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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Inaugural Says Something
From the Public Ledger

% from the HuDHC LeuSeT.)
Pennsylvania will forgive Cover
nor Sproul for the long length of
his inaugural address, because OF the
sound common sense and the spirit
Of sincerity that characterize 1t. 1t
is a document drafted for oral de-
livery, but it ought to be read with
careful attention by every thought
full citizen. For avoiding the plati-
tudes usual to such addresses, the
new Governor discusses with busi-
ness like directness the great prob
lens and issues confronting the
Commonwealth and its Legislators,
gives his own impressions concern
ing the right solutions and leaves
the decision of the many open ques-
tions where they properly belong
with the representatives OF the peo-
pie.
1t does not follow that because
the Governors first official utterance
will be received with widespread ap-
proval by the people of the state
that his conclusions will invariably
find agreement. But they are the
judgments OF a man of wide expert
ence, and they carry the convictions
that they are honestly arrived at,
not put forward to serve opportun-
list ends or to please this or that
group or faction. The message sets
forth the Governors view of exist
ing political, economic and social
conditions in Pennsylvania; it voices
his warning to the Legislature of the
danger that will follow a failure on
it's part to rise to its opportunities
for enlightened service, and it indi-
Gates the lines salong which, in his
opinion as a business man, the right
path of. constructive progress will be
found.
For example, Governor aSproul is
Justly concerned over the spread of
Boishevism, using the term to in
clude all forms of half-baked, jg-
norant and destructive agitation for
the breaking down of the existing
social structure. But he wisely re-
frains from assuming that all is for
the best in this best of all possible
worlds. while retaining his faith in
the so1ndness at the heart of Amer
ican democracy These words of
his are worth remembering:
THE antidote for this social in
fection, as we shall apply it in
Pennsylvania, is good public ad-
ministration, the best of popular
education, generous, progressive. hu-
name laws and thorough justice.
backed by an alert, forceful and
God-fearing public sentiment"
If the new Governor shall be able
to impress these principles, this
broad and statesmanlike view, upon
the four years of his administration,
he will have justified the high hopes
that inspired the great popular dem =
onstration which attended his induc-
ton into Office in Harrisburg yester-
day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
The Doughboy Speaks
Eranca.

france,
Camping in the rain;
Hiking in a frozen trance
Down some German plain;
Fall in!"-hear the sergeant veil.
Far from home and clover:
Tell me, who the bally hell
Said the war was over?"
Chow for breakfast-slum for
Who says men are free
While the bugler's foolish tune
Pipes the reveille?
Right dress"-hear the sergeant
buzz
From Maine across to Dover:
Tell me who the hell it wuz
Said the war was over?"
Cleaning up mass of wire,
Stained with clotted blood,
Where the big trucks bog and mire
In the winter mud;
Full of filth and fieas and fuzz,
Cannoneer and drover,
Tell me who the fat-head wuz
Said the war was oveF2',
Lieut.. Grantland Rice@ Third
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25


upon us. We went our way content
TO let the world go its way, and sud
denly the deluge came and our young
men went out by the million under
green officers not fully drilled and in
adequately equipped to match the
best trained soldiers in the world.
Had they been properly organized
and instructed previous to their en-
listment their losses in France would
have been much smaller. They left
countless of their number on the
bloody fields of Flanders because
we, as citizens, had not listened to
the warning voice of the Woods and
the Roosevelts who preached pre-
paredness. General Wood is warning
us again. Will we heed or must we
again learn by sad experience and
sacrifice?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
OUTRAGEOUS PROPOSAL

"HE Finance Committee of the
United States Senate has very
properly turned down the out
rageous tax proposed by Chairman
Kitchin of the House Ways and
Means Committee, which would have
increased largely the levy theater
and moving picture tickets. 1t is
altogether proper that the old tax
should stand, but to have added to
the already heavy burdens of the
theatrical interests of the country
at this time would not only have
been unfair to them but would have
been a hard blow to thousands of
people in moderate circumstances
who find in the theaters and moving
picture houses their only source of
amusement, especially during the
winter months when outdoor recrea-
ton is impossible 10 millions of city
dwellers.
This higher tax which kitchin ad-
vocated would not have been felt
to any degree by the man with a
pocketful of money, but it would
have barred the doors of amuse-
ment places to millions OF people
whose pay envelopes do not contain
the salary of a congressman.
Mr.. Kitchin never has shown any
very great regard for the interests
OF the common people. His idea has
been that the Democratic adminis-
tration should have all the money it
desires to spend and devil take the
man or woman who happens TO
stand in the way of getting it. For
tInately, Washington is coming out
from under the influence of this
form of hypnotism and is begin
Ming to look after the rights of
those who have not so much of the
worlds goods as has Mr.. Kitchin and
who must therefore make what they
have so long way. -.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
y OW that the cycle Of William

~ OW that the cycle of William
M the Damned is practically
complete, 1t is fitting to re-
view his various expressions of the
spirit in which he undertook the
conquest of the world. BY way of
prologue, let us recall his personal
instructions to his soldiers in 1900,
on their departure for China:
IF you meet the enemy, give no
quarter. take no prisoners; let who
ever falls into your hands be doomed.
Just as a thousand years ago the
Huns under King Attila made for
themselves name which to this day
is a mighty one in tradition, so may
your appearance make the name
German to be feared for a thousand
years" i..
In the first year of the great war,
1914, this was his word to his SOL
diers, instinct with the spirit of four
teen years before:
Before the leaves fall from the
trees we shall be back again in the
dear F'atherland. EXterminate first
the treacherous English and walk
over General French's contemplate
little army. You, my troops, are my
guarantees that 1 can dictate peace
to my enemies. To the dust with all
the enemies of Germany"
The second chapter, in 1915, main
tanned the same tone:
America had better look out after
the war. l shall stand no nonsense
from the Americans In q
just cause I am ready to force myself
to be cruel. The war drama
is now coming to its close.
The third chapter came in 1916:
Fear will creep into the bones of
the enemy. Germany is
invincible in spite of the superior
numbers of our enemies, and every
day confirms this anew. Germany
knows her strength and she relies
on Gods help. The foe has
prepared his soup, and now he must
sup it,"
In 1917 the fourth chapter was
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
The Hun S Regress
80. -.

nc less vaingloriously confident and
truculent:
I'VE must bring peace by batter
| ing in with iron fist and shining
sword the doors of those who will
not have peace. II only we cast the
burden ON the Lord, He will smite
the foe hip and thigh, as he did
Amalek, the prototype of perfldious
England. Our U-boats are not going
to rest until with Gods help the
enemy is beaten. The year has
proved that the German people has
in the Lord of creation above an un-
conditional and avowed ally on
whom it can absolutely rely"
Even as iaLo as the middle of 1918
he did not hesitate to say In his fifth
and final chapter:
"Gott the Lord has laid a heavy
burden on My shoulders, but 1 can
carry it in the consciousness of our
good right, with confidence in our
sharp sword and our strength"
But a little later he was con-
strained to paraphrase and amplify
the epigram about leaving his .coun-
try for his country's good" with
characteristic elaboration of hypoc-
risy and falsehood:
TO avoid difficulties and to put an
end to the mourning and suffering OF
my people, renounce the throne and
leave my faithful subjects free ia
choose a government which seems to
them most compatible with honor
| and to their interest"
BY way of epilogue, let us add
the words spoken in prophecy a cen.
tury ago by another German i'm.
measurably greater and wiser thar
any Hohenzollern. Said Goethe:
'Maledictions on him wAo, a Ger.
man, led on by. treacherous advice
In a fury of pride, would wish to
repeat the dream of the French
Corsican. Sooner or later he will per.
ceive that an immutable law reigns
and that in spite of his power and
his vigorous exertions, nothing will
come of his attempt but his own dis
aster and the ruin of his people" "
Res finita est
IN. A. Reviews Weekly
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
WOULD BE PREPARED

NJ AJOR GENERAL LEONARD
W WOOD is not one of those
who would cit down with
folded hands content to risk his fu-
ture safety and that of the country
at large to the doubtful protection
of League of Nations predominated
by a, European diplomacy. General
Wood is going right along preaching
his old doctrine~of Preparedness
doctrine by the way that sounds far
more, reasonable in the light of ne
cent events than it did a few years
ago when millions of people looked
upon the. General as an alarmist.
At Topeka the other day he calmly
referred to the next war" and made
a strong appeal before joint session
OF the Kansas Legislature for a sys-
tenn of military training for national
defense. His. plan would be to keep
the smallest number of men in uni
form as a standing army, but to have
the largest possible number thor
oughly trained to be ready in the
hour OF need. The prediction that
there will be no more war is as old
as time," he said, but war Is like
a pestilence; 1t comes unaware and
the most democratic method for a
nation like ours is to be prepared.
You cannot massage away by fine
rhetoric the passions of nations
whose methods and morals are en-
urely different kEom our own"
This is common sense. Had we
been prepared when the European
war threatened and had there been a
man in the White House with the
courage of his convictions, the ex-
treme likelihood is that a word from
Washington would have prevented
the horrible crimes OF Germany in
Belgium and Serbia.
Just now war does, indeed, seem
a matter of the very. very distant fu-
ture. and we are sick OF soldering.
but in 1914 war also seemed far away
and we did not care TO buEden, our
selves with those duttss<ef E5,ardian-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
BURLESONIZED SERVICE

- ECOND ASSISTANT POSTMAS-
TER GENERAL PRAEGER has
~ just informed the Senate Post
Office Committee that thousands
and probably millions" of letters ad-
dressed to- men overseas will shortly
arrive in New York and be sent to
the dead letter Office. The stirring
remark is also added that IN attempt
will be made to return them TO the
writer's. .......
We all realized that the condition
of overseas mail was bad, but this
confession brands the situation as
appalling, And the blame is placed
at the door of the War Department
by Mr.. Praeger. This reminds us of
our boyhood days when we broke the
jam jar in the pantry and blamed it
on little brother.
Mr.. Praeger also testified that the
War Department had about fifty ex-
perienced mail clerks overseas to
handle the mail and that the re-
mainder of the force was made up
of inexperienced men. Think of ii.
Fifty experienced men to handle the
millions OF letters when the ques-
tionnaire system of the selective
service law gave them ample oppor-
tunity to obtain all the experienced
mail clerks they needed. 1t is appar-
ent that the inefficient methods of
handling mail had been well trans
planted with our army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
ALWAYS ON THE JOB

"HE United States Department of
Agriculture announces that the
- really thrifty and Industrious
farmer never lacks for work, even
in January"
Very true, but we don't hear the
Department of Labor bowling its
head off for an eight-hour day for
the farmer, with pay and a half for
overtime, and double pay for Sum
days. II patriotism were measured
by hours of service for the promo
ton of tho welfare Of the country.
the farmers would stand at the head
of the list.
And we haven't seen anyone pin
ming medals on their breasts, either.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919
FINE! GOVERNOR, FINE!

JOHANNESBURG halls with de-
light the announcement of Gov
ernor Sproul that he means to
push the Capitol extension program
70 early completion. The Governor
believes that the erection of office
and other buildings planned should
proceed at the same time as the
landscaplng of the big tract. This
attitude of the new Governor will
no doubt be received with euthu-
siasm by those engaged to plan the
work. They had felt that perhaps it
might be unwise. to attempt to get
money for buildings until the grounds
had been laid out and beautified.
But Governor Sproul is a business
man and the need of buildings suf-
fcient 10 house the everygrowing
numbers of State officials and em-
ployes impressed itself quickly upon
him. His practical mind turned at
once TO the thought of concentra-
ton of State forces under new roofs
"HN ''S NPp'iN1tAOA VI lHOuSduuS VI
dollars saved from rentals to the
debt thus created. This is good
business.
The Governors desires will re-
ceive prompt consideration at the
hands of a friendly Legislature. It
will be what Harrisburg desires but
scarcely dared hope If by next year
this time the memorial bridge, the
parking Of the extension zone and
the erection of buildings should all
be under way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
In Hospital

Hushed and happy whiteness,
Miles on miles of cots.
The glad, contented brightness
Where sunlight falls in spots
Sisters. swift and sanity,
Seem to tread on grass;
Like flowers stirring family,
Heads turn to watch them pass
Beauty, blood and sorrow,
Blending in a trance
Eternity's tomorrow
IN this halfway house OF France
Sounds OF whispered talking.
Labored. indrawn breath:
Then, Ikea young girl walking.
Tie dear AmniRr death.
Lieut.. Conlnksby Dawson, "CIor,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Lieut.. COP. Beidlemdn
(From the Scranton Republic

(From the Scranton Repubiicat
Lieutenant Governor Edward
Beidleman, on taking, office at I
risburg yesterday. declared in q
of fewer and better laws for ~
sylvania. Mr.. Beidelman bring
his duties, as president of the Sc
the valuable experience gained
years of service as a member of
body, and a thorough familij
with the practical work Of leg
tim
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
ODD COMMUTING
(From the Boston transcript

(F'rom the Boston Transcript)
One of our doughboys in France
was talking with! a poilu. The lat
ter said that ever since the war be-
gan he had been stationed, in a Sec
tor near where he lived, and he had
managed to get home once or twice
week right along. Perhaps be-
cause his own home was SO far
away, this struck the doughboy odd
ly.
Hey. Bill he shouted to a COM
rade. 'hereHs guy who commutes
to the war"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Works Both Waus

What a lot of our people do not
see is that when private capital Is
restricted from entering private en-
ternrises. the liberty of labor to
choose where it will be employed is
restricted even moro From the
Keokuk Daily Gate City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
TWO MILLION OF EN-

A WRITER for the Washington
u Post, who mas Just returned
= from France. says that the VIC
toy7ous American Arny is without
a hero" We thought there were
something like two million heroes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
A Week With Colonel House

Colonel House: Down on Mon
day. worse on Tuesday. same on
Wednesday, "tolerableI Thursday,
up on Friday. dead on Saturday,
better on Sunday. The Colonel ain't
no Solomop Gundy.- the
I.onisuilIa r. riar- .TournnE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Sweef Bells Janoled

The Bulgarians stole many yalu-
ables. including pianos. from rich
Greeks in the Runanian port of
Constanza. This win lead to fur
ther discord in the Ba1kans.--F'rom
Tie Tnrnllfn olnhzz -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
LABOR NOTES

Every Finn who is a coal miner
is a member of the United Mine
Workers OF. America. They also play
ed an important part in organizing
the textile industry in New En-
gland
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Remember HooUer'S Remark?

The German people seem to be
obsessed with the idea that the wars.
closing ceremonies include ban
quet for them.-From The Ell Paso
Times,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Not Entdngling

For this nation to join in a world
wide movement to put an end to
organized murder and robbery could
hardly be considered an "entangling
alliance. From the Rochester Her
aid.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Efforts Needed at Home

It is said that the Germans
rule Turkey. 1t looks as IL
will have to get help in ruling
many.--From the Louisville Coul
Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

The Norwegian Social Department
is preparing proposals on the ques-
ton of participation by workmen in
the administration and profits of
con,pnercial and industrial under
takings. ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25
Pen Unhampered bu Fac

The historians who will writ
this war will have to connect
the romance writer's IL = truz
picture Ii to be given. It e Ia
yond the resources Of mere dry
- From thf HaltaSers AAsz1pa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

In Bridgeport, Conn, every fe-
male employe IS years of age or
over receives 80 cents an hour, and
in all cases where women do the
same work as men their pay is the
same.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

Three munition firms in, Leicester,
Ilkeston and Nottingham and three
at Loughborough. England, are TAX
ing up the manufacture of hosiery
needles imported from Germany be-
fore the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-25

The second industry of importance
In Costa Rica is that of gold and
silver mining on the Pacific slope.
The mines vary in size. and. give di-
rect employment to approximately
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-13
ETHEL

TTHEL is In itself g name. but fl
L has Sc many suffixes as 10 seem
almost a syllable itself It is another
Of the Teutonic names which signify
noble. and is derived from Aethel the
same prefix. which in high German,
is Adal from which comes ADELAIDE
1,ue eariy feminine form OF this sim
pie little name was Aethelthryth- An
other, less complex, was Edilrud
Teutonlo and Morse tradition seem
to merge somewhere along the course
Of EtheTs history. for the splendor o.
the Talkyr fingers in the name 1t
was popular among the women OF
those early times because g sisnified
the ideal woman Of the period when
"a resoIute wu and a strong hand
were woman's best title 10 respect "
IS one writer puts it. Nowadays
Ethel. shorn Of her complexities. sug-
sests a nuffily feminine name rather
than an amazoniau ideal
saint AethelthryIh was a queen or
the Amazon type who must have been
@ very uncomfortable sort OF wife
and who finally retired 10 mon
ast5r-. She was cou1uiEed as saint
Erhelreda- Her sanity name has
come down 20 US with q small degree
Of popularity. but Ethelnerta Ethel
freda are much the faVorires. Ethel
IS the most prevalent OF an and
stands alone as an independent name
Il is not Only pleasing, but possesses
welcome brevlly IN contrast TO other
forms Of the name
Alberta and Albertine are regarded
as other offsprings OF Ethel
Ethel should wear an agate II she
wishes happiness and success Ac-
cordiur TO its promise, BE- VIII bring
her the desire OF her heart, give her
courage and a dauntless viii Thurs
day is her lucky day and q her luclzV
number. The wild rose is her flower.
-CCopyright. 1919. by The Wheeler
Syndicate. Iucl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-13
CRACE

THE origin Of the name Of Grace Is
l curious and somewhat magma
tive. Several versions Of Its real de-
rivation may be eliminated and the
contention that Il really comes from
the Latin gratias meaning favor or
bounty, accepted 1t is through this
ties have come down TO us as the
three Graces- Gratia was used by
early Italian writer's for divine favor,
hence the theological meaning OF
Grace.
The English name Grace is intend
ed as the abstract theological term
and was adort1a at the time Of the
Reformation. Ies continuation is
thought 70 be due 20 It's popularity
with the Irish who think that i re-
sembles their Grains Oovel. Grace
ana Sr Gle are bO-h very popular in
England and Ireland Spain likewise
has Engracia In honor OF a maiden
cruelty tortured 10 death at cara
goya in 304 and Italy knows Cray
celia through Lama tines pretty
r0mances-
The most celebrated Grace was
Grace O'1Ially, also known as CRANE
O'Halley. a notable sailor chiefta,n-
ess Of the southwest coast Once she
came TO visit queen Elizabeth and
Wien the two high-spirlted women
were together, the mi-barbarlan
was more than a match for the civ
ilized queen. he scorned Eliza
beth's gift Of a lapdog and offered
the qu5en her own infant son born
on the voyage, saying that the queen
was welcome 70 educate him as he
would never make man OF spirit
since his father came Of bad stock.
Gracia IS another charming form
Of the same name which IS attributed
to Spain
The amethyst is races talismanic
stone. Il promises her immunity
from harm and disease. especially III
IL be set in gold To one OF her
high strung nature, it has power tol
sooth and calm and enforce even
temper. l-Curday Is her lucky day
and 4 her lucky number The prim-
by the Wheeler Syndicate, Incl