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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
THE BARRAGE, the weekly

THE BARRAGE, the weekly
paper of the 18th Field Artil-
lery of the Sd Division of Reg
ulars, which is published in Polch,
Germany, in it's issue of February z
last, published under the caption,
Lest We Forget" a warning to
American soldiers to bear in mind
the fact that 1.-The Hun was tricky
on the battlefield" and that there
is no evidence that he has under
gone any change in that respect
since the armistice was signed. This
issue of The Barrage, which is No.
2 of Volume l., was received from
an officer of the 18th Artillery.
The warning referred to is the
leading editorial, and reads as fol-
lows:
admiral Mayo in speech in New
York the other night deplored the
too rapid demobilization of our land
and naval forces, reminding us that
the armistice does not necessarily
mean the end of hostilities. He set
the people back home to thinking.
1t is not our business to express an
opinion, but we do know that every
single soldier hereabouts wants to
go home as soon as possible. The
fact remains, however, that for the
present we are quartered in a Ger
man community and are thrown into
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
WELCOME HOME

TIME colored men of the Three
fantry and the Three Hundred
and Fifty First Artillery, who We're
welcomed home from France so
vociferously last evening, deserve
well at the hands of their fellow
citizens. They made a record in the
Argonne and elsewhere in France
second to none. They smashed the
best German divisions that the Kali
ser could send against them. They
broke up the German counterat-
tacks' and dashed forward through
It very hell of fire for as much as
eight miles in a single day. Nothing
could stop them. With their white
comrades they were in at the death of
Prussian militarism in France. They
aid their part to the fun. Nothing
was too hard or too dangerous for
them. They left many of their COM
rades sleeping the long sleep under
the poppies in France They saw,
too, the best that the old world had
to give it's victorious warriors, but
for all that they were right glad to
be home.
The proud place of the negro race
in The annals of the country is too
well known to require repetition
here. Its representatives have been
loyal and devoted always in times
of national peril Not one negro
ever has been accused of treason.
Many of them have died the deaths
of patriots. They can stand with
heads high when the flag passes. for
they have never shamed it.
And now that these latest repre-
sentatives of Harrisburg colored men
to display their valor in the face of
the enemy and to uphold the princi-
Piles of democracy on foreign shore
are home. what are we going to do
for them? They will desire a little
holiday. of course, to which they
are, indeed, entitled; but shortly
they will desire to go back to work.
So far as possible they ought to
have their old jobs back. But in
all cases special efforts ought to be
made 20 find employment for them.
They stood between us and the Hun
when the shells were flying and we
owe them opportunity to earn a
livelihood, just as we do the white
soldiers who are returning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
Just around the Corner
ByBRIGGS

At the beginning of March, four
years ago, Rupert Brooks was aboard
the British transport Grantully
Castle. near the coast of Spain. on
that voyage which was his last. To
a friend in England he wrote:
"All day we've been just out of
sight of land, thirty or forty miles
away-out of sight, but in smell
There was something earthly in the
air, and warm-like the conscious
ness of presence in the dark. 1t
wasn't that wall of scent and. in
visible blossom and essential spring
that knocks you fiat, quite suddenly,
as you've come round some unseen
corner in the atmosphere, fifty miles
out from a South Sea Island; but
it was the good smell of land"
We doubt if the mystic sudden
realization of near spring was ever
better expressed than by that vivid
phrase some unseen corner in the
atmosphere" About this time of
year-and generally it happens at
night, when smells are keenest-
one knows that the corner has been
turned. The unmistakable new tang
and softnesS cEeeps through the
dark. Often it comes with u night
of melting snow when downhill gut
ters tinkle daintily under lids of rot
ting ice, and aSStrange metallic flavor
sleeps upward from the sodden
ground. We need no ground hog or
equinox to tell us when the world
has wheeled her huge shoulder into
that sunward slant. The nose is
the true astrologer! We are still out
of sight of Spring-but lin SMELL
Golfers Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
PARIAH OF NATIONS

the immediate re-
wv suits of the differences be-
tween the President and the
United States Senate concerning the
League of Nations. it is certain that
the open discussion of this import
ant question win lead to a more
careful consideration of all the
points at issue at Paris and the
elimination. perhaps. of the features
of the proposed alliance not in ac-
cord with American interests.
Publicity of every phase of the
proposition is desirable and there
is no occasion for hectic contro-
versy or bitterness.
President Wilson has sailed awav
to France after week of strenuous
conferences at home and he should
go back to the peace-making with
a much clearer idea of the real at
titude of the statesmen of his own
country and of the American peo-
pie as whole.
We suspect that the people of the
United States are going 10 insist
upon peace settlement which will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
MIGHT BE INCLUDED

X ENTIMENT in favor of a COM
munity house for Harrisburg
is growing apace. Large num-
bers of people in print and in public
and semi-public meetings during the
past few months have urged the
erection of at least one building of
the kind. There is a growing need
for such neighborhood structure.
in keeping with our democratic form
of government and the growing in
clinaiion of people of all walks of
life TO mingle for the discussion of
public questions and for social en-.
Joyment, The cost of a suita abIa
building would be considerable and
its upkeep is also a subject for seri-
Gus consideration. Perhaps So
luton of the problem and an answer
to the questions of original cost and
maintenance may be found in the
proposed joint court house and CITY
hall. May be 1t would be desirable
to include rooms for community
house purposes in the new building
the city and county are about to
join in constructing.
Certainly, community house
could be provided in that way at a
much lower cost than otherwise. and
1t would be of value to the county
as well as to the city. Rest rooms
for women and children here from
the country districts and towns
roundabout are badly needed. There
are few, IL any. such accommoda-
eions in the present court house and
it would be little less than criminal
hot to provide them in the new build.
ing. The, operation could be in
cluded in the general upkeep ar.
rangements of the building proper
and would not add greatly to the
expense. All of the advantages OF
= Lccmmunity house might thus be
procured at only fraction of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
NO TIME TO LOSE

" HERE must be no more unem-
ployment in Harrisburg and the
county of Dauphin than is alb
solutely necessary and it is the duty
of State, county and municipal Off
cals. in addition to employers, to see
to it thai every returning soldier is
given the best possible job that can
be provided for him. But it is also
the duty of the same officials to take
such action as will furnish work for
every man who desires employment
Through the public undertakings
outlined by Governor Sproul and the
various heads of his administration
and which are contemplated by the
city and county there should be
ample opportunity for industrial and
general activity, but it is necessary
now to prepare the preliminaries of
these big public improvement
projects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
WE MUST MAKE GOOD

~ X-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
X McCLAIN is certain to inject
- into his activities as the manag-
ing head of the State Committee of
NationalDefense, so far as provisions
for the employment of our people
are concerned, all the ginger and
energy of his personality. There is
no more important public function
at the present time than co-ordinat-
ing public activities IN such way as
to provide ample employment for all
who desire work. especially the re-
turning soldiers and those thrown
out of employment by the sudden
cessation of the war. Mr.. McClain
has been in touch with the Federal
authorities and may be depended on
10 aid in every proper way the plan
for providing employment for the
citizens of Pennsylvania.
Congress must do its part in pro-
viding for the national employment
service so that the work may be
carried on during the present year.
With thousands of our soldiers re-
turning home daily it is going 10
be absolutely necessary to utilize
every agency for the employment of
those who in many cases gave up
good obs to respond to the call to
the colors. They were promised that
they would be taken care of in the
way of employment on their re-
turn and these promises must be
made good.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
NJ Hero

I'm just six, but Arch, he's ten
You oughter see him, gentlemenl
There amt nothin' he can't do;
Cross my heart, and honest truei
Fish and swim and die and float:
Box and wrestle, row a boat,
Umpire, catch. or pitch or bat,
Kick a football high as thatl
Skate? If he Just had the chance.
He could skate from here to France.
Y'oughter see him make us drill!
It's things like that scared Kaiser
Bill.
why, 1 guess If General Foch
Had known our. Archie, he's said,
"Goshi
Marshal Archie. here's my hand.
III be second. You command"
FLORENCE Hart Rutledge in Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
TRAIN OUR YOUTH

xOTWITHSTANDIN the WIDE
M spread interest in mllltary
training during the war PERIOD
there is a disposition apparently IN
the Legislature to reject all bills
providing for military instruction In
the schools in Pennsylvania. We can
hardly credit this to any pacifstic
attitude on the part of legislators,
but rather to indifference of those
who ought to be manifesting an IN
terest in this important matter.
Military drill has been demon
strated as one of the best promoters
of discipline ever devised and now is
the time 10 put it into force and
effect in our educational institutions.
1t ought not to be necessary to ex-
pend n lot of money for drill mas
ters, inasmuch as many of the re-
turning soldiers will be glad to vol
unteer their services for this sort of
work. ,.....-
Already the military instruction at
the Harrisburg Academy is showing
important results in self reliance,
obedience and mental discipline
among the students, not to mention
the physical benefits TO the boys who
are undergoing the regular drills.
1t may be hoped that the Legisla-
ture will yet put into force and effect
some sort of law providing for mill
tary training nj the schools, so that
the benefits which are so manifest
in those institutions which have al
ready inaugurated military instruc-
ton will be widespread and univer-
sal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

DIR. d. ]. Mccarthy, who is home
from France where he served as a
lieutenant colonel in the medical
corps, is one of the leading neurolo-
gists of Philadelphia.
DIR. Henry S. Drinker. president
of Lehigh University, has been
chosen a director of the Lehigh VAL
ley railroad.
III. L. Mason, the head of the
State organization of humane socie-
ties, has been active in such bodies
in western Pennsylvania. He lives
in Pittsburgh.
Attorney General William I.
Schaffer will be the orator of the
evening at the Philadelphia Lafay-
cite dinner tonight.
Mayor A. T. Connell, of Scran-
ton, is an ardent advocate of better
roads about his city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
Tom Tom NegHgee

Rest robes are now taking on loud
Oriental unrest, and one really
should wear a censor with them.
oh, our happy little fireside
Never more the same will seem;
Streets of Cairo it resembles
Or a devilish dervish dream.
Sultans harem has naught on us,
Save in numbers, l should say,
Since Camilla's bought the latest
Oriental negligee.
Beat the tomtom, burn the in
cense, make to sing the sweet bulbul.
Then if that is not sufficient, at the
hookah take a pull. After that in
proper spirit, I opine you ought to
be, to put on the newest teagowns
of barbarics oddity. - Margaret
Robe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
ON RETURN OF A BOOK
(Lent to d Friend.) ,f

N6ShI ~ u T llSHO'I
1 give humble and hearty thanks
for the safe return of this book
which. having endured the perils of
my friends bookcase and the book
cases of my. friends friends, now re-
turns to me in reasonably good con-
dition.
| give humble and hearty thanks
that my friend did not see fit to give
this book to his infant as a play
thing, nor use it as an ash tray for
his burning cigar, nor as a teeth
ing ring for his mastiff.
When i lent this book 1 deemed
it as lost; 1 was resigned to the bit
terness of the long parting; 1 never
thought to look upon its pages again
But now that my book is come
back to me, l rejoice and am exceed
ing glad! Bring hither the fatted
morocco and let us rebind the vol
ume and set it on the shelf of honor;
for this my book was lent, and is
returned again.
Presently, therefore, 1 may return
some of the books that 1 myself
have Observation-Disclosures Morley
in the Bookman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE

In Holland a useful gum or paste
is being made from garlic. The
bulbs are pressed and, the juice or
fluid matter so obtained is thick
ened.
A good substitute for cork is OBJ
tanned from certain fungi, which are
dried and ground, mixed with ce-
ment and consolidated by pressure.
In Norway a process has been
patented to enable carbide to be
used for driving motors.
In Denmark a company has been
floated to make briquettes from
heather. These have a higher heat
value than peat.
Experiments are being made to
use chalk mari. especially that
which comes from the Limburg
mines, as a fertilizer.-From the
Boston Globe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
HIS GRIEF

Well, Pal. the games near over, and
we need but one more run;
The Doughboy started batting and
made second on the. Hun;
A single from the gay Marines and
Doughboy went to third
To rest there while the Big Guns hit
a bunt that was a bird
The bags are full, we're on our toes
s. and roofing hard as hell
For Wilson and his cleanup hit, the
blow that soon will tell
The dizzy world we've won the
game. and played it bully
we'll.
But when 1 leave the grand stand,
it's toot sweet home for me.
For can't share the gatesreoeipts-
I'm in the @. NJ. G.
Joseph G. Daily, Sgt. LIST Cl.. @.
NJ. c., in the Stars and Stripes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
Merico Today and Tomorrow

This is comprehensive statement
of the general situation in Mexico
political, social. financial and
economic-with ancient Mexico and
the Spanish conquest as the back
ground. The events leading up to
the recent revolution, and the sociai
and economic troubles following the
political upheaval. are clearly set
forth. A graphic picture Is painted
of life in Mexico during the chaos
following the; fall of the Diaz regime.
Mexico's new constitution and her
international relations and attitude
toward foreign capital are reviewed,
and the financial, agrarian and edu-
cational problems which face her
government are dealt with at
length The work is Of timely inter
est as an date study of Mex
lean affairs.-By e. w. Trowbridge,
Macmillan, publisher.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

but when the sessions started it
moved in the usual way. Members
of the House particularly are ANXIOUS
for speedy adjournment. The
cost of living is higher in Harris
burg than at any preceding session
and there has been little of interest
developed so far this session to
keep the members enthused."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
LABOR NOTES

Denmark has over 100000 agri-
cultural workers.
Organized building laborers in
Kansas City have raised wages to
5215 cents an hour.
Wool combers employed in the
British wool textile industry have
been granted an, increase of $1.46
a week in the case of men and
81 cents in the case of women.
Clerical assistants employed by
the Philadelphia Board of Education
have formed an organization so
that they can press their claim for
a 25 per cent increase.
There is a movement on foot in
Toronto. Canada, to establish a
daily newspaper under the direction
of labor. the farmers and the Great
War Veterans Association.
In Alaska the employment of any
person in underground coal mines,
underground lode mines and in
placer mines shall not exceed eight
hours within any "a.
About 20 per cent. of the NUM-
cipal employees in Scranton, Pa,
threaten to quit their jobs unless
they are granteds an increase of 80
per cent in salary.
The four unions of miners affili-
ated with the United Mine Workers
of America have dedicated their
new building. known as the Miners
Institute. in Collingswood, III.
The average length of total dis
ability for employees As years and
over is greater than those under As
years of age.
Four out of every five men dis
charged from the United States
Army for disability will be able to
go back to their former occupations.
OF the over 100000 clerks en-
ployed by the United States govern
ment during the period of the war,
75 per cent. were women.
During the first week In December
the United States Employment Ser
vice found Jobs for S4.2S4 applicants
who registered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Bully for Commissioner Lyncn. He
says Harrisburg is ready to proceed
with it's part of the Capitol Park
extension work and the public will
be glad of this assurance from the
boss of the municipal highways. Let
the dirt fly at the earliest possible
moment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is sending ma.
teriaI for government work at naval
stations?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

Two hundred years ago French
traders were contesting rights with
John Harris in this locality
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Members of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication
of all news dispatches credited to
paper and also the local news pub
Hshed herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Clerical assistants employed by
the Philadelphia Board of Education
have formed an organization so
that they can press their claim for
a rs per cent. increase
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Wool combers employed in the
British wool textile industry have
been granted an, increase of $1.46
a week in the case of men and
81 cents in the case of women.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Denmark has over 100000 agri-
cultural workers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

Organized building laborers in
Kansas City have raised wages to
so u cents an hour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-07

There is a movement on foot in
Toronto. Canada, to establish a
daily newspaper under the direction
of labor. the farmers and the Great
War Veterans Association.
Bonners Ferry herald., 1919-10-14
DID NOT WORK
IN OVER A YEAR
MUNS0N GAINS EIGHTEEN POUNDS
TAKINGl TANLAC-IS WELL
AND STRONG AGAIN.

II have gained eighteen pounds
since l commenced taking Tanlac, and
never felt better in my life than l do
now," said Alex Mun5on, who, before
his health failed, was a valued en-
ploye of the Foundation Ship Building
Co., and lives at 1884 Michigan Ave
nue., Pcrtltnd, Ore, the ether day.
when | began taking Tanlac," he
continued, 81 hadn't been able to hit a
lick of work for over a year. and | had
been Suffering terribly from stomach
trouble for Gbou four years. 1t
seemed to me THAI l had made every
possible effort to overcome this trou-
bic, but my condition gradually grew
worse, and about a year ago l reached
the point where Inad to give up my
work altogether. Everything l ate
disagreed with me, and for two or
three hours after meals | would be all
bloated up with gas, and would have
the worst czramping pains in the pit
of my stomach {. man ever had. Then
this gas would get up into my chest
and make my heart palpitate some-
thing awful, and it would be almost
Bonners Ferry herald., 1919-10-14

impossible for me to get good breath.
l also suffered from constipation and
often had splitting headaches. | was
very nervous all the time, and never
got good nights sleep. These trou-
bles just continued to pull me down
until l got so weak and run down that
when / went to walk my legs would
just give right down under me.
"The money l had spent for med
icines and treaements might just as
we'll have been thrown into the Colum-
bia river so far as the good | got from
it, but / thought / would keep on try
ing, and that is why l gave Tanlac a
trial when it came along. Well, sir,
before | had finished my first bottle of
Tanlac, l could see that l had struck
it right at last, and | was right, too,
for Tanlac certainly did just what they
said it would do, and | am now a well
strong man again. My stomach trou-
bles have all disappeared, and | am
never bothered with gas forming, and
| don't have those awful cramping
spells any more. l have such fine
appetite that l can hardly get enough
to eat, and everything | eat agrees
with me all right l have regained all
my lost weight and strength, and am
now getting ready to go back to work.
Now, that is what Tanlac has done for
me, and / think that is saying whole
lot for this wonderful medicine"
Tanlac is sold in Bonners Ferry by
G. D. SImonds, druggist and at Lenia
daho, by the Boundary Mercantile Co
Bonners Ferry herald., 1919-10-14
Can Now Eat and Sleep

If troubled with indigestion or sleep
essness you should read what Miss
Agnes Turner, Chicago, ILL.,, has to say
"0yerwork, irregular meals and care
essness regarding the ordinary rules
Of health, gradually undermined it un-
til last fall l became a wreck of my
former self. / suffered from contin-
ual headache, was unable to digest my
food which seemed to lay as a dead
weight on my stomach. / was very
constipated and my complexion be-
came dark, yellow and muddy as |
felt Sleeplessness was added to my
Bonners Ferry herald., 1919-10-14
WRITE-UP IN
MINING TRUTH

The following points of interest
are taken from an exhaustive re-
view of the Bethlehem Gold Mine
by Mr.. Powers, a competent and
careful writer on the Northwest Mi
mng Truth of Spokane. Mr.. Powers
visited the mine about two weeks
ago and his statements show that
this property already has the ear
marks of large and profitable
mine. He says:
Early in September a change for
the better was evident, and as the
tunnel increased in length minerali-
zation became more pronounced, with
mixed iron pyrites and lead putting
IN an appearance, while assays
showed gold and silver values as
well. The day the property was ex-
amined at least couple of feet of
this character of rock appeared in
the face of the tunnel, but the miner
allied area appeared to have ten
dency to vary in width and to be
wider at the bottom of the face than
at the top. A series of assays made
from average samples taken in this
neighborhood and made by VIM. H.
Stowell & company showed the fol-
lowing results;