HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph. Building. Federal Square. K. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GL"S M. HTEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American tion, The Audit BBBfi' Kyß lation and Penn- SIS IB# U E 'd' Associait * SglifiSß! M Eastern office, |"IS|S|B Finley, Fifth Ave lfiiß 5 ABB m nue Building, New agat gag* York City; We.it- PWllc Brooks Flnleyj f People's Gas Build' _ Ing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a *>£■:' week: by mall, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL \ Grant me but courage, Lord! I ask not that Thou smooth the ap pointed path; 1 ask not any joys the years ai/ord, I ask not even Thine averted wrath. Let me but learn to smile— Let me face lightly any blow that falls. AXON. GERMANY AND WAR LET nobody be deceived by the •'official announcement" at Ber lin," following the receipt of President Wilson's address, that "Ger many will not declare war nor take any steps to make war on the United States." 3ays the German government, in ef fect: "We will not make war on the United States. We will continue to sink her ships, and murder lier wo men and children, and plot to draw her into war with Mexico and Japan, and offer financial aid to Carranza, and endeavor to arouse sedition with-, in her borders, but we will not make war." The "announcement" is in perfect keeping with a lot more of diplomatic balderdash of like kind that has come out of Berlin in the past year or two. It is made with two purposes in mind —to keep the German people in good humor with the ruling powers at home by attempting to shift -lesponsi bility to the United States for this lat est addition to the empire's enemies, and to impress sympathizers in Amer ica with the Kaiser's regard for this country. Few will be deceived. The cloven hoof of Wilhelm is not so easily con cealed. His protestations will not for a moment halt the mighty prepara tions that are now being made in America to crush for all time his as pfrations to world dictatorship. He has done no more than emphasize the insincerity that has marked every move of German diplomacy since the Belgian treaty was pronounced a "scrap of paper" and Belgian neutral ity murderously violated. We know the Kaiser-Hindenburg crowd by their acts: their word has been violated so often that it has come to mean pre cisely the opposite of what they say. There are indications that the Ger mans in France are about to retreat to another victory. KEEP IT FLYING THOUSANDS of American flags j waved valiantly in the breeze 1 in Harrisburg to-day. The sight was inspiring. Now is the time for every true citizen of the Republic to show his colors. Nobody must be per mitted to gather the impression that we go into this crisis lacking in inter eft or in patriotic fervor. Keep the flag flying! The Kaiser says he "will not declare war." Ho doesn't need to. A GREAT STATE PAPER THE more closely President Wil son's war message is studied the more one is impressed with its logic and force. Colonel Roosevelt pronounces it one of the great State papers of our history, and few will disagree. It is a masterful presenta tion of the American viewpoint in the present crisis and of American ideais and aspirations. It admits of no argu ment; it is beyond dispute. It is a platform upon which not alone all Americans but "the friends of free gov ernment throughout the whole world can stand—must stand, indeed, If thoy are true to their doctrines and have the courage of their convictions. The President expresses a sharply drawn distinction between the Ger man people and 'the German govern ment. In this he strikes a popular chord. For the Germans as a people, as wo knew them in times of peace and by association with those recently coine to this country, Americans have always entertained the highest regard and respect. But the German form of government always has been and always will be abhorrent to freedom loving people. It is diametrically op posed to all the principles of democ racy. The President expresses himself so clearly on this point that the effect upon the war-weary German mind could not be other than good if the message as a whole is permitted to pass the censorship in Berlin. Follow ing so closely upon the over-turn in Russia and repeated urging for a more liberal form of government |n Germany it could not but give a stir- WEDNESDAY EVENING, ring impulse to the great mass of So cial Democrats to whom Germans must look for liberation from despot ism if that is to be brought about. It is doubtful If Berlin dare permit the newspapers to publish the address In Its Entirety, but slowly it will filter into Germany through Amsterdam and in time the people will learn that America has no quarrel with them, but that it does have an ever-lasting and never-ending quarrel with their form of government. Dispatches from Washington say the Senate means to let LaFollette "talk himself to death." Here's hoping he succeeds. FOREIGN-BORN ALLEGIANCE THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH recommends to all foreign-born citizens and residents of the United States for careful perusal the admirable sentiments Of that rugged exponent of good'citizenship, former Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg, the "grand old man" of Philadelphia civic life, with regard to the allegiance of German-born Americans _ to their adopted country in the hour of Its need: The President has spoken. Con gress is about to declare a state of war between our country and the German Empire! In this hour of stress and strife it behooves all citizens of German birth or descent to declare their un flinching allegiance to the country of their adoption and to show by word and deed that they are true and unfaltering Americans. Deeply distressed as we are that the cen tury-old friendly relations between the Fatherland and our great Re public have been severed, much as we deplore tho circumstances that have led to this unavoidable step, our duty Is plain. We have sworn troth to the flag and we shall fol low the flag, ready to do our duty. We sought a home In the New World and found it. We were in vited and welconted under the Dec laration of Independence, under the Constitution and under laws that assured us equal rights with those who had come before us. Now let us show that we are worthv of this high privilege, that we are worthy of American citizenship, the price less boon of mankind. On attaining citizenship we fore swore fealty to the potentate under whose scepter we were born, a fealty which we disowned, for we abhorred being slavish subjects of king or prince when liberty beck oned us from beyond the sea and offered us equality among all men. This, therefore, is our home, the country of our choice; to Its honor and defense we pledge our all. We still love the country of our origin, we cherish the old fireside, the ties of affection and friendship that bind us to family and home. We hope and pray that ere long peace shall return and that good will take the place of enmity and contention in this war-ridden ' world. By cordial co-operation on the part of all this happy hour will be hastened. To our President and to our com mon country we send greetings. Our acts will show how We con demn and scorn the "hyphen" so un justly bestowed upon us as a class. We are not German-Americans, but Americans of German birth or de scent and as Americans we shall live and, if need be. die. The whole situation is admirably summed up in ex-Mayor Blanken burg's appeal. It is worth reading twice. The foreign-born citizen who cannot subscribe to that creed has no business at liberty in the United States at this crisis. He is an enemy of free government and a menace to Ameri can safety. The public has even less sympathy to-day than it ever had for factional fighting in the Legislature. WASTE NO FOOD WE live in a land of plenty, but we are approaching new condi tions. It may easily happen that we will have to share to a greater de gree than ever before our foods with the men who are fighting our battles on the fields of Europe and helpless women and 1 hildren at home or left in the wake of the devasting German forces as they retreat from France after their futile effort to reach Paris. We must economize at every turn. There must be no wasting of food. We must save, and save and save. By that means only can we assure ourselves against want and suffering in the com ing months or years—in case the : struggle shall be prolonged. When we eat more food than our I bodies need for growth or repair and !to supply energy for our work we waste. Not only that, but over eating tends to poor health and fat Instead of brawn. We are nearly all of us offenders in' this respect. We should mend our ways. Neither Is the housewife blameless. All too much food Is burned or spoiled in cooking. It. frequently happens that too much is provided for a single meal and the "left over" is often wasted. America's food waste in a year is $700,000,000, according to the Secre | tary of Agriculture, who, a few days i ago, gave this advice to the people of the country advice that is doubly valuable now that the nation has gone to war: For partial immediate relief, every individual and community should consider earnestly the mat ter of food conservation and the limitation of waste. As a nation we seem to have a disdain of econo mizing. In many homes there is a strong feeling that it is "only de cent" to provide more food ' than will be eaten and that it is demean ing to reckon closely. The experts of the Department of Agriculture report to me that tho dietary studies made by them point to an annual food waste of about $700,- 000,000. Of course, the waste in families of very limited means is slight, but in the families of mod erate and ample means the waste Is considerable. Even If the esti mate were reduced by half, the waste would atlll be enormous. The food waste in the household, the experts assert, results in large measure from bad preparation and bad cooking, from improper care and handling, and, in well-to-do families, from serving an unduo number of courses and an over abundant supply and failing to save and utilize the food not consumed. As an instance of improper hand ling, it is discovered that in the preparation of potatoes 20 per cent, of the edible portion in many cases is discarded. 'Demonstrate thrift In your home," is the secretary's admonition. Don't feed high priced human food to chick ens or let it go to the garbage can; don't pour Into the sewer gravies, skimmed milk, melted fat or water In which vegetables or cereals are cook ed —save all of them and put them to use. The old adage may prove Itself anew und you may "live to rue the day" and long for the crust "that once you threw away." Harriaburg citizens sympathize, with Mayor Meals in liis illness and liope sincerely tor his early recovery. ( Ip ■■ 1 r^ > bUtic& Ck "PtKKCt^tcaivta By the Gx-Cammittwmui Pretty plain Intimations were given last night during the conference be tween the Governor, Attorney General, tiscal officers and leaders o£ the State Senate that the Legislature would clear up its work next month and then take a recess. This plan was suggested by Senator William C. Sproul in inter views last week and seems to have been meeting with general support in | many parts of the State. Jt is said that in the course of the discussion of the financing - of the State in regard to war measures last night that the point was made that bond issues would probably be a matter for the future and that the Legislature could be summoned in special session. To this the rejoinder was made that the Legislature would be in recess and could be called at any time. General desire that the Governor and the Senators get together on the mattev of appointments is being mani fested, but neither side seems inclined to yield a bit. —Start of probing of the way vari ous branches of the government spent their contingent funds, which is plan ned for this week, has caused a flutter at the Capitol and men who scoffed at the idea of appropriations committees taking up such work are now showing signs of worry. It is not improbable that) some things about the yay mat ters are run in departments and "leaks" occur may also be taken up. —A disposition is being manifested among members of the Legislature to allow things to slide for a while in connection with the Philadelphia bills sponsored by the Committee of Sev enty and to hold them back until war measures are disposed of. The small council and small school board bills will be opposed by the city adminis tration followers it is said and there will also be opposition shown to the amendments planned to the Philadel phia civil service laws. Prospects are that no matter when the measures are brought up there will be a fight and the up-State members have been tell ing the Philadelphians to forget their squabbles for a while and let the real war have a chance. —Ex-Mayor Blankenburg, of Phila delphia, is out with a stirring appeal to the German-born living in this country to do their duty by the na tion. —Samuel Gangware, of Weatherly, has been chosen as steward of the Middle Coal district almshouse. —The manner in which the House lined up behind Speaker Baldwin yes terday In the enforcement of the rule to keep off the floor ail persons not authorized or members of the families of members has been much com mented upon. It was the first time the Speaker has gone on the lloor in de fense of his actions and it was noticed that most of the men who voted to 3et aside the rule were men who had op posed Baldwin for Speaker. —Senators Vare and McNichol have divided the contracts for the construc tion of the latest portion of the Phila delphia subway. The McNichol firm seems to have gotten slightly the best of It. —The Legislature has before it bills which would provide no less than three new judgeships. It is said that it Is unlikely that the measures will get very far. —The Schantz proposed amendment to the constitution for the abolition of associate judgeships has been sent back to committee. —Lebanon policemen have been granted an increase in salary and the same action is being taken in a num ber of other cities. —Judge H. C. Quigley, of Center county, has made regulations as to hours and sales in Center county bar rooms. —Philadelphia now has a snarl over the contract for its new library. A taxpayer has bobbed up with a suit. The Duty of the Hour (From the Youth's Companion) "On the issue of the said Mad ison, "are staked our national sov ereignty on the seas, and the security of an important class of citizens whose occupations give the proper value to those of every other class. Not to contend for such a stake is to sur render our equality with othdr powers on the element common to all, und to violate the sacred title that every member of society has to its protec tion." AJthough the present situation is not quite like that which confronted Madison, Madison's language is tre mendously suggestive. Lincoln devoted his inaugural ad dress to a calm discussion of the futil ity of secession, addressed to those in the South who "still love the Union." But this sentence from the address is far from being inappropriate at the present time: "intelligence, patriot ism. Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our pres ent difficulty." The administration that has just been placed in office owes Its power to a party triumph, but it is none the less the administration of the United States, and of every citizen. And just as hi the times of Madison and Lin coln, who also were chosen as the rep resentatives of parties, the honor and integrity of the Nation required tllat the whole people support the admin istration, so now the honor and integ rity of the Nation require that the whole people support the present ad ministration. Let' those who think that they can range themselves in op position to measures of defense and of vindication of national rights without leaving a stain upon their names re member the odium that still clings to the supporters of the Hartford con vention and to the "Copperheads" of our Civil War. But suppose the President' makes mistakes —must we stand by him then? Yes, although we need not de fend the mistakes. Of course he will make them. No man is infallible. We can only hope that they will be few und harmless; and when he makes them, let our criticism be friendly. He must be our leader. He can be neither deposed nor recalled. For better, for worse, our fortunes for peace or for war are committed to the keeping of the adminstration. No man need surrender his opinion, but if he translates his opinions into acts hostile to the safety und honor of the country, or into attempts to defeat the measures devised to that end by the chosen delegates of the people, he invites and deserves the execration of posterity. Ruthless Attack on Quilt [Columbia State.] The Marietta (Ohio) Observer lengthily extols the virtues qf "ye ole fashion quilt." One agrees that a quilt Is an interesting antique, but a sufficient number of quilts to keep a twentieth century citizen warm would protect London from a Zeppelin raid. These same quilts, no doubt, were ac countable for the hideous dreams of our ancestors. The greatest warmth with the least weight is a good bed covering slogan. And this Is accom plished best by denuding the sheep and the goose. The Ohio enthusiast probably never slept under a half doz en batter cake layers of those "red and yellow patchwork," most correct ly named "crazy uullts," in his lite. toLRRtoBURa 16861 TEUEGRSPH When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS I I EDITORIAL COMMENT Even though exempt from military service this is going to be a particul arly liard year on the one-legged men because of the number of times the orchestra will play "The Star-Spangled Banner." —Grand Rapids Press. Sometimes we feel that preachers should dwell more on-the thought that there'll be no nagging in heaven. — Toledo Blade. Once more, if the supreme court had been a jury there would have been no decision in theAdamson law case. —Omaha World-Herald. A Wichita man has sued his wife for divorce because she cursed him, smoked cigarettes and kicked his shins. No lady will kick a gentleman's shins.—Emporia Gazette. A fat man's grief may be the most pathetic in the world, but he has dif ficulty In making it convincing.— Atchison Globe. Labor Notes The County Council lias been asked by the Rural Council of lCells. Ireland, to fix the wages of all laborers at three shillings and six pence per day. The Arkansas -General Assembly has passed a bill providing for compul sory school attendance and free school books to indigent children. Belleville (111.) Carpenters' Union has prepared a new wage scale, effective the tirst of April. Wages are increas ed from 50 to 60 cents an hour. Dissatisfied with a bonus of $25 a year to meet the high cost of living, the women school teachers of Gait, Canada, are seeking an additional $25. Reports recently made in England on the manufacture of war supplies stated that more and better work was ob tained on eight-hour shifts. America Unafraid (By Charles Hanson Towne of the Vigilantes) America will wake To the stern task before her. She will break The bonds of Sloth and dull Indiffer once, And, with the soul of Lincoln in her eyes, Dare to be great and wise; Dare to be valiant with the valor still 1 That echoes from the chest of Bunker Hill; The valor that gave Grant and Lee their fame After the battle-flame; The valor that has kept our country whole While the clean years unroll; The valor that has giv'n us all body, and heart, and eoul! II America will be As one in her old love of Liberty. She will remember naught of party and creed In her great hour of need; But one In spirit, one In lilgh accord, Her people will await the final word That bids them strike for Justice. Her keen sword Will never be unsheathed, save in the name of Christ, our Lord! 111 There Is a fear Running through our broad country, far and near; A rumor that foul traitors at our gate Whisper, and plan, and wait; A rumor that beneath us crawls the hostile worm of hate. It may be so! But I believe that pow Each man can disavow Old enmities, and, loyal to the end, Count it his privilege to be hts coun try's friend; Count it his right to suffer for the land That hailed him, and stretched forth a welcoming hand When he, heart-broken, from an alien shore, Came as a stranger to our open door. IV America, beware! Lest, knowing the red burden you must bear, Tou falter now! We pray for Peace- White Peace; Yet if soft days must cease, We shall go forth, fearless, and as one, Until our task lor Liberty is done. ' THE PEOPLE'S The President's Address lo the Editor of the Telegraph. I, in common with millions of Amer ican citizens, have read and with greatest satisfaction. President Wil son's address to Congress. It is throughout, and nobly, a titting Amer ican utterance, an utterance worthy of the world's greatest democracy, and in what is perhaps a supremely crit ical hour in the history of that democ racy. I want to express my delight ed satisfaction as a citizen with the stand which the President now takes. It is no time now for any motives of partisanship. A sway of partisanship in an hour like this would be a rule both paltry and despicable. Politically, I do not belong to President Wilson's party. But in a patri'otic and states manlike direction of governmental af fairs he would have my absolute loy alty, as lie shpuni have that of every other citizen, as perfectly as though I were his most obsessed and devoted partisan. My hope is. that from 'this hour, President Wilson may show himself unfalteringly worthy, and with clear est vision and steadiest nerve, to pilot the world's greatest "Ship of State" however turbulent the seas into which it may be now called to enter. I am quite willing to concede that President Wilson's extreme caution —a spirit within limits most praiseworthy—may have imparted an appearance of In consistency and fickleness to his of ficial conduct in the last several months. I have been one among pa triotic and Anxious multitudes who have been forced to fear that as a man he might not prove equal to the Na tion's emergency. If, however, he stands heroically and fearlessly true As to the Telegraph (From the Fourth Estate) The newspaper situation in Harris burg, Pa., continues to offer an in teresting- commentary on newspaper conditions at the present time. The dust which was stirred up by the preliminary skirmish between the old Star-Independent, the TELE GRAPH, the Patriot and the Evening News as principals has settled some what and readers and advertisers are beginning to get clearer insight into the true status of affairs. The tight has settled to the point where the Evening News, newly born, is making a strenuous effort to pierce the strong 86-year-old armor of the established TELEGRAPH by selling at one cent while the TELEGRAPH con tinues to maintain its circulation on a basis of 10 cents a week. The TELEGRAPH 011 January 15 raised its subscription price and later purchased the Star-Independent, which, up to that time had shared a portion of the evening field with the TELEGRAPH and was then on the market. Its effort was to adjust a three-cornered newspaper situution for the purpose, it contended, of re lieving the advertisers of duplicated circulation with a saving of thousands of dollars in the course of a year. The TELEGRAPH accomplished the merger. The Patriot immediately issued a 1-cent evening edition which it calls the Evening News, both papera bear ing the name of Vance C. McCormick, Democratic National Chairman, as owner, and rumors give as the reason for the new paper the proposed cam paign of Mr. McCormick for the gov ernorship of Pennsylvania at the next election. The publishers of the TELEGRAPH are quoted as being highly gratified at the way the circulation has been sustained uhder the stress of an un avoidable Increase in the selling price and in the face of a widespread cam paign on the part of its new lower priced evening competitor. The publishers of the TELEGRAPH are convinced that Its policy has been the best and that its efforts of years in promoting the best interests of the community and in effecting much > needed civic and municipal improve > rnenU ax* not unappreciated. APRIL' '4, 191 7. • to the great utterances of this last address, he has an opportunity still to go into history as one of the greatest of Americans. GEORGE PRESTON MAINS. Zionism Advanced To the Editor of the Telegraph: The new'conditions in Russia are opening up enormous prospects for the Zionist and Jewish causes. In each of the great European countries the lead ers of the movement, in close touch with the actual Incidents that are transpiring in Russia, are convinced that the Zionist cause will gain tre mendously through ths granttng of freedom and the creation of equality In Russia. The leaders of the Zionist move ment throughout the world are united in a common policy to be pursued at the end of the war. and are in agreement that the revolution in Rus sia not only opens up a great oppor tunity for propaganda and the public avowal of Zionism by tens of thou sands of Russiun Jews who have here tofore been compelled to be silent, but that the creation of a representative government renders possible the for mulation of a political program which, of necessity, it would not have been easy to put before nn autocratic gov ernment. The Zionist organization of America ispursuing the regular course of its work, finding in the revolution gratifying spur for greater effort in every c'irection. From various European sources I learn that a movement is gaining headway, among the rank and file, to hold the next International Zionist Congress in Russia. HARRISBURG ZIONIST. 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