16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TEI.%iHAI*H I'HI.VTIXG CO. Telegraph Hull.Hug. Federal Square E. J. STACKrOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager Gl'S M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor A. H. MICHEXER. Circulation Manager. —:secntlve Board J. P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGELSBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Member of the Associated Press—The : Associated Press is exclusively en- I titled to the use for republication of | all news dispatches credited to it or j ot otherwise credited in this paper ; and also the local published heieln. IHU rights of republication of special ! dispatches herein are also reserved, j m Member American ! ' i Newspaper Pub-i Ushers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu ■BhH|Bß lation and Penn sylvanla Associ a ted Dailies. is: 55 9BE H Eastern office, 'lSlijSgi ™ Story. Brooks & SSfi £ 5£9 © Finley, Fifth 'EaSSsSa 31 Avenue Building IS! C JCS iff New York City iff Western office, ffin 'TpSETCJc Story. Brooks & j SiTI W rrft Finley, People's S -p Gas Building, \ • Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. BY carrier, ten cents a 4> week: by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. Oh, stay a tittle, stay! Why do you hurry sot JoysJie along the uay That you ne'er again may know, The grave is at the end Of the way that you are taking— Oh, stay a little, friends, And soothe some heart that's ach ing— Why do you hurry sot —S. E. RISER. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918 A WISE DECISION MAYOR KEISTER wisely has decided that no form of pub lic demonstration shall be i permitted to interfere with church j services on Thanksgiving day morn- 1 ing. • By so deciding he has met the I wishes of a vast number of people | whojo annual custom it is to attend s services on that morning and to give j over the remainder of the day to I family reunions. Just why there should be another j peace demonstration at any time is ; not clear. The people of Harris- j burg celebrated the signing of the ; armistice with full hearts and un restrained enthusiasm. They are tired of parades. They have had enough of marching. One of these days the soldiers will be coming home and then will be an occasion for a real jubilee. It has been sug gested that we save our money, roll two funds into one, and have a gigantic welcome-home for the men In khaki. This has the right ring and no doubt would have the sup port of the public. The proudest boast of the ancients was. "I am a citizen of Rome," but that was before America went into the war. TIME FOR ACTION T* HOSE who know him in this ] vicinity, and most of us do, are confident that Governor elect Sproul will still further ce ment the pleasant relations which | exist between the people of the city and the large official family on Capi- , tol Hill. There is also general confi dence in the progressive policies of the next Governor which give assur ance of his interest in the promo tion of those improvement projects that have been outlined and par- I tially carried through jointly by the Commonwealth and the city au thorities. Certain obligations rest upon the municipal officials in peparing to go along with the State in the improve ment of the Capitol Park area. These involve the widening of Third and Walnut streets without delay, the removal of unsightly overhead 1 poles and wires and the doing of other things which are part of the great central ptan authorized by the last Legislature and previous sessions. Of course, the budding of monumental viaduct at State street is a necessary fer.tv.re of the whole program and this project has been so thoroughly discussed and agreed upon that all that is neces sary is a proper submission of the proposition to the next Legislature for approval. Governor Brumbaugh wil! undoubtedly refer to this and other matters carried forward dur ing the present administration in his final message, so that all transactions may be effectively linked up in the completion of the big undertaking. But the city authorities should not wait a day to put into force and effect the matters and things which are necessary to be done by the municipality In order to con form to the general plan. An im mediate conference should be held ,by and between the Board of Pub lic Grounds and Buildings and the ■tty officials, to the end that a har- Hionlous agreement may be reached ■i to what ought to be done before ■he Legislature meets. Harrisburg FRIDAY EVENING, has never lugged in doing Its part and will not do so now. The Federal government having removed building and other restric tions since ,the cessation of hostili ties. there promises to be a great building and improvement era with the beginning of the new year. Al ready individuals and corporations are preparing to launch building and other enterprises which were sus pended during the war as a result of Federal embargoes and restric tions. Thousands of men who have been busy in war activities and munition plants will me released for the more constructive work of peace. Industrial forces which have been more or less disorganized will be efficlsntly readjusted and it may be expected that within the next two or three months an approach to normal conditions will have been restored. Harrisburg is admirably situated for a big forward movement and it is up to the individual, the municipal and other leaders to pull together with a view to the inevitable ex pansion that all have been eoniident ly anticipating in this city and throughout Central Pennsylvania. Old Mouse Face has escaped to Hol land. Probably to nibble Dutch cheese. CHRISTMAS ARGOSIES THE New York Sun comes for ward with the suggestion that Christmas gift restrictions be lifted for the beneltt of our soldiers in France. Says the Sun: "When every bit of tonnage was needed to carry fighting men, their arms, their munitions, their food, so as to whip the Germans in the shortest possi ble time, it was a necessary rule of Generals Pershing, Commander-in- Chief in the field, and Rogers, the Quartermaster General, that those of us at home must not ship articles to our men in France. But now ships eastward bound have large cargo space no longer imperatively re quired for troops, shells and pro visions. There is yet time to freight some of them to the hatches with Christmas packages, ribbons, holly, greetings and all." And why not? Why shouldn't our lads over there have their Christmas celebrations, now that their hard job is done? This will be a merry Christmas indeed for hundreds of thousands of them. They have come through a thou sand perils. They have triumphed in a great cause. Their eyes are turning toward home. Their Christ mas in France ought to be as nearly like they are accustomed to as is possible. A careful reading of the armistice terms convinces us that the peace conference won't have much to do. THE NEW ORDER THIS from a bulletin of the United States Department of Labor: The war has been the means of spreading social education to quarters where otherwise it might never have come. The really big men of the employing class now realize that workmen are most efficient and loyal when they are well treated; that it is better for the workman to have a fur coat and automobile than not. The workman, on the other hand, has come to realize that mere possession of an automo bile and a fur coat by the boss is no reason for the workman's chanting a hymn of hate. That is the message that the war is bringing to the employer and the employe who will sur vive in the new time—large pro duction will mean plenty for all. provided there is the tolerance and respect on both sides that will lead to industrial peace. The new ern is at hand; the old-time business autocrat and the old time labor demagogue are both nonessential in these times. All of which is true, and the sooner all classes accept the new condition the better for the coun try. There is no room for the Bol shevik in a country where prosperity extends to all classes, for it is the doctrine of the Bolshevik to take away the possessions of those who by their industry have managed to accumulate something above their actual needs. The man with a good suit of clothes, money in his pocket or a piano in the house is pie for the Bolshevik. In a country where these and other desirable things are com mon possessions there is no chance for the Bolshevik. In the reconstruction days ahead the nation will need strong leader ship in business, finance, labor and economic affairs in general. The situation created by the re turn of the world to peaceful pur suits will make it easy for the radi cal element to exploit their doctrines unless the danger is clearly foreseen and guarded against. No nation ever had a finer opportunity to de velop internationally than the United States will have when the serious work of reconstruction is taken up. As the war hazard de clines, however, the fool hazard in legislation will loom larger and it will bo necaoaary to cor *>at vari ous forms of socialism a:_d the evils which attend them. Both business and labor must keep cool heads and play fair, one with the other, else both will suffer. Among thoughtful people there is an undercurrent of disappointment over the fact that the Kaiser and hi.* group of bandits and murderers have been permitted to escape. It is the opin ion of some people that they should have been delivered to the Allied au thorities as hostages to be tried for their crimes. Scmo example should be made of these men that never again in the histofry of the world will such ambitious leaders be tempted to over run other nations in their quest for power and plunder. Altruism is all right so long as It docs not descend to mawkish senti mentality. Germany has invoked the trouble that is now descending upon her and she cannot hope to escape on any plea. We must not lose sight of the element of Justice in what Is now transpiring and we should be untrue to ourselves If through any feeling of sentimentality we lose sight of the great debt we owe those who have made possible the victory. Germany has sown to the wind and the whirl wind Is Inevitable. Those person* who have not con tributed to the seven organizations which are looking after the welfaro of the boys In the servico should hoßl tate no longer. Their obligation Is clear and we trust that the city as well as all over the central counties of the State there may bo a great re sponse in appreciation of the splendid services of the American soldier. Every church should be thrown open on Thanksgiving Day so that the community may give proper expres sion to its gratitude to Almighty God for the winning of a war for right eousness and justice. r 7 i * PU&C4- CK '~f > IKK4-^icCLKUI By the Ex-Coinmlttccman The unanimity with which Repub lican leaders all over the state have agreed that there shall be no con test over the presiding officers of the two branches of the Legislature and that Governor-elect William C. Sproul may name the speaker of the ntyct House of Representatives, if he so desires, is taken to mean that the new State Executive has a legislative program which he wishes to get en acted and that the chieftains are in accord with htm. Just how exten sive this program may be is a matter of speculation, but in view of the fact that the friends of the Delaware senator made much of his pre-emi nent business qualifications as one of the reasons why he should be chosen governor and that the Governor re ferred to their kindly statements in a recent interview on his policy, some here think that an overhaul ing of the state governmental ma chinery may be one of the items on his list. It is well known that the Dela ware senator took the greatest in terest in the studies made of the state government by the Economy and Efficiency Commission and that he was favorable to the various piotes of legislation prepared to make effective some of the recom mendations, most of which, however, fell under executive displeasure. An other interesting thing is that Harry S. MeDevitt. who made the stud ies. has been active in handling de tails of the senator's campaign. For some time past it has been known that the Auditor General's Department had been engaged in a study of the whole governmental structure, the list of offices, the methods and the disbursements for salaries and expenses. in the event that the new Gover nor should have an overhauling of the works in mind he will find the legislators in readiness to make it. —According to Philadelphia news papers the announcement by Senator Vare on Wednesday night that the leaders of the Republican party had arranged to avoid one of the speak ership contests that have torn up the whole state the last few years has started numerous booms to working. The strength of Represen tative George W. Williams, of Tioga, the northern tier "dry" leader, is admitted by Philadelphia, newspa pers, whose writers have sensed the upstate demand for a speaker. Every speaker of the House since the days of Frank B. McClain has come either from Allegheny or a county con tiguous to Philadelphia. —The Philadelphia Record says that efforts are being made to "in duce" Senator Sproul to accept Mr. Williams. The North American says Mr. Williams is "likely to be the unopposed choice of all factions" for the speakership and that the booms of A. B. Hess, Lancaster, and W. F. Stadtlander, of Allegheny, while ac ceptable to the liquormen, will not go far. The Public Ledger does not refer to the Williams candidacy, which, however, is seriously con sidered by the Philadelphia Press. The Ledger notes that the boom for W. T. Ramsey, of Delaware, was not considered! in "good form." —Most significant is the way the Philadelphia Inquirer, first in the field for* Sproul last, winter, puts it. The Inquirer says John W. Vicker man, of Allegheny, "dry" leader, has declined to he u candidate and then goes to to say. No matter what may be presented by either the friends or the opponents of local option, Mr. Williams is looked upon as a man who would be fair to both sides un der all circumstances. Should the li cense forces in the next House fail to agree upon any candidate for Speak er, it is regarded as reasonably cer tain that Representative Williams will stand a good chance of winning the Speakership. —Much is made in Philadelphia newspapers, especially the North American, of Senator Sproul's re fusal to attend the after-the-election celebration at Harvey's Cedars, which attracts politicians from all over the state, and it is declared that the new Governor will not go to "seaside conferences" and that he has let it be known that if people want to see him they can call at his offices. —Out in Pittsburgh there is much stir over the judgeships. Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are busy with Congressional contests and the rest of the state is trying to forget the election and allow Governor-elect .->pi,oul a clear track. —George W. Williams, the Tioga county legislator, who is being much mentioned as a possible for speaker, comes from a county which has had strong men in the General Assembly and one Tioga man was speaker back in the seven ties. The two Youngs, John I. Mit chell, Jerome B. Miles and other men who left their impress on Penn sylvania affairs came from that county. Mr. Williams, who was in the Senate for a term, has been a member of the House the last three sessions and has been a conspicuous figure. He was in charge of local option bills when it took consider able courage and had the general respect of his colleagues. He has been chairman of several Important committees. Mr. Williams was one' of the men who started out for speaker a couple of years ago, but declined to start a row and with drew. —Representatives Aaron B. Hess, of Lancaster, and Robert S. Spang ler, of York, who come from the "rose counties," are both legislators of considerable experience and are suid to be reelplept candidates. Mr. Hess figured as a receiver of compli mentary votes last session, Fred C. Bhrhardt, of gcrunton, eldest In point of service of Republicans, is 1 HAJUUSBURG IAIAI TELEORAPB WHAT DOES A GIRL THINK OF WHEN SHE'S RUNNIN AN ELEVATOR? By BRIGGS ir^^W^MSß ' t 111 1 /ootMc L.re! \ | S _". T , B g_- Ll^ g I |iltWbll \ | J /\ / I WOMDER WHY ) ,| Me . C J 1 9 4 f *~\ / I EV/CR PICKED I ? A /50MS Cf ' i passing JOBS ( | jjj 1 W^^ °^ € <3Uy ill 111 lilt lll rl '- ,Ke BLISTERS- / / nice GUY - Gee \ WtMt*'* AND when I GST / WHY PON'T A \ f/lrjX I HON-ie. I'M Ttoo I WICF ONE LIKE I / Tired To keep / him Take T& me! —/ always its a ' ~ —x V T "'IZ- T | (^mb also spoken of. He got a vote in 1917. —The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times prints the following regarding the movement to put Senator Charles 11. Kline into the vacancy that will be created on the Superior Court bench when John W. Kephart goes to the Supreme Court: "If Judge Kephart takes his new seat January 6 Governor M. G. Brumbaugh could appoint his successor before noon January 7, when the Legislature convenes, and commission him to serve until the end of the session of the Senate. Air. Sproul will not be inaugurated as governor until January 21. Any appointment that Governor Brumbaugh would make after the assembling of the Senate would have to be sent to that body for confirmation. Should Judge Kephart decide to delay taking the oath of office as a justice of the Su preme Court and the forwarding of his resignation from the other branch until after January 7 the Senate would be in a position, if it desired, to block any superior Court appointment the present executive might make." —The board of judges will meet shortly to select a successor in the' Board of Philadelphia County Com- ! missioners caused by the death of John H. Gay. Among the candi dates in the field are ex-State Sena tor Vivian Frank Gable, J. Warner Hutchins, a prominent Guardsman, j and Henry Starr Richardson, a pub lisher. There are also several aspir- i ants for positions in the Public Ser vice Commission, which the new j Governor is expected to fill soon after his inauguration, says the Demo cratic Philadelphia Record. Ex., Governor William M. Bunn announc ed yesterday that he is a candidate. James S. Benn, another newspaper rpan, also has his eye on the $lO,OOO --year job. FOLDED (A Ballad of the War) The farmer sat in his old arm chair, At the setting of the sun: He heard the hired man's tread at the door, And he knew that the chores were done. "John, are fowls safe-penned for the night? The geese and the turkeys all right?" "Sure," rang the answer, as John doffed his hat. And hung it up for the night. "And the sheep, John, the sheep? Is the barndoor tight?" "As tight as a drum," said John; "And the cuttle, the calves? All safe for the night?" John nodded, and yawned anon. "But the horses, John? They were out in the field." "They are safe, in their stalls in the burn." "Has the help gone home? Are the gates all barred?" "Yes. yes. Would I tell you a yarn?" Now John was ready to mount the stairs; (Near the door he had placed his gun;) But he paused for the questions that always came. Ere the good old farmer was done. "And my grandchildren, John? Have they, too, gone to bed?" , John listened. "All's quiet up stairs." Then he stood stock-still, while the old clock clicked, And • above was the saying of pravers. • * * * • • Then with a quiver, the old voice shook. As he asked for his dearest of kin; "All safe in the home-nest, John, but the boys,— My boys, John, —they haven't come in!" "No," answered John, —and his voice was gruff. To hide a twinge of pain; "Would they were safe, like the chickens ap'l cows;" No more said the honest swain. But the elder man mused in the gathering night, And brushed away a tear, For the brave lads afar in the fields of war. "No, I must not wish they were here. "The dear Lord gives me the care of the rest; 'Tis my task to safeguard them' from harm. But the boys 'over there' are His special care;—- They are folded beneath Hls,arm." —HENRIETTA JOHNS. Harrlsburg, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Chastisement of Germany To the Editor of the Telegraph: On every hand we hear the same question repeated: How can Ger many be adequately punished for her four years reign of bestiality, running the gamut of murder, rap ine. arson, pillage and plunder; un til it would seem that all had over looked the supreme fact that al ready sentence had been passed against her in that greatest of all I courts wherein the Omnipotent God is both witness and judge. Against the decision of the Al mighty Jurist, earthly judgment and human hands can be of no avail and already we hear the murmur of the coming of the storm presaging the beginning of the end wherein she shall drink of the bitterest of all cups. Apparently ironical fate has de cided that the same force that rais ed' her to such arrogant pre-emi nence shall destroy her. The Ger man musters have builded better or worse than they knew for their teachings are now about to react upon themselves. After years of trifling with the human mind the Prussians succeed ed in making of the German soldier a machine in which the wires con necting the brain and the soul had been severed thus after providing him with a token inscribed with that diabolical phrase "Strike him dead! The Day of Judgment will not ask your reasons." She was ready to turn France and Belgium into the hell she has. With their souls sunk in an in sensible sea. the Huns have run rampant and even improved on the teachings of their eminent Kultur ists, until to-day they stand a race apart, an accursed people. Their Kaiser, imbued with Napoleonic dreams and backed by his Prussian •Military Clique, hoped to avert the fate of the great French 'militarist by adding to iron discipline hitherto unheard-of efficiency, even going to the length of decrying the Divine Power by teaching the unholy maxim that Might makes Right, thereby committing their greatest FALLEN GERMANY [From the New York Times.] The German people, headed by their Kaiser and his associates in autocracy, set forth gayly and con fidently four years ago to begin the conquest of the world. Their confi dence never forsook them: they never doubted of success, strange to say, until about the middle of the great retreat before Foch. At first not even the retreat disturbed them, for they believed it was for strategic reasons; it is probable that the pos sibility of defeat did not strike for a month or more, and did not be come actual in their minds until the beginning of the withdrawal from Belgium. How stunning, therefore, must be the overwhelming disaster that has befallen them. Generally the defeat ed party sees defeat coming for a long time and has a change to get used the idea; but this defeat came almost from a clear sky. They had believed that the great rush of March 21 was to give the finishing touches to the war. It did, but in so different a way from what they ex pected! This is the first war in which United Germany has engaged since its creation, and the German Empire then created is shattered literally at a blow —the blow which Foch struck on July 18. By their pride and confidence we may measure their humiliation. "But yesteyda" the word of Caesar might have stood againot the world." and now Caesar is begging bread, and, what is worse, begging it from those who have conquered him. Foreign armies are about to move upon the Rhine, there to wait until he has carried out the peace terms they will impose upon him. "Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein"; but the new watch on the Rhine will be a watch maintained •by the "degenerate" French, the "contemptible" British, and the "dollar-chasing" Yankees. Only last week they were still de stroying French cities, even up to the very day of the armistice; now they discover that they were simply add ing to Germany's bill with every house they smashed. German prison ers will rebuild the houses, stone on stone, and Germany will pay for the work. Piling up work for Germans to do. piling up marks for Germans to pay, that was what they were do ing when they fired those last shells Into Maubeuge. and what they had been doing all through their retreat, and a year before they had to re treat <: blunder, for had not Christ on Cal vary proven its fallacy? The land of the great Napoleon should have reminded him also of the terrible year 1792 and the fate i of Louis XVI, his Girondist minis- | try and her tyrannical masters, but! the lesson evidently meant nothing i to this puppet of power, so he and j those who aided him in misguiding i the destiny of the German States j must pay a like penalty. Woe unto them if the beasts turn | upon their drivers with all their nur- j tured ferocity and efficiency, the re- i suit will outrival the French revo- j lution as the giant outrivals the pygmy. Already with the stink of out raged Belgium in their nostrils, the human wolves are falling back to their own borders a defeated horde and the Imperial High Command j can see stalking behind the specter j of defeat, the still more terrible | specter of anarchy, else why should | they demand the privilege of pre-1 senting the news of their defeat to j the people in their own way. . Only j too well they realize the- snarling, j snapping pack driven home by the ; relentless rush of the oncoming un- j conquerable force are disillusioned i as to their leaders' divine connection I and are well aware of the consum- , mate hoax that has been perpe-'i trated upon them. The result is problematical, it is ; true yet as coming events cast their shadows before them so do the ru- i mors, which persist in evading the j strict censorship of t#ie German | Press, indicate that a .terrible red cloud hangs over her destiny. A jealous God, terrible in his an ger. is about to visit vengeance upon those who have blasphemed his name and twisted his very laws to suit their needs and devilish pur poses. So beware Prussians, who have taught your soldiers every unfair : and foul method of warfare. They j have learned to look on women as I does your brother, the Turk. You j have fostered lust in their hearts; I life to thein means less than noth ing. Again, I say, Prussians be wure, for the reaping of the whirl wind is nigh at hand. JOHN LESTER RUPP. Highway Improvements [Pittsburgh Gazotte-Times.] The lesson of co-operation which the American people learned dur ing the stressful days that are now happily gone will abide for long. Al ready it is being put in practice. Let us not again fall into the habit of napping—of postponing improve ments of obvious necessity beyond the time when they can be dis pensed with. Pennsylvania in the past has been sadly remiss in the matter of highway work. We can thank the war for the victory which we gained over ourselves last week when popular approval was given to the constitutional amendment au thorizing an issue of $50,000,000 bonds for road improvements. The breakdown of the railroads at a crucial time found us with a modern auxiliary method of transportation ready for use. The automobile truck had been developed, providentially it seemed, for just such an emer gency as. arose last year. But the people had not kept step and to a degree were unready to take ad vantage of the new instrumentality. We had relatively few roads con structed for use of the great trucks of this advanced day. It is useless to lament public short-sightedness five years ago when the people voted down a roudbond issue amendment; let us rejoice that, having become wide awake to the ncsd Pennsyl vanians approved the amendment this year. How soon it will be pos sible to enter upon the great work of construction cannot be predicted, but within a relatively short time money and men will be available. Then the work should be pushed with all possible expedition. Every citizen of the state will share in the benefits that will be derived. Good highways through the su burban and rural districts will not, however, provide all that is needed to enable the fullest employment of automobiles in the growing trans portation service of the country. The cities must keep their streets In re pair and provide ample main arteries of travel within their boundaries. Hoover Conspiracy Knicker —Why couldn't Jones fin ish his dinner? Bocker—The waiter took so long between courses that It made a i fourth me&l , NOVEMBER 15, 1918. NATION OF HOME LOVERS [Cicely Hamilton in N. A. Review] In counting the sorrows that have fallen upon France bne must re member that her people, for the most part, have no wandering in stinct in their blood; various causes, temperamental. economic, have made of them a race that roots stub- ( bornly. A race that plans forward, that builds and saves and stints; that has little careless trust in the future, in the haphazard turn of events. That holds to what it has and improves it unadventurously but steadily; a race, id the provinces especially, of small owners, small landholders, small shopkeepers. With such the roots are driven deep into the soil, are entwined about the house they seldom move from; for which reason the towns in which they and their fathers have dwelt have a lusting individuality unknown with more emigrant races. And for the same reason, I make no doubt that Ifchen they are driven forth by the chances of war their suffering is greater than that of a people as in stinctively emigrant as ourselves. To the Frenchman, home is in very truth an abiding place, and the un known and unsettled future a greater dread than with us. Always 1 shall remember the dulled, tight lipped faces of the older women of the town; of one, in particular, who stared through the splintered win dows of the little shop that was her home, not seeming to hear while I stumbled out my sympathy, resent ful and silent in her hopelessness. The little shop and the rooms be hind it hod been life and the world to herself and her husband for years. • * • None of them was emo tional outwardly; but their mouths and their eyes were despairing. ASIA MINOR [From the N. Y. Times] The lurk has had to resign any right to say what shall be done with his empire. This is the effect, if not the the explicit declaration, of the trms of the armistice; and a great responsibility is laid on the Christ ian Powers whose Indolence or riv alries have so often prolonged the life of a Power which has no place in the modern world. The opinion seems to be widespread that for some reason or other there is still to be a Turkish Empire in Asia Minor. It is hard to see any excuse for such ar. arrangement except mere reluctance to put an end to an ancient stute, and this sentiment should hardly have much weight in a time such r.s this, when more an cient and slightly more respectible burgs, are disappearing overnight. For the Turk has proved in five Powers, such as that of the Haps hundred yeais of experience that he has no capacity for gogvernment. It would be a scandal to permit him to continue to rule over other races and if self-determination is invoked in support of leaving a residual Turkish Empire, it may be observed that he has shown no capacity to rule himself. HHiHs excellences were military, and only military; and even in this field the march of pro gress has left him behind. Surely if Albania, for instance, must ac cept some sort of protectorate, it greater freedom to the Turk, would be . unreasonable to have THE DAYS OF GIVING [From the Ohio State Journal] There is a great duty laid upon the people of this country now that the war Is closing its battles and slaughter. There is want In all lands, and it is simply inhuman to let that want go on without making great efforts to to relieve and remove it. The same high ideals that brought us into the struggle must be main tained until all suffering peoples may see some way to maintain them selves. The grandeur of this war does not consist more in killing men than in savfog them. Now comes the time to save them. There is no better way for a nation to help Itself than by helping others. There are thou sands and thousands in Europe and Asia Minor who will starve and freeze if the United States doesn't help them. We cannot stop giving. We must keep our war chest full and overflowing. Our humanity organi zations mult now be sustained. No man has the right to get rich or spend his money foolishly. America may be through shooting, but the war for humanity keeps up. Let us hope this grand old United States will stand the test as it has been doing. The man who Is not proud of his country these days is a traitor. No Use Trying [From St Louis Globe-Democrat] Hereafter, politics never will be | adjourned Eimuttg (Eljat J ~ V ■■ Borne of the men named as com* mlssloners to take the vote of the soldiers and sailors In various campi and stations throughout the country have declared In turning in theii books that they never want to go aguln. The commissioners, with few exceptions, were men who had nevol had any experience in such matted as taking soldier votes and some of them had never served on an elec tion board. The greatest difference appears to have ruled In the way the commissioners were received at the various camps. At most of them the camp adjutants took the commis sioners in charge and made them home, but in others the commie, sioners had to argue about getting permission to hold elections. The right to hold the elections was nevet questioned, only the way to go about it. And, incidentally, the bulk of the commissioners held forth in Y. M. C. A. huts where they could get into them. In one case the commission ers organized the election boards in the auditorium of the camp and had a regular voting bee from 2 to 5 o'clock. The general statement, however, by the commissioners ie that the soldiers were not interested in voting. The nten were all busy with training, drilling or studying and, although politicians had been around to see them, they did not show much concern about the re sults and some men only voted when they found their comrades were go ing to ballot. The belief is that the whole cost to the stute will run over fIO.OOO. ' • • A good story on the high cost of living comes from Verbeke street market. It seems that a woman ob jected to paying some advanced prices for eggs and asked the man in charge why the rate was away up. "Feed, Missus, is the main thing. It costs an awful lot to feed chick ens these days, and then we have to take care of them," explained the farmer. "Say, man, when I was raised on a farm, we turned the chickens out to run and did not feed them any grain, and the only care they ever got was when chicken hawks came around. And we gathered the eggs as fun," responded the woman with some vigor. The farmer was nonplussed and then bluntly replied: "Well, ain't the railroaders making lots of money?" • • • Captain R. C. Batley, commanding the motor truck company of the Re serve Militia, got off duty Wednes day for the first time since the in fluenza tsitbreak began and was on duty again before night. The cap tain was put in charge of the move ment of supplies by trucks when the epidemic began to assume such pro portions that the state had to take a hand, and then was made the of ficer in charge of hospitals at Steel ton und other places in this section. He worked day and night and when he had reported off duty he was re called and sent to Western Pennsyl vania to straighten up some hospital conditions. • • • A handsome, large-sized photo graph of the portrait of Ex-Governoi Samuel W. Penny-packer in the Ex ecutive Department gallery has been placed in the meetingroom of the Public Service Commission at th Capitol, where he presided over th business of the body. ♦ • The hearing to be held by the Su perior Court at Philadelphia th first week in December in the appeal of the Harrisburg jitneynjen from the decision of the Public Servict Commission has attracted attention all over the state because of the larg number of jitneymen operating. It was thought that the decisions oi the Commission in the Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Allegheny cases would cover all matters that could arise, but the local cases brought oul some new angles. • * * Members of Grand Army posts in Harrisburg heard yesterday with th greatest regret of the death of Col R. Bruce lticketts, of Wilkes-Barra commander of the famous artillery unit at Gettysburg and\ other hard fought fields. Col. Ricketts waa Democratic nominee for Lieutenant- Governor in 1886 and came near be ing the party candidate for Governoi In 1890. He was well known hera and was a member of the Gettysburg Military Commission. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Representative W. F. StadUand er, who Is being urged for Speaker ol the House, is a, Pittsburgh lawyer. —Repesentatlve D. W. Helt, oi Northumberland, served on the Isth mian Canal work. —Representative F. C. Ehrhardt of Scranton, is the oldest Rcpubjlcat legislator. He entered the House i 1905. ■ —Representative David Fowlen re-elected in Lackawanna, servet through the Philippine campaigns. —Representative John M. Flynn ranking Democratic member of tha House, was first elected from Ell county In 1902 and has been comini back regularly since. T DO YOU KNOW —Tliat some cities have already started to create rows of trees in honor of tlirir fallen soldier and sailor sons hud eroct tab* lets and arches? HISTORIC HARRIsniTRG —When the men of 1812 wen mustered out the citizens gave then a feast In Capitol Park. Our Boys Are Coming Horn* (Of the Civil War period and unlden tided authorship) Thnnk God, the sky is clearing! | The c'.cuds are hurrying past; Thnnk God, the clay Is nearlngd The dawn Is coming fast. And when glad herald voices Shall tell us peace has come. This thought shall most rejoice "Our boys are coming horov Soon shall tho voice of singing Drown War's tremendous dlk. Soon shall the Joy bell's rtogli Bring peace and freedom lit, The Jubilee bonfires burning Shall soon light up the dome. And soon, to soothe our yearning, Our boys are coming home. The vacant fireside places Have waited for them long 7 The love light lacks their faoe% The chorus waits their song; A shadowy fear has haunted i The long desertd room; But now our prayers are granted ' Our boys are oomin* hornet, a
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