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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Princely Salaries
[From National Republican,

[From National Republican,
Fifty nine officials of the Railroad
administration, princes at Wash
ington who sit in upholstered fur
niture and swing in swivel chairs
amid luxurious surroundings" re-
ceive a much larger salary than
General Pershing, Representative
Thompson (Ohio) charged in the
House the other day "Seventy-two
men on the staff of the Director
General of Railroads receive sal
aries aggregating s1,39S,1O0 annu-
ally" Mr.. Thompson asserted. Most
of them receive more than the Chief
Justice of the United States, whose
compensation is $4,000 a year;
more than General Pershing, more
than cabinet officers senators and
representatives.
The records will show that five
of these officials are each receiving
$4,000 per annum, two are getting
$4,000, three $35,000, two $4,000,
eight $4,000, eleven $4,000, one
s1S,500, one $4,000, one $4,000,
six $4,000, one $4,000, one $13,-
900, one s12,500, four $4,000, one
$10,S00. one S10.600 and twenty
three $4,000. None of these large
salaries were authorized specifically
by Congress"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
The Work-Dodging World
[From Los Angeles Times.

[From Los Angeles Times.1
This and-comfort-loving ten
dency to evade work Is playing its
very important part in the high cost
of living. The people who do the
work are naturally capitalizing their
supposed "martyrdom." If madame
herself thinks housework such a
dreadful thing that she is willing
to sacrifice home life for herself and
family rather than do it, is it any
wonder that the paid domestic
worker does little profiteering and
strikes the hardest bargain to be
wrung?
If the white man regards farm
labor with such contempt, is it any
wonder that the industrious little
brown laborer demands the utter
most farthing for filing the breach ?
Somebody must do the work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Biscuits From Cdttdil Flour

[From Christian Science Monitor. ]
Long ago the Iroquois Indians
used to dry and pulverize the roots
of the cattails that grow so lavishly
in American swamps and make flour
for bread and puddings; but the fact
seems to have been forgotten until
quite recently Rem embering this
incident in Indian domesticity, a
later American has made such flour.
and United States food experts have
tested 1t.
Even 100 per cent. cattail -four" +"
they report, made biscuits that
were not so different from those
made with wheat -four" and "pud-
dings made with cattail flour in them
in place of cornstarch proved to be
entirely satisfactory. The flavor
produced by this -four is pleasing
and palatable." There are thou
sands of acres of cattails in exist
ence, capable of producing, it Is esti-
mated, more than two tons of flour
| to the acre. One digs and peels the
! roots, much as one digs and peels
potatoes. 1t seems probable that q
more expeditions way will be found
to harvest the crop, and that gro
cerymen will some day be weighing
| out cattail -four as they now sell
potatoes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
GOODBYE HOUSE FLY

T HE fag end OF the fly season is
here and the approach of
colder weather is driving them
to the shelter of protected places.
These last flies of the summer
will be the progenitors of the first
flies of next spring.
An active fly eradication cam
burg during the past summer and
the results have been most graft
flying.
Flies have been scarce where be-
fore they were numerous and there
have been fewer deaths in proper
tion to the population from fly
borne diseases than ever before in
the city's history, according to those
who have studied results.
Next summer, II the plan of cam
paign of this year be carried out.
Harrisburg will be almost, if not
quite without flies.
Now is the time to take active
measures-everybody-all together;
swat, XIII, poison nleS.
Flies survive the winter in two
ways. Females ensconce themselves
in sheltered cracks or crannies in
stables, garages, atticks or other
protected places and remain until
spring in a state of Information.
When warm weather appears
| the deposit their eggs where they
will develop to advantage, usually
in a manure heap and few days
later the first crop of spring flies
make their appearance. The other
way flies survive is in the pupal
state. The larvae burrow, as is their
| custom. into the ground and change
! into pupae. The cold weather hind
ers their further change and they
remain in that state until the
warmth of spring removes the bar
and encourages the process of their
development.
Kerosene is fatal to most forms
of insect life. So also is borax So
luton. If either of these agents
be sprayed into likely lurking places
for alternating flies their destruc-
tion will be assured.
All manure heaps should be re-
moved and the underlying ground
saturated with either kerosene oil
borax solution-one pound to three
gallons of water.
The place upon which the gar
bage can stands should be treated
in the same manner. Now is the
time to remove rubbish all over the
city-everywhere so that there
may be no protection either for hi
bernating flies or undeveloped pu-
pae.
The better the cleanup this fall
the less difficulty will be expert.
enced next spring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Scriptural Warming
IFrom/ the week.1

President Wilson. when he eX-
pressed the desire to hang on a gio-
bet as high as heaven the senators
who are criticising his league, may
not have recalled an old but IN
spired bit of history OF the reign OF
And Haronah, one of the cham
berlains. said before the King. Be
hold also, the gallows so cubits
high. which Haman hath made for
Mordecai. who hath spoken good for
the King. standeth In the house OF
Haman. IL,
''Then the King said, Hang him
$50 they hanged Haman on the
gallows he had prepared for Nor
decai." ~
It will be recalled that Mr.. Ha-
man had erected the gallows for
one who would not bow to him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Daniels and Senior Officers

IFrom the Philadelphia Inquirer1
With naval officers resigning be-
cause of the impossibility of living
on their pay. the action of the Sec
retary of the Navy in opposing the
bill for an increase now pending
in the House is bound to provoke
criticism. This bill, which provides
for a uniform increase for the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps and Public
Health Service, Is the product of ex-
pert opinion. The War and Treas
ury Departments. and the chairmen
of the Senate and House Naval COM
mittees, have approved 1t. Why
should Mr.. Daniels attempt to de-
feat it7
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
PUBLIC INTEREST

II were compelled to attend
court at Evansville, Ind, Judge
Phillip c. Gould. presiding in circuit
court, announced the worlds series
scores from the bench, inning by
inning.
There's judge for you; man
with the milk of human kindness
in his soul; man who understands
that public interest these days lies
more along the lines OF the lighter
things of life than in dry court pro-
ceedings, Congressional debates or
and plotting. He must be some such
man as our own Judge Kunkel, who
would adjourn court any day to
attend . baseball game, and is all
the better for that. The judge who
has forgotten everything but legal
procedure, established precedent and
the contents of dusty lawbooks is
poor stick and not fit to sit in judg-
ment on the doings. or misdoings,
of real, live human beings. Give us
ii
and we'll take our chances entrust-
ing justice to his hands any time.
And speaking of Judge Gould's
understanding of what interests the
public most at the moment, brings
US to the point of repeating that the
American people are a mighty sight
more intent just now on the out
come of the baseball championship
series than they are in so-called la
Dor disputes or the nonsensical
threats and futile plots of noisy radi-
calls. When the people are deeply
moved or thoroughly aroused to any
public happening the telephone bells
in the newspaper offices jangle con-
tinually with the calls of those who
want to know how the affair is go
ing. Take last year for example. A
worlds baseball series was played
while American troops were battling
desperately in France, and not a
call came to this newspaper office
from those who asked for the scores,
but hundreds OF Harrisburg people
requested the telegraph for informa-
ton as to how the contest was 60
ing with American troops abroad.
This year two operators in the Tele-
graph office are kept constantly busy
answering baseball calls, and there
is not a request for strike news, or
Congressional debate. or radical
threats. or anything of the sort. How
is this to be explained? Simply, that
the people are not taking these dis
turbances seriously. They are think
ing along lighter lines, and this is
an excellent indication of the pub
lie temper.
If there ever was a time when the
spectre of BolsheviSm in America
appeared in an aspect more fright
full than that of the cornfield scare
crow 1t was last spring, when unem-
ployment threatened the livelihood
of millions and when there appeared
to be q serious breakdown of our
Industrial system. But that crisis is
long since past, work Is plenty
wages are good and there is nc
general discomfort. much as loud.
mouthed minority would have us
believe. The people last fall were in
terested in war, this year it is base
ball, and when a man has his minC
on a baseball game to the state Of
being argumentative and inquisitive
he Is not much worried over jthC
backerings and disagreements o.
which we hear so much these days
Wise Judge Gould! He knows &
let"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04

occasion is always unique in it's en-
vironment and the fact that II brings
together in delightful fellowship
many OF the leaders in the industrial.
commercial. professional. political and
railroad world gives tho function an
unusual character.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04

AZ Ragged Edge to-day Colonel NJ.
C. Kennedy is entertaining three or
four hundred distinguished guests
from all parts of Pennsylvania and
nearby States. While he was absent
with the American EXpeditionary
Forces. doing a good job for his
country and the Allies in France. the
host of to-day was compelled to forego
the annual Autumn entertainment at
his picturesque country home. The
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
UnreconStructed PruSSidn

IFrom the New York Herald
Field Marshal Won der Goltz. hav-
ing been ordered by the Peace Coun-
ell to evacuate Baltic territory, re-
piled: 'I desire to advise you not
to address in future any such base
demands either to me or to my
subordinates." The message of the
unreconstructed Prussian has been
referred to Marshal Foch, who is
the right person to deal with the
situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1919

For God appointed us not unto
tcrath, but unto the obtaining Of
SGlrotion through our Lord Jesus
Christ, tcho died for rs, that, tchethcr
toe tcdke o. sleep, ice should HUc TO-
gether toith him.. THEss. 5; 8, 10.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Why She Left

[From the New York Tribune]
Tillie Ginger says the reason she
had to leave her last job was be-
cause the boss asked her if she
couldn't come down a little softer
on the keyboard, and she asked If
he couldn't come down a little
stronger on payday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Didn't Suit Her Either

[From the Boston Transcript
The Bride-Oh, Dick, you should't
kiss me before all those girls.
The Groom-I'm glad my little
wife is so unselfish, and just to
please you I'll kiss all those girls
first
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04

Judge Gary favors control of cap
!tal and labor through some national
Plan that will be just to both. Incl
dentally the party Of the third part
the great public so little considered
by either of the parties of the first or
second part-wiil earnestly pray for
delIverance from the intolerable suf-
fcring which the innocent bystander
must endure while the never-end;n6
conflict goes on between capital and
labor. 1t Is high time that the guilt
less third party should have consid-
Grafton. inasmuch as neither of tho
other two would have any hope on
earth without the third:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
Do YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg's Liberty
loan record ought to be per-
petuated on n tablet in the
oourt house or some public
place?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the uso for republication
or all news dispatches credited to
IL or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights OF republication OF special
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Pen Picture of the King and Queen
of Belgium
By BRIGGS

The following extracts from Mrs.
Larz Andorson's book, "Zigzagging,"
published by Houghton Miffiin Com
pany, are taken from the chapter en-
titled The Queens Package"
which describes Mrs. Anderson's
visit to the Belgium palace:
Across the hall n door opened,
and there stood the King and Queen
in the center of q small sitting
room. 1 courtsied at the entrance.
The Queen put out her hand. and
l courtsied again. and also to the
King, as Is the custom. He was in
khaki with the black and red col
lar and the stars of the commander
in-chief of the army. She wore a
simple white gown cut V-shaped in
the neck, and no Jewels. They both
looked extremely well. in spite of
what they had been through, and
both as young as I remembered them
five years ago."
"As 1 was leaving the palace, to
my surprise. a little package was
handed me, in which / found a
nightgown of the Queens, a comb.
a brush, soap, and several handker-
chiefs! 1t was thoughtful and kind
of her Majesty to do this, and l ap-
preciated everything, especially the
handkerchiefs, for I had a cold"
(MrS. Anderson had lost her travel
ing bag and had been forced to dine,
therefore, in her nurses garb.)
The Child Roosevelt
William Roscoe Thayer's biog-
raphy of Roosevelt, just published
! by Houghton Mifflin Company, Is
filled with intimate scenes of the
Roosevelt home-life which animates
! the book into more than the political
volume it might be. mo wonder
that in his mature years Roosevelt
| became an admirer of reformeo
spelling. His sense of humor
which flashed like a mountain brook
| through all his later intercourse ant
made it delightful, seems to have
begun with his infancy. He usec
to say his prayers at his mother
knee, and one evening when he wa'
out of sorts with. her he prayed the
Lord to bless the Union cause
| knowing her Southern preferences
he took this humorous sort of ven
geance on her. She, too. had hu
NOR and was much amused, but sh'
warned him that If he repeated sucf
improperly at that solemn moment
she would tell his father"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04
u1sToRIC HARRISBURG.

The first Cumberland Valley
bridge was completed eighty years
ago and the Legislature tried to pre-
vent it's use for railroad purposes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-04

The Philadelphia Public Ledger
saws in it's Girard column: Senator
Penrose has now served more thon
| % years in the United States Senate.
That is four years longer than his
/ nearest competitor from Pennsyi-
vania Simon Cameron, sat in that
branch of Congress. Cameron. like
Penrose. was elected Senator four
times, but he did not serve out a
full six-year term on each occasion.
| His Senatorial service. beginning in
1S45, and ending in 1877. spanned
81 years. during all OF which time
he was his partys leader in this
State, whether in or out of the SEN
ate. But as a State and Congress
sional leader. Henry Clay had as
| the strong phrase goes. Simon peaten
mile. For 46 years. with hero and
/ there breathing space. Kentucky
and Capitol Hill were his. Ii Pen
Erose is reelected next year his Sen
atorial service will be right up in
the band wagon with a very small
grAup of Senators who have been
bhonored with five terms"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21
September Only Day
Month for Wayne

While other parts OF Indiana have
been dusty since July, during which
time many counties have suffered
from drouths, Wayne county, has had
a normal amount of rain.
From July l to Monday night, 1915
inches of rain have fallen in the coun-
ty, according to estimates made at the
pumping station east OF Richmond.
Monday night about .27 Of an inch
fell.
September had the smallest amount
of rainfall, and July the largest. Es-
Inmates announced from the pumping
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21
COAL FOR STATE
INSTITUTIONS IS
PLEA OF GOVERNOR

WASHINGTON. Oct. Ex-Governor
Goodrich Monday made a Geographic
appeal to President William l.. Lewis,
of the United Mine Workers for his
November 1. in keeping sufficient
number of mines in operation to guar
antee ample fuel to the state institu-
tons of Indiana and the public util-
ties of the various cities.
President Lewis, who Is in Wash
ington to confer with Secretary of La.
Dor Wilson, replied to the governor
last evening by suggesting that he use
the next ten days for getting a supply
of coal for the state institutions. Mr..
Lewis makes no reference in his mes
sage to the appeal on behalf of the
public utilities. He considers that the
utilities are in the same class as the
domestic consumers-both will have
10 look out for themselves.
Fears Suffering.
1t is understood here that Governor
Goodrich fears that in event of the
threatened strike being called Novem-
Der l, and continuing for any length
of time, it might lead to suffering and
distress among the states wards. 1t
alsois reported that many of the water
works, electric light and other public
utility plants over the state, will be
caught with only limited supply of
COAL
President Lewis'sreply to the gov
ernors message was as follows:
I'VE are making effort to avert a
strike. but that effort may be defeat
ed by the arbitrary attitude of the
coal operators. I suggest that you
get in touch with the Indiana opera
tors and arrange for an ample supply
Of fuel for the state institutions be-
fore November l."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21

station follow: July. aga inches; Aug
ust, 3.74 inches; September, 1.79: DC
tober, so far, 2.5S. With the excep,
ton of September, which was about
liz inches short, the rains of each
month hive been normal.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21

So much better is the French Ian
guage than the English for long dis
lance tclephoning that expert opera
tors have transmitted messages from
Paris to London at a rate of nineteen
words a minute.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21
WOULD PUNISH BOMB
MAKERS By DEATH

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21-Deposit of
bombs or other Internal machines in
the mails would be made capital
offense under a bill by Senator King,
Democrat, of Utah, favorably reported
Monday by the senate judiciary COM
mittee. The measure was introduced
after the May day bomb outrages.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-21
Barteru1g Places

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27
F0RDSON TRACTOR SCHOOL
OPEN TO VIRGINIA BOYS
Universal slotor Company Offers
Chance TO Young Men Inter.
cstcd In Fn rmInS.

Tho Universal Motor Company. dis
trioutors for the famous Fordson Trac-
tor in Virginia, West Virginia and a
part OF North Carolina. is planning
an interesting feature in the tractor
business for May IL to &c. They will
hold tractor school for a two weeks
period. which will be open to Virginia
farmer boys.
County agricultural agents through
out the State have been requested to
nominate one boy from each county.
The directors of the Boys WorkinC
Reserve are also cooperating in this
movement.
The school will be held at the Ford :
son Tractor Demonstration Farm in
H"nrico County OIL the Curtis Neck
Road. about six miles from Richmond.
This farm was bought recently by the
universal Motor Company. and is be-
ing used TO show the advantages of
l.. u. Winston. a graduate nc an agri-
cultural college and n practical farmer
* manager of the farm.
instruction in the school will con-
sist of talks on power farming
methods, actual use of the tractor In
preparing the seed bed, and instruc.
ton on the mechanical construction
OF the Fordson tractor. This latter
work Will be in charge of j. l. Col
Inns, one of the best gas engine experts
in the state. Mr.. Collins spent Janu-
airy az the Henry Ford tractor plant in
Michigan, and knows the construction
of the' Eordson tractor thoroughly.
Fare Only Expense.
The only expense to tho boys at
tending this school will be railroad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27

NJ. D. Stone Motor Company has re-
Gently acquired the agency for the Lo-
comobile in this territory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-27

fare. After reaching Richmond the
Universal Motor Company will look
after their instruction and entertain
| ment. Aside from tho course In the
school there will be week end trips
TO Richmond, trips TO large James
River farms where the Fordson is
used and modern farming methods en-
ploycd
Another feature OF the course will
BIO thorough study OF Keeping ac-
counts on the farm. The Fordson
demonstration farm keeps such rec
ords showing costs. production. etc
After finishing the tractor school
the boys will DO prepared to give
service on the Fordson tractors in