GERMANY NATION OF ARMY WORMS Have Turned From Ideals of Domestic Peace to De vastating War "The Germans." their beloved Bis marck said, "are a nation of house servants." His successors seem to have made them a nation of army worms. All their fine qualities of loyalty and service which Bismarck summed up so contemptuously— have been turned from ideals of domestic peace and labor to the rav. aging of their neighors in a devas tating war. A nation of army worms, led by imperial locusts, they have advanced upon the world in their famous mass formations, a gray green swarm of devoted loyalists, at once admirable and horrifying. World Against Huns And the world has banded against them. One by one a score of States have been forced to arm and defend themselves. Not even the peaceful traditions of China or the determin ed isolation of the United States could save them from the unprovok ed assaults of this submissive people led by ambitious maniacs. The war has become a war to rid Germany and the world of Germany's Mad Mullah. And just as there could be no peace a hundred years ago in Furope, and no freedom in France until Napoleon had been '.-aged, so now there can be security for any nation and no liberty for the Ger mans until their Holienzollern has been crushed and his loyal victims awakened from their national hyp nosis. The free peoples of the earth are battling against the last serfs of military autocracy not only to pro tect themseb'es, but to liberate their enemy. Ankrica is fighting to estab-j lish among tne nations of Europe an other such peaceful league of self governing States as our War of In dependence founded on this conti nent. It is a war against war—against international injustice, and predat ory ideals of empire, and the slav ery of willing'slaves assaulting free dom. Again and again the nations made terms of peace with Napoleon. It was useless until he made his final terms of unconditional surrender after Waterloo. The French of his day were an admirable, a wonderful people; hut led by his military am bition they became the conquering enemies of mankind. It was his wars that imposed militarism on Germany. It is his tradition that now animates the Prussian Imperial buzzard. Useless to talk of terms of peace with this new Napoleonism. Iseless to plead the virtues of the German people. They have become the outlaws of civilization, sur rounded by a posse of nations and fighting desperately at the mouth of their cave. There can be no en during peace till they have deposed their robber chieftain and renounced their creed of blood and iron. S. Cam polled to Join The United States has been com pelled to join< the posse. After en during outrages with a patience that exasperated mankind, we have en rolled in theleague of peace against Germany. Our Navy is fighting in Kuropean waters to protect our own shores. Our Army is going to the trenches in France that we may not have to dig trenches in America. We have organized for war because we have been denied peace. We have accepted conscription against con scription. We have given our Gov ernment the powers of a military uictator to save ourselves from the military dictatorship of the Most High of Potsdam. We have surren-! dered all our peaceful liberties in order to organize our country for I purposes of war, because war can be | efficiently waged in no other way. | Only with blood and iron can we j sava ourselves rom the devotees of j blood and iron. When death comes I into a dispute there is no answer j to It but death. Another Argument Now that the German war lord ' sees the sword at his throat, he is j willing to use another argument. | He offers to talk of "peace without I punishment." He is willing to for- 1 Ket our dead, to forgive our wounds,' to overlook our injuries, to bow us| out of his fortress and repair his i defenses, and tit a new blade to his | old hilt. His agents assure us that our Allies are not our friends; that this war is not our war; that we should never have thrust ourselves into it so unexpected. They observe with sorrow that we have re nounced on the battlefield, and un der fire, our inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They express a pious fear that in \olunteering for a war to make the world safe for democracy we may have surrendered ourselves to a mil itary autocracy no better than their I DRINK AMERICAN I I TABLE BEVERAGES I I Every ton of shipping is | R needed to supply our V soldiers in France. ..jfSi D 3 INSTANT POSTUM I | is Made In America of 1 I pure American products 1 R Its delicious, coffee-like I flavor immediately attracts I and it is economical. a I I Used by tens'of thousands for B E years in place of coffees ra I "There's a " WEDNESDAY EVENING, UAHBiaBtrRO TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 27, 1918 jfe?" ;f I " W. Hohenzollerrv -1 His finger-prints. " B P-1915 own. Bike the wolf brought to bay by the sheep dogs, they are afraid that we may forget our interests in our flocks if we stay away from them I too long. "Ah," says the wolf, "let !us no longer be ferocious. Why j should we kill one another? It is too stupid. Bet us arrange sensibly | the terms on which you may pasture your flocks, side by side, without I quarreling. There is room for us i all in this beautiful world. Bet us I all go away from here. Yes?" When the wolf becomes pitiful, the 1 wise dog grows deaf. We are new to this hunt. We have been without a wolf so long on our continent that we forget he can not repent and be come a good collie. Bet him go back to his den as meekly as you please, he will be out again, hungry as soon as his wounds are healed. The sheep dogs must make the world safe ■ for the sheep dog. It will never be safe till this last wolfish military autocracy died in its lair, i And it will never be safe till the I German people, freed of their en chantment of loyal subservience, have been made to see that they are not a nation of green insects. "My lords," cried the lawyer, "we are vertebrate animals! We are mam malia.' My learned friend's man ner would be intolerable in Almighty j God to a black beetle!" The Ger-1 man Most High has drowned us in our ships with as little compunc tion as if we were cockroaches in the ! forecastle. He has assumed to us. j and to all the world, the air of om nipotence addressing army worms. It is necessary to show him that man ' is a vertebrate animal, it is neces- j sary to show the German people j that they have the responsibility of j backbones.—By Harvey O'Higgins. | DISCHARGED CASKS By Associated Press Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 27. Former Mayor R. O. Johnson, of Gary, Ind., and six other Bake coun ty Republicans, whose trial in the United States District Court here on< charges of election conspiracy, was starred yesterday ended suddenly to day when all the defendants were or dered discharged by the court. KIYKR AT 13 FKET The river is at thirteen feet, three j feet higher than yesterday, and this i afternoon was still rising slowly. Reports from the North Branch show the water receding slowly. I Along the West Branch it is rising. ! There has been an average rise of! three feet between Towanda and j this city. | THE BRAND FREE WAR GARDEN PRIMER 32 pages fully illustrated for every reader of THE HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH We have arranged with the National War Gar den Commission, Maryland Building, Washington, D. C.. for you to get this free garden book of instruc tion on how to plant and cultivate a garden. Send tins coupon and a 2-cent stamp for postage NOW to NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION Maryland Building Washington, D. C. Herewith 2-cent stamp for postage for which please send me your war garden book free. Name Street I •••••• City State PLAN to PLANT and WIN the WAR Protest Against Pardon For Theodore Khares Protest against granting of a par don to Dr. Theodore Khares, of this city, has been lodged with Governor Brumbaugh by Mrs. Khares, No. 1, and word came here to-day that Mrs. Khares, No. 2, had been mar ried in Hagerstown. Khares, who is a promoter, was convicted in the Dauphin county court of getting married before a di vorce had been consummated and last week the State Board of Par dons, after hearing some new evi dence in the case, grave him the bene fit of doubts and recommended a pardon. The reasons for the pardon and the protest, came under the wire together in the Governor's office and will be considered together. Governor Mourns Commissioner's Death Governor Brumbaugh last night issued this statement: "The death of Dr. Samuel G. Dix on is a great shock to me person ally and a great loss to the Common wealth and the nation. Selected by Governor Pennypacker and retained continuously since by each succeed ing Governor, he has created and ad ministered the Department of Health in such a commanding way as to win the respect and support of our peo ple and to make this Department the ►node! for all others. He was a re markable administrator and a gen tleman of the highest culture and probity. I have known him for many years and our official as well as our personal relations were exceedingly pleasant and intimate. He gave himself unstinted to a great public service and his early death is due to the fact that in working for others j he heroically sacrificed himself "He has given us an example of lofty ideals and effective performance of public service. His great work in caring for the tubercular and other unfortunates is monumental. His splendid work in preventive measures and his prompt handling of contagious diseases have given Penn sylvania a security of ltealth pos sessed by no other prreat community Pure in spirit, loyal in service, lofty in professional honor and modestly great, he was an officer in whom the state took honest pride. His loss Is beyond words. His life and his ser vice are a sacred memorial." Kaufman Store Buys Stock of Bankrupt Greene Co. The Kaufman Underselling Store today purchased the entire stock of the Greene Company at Fourth and Market streets. Mercer B. Tate, trus tee in bankruptcy for the Greene store, sold the merchandise. The stock was removed to the Kaufman store this afternoon. RECEPTION* POSTPONED Owing to the death of A. Russell Calder, president of the board of trustees of Market Street Baptist Church, the receiption to have been tendered Thursday evening to the Rev. and Mrs. W. S. Dunlop has been postponed until March. LIBERTY SECRETARY NAMED The district loan committee for Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata and Perry counties, with Donald McCor mick, chairman, has appointed J. Clyde Myton as organizing secretary, whose headquarters will be in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Dau phin building. schooi, n.vns to dkratk The two warring factions, the Greeks and Romans, will debate the subject. "Kesolved, That the Govern ment should own and operate all the railroads of the United States," at the Harrisburg Academy, Friday. The af fair promises to be an interesting and exciting one. HIGH SCHOOL, IMPROVING Marysville, Pa., Feb. 27.—-Marys ville High school is gradually im proving and now it is nearlng the borderline of first class High schools. While still reckoned as a second class school, a little more equipment for the physical laboratory is all that is required for the school to cross the line. WEST SHORE NEWS Social and Personal Items of Towns Along West Shore Mr. and Mrs. Charles of Geary street, New Cumberland, an nounce the birth of a son. Monday, February 26. Mrs. Weaver and son. Stanton, of Steclton, spent several days with Ja cob Switzer and daughter, Mary, in Fourth street. New Cumberland. Roy Stutzman, the 13-month-old son of Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Stutz man, is ill with pneumonia. Mrs. Wucker and son. John, of Fishing Creek Valley, visited Mrs. Ira Schell at New Cumberland yes terday. The Rev. Joseph Brenneman, pas tor of the Methodist Church at Camp Hill; Mrs. Brenneman and Mrs. Sam uel Meltmer, also of Camp Hill, were guests of the Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Wilcox at the Methodist parsonage, New Cumberland, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John I>. Muipma and daughter, Leona, of Liemoyne, spent Sunday with Mrs. Mumma's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frey, at Shire manstown. Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Weigel and son, J. Edwin Weigel, of Baltimore, visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Weigel, at Shtremans town, on Saturday and attended the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bitner at Shire manstown. William Greenawalt, of I.enark, 111., and Robert Greenawalt, of re masters, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Greenawalt at Shire manstown. Miss Mamie Carl, of Dillsburg. vis ited her sister at Shiremanstown on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R- Zerbe and son, Keith, of Shiremanstown, visit ed Mr. and Mrs. Norman Spahr in Harrisburg on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of Shire manstown, is spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gelling at Slate Hill. Mrs. Levi S. Sheely and grand daughter, Miss Irene Stone, of Shire manstown, spent Sunday with the latter s sister. Mrs. Charles E. Laver ty. at Enola. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Sonseman, or Shtremanstown, visited the former s parents at Mechanicsburg on Sunday. Mrs. Coulson. of Mechanicsburg. visited friends at Shiremanstown on Monday. Arrangements Complete For Enola's Patriotic Meeting Enola, Pa., Feb. 27.—Arrange merits for the big: patriotic meeting which will be held in the Summit street schoolhouse auditorium, rii day evening:, under the auspices ot the Cumberland County Committee of Public Safety, were completed at a meeting of the local committee held at the home of J. H. Kinter, the chairman. The speakers will be H. A. Surface, J. L. Young and S. u. Hepford. A program for the meeting was also mapped out by the commit tee. Musical selections by the pram mar and High school choruses, as well as vocal solos by Miss \ i°^ a Knaub and several relations will be given. JUNIOR RED CROSS DRIVE Umoyne, Pa.. Feb. 27.—Arrange ments for conducting a Junior Kea Cross membership drive were com pleted at a meeting of the teachers of the Lemoyne schools last eve ning. Members of the committee are Miss Edith Mamma, assistant prin cipal of the high school, chairman; Miss Ethel Clever, eighth grade teacher, vice-chairman; Miss Naomi Bentz, sixth grade teacher, secre tary; Miss Margaret Bricker, fifth grade teacher, treasurer. 1 .ITERAItY SOCIETY EIJCCTS Marysville, Pa.. Feb 27. —The Marysville High School Literary So cietv has elected these officers for the last'half of the year: President, Har vey Bratton: vice-president, James Bell: secretary, Miss Jeanette Sellers; treasurer, Miss Pauline Glass. Dr. Dixon's Chair Draped in Black The chair and desk of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the late Commissioner of Health, were to-day draped in black and the flag on the Capitol, which was placed at half-staff jesterday upon receipt of the news of the Com missioner's death, will remain so un til after the funeral. On the day of the services the offices of the De partment of Health here and in other cities and the numerous state dispensaries, will be closed. It is probable that a number of the de partments of the state go\ ernment will also close on that day out of re spect for the Commissioner. Governor Brumbaugh and leading state officials will attend the serv ices. The Governor has declined to discuss stories from Philadelphia that Dr. Wilmer Krusen, Philadel phia director of health, was being discussed as a possible successor to Dr. Dixon. AT ONCE! STOPS STOMACH MISERY AND INDIGESTION "Pape's Diapepsin" makes sick,! sour, gassy Stomachs feel fine. Do some' foods you eat hit back— j taste good, but work badly: ferment into acids and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's Diapepsin helps neutralize the ex cessive acids in the stomach so your food won't sour and upset you. There never was anything so safely quick, so certainly effective. No dif ference how badly your stomach is upset you usually get happy relief in five .minutes, but what pleases you most Is that it helps to regulate your stomach so you can eat your favorite foods without fear. Most remedies give' you relief sometimes—they are slow, but not sure. "Pape's Diapepsin" is positive in neutralizing the acidity, so the misery won't come back very quickly. You feel different as soon as "Pape's Diapepsin" comes in contact with the stomach—distress Just van ishes —your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belching, no eructations of undigested food, your hea'd clears and you feel fine. Go now, make the best Investment you ever made, by getting a large fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it Is to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any- stomach disorder due to acid fermentation. Strong Fight Against License at Marysville Marysville Pa., Feb. 27.—There is a moral struggle going on in the bor ough of Marysville that is creating much interest throughout the coun ty. For the past four years the tem perance forces have been silently growing, until within the past year nearly the whole town has lined up tor prohibition and moral cleanli *>ess. A few days ago William S. Mc- a former saloonkeeper of Marysville, but now of Harrisburg, applied in the Perry county court for i* license to sell liquor at the Central House, the only licensed place In Marysville. The citizens do not want a licensed hotel. They say it is cor rupting the morals of men and a place that disturbs the peace of the town by its drunken patrons. Six remonstrances have been filed in the court. Chief Burgess Amos M. Fish er, signed the petition for the li cense. MARCH UTERAKY PROGRAM Enola. Pa., Feb. 27.—The March meeting of the Ljterary Society of "J® Enola High school will be held Friday afternoon in the school as sembly room. The following program will be given: Piano solo, Miss Esther Reigle; piano solo, Roy Eshelman; mixed quartet, Elmer Eshelman, Miss Viola Knaub, Harry Troup, Miss hatherine Backenstoe; declamation, Miss Julia Millar; declamation, Clar ence McDonald; piano solo. James Webster; school paper. Miss Alta Seitz; vocal solo, Miss Cynthia Boy er; girls' quartet, Miss Mildred Kapp, Miss Martha Addams, Miss Nellie Gruver, Miss Ruth Bitner. REBUILDING DAMAGED HOUSE Enola, Pa., Feb. 27.—Work was started this week on rebuilding the double frame dwelling in Susquehan na avenue, owned by E. B. Hem n.inger, of Carlisle, which was gut ted by lire earlier in the month. This is the only vacant house in town and the owner is anxious that the build ing be placed in condition in order that the tenants may be accommo dated. The damage caused by the tire amounted to about $1,500. CHRISTMAS SEAL PRIZE Camp Hill, Pa., Feb. 27.—Camp Hill school students and teachers were surprised to-day to receive a large, beautifully framed picture, "The Gleaners" as their prize for selling Red Cross Christmas Seals. Over 9,000 seals were disposed of by the schoolchildren. WOODEN* WEDDING OBSERVED Lemoyne, Feb. 26. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Palmer celebrated their wooden wedding anniversary ut their home in West Market street Mon day evening. Included In the guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Glasmyer, of Har risburg; Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Par son and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gheman and children, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whitman and children, O. W. Palmer, Miss Ruth Kreitzer, Miss Janet Glassmyer, Miss Helen Glassmyer, Miss Cecelia Palmer. G. W. Kelley, of Hanover, Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Palmer. ROAST BEEF SUPPER Camp Hill, Pa., Feb. 27.—The Ladies' Aid Society of the Camp Hill Methodist Church will hold a roast beef supper to-morrow be tween 5 and 8 o'clock. O <0 0 0 O ||H|B g mIl j_l|l ■ igra j^BJBj Music These Winter Nights Don t you often wish for it? And wouldn't you especially enjoy making it yourself? The family would gather around and sing while you played everybody would be happy —■* with ONE OF THESE STANDARD $550 Player-Pianos at $495 You want a player-piano. You know You will buy one of these players the you do. But you have hesitated to buy be- minute you see and hear and play it—be cause you thought the price of a thor- cause then you will realize how low the oughly satisfactory instrument was beyond price of . really is. Better sec them , TT . . at once; there will be no more for less than your reach. Here, then, is your opportun- $550 after these are sold. A small cash de ity. Here is a player.piano with a name posit sends one home, 36 music rolls and you know, whose quality and durability is bench included, balance may be paid guaranteed by us, priced at $495. weekly or monthly. P SPECIAL EASY PAYMENT OFFER 43Q THIS WEEK ON THE JPBiL NEW EDISON ffl| Complete Outfits Including a New Edison and Your IBSSB Choice of Edison Recfeations —Priced as Follows: sll6 $l7O $2lO $275 ilPn Terms as Low $6 Monthly y <- * J. H. Troup Troup Building 15 South Market Square LEMOYNE STARTS J WAR MEETINGS First of Scries in Cumberland County Held in the High School Auditorium Lemoyne, Pa., Feb. 27. —What Le moyne people are expected to do to help win the war was told by J. L. Young, of Mechanicsburg, and the Rev. T. J. Ferguson, pastor of the Silver Springs Presbyterian Church, at a patriotic meeting in the high school auditorium last evening. The meeting was one of the series sched uled for the West Shore this week. Prof. A. J. Ensminger, principal of the high school, presided at thc> meeting. Singing of several patriotic songs, in charge of Mrs. Una C. Wood, in structor of music and drawing in the local school, marked the opening of the meeting. Mr. Young was the first speaker. He talked of the German people, how they were edu cated from childhood in military things and what effect this method has had in the present war. "Old Glory" Was presented by boys and girls of the sixth grade after Mr. Young's speech. Miss Elmira Bricker gave a reading and the high school girls sang. The Kev. T. J. Ferguson talked on "What Our Part Is in the War." He explained in detail what the Gov ernment is doing, the medical assist ance of the Red Cross and the moral work of the Y. M. C. A. and other religious institutions. Lemoyne peo ple, he said, aside from contribut ing to these funds and buying Lib erty bonds, must do their part by following the Food Administration's requests. Mr. Ferguson also told of the food situation in the allied nations. He urged the people to buy Thrift Stamps. DISTRICT TEACH 12IIS' MEETING Marysville, Pa., Feb. 27.—Prelimi nary preparations are being made by a committee of school teachers of Marysville borough and Rye township for a district teachers' meeting to include teachers of these two dis tricts and to bo held in the Marys ville High School. Cocoanut Oil Makes A Splendid Shampoo If you want to keep your hair in good condition, be careful what you wash it with. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very harmful. Just plain mulsified cocoanut oil (which is pure and entirely greaseless)j is much better than the most expen sive soap or anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't possibly injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with water and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abund ance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thor oughly. The lather rinses out eas ily and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at most any drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the fam ily for months. IV <>. s. or A. COXCIJUT Enola, Pa.. Fob. 27.—At the week ly meeting; of Washington Camp, No. 680, Patriotic Order Sons of Ameri ca, arrangements were started for holding a benefit concert In the audi torium of the Summit street school building, Tuesday evening, March 26. The proceeds of the concert will be used for purchasing a sewing ma chine for the local branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Di vision for War Relief. G. A. Yeuger is chairman of the committee In charge of the concert. CHILD'STONGUT BECOMES COATED IF CONSTIPATED If cross, bilious, sick, feverish, or full of cold, take no chances. "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm tender stomach, liver, bowels. Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the ten der stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop play ing to empty the bowels, and the re sult is, they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stpm acli sours, then your little one be comes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and In a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers give "Califor nia Syrup of Figs" because It is per fectly harmless; children love it, and\ It never falls to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Be ware of counterfeits sold here. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. Stomach Misery Get Rid of That Sourness, Gas and Indigestion When your stomach is out of order or run down, your food doesn't digest. It ferments in your stomach and forms gas which causes ournes*<. heartburn, foul breath, pain at pit of stomach and many other miserable symptoms. 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