12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 4 tfBtVSPAPBR rOR THB HOMB Pounded Published evenings except Sunday by THB) TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, i' Telegraph Bulldin*, Federal lun, ■ -■ IS. J. STACK POLE,/Vr"l Or Bdifrln-CHof T. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Monotint Editor. Member of the Associated Press— The Associated Press Is exclusively en j titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or sot otherwise credited in this paper 1 and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. 'T—mil ■ I Member American llshers' Assocla- Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents c* athiri."?.week; by mall. 15.00 a year In advance* FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918 Keep your face always toward. tl\e sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you. — M. B. WHITMAN. HERE AND THERE SUGAR scarce and high in price. "Cuss" the Kaiser; it's his fault. Beef expensive and on the re stricted list. Lay the blame to Kaiser Bill. Potatoes and flour selling for more the bushel than they used to bring the barrel. It's all the Kaiser's fault. He's making life miserable for all of us. But if he has caused Americans some inconvenience, think what he has done for Germany. Potatoes S3O a bushel, coffee a dol lar a pound, beef scarce and $1.60 a pound, butterine scarce and $2.85 a pound, Mieat bread unknown and everybody hungry—in Berlin. And nobody there dares "cuss" the' All-Highest—at least not openly. These are the days of the corn bake and the clambake, says an ex change. Tes, cornbake, clambake and stomachache. AS TO WINING AND DINING HARRISBURG merchants are properly indignant over the foolish charge that they and their buyers are influenced in their purchases and the prices they pay for goods by the wining and dining they receive at the hands of agents for wholesale houses, manufacturers and jobbers In Philadelphia and New York. The accusation made by a no ' toriety-seeking organization a short time since was not aimed at Ha.rris- Iburg alone, but at the businessmen of all towns that go or send repre sentatives to the larger cities. But applied individually or collectively, the story Is false. Anybody familiar with conditions knows that if ever there was a time when rival whole salers bid for trade in this fashion It is past. A well known Harrisburg busi nessman, returning from a national trade convention held in Cleveland a week ago, remarked upon the complete up-setting of such old fashioned practices as the buying of dinners or drinks for prospective customers. Instead, they now ofTer prices, discounts or early deliveries as Inducements to buy, he said. That is true. The merchant of to day has his eye out for desirable goods at reasonable cost and he does not permit a few glasses of wine or a •rolled lobster to get between him •and his only chance for profits. It begins to look as though the Ger mans sent to pound Italy may be „ .needed In their own backyard. HURRAH AND HALLELUJAH ONE of the most informing books of the war has recently been Issued by American publishers. It 1B a compilation by a professor of theology in the University of Copen hagen of statements of lecturers and writers and extracts of sermons by German preachers during the early part of the war. Its Importance lies in the fact that it shows how ob sessed are the German people with their superman and supernation Ideas. Ralph Connor's introduction to the book refers to it as a revela tion of the German mind and the German soul. These sermons are the utterances of presumably Christian ministers and the iectures from which extracts are also printed are the "teainlngs of men distinguished for clearest rea soning and finest thinking, the most liberal culture In Germany during the last quarter century." Mr. Connor suggests that one &sks in amazement too deep for words "what is thin strange madness which has fallen upon a once kindly and wise and great people?" One pastor declares in a sermon: We know—do we not'l—that It I* a peculiarity of the German that he requires a moral founda tion and intellectual Justification ' for his actions. This is the sort of thing that runs all through these sermons and lec tures and indicates an obsession that ,IM simply astonishing. The same FRIDAY EVENING, pastor Insists that the enemies of] Germany are envious and have band ed themselves to crush the German people because these are "too great and mighty, too strong and flourish ing, too pure and moral," etc. He also declares that "Germany Is now about to become mentally and moral ly the first nation in the world." All through there is a vein of martyrdom and this preacher, solemn as an owl. Insists that Ger many is a part of God; that all the other nations are guilty of deceit and envy and jealousy, and all other mean attributes. He says "Germany is the future of humanity; that it is a nation which is God's seed corn for the future; that Germany is the cen ter of God's plans for the world" and concludes that we "love our earthly Fatherland so much that we gladly barter our heavenly forfeit" In another sermon Pastor Leh mann asserts that "Germany has never made war from unclean, im moral motives. I look upon it as absolutely the deepest feature of the German character, this dispassionate love of right, of Justice, of morality. This is something which the other nations have not. Germany may be vanquished, it may be crushed to earth, but it can never side with wrong and infamy." Recalling the violation of treaties, the murder of men, women and chil dren, the sinking of unarmed vessels, the shelling of victims of subma rines, the drowning of helpless men, the rape of women, the enslavement of men, women and children, the Ue ception practiced in every direction, the deliberate breaking of faith and the records of unsurpassed infamy— in view of all these things what must we think of such stuff from an alleg ed Christian pulpit. It might come to pass that we succumb In this, the worst and perhaps the last, fight of German ism against the whole world of righteousness and purity, against falsehood and deceit, says this in spired pastor, who adds: That could only happen, I am sure, over the dead body of the last German, but. should it happen, I assert that we should all die happy In the consciousness of having defended God against the world. In the same sermon he insists that Ger many's tight against the whole world is in reality the battle of the spirit against the whole world's infamy, falsehood and devilish cunning. Devilish cunning! Falsehood! In famy! These applied to the forces of righteousness which are now com bined for the crushing of an obsessed people possessed of the demons of lust and greed and selfishness, the very foundations of their struggle to rule the world. In another sermon, referring to the Franco-Prussian war, the same pul pit defender of the Hohenzollerns declares "that glorious feat of arms forty-four years ago gives us courage to 4 believe that the German soul is the world's soul; that God and Ger many belong to one another." He also humbly urges that "the German soul is God's soul; it shall and will rule over mankind. In the same ws>y as God is wont to rule: without outward force, without compulsion, with an inwaoJ, invisible strength, with purity, righteousness and love." He admits further along that "af ter the war is over and there is time for calmer contemplation we may, perhaps, see that we ourselves are not without fault or not blameless." Sublime concession! This sacrilegious discourse was de livered about four weeks after the beginning of the war in 1914, and in the course of his sermon he boasts of the swarming Germany army in front of the enemy's capital and the hundred thousand Russian prisoners in their hands. He suggests that "such gigantic results might make us presumptuous," but puts away such a thought with a holy turning of the eyes Heavenward and the declaration that "God has taken the German nation under his special care." • "It is true," he says, "that there are shortcomings in individuals with in the German nation, but the nation is the only one that stands morally spotless in this war." He dwells up on its piety, its strong humility and denounces the neighbors of the Ger man people as hypocritical and de ceitful, concluding that "on us Ger mans the eye of God, we take it, must especially rest; we must be his ultimate purpose—that particularly among us this war has called to life beautiful and wonderful things." And so on throughout this re markable collection of German state ments—the utterances of preachers, professors and publicists. A collec tion of poems published by a German pastor under the significant title I of "Hurrah and Hallelujah" gave the author of the book from which we quote the suggestion for the title of his own work, "because it is so absolutely characteristic of the Ger man spirit." Throughout, these documents show how the Germans have taken upon themselves all the virtues and bestowed upon those opposed to them all the vices. # A dangsrous lunatic is always put. out of the way. In a recent issue of the Philadelphia Inquirer some pleasant things were said about the Telegraph and the housing campaign now being con ducted In this city. Incidentally, the Inquirer, which has always shown a kindly feeling for this city and Its various Improvement movements, re fers In enthusiastic terms to the aes thetic features of the city's develop ment, especially the Susquehanna basin and the "Front Steps." No metropolitan paper Is more apprecia tive of what the people of Harrls,burg are endeavoring to do In the making of an attractive city for the site of the State government than the Inquirer. It realizes the importance of provid ing a proper setting for the Capitol, and never falls to applaud the pro gressive work of this community. As' was to have been expected, In view of the sinking of several large transports, marine men are now in sisting that these great vessels should have a convoy of warships in both directions. It cannot be denied that the loss of these big ships ls.a severe one, in view of the Importance of transporting our troops to Europe as speedily as possible. The sinking of the Justlcla. lt'would appear, might have been prevented with a reasonable convoy. Manifestly, we are compelled to learn through experience in every feature of the war. ""Po&Uc* tn. By the Kx-Committeeman Friends of State Senator William E. Crow, chairman of the Repub lican state committee, were surprised to-day to learn that he had been stricken with appendicitis last even ing at his home in Uniontown and had been rushed to a hospital there where an operation was immediately performed. Attending physicians say that his condition is very favorable and his recovery is "expected within a few weeks. Senator Crow has many warm friends in Harrisburg who to day showered him with telegrams of sympathy and hopes for his early recovery. W. Harry Baker, secretary of the state committee) who has charge of all the details of the cam paign, will look after the chairman's work during his absence, and it will be in good hands. Senator Crow has given a large part of his time to the duties of his office both before and since the May primaries. —Judge Bonnlwell, Democratic nominee for Governor, Is making a determined effort to build up a good working organization for himself throughout the state and at the same time place a bomb under the care fully constructed Palmer-McCor mick state machine. The judge wants nothing from the Palmer-Mc- Cormick crowd, chiefly because the Palmerites want to hold on despite their drubbing of last spring and the judge feels that anything they would offer to do for him would be mere pretense and therefore he is safer outside the party breastworks than within. But while he wants nothing from the organization he is very anxious to have the workers with him and last night he addressed an open letter to them asking all precinct and division committeemen to "join in the construction of an efficient organization," which of course, means that he wants them to desert the McCormick banner for his own. —"lt has been made to appear," Judge Bonniwell says, "that, having (been nominated, I refused to avail myself of the assistance of the party organization. No statement could be| farther from the truth." —Judge Bonniwell says he was de nied the privilege of consultation as to who should be state chairman to conduct the campaign. He refers to the fact that the present state chair man is about to go into the govej-n --ment war service and also refers to a declaration that the state chair man will appoint an acting chair man. "Certainly no argument is re quired to persuade you that no satis factory or proper work can 'be had under these circumstances," says the nominee. —The action of the state commit teemen, Judge Bonniwell declares, constitutes a deliberate notice to him that he need look for no loyal sup port from them. He concludes by asking the local committeemen to sign an enrollment card pledging "willingness to participate In an or ganization that shall loyally support all Democratic candidates." —The League to Enforce Peace has tossed its hat into the political ring, although Its officers take pains to state that the campaign is absolutely nonpartisan. —The League has addressed a letter to Democratic and Republican lead ers in Pennsylvania, beginning with the national committeemen and state chairmen and including the mem bers of the state executive commit tee and the county chairmen. This letter urges that the political con ventions held this summer and fall pay attention not only to winning the war and making the world safe, but to keeping the world safe by shackling German military despot ism forever. It urges the insertion in every convention platform of a plank favoring the entrance of the United States into a "League of Na tions to Safeguard the Fruits of Vic tory." —ln his letter to the Republican and Democratic leaders Campaign Manager Boyd says: —"Each of the two major political parties at their last national con vention adopted a plank in their re spective platforms favoring the par ticipation of the United States in In ternationally organized machinery to preserve the future peace of the world —in other words—a league of nations to enforce peace. —"The President of the United States favors this Idea. Ex-President Taft leads our organization in a cam paign to make the Idea a reality. Al ready sixteen state Legislatures have adopted concurrent or joint resolu tions of approval. The declared pur pose of this organization Is to burn into the soul of American manhood and womanhood the consciousness that the world must be made safe 1 for democracy by the defeat of Ger many and German militarism; that It must be kept safe by a league of nations. These are two supreme duties each essential to the other and both essential to the cause of human freedom. To this goal there is only one way. It lies through bat tle and bloodshed to victory. —"Our platform is enclosed. Un doubtedly you endorse Its sentiment. Tour party is preparing to hold its state, county and congressional con ventions. Should not the platforms of all these conventions contain a declaration demanding war to vic tory and favoring the entrance of the United States into a league of na tions to safeguard the fruits of that victory?" * THE GREATEST MAN Shakespeare was specifically and transcendently a literary man. To say that he was the greatest man thai ever lived is to provoke a use less controversy, and comparisons that lead to nothing, between Shake speare and Caesar, Shakespeare and Charlemagne, Shakespeare and Cromwell; to say that he was the greatest intellect that ever lived, is to br'ng the shades of Aristotle and Plato, and Bacon and Newton, and all the other systematic thinkers, grumbling .t out us, with demands for a definition of Intellect, which wo are by no means in a position to Rive; nny finally to say that he Is the grcateat poet that the world has produced (a thing which we would certainly say, were we provoked to It) would be unnecessarily to hurt the feelings of Homer and Sophocles, Dante and Milton. What we will say, then, and challenge the world to gainsay, is that he was the great est e.xpresser that ever lived. This is glory enough, and it leaves the other questions open.—David Mas- Km. ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING BY BRIGGS WHC?e<4 YOU'RE A BEINS HUNGRY AMD \fco sSOTc<£ Tne . Poor corporal .Spend about all ~tv<6 # <3vjy -across Thc TFTBTE OM LCAWe AND Go ,$p A Re CHANGS "Ibo HA V E -SLIPS THE WAtTReSS INTO A HASHERr AOOUT YOO • /\ 'FAT TP To <3et A ' REGULAR 1 J - AMP - PTOR THE CREDIT OF FYV^^ "H*E. ARftY You 3>ECIDE TO " 7h*m* YOU Kir4Dl_Y SIR 1 ,-r i> DliMh Do LiKewise. INSTEAD OP 3j )T mc ai ßui ARCN T AIN T IT A CjivK-rinlMP "BUYING A |o£ C AN HO T |Mm r^Sis^t UTTU6 ,sewv,ccr " THE FIRING SQUAD I wonder how long we'll continue to be a health resort for spies And other industrious gentlemen that the papers criticise! The place for an agent of Kaiser Bill Is six feet under the sod— I want to hear some corporal yell, "Fall In, the firing squad!" Do we get cold feet at the thought of blood? Have we lost our oldtime grit If we haven't the guts to kill a man we'd better lie down and quit. Do you think you can tame these animals by the method of spare the rod?" Forget it! Come on with the cor poral in command of a firing squad! If we riddled a few incendiaries the industry would decline; If we plugged a eou-ple of profiteers the rest would stand In line: And a lot of these devilish anarchists would get in and carry the hod If a few of their leaders went over the range to the tune of a firing squad. "Arrested." "interned" or "out on . bail"— it's ever the same old song. And we lay the paper aside to re mark. "How long, oh, God, how long!" We've seen enough devilment this past year to arouse the wrath of God! Then what is it we are waiting for? Come on with the firing squad! —George Steunenberg, Capt U. S. A., in The Army and Navy Jour nal. MAN NOW AT HIS BEST The big average height of the men drafted Into the United States Army is being widely commented upon in the press, and it appears that the facts Justify the favorable remarks being made. Records of the Quar termaster's Office show that the Americans who are donning the Army uniform to-day are bigger than the men who fought in former wars. The size most in demand for the standard Army shoe in the past was 7E, while the average size of the marching shoe to-day Is B*4D and that of the field or trench shoe < 9E. The styles are Issued, for It has ; been found by experiment that sol diers require a larger shoe for the trenches, it being necessary to wear two pairs of socks at a time in cold and wet weather. Similarly, the present-day American soldier has to be provided with a size larger than his predecessor In coats. Bhlrts and breeches. He is a bigger man all round, which Is decidedly satisfac tory from the national point of view. Events In other belligerent lands since the war began have served to prove that men generally are as strong physically and morally as ever .they were in history. The long cam paign in the trenches in Europe has put the soldiers to a greater test than the fightingmen of the past were submitted to In the worst of the numerous old wars. They have stood that test, and the hundreds of thousands who survive the cannon's blast and the rifle's bullet will emerge physically fine specimens of manhood. —Exchange. Salvaging the Seas A great deal of speculation has turned on the outlook in the after the-war period for salvage work in connection with the many hundreds of merchant ships which have been the victims of submarine attacks or of mine explosions, and the position of which is fairly well known. In the lay press anticipations have been held out that It might be possible to raise the Lusltanla and some of the other large liners which have been sunk, or at least to salve the imper ishable cargoes. It may be stated on the best authority that these hopes are not in the least likely to be realized, as the majority of these vessels have been sunk In depths of water In which It Is not possible for divers to work or for successful salvage operations to be conducted. Under ordina'y commercial condi tions it Is not possible to undertake such operations In greater depths than twenty fathoms, and the ma jority of the big ships which have become war losses have been sunk in such deep water that they may be written off as definite losses to the mercantile marine.—From an article in the London Times engi neering supplement. They Help, at Least Beans and peas and garden-sass, they tell the Boche he shall not pass.—From the Baltimore Sun. Creel and His Bad Breaks From the Fourth Estate. [The Minneapolis Tribune] I CHAIRMAN George Creel, of the Committee on Public In formation has again been criti cised in Congress for an alleged lack of discretion In the transaction of his official duties. Last Saturday, in the course of a debate, Senator Poindexter of Washington, drew the attention of the Senate to Mr. Creel's actloq in publishing on July 11, through the official bulletin of his committee, a statement that the War Department was alleged to have received from General Pershing denying atrocity accusations against the Germans. "It is somewhat surprising," said Senator Poindexter, "to know that a man, for whom the Government of the United States has furnished sev eral million dollars to aid us by the proper kind of publicity in this war, is using the name of General Persh ing and that of the Secretary of War to defend the Germans against the charge of cruelty which, as a gen eral charge, all the world knows to be entirely true." George Creel's Bureau of Public Information at Washington has branched out on new lines. Mr. German Delusion Shattered [Army and Navy Journal] "One of the delusions the German government and its General Staff have been laboring under for many years is that the United States could not create an army that was worth consideration as a foe. That government and its General Staff are tastitig the quality of our troops In the field, and the flavor is bitter on their tongues. One hundred and twenty-six years ago there was fought a battle in France (at Valmy, within the zone of war to-day) on the date that France first called her self a republic. Kellerman won that battle against the Prussians and Austrians with levies of new try the aid of the American Army the Allies can say at the close of the decisive battle of the war, as Goethe did after Valmy was lost to his friends: 'From this place and from this day forth commences a new era in the world's history, and you can all say that you were pres ent at its birth.' That day will mark the end of the ideals of Prussian au tocracy, and on it democracy will have a new birth." POOR OLD HINDY! [Col. Harvey's War Weekly] Poor old Hindenburg Is dead again. Not that It matters very much whether he stays dead this time or turns up alive and kicking once more. As a bogy he long ago ceased to scare anybody, and even as a Hun fetish he has seen his best days. At the right psychological mo ment he emerged from obscurity to win a victory with an overwhelming force against what practically was an unarmed mob. On the wave of a reaction from deep Hurr-depression he was borne to a high-water mark of popular adulation. His square- Jawed, pompadoured, rectangular head and face were plastered over a large part of the world In public prints. It was a typical Hun face. It would have been ideal on the broad shoulders of a barkeeper behind a large beer counter. It appealed to all the finer sentiments of the Hlin populace. They made a full-length wooden Image of the owner of It and drove nails into It as a testimonial of sentimental esteem. They named an imaginary "line" on the western battle front after him. Hindenburg became a Hun cult. Then he became more or less a myth. Then he began dying deaths of varying violence, ranging all the way from pneumonia and typhoid fever to apoplexy. It was this cerebral hemorrhage which kllledi him the last time, we believe But between deaths he has been In a lunatic asylum several times. Not al together a rollicking time of It for the old man, all things considered. Maybe he is dead for keeps this time, and maybe he isn't But it Is a safe bet that If he Isn't, he soon will wish he were. Creel now asks that all historical and magazine articles and all books dealing with any phase of the war be submitted to his bureau for exam ination before publication. This work would call for an army of readers as large as the American Army now In France and would ne cessitate a largely increased appro priation. What good purpose it won Id serve Is not clear. Mr. Creel's bureau is already costing about $2,000,000 a year, most of the print ed matter going into the country's wastebaskets. Soon after America's entrance into the war the Creel bureau did very effective and necessary work in circulation of intelligently and care fully prepared pamphlets filled with reasons for our participation In the world struggle. That service was worth many times its cost. More recently the bureau has been flooding the country with a lot of "news" that is not news and vol umes of specially prepared ar ticles that are neither interesting nor informing. The scope of the Creel organiza tion should be curtailed, rather than enlarged. WHEN THEY COME BACK They will come bade, America's brave sons. From war-torn fields, when victory and peace Have stilled the angry thunder of the guns And brought to suffering hearts a quick release. They will come back from anguish deep and strife. From sighs and sounds that only they could know. Back to the fullness of a richer life— The great reward because they chose to go. They will haVe felt the flames of cleansing fires, Have passed the tests that try the hearts of men. Have learned in sacrifice of dear desires That souls can rise to splendid heights again. They will have proved that wrong can hold no sway. Have seen the darkness change to radiant light. Have felt the Presence, "Lo—with you alway." And heard His voice In silences at night And we who wait and pray for them at home May one great prayer In soul and spirit burn: That we may keep the faith until they come. Be not unworthy of a bright re turn— A prayer expressed In every deed and thought. In every task of willing heart and hand, A purpose out of pure desire wrought- 1 — To learn of them and some day understand. —By Alison Brown, of the Vig ilantes. LABOR NOTES Delegates from the various unions on the Southern Railroads met re cently and completed a federation of the Brotherhood of Railways Clerks. An international labor conference will be held on the Mexican' border within the next three months, at which a Pan-American Federation of Labor will be organized. The very latest field for women'* wor kin England is helping to pro vide eyes for the army and navy by making lenses and prisms. Only women with deft fingers, quick eyes and a gift of patience are taken for this work, which also Involves fitting glasses Into periscopes, gunslghts, field glasses, telescopes and cameras for use on aircraft. It has been demonstrated In Europe and Canada that no matter how badly a man may be wrecked physically, as a generality he still has latent capabilities for something useful. If those capabilities may be specialized Into some line of trade the wounded soldier already knew, that Is done. The experience he has had and his knowledge of the trade Is a valuable foundation to build upon. TLHLY 26, 191 S. EDITORIAL COMMENT Nothing could be more charac teristically German than the Intima tion that in the event of civil war in Russia, Germany may be obliged to intervene. Nor could anything be more logical. Having herself pro voked and fomented civil war in or der to provide a pretext for inter vention, why of course she Inter venes!— North American Review's War Weekly. In these days when efficiency is so ardently preached, doesn't It seem that something is wrong when two sleepingcars start out from Ashe vtlle for New York and both arrive at Salisbury, a junction, at the same time, and one is hauled to Washing ton Immediately, and the other is left on the track in front of the station for eight hours?— Fourth Estate. A CALL OF THE WILD [From the Birmingham Age-Herald] "1 wish to buy a motorcar horn to replace the one we now have—some thing distinctive," said the haughty matron. "Yes, ma'am," replied the sales man. "Would a siren do?" "Dear me, no. It must be some thing entirely different from the or dinary motor horn." "But we have a siren that exactly imitates the howl of a timber wolf." "Ah! That ought to suit my hus band. He's a great lover of Nature." OUR DAILY LAUGH Den's time Go home wld man. TUv . THB ONE EX- Wr ?! CEPTION. Flrst Summer it, £> Boarder: Every ■ hiladKt>hia J*- L qulrer, . —- - -MI II . *