
of the United States Government.
Mr.. Wilson does not practice civil
service reform in any direction
which will lessen the number of
Democrats holding Government
places or, it is proper to say, which
VIII prevent substituting a Democrat
for a Republican when the chance
offers. Mr.. Burleson has been
strengthening the Democratic party
by giving Democrats jobs. Nothing
wrong with that, except the hypo-
critical part played by certain Demo-
Gratis. who profess to believe their
party rises superior and far above
political patronage.
The fact is that Mr.. Burleson has
been chosen as the goat" Upon him
Will be lodged, if possible, all the
sins of omission and commission
properly chargeable to the Wilson
administration. We miss our guess
if "Al" will be good enough Demo-
crat to permit himself to be ousted
and consent to bear the brunt of
public indignation. The more servile
of the Democratic press has been
whipped into line to demand that
Burlesons political scalp be taken.
There are men-Democrats - who
fawned on Burleson, when they held
public office, who are now abusing
him. The whole scheme is a mis-
cradle, unjust, hypocritical plan to
discredit man in order to help a
worse than discredited party.
The civil service reformers will
help the Democratic pack which is
after the Burleson scalp. They should
know that if the scalping is done,
the successor will be a real, regular,
Wilson Democrat. no more consider
ate of the civil service laws, or the
spirit of civil service reforms, than
has been Mr. Burleson. They will
merely be helping Democratic party
savers pull some badly scorched
political chestnuts out of the fire
of public condemnation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
We Must Keep German Ships
LFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer

tFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer
When the European war broke
out, there were numerous German
ships scattered in ports all over the
world. England took over what she
could lay her hands on. So did
France. So did Italy when she de-
clared hostilities, while here in the
United States we seized every enemy
vessel. What is to become of these
ships?
England proposes that all of them
should be pooled and then distribut-
ed among the Allied countries In
proportion to the loss of tonnage that
each suffered through submarine
activities. Since Great Britain was
hardest hit, she would get the bulk
of the German craft, whereas the
United States would be given very
small allowance. Apparently Great
Britain stands alone at the Peace
Conference in this respect. And she
should stand alone. These ships are
prizes of war and should be treated
as such. Does England propose to
pool all the proceeds of German
property that she has seized in her
cities? Then why draw a distinction
between property on land and prop
erty atloat in port?
Everything that has been going on
in Paris is not known, but it is re-
ported that the American delegation
will decline to yield the German
ships now in our possession. 1t is
to be hoped that the report is true,
for an abandonment of our claims
would be suicidal. We are depend
g ~
for passenger liners. We have not
one single up-to- date American-bu built
vessel fit for first-class passenger
service across the ocean-not one.
The Shipping Board has been con-
structing numerous freighters and
a few vessels designed for South
American mixed cargo and passen-
ger trade are in prospect, we believe,
but nothing has been built or de-
signed to compete with England,
France or even Italy in passenger
carrying across the Atlantic.
OF the German ships now flying
our flag there are three that are of
high class type-the George Wash
ington, the Kronprinzessin Cecilie
(renamed the Mount Vernon) and
the Vaterland (now called the Levi
athan). These came from the North
German Lloyd Line. The same line
furnished the Kaiser Wilhelm II,
rechristened Agamemnon, Il bit old,
but still speedy, as is the America,
taken from the Hamburg American
line. To give these up would be
to leave us with no passenger ships
of any account. while England would
add to her already great passenger
fleet.
1t cannot be done.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

some of the ardent Democrats OF
New York predict that the next slate
OF their party will have the names of
Wilson and Smith" at the head Of
the ticket Smith. it will be remem-
bered. is the harmony Governor of
New York, who saw himself beaten
until n week before the election, last
fall. when a horrible accident took
place in a tunnel of a traction line
in Brooklyn, resulting in the death
of almost a hundred passengers. In
stantly Smith made political capital
Of the tragic occurrence. and posted
placards all over the city and
Throughout the State denouncing the
Republican regime as responsible
for the wreck, and promising count
less reforms in the event of his own
election. He, with his Tamma ay
backing and methods Of waging po-
litical warfare. will make fit run
ning-mate for Wilson, whose politi-
cal licutenants endeavor TO make
votes by handing money bonuses and
large increases of wages out of the
Federal Treasury to the millions OF
employees of the various utilities now
under Government control.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
THE ARMY'S DRIVE

GFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.1
The Salvation is out for 3,000,-
900.
The particular amount is not so
important as the fact that the Sal
vation Army is entitled to get what
ever it wants.
The verdict of the men of the
army is unanimously in favor of
the Army and what it has done for
the doughboy in France.
1t now means to diversity and in
tensify that work here at home,
where there is always plenty of war
to be made upon vice, ignorance and
squalor.
Swifter than a seaplane, the smile
of Salvation Army lass bridged the
distance from the mud of the trench
to the evening lamp at home.
1t wasn't so much the miraculous
doughbonut or the pie-it wasn't
just the cocoa or the coffee-it was
the woman behind the frying pan
to the man behind the gun.
They went into battle for those
women.
The supply trains lum bered
through the night till the drivers
were ready to fall from the seats
from WEAKNESS.
The men pIodded on miry or dusty
roadways till they seemed to be
walking in their sleep.
Men came out of the shell swept
inferno of No Mans Land in every
phase of anguish, physical or men,
tai. often bereft of reason.
However and whenever they came
they found the remembered voices
and the remembered hands of all
women waiting for them in the
presence of one woman or at most
a tiny group.
They were thus brought back from
darkness to light. from death to life
by those who stood for all America.
America must stand for them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
LOVE ABOVE Us

When the night falls Ger our dwell
ings
And the time has come for rest
Thoughts will turn to God in Heaven
And to those we love the best.
Then comes heart--light in the dark
ness,
Peace all understanding past,
Love and joy for sweet reposing
Everlasting arms hold fast.
From Gods Word we gain His
pleasure
Through our prayer His power to
keep;
For His service on the morrow,
We may thus prepare for sleep.
Heavenly friendship. earthly friend
ship,
Thus combine-all needs supply;
Love above us. love around us,
From all trials lift us high.
Rev. Charles L. Page, in Boston
Transcript,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Divorce and Children
Seventy Proceedings by

~ \ the issue of preserving, the
family, an aim alike of the
church, the lawgiver, and the
courts, each from it's own angle, 1t
is significant that 10 per cent. of
proceedings for divorce, and all for
separate maintenance, are initiated
by women. Modern divorce at it's
inception, though open to men, was
designed primarily for the protec-
ton of wives from masculine tyran-
ny, and the dire statistics which Of
fend so many people have been in
large measure a register of relief
from intolerable conditions more or
less sanctitied by prior generations
of patient Griseldas. Yet when we
turn from the immediate past and
look ahead does not the established
policy of modern courts cat least
those in the United States to vouch-
safe complete protection to the wife.
both as concerns herself and custody
of her children, unless her conduct
has been outrageous, prompt the
question whether responsibility for
the preservation of the family will
not rest henceforth largely on the
attitude of woman?
To develop this it is to-day prac-
tically possible for a wife to allow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
FdnlilY Doctor Missed

[From the Rochester Post Express.
The Seattle Post t-Intelligencer
declares that there is in the West
a wide call for the release from mil
itary service of the family doctors.
People want the old practitioner
and the old practice back again; !;
the hurried attention of the hard
worked physician who must see the
majority of his patients in his office
for lack of time to visit homes is
not found a liked substitute. That
the rural communities of the COM
paratively sparsely settled states of
the northwestern border miss their
home-visiting physicians is quite
understandable. Here in the East
we have suffered somewhat from the
drain by the war upon our medical
and nursing forces. But we have
few communities, even in our far
flung rural districts where the reg
ular round of the family physician
remains a routine of practice as it
does in the West
There is more missed than mere
medical attention in the loss of the
family doctor. He had in the East
and still has social function. He
served as an adviser in many mat
ters. In the rural districts he has
been a great encyclopedia agent of
general information. Probably if
the history of the Nation in lis pure
ly social aspects were truly written,
the family doctor would come in for
prominent place in it's annals. We
are seeing the coming in of protec-
tive medical practice: of the ply
sician who is the publics adviser as
to means of retaining and upbuild-
ing health more than dealer in
medicaments to combat specific all
ments. 1t is higher function and
better ideal of practice. But the
old family doctor did superb service.
1t is no wonder he is missed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

| ing down on his head the powerful
opposition of the distillers who are
ruled out under the dictum he lays
down for Congress. 1t will be inter-
esting to observe the attitude of the
legislative branches of the Govern
ment on this matter.
There will be few who will take
exception to the Presidents views
concerning capital and labor, but
there is nothing new in them. With
the war there has developed rapidly
sentiment in favor of the democ-
to labor of a larger share of the
proceeds of business. This opinion
has had formulating in the public
mind for years, but the happenings
of the war period brought it to
maturity much earlier than other
wise would have been possible. 1t
is not confined to party or to class.
Employers as well as employees en-
tertain it and accept 1t as the policy
that must be followed in America.
Just how it is to be worked out re-
mains to be seen, and the President
offers no very helpful ideas on that
subject. We shall not reach this
happy state all at one time. 1t
would be ruinous for all concerned
TO attempt to work the miracle over
night. A period of years. of con-
Iscientious, painstaking thought and
experiment will be necessary. Mean
while, as the President says, Con-
gress must aid wisely with legisla-
ton tending in the general direction
toward which we are headed. This
is Republican as well as Democratic
doctrine and Congress would have
assumed that attitude toward the
labor problem whether the Presi-
dent spoke or not.
These, with his advocacy of wo-
mans suffrage, are the high points
of the Presidents message. and here
again he is simply going along with
the mass instead of pointing the way,
for both Democratic and Republican
congressman are pledged in large
numbers to the extension of the vot-
ing privilege to women and it is not
a party issue. Study of the message
leaves one with the impression that
the President runs with the pack and
hunts with the hounds, and the ques-
ton unconsciously arises as to just
what form of wavering the Presi-
dents changeful mind will display
next.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
AN "OBSERVER'S" VIEW

m HERE comes from the Wash
ington Observer, one of the
strong newspapers of Western
Pennsylvania, a vigorous protest
against any tampering with the
election laws. This newspaper
dwells upon the recent statement
of Senator Penrose that it would be
better to leave the present statutes
alone until the people become thor
oughly familiar with them. In the
opinion of the Observer this is no
time for electoral experimentation.
owing to the unrest and the spirit
of change which are so widespread.
Our Washington county contem-
porary declares that under the
leadership of Governor Sproul the
Republicans of Pennsylvania are
better united to-day than they have
been for a generation and that for
some time there has been a general
disposition on the part of all fac
tions of the Republican party to
give and take in order to keep up
solid front against the common
enemy in 1920"
1t is the hope of the Observer that
with the responsibility resting upon
those in positions of leadership
nothing will be done Ito antagonize
the great body of independent
voters who care nothing for the
political jobs or the emoluments of
office, but who are interested in
good government and believe that
the Republican party is the medium
through which this can be accom-
plished."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Representative Harry Hepburn,
who figured in the cold storage de-
bate in the House yesterday, is a
farmer and says he can still plow.
Representative G. G.. Jordan, of
Lawrence county. is the last work in
the House on cattle raising and says
Pennsylvania is losing great oppor-
tunities.
Senator David Martin, who was
secretary of the Commonwealth and
insurance commissioners, says that
Harrisburg is like a second home to
him, but that he needs his farm to
feel thoroughly easy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Poor Kicking

The fact that there is included
in the revised covenant of the
League of Nations a clause provid-
ing that all positions under or in
connection with the league, includ-
ing the secretarat, shall be open
equally to men and women. is a con-
spicuous sign of the times. In the
face of such recognition it would
seem to be kicking against the
pricks for members of the United
States Senate to refuse to acknow-
ledge that women is the equal of
man in all the departments of life.
Christian Science Monitor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Newspaper Ads Pay Big

w. H. Shoemaker, proprietor of
a grocery and meat market in the
residence district of Kansas City,
Mo-, gives newspaper advertising
credit for building up his business.
Although not in the downtown dis
trict, Mr.. Shoemaker since opening
his store several years ago. has ad-
vertised in the papers. Newspaper
advertising" he said. lis the cheap
est and best method of building up
trade. Every dollar spent for such
advertising has brought results ten
fold"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
UNPOPULAR TAX

r-yHEN the Legislature comes to
wv serious consideration of the
revenue problem, it might
give attention to the direct inherit
ance tax, which is about as unpopular
in Pennsylvania as the luxury taxes
imposed by Congress. Governor
Brumbaugh approved the inheritance
tax under protest as an unfair i'm
position upon small estates and a
penalty upon thrift. In distributing
the burden of taxation. care must
be exercised that nothing be done to
impair the savings of the wage Garner
who has labored for those whom he
leaves behind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

with the Commonwealth. and the
record of achievement here in the
making of an attractive environment
for the Capitol is creditable to the
public spirit of the community.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

Harrisburg Is certain to cooperate
with State Health Commissioner Mar
tin in every reasonable way to the end
that his effort to make this city
model, for other municipalities may
be crowned with success. At no time
has the city failed to act in harmony
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

If the Hurley plan for the cancella-
tion of shipbuilding contracts is car
ried out 10000 men will be thrown
out of employment in California alone
and the yards will lose contracts for
eighty-seven steel ships. California
would have something to think
about in connection with it's 1919
vote If the Hurley policy were
adopted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
WEDNESDAY, MAY II. 1919

The talent Of success IS nothing
more than doing t1hdt you can tceN,
and doing toeH tchatever you do tcith-
out q thought Of fdme.-Longfellotc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
OF all news dispatches credited to
1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
1ished herein.
.All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
Same Thing Here

The man who used to make his liv-
ing selling ITO Rent" signs must be
starving to death now.-From the
Detroit NeWE +,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg sells tin
plate for Government work of
many kinds?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

1vOT the least surprising part of
M President Wilson's altogether
- surprising message to Congress
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-21
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Fifty years ago Harrisburg dedi-,
Gated its Civil War memorial sz7
Second and State Streets. D