6 \P.RISBORG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER POR THE HOME Pounded IS3I Published evening* except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH miXTIJiO CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. "E. J. STACKPOLE, Prts't Sr Editor-in-Chief F\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. I Member 'of tho Associated Press —The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of •11 news dispatches credited to it or not otherw!e credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special 1 dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Newspaper Pub lEntered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. -itonumi By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advance, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1918 Solitude is as needful for the im agination as society is wholesome for the character. — LOWELL. ONE MORAL EQUIVALENT IT has been said by some one that the American people needed this war. It is rather hard to think of wa£ bringing any advantages. Rather it Is a welter of woe. But possibly we can find some good points after nil. Men are quickened aplrltually; their love .of country is aroused; a sense of discipline is in- 1 culcated generally; a desire to work and work hard to back up the men ! in the armies and in the navy is I noticed and we are seeing signs ofj a turn from that condition which an I eminent foreign observer has called ! "wasteful unto reproach." I But if we shall have learned to I eat sparingly and to clean our plates j I it will be something gained. If we ! r shall have been tried by ttie de r mands to finance the war to save the ' money will be a compensation. When the war ends we will be a united, etrong and enterprising nation. In deed, it looks as though we would almost be a military nation and only the religious fervor which has come from the trials of war will _ prevent us from being an-aggressive j nation. We are now being asked to save our money. We have wasted what nature has given us; we have scarce ly learned to economize in food and W6 scatter dimes and quarters where I a few yeara ago we were throwing' away nickles and forgetting the days when our forefathers saved the pen nies. The government is asking for money to win the war. It has pro vided bonds for those who can In vest SSO; "baby" bonds for the $4 investors who can get $5 in five years by adding twelve cents to the four dollars, and twenty-five* cent thrift stamps for tho dimes and nicklea and coppers. What we need to do Is to go back to the days when we let the dollars take care of them selves by saving the pennies. If wo can learn to abhor waste, to savo and to be thrifty again it will bo one compensation out of dreadful war. Reports from the West Shore say that the "school boards are embar rassed by lack of fuel," but wo can as si e the. directors that It's all right so lar as the pupils are concerned. FOOLEb WITH FUEL THE inquiry into the coal short age which the Senate is carry ing on may get back to the fundamentals of the situation. It was Secretary Baker who led eff most vehemently in denuncia tion of tho agreement made between Secretary Lane and Mr. Peabody, of the Council of National Defense. This agreement, made last spring, was amply in season to provide for an adequate supply of fuel for the whole country and at prices which no one could deem exorbitant In view of the conditions In the coal industry and throughout the country generally. Mr. Baker dissented so promptly and so vigorously from the arrange ment which his colleague had made that the War Department was, of necessity, excluded from its scope; and, in consequence, the whole plan fell through. Whereupon the coal operators were left groping in the dark, they tould foresee fiothing of the future for their Industry, pro duction slackened, distribution be fame muddled, and the present con """" dition of suffering In many quarters Was the result. j If Mr. Baker had left the coal L/ problenT alone and had devoted more r of his time to the gun question, may be we should have more coal now— and more guns. Things are looking up in Germany when the Independent Socialists throw the members of the Fatherland party out of a meeting. HOME NOT LIKE THIS THE British government plans to make of Palestine—lf it contin ues to hold the Holy I^and —a home for the Jews. The administra tion at Washington is reported to have riven an Informal assent to the WEDNESDAY EVENING, plan. Jt is a good idea—one that the Zionists have had in mind for a long time and which they have thought to accomplish through diplomatic means, perhaps ( by purchase. But it is by no means certain how the Jews will respond. The Zionist movement has never had the undivided support of the Hebrew race. In fact, the move ment "back home" carries no spe cial appeal to Jews who live in countries where liberal Institutions prevail and wherfe there is oppor tunity for advancement. Nor are tho 'Jews* alone in this. The Irish in America, for instance, have never shown any overweening desire to go back to the Little Green Isle. They have tried to get Home Rule, to be sure; but they are well satisfied to stay here. So, we think, it will be with the Jews. The war is bound to bring large ameliora tions to the Jewish as to every other race held In subjugation; and while Palestine will attract some of them, the great majority of them will stay where they are. The one absolutely certain thing in the German-Russian negotiations ap pears to be that if peace negotiations cannot be successfully concluded the war is going to go on. CHANGES AT STEELTON THE promotion of Quincy Bent to be vice president of the Beth lehem Steel Company in charge of operations removes from Steelton the most popular general manager the big plant has had in all its his tory. one who has thoroughly under stood the community and who has been as efficient and as energetic in public work as in the service of the great corporation which has so hon ored him. He has been keenly ap preciated by all Steelton and Harris burg as well. He and Mrs. Bent have been unceasing in their labors for community betterment and in all of tho various war activities have taken a leading part. Their leaving will be received with no surprise by those who heard Charles M. Schwab's high praise of Mr. Bent when he addressed the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce soon after the trans fer of the Pennsylvania Steol prop- erties here some two years ago, and predlctea for him a brilliant future irt the steel business. Mr. Bent's removal from Steelton will be keenly regretted both here and in that town, but there is one point of gratification in the transfer which will be approved by every one of the thousands of employes of the great plants, and that is the eleva tion of Mr. Bent's chief assistant, Frank A. Robbins, to be general manager of the Steelton properties. This Is in line with the policies laid down by Mr. Schwab and President Grace when they took over the plants, which was to the effect that merit would be recognized at Steel ton and that no outsiders would be brought into the local organization so long as men were developed with in it competent to fill vaeaftcles as they occur. The elevation of Mr. Robbins to the general managership will be a mighty incentive to other men who have labored for years in the ser vice'of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany and now under tlie Schwab management at Steelton. Mr. Rob bins entered tho employ of the plant in a very humble capacity and work ed his way to the top through thir teen years of constant effort. Ills promotion means that the Bethlehem Steel Company management plays no favorites and that the mantle of preferment falls upon the shoulders only of those who have proved them selves most fit. As a result of these changes many other men will step each a rung up the ladder and the service will be all the better for pro motions of the kjjnd. Mr. Bent will take with him from Steelton the best wishes of a host of friends and admirers, who will hope to see him one day the head of all the great Schwab interests, a senti ment which will have an echo in Harrisburg where his successor, as in Steelton, will find the heartiest kind of co-operation in the direction of the big Industry and its multitude of allied activities. Uncle Sam Is thinking of closing "non-essential industries," but he musn't forget that he'll be wanting 'em to be able to buy Liberty Bonds tho coming spring. A PROPER DECISION COUNCIL took a correct position lh determining that Ed. C. First, William S. Tunis and Harry F. Oves be given opportunity to face City Commissioner E. Z. Gross before all the Councllmen In open session to repeat Just what they told Mr. Gross, who accuses them of having "gone too far" In soliciting his support for the City Treasursliip. Either these men have said some thing that truly disqualifies them, or Mr. Gross has placed them in a false position before the public. In either case the conversayons, which the three say were harmless and without evil intent, and which the Commis sioner himself declines to repeat, should be given widest publicity. The men In question express willingness to face Mr. Gross and council has very properly agreed that they shall have this opportunity of clearing themselves. All the more Is this to be desired from the fact that Mr. Gross has said that he believed none of t&em .had any "criminal Intent." T>Kt£< U By tlie Kx-Committeeman Suggestions of the name of Ex- Judge James Gay Gordon, of Phila delphia, as a Democratic guberna torial candidate who could end the subsurface strife in the Democracy of Pennsylvania because of the rec ognition that it would give to an element that has been more or less ignored by the reorganization clique, do not appear to have been any bet ter received around the Democratic state windmill tHfcn the idea of the Harrisburg Democratic Association that the old-time "unboßsed and free" Democratic state convention be revived as a means of adopting a party platform and for discussion of merits of aspirants for nomina tions "in advance of the primaries." The Democratic windmill appears to be open for the receiving of cash, r.ot ideas. All that need be In the way of thinking is now being or will be done on the banks of the Po tomac and in due season the slate will be made up for the Democrats of Pennsylvania without any of them being called upon to journey to the national capital for consultation. All they will be expected to do wijl be to voft and contribute. The Gordon Idea, however. Is said to be fixed deep in the minds of a number of up-state Democrats as well as in the Old Guard remnants in Philadelphia and Allegheny coun ties. It has also been suggested that If Judge Gordon will not be a candi date or the bosses are too hostile to him because of his übillty and brains that Mn up-state Democrat be picked, such as Senator Charles W. Sones, of Willlamsport; General Richard Coulter, Jr., Joseph H. O'Brien, the Scranton lawyer; John S. Rilling, the public Bervlce com missioner; William A. Glasgow, Jr., the Philadelphia lawyer, or some one not allied with the bunch that lias monopolized all the honors, nominations, positions and most of the salaried places in the gift of the President that are worth while. —Judging from t\ie way he is making statements every day with out committing himself Senator Ed win H. Vare is enjoying himself to the utmost and also keeping the rest of the Republican leaders in the state guessing. The Senator, who was quoted yesterday as saying that he had mot put himself or his or ganization behind any aspirant for gubernatorial honors, last night' came out in favor of conferences to ascertain sentiment of leaders In re gard to Governor. The Senator meant Philadelphia primarily, but it is un derstood that he is perfectly satis fled to have the idea spread to the various counties. —The Philadelphia Ledger, which gives a long statement' by Senator Varo prefaces it by the following: "Senator Vare announced yesterday that he would not declare for or against any candidate for the Re publican nomination for Governor until he had consulted with his friends. Accordingly, meetings of his lieutenants from all wards in the city will be held and a thorough canvass made of the sentiment as to candidates for the state ticket. Pol lowers of Senator Penrose will not be invited to these conferences. Gov ernor Brumbaugh and his frieurßs, however, will be consulted. Senator Sproul, who has already announced his candidacy for tho gubernatorial nomination, said that he felt Senator Vare was pursuing a most demo cratic and popular course. It is in teresting in this connection .-.hat Sen ator Vare made it clear that he had always maintained friendly relations with Senator Sproul. He added, however, that he was friendly to others who had been mentioned for the honor, but that the whole mat ter was one for his friends to de cide." —The Philadelphia Inquirer, which brought out Senator Sproul, writes about him as though he had made a formal announcement. It deos not devote much space to Sen ator Vare's interesting remarks, but has this to say of the developments of yesterday: "Senator William C. Sproul, who was yesterday the cen tral figure at the largest gathering of up-stato Republicans that has been witnessed in this city for many months, was greeted enthusiastically as 'Our next governor' by prominent men regardless of party affiliations. Senator Sproul went to the Belle vuo-Stratford to keep a business engagement. As soon as he entered the lobby of the hotel he was sur rounded by represfentative men from practically every tlfo state. He held an informal reception for half an hour and during that period bo less than two hundred well-known citizens from interior counties grasp ed his hand and assured him of their friendly interest in his candidacy." —Highway Commissioner J. Den ny O'Neil came here this morning from Pittsburgh and left for Leba non where he will confer during the day with representatives of Dau phin, Lebanon and Berks county commissioners regarding improve ment of the William Penn highway. Mr. O'Neil is suffering from a severe cold. "I do not know whether I will have anything to say this week or not," said the Commissioner when inquiry was made whether he was poing to annotmce his candidacy for governor. "I have been laid up for a few days and not had opportunity to talk to friends. I will be back in Harrisburg to-night and will re main heTe for some days. Maybe there will be something doing then; maybe not." —Mayor Connell, of Scranton, is said to be planning to drop a num ber of placeholders allied with men who did not support him for econ omy's sake, much as Mayor Smith lias boeVi doing with Penrose men In the Philadelphia city government. —Senator Vare says that he is perfecting his plan whereby men who voted the Town Meeting party ticket at the primary can not vote at the Republican primary. —Stanley Anders, son of the late treasurer of Montgomery county, will be named to his father's place, it is said at Norristown. —II. A. Haldeman, Philadelphia's city planning expert, haß resigned in proteHt against tho way the re trenchment policy In working out. —DeWitt C. DeWitt, prominent Bradford county Democrat and a figure in old state conventions, is dead at Towanda, Pa. He was well known nil over the state as a vigor our Democrat of the old type. —l>ast night at Shenandoah, Paul W. Houclc, Secretary of Internal Af fairs, was the honor guest at a re ception and luncheon by the citizens. Elks and prominent men of the coun ty at tho Elks Home. The affair was one of the most important ever held in Shenandoah, Mr. Houck's home town, state, county and judicial of ficials attending. During - the lunch eon Mr. Houck's name was mention ed as the next Republican candidate for Governor and the announcement was greeted with cheering. /\ " ' RJOTTTTWHRMP "TELEGRAPH! NO MAN'S LAND BYBRIGGS ■ -> - OF SUPPLIES - WE MADE . | OTOP PILL BBS A (SALLANT CHARGE A/T THAT ■ - RA STBT>JJ WE VH POINJT- EVGRYTHIMG I HAVE MADE |BB THE SCOTCH AND THE IRISH H OUR LAST BH FOUGHT BRAVELY 8V OUR -SIDE CHARGE FJUT \AJE WGRC RTSPULSE£> BY MI <** ' "LEST WE FORGET' * "Tho shouting and the tumult dies— The captains and the kings depart— Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget—lest we forget." Ijest we forget the innumerable dead who have nobly died, and the host of the living who with a Just and common sense and love of hon or have sent them torth to die. i.est wo forget that we and our Allies have not been above reproach; (.hat there were signs of decadence among us—in the growing love of ease and Idleness, in the tango dance of lit erature and lust, in the exaltation of pleasure, in a very definite degen eration of our moral liber. Lest we forget that our spirit is being purified in the furnace of war and the shadow of death. Do you remember the protest of those poilus when some unclean plays were sent to the battle front for their enter tainmept "We .are not pigs"—that wan the message they sent back. Lest we forget that the spirit of man lias been lifted up out of tho mud and dust of the battle lines, out of the body tortured with pain and weariness and vermin; out of tho close companionship of the dead in to high association on the bloody altar of liberty and sacrifice. Best we forget that tlie spirit of our own boys shall be thus lifted up, and our duty to put our house in order and make it a lit place for them to live in when they shall have returned to it from battle. fields swept, as a soldier has written, by the cleansing winds of God. —Irving Bachelor in the Outlook. POET FINDS FRIENDS The little fun making of last Sun day in the Register at the expense of a Greenville, Fla., paper that seem ed disposed to endow the poet Gray with a Florida habitation, went over the heads of some of our readers; for no fewer than four have writ ten to tell us that Gray (spelled "Grey" by one of the correspond ents) was a famous British writer who died some time since, after as tonishing the world by composing the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (one correspondent writes it "Eligy"). The four letters hail from Crichton and Vinegar Bend, Ala., Puscagoula, Miss., and Port Arthur, Tex., respectively.— From the New York Evening Post. Lead Dollars in St. Paul The St. Paul police have issued a general warning to buslnesiiniace* to guard against the taking of lead dol lars, which* they say, are being cir culated numerously In the city, whether a band of counterfeiters is at work in St. Paul or whether the lead money Is being circulated from outside sources the police hope to ascertain In an investigation now un der way. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press. lUIB J thing we hope In you to find, A year be 0, devoid of hate; May victories of a J drous kind Make all our foes capltul g —Life. LABOR NOTES Hundreds of women of the British Army Auxiliary Corps are working In France, some in the bases and oth ers in country quarters near base towns. For ordinary clerical work 225. to 278. a week is paid; for su periors and shorthand typist#, 28s. to 325., with overtime paid 7d. to yd. an hour. A bonus of £5 is paid for 12 months' service. Uniforms, khaki coat-frock, with stockings and shoes, are provided free. The maxi mum for board and lodging is Us. a week. England and France have gone even filrther than the restoration of old labor standards and are plan ning new systems of continuation schools and additional opportuni ties for industrial education. Part time school attendance of boys and Klrls now exempt from compulsory attendance laws will be required. In England It is recommonded that the school-leaving age bo raised to 14 years without exemptions and that all other young people under 18 be enrolled in part-time classes. France proposes to require part time attendance of girls under 18 and boys under 20, after they finish the prescribed number of years of full attendance. A new scale and working agree ment has been negotiated betwoen the Sacramento (Cal.) Bookbinders' TTnion and the Franklin Printing Trades Association, which provides for a union shop, an eight-hour day and an increase in wages of $2 per week for both men and women. GERMANY'S RACE PROBLEM IN A NOTABLE article on the rac problem In Germany, an eminent English writer has the follow ing to say: The view Of the German leaders of opinion is different. They have been, and still are, clamoring, not merely for bigamy, but even for polygamy, as a means of repairing the ravages which the war has wrought. Humors of a movement In that di rection, encouraged and even insti gated by the state, have been current for some time. They seem traceable to a letter written by a German wom an, once a governess, to her for I'ltr English patrons. Bhe had suc cessfully resisted a pressure'to which her two sisters had yielded. These sisters had, under "official" auspices, contracted unions as the result of which they expected shortly to be come mothers, and they would, in due course, receive a pecuniary reward for the services they were thus ren dering to the community. Another rumor, similar and supple mentary, mentioned some time ago in the French press, was to the ef fect that the German military au thorities were contriving at unions between farmers' wives and daugh ters and the prisoners of wor work ing on the land. Children, it was said, had been born as the result of such unions, and when the mothers, as generally happened, showed no de sire to keep the babies they were "adopted" by the state and carried away to be brought up in public in stitutions. WORRIED DEMOCRATS Our esteemed contemporary, the New York World, announces that the Democratic Party is dead— meaning the historical organization. Of course it does not expect that it will give up business, but simply as serts that it has forfeited all right to the name by violating every one of its traditional policies. The cause o£ its misery is three fold: the passage of the Prohibition Amendment, the passage of the Equal Suffrage Amendment by the Hoiiso and the absorption of prac tically all powers of government by the administration which it usee des potically. As this practically elim inates state rights and personal privileges and overturns the Consti tution three-fold government, tho World is disconsolate. —Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.) The New York World is so over come by tha favorable action taken by the House of Representatives on the prohibition and suffrage consti tutional amendment that it declares that "the historical Democratic par ty is dead." By this It means that it has abandoned its traditional ad vocacy of personal liberty and state rights and has become Indistinguish able from the G. O. P. There may be something in this vlty, but It Is hardly time yet to publish the fu neral notices. A good many enthu siastic Democrats thought that the end of Republicanism had come In 1884, and again in 1892, when Gro ver Cleveland gave It two stinging knockouts, but somehow It seemed to survive those roverse*. Possibly the Democracy of the future may be less sternly Jeffersonlan than It was a century ago, when prohibition anil the equal franchise were undreamed of; but It will still have Its mission in the United States. The next few yea* are bound to bring" a great number of important issues to tho front, and Democracy will have a great opportunity to show that lib eralism still animates It. If it does not rise to the occasion, the voters will give it the death blow, sure enough. Philadelphia Record (Dein.) A DEMOCRACY AT WAR A Democracy making war is never an agreeable sight, for it is not in its normal line of life. And those who sneer or Jeer because It does not play the game as well as might be, pay an unconscious compliment to the merits of free institutions. It takes time to accustom men to the short, hard words of command, and to the surrender of personal Judsment. It is not easy, either, for a nation to turn its back upon the conception of a world where jus tico works out its ends by quiet pro cesses. and in Us stand come to the Htern belief that the ultimate court in a battle tield. * So If there is wrenching and sideslipping and con fusion there should be no surprise. The surpriso to mo has been with what comparative ease the transition has been made, and how much un conscious preparation for the new work had been ulrcady made. Secretary Lan*. . On top of these reports we get a pamphlet, published at Cologne by a certain Herr Karl Hermann iTorges, setting the stamp of philosophic ap proval on these polygamous (or, rather, polyandrous) proceedings/ The Secondary Marriage as the Only Means for the Creation of a New and Powerful Army and the Purification of Morals." It preaches polygamy as a religion and expounds it as a program for the rapid regeneration of an empire weakened by heavy losses in the field and Impaired vitality at home. The scheme propounded—to be worked eout by "the women and the clergy, assisted by the state"ls, broadly speaking, is as follows: It is to be "up to" every German spinster, on attaining a certain age, to contract an alliance—to be styled a "secondary marriage"—with some married man to whom she feels af fectionately disposed. In order that unpleasantness may be avoided It will be "up to" every legitimate wife to give her free and amiable consent to her husband's extra conjugal am ours. In order that the secondary wife may feel quite sure she is an honest woman, she must wear a secondary wedding ring of elegant and readily recognizable design. But tho union will not be permanent. It will be dissoluble at any time at the wish of either party, and if neither of th< parents has any love for the children resulting from it, the state will take charge of them and bring them up to some useful calling. GERMAN PEACE TERMS [Philadelphia Record] If you can't take candy away from a child, what is the use of trying to get his watch away from a man who Is as strong as you are and even better armed? That is the reflection which is occupying many German minds. It is not only occupying them: it. is throwing them from a state of elation bordering upon hilarity into the most depressing gloom. It seem ed to Germans that if it were thinly disguised a "German peace" could lie imposed upon the simple-minded Russians. They have found out that the Russians are not so simple as they supposed. • The German people are desper ately anxious for peace to end their distress. The German government is desperately anxious for peace—with something that can be paraded as victory—lest its hold upon the im perial machinery should be shlken loose. Tho attitude of the Bolsh'jvlkl seemed most encouraging. Apparent ly they were ready for peace on any terms, and if Germany could get peace with Russia on terms that Mattered the national pride, and pre served the imperial and military prestige, It could then make peace with the western allies without de manding territory or money, neither of which docs Germany expect to get from America, Great Britain, France or Italy. And now the Russians have re jected thv>uu —. Her pale face pressed against the pane. Dire anguish in her eye; "O, will he ever come!" she moaned; "If not, fain would I die!" ' If lie be false, gone are my joys I'd ca-st away my soul. O, rapture, peace, I see my love—' "Say, lady's this your coal?" Altoona has discovered a rar<%'— a nonfighting German, by name Xavler Pflug, aged 28, employed in an enginehouse. Admitting him self an alien enemy, Xavier declared that ho had no desire to plug for anybody but himself. "I have two brothers in the German army and a third was killed on the French iront. I am not a citizen of this country and I only want to be left alone." His case is being investi gated. If Charles Thompson, a tailor, had not tried to kiss pretty Miss Doro thy Murphy he would not be b ick of the bars now in Jersey City, on a charge of being a sli-kev. Miss Murray screamed at the warm kiss, had Thompson arrested and then the authorities,found he had no rosisti.u llon card. OUR DAILY LAUGH I FEMININE AMMUNITION. He (in khaki)—l love tho sjneli of powder. She—Do you really? And don't VOll think Hie vi<\!Mt is the host. ! TRY SOCKS, THEN. "Why don't you give him the mit ten ?" "It isn't cold hands he has, lt' cold feet." THE USTTATj WAT. "What became of that friend ol fours who was always looking for • Bght? Did he enlist?" "No, and when the draft came h claimed exemption." JOKES. "Casey Is me pertickeler frlenr", j oi have ye know." I "O'wan! If he was pertickeler, be wouldn't be yer frlnd." Ctaamtng ii, Pittsburgh minister, wants the government fuel heads to shut down the breweries. —Heed B." Keek, Clarion fuel ad ministrator, is meetlnig his emer gency by getting owners of small mines to start mining again. —William T. Griffith, prominent I-ock Haven man, has been named food administrator for Clinton county. —Brua C. Keefer, Dycoming food administrator, personally conducted the sale of a car of lake fish and he made a big hit because of bargain prices. • —Food Director Howard Heinz says he is too busy to make speeches. —Edward G. Strickler, elected Jury commissioner of Franklin county while in the army,, has re signed as he is too busy with Uncle Sam's work. DO YOU KNOW —That T.ykens Valley's coal output last your \vu one of the best in a long time? llift none of it worth speaking of stopped here. HISTORIC HARRISBUURG In years gone by Harrisburg peo ple used to send teams to the moun tains above Rockvllle and gather fuel for winter. ARE YOU READY? [From Autocar Co's. Ad.] If in the operation of your busi ness during the first five and a hall months of 1918 you should lose the profits you made in 1917, you will pay your taxes due the government out of your capital. Get busy now. Do more business and then more business. Make more profits and more profits each month. The President of the United states took over tho railroads not only to assure the stockholders the safety of their investment and tho income thereon, but for the great big broad purpose of making it possible that the railroads be operated in such a way that no legitimate business b hampered Tor lack of transportation, either over the railroads themselvea; or over the waterways and highwayi as adjuncts. Haii 7 and Hague The Germans wouldn't have any thing to do with The Hague in Hol land, so now they have to deal wit* a Halg in Flanders—From the Sai Antonio Express.,.