8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded liji Published evenimgs Except Sunday by THE TELEGHAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACKPOLE .Pres t & Editar-in-Chitf P. R, OYSTER, Business Manager, ova M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. Ch?cagoPliV. lD *' Entered at the l'ost Office In Harris burg, Pa., as s ;cond class matter. B - v carriers, ten cents a ugggigjSSgyagk* veek: by mail. $5.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1917. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and rchat doth the Lord re quire of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.' —MICAH 6:S. THE DAY AFTER fp HE American notion of one holi day at a time is all wrong. There ought to be a "day off" before each holiday In order to prop erly pr-epare for the great occasion, another "day off" to get back to earth again, and the holiday itself sandwiched in between. As It is, the poor holiday-maker gets all tired out holding down his Job and planning his celebration and the morning after he fails to hear the alarm, reaches j the office or shop an hour late and is called down by the boss, who men tally, if not verbally, sets him down as an ingrate and a loafer; and the poor wretch goes shrinking to his post wondering how it is that the boss is always dotfn early on the I mornings that he is late. These are no mere theories of ours. They are facts. We have proved every one of them beyond dispute. All agree signify by saying "Aye." Contrary, "No." Car ried unanimously. HINT FOR HOUSEKEEPERS A HINT for housekeepers directly in line with the conservation movement now so widespread throughout the country is contained in this week's bulletin of the Me chanics' Trust Company, of this city. .It has to do with prevention of waste. Says the Bulletin: In connection with the nation wide campaign for sensible econ omy there is one way in which every citizen can definitely help the government and that is by taking heed of what are ordi narily classed as waste mate rials. Never before have scrap articles of all kinds commanded such high prices and the house wife as well as the businessman can turn many an honest penny by keeping a sharp lookout to avoid the throwing away of such things as waste paper, bottles, rubber and metal articles of all kinds. These should be care fully sorted and accumulations disposed of from time to time to the scrap material man. It is surprising how much good money can be derived from these seemingly valueless articles by the ordinary family in the course of a year. THE NEW RUSSIAN DRIVE MORE important even than the successful drive of General Brusslloff on the Galaclan front is,% the failure of Prussian diplomacy to make separate peace with Russia, as is indicated by the powerful assault of the reorganiied armies of the new republic upon the Teuton lines. At every point the efforts of Germany along diplomatic lines have failed. Almost all of them have gone down to defeat Just as they appeared to be at the point ot success. This is because they have not been sincere. In every case the barb to the hook has been concealed, but concealed so crudely that tho frightened fish has dashed away at the very moment it seemed about to swallow the bait. The early successes of Brusslloff must hot b e received too optimis tically. It is not likely that he is in position to drive home the advan tage he has won. The demoraliza tion of the Russian fighting force Is of too recent date to permit of that, perhaps. But he has demonstrated at home that the German foe which thousands feared might any day start a victorious march upon Petrograd is not the Invincible host it has tried to picture itself as being. Russia now knows that its army, properly equipped, can win battles. The sol diers of the republic have duplicated the successes of the Brusslloff armies of the empire a year ago. All that Brusailoff requires is the equipment and freedom of action. He has proved by the greatest and most suc cessly drive of the whole war, against the Austrians a year ago, that hei s a soldier of courage, resource and rare ability. As was suggested in these columns when Brusailoff accepted appoint ment as commander-in-chief of the Russian armies in the field, he must been well convinced In his own mind that he would be able to weld the disorganized troops Into an ef fective body and that he had been assured of the hearty support of Petrograd, else he would not have risked the ruin of a reputation bril liantly achieved and absolutely se cure BO far as history Is concerned. THURSDAY EVENING, Brusslloff must have been better ac quainted with the possibilities in Russia even than those fct the national capital, for no more than a few weeks back the heads of the provisional government, while pledg ing themselves to a continuance of the war, saw no possibility of a successful offensive before next spring. Whatever be the ultimate result of the renewed fighting in the> East, great good has been accomplished by the demonstration of force. Confi dence will have been restored in Russia, Germany will be hampered by another vigorous foe, German hopes will drop to a new low ebb and the Germrin fighting forces will have been reduced on the west front. It is not well to become too opti mistic, but the possibilities now open ing up are so vast that the allies are entitled to Jubilate and certainly they may be permitted the speculations in which they are now engaging. FAIR RULES: FAIR PLAY PRESIDENT WILSON, or who-! ever is responsible for the ; framing of the exemption reg r ulations under the conscription act, made a good job of it. The rules leave little to be desired. The petty politicians, who have hoped In some way difficult to understand, to make capital for themselves by charging that favoritism would be exercised In the making of exemptions, should read the following paragraph of the rules and then publicly apologize: It shall be the duty of the pro vost marshal general, generally or specially, to authorize and direct some person to take appeals from all decisions of local boards to the district boards having jurisdiction in all cases where certificates of discharge were granted and is sued because of a claim filed for discharge under the provisions of subdivision H of section 20 of these rules and regulations. Division H of section 20 is that dealing with exemption because of depenJents, under which most of the claims for discharge are expected to be filed. In the final analysis the lo cal boards will have nothing to do with the exemptions. If any of them should report unfairly its delin quency would, be discovered before it was a day old. As to the charges of the near treasonable "Mitch" Palmer, that only Republicans have been named to the exemption boards In this State, the following letter from Cyrus T. Fox, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Reading, gives tht> lie direct: In regard to the statements of ex-Congressman Palmer, as men tioned in the enclosed clipping, the exact reverse is true so far as this county (Berks) is concerned. I know the county politically from end to end. having been chairman of the Republican county commit tee for ten years, or twice as long as aty other man served; there fore, i am acquainted with politi cal affiliations of most of the members of the conscription boards appointed for Berks county. The ratio is two Demo crat* to one Rrpubllenn, but In n number of dUtrlcts nil Drmorrnln were selected. In my precinct of the Fourteenth Ward, this city (the strongest Republican district in Reading), there are two Demo crats and one Republican of inde pendent proclivities. The Demo crats are the SherlfT of the county and the City Solicitor. Probably a large majority of the exemption board members in Penn sylvania are Republicans, but as Mr. Palmer discovered .to his own chagrin some time since, there are nearly twice as many Republicans as there are Democrats in this State, so the proportions are not bad, after all. One wonders why the righteous minded Palmer doesn't carry his in vestigations to States below the Mason and Dixon line. The truth is, v and everybody knows it. that the exemption rules are fair and will be fairly administered. This is r ■> political war In America; neither Is it a rich man's or a poor man's war, for one of the striking points of the rules is in favor of the poor man against the rich. To be exempt a husband and father must show that "his income from which his wife and children receive such support was mainly the fruit of his mental or physical labor and was not mainly derived from income from property or other sources, in dependent of his mental or physical labbr." A FLY IN' THE OINTMENT SECRETARY DANIELS, Secre tary of War Baker, Admiral Sims, Admiral Benson and everybody who had anything to do with getting the American troops to Europe safely are to be congratu lated. But there is one gloomy side to the brilliant achievement. Some where in the Navy Department there is a traitor. Somewhere In the Navy Department there is a man who plotted to send every one of the thousands of American troops now in France to the bottom of the ocean. That man must be found and shot. He is too dangerous to be al lowed to remain at large and an ex ample must be made of him that others may hesitate to play the same role. Censure Daniels as we may for permitting anybody aside from him self and Admiral Benson to know the character of the sealed orders the captains of the transports car ried to sea, his frank admission of treachery in his own department is refreshing. He recognizes the grav-. ity of the situation and apparently means to sift the mystery to the bottom. To that degree he is to be commended. That the attack of submarines in force can be successfully met when army transports are accompanied by cruisers or destroyers has been demonstrated, and that is a highly gratifying discovery, if the word can be applied to the proof of a con tention long made by men familiar with the fighting qualities of our naval units. Once we shall have routed out the spies from the Navy and War Departments, transporting troops to France can be made al most as safe as ocean voyaging in times of peace .The nation well may rejoice. ,T>o(£t£c4 £. By the Ex-Committeeman Governor Brumbaugh renewed his onslaughts on rum yesterday in a series of Fourth of July speeches in Jefferson and Clearfield counties, and every whack he took was received with much applause. Thi Governor 'let it be known that if this country is to win the war It must banish rum and that liquor had no business in politics, either. The Governor was greeted by thousands of people, the welcome accorded him at Punxsu tawney being notable. In the course of his addresses the Governor also declared that Penn sylvania would be called upon to give a tenth. It Is not only a forty-eighth of the country, but a tenth in. popu lation, production and other things which enter Into the national life. The Governor was the guest of Rep resentative Lex N. Mitchell, who pre-- sided at the Punxsutawney meeting. From the Jefferson county seat the Governor went to Sykesville and Cur wensville, visiting Charles E. Pat ton at the latter place. The closing speech was at Dubois, where the Governor spoke to 7,000 persons. —The Governor's remarks yester day were interesting, although he did not discuss legislation. Extracts from his several speeches were as follows: "No nation weakened by rum can fight and win. Rum must go. I said that when I was a candidate, and I have reiterated it since. Consequent ly I have made enemies. The amend ment to the food control bill now in the United States Senate will, if passed, give this nation victory as surely as the sun shines. I am a peace-loving man. My father was a peace-loving man: yet there were | times when my father took a young j Brumbaugh over his knee and soak ed him in the interest of peace. We are a peace-loving nation, but the time has come when democracy must turn autocracy across its knee and spank it In the Interests of peace. Pennsylvania will play its part in this as It has in all things else." —Again he said: "Pennsylvania contains more than one-tenth of the people of this nation. It holds more than one-tenth of Its wealth. Its { citizens subscribed to more than one-i tenth of the Liberty bonds sold and j gave more than one-tenth of thai $100,000,000 gift to the Red Cross.] In a short time it will send to France' more than one-tenth of the men who I will compose the first selective serv- 1 ice army. I want to urge upon the men of Pennsylvania between tho! ages of eighteen'and forty years the necessity of offering their services to 1 their county before this great army is mustered into service." —The men in the State who are interested in politics were awaiting word from the Capitol to-day about j appointments and reappointments. | The Governor did not indicate any-; thing yesterday and said he was: awaiting word from the legal de-' partment. —lndependence Day appears toj have caused the Palmer yowls about i the conscription boards to be for-1 gotten. The Democratic chieftain j has not been heard from since he' was rapped by Mayor Smith at Phil- j adelphia. —Democratic bosses are said to be ! somewhat disturbed by the promi- | nence given to Senator C. W. Sones, | of Wiliamsport, in the discussion ot available Democratic gubernatorial candidates. —The Bethlehems have had a mass meeting and started this mov ing for a great campaign in behalf of consolidation of the two munici palities. Charles M. Schwab is chair man of the executive committee. —Circulation of nominating peti tions in behalf of candidates for Ju dicial nominations seems to be gen eral throughout the State and it is probable that the next month or so will see many of them entered at the Capitol. Some of the best-known Judges in the state are candidates for renomination. —Over a dozen booms have been launched for Judgeship nominations in Allegheny county. There prom ises to be a keen rivalry at the pri mary. —The bill changing the date of the primary election Is on Governor i Brumbaugh's desk for action. It jnakes a change of one day. The German "Lid" "No news is good news" for the German people these days, for all that is news to the outside &orld is bad news for them from the view point of the Kaiser and his cohorts. More failures at Verdun, where the Hohenzollern is making his last des perate efforts; more Hindenburg re treats before the steadily advancing armies of Great Britain; the landing of an American army in France, the definite alignment of the people of Greece on the side of the forces fight ing for liberty—knowledge of those thir.gs is bad for the German people, especially bad at a time when the spectre of starvation looms larger and larger. The more rigorous censorship in stituted at Berlin means that in the opinion of Kaiserism the German people must not be allowed to know what the world knows. When men among them make bold to talk of the necessity of the democratization of Germany it would be unsafe for the suffering masses to read the notable address of Mr. Lloyd George, deliv ered at Glasgow, in which the sharp distinction is drawn between peace negotiations with the present Ger man government and negotiations with a democratized Germany. Terms of peace, as Mr. Lloyd George made clear, must have effec tive guarantees behind them. Tho only guarantees which the Allies could accept from the present Ger man government would be written In the terms of heavy indemnities with security given for payment. The government of Kaiserism has shown itself a thing of perfidy, an institu tion which has no respect for Its treaties—a pariah among govern ments because Its plighted word is utterly valueless. With such a gov ernment the Allies can treat only on terms of abject surrender and of heavy indemnities. With a democratized Germany, a Germany freed of Kaiserism and of the truculent militarism before which the German people have been subservient, the Allies could and would make better terms. In such a government the German people would have a v6ice. It would be worse than emharrcs slng for the Kaiser and for Kaiser ism to have the German people know and understand, particularly at this time, the distinction which the Allies draw between them and the German people. Hence the clamping down of lid" on the German press. This serves, however, only to post pone the day when the German peo ple will know and understand.—New York Sun. Women Broke Through With all the censorship precau tions, a few women with banners tchleved the most dangerous publica tion made since the war broke out. —'Washington Star. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH | AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEUN'T ~ ~ By BRIGGS "| HAVJE -AND AT LAST YOJ THE EWDURED A HOWUMG DECIDE To HAVJE DENTIST IS —C>RPIG.|G TOOTH ACHE FOR >SEVJER/M- R H = THIMG CVJT AMD 'N AN° VOO BUILDING BE. 3>ONE WRT , IT FIIT^A^D BU~R : TAKE THE AMD VJHCNJ VBO ASK THE YOUNJG A U R/\V 1 A.^.T VJA/Y \NV ELEVATOR ANYWAY TO UADY IRI CHARQE IF DR. •30R>4ES0 OOY A|WT || "^" HE DENTIST \ OFFIC6 LS LRJ S A Q S T LT A Labor Notes The French Chamber of Deputies ordered employers in the millinery and dressmaking trades to give their employes the Saturday half-holiday. Motion picture films showing the entire process of honeymaking by bees have- been made by a United States Government expert. New York City factory 1914 out put was valued at $2,200,000,000. More than 116,000 persons were m --ployed and paid £511,000,000. Appeal has been made by the Balti more and Ohio Railroad for women to work in its terminal shops and ter minals at Loraine, Ohio, as car in spectors, crossing guards and clean ers. The Irish National Foresters of Clonmel intend opening co-operative stores in that town for the benefit of tradesmen and workers generally. Members of the Order of Railway Telegraphers employed by the Cana dian Pacific Railroad are demanding wage increases that will approximate 25 per cent. A German industrial bureau has been established in Brussels for the purpose of recruiting Belgian labor for German war industries and Bel gian women for farm work. Arrangements have been made by the British Ministry of Munitions which will provide a considerable number of the 500,000 men required for the army before the end of July. Italian women of Philadelphia will be mobilized by the State Depart ment of Labor and Industry Bureau of Employment to handle the berry crops of Pennsylvania and Jer sey. The biggest employment bureau in the world—that of the Women's and Girls' Division of the Employment Service—is directed' by the Federal Department of Labor in Washington. Each of the six chiefs of the army "commands" throughout Germany now has a woman attached to it as directress of the division of women's service. The treasurer's report 'of the American Federation of Musicians shows that the organization has in the banks of the United States $96,- 113.22, and Titanic Mine gold bonds valued at SSOOO. The receipts from their journal during the year were $23,685.38. The State Supreme Court has up held the Arkansas minimum wage law which provides that inexperi enced women employes shall receive not less than $1 a day and after six months the rate shall not be less than $1.25 a day for nine hours. MaTly trade unions affiliated with the American Federation af Labor have decided to keep up the dues of members who enlist for the protemwMHmmaimwffitg markets, the factories, the farms of America. With all these added bil lions in action, there can be no ex cuse for extravagance. Extravagance at any*- time is a business burlesque—is the virtue of a vagrant. Thrift is the word that we want to use. Saving is the only saving graco for some people, but you know "saving" to most folks means hoard ing. Hoarding cash now is almost a crime. The man or the woman who hoards cash now hampers produc tion, clogs the wheels of commerce, compels the merchant to buy less, and forces many employers to lay off help. Hoarding cash hits the big depots of trade more than any other enter prise—hits the department stores in this country in a vital way. And when the department stores arc hit, the whole country resounds with the recoil. My suggestion to the good and thrifty women of America —to the •purchasing agents of our country—is this: Practice thrift, for this is a personal and patriotic duty now. But always remember that what we call "saving" does not mean "misguided and extravagant economy. How Can I Serve? There are 6trange ways of serving God, You sweep a room or turn a sod, And suddenly to your surprise You hear the whirr of seraphim And find you're under God's own eyes And building palaces for him. There are strange, unexpected ways Of going soldiering these days. It may be only census blanks You're asked to conquer, with a pen, But suddenly you're in the ranks And fighting for the rights of men! —By Herman Hagedorn of the Vig ilantes. What a Pen Can Do . John D. Rockefeller wrote a check for $5,000,000. Some day that will be forgotten; It was only a small thing for him. But you can write a line with a pen and make some body happy or break a human heart Judd Lewis wrote a little poem with ■o pen that will live forever; Presi dent Wilson wrote a message des tined to carry the banner of democ racy around the world. It Is said that Francisco Madero could have saved his life by signing his resigna tion as President of Mexico with a pen which was tendered him. The pen Is a wonderful thing, yet some of us who try to make a living scratching with one find It mighty hard to do.—Austin Callan In the Temple Mirror. JULY 5, 1917. • Quite True One of the attractions of tho church fete was a fortune-teller's tent. A lady took her 10-year-old red haired, freckled son Inside. Tho woman of wisdom bent over the crys tal ball. "Your son will be very distin guished man if 'he lives long enough!" she murmured in deep, mysterious tones. "Oh, how nice!" gushed the proud mother. "And what will he be dis tinguish 1 for?" "For old age," replied the for tune-teller slowly. Knoxville Sentinel. Food in Canada Canada looks to W. J. Hanna, its food controller, to conscript tho wealth represented by the high prices that empty the purses of tho consumer's of food and All the poc kets of the providers of food.—To ronto Telegram. OUR DAILY LAUGH 001X0 DOWX Giraffe lt's § tough that's f\ what it I s - I (J) ✓\ ♦ start my break fast at eight, I*\ and It don't \J reach my stom- W ach for an hour. AU- WEN fcSff B Tfc mu.o NrtOWl! UNCLE SW\ £\VWYKVH)6WIBOM He let out kNELi waour übevst 1 And equay. to ntu fvki Vllt NOO FLIERS ON ;f^C^ You'ro foolish to marry . XsSM ' A woman who has money. She will JHKsmp ahvaysbethrow- /jr\KT / Ing It up to you. 1 don't care in \\\ |!| what direction l||l{4 yl V.T she throws It, fflj| \ Ml! I| bo lonff as I g*t |||| \ J|l|l , r {VV IT/ /] , DISCRETION. J, We saw a straw I j | Upon a chap; | If this continues we don't Just what wIU '^"3S§Bs> NEVER AGAIN ■> " " = ~ Ostrich: Help! J j ( help! whatanut i If I was to go In j/JJ_ swimming after /y^^■^•s - dlnnerof hard- lEbemttg (Hljat Anyone who took a trip about the city and Its environs yesterday could not help but be Impressed with the new order of things brought about by the war. Instead of going to baseball games or taking rides or going on picnics there were hun dreds of sturdy Harrisburgers and not a few women hnd children work ing in the gardens. All over the cint where there are scried rows of po tatoes, tomatoes, cabbages or other things there were some people ell T ier out looking over the plants to j stop the bugs and pests or else vig orously wielding hoes to keep down the other enemies, the weeds. Work ing in a "war garden" Is a new way to celebrate Independence Day, bi\t It shows the trend of the times anq not preaches the lesson or thrift, but will bring its recompenur:. by and by.. The spirit of the day In Harrisburg was soberer than for a long time. It was in striking con trast to the big day in the year of the Spanish war because on July '■ of that year the city was enthused over the naval victory at Santiago. This year those who did not work attended various and exer cises and the idea 01 abandoning parades and demonstrations was generally commended. One of the interesting things about the observ ance of the day was that the State Capitol was visited by many people and that the battle flags seemed to attract much attention, possibly more than otherwise. More an 4 more the Capitol is becoming a place for •visitors on holidays and there were numerous automobile parties to be seen wandering out Its corri dors and admiring the great rotun da. • • • In connection with Independence Day It is interesting: to note that the men of Dauphin county, then Lan caster county, had very decided Ideas on independence of the colon ies and resistance to tyranny and" militarism. They held a meeting in what is now West Hanover township on June 4, 1774, and Colonel Timo thy Green, an old Indian fighter, presided. This meeting adopted some pretty stiff resolutions, of the kind that would have caused arrest if they had been in the coast towns, and named a committee to take steps for defense. The late Dr. Wil liam H. Egle in an address in 1885 said that this committee was com posed of Colonel Green, James Caru thers, Josiah Espy, Robert Dixon, Thomas Coppenheffer, William Clark, James Stewart, Joseph Bar nett and John Rogers, many of whose descendants are living in Dau phin county to-day. Not much be hind the men of Hanover were those of Middletown, the oldest town In what afterwards became Dauphin county. They held a meeting on June 10, with Colonel James Burd presiding and the very next day the people of Hummelstu.vn did the same thing with Captain Frederick Hummel as chairman, the German residents of that section pledging their support to the last man to their Scotch-Irish brethren of the Hanover district. It should be borne in mind that these meetings were in 1774 almost a year before Paul Revere made his famous ride and the shots that were heard around the world rang out on the road to Lexington. * • The manner in which these early Dauphin countians, who then in cluded Lebanon men, followed up their resolutions should prove a a stimulus to the young men of the county to-day when the call for men to bear arms is sounding. One of the first companies raised in the colonies was assembled right in this neighborhood. Its commander was Captain Matthew Smith, of Pax tang. It was ready for the field a few days after Lexington and was the second company from south of the Hudson to reach Boston, ac cording to Dr. Egle. In its ranks were men who had gone to Paxton Church with rifles in their hands in the days of Colonel John Elder, the "fighting parson," when Indians prowled below the Blue Ridge. Young men from the farms and from the trading post at John Har ris Ferry were also in its ranks, as were men from what are now Leba non county towns. This company not only marched to Boston, but took part in fights there and then "hiked" to Quebec with Arnold. It left some dead on the road that skirts the base of the fortress on the St. Lawrence and others died prison ers of the British, taken when Mont gomery fell. One of the survivors was John Joseph Henry, the first Judge of Dauphin county. • • •. Walter H. Gaither, who has agreed to act as executive secretary of the Dauphin County Public Safety com mittee, is a former newspaperman. He did newspaper work in Pittsburgh for years before being made secre tary to Governor Jdhn K. Tener. He has had wide experience in public affairs and served as a member of the public service commission. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE . — Swank . active in Johns town s good roads committee work expects the State to join in building some permanent roads. -rwiT? 0 " 0^1 *'• J - Kress marched in Pittsburgh s veteran parade yester day with Civil War and Philippine veterans. • —John H. Thompson, a recommls sioned major in the Tenth Pennsyl vania, is a former state senator. • —H. T. Farrell, Pittsburgh rail road man, has been made president of the Pittstyirgh and West Virginia railway. —Thomas J. Evans, new clerk to Schuylkill commissioners, was assist ant clerk for a number of years/ DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg has the sec ond largest volunteer Arc de partment in the state? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first Presbyterian church built in Harrisburg was at Second and Cherry streets. Injustice to Anarchist 4 Asked why, while here, he did not overturn the United States govern ment, a returned Russian anarch ist gave the old. old answer: The police wouldn't let him. —New York World. Helps Some This war is bringing a lot of men to the front who were never heard of before, and it promises to send a lot to the rear who have been heard from too often.—Washington Star. What Real Trouble Means Now that the Irishmen have been told to settle their own difficulties, they begin to realize what Parlia ment has been up against —Florida Times-Union,