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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
a TIME FOR PRAYER

A visitor at the capitol was ac-
companied by his small son. The
httle boy watched from the gallery
when the House came to order,
why did the minister pray for
all those men, pap" he questioned
He didn't. He looked 'em ovsr
and prayed for the country" was
the answer.-Blightly, London.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
CAUSE FOR SUSPICION

senator Smugg has the manners
of a Chesterfield"
YES" returned old Festus Poster.
He is always so polite and deferen-
tial that he keeps me wondering
how much he wants to borrow" =
Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
cRITIc1sEs BASEBALL LEAGUE

Editor Harrisburg Telegraph.
Sir: I saw an article in your paper
that a movement is on to have this city
retain daylight saving next summer,
despite the action of Congress, in re-
pealing the daylight saving measure.
Representatives of the West End and
Allison Hill Baseball League propose
to have an ordinance introduced in
Council to have all clocks turned for
ward an hour. l cannot see that it is
a benefit to the working class, but only
a benefit to the cheap baseball sports,
who are too cheap to support first
class team, but shoot off hot air about
baseball in the daily papers What We
want is an ordinance to benefit the work
ing class, not only the baseball sports
Congress saw the measure was not
a benefit to the working class and that
is the reason for repeating the measure
1 hope the next coming Council will see
the same as our Congress did. 1 think
it is time for the working class to wake
up and take notice and have some say
about the affairs of our city and not
have a few run the city. So wake up
all union men and send a petition to
your next Cohncil asking them not to
interfere in what our Congress has
done in Washington. Hoping that the
workers in our big industrial plants will
do the same. For the standard time
was good enough for us years ago. Why
is it not now.
Yours truly,
A CITIZEN.
ct must be understood that the
writer's attitude toward the popular
amateur baseball league in nowise rep
resents the views of the Harrisburg
Telegraph.-Ed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
Baseball Summary of
Big League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE
II n-..I.

St. Louis. 6; Cleveland 4, II in
nings.
Washington, 4; Philadelphia, 8.
New York at Boston. rain.
Chicago-Detroit not scheduled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
GALAHAD TEAM
TIES DILLSBURG
Local Ball Team Plays Great
Game; Black Has Puz-
zling Curves

The Galahad baseball team and
Dillsburg battled to to tie in
seven innings lats night on the Dills-
burg a. c. diamond Art Black was
on the mound for Galahad and twirl-
ed a good game striking out eight
batsmen but costly errors in the sec
ond inning enabled them to tie the
score.
Two weeks ago Galahad defeated
Dillsburg in a slugging match and
last night Dillsburg was out for re-
venge. MacWilliams was the mound
selection and it looked as il Galahad
was going to come home with the
bacon again when they Tailed four
runs in the second on two singles. two
doubles, hit batsman and a base on
balls. Dillsburg came back strong in
their half of the second and on two
singles, a hit batsman and base on
balls and costly error netting them
three runs.
Smith Holds Galahad
Smith was then sent in the box
for Dillsburg. and he held the Gala
had team scoreless the balance of the
game. With darkness falling over the
field Dillsburg tied the score in their
half of the seventh inning when Sim
mons singled. stole second and came
home with the tying tally when the
Galahad catcher left the ball get away
from him.
The game was witnessed by a large
crowd of rooters and Il cheering would
have won the game there would have
been nothing to it, for it was very
jubilant crowd throughout the game.
The score:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
QUALITY RECOGNIZED

Norah-F'aith, an | never dream
ed that was your mistress.
Bridget-Begorra, an she's grand!
She SENS more like an equal.-Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
Standing of

Schedule For To-day
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Only games scheduled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04

Two-bas hits, Rutter, Hippensteel,
Stricken; 3-base hit Moore; home
run, Dearolf; sacrifice hit, Biever;
struck out, by Biever, 12 by Strick-
er. 4; by Dearolf, /; base on balls,
Dearolf, 1; Biever, / left on bases,
Marysville, IL; Duncannon. 6; hit by
pitcher, Stricken, 1 stolen bases,
Moore, 2; Herman, Hippensteel, Gar
verich passed ball, Waltz, 1; losing
pitcher, Stricken; hits off Stricken,
Is in Z innings; off Hart. 2 in IN
ming off Dearolf, in inning. Time
LAO. Umpire, White
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NaEfnp,Io RnGIItS

Cincinnati, 6 Chicago. /.
Boston at New York. rain.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn. rain.
st. Louis Pittsburgh, not scheduled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
WHICH KIND OF WETNEss?

Terrible weather we're having.
Jones says his cellar is flooded"
Dear. dear! Did the corks come
out ?"-Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-04
Standing of the Clubs
Schedule For To-day

Washington at Philadelphia.
Only game scheduled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
A Man Eighteen Feet Tall.

IF the report that the fossilized skel-
eton Of a giant, eighteen feet tall, has
been found near Seymour. Texas, is
true, It is the most important ethno-
logical discovery ever made in the
world" remarked DR.. J. E. Pearce, pro-
lessor Of anthropology Of the Universe
ty Of Texas. ut would break all prev
ious records Of giants by nearly ten
feet, as the tallest man known to an
thropological research was only eight
feet five inches in height. While II
seems to me improbable that the bones
which have been unearthed near Sey-
mour are those Of a human being.
shall make an Investigation OF the re.
ported discovery"
Notwithstanding DR.. Pearce's ex.
pressed pessimism Of the authenticity
OF the reported discovery Of the re.
mains of this giant Of O bygope age
the skeleton Is in possession OF w. J
Mckinney, the oil prospector who
found it, and has been seen by mum.
Der Of people, who vouch for the truth
of the size of the relic Of a heretofore
unknown race.
Mr.. Mckinney Is very much inter.
ested in the discovery Of the bones o.
this prehistoric man. It was while h
was making an excavation on the mar
row watershed between the Brazos
and Wichita rivers that he came upoI
the fossilized skeleton near the sur
face. Mr.. Mckinney writes:
II estimated that this man weighed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
Britain's "Luekiest Day."

1t is not SO many years since there
was an angry debate in the British
press over the propriety OF commem
Grating George Washington with q
tablet in Westminster Abbey. Now we
have Alfred Noyes singing:
There's only one great ghost / kno"
could make the 'larum ring.
It's the captain that we knew
In the ancient buff and blue.
It's our Englishman, George Washing
ton. who fought the German
king!"
Our thoughts are set in this direc-
ton by the arrival Of the American
Number" Of the London Times. pub
lished on the Fourth OF July last. 1t is
one paean Of praise for America. Ye,
it is the same old thunderer published
in Printing House Square, where for &c
long has throbbed the journalistic hear
of the British empire. The Times has
not always stood ready to honor sc
signally the birthday Of the American
republic.
But times, as we'll as The Times,
have changed. The British are slow
" coming to realize that they never
won a war that brought them SO much
Of measureless value and lasting ad-
vantage as the war they lost to US at
Yorktown.-Philadelp Public Ledg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
A pe,. Of Middle West.

The presentation Of Frank o. Low
den's name for the presidency by an
Illinois representative gives confident
answer to the question. what's the
matter with the United States? 1t
needs a dose of the middle west. For
years literary men and sociologists
have described the middle west as
spiritually the heart Of the nation
full OF common sense. enterprise, pat
riotism. and character. Mr.. Smith
discerns real political tradition that
between Indiana and Kanssts Is to be
found our soundest Americanism.
Lowden was born In Minnesota, edu-
Gated in Iowa, and became governor OF
Illinois; and because he 10 of the
middle west he Is inspired by the I'M
frilled Americanism Of the Mississippi
valley" The middle west Is entirely
surrounded by the United States"
Lowden's 'ideas have been fashioned
In an environment purely American"
While men on the Pacific coast are
obsessed by Japanese and Mexican
prejudices. men from the east swayed
by European influences. We can re-
member with Lowell that to make the
first American nature turned to
prairie soil. Mr.. Smith shows judg-
ment. "Ainericanism' in this connec-
ton is meaningless. and one section
has as much as another. But the re-
publicans see no commanding fisure'
and under just such a cry they may
turn to just such a man as Lowden-
who, for the rest, has shown admins
trative ability and political skill.-New
York Evening Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
The Frat piyision Man.

He don't wear the gaudy colors
That sparkle In the sun,
He don't parade with gay cockade
/ And posies in his gun,
Oh, he amt the neat militiaman
Whose clothes are spick and span.
He wears an 'T' and carries his gun,
The First Division man.
The wheezin', freezin', ever-breezin'
First Division man.
No state called him its native son,
He was no city's pet
But when the war had scarce begun
They called for him, you bet:
He wasn't even mentioned in
The home returning plan.
He got the job to face the mob,
The First Division man,
The millin'. drillin'. made for KILN
First Division man.
There were no parties spread for him
When he went Off to war.
There were no lengthy speeches from
The mayor or governor;
He packed his little knapsack up
And trotted in the van,
He started the fight and did 1t right
The First Division man.
The rattlin'. battlin', colt or gatlin'
First Division man.
He made no fuss about the job,
Nor tell how he was brave.
He knew he was In the fight to win
Or fill the lonely grave;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
RIOT MERE REVOLUTION THERE.

A most disgmceful race war Is rag
ing in the capital OF the United states
where whites and negroes are shoot
ing and staying each other like rival
factions in Berlin or Petrograd.
II anywhere order should be estab-
lished with prompitude and main
tained by the strong hand it is in the
District Of Columbia. II the police arc
incapable surely there are soldiers al
hand whose experience has taught
them how TO deal with rioters, who
race thru the streets shooting indis-
criminately in so-called race war.
Sales OF weapons seem to be made
freely by dealers. That is not un-
common, however. We sold arms to
Mexicans wherewith they shot Ameri-
can soldiers. Business of course is
business and little things like wars
and race riots should not interfere
with profits,
The country will expect the trouble
at Washington to be put down with an
iron hand. Later It might be proht-
able to the country to follow up with
a genuine cleaning Of a city that seems
to attract and retain a fotsam and
tetsam OF bad niggers and tough
whites.
The news Of a race war in Washing
ton will be eagerly read and COM
mented upon in Berlin and Moscow
as a revolution while here we under
stand that 1t is merely a riot between
tough citizens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY OF
William Westlake,
July %. 1881.
Is IT YoURs1


It is a curious fact that many Of the
foremost inventors Of the last couple
of centuries are men who have had
very little common school education.
They became educated, Of course, and
their experiments and their inventions
progressed as their education did, but
they taught themselves as they went
along.
An example Of this ia William West
lake, whose birthday is today. He was
born in Cornwall, England. and prac-
tically never went to school. He was
helping a blacksmith at-the age OF 10
At IL he was making clocks, and al
16 he was an emigrant to the United
States. At 1S, also, he was left the
head Of his family by his fathers
death. and had a position as roller boy
in a printing plant at a salary OF =
a week.
Very shortly, however. his mechani-
cal skill was recognized and when he
was 22 he was making models for en-
gineers. This led him into railroad
work, and presently his inquisitive
genius made him perfect q car-venti'
lating heater, a loose globe swinging
lantern and seamless tubing, revolV'
ing headlights and such things. A
small affair, a stove board, Melted him
800, 900 In a few years. He also
found a way to burn soft coal fo'
steam without having any smoke.
His message to boys who came tc
him for help Is always was, Watch
your character, which Is your capital
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23

Jimmy Coon made sure that Cousin
Bruin was fast asleep by blowing In
his face and pulling his ears.
Now what In your great plan to
grease Cousin Bruins coat and make
II smooth and shiny again?" asked
Teddy Possum. 'I'll bet you q fat
white grub you haven't any plan at
ALL"
"well, I have = plan, and good one
too. And II we don't do something.
Cousin Bruin will sulk In the woods
for months and be DO dismal that We
can't have bit more fun. rsmem-
Der that my father told me he got
his fur coat burned once before, and
he was so ashamed that he hid In
the woods for two months"
"The only thing that will fix his
coat is grease, and bears grease Is the
best OF anything in the world. but you
can't get that"
'Of course you can't stupid! But l
saw Cousin Bruin put big COB OF
fat In his big fur pocket, and II We
can just get It out Of his pocket we
will grease him up from head to foot.
And II he sleeps long enough he Will
wake up almost as good as new.
His pocket is pretty deep. How will
we get 1t out7 Besides, how does he
happen to have q piece Of fat In his
pocket?" asked Teddy Possum.
do you remember Pinkie and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
THIS NEW WORLD or ours.

The world saw a now accident anu
unknown disaster when the dirigioie
fell flaming from the sky to crash thru
the roof OF a human business hive 70
the destruction of human life and pro-
perty, II was q new horror and an
other dread added 70 civilized exist
ence. The dangers OF the city jungle
grow Streets crowded with motor
cars. the air tangled with potential
death riding a net work of wires and
now the menace from the sky.
How ways the world alongT Tho
world does not was in these days II
flies with the speed and sweep OF
comet. Men race the earth on wheels
at maddenins speeds, sail the air on
wings like the motors Of the night,
ride the clouds in dirigible monsters
and die in strange and new disasters
For old things have passed away and
all things have become new or depend
ent upon the new. Even death and
disaster and violence have taken on
new forms.
Where are We to end, what is to be
the final climax and contamination OF
mans genius and of the urge toward
that which once, in our blindness, we
termed the unattainable?" 1t is but
lifetime since the conestoga wagons
and the OK teams came dragging from
beyond the Appalachians across un-
known trails and thru bridgeless tor
rents to create a new empire; and
now we are surveying air lanes across
a continent that a life span ago was
an undiscovered land.
Why wonder more at the unrest OF
the world?" Unrest" the passion for
change and the unsatisfied desire that
grows with attainment are the world
in this year Of our Lord 1919.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
ABOUT THAT 100000.

A landowner who had sold a piece OF
farm land for 100000 wrote to the ed
itor of a newspaper asking what he
should do with it. The editor told him
to hustle it into government bonds.
That was safe advice Of course. 1t
is a safe investment. But Is 1t thor
oughly good advice to man who In
tends to go right on living and contin-
ue to be part of his community and its
progress? Can the investor afford to
leave the active world and plant him
self on the income Of his 100000 to
merely live on his interest until death
comes along and reaps him? Wouldn't
it be better to put some portion of that
money into some safe home industrial.
some safe business at hand, under the
MANAGEMENT Of safe men whom he
knows and trusts and keep an active
interest as we'll as an active hand In
the development and business progress
of his home community? Wouldn't the
satisfaction Of knowing and feeling
that he was still In the running instead
Of merely negotiating on interest suffi-
Gent to live on? Why not building
or two with a rental income, buildings
that would memorabilia their owner,
bank stock, any safe income invest
ment that would keep the money work.
ing at homes
The above applies to men with cap
ital who are still capable. Not to those
who have fallen away from their ca
pacity to enter into the hopes and
plans of business and Of the business
community. Nor does it apply to trust
funds which are the dependence OF
widows and children. Government
bonds for them.
Any man whose thrift and business
capabilities have accumulated 100000
worth of farm land has a pretty good
idea Of Investments. Moreover, he hal
made friends and advisers Of hnanciers
whose advice is safe to accept, And
there are safe investments In indus
trials and business In every good town
There arc young farmers who arc GER
! tain 10 s1ccead looking for partner
ships with capital, The man who vii
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23

from 1000 to $500 pounds. According
to my deductions he lived about $500
years ago. The skull Is six times the
size of that Of an ordinary man."
Mr.. Mckinney does not explain how
he arrived at the figures a. to the
probable period Of the existence OF
this remarkable man. 1t - probable
that the bones Of the giant will be do
mated to the Smithsonian Institution.
which, under the direction OF Dr.. J.
Walter Fewkes. II now conducting an
thropological research work In Texas.
Prof. Roy Bedichek. OF the Universe
ty Of Texas. who 10 excavating Indian
mounds near Round Oak. says that a
new era Of anthropological study II
opened up II the fossilised remains
found near Seymour are really those OF
q giant.
It would take further research to
find whether this eighteen-foot man.
Of prehistoric time, belonged to q dis
tinct race OF people or was freak Of
a race OF average sixe." Mr.. Dedichek
said.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
IKE dVeJl{ lire8 81 ~
M1f.s& hM ~
FAT ron the SEAMS COAT.

|, Sweetness. those two little pink pigs
the bears had for dinner2" asked Jim<
my Coon. Il remember seeing Cousin
Bruin eating piece OF tat when We
came down the mountain. and l saw
him put big COB Of It In his big fur
pocket Now you watch me get ~
out"
Then Jimmy Coon stretched his Ions
arm clear down into Cousin Bruins
pocket, and his little black fingers feis
all around for that ball Of fat. but he
couldn't quito reach It. While Jimmy
was doing this, Teddy Possum was
tanning Cousin Bruin with big leaf.
"welll" said Jimmy Coon. out q
breath and red In the face with
stretching, "weli. I win have to give
| II up. I can't reach 90 far" ~
Nonsense" said Chatterbox. know
Just what to do. Get . long thorn
from that thorn tree. and tie 1t TO the
end Of TEDDY Possum's long tail. ie
won't hurt you bit, Teddy Possums
30 just stop your snivellingl Then.
Jimmy Coon, you take hold Of Teddys
tail with the thorn tied in the end. and
stretch down again into that deem
pocket You can stick that thorn into
that piece Of fat and drag 1t right QUE
90 that Cousin Bruin will never knows
It"
Tomorrow-The Coat Creased.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
Topics of the Times

The sheriffs of the state are to get
together to plan an effective way to
check the organized auto thieves.
There was an ancient system put In
use by the anti horsethief organiSa-
tions which worked pretty well. Any
how the captured hosethief didn't
steal any more horses.
Grinnell Is advertising for beer kegs
under the advices that they are needed
for safety buoys in a swimming Ia
COON. Some OF the old buoys in Grin
nell ought to have q few empties left
The assertion that fifty Americans
have been killed in Mexico and that
no prosecution has been made Of the
murderers brings back Theodore
Roosevelt's insistence that an Ameri-
can citizen should have protection
wherever he gees.
When they voted to let the owner
keep little In storage perhaps the
congressman mad a vision Of a round
vial OF Joy Juice sitting on the top
shelf Of little closet at home.
When a dIriglble comes floating
around over Marshalltown whose ousi-
ness will it be to warn it off the aerial
city limits, that of the mayor, county
attorney or the sheriff? And how's lie
going to get up there anyway?
A police chief ard former justice
of the peace came to blows over a dog
fight in oska,oosa. o; course It is re-
grettable but fo'ks must have some
kind Of amusement and entertainment.
Anyhow the Havner candidacy will
bring certain phases OF law enforce
ment to a showdown in the campaign.
Other candidates will have to stand up
to be counted on that issue.
But IL they are not going to hang
him why bother to try the kaiser?
What's the object?
The more Henry Ford testifies the
less he seems to know on general prin-
ciples. Henry missed on several syl-
inders when he began to pull.
A profiteer Is one who charges you
too much but when you charge all the
traffic will bear and then some you are
simply protecting yourself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23

The Poser.
Let's hear no more Of the laughter that
hides an aching heart,
And the nobility Of those who suffe1
while they smile.
For once knew some ono like that:
He had q secret sorrow"
Which he cleverly concealed
With many little Jokes.
He was so brave and cheerful
That invitations almost showed him
under,
And every body liked him
Because he sacrificed himself to make
them laugh.
But one night
While he was busily employed
Choking down his sorrow
In order to be the Life Of the Party,
I glanced straight thru his empty eyes
and saw
Gibbering in it's grotesque nakedness-
The twisted soul Of monkey.
e T.. H
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
REASONABLE SONG.

time along July: like to speak Of
works
and the glad
and wish It july AL me- they sigh
seds the ssamns snow and soon
reindeer
And dreaming thus OF Christ
viii grief
and hooa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23

b. satisfied with = reasonable return
can mad plenty Of such opportunities
Il n he who desires the Is TO 70 Del
cent return that buys oil stock.
Don't gamble with your old age
stake. BE satisfied with Just and hon.
est returns. Ask your trusted banker
Then II you have little money to in
vest you can safely put 1t to work to
help yourself and to advance the pro-
gress Of your home community.