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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918
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A friend that you buy with pres
ents will be bought from you—SOLO
MON.
A BLOW AT THE PRESS
THE poorly-edited, careless, inac
curate newspaper is a pernicious
influence in the community. It
not only leads public thought and
opinion astray, but it damages the
confidence of the reading public in
even the reliable newspaper. The cir
culation of lies in the public prints
cheats the people of the truth for
which they pay and makps them
doubtful of even the most truthful
journals.
Harrisburg got a dose of this kind
of yellow journalism yesterday at
the hands of the McCormick even
ing newspaper, which, with other
papers of the sensational Hearst
type throughout the country, printed
the outrageous peace fake sent out
by the United Press. The dose was
repeated when the same paper, with
denials in Its office by International
News Service reports from Secretary
Daniels, Secretary Baker, the Lon
don foreign office and Paris, con
tinued to run off edition after edi
tion, piling lie on lie for the sole
purpose of selling papers to a de
ceived public.
There ought to be court punish
ment for newspapers of this type. It
is a shame that on such grave mat
ters the people of the country should
have no redress for the money they
spend and for the injury done them.
Yesterday thousands of men left
their work, factories were closed,
stores lost hundreds of dollars'
worth of business and the whole city
was upset in order that a few more
pennies might be-garnered for the
pockets of a millionaire. It is out
rageous.
The Telegraph gave its readers a
carefully edited report of the day's
developments. It gave attention to
the rumors flying, but qualified them
with the denials of the authorities.
It published only the truth. It will
continue to do so as it has in the
past. It Is served by the Associated
Press, the oldest, most reliable and
largest newsgathering association in
the world. It is not bidding for cir
culation at the expense of truth.
When you see it in the Telegraph
It's news.
WAR BOARDS AND PEACE
UPON the heels of the repudia
tion of a political dictator
ship at Washington comes a
story from the national capital to
the effect that Chairman Baruch,
head of the War Industries Board,
is responsible for the intimation that
Congress will be asked to continue
several of tho especially created war
bureaus utter peace comes, "so that
they may assist in the readjustment
that must come after the war ends."
These would Include such distin
guished personages as Baruch him
self, McCormick, of the War Trade
Board, Hoover, the food adminis
trator; Garfield, the fuel administra
tor, and Hurley, of tho Shipping
Board.
These persons are said to be con
sidering the matter. Under present
laws Federal war agencies would
automatically go out of existence
with the proclamation of peace. This
would not be a great calamity. Sov
eral of these boards have made no
such Impression upon the country
as would Justify their oontlnuance
after the war. It might be a blessing
to have their existence terminated
promptly, Inasmuch as tn some cases
at least the proceedings of these
boards and commissions have been
characterized by the most most arbi
trary action,
President Wilson raised the parti,
san issue at an unfortunate time for
himself and his administration, He
cannot hope to continue his power
by prolonging the extstenoe of agen
cies which have been created to a
considerable extent for partisan pur.
poses. Blnoe Tuesday of this week
the whole situation is changed and
FRIDAY EVENING,
while the Republican* of the eeuntry
will give the government their stead
fast and loyal support in the prose*
cutloA of the War, they Will hot be
refused When It comes to actual
participation In the government, Nor
will they permit the individuals who
have been so politically active to
continue In a places of power for
partisan advantage,
The President invited the political
disaster which has overwhelmed him
and he has lost forever that confi
denoe which Is merited by an im
partial attitude of ono at the head ot
a great nation and the chief magis
trate of all the people without re
gard to party considerations.
Wo strongly suspect that the Con
gress after March flrst will havo a
much more constructive part in the
conduct of tho government Chair
man Baruch and his associates may
cohfer all they have a mind to with
a view to holding their jobs, but they
now, as In the future, realize that
the political game at Washington Is
going to take on a different color
henceforth.
When Berlin shall have given up the
Kaiser and his bunch of high binders
and thugs, then the people will have
reason to believe that the new order
of things in Germany is - based on
something more than pretense.
ALL FOR ONE
THERE is a sentiment in one of
the new war songs that applies
particularly to the War Work
campaign now under way. It is:
"One for all,
"And all for one; ♦
"And God be with us all."
Tjiat sums up the thought of the
noble men and women who have
merged their own personal interests
and feelings in the great cause of
keeping up the morale of the Amer
ican fighting man.
"One for all, and all for one," Is
the sentiment that brought the Y.
M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus,
the Y. M. H. A., the Y. W. C. A. and
the other recreational agencies to
gether in this campaign. They have
forgotten everything but their
Americanism, just as the soldiers in
the field have flung class,'creed and
prejudice to the winds in their great
drive against autocracy. And so must
we, all of us, look at the big move
ment now so well under way. We
have but one object, the welfare of
the American soldier, and to that we
must contribute both of our effort
and liberally of our money.
"One for all, and all for one, and
God be with us aR. 1 *"
What part are you taking in the
great United War Work campaign,
which is so intimately associated with
the welfare of the soldiers? Don't get
any foolish idea that the funds which
are now being raised will not be
needed in the event of peace being de
clared. For a year, at least, and prob
ably longer, our boys must remain in
Europe, and during the period of in
activity following actual hostilities
it will be absolutely necessary for the
folks back home to provide those
comforts to which the fighters are en
titled and which they so much ap
preciate as the loving evidences of
the interest of their friends on this
side of the ocean.
BE NOT DECEIVED
DR. GARFIELD, head of the
National Fuel Administration,
announces that there is no
danger of a domestic coal famine
the coming winter.
But he is the same Dr. Garfield,
who misled us In similar manner
a little over a year ago with regard
to last w"inter.
The fact is there are many cel
lars in Harrisburg that have little
if any coal and the West Shore is
generally in worse shape than last
year this time.
The indications are that some of
us wilj have to keep warm on Wash
ington "hot air" the coming winter
and others of us who have some
coal will have to husband it to the
last lump. It is obvious, notwith
standing the hopeful views of the
ever optimistic Dr. Garfield, that
the fuel situation is still serious
enough to give all of us pause for
thought.
There is very general satisfaction
throughout the State over the large
vote in favor of the amendment of
the Constitution making possible an
appropriation of $50,000,000 for the
construction of a great highway sys
tem that will be a credit to Pennsyl
vania. It is significant of the confi
dence 'bt the people that they have ap
proved this important change in the
Constitution in the same election in
which they have elevated Senator
Sproul, as head and front of the new
order of things in highway construc
tion, to the office of Governor. They
believe that he will develop a con
structive program which will mean an
ideal road system in a few years.
If you want to Ret a real taste of
Christmas, drop in at the headquar
ters of the National War Aid adjoin
ing the Senate Hotel, In Market street.
Here a number of patriotic and de
voted women are preparing and send
ing forth Christmas packages for the
soldiers who have forwarded to the
home folks the labels required under
a ruling of the War Department, It Is
unfortunate, of course, that all the
boys have not sent labels, but hun
dreds have done so, and the very place
is redolent of Christmas and the holi
day atmosphere.
Speaking of fakes of one kind and
another, Lincoln's well-known obser
vation that "you can fool all the peo
ple some of the time and some of the
people all the time, but you can't fool
all of the people all of the time." Is
pertinent, An Institution based upon
malice and petty ambition and a per
petual grouoh may live for a time, but
its foundations rest upon the sahd,
and when the storm ef publto protest
comes it is bound to fall with a crash.
Nothing less than an -international
courlmartial for the ■ punishment of
the Kaiser and his assooiate criminals
of high niyi low degree will satisfy
the American people and tho sufferers
from Hun barbarity, No peace that
fails in the fundamental elements of
Justice Will do, <
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By tho Kx-Caiumlttccman
Notwithstanding tho trsm.endous
popular Interest in tho approaching
end of tho war and tho exultation at
tho achievements of tho American
forces at hlatorlo Sedan and other
places In the fur-flung battle line
there is much discussion ot the
f, ancea ratification of the pro
hibition amendment by the next
Legislature. A few contests remain
2 determined regarding seats in
the General Assembly, but there are
some men who believe that In spito
of tho assertions that the next Leg
islature wll be "wet" in Its tender.-
cies that the amendment will get
favorable consideration.
Senator Sproul's position is well
known and up to date it has been
backed up by something like 230,000
majority and still growing. Many
legislators who were on the fence
have gotten off since the sweep by
Sproul and the Antisaloon League
and other agencies are confident that
tho new governor will have weighty
influence, although the liquor in
terests brazenly declare that they
control the 257 lawmakers who will
go into session next January.
■ —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times,
Western Pennsylvania's big news
paper, Republfcan through and
through and one of the first advo
cates of a "dry" state, prints a three
column anal}'sis of the election of
legislators made by Walter J.
Christy, qne of tho most experienced
and careful observers of politics In
Pennsylvania. He says in part;
"The returns from Tuesday's election
indicate that there is a strong prob
ability that Pennsylvania will be
among the thirty-six states which
will vote .'or the ratification of the
prohibition amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution. Gains are shown
for the 'drys' in the legislative con
tests. This, coupled with the fact
that Governor-elect William C.
Sproul is a supporter of the prohi
bition amendment and has pledged
himself to help bring about ratifi
cation, makes the situation very in
teresting. A little shifting from the
unpledged class to the 'dry' column
among senators and representatives
would bring about the approval of
the amendment. Of the twenty
nine state senators elected fourteen
are pledged to ratification and some
of the others should not be classed
as 'wet.' There are twenty-one hold
over senators, Including Senator
Sproul and Senator E. E. Beidle
man, lieutenant-governor-elect. Of
the number there are at least eight
who can be counted for ratification,
eight classed as probable 'wets' and
five doubtful. It requires twenty-six
votes to put the amendment over in
the Senate. With twenty-two votes
in sight both the 'wet' and doubtful
fields are likely to yield the remain
ing four. The Legisature will hold
at least two days' legislative ses
sions before Messrs. Sproul and
Beidleman retire to assume their
new duties. In the House the mem
bers pledged to ratification total
ninety-five. It requires 104 votes
to adopt the amendment in that
body. The possibilities of draw-)
ing the nine recruits from the doubt
ful list Is equally as good as in the
Senate. Another Important fator
will be the position which Senator'
E. H. Vare will take with the large
delegation which follows his leader
ship. There are signs which indicate
that at least a number of his friends
will vote for ratification."
—The election seems to have been
rather prolific of surprises for Demo
crats. Now comes the news from up
the state that Senator \V. W. Hind
man, the youngest Senator in point
of years, was defeated. A Lock Hav
en dispatch says: "Complete revised
election returns received here to-day
elect Charles E. Donahue, of this
city, state Senator from the Twenty
sixth district, instead of W. Wayne
Hind man, the present incumbent. .It
developed that Hindman did not se
cure the expected 2,000 majority in
Clarion county. Unofficial returns
place his majority at 1,400. Dona
hue's majority in Clinton county Is
911; in-Cameron, 323; in Forest, 50,
and about 1,000 in Elk county. This
gives Donahue a lead of 884 in the
flistrict, which will doubtless be fur
ther increased by the soldier vote,
us Donahue is a well-known military
man."
—The soldier vote is being closely
watched to determine its effect upon
three Congressional battles, those in
the Lackawanna, Luzerne and
Northumberland-Columbia districts.
—The Franklin Repository says;
"President Wilson's letter on poli
tics even changed the tenor of events
political in little Fulton county,"
laughingly remarked a Republican
to our reporter. "Clem Chestnut, old
war horse of the Democratic party
and many years superintendent of
county schools, was defeated for
Legislature by a Republican, the first
such result since Col. Cromer's
brother was elected about forty
years ago."
—Walter McNichols, the new act
ing commissioner of labor and in
dustry, held his first cpnference with
the heads of bureaus in his depart
ment yesterday, but indicated that
there would be no overturning of the
personnel and that all he wanted was
the best of results in work.
—The attitude of the Auditor Gen
eral's Department in regard to the
payroll of the State Health Depart
ment seems to be a matter of con
jecture on the Hill, but as yet there
has been no action taken.
—Philadelphia newspapers inti
mate that Congressman John R. K.
Scott will not aspire to be Speaker,
but the Vare floor leader. A Vare ef
fort to put Edwin R. Cox into the
Speaker's chair is forecust. Aaron
B. Hess, of Lancaster, will likely be
an aspirant for Speaker,
—The Philadelphia Record says
that while Sproul may have 275,000
majority, the Democrats have olght
Congressmen from Pennsylvania,
A Vanished Dream
(From the St. Louis Republio.)
One German newspaper taking a
despairing view of the situation la
ments because the Hamburg-to-
Bagdad railroad will become the
Haniburg-to-Bodenbach road,
Really it is not so bad as that, A
road from Hamburg to Bagdad and
beyond iB still among the possibil
ities, English calico, American type
writers and German jack-knives may
go to the Orient over that road
some day if the free and useful
flow of commerce demands it,
The thing that is really lamented
in Germany is not that the road
to the Persian gulf Is a shattered
dream, but that a German road is
not going to be operated for the ben
efit of German Commerce and as a
symbol of German ovea-lordshlp In
a country where German rulers are
not wanted and German goods are
no more wanted than the goods of
other nations.
WHAT IS THERE TO DO?
What da you do at your house
after jreu strike bottom in the sugar
bewl —Jewell Republican,
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TO A PATRIOT
Not his the craven's role, nor any
share
In spiritless delay unleaderlike.
Far-seeing, long he warned us to
prepare
Our thews for righteous combat—
and to strike!
Exiled from France by malice
partisan,
Upon her shrine he" laid with
solemn pride
Four sons, each to the core American.
One fell in godlike battle. Far
and wide
The nation mourned, and rendered
homage vast
To father and to son, mirrors of
bold
Llncolnian knighthood. Honor, ye
who cast
Ballots of freedom, men of free
dom's mould!
Under such leaders rise and smite
the foe,
Within, without, till victory's ban
ners glow.
Harry Torsey Baker in North
American Review's War Weekly.
A Good Roads Victory
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Apparently the good roads loan
amendment to the constitution has
carried the state, Philadelphia gives
it more thaiv 100,000 majority, and
scattering returns from the counties
indicate that this cannot be over
come. Even some of the rural
counties have supported tho amend
ment, where naturally it was sup
posed that opposition by the Grange
element would succeed.
A quiet campaign by the nearly
300,000 owners of various kinds of
automobiles seems to have been suc
cessful. Each of the holders of a
license tag was expected to vote and
secure outside support. This may
be the cause of the victory which
is now apparent. If so, it is a Just
one, since these are the very ones
who are going to pay the principal
and interest on the fifty millions of
dollars in bonds authorized. No one
else will have to contribute a dol
lar.
It seems likely also that farm
ers by this time have found how
essential is the automobile in their
own business. They also know that
they will not be taxed a dollar, out
side their normal licenses, for se
curing the great highways which
this Commonwealth so badly needs.
The result is entirely satisfactory.
Gen. Townsend's Triumph
(From the New York Herald.)
Like a palm tree in the arid
stretches through which he fought
stands out the selection of General
Charles V. F. Townsend to bear to
the agents of the Allies the Turk
ish offer of surrender. Two years
and a half ago, almost to a day,
General Townsend and 6,000 men,
the remnant of his army of 30,000,
ran up the white flag in Kut-el-
Amara after a siege of 14 3 days and
surrendered to the Turks, while 40,-
000 other British soldiers sixteen
miles awp.y battled ineffectually to
break through the Turkish ring tb
the belenguercd foe.
Now General Townsend has ob
tained his satisfaction. That he, a
prisoner of war, should have heen
selected to carry this fateful mes
sage, fateful to all Christendom, as
well as to what remains of the Turk
ish empire, is an unique tribute to a
gallant soldier from the government
he and those under his command
served BO faithfully.
LABOR NOTES
Forty states and territories have
placed workmen's compensation
laws upon their statute books.
In one way or another, about 8,-
000,000 British women are working
for their country.
Women suffrage was .approved at
the convention of the Minnesota
State Bar Association.
Of the 1,000.000 annual nonfatal In
dustrial aooldents, probably 200,000
are accidents to tho eyes,
Pennsylvania Is preparing its In
dustries for employment of veteran
American soldiers,
A colony of houses has besn erected
by the British government for muni
tions workers near Woolwich, Eng
land.
It is esflmated that there are 10,000
private employment agencies through
out the United States,
On OctSber 14 at Cleveland, Ohio,
United Garment workers ef Amer
ica Fill meat til wnventien,
Five Provinces or Districts Into Which
Asiatic Turkey May Be Roughly Divided
IN a war geography bulletin just
Issued, the National Geographic
Society gives a brief account of
the five provinces or districts into
which Asiatic Turkey may be rough
ly divided. The bulletin, which is
based upon a communication to the
society from William H. Hall, says:
"Anatolia (the name is from a
Turkish word, meaning 'the dawn')
lies between the Black and Medi
terranean seas. This district is the
home of the greater part of the
Turkish population, perhaps 7,000,-
000 in all. Here is a case where the
people can be distinguished from the
government. Even the so-called
subject races have suffered but lit
tle more at the hands of the govern
ing officials than the common Turk
ish people
"When one remembers that all
government of the empire lies sole
ly in the hands of a group of not
more than 300 men, and that they
impose their selfish will on Turk
and Christian alike, one readily un
derstands how a distinction can be
made between people and govern
ment. In spite of a constitution
having been proclaimed and a par
liament summoned, the people,
whether of Turkish or other race,
have absolutely no voice in the af
fairs of the nation.
"Armenia, east .of Anatolia, ex
tending to the region of the Cau
casus and the Persian border, is the
site of the ancient kingdom of Ar
menia. The population is not wholly
Armenian —in fact, even before the
war the majority of the people were
Turks and Kurds but here the
bulk of the Armenian race was
found.
"It is a rugged land, a succession
of mountains and valleys, where the
people have had to contend with
nature for the establishment and
maintenance of their homes; but,
like all highland countries, it has
been*the means of producing a re
ligious, freedom-loving people.
"They were the first nation to j
embrace Christianity when, in th*
latter half of the third centry, their
king, TiraJlates, accepted the new
faith, and most of the nation follqw
ed him. Throughout all the suc
ceeding centuries they have remain
ed steadfast against wave after wave
of persecution.-until this last storm
of hate and fanaticism has swept
the greater part from their homes
and has destroyed at least a million
—two-thirds of the entire people.
"Kurdistan, a hill country north
of the Tigris river, is the home of
i brave, virile, largely illiterate
series of tribes and clans known as
the Kurds. They are the descend
We Must Americanize
(From the New York Telegram.)
Notice that statement that Chat
tanooga Is disturbed over the plan
of Germans Interned at Fort Ogle
thorpe to enter their children In the
Tennessee public schools. •
On the other hand, it is mention
ed that France believes German
babies can be made into good French
men and women, and is willingly
taking little outcusts and bringing
them up.
This is another case where they
manage " things so much better
abroud than we do here.
There tho little ones will bo
brought up as loyal French chil
dren. Here, through our political
poltroonery, we let the foreigner
come in, bringing his own language,
munnors, customs, mode of life!
vote when he can't speak our
tonguej run our schools and pub
lto offices! and we even fail to re
sent it when he sneers at our in
stitutions and Insults our flag,
We must Americanize more,
Beware the Germans
(From tho Philadelphia Ueoord)
It is a pity to have lighting going
on when the result of the war lias
been determined and the definite
submission of Germany cannot be
distant, But it is impossible for the
Allies to spare their men and relax
their attacks upon the German lines
for a moment, Powerful interests in
Germany are watching with desper
ate eagernoss to discover any signs
of weakness or weariness or negv
ligcnce on the part of the Allies.
.in astonishing results of three
months an'd eleven days are due to
the fact (hat the Allies continued
to attack all tho time. If they should
suspend offensive operations the
German military phlefs might Im
agine that they discovered a Joint
in the allied armor. Jhroujfh Which
they Mrtt (half spearhead.
ants of the Cardushi, who gave
Xenophon and his 10,000 so much
difficulty on their march across these
same hills on their way to the sea.
"Nominally, they are Moslem in
religion, but they have retained
many elements of heathen worship.
Some of their tribes are 'Yesdi,' or
devil worshipers. They are home
loving, frugal and capable of endur
ing great hardships. They prac
tice strict monogamy and their wo
men occupy an equal place with
their men in the family life.
"The Kurds have furnished at
least one great man to history, for
Saladln, the chivalrous leader of the
Saracen hests, the compeer of Rich
ard Coeur de Lion, was from this
people.
"Mesopotamia, Upper and Lower,
vies with Egypt in claiming the hon
or of being the home of ancient
civilization. It comprises the val
leys of the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers. Here flourished the Chal
dean, Babylonian and Assyrian em
pires. The city of Bagdad, with all
its glamour of mystery and magic,
is in the heart of Mesopotamia.
"This was the richest land in the
world, the granary of the ancients;
yet, in spite of all that it has been,
it to-day lies largely waste, the de
sert sands have encroached upon
the fertile fields, while the clogged
canals have turned other portions
into swamps and marshes.
"What population there is not
more than 1,000,000, is of Arab
origin, and the Arabic language is
spoken throughout. There is, in
fact, a very distinct dividing, line
bAwcen the Arabic and the Turkish
speaking portions of the Ottoman
empire. This boundry corresponds
with the line of the Bagdad railway
from the Mediterranean to the Per
sian gulf. It is for the exploitation
of this rich land of Mesopotamia
that the famous Bagdad line was
built.
"Syria, the region extending from
the Taurus mountains to Egypt, and
from the desert to the great sea,'
needs no identification. It is the
land of the patriarchs and prophets
and apostles 'the Holy Land.' Its
population numbers about 3,500,000,
of Semitic origin, speaking the Ara
bic language, and yet with so many
races intermingled through the cen
turies of the various conquests and
occupations that the people cannot
claim any one race as their own.
Greek, Roman and European cru
sader have all blended with the an
cient Semitic stock to produce the
Syrians of to-day, whom Lord Cro
mer, in his Memoirs, termed 'the
cream of the east.' "
THE TURNOVER
[From the New York Times.]
The Democrats, we think, have
lost control of the House chiefly be
cause they have not forgotten
enough. They did not make the
wisest use of their power, they were
Inclined to arbitrariness, they had
not forgotten the supine nature of
Northern Democrats seventy years
ago, and behaved accordingly. A
chairmanship given to a Northern
Democrat here nnd there would
have done no harm. It may be said
that these ure matters of politeness,
of minor morals, but they are, never
theless, worth bearing In mind. One
great cause of the Democratic over
throw in the House was, we imagine
the taxes, That party must be power
ful indeed that could withstand the
dissatisfactions necessarily flowing
from tho imposition of such gigantic
levies. Still, it may be Mr, Claude
Kitchln'a talk rather than his taxes
prompted the rebuke, Laying taxes
in billions, the author of the bill
would be wise to temper his budget
speeches with a note of sorrow) Mr,
Gladstone often did that, The pres
ent chairman of the ways and means
committee ulways exalted, He had
a fierce Joy in taxing wealth, not
merely wealth as commonly under
stood, but wealth in the most mod
est degrees, represented, for exam
ple, by the ability to own a shirt
costing more than $1.50, He openly
expressed his purpose to put his
taxes chiefly upon th North, be
cause the North had wanted us to
go into the war- That was more
resented, perhaps, than the taxes
themsels'es. It was un amazing
blunder, and we think the regret
most provalent in the country to :
day is that Mr, Kitchin could not
pay the penalty' for H by defeat in
Scotland fleck:
NOVEMBER 8, 1918.
. TRADE BRIEFS
One of the greatest obstacles to
commerce in China Is the "likin,"
the Internal tax on goods In transit,
originating as a war tax during the
Taiping rebellion. The "likin" was
originally a tax on one-tenth of one
per cent, of the value of the goods
\yhen it was first imposed, about
1863, but to-day its amount is ap
parently determined arbitrarily by
the collector.
Experiments in Norway with a
view to extracting salt from ocean
water by means of electricity have
been successful, and two salt fac
tories will be started for this pur
pose in the near future. Each fac
tory is calculated to produce 50,000
tons of salt a year.
Great Interest in American ready
built houses has been expressed in
both France and England, accord
ing to lumber Trade Commissioner
John R. Walker. Manufacturers of
such houses who are interested in
the European market are requested
to send their catalogs to the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce for transmission to Mr.
Wiflker, so that the latter may be
in a better position to answer in
quiries.
Before the war Russia's need of
scythes was estimated at 6,000,000
annually, of which about half were
required in Siberia. To fill these re
quirements about 4,500,000 scythes
were imported annually and the re
mainder manufactured in Russia.
According to latest information
there are hardly any scythes to be
found, Russian Industry being at a
standstill and the importation closed.
The present stocks of cigars in
Germany will not last beyond the
end of the present year, according
to the Berlin Tageblatt. Not only
has there been a considerable in
crease in the prices of cigars, but
the quality has deteriorated.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
yVwj dodges.
■ / ' n omer ~eßcy
forward a
1 don,t know
/ J I Many'a the time
/ \ j I have seen my
\ V hat blow down
,lle Mrect while
strong men
sUMRafe stood by and
jfi'JL JP- simply laughed.
EXCITING. > wsi
Husband—l see >
by tho paper that Wk V'
a woman was JiTx
killed while try
lng to got to a gMto /
bargain counter mE&A's i*T
Wife —What a'W *
splendid tlmo the ill /h
rest of the worn- ill /l\
on must have
fAFVEH WIFE*
£- your wife
Is away i king
when do you
dmua't L-ow it.
Humtfttg (Eljat
School libraries, the 'means by
which the Harrisburg Public Library
is taking books to the schoolchildren
and expanding Its educational worfe
in this community, have attracts*
considerable attention in other Penn
sylvania cities and the Harrlsbur|r
plan has been adopted in othw
places, Just us Harrisburg had adopt
ed similar enterprises In larger cit
ies to its own particular use. The
redistribution idea, which has been
worked out by Miss Alice R. Eatcm,
the librarian, with the object of get
ting the books a wider circulation
among the children cuts down the
number of books available at each
building, but is the best that can be
done in the present state of resources
of the Library, which have scarcely
increased In the last live years al
though expenses of operation have
gone up many per cent. It was the
hope to double the number of school
libraries this fall, but instead of
twelve'only ten can be provided and
that has been done by means of
stretching the books of six over four
more. The system Is to have the
principals take charge and there is
generally one of the teachers who
attends to circulation, guides the
little folks in their reading and helps
them to progress. The Library has
a big Held in these school branches
and with adequate funds could de
velop a valuable adjunct to the edu
cational system of the city. As it is
it is making' 746 books go a long
ways.
• • •
The manner in which the city has
oclebrated the victories of the Ital
ian army is worth noting. Next to
the joy at the achievements of the
American forces at the series of bat
tles on the Marne and the Vesle
Harrisburg has shown the greatest
pleasure in the prowess of the Italian
army. There is a large Italian-born
population in this section and the
war has done more to smooth over
feelings than anything possible. The
Italian speaking people are now on
the same plane as the people from
nations which were earlier in the set
tlement of Harrisburg.
• •
If there is one place in Harrisburg
that gets hit hard when there is any
excitement like that which occurred
yesterday afternoon when the ru
mors of the armistice floated about
it is a telephone exchange. When
there -is a Are alarm a switchboard
fairly blazes with the calls and if
there is much inquiry fuses are
blown out and the man or woman
who calls up from somewhere not
affected puts everyone also out of
business. When a tense situation
like that of yesterday develops and
the interest of everyone centers in
a report the strain on an exchange is
territtic. The scenes about the Har
risburg exchange of the Bell yester
day resembled a barrage Are. The
switchboards were one glitter of
lights as the calls were flashed and
the operators worked with might
and main. In all the strenuous con
ditions produced by the war and
rumors of war there has been noth
ing like the rush of calls that de
scended upon the exchange yester
day and the demand for attention
swept into the plant in a storm that
summoned officials and chiefs to
help out.
• • •
There was one man who was de
termined to be right yesterday when
the question about whether the war t
was going to end this month was in
the air. He stood in front of the
Courthouse and said "I knew long
ago that America would win."
"Did you buy a bond?" asked a
man going by.
• * •
President "Andy" Patterson is
some fireman. While riding in the
carriage with Senator Beidleman
during the demonstration in the let
ter's honor, the president of tho
Chamber of Commerce noticed one
of the marchers had set fire to his
coat by a rather energetic use of red
fife. Mr. Patterson extinguished
the flame and the procession was not
even halted.
• • •
It is an interesting fact that James
M. Cox, elected governor of Ohio on
Tuesday, and ex-Governor Frank B.
Willis, whom he defeated again, are
both well known in Harrisburg. Both
have been herts within a year. "Jim"
Cox was a great personal friend of
John K. Tener and his guest when
he was governor, while Governor
Willis and Governor Brumbaugh lec
tured about the country together.
♦ • *
The manner in which the Capitol
Park extension has been cleared
has been followed With interest by
many people because of the legal
proceedings. The Fishman suit will
open another chapter fraught with
as much to hold attention as the
Matterhorn action.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Judge William D. Porter, re
elected to the Superior Court, was
for years one of the active attor
neys of Allegheny county and Is
noted as one of the best read and
careful jurists in the state.
—John S. Fisher, who was presi
dent of the Associated Highways,
which backed the big road loan
amendment, used to be a member
of the State Senate.
—Justice-elect John W. ICephart,
of the Supreme Court, started to
read law when he held his first
Job,
—Dr. B. F. Royor, acting com
missioner of health, spent one wholo
summer in tho British Isles studying
the treatment of contagious dis
eases.
.—James E. Norton, new legislator
from Reading, used to be a state
factory Inspector. He has lately
been coroner of Berks.
—-Senator-elect M. G. Loslle has
long been one of the potent factors
in Pittsburgh politics,
DO YOU KNOW
<—That Dauphin lias had over
twenty members of the State
Senate from this city?
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HISTORIC HARRISBURG
John llarrla is said to have firo
visited the Susquehanna in ITOJt.
ttahj Redeemed
It will be forever a source n
pride to the Italian raoe thpt "ItaO
Unredeemed 1 ' was rescued W foroe
pf arms The territory ef which Italy
had been so often pheated by the
chicanery of kings vy"" either ooou-<
pied or reedy for glmest immediate
occupation when the armlstioe
camo.—New York World.
Hasn x t Even Peen C&pred
Our soldiers in the Orient have
thoroughly exploded the old theory
that the Turkish bath originated
among the Turks.T=Froia the Clave*
,Un*