6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A ffSWSPAPBR FOR THE HOUB Founded lift Published evenings except Sunday by TBU TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Thmk Building, Federal 3qmare. 18. J. BTACKPOIJBfVj't & Bditir-in-Chiff T. R. OYSTER, Busintss Managrr. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Newspaper Pub- I Ilshers' Assocla- Eastern office, Finley, Sintered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, $5.00 "• Ts'ltii a year in advance, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918 Blowly 'by God's hand unfurled Down around the weary world Falls the darkness; oh how still Is the working of Thy will! —WILLIAM HENRY FUBNESS. COMING CELEBRATION THERE is widespread Interest among the foreign-born popula tion of Harrisburg In the forth coming Fourth of July celebration. In all the war activities and the sev eral patriotic demonstrations there has been no more interested element than the foreign-'born community. Hundreds of such men and women are now residents of Harrisburg and they are ready to do their part in every form of useful service. It is probable that there will be a division of the parade In which will march the men and sons of men who came to our shores from other lands, but who are to-day thoroughly loyal and thoroughly determined to aid in the suppression of the Hun men ace. Many of the families have rep resentatives in the various branches of the service and these will be honored by their home folks in the demonstration on our natal day. In the arranging of the committees for the demonstration a sub-committee has been appointed to look after the particular division which will be made up of the immigrants and new comers from over seas. Out of one congregation in one of the mining towns of Pennsylvania 117 boys of foreign parentage have joined our forces. Most of these were volunteers. As a special mark of distinction the congregation last Sunday had a special program in the church yard unveiling a giant paint ing whose frame is emblematic of the world struggle, and the mosaic feature consisted of the photographs of 117 patriotic Poles. Another fea ture of this patriotic service were 300 children appropriately costumed and representing on giant pedestals liberty and Poland, embattled France and a third symbolizing democracy in America. It is celebrations of this sort which are bringing together the people of this country in solid alignment against the Prussian autocracy. The reception that Senator E. E. Beidleman received at the hands of the State Committee is an indication of the size of his majority in No vember. TRAINING CLASSES THE training classes for drafted men at the Technical High School ought to be well attended. ' The Army, like any other occupation, holds more opportunities for the skilled man than for the unskilled. What Is more, it needs men trained for special work, and when such men come back to civil life they will command higher pay by reason of their training. Young men of me chanical aptitude ought to consider these classes, now offered free, an opportunity not to be neglected. The Kaiser allows his newspapers to admit that are a few Ameri cans In France, and if a few have done so much what may he expect when we get a real army there'?. WHO'S PLAYING POLITICS THE Democratic leaders in Con gress who objected to dealing with the revenue problem at this session were naive If not nervy in the reasons which they advanced In sup. port of their position. They said that it would be hard enough for them, in any event, to retain party control of Congress in the approaching elec tion and that new taxes imposed now would make it impossible for them to remain in power. In consequence, they pleaded that the treasury should (be permitted to go hang until after November, at least, while they went home and tried to elect a Democratic majority in the next House. This argument contained two ele ments of confession—which is said to be good for the soul. It admitted that a tax law drawn by Democrats would contain crudities and inequali ties which would render It unpal- I a table to the voters; and It admitted. TUESDAY EVENING, also that Democratic leaders place the interests of their party above the Interests of the nation. It is Inconceivable that Repub licans will let the occasion pass with out commenting upon this phase of Democratic policy—which would be bad enough In time of peace, but which in time of war amounts to downright malfeasance. By thus per versely seeking to neglect the na tional necessity, the party has com mitted an offense parallel to that which a military commander in the field would commit if he neglected to defend an exposed position or if he neglected to attack when the neces sity for attack arose. This war is not to be won by post ponement—either of military or of financial preparation. The waiting game is the Germans' game. We have played it too long already in some re spects. And with our men in the trenches resisting Hlndenburg, It Is no time for slackers at home to be J seeking political advantage at the expense of a vital point of national defense. "Merely a scrap of paper," said the Kaiser, and he is finding that Ameri can soldiers simply love a scrap. AS TO VACATIONS A WORRIED correspondent writes to ask whether or not it will be "patriotic" to take a vaca tion this summer. Says he. In part: And with this shortage of labor in view, and these constant ap peals for steady work going out, would it be patriotic for me to | take a vacation this summer? If so, where can I go about 200 miles or less from Harrisburg? By all means take a vacation, dear reader, If you are tired and feel the need of a short absence from duty; far better no man on your job for a time than one who has grown stale. Beside, "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and there is a hard winter of grueling labor Just ahead. So go vacationing, kind friend, by all means. But there advice must end. With railroad fares three cents a mile, no excursion rates offered this year and even the summer resort catalogue abolished, the vacation destinations hold out na lure The abolition of the beautifully illustrated descriptive re sort circular is a real blow to rrmny of us who used to tour the Thou sand Islands, take a summer journey to Great Bear Lake, upper Canada and New Foundland and return by way of the St. Lawrence river, the New England coast route or the Hudson, getting back to Atlantic City or Cape May at the height of the season for the bathing and a little early fall fishing every year—on pa per. What fine fun it was to plunge into the wilderness with the Cana dian guides, to live the life of the outdoorsman in the big woods, to voyage down, to the ocean through the placid waters and the rapids of the St. Lawrence, to 101 l at ease with millionaires on the great porches of the mountain resorts, to skirt the coasts of Maine and the northland in big ocean-going steamers, to catch channel bass by the dozen in the surf off New Jersey, or to disport in the ocean with those beautiful mermaids of the beach resorts—all through >*he medium of the lavishly illus trated catalogues. Ah, those bathing girls! How the .aforesaid catalogues used to teem with them. How trim they were, and how shapely! One paused to wonder where the photographer found them —and to envy him his job. They were a species peculiar to the catalogues and apparently ex isted nowhere else. But what cared the catalogue vacationist for that, since in that way they became all the more exclusively his own? In the olden days, dear corre spondent, we could easily have ad vised you to take a day off, seek a shady nook with a half-dozen of these illustrated circulars and spend your vacation where you will. Many of our own most delightful journeys have been taken in this fashion. It was fine, wholesome exercise—for the imagination—and cheap, oh, very cheap. But all that is gone. War economics have done it. Not only has the war put the excursion rate out of business, but it has deprived us of even the second-hand luxu ries of the resort catalogue. Is it any wonder we "cuss" the Kaiser? Thousands of stalwart Republicans are still hopeful that the State Com mittee will decide to favor the ratifi cation of the prohibition amendment and thus line up with Senator Sproul, the party's standard-bearer. ARE WE DRIFTING? IK it be true, as is reported from time to time, that there are four heads to our present Water De partment in addition to Superinten dent Hassler, then the need of an op erating head who shall control and direct the affairs of this Important utility becomes more and more ob vious. One lesson such as the city was given last winter ought to be sufficient to bring about an efficient administration of the department. Heaven help the official who permits another such breakdown to occur through political or other wire-pul ling. Kansas City is also passing through a period of administrative experiment. The Star observes: There are city Jobs, of course, that do not require skilled work ers. But the great city depart ments of public health, of wel fare work, of water, of engineer ing, call for experienced and competent men. Without .them the safety of the city la menaced This big corporation of Kansas City is too important an enter prise to permit its vital interests to be jeopardized for the sake of providing jobs for politicians. Harrlsburg is not going to be per mitted to decay while the boys are i fighting "over there"—not unless the fighting blood has been drained at home; which nobody believes is the OAM. "pottttc* CH> "PlKHAlfCtfOHla By ttw Kz-Oosrmdtteenm Suspicions are growing among the people who have been observing the trend of things in the Democracy of Pennsylvania in the four weeks that have elapsed since the primary that the leaders of the rival factions do not want harmony. They desire the schism which has existed from the days when the Palmer-McCormlck leadership got control of the ma chine to continue as more advan tageous to both sides than the united and harmonious party which the Democratic poets write of and which nobody believes in. In the first place the reorganiza tion bosses have control of the state committee and are said to have it padlocked. They want to keep this organization and to be able to say that bold, wicked men are trying to take it away and use it for personal and selfish ends, a tune which has proved very remunerative when used as a trumpet call. On the other hand the Bonniwell faction, which landed one of the six places on the state ticket by means of a surprise attack when the Palmer-McCormick lead ers were complacently looking out of the window, insists that the vote by which Bonniwell was nominated shows that the Democracy is tired of the reorganization bosses and that it is a popular demand for surren der of the control to the judge. As the bosses have a different view of the situation they will refuse to play dead and the Old Guard will be re vived as the corps which Is trying to right the people's wrongs and to chastise the men who are using the Democracy as a stepladder to Fed eral patronage and power. —Officers at Democratic state headquarters who have been engag ed for the last two days going over the reports regarding claims of the Bonniwell faction to-day reiterated their contention that it would not be possible for the gubernatorial nominee and his friends to make a dent in the state organization's lines. Warren VanDyke, secretary of the state committee, declared to-day that at least eighty and maybe more of the state committeemen would be found to be stalwarts. —The arrival of Judge Bonniwell, who was at Shamokin last night, is being awaited with interest as it is expected thbt he will have a confer ence of his friends and arrange about the meeting in the courthouse at which he is to present his plat form. This platform is understood to have been remodeled In the last twenty-four hours. William J. Bren nen, the veteran Pittsburgh leader, was one of the early arrivals and re marked that things looked favorable for "an old-time Democratic gather ing." Mr. Brennan has figured in many interesting Democratic events. —State Chairman Joseph F. Guf fey will not be here until 7 o'clock to-night and National Committees man A. Mitchell Palmer will not ar rive until 10 o'clock to-night. No one seems to know whether National Chairman Vance C.' McCormick will be here to-night or to-morrow. The general attitude of the leaders of the reorganization faction appears to be let the other side make a showing to-night. —Close to a score of men elected mem'bers of the Prohibition state committee without their knowledge and in spite of the fact that they have been active in "affairs of Re publican or Democratic parties have withdrawn as members, declining to accept the elections. When the re turns for election of state commit teemen were entered in the records of the Secretary of the Common wealth it was found that a number of men had been elected to the Prohibition and Socialist commit tees by the scattering votes. In many cases they had less than ten votes. State Chairman B. E. P. Prugli, of the Prohibition state committee, wrote letters to the men elected to his committee who wore not mem bers of the party asking that they forward withdrawals. Where the withdrawals were filed the members of the party in the proper districts will elect successors. —From all accounts the appoint ment of Edward J. Fox, the noted Eastern lawyer and banker as jus tice of the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania to succeed the late Justice S. Leslie Mestrezat seems to have won general approval, except, of course, anions Western Pennsylva nians who can hardly be expected to see two seats held by jurists from west of the mountains conferred upon men who live by the Delaware. Some of the well-posted men say that they consider Mr. Fox as a man upon whom all factions of the Dem ocrats can unite, a rather unusually qualified citizen. The Governor was not bound to name a Democrat, al though there is a fiction to that ef fect, but he chose to follow the tra dition and named a man from the Democratic citadel of Northampton to succeed the judge from the coke regions, which were formerly Demo cratic. If the Democratic factions support Justice Fox he may be elect ed to the full term of twenty-one years in November. There will be two justices to be elected. Each voter may vote for only one. —lt seems to be taken for granted that there will be opposition to Jus tice Alexander Simpson. Jr. The name of Superior Court Judge John W. Kephart has been heard as a likely opponent as well as Judge George Kunkel, of this county. The Democrats have half a dozen candi dates in the field. —Meetings of Republican county committees throughout the state ap pear to have been as harmonious as the meeting of the state committee in Philadelphia. Reports indicate general satisfaction with the ticket and preparations for an active cam paign in the fall. —The Lawrence County Republi can committee was re-organized at a harmonious meeting on Saturday at New Castle. S. Elmer Crawford, county prothonotary and clerk of courts, was elected to succeed W. A. Eakin, who has been chairman for the last two years. Attorney Harvey E. Martin was elected secretary, and A. C. Hyde, treasurer. Th 4 "drys" control the committee. All Repub lican candidates were indorsed. The immediate ratification of the Pro hibition amendment was also asked in a resolution. LABOR NOTES Elevator Constructors' Internation al is composed of 38 locals and a to tal membership of almost 3,000. Street railway men of the civic lines at Port Arthur, Can., have re ceived, an increase in wages. Congressman Mayer, of New York, is a member of the United Hatters' Union of North America. From June 12 to 17, at Chicago, 111., International Stereotypes and Electrotypers' Union will convene. Hotels have been commandeered in Sunderland, Eng., for the accom-i jnodatlon of ahlpyaxd laborer*. HAJLRISBURG TELEGRAPH! SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE BY BRIGGS THI-S Ls THB LLFS ! J ■— I PEEL 50RRV POR AP ~ HO / \ FF{ TH HOUO SEAUTIFUL THE POOR GUYS . T i \\ is PJATURF- P *vsj^ H. /' 4 " £ ' 1 — * HFIP p- ) < 7 / I VAJ A.IOT E O • r\ / /iS' // I WHO HANDED \ JT.TTZ.* . ~- " * Thf /yf PP KA.I^ R General Hunter Liggett [New York Times] The selection of Major General Hunter Liggett to command the first American field army in France was made, no doubt, upon the recom mendation of General Pershing and with the approval of General Bliss, the former, and General March, the present Chief of Staff. The younger officers of the army who learned strategy upon the Virginia battle fields of the Civil War when Colonel Liggett was instructor at the War College will regard the appointment as ideal. The rank and file of Major General Liggett's force on the border, which he prepared for an invasion of Mexico in the spring of 1914, will agree that no mistake was made in naming him for high command in France. General Liggett has the look and port of an energetic soldier, and he is as modest as he Is known to be accomplished. Hunter Liggett never had any political "pull;" his advancement has been solely on merit. He knows the theory of war as well as General J. Franklin Bell, which is saying a good deal: he is a West Pointer of the efficient type of General Persh ing; he is sagacious and practical, like Leonard Wood. General Liggett is "only a regular," which means so much in the United States Army. He has tact as well as judgment; that was proved by the success he made of the veterans' camp on the fiftieth anniversary at Gettysburg. There is a charm of manner about him that will attract the French and British commanders. He is the flower of our War College product; never assertive, yet always sure of himself, for he has a sound mind in a strong body and knows every detail of his profession. He is a stu dent of war with a punch. General Liggett will inspire confidence in the fighting ability of the American levies now lining up on the western | front. IN THE MORNING [By Klaxon.] Back from battle, torn and rent, Listing bridge and stanchions bent By the angry sea. By Thy guiding mercy sent, Fruitful was lhe road we went— Back from battle we. If Thou hadst not been, O Lord, be-> hind our feeble arm, If Thy hand had not been there to .slam the lyddite home. When against us men arose and sought to work us harm, We had gone to death, O Lord, In spouting rings of foam. Heaving sea and cloudy sky Saw the battle flashing by, As Thy foemen ran. By Thy grace, that made them fly. We have seen two hundred die Since the fight began. If our cause had not been Thine, for Thy eternal Right, If the foe in place of us had fought for Thee, O Lord! If Thou hadst not guided us and drawn us there to fight, We never should have closed with them —Thy seas are dark and broad. Through the. Iron rain they fled, Bearing home the tale of dead, Flying from Thy sword. After-hatch to fo'csle head, We have turned their decks to red. By Thy help, O Lord! It was not by our feeble sword that they were overthrown. But Thy right hand that dashed them down, the servants of the proud; It was not arm of ours that saved, but Thine. O Lord, alone. When down the line the guns began, and sang Thy praise aloud. Sixty miles of running fight, Finished at the dawning light, Off the Zulder Zee. Thou that helped throughout the night Wt- try hand and aching sight, Praise, O Lord, to Thee. Cheaper in Long Run A physician was called in one of the suburban towns to a boy who was suffering from tonsilltis. The boy's mother was relating the affair to a neighbor of more mature years, commending the doctor for his treatment.- The response of the elderly woman was: "Well, In old times when a boy had a sore throat we used to take a strip of salt pork and sprinkle it plentifully with pepper and 'bind it around the boy's throat, but at the present >prlce of salt pork it may be cheaper to have a doctor."—Minne apolis Tribune. Fragments From the Front (From the Stars. and Stripes in France) To billet an entire battalion in the limits of two farm courtyards means cramped quarters. Everything that can be made to pass for a shelter must be pressed into service, and the result is sometimes bizarre. Our billeting officer stopped be side a big sheet-iron cylinder that once had been a cistern, but now, discarded, was lying in a corner of the courtyard on its side. "It's* a wonder." he observed sar donically. "that this neat little bomb proof wasn't put on our list. It would furnish cosy quarters for two. at least." A head popped out of the open end of the cistern and grinned: "Already taken, sir." The officer crouched down and looked inside. The cylinder was bedded with straw, two blanket rolls were spread out in inspection order and two walking sticks, trench model, stood by the door. "Shades of Huckleberry Finn!" the officer cried. "I've heard of liv ing in a hogshead and a packing box, but never before In a cistern." The company had stopped on the march for a ten-minute rest in a small town. A husky doughboy sat down on a doorstep and eased of the weight of his pack. A small boy passed, turned and hesitated. An exchange of grins and the young ster sidled over. Tn another minute three or four other gamins were crowding round. One particularly small fellow climbed up on the doughboy's knees. Suddenly, the youngster reached tin with both arms and gave his burly American ally a kiss on the cheek. The doughboy didn't seem to know what to do. A mule skinner coarsely guffawed. The small boy, not at all embarrassed, repeated the perform ance. Acrain the driver guffawed, but this time not so heartily. Then there was a marked pause. "Er —how does it feel, Bill?" the mule skinner queried. "Darn good," came the cheery an swer. "I'm a family man, you know." I Wc were searching for the mayor. J who also was the schoolmaster of the ecole communale. We went to the school house first, though it was Sunday, on the chance that he might be 'n the neighborhood. We peeked in. A familiar figure —but not that of the schoolmaster— sat at the high pulnit-like desk. A ruddy face: a large black cigar a-tilt; a pencil flying across sheets of copy paper, grinding out an article for the Satnrdav Evening Post. Yep, it was Col. Irvln Cobb. Ky. N. 0.. XT. s. A. "Here's where T snend my Sun days," he observed. "If you want to find me on week days keep on down the street to where a dog will run out and bite you. Anyway, he bit me. Everybody in this outfit wears a gold stripe on his left arm, and a goodly number boast campaign badges in addition. Bo It occurred to an energetic correspondent at tached to the battalion to request an interview with the organization's oldest veteran. "Sure," agreed the major, "but KAISER DANCED A JIG [From London Tit-Bits] The belief that the kaiser is either , mad or on the verge of madness will be confirmed by the account which Carl Ackermann gives of a young German moving picture operator's experience with that versatile mon arch. Not long ago, it appears, he was ordered to Belgium to follow and photograph his majesty. At Ostena the kaiser was walking along the beach with Admiral Von Schroeder, who is in command of the German defenses there. The movie operator followed him. The man had been following the kaiser for several days, so his maj esty recognized him and ordered him to put up his camera and prepare to make a special film. When the camera was ready his majesty danced a jig, waved the baton he was carrying and then his helmet, smiled and shouted greetings to the camera man —then went on along the beach. When the photographer reached Berlin and showed the film to the censors of the general staff they were shocked by the action of the kaiser at Ostend. They ordered It to be cut out of the film because they did not think it advisable to show the German people how much their emperor - " —-'-■fem the war." there are certain difficulties. He's hard to interview." "Aw, I can make htm talk," de clared the reporter. "Just lead me to him." The major got up and led the way out into the courtyard and around to the stables. "Here he is," said the officer, grin ing. He had stopped in front of an aged mule. "His name is 'Peanuts.' He has served in Cuba, the Philip pines, China, at Vera Cruz, on the Border, and in France. Go to it, young man." But all that Peanuts would say for publication was, "He-haw! He-haw!" The favorite song of a certain out fit of machine gunners is to the tune of "A Long, Long Trail." The chorus runs: There's a long, long trail a-wind ing, Way out In No Man's Land in France, Where the shrapnel shells are bursting. And we must advance. There'll be lots of drills and hik ing, Until our dreams all all come true, For we're going to show the Kaiser What a machine gun battalion can do. % Five other verses in ballad form follow, and then section seven ad vances and delivers the coup de grace: Well, Kaiser, I'm through talking, I'll give you one advice. You had better chat with Sammy And try to compromise. For when we get good started You never can tell; We're going to have your left ear, Or chase you into 'ell. "We were riding along a wooded road," the major related. "I saw my intelligence officer intently studying the landscape. That pleased me. I said to myself, 'He's getting observant. I'll make a damn good soldier of him yet.' Then it oc curred to me to check up on the facts. So I asked him what he was thinking about. "He pointed up to the festoons of mistletoe that draped the road, and grinned. " 'Golly,' he sighed, 'if I only had my little Mary here in an old fash ioned country buggy!' " The orderly saluted. "Sir," he reported, "the rations are coming up the road, in charge of that lassoon man." "Who?" "Sergeant Lacrosaz, that lassoon man." A light dawned on the adjutant. "You mean liaison?" "Yes, sir—LEE-AY-SON, sir," he repeated painfully. "It's a tough word, sir." "Souvenir, M'sleur! Bees-kwee, s'll vous plait!" That is the cry along all the Paris- Amiens march route, from the ju venile population of France. It Is a plea for a remembrance in the form of hardbread. Young France loves these flinty crackers as pas sionately as an epicure loves caviar. And, possibly, for the same reason— it is an acquired taste for a foreign delicacy. Germany's Back Will Bend (Lord Milner, British War Minister) "I feel that the period of American preparation, with perfect truth and confidence, may be said to have ended. From now on America's might will be felt increasingly; al ready it is being felt. Do not for get that. The Germans are not fail ing in their realization of it. "American troops have been pour ing overseas for a considerable ner iod and, while it is quite true that no one ship, no matter how Immense may be her tonnage, nor how com pactly stowed may be her human cargo, can bring enough men to the battlefield to make an appreciable impression in the fighting of this mighty war, it nevertheless is now the fact that the head of an Ameri can column which will never stop its steady flow already has appeared upon the fighting line. „ "I don't say that the full force of America will be felt immediately, but I do say with great confidence that before very long American force upon the hattlefront will be sufficient to make Germany's back bend very painfully beneath the new weight which it will have to bear!" JUNE 18, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT | This war won't end right until the "toot" is taken out of Teuton, the germ out of Germany, and the stolen land out of Deutschland. —Cleveland News. For bombarding a Red Cross hos pital the iron cross Is hardly an ade quate reward; the wooden cross would better fit the case.—Spring field Republican. To get at La Follette's attitude of mind when he made his speech, says his attorney, what he did not say is as important as what he did say. Just about, we should conjecture.— Chicago Tribune. In matters of national finance he is a Kitchinette.—New York Even ing Post. How would it do to sanctify French hospitals in the eyes of Hun bomb ers by painting beer signs on the roofs?— Dallas News. Please, Mr. Garfield, send around some of your heatless days now.— Washington Herald. There is only one yellow peril, and we know how to deal with him through the Exemption Boards. Wall Street Journal. The Prussian war machine must meet the fate of all machinery that falls into the hands of a reckless driver. —Washington Star. I OUR DAILY LAUGH USUAL WAY. "My dear, I saved ten dollars to day." "Buying •what?" THE LITTLER THE BETTER. Wlfey —Can you let mo have a lit tie money, dear? Hubby—Ccrtalnly, my dear. About how little? UNDERSEA WIT. "Who has old Shark been fleecing now?" "Why the poor suckers, of coursel" DIFFERENT SPICE. "Women aze said to be the spice ol life." "You can't depend upon the labels, I thought Z figured on vetting cinna mon, but Z got MPHT." Ibemttg Gtyat Men who attended the meeting of the Republican State Committee in Philadelphia on Flag Day tell many interesting stories of the spontaneous enthusiasm that marked its sessions and the harmonious manner in which the business and the incidents ofW that eventful gathering blended. It* was the most important meeting of Republicans of the Keystone state in the last decade because the schism which occurred in the campaign of 1912 was definitely healed and the men who have been opposing each other and the victors and the van quished in recent contests, battles so virulent as to attract national notice, got together and pledged their sup port. Anar