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What'er 1 do thou dost not change;
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, I#JB
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* THANKSGIVING
Make a Joyful noLe nat. ,be lord,
nil ye lands.
Serve Ihe l.ord with slailneaa: rnae
before Hla presence with Ringing.
Know ye that the l.ord He Is Gadi j
It Is He that hath made us, and not 1
we onrselvesi we are Hla people and 1
the aheep of Hla pastures.
Rater lata His gates with thanks
giving, and Into Hla eonrts with ]
praise I be thankful unta Him and
bless His name.
For the l.ord Is good: Ills Mercy Is
everlasting! and Ills truth eadurelh to
all generations.— Psalms, 100 th.
••••••as*
When He said uata theai. Go year
way, eat the fat. drink the sweet, and j
send portions to thrm for whom noth
ing la prepared! for this day Is holy !
nato onr l.ordi neither be ye sorry, for ;
tbr Joy of the l.ord Is your strength.
• •
And all the people neat their way
to eat, and to drink, and to send por- '
tloas, aad to make great mirth be
cause they had understood the words j
that were declured unto them. —Nehe-
miah, 9th chap.; 10 and 12.
What this newspaper has contended
right along—that the men who have
been doing the fighting for Uncle Sam, j
who have aligned themselves for jus- j
tice and freedom—will stand for noi
foolishness on the part of those imi- '
tators in this country of the Bolshe
viks of Europe, was demonstrated
In New York City the other j
night, when several hundred sol- J
diers and sailors balded a mass '
meeting of howling undesirables en
gaged in a disloyal gabfest. Men who
are proud to have served under the !
Stars and Stripes will .not permit the j
' sympathizers with Germany on this '
side of the ocean to overturn the i
order and safety of our own people. I
Not by a jug full!
A STIGMA ON THE POLICE
IF CITY COUNCIL chooses to j
ignore its plain duty in making '
an investigation of the police de
partment following tlie federal raids 1
of Saturday night, and the Mayor is
so blind that he sees no need for an j
investigation, then certainly the de- !
cent, honest policemen owe it to |
themselves to demand that the truth 1
be given to the public.
Not every man on the force is
guilty of permitting the operation of
houses of prostitution or speakeasies
on his beat. Harrisburg has among
Its patrolmen a number of very ex- j
cedent officers. But so long ns the
public does not know who Is to
blame for the outrageous conditions ■
found here by the army authorities,
the whole department and every
man In it rests under a stigma that
marks innocent and guilty alike.
The men of the force are protected
by the civil service. They have the
power, if they will, to call for a
showdown, and if they do not do it
the public is not to be blamed If It
chooses to believe they are all of a
class.
ENOUGH OF POLITICIANS
New York World shies away
from the Republican, proposal
to nominate General Pershing
for President, expressing the belief
that the people may not elect "a
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRI&BURG TELEGRAPH * .. NOVEMBER 27, 1918
I soldier without political experience,"
And why not, pray? Haven't we hail
j a surfeit of civilians with political
experience? Wouldn't it he a wel
come change to have in the White
1 House a soldier deaf to the pleas of
' politicians and intent ohl.v upon the
• good of the country he has fought
' to save? At any rate there will be
" many who wHI have a hankering to
try the experiment.
A POPULAR MOVE
CITY COUNCILMEN and the
Mayor are moving along both
proper and popular lines when they
take steps to locate a public comfort
> station at or near the courthouse,
where it will be at once convenient
[ and uticonspicious.
The county commissioners, in con
l nection with officers of the Harris
' burg Rotary Club, at one time
i the contemplated location serious
thought, but the war came along and
spoiled their plans.
The councilman and the contmis- \
i sioners realize the demand for a ■
r
, place of this kind and are willing to
I co-operate in its construction. They
i are evidently of the belief, however,
j that it would not be wise to spend a
large sum of money on the erection
1 of a station of ornamental design in ]
a prominent place, and most people ,
will agree with them in that.
HIS FRIENDS PROTEST
| AVID LAWRENCE, one of the
| J 1 Washington newspaper corre
spondents, said to be close to I
the Fresident and who recently i
wrote an appreciation of Colonel I
House, has just given expression in |
a dispatch to the New York Evening |
Post to some rather surprising news '
| concerning the man in the White |
House. He declares the President ;
must clean house; that he must re- I
organize his cabinet, that he has,
done many things recently to alien- j
ate his warmest supporters.- Unsel
• fish friends, this intelligent observer j
I of events says, are "grieved and dis- |
I appointed" and It is declared that j
j as he goes to Europe the President]
J "will leave behind a dejected and ]
I depressed following whose enthusi- ]
i asm for him will have been seriously |
| diminished."
Men who helped to elect Mr. Wil- 1
I son in 1912 and in I9lti are severely j
I criticising his insistence upon the |
| peace conference trip to Europe and j
j it is strongly intimated that he has '
J lost touch with American sentiment j
| —that he refuses to listen to those j
i who are best aide to advise him in j
this critical hour; that he is ignor-
I ing great domestic questions in his
i inlernalionlisnt; that he is too ex
i elusive; *tliat his taking of George
j Creel with him to Europe at the
i same time Postmaster General
S Burleson has grabbed the cables has
! produced a most serious impression
j on the public mind; that the Cabinet j
! is in a rut, and that permitting Mc- i
| Adoo to retire at this particular j
juncture is the greatest mistake of,
all.
[ There is also a feeling at Wash- j
ington that the President has still i
I further grievously erred in refusing j
jto take inlo his confidence in for-I
1 eign affairs Republicans as well as
| Democrats, and that, in short, the
1 President "is drifting away from the j
I original precepts of openness and
'managing the government in a per
-1 sonal and private way, which does
i not square with his piofessions of
j democracy."
Boiled down, the story is one of j
I the loss of prestige, the decadence '
! of morale among his friends and im
r minence of party revolt.
Oh, for the good old days when John
| Harris used to shoot bis Thanksgiving'
■ wild turkey from his back porch.
THANKSGIVING MUSIC
| O 4o the Capitol to-morrow af-
I _ ternoon and help in the sing-
X-* ing. It will digest your dinner !
'and sweeten your-disposition. Justi
!us a singing army is a victorious
| army, so a singing nation is a uni- j
' ted, progressive nation. We would j
j all be belter, both individually and j
1 as a community, if we rubbed el- !
! bows oftener and sang more. Let's
| get together to-morrow and make
! what the Psalmist called a "joy- i
| ful noise unto the Lord." *
King Albert strikes us as being less j
autocratic than some presidents. j
j j
' ONE EXTREME TO OTHER j
THEY used to call him "Lieb- ]
knecht the liberal," because of
his belief in popular rule. Now
they call him "Liebnecht the radi- |
cal," because) he believes merely in!
class rule. He fought the Kaiser for I
years because he opposed one-man. j
!or autocratic government. To-day '
| he is in power and lie is doing pre- I
| clsely what he objected to in the old [
I days of Junkerdom. Liebknecht does j
; not. know or wilfully overlooks the 1
; fact that no gos-ernment can long '
exist these days In which rich and !
poor Hllke do not have a voice. !
-I.lebknerht wilt shortly And himself
following the Kaiser Into oblivion. '
The old bugaboo of Increased taxes
growing out of the prohibition of
tha liquor traffic is being paraded
throughout the country at the pres- '
•nt time, but the people have learned
through years of experience In dry
States that the saving of court costa
And police expense and other heavy
expenditures growing out of the
abuse of liquor, that prohibition Is
not to be regarded as anything but
a distinct benefit. ,1
folitlci Ik j
Hjr tlie Ex-Comn>lUccman j|
Return of Oov<M'nor-elect "William
' • Sproul to Philadelphia to-day is
j expected to be followed by aoiue in
: tiinationa as to hiN course in' ap
l hointmenls and legislation. The
selection of Governor Martin G.
' " ru !"l>augh to he the War Historian
lof Pennsylvania hus attracted so
mtien attention that the fact that the
; new Governor met u number of men
! " ) r, o, ! nl,lent ' n Pennsylvania political
affairs yesterday, escai>ed notice. In
timations nfe given that the Sproul
I sailing chart which the new Uovern-
I or worked out while resting In New
i l ork state has been exhibited.
I The Speakership situation is ex
pected to develop after the first of
December. Meanwhile the friends of
Representative Robert S. Spangler,
i the "dry" Republican from the city of
j i ork, are pushing him foy all they
are worth and claim much support
lor him. Certain newspapers say
that he is favored by the new Gov
ernor. hut. the partisans of the vet
! eran George W. Williams up on the
: northern tier insist that he is Ihe'
' logical candidate. Western Petinsyl
, vanians are putting up lightning rods
j for some of their favorites, but it
j looks more like committee chatr
! manships in that section than any
thing else.
—Lieutenant Governor-elect Ed
ward K. Middleman and Frank A.
Smith, who will likely succeed him
as Dauphin Senator, have been in
vited to attend the dinner at Wil
liamsport in- honor of Brua C. Keef
er. which is expected to be a notable
affair.
—State chairman William E.
i Crow was here yesterday between
j trains. He was on his way from
| Washington and remarked : that he
. expected a splendid' administration
I from * his old colleague. Senator
| Sproul.
; ---The cold official announcement
that the Republican majority in the
next Legislature will be 199 on jpint
I ballot, is something which tells its
own story. In a year when the Dem
ocrats have the national administra
tion and the bosses of the Pennsyl
vania Democracy have had every
thing in the way of patronage, power
and pelf, as far as contributions
could make it, they succeeded in get
ting exactly six slate Senators and
twenty-three Representatives. The
total membership of tlie Pennsylva
nia Legislature is 257. Democracy of
Pennsylvania was never at such a
low ebb as far as influence on Cap- i
itol Hill through direct represents- j
lives or the people as in this yeriod
of the Palmer-McCorinick regime.
I—Newspaperi—Newspaper comment n the se
lection of Governor Brumbaugh to
be the war historian is not kindly
to-day. The Philadelphia North
American says the Governor "grabs"
a place, while the Democratic Phil
adelphia Record promptly charges
a political deal. The Record says in
the course of its article: "In re
turn for permitting Governor Sproul
to name a successor in the Superior
Court to Judge John W, Kephart
and to fill the court vacancy in West
moreland county and another in the
Municipal Court of this city, he de
manded immediate action 011 the
$lO,OOO job."
—The Public Ledger says that the
whole matter is now up to Gover
nor-elect Sproul and makes • the
adjutant general the important con
sideration, pointing out that if the
new defense commission is to re
voke the appointment the incoming
governor will either have to name
a new adjutant general or else Gen
eral Beory will have to back track.
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Pitts
bnrgh Gazette-Times "give promi
nence to the fact that the appoint
ment is not effective until Febru
ary, when the new administration
will be in office and intimate that
some legal proceedings may be taken
before the present Governor gets
into his new place. They also men
tion the possibility of the action of
yesterday being rescinded. The
Philadelphia Press notes the fact
that the Governor and Auditor Gen
eral Snyder went right ahead with
the business in the face of threats
on the part of Walter H. Gaither,
ex-public service commissioner, to
take the matter into the courts.
—The next two or three days will'
probably bring editorial expression
showing what the state at large
thinks of the proposition.
—City Solicitor John O. Connelly,
one of the big figures- in Philadel
phia now is out for a small council
without regard to ward lines, which
is not what the Vares want. The
Philadelphia, Record sa\s that since
the street cleaning bids were thrown
out there will be some people going
after the "Vare velvet."
—Mayor McDowell, of Chester,
says he proposes /to clean up the
police of his city. Chester is very
much on the map in regard to mu
nicipal affairs.
—Out in Pittsburgh there are
signs that several boonts for Su
perior Court judge will be started
soon. The Kline and Wallace booms
may have some rivals of consider
able size.
-—Lehigh county's official deposits
are getting into the limelight again.
The county commissioners are
threatening an investigation and
have locked horns with the control
ler.
—William Wilbelm, who charged
that the fuel administration made
no effort to increase anthracite pro
duction, has been a prominent figure
in Schuylkill county politics. He
was a leader of the progressives.
M'Cormick as Flame-Thrower
[From the Phila. Sunday Dispatch.]
The Seventeenth Congressional
district, Pennsylvania, was enliven
ed this year by an ohl-fashioned bat
the royal in which National Demo
cratic Chairman Vance McCormick
set out to take the "scalp of Con
gressman Benj. K. Focht. It was
some scrimmage, while it lasted, hut
Congressman Ben Foeht happens to
be a somewhat capable two-hamlcd
lighting man and he met thp enemy,
figuratively speaking, "with bells on"
at every stage of the milling.
When the final returns were all in
it was learned that Congressman
Ben. who hud been singled out as
the object of special attention at lite
hands of Chairman McCormick and
his Hurrisburg newspapers, was re
elected by a majority live Unites as
great as that he received two years
ago. Not only that, but Congress
man Ben carried every one of the
eight counties that comprise his dis
trict, including two that are nor
mally Democratic.
Up Lewisburg way they know Ben
Focht too-long and too well to lie.
misled by any of fhe familiar de
vices of political campaigning, and
they are a tilde too close to llarrie
burg not to be able to size up Vancie
and bis ntustard-gas. v > s
Besides. 1918 happens to he what
is known as a Republican year, and
the outlook is good that 1919 is go
ing to be another and 1920 the cul
minating point of a consecutive
series.
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(From tlie Pliila. Bulletin)
The report given currency by the
Providence Journal that the under
lying reason of Secr/tary McAdoo's
withdrawal from the Cabinet and
his position as Federal Director of
Railroads, was his opposition to the
commitment of the administration
to the poli?y of government owner
ship of all public utilities, has some
circumstantial backing, whether true
in all particulars or not. The Cabinet
has not been entirely harmonious on
this question, save as a war policy,
and it has been rumored that one of
the reasons for the apparent shelv
ing of Secretary Lane, who had ap
pealed to the public as one of the
strongest of the President's advise Is,
was his opposition to the Burleson
idea of governmental expansion in
this direction. The division of the
President's party in the Senate and
the House has been even more no
table, and, even though the chief ex
ponent of government ownership is
from the South, the party in that
section, solid for a half century, is
threatened with a split on the issue
should it be forced.
if this shall be the dominant issue
of the next national campaign in
1920, it is likely to bring about a re
alignment of party forces the coun
try over, and in its differentiation
between tlie conservative and radi
cal elements In the electorate to
create new lines of division which
will entirely upset the customary
bases of political estimates.
Possibly Mr. McAdoo's brief ex
perience in the federal management
of railroads i*as sufficient to demon
strate to him the impossibility of
satisfying the continuing demands of
the railroad workers for increased
wages and at the same time meeting
the expectation of the public for re
duced railroad rates whep the gov
ernment substituted for the so-called
railroad "barons," and he was un
willing to carry the burden of in
creasing responsibility for the dis
appointment which threatened.
THE FLEET S SURRENDER
(Fronv Phila. Evening Ledger)
tX>r a centUry to come- no German
Will' be able to recall the unresisting
surrender of his-nation's fleet with
out a sense of shame and over
whelming despair. This is the killing
affliction that kultur lias imposed
Anally on those who fostered it.
Any one who finds comfort in
hating Germany, any one who has
wished to see the thing we knew us
Germanism given to complete an
nihilation, has only to view the sorry
drama of the North Sea and he at
peace. Here the unaided logic by
which Wllhelm tried to found an
empire provided its own end in utter
degration. It was not merely
ships that surrendered. The impov
erished soul of a people went also
into humiliation and captivity.
Col. Harvey Sez, Sez He
"The ruling spirit strong in death"
even in their retirement under the
terms of the armistice, the German
soldiers continue to the last their
thievish and destructive practices.
Mr. Henry Morgenlliau relates
that while he was American Ambas
sador at Constantinople the German
Ambassador, Baron von Wagenheim,
told him that at the end of the war
Germany would compel France to
surrender all her art treasures—
.those (that Germany had not already
destroyed, we suppose he meant—
and to pay in addition an indemnity
of twenty billion dollars.
Memo: To be recalled at the coin
ing Peace Conference.
We'don't believe in riots in the
streets of American cities, hut we
don't believ#, either, in the flaunting
of red flugs as opposed to the Stars
and Stripes, or in cheering for the
Bolshevik!. As a matter of fact, the
latter offense is nothing short of se
dition, since lite Bolshevik! of Rus
sia are at war with the United
States. *
William llohenzollern must be
credited with having told one truth,
though it was Unintentional and was
coupled with a lie. He said that lie
had not fled from Germany, but had
voluntarily left that country for its
own good. There can lie no doubt
that it was for Germany's good,
though he did not intend it to be so.
Belgium's bill for repairs made
necessary by German devastation
and theft is said to umount to more
than four bllllbn dollars. We as
sume that the peace conference will
approve it and order it paid in full,
making it a first lien and levy upon
all available German assets. An ex
pensive "scrap of paper," that vio
lated treaty.
Coming Out of Ether
"Doctor, hey doctor, come heje.
Is my tongue still on? I haven't any
feeling in the end of my tongue,"
said the patient ill a conversational
tone, as he took account of his sur
roundings aiuLrolled his eyes heav
enward.
"You're all right, boy, now go to
sleep," replied the surgeon, patting
him on ttie shoulder and smiling
sympathetically. Ward A, American
Bed Cross Military Hospital No.*3,
Paris/ for "American officers, swears
by its surgeon.
A young doughboy from Camp
Dix had stopped a shell in the
Argonne and was shipped to a bed
among the officers by mistake. This
fact seemed to worry him, for he
babbled constantly about it as he
emerged from the ether.
-It was just about time for "lights
out" in the hospitat when the
stretcher-hearers brought him in
and dumped the unconscious figure
unceremoniously into bed. The pros
pect was too alluring for sleep, how
ever, and lights were kept on and
wounded officers front all corners of
the ward propped themselves up on
their elbows, those that were able,
with eager anticipation in their#eyes,
to watch "'the show." it is always
an event when a patient comes out
of ether.
"Bid you get itout all right, doc
tor?" queried the patient, resuming
bis chatter. "Am 1 all right now?"
"Thus air right then," he suid, con-
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hospital as Memorial
To Ilit Editor of tlic Telegraph:
I wish to express a hearty endorse
ment of your recent editoriui sug
gesting a new hospital as a' fitting
memorial to the ending of the war.
Harrisburg in common with other
patriotic cities must consider the
erection of some fitting memorial to
commemorate the victorious achieve
ments of American arms and the
supreme sacrifice of her soldier dead.
It is an obligation and privilege to
erect such a memorial. What form
this memorial shall take Is a ques
tion about which must center much
thought, much deliberation, much
vision.
Attrffctive as are arches and
bridges and columns and other arch
itectural constructions which appeal
only to the aesthetic side of the city,
cannot a Victory Memorial satisfy
the aesthetic desire of our citizens
and at the same time add to their
willingness to help along in the
splendid work ot' reconstruction. Our
heroes who made the supreme sac
rifice on European battle-grounds,
as well as thoße who will return with
shattered nerves' and mutilated
bodies the remainder of their lives,
must have a permanent and fitting
memorial to their bravery and valor.
Could any structure be more suit
ably commemorative than a great,
modern hospital, equipped to reduce
suffering and extend the span of hu
man life for its citizens? it would
seem efficient, practical and feasible.
Harrisburg lias entirely outgrown its
hospital facilities. Whether our
Victory Memorial takes the form of
a great curative institution or not,
Harrisburg must have a larger, up
to-the-minute, scientifically equipped
plant for treating the sick. This is
the mosf pressing problem before
our city! Our hospital can Justly
he proud of its record of more than
fifty years' service, and its ability
lo meet all emergencies t in the past,
but the city lias grown * faster than
t lie hospital, with the increasing ap.
preciation of the value of hospital
care in time of suffering. The
frightful epidemic of influenza
through which we have just passed
and'the demand for hospital beds
should impress all with the urgency
of this need.
It-is my hope that our citizens
will appreciate the emergency, ser
iously studjyfrotn all angles the besf
location for a hospital, ami then
unitedly erect and support an in
stitution that will lie creditable to
the capital city of the great Key
stone Htate, and also be a Victory
Memorial building to our splendid
men who left all behind them that
democracy might live. Ilurrishutg
has every reason to be proud of
what it*has accomplished in the last
few years, but she has not'awakened
to her hospital necessities,
J. B. McALAST#X At. D.
tentedly, when he had been assured
of the success of the operation.
He continued, weakly, "when I get
hack after those damn Germans, I'll
shoot 'em all. My good, old forty-five,
y' know, that'll do for 'em. I'm go
ing to cut their ears off—won't take
any prisoners, give 'en no quarter.
I'll cut their ears off, —the
! I've done my bit!"
"Doctor, I haven't any feeling in
(he end of my tongue," he went on,
lapsing again into what seemed to
lie lits favorite subject. "Where's the
nurse? 1 want her to see if my
tongue is still there." and he stuck
out his tongue several times for the
inspection of the doctor, who told
him he'd tlx it, up for him in the
morning.
"The doctor is going to tlx it up in
the morning—tlias a'right" he
murmured coniidentially in a loud
tone to the world in general. "Oh,
hell! that was a good dinner. I'm
sorry 1 lost it," was his next con
tribution to thte entertainment of the
now convulsed ward.
' A lieutenant in the oppoite bed,
| with u bullet through his chest,
I laughed till his left ached, liter
| ally. "I'd give a thousand dollars if
i 1 had two good lungs to laugh with,"
1 he gasped.
About this time the ward jester
j hobbled in on his crutches and com
menced his nightly harangue, at
which the lights were popped out
and the highly satisfied "blesses"
settled down for the night.
Willi I lie President Away
[New York Times]
The announcement that the Presi
dent would absent himself from the
country for an indefinite time for the
purpose of attending the Peace Con
ference at Paris gave rise at first to
general astonishment, then to the
spirit of inquiry, and lastly to al
most universal disapproval. It was
said, and denial was impossible, that
no positive law forbids the President
of the United States tp leave the
country. No positive law was neces
sary, for it was the general assump
tion that at least during a session of
Congress he would be at
his post. Custom
each in its own spflre, have the
force of law, and everybody saw at
once that prescription, running in
this case beyond legal memory, since
it dates from the organization of tlie
Government, would be violated by
the execution of tlie President's de
sign. •
There is an evident presupposition
that the President wil be at the na
tional capital during sessions of
Congress, at all times ready to per
form his constitutional duty. The
public welfare requires that laws
should be enacted. Congress can
not enact them without the Presi
dent. Away from Washington dur
ing a session of Congress, the Presi
dent is away from his post of duty.
For the People to Decide
[From the Scranton Republican]
It is for the people of America
to decide whether the Government
Rhall control the public utilities of
the United States since the people
constitute the Government
The recent seizure of the ocean
cables by Postmaster General Bur
leson, while warranted as a war
measure, was not effected until the
close of the war and has been
severely criticised on this account,
because It is well known that Mr.
Burleson' favors Government control
of nil telegraphic communication as
part of the postal system.
However desirable such owner
ship might be in Hie interest of eltt
ciency, it cannot become effective
by an olficlul mandate of any Sort.
It must be realized, if at all, by
and with the express approval of the
citizens of this country, after full
and fair discussion of ,its merits
and drawbacks.
The resolution introduced in the
United States Senate last week by
Senator l.ewis. declaring that it is
tiie expression of that body that
the policy of tiie United States (gov
ernment for the future should be
that of Government ownership of
railroads, telegraphs, telephones und
national lines of communication, and
thut it "should possess and own all
national agencies for the production
of fuel," as well a> own ships of
commerce, opens up a very broad
subject.
It is pi-ogrant, not to lie decided
by any authority short of the people,
and for this reason is likely to play
an important part in the next na
tional campaign, #hen a President
and Congress will be elected.
A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL
lFrom the New York Sun]
No more appropriate, beautiful or
sensible memorial to the men who
have fallen in the war could he de
vised than the plantations of trees
which have been set out in some
towns, and which all communities
are urged to adopt as the enduring
symbols of their gratitude.
Some of the montiments raised to
soldiers in the United States are
splendid in conception and execu
tion. Others are pitifully inappro
priate and would not be tolerated
for a moment were it not for the
sentiment they represent. Most of
them are merely commonplace, fall
ing to do justice to the thought that
inspired them or to the martyrs,
whose fame they are designed to per-'
petuate.
A grove of trees can never he any
thing but beautiful. No matter what
design is followed in planting them,
they will be dignified, interesting and
increasingly worthy of their purpose.
Their care would enlist the thoughts
of succeeding generations; the re
placement of those which fell vic
tims to or disease might
well be the occasion of memorial
services at which the glories of the
men in whose honor they were set
out could be recalled. The planta
tions reserved for them would na
turally become the scenes of pa
triotic gatherings at which tribute
would l>e paid in succeeding genera
tions to those who in the great war
gave their lives for their country.
This suggested scheme of memorial
decoration can be adapted to the
natural requirements of any town.
Nothing is nobler than a splendid
boulevard lined with trees.
SWEEP OUT THE lATTER!
[N. A. Review's AYar Weekly.]
One of the matters which should
engage early attention in the read
justment to peace conditions is the
depopulation of Ihe innumerable
War Service ■ offices in Washington.
This is recommended not only on
economical but on sanitary, grounds
as well. There is disgraceful over
crowding botli in the offices them
selves and in Washington's lodging
houses. On the floor of the House
df Representatives recently the case
was cited of twelve clerks all,liv
ing in one room and all, or most of
IhSkn, ill of influenza. In the same
debate it was asserted that one Bu
reau had not even standing room,
let alone desk room, for its vast
armies of employes, in the recent
debate in the Senate over proposed ]
allotments of public lands to dis
charged soldiers and sailors, Mr.
Smoot said that in some of the re
cently created fitireaus over 10,000
people Were employed.
Senator Snioot was well within the
mark. As quoted in the War Week
ly of November 10, Representative
Madden said, during the course or
a I louse debate* that there were 14,-
000 employes in the War Risks Bu
reau alone, about 4,000 having been
taken on within a few weeks. The
total number of these hordes of poli
tical appointees, it heavy percentage
of ( them being sheer parasites, sal
aried idlers, has, to our knowledge,
never been made known. But ob
viously it would reach a stupendous
figure. doubt it would sur
pass in numbers the combined
Northern and Southern armies en
gaged at Gettysburg. And the cost,
estimated in the mere terms of wan
ton money waste involved, would be
something staggering had not the
war taught us to regard millions as
"chicken feed," and only figures
running into billions as worthy of
serious consideration'.
But the war is over. It is house
cleaning time in all .the myriad De
partments and Bureaas the war
brought into being. • Every one of
these Loafers' Snug Harbors must lie
depopulated. If politicans are
dreaming of making them perma
nent they hud best revise their rev
erlos. The spree is over. Bweep out
the litter.
.1 Picnic For Some
It is evident that this war has been
a picnic for some people and that
they would gladly make it last for
ever if they could—National Repub
lican.
Another "Scrap of Paper"
The whirligig of time brings in its
revenges. The invincibility of the
German army and navy is now a
scrap of paper.—Baltimore Ameri
can.
In the Future '
"There is one-time cotAing when
men will really enjoy thelg wives'
biscuits c.nd roils."
"What time Is that?"
"When we look back and remem
ber the war .bread mother used tp
make."—Detroit Free Press.
fEmtutg (Efjat!
"While many of the young Dau
phin countians, enlisted dr drafted,
are just a bit disappointed that they
lind to remain in cantonments or
stations in the United - States instead
of getting overseas, lliey are by na
means pining about it, but on the
contrary aro having a very lively
and interesting time, which will fit
them all the better for business life.
A couple of- letters received from
young members of the liarrtsburg
Telegraph Family who aro in camps
tell of the way things have been go
ing since }.he armistice was signed.
For instance, one letter written by
an observant young man in a large
southern catnp says, "The signing of
the armistice caused a very slight
decrease in morale. Foreseeing the
danger that might accompany the
sudden waning of the morale, of
ficers of this camp immediately
formulated plans to entertain the
boys and keep their minds off of go
ing home at once. The usual army
routine is lollowed out several days
each week and then the boys are
given a chance to take part in ac
tivities of athletics, entertainments
and oilier sports. Thursday has been
proclaimed n "hike" day and the
day following a field day. Saturday
and Sunday the boys have to them
selves and arc given a chance to
visit the surrounding territory. On
Thursday of each week the entire
evacuation group goes on a hike
for about 15 miles out into the coun
try. l.arge fires aro built at the
camp site and the men are given a
real camp meal. Officers mingle
with the enlisted men after tho
meals and all have a general good
time. On the following day from 8
in the morning until G in tho even
ing tho boys are given an oppor
tunity to show their skill at athle
tics. Sports of all kinds mark the
observation of field day and the com
pany winning the meet is given a
trophy. Needless to say keen ri
valry marks each eveht and the boyu
along the lines "do their bit" to
ward winning the contests by us
ing their voices to the utmost. This
is only part of the plan being fol
lowed out for keeping the morale
up among the men here, so the home
folks need not worry lhat their kin
and friends are getting" homesick.
Uncle Sam is taking care of them
and-they are willing to do what is
asked of them until they discontinue
to wear the Olive Drab."
Another letter says: "Home folks
reading their loeul newspapers see
stories of men being sent to Camp
Greenleaf, L£tle, Ga. 1 do not doubt
it a bit if they wondered what kind
of a plaee Lytle is when reading
these accounts because I did myself
before getting here. Lytie is not men
tioned on the maps because it is
such a large and adequate place.
Fighting during the Civil War in this
region is responsible for putting this
little hamlet on the map. Although
having a population of less than 50,
and in appearance resembling a
western town or the villages that are
founded by gold seekers in the far
north, this hamlet has been tho
rendezvous for months for the boys
from this camp. In the evening
hours after retreat the boys were
glad to get to this little place, enjoy
a good nieal and take in a moving
picture show even if they were com
pelled to wait some times for an
hour to get their "eats" and sit
on hard board seats in an unheated ;
building to gaze upon a picture on
the screen that may from appear
ances, have been shown when movies
first became a success. Wall street has ("•
nothing on Lytle for making money,
though oive of the progressive mer
chants admitted the other day that
he had accumulated enough money
since the camp was located here to
live retired after the camp ceased to
exist. Most of the businessmen aro
alike in this respect, he said. Tho
only explanation one can give for the
looks of the buildings in this (village
is that it is alike in every detail to
the westtern town scenes of Hart's in.
some of his earlier pictures. Of
course, this town lacks the bar
rooms and cabarets shown in Hart's
productions. The pleasant and un
pleasant evenings the Pennsylvania
j l>oys spent in this town will not eas
i ity "be forgotten. When the boys re
turn. home they will be able to tell
the folks a better story of this little
village, which will probably disap
pear from the business world for
ever when the boys leave."
• e
•Prof. Charles S. Davis, first vice
president of the State Educational
Association and one of the foremost . *
educators of this section, will attend
the conference of the special com
mittee of educational men on taxa
tion at Pittsburgh on Saturday.
With him will be William Lauder,
secretary of the State Industrial
Hoard, and George W. Gerwig, sec- 4
retary of the Pittsburgh School
Hoard, lie will also attend the con
ference on revision of . the high
school courses. Prof. C. V. Koch, "
of the Stale Department of Public
Instruction, will also attend.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—James Collins Jones, Philadel
phia attorney, who was here yester
day at a Public Service hearing, is
one of the prominent attorneys
handling public utilities in Pennsyl
vania.
—Ex-Lieutenant-Governor L. A.
Watres, ftf Scranton, is much inter
ested' In power developments in
northern Pennsylvania.
-—Ex-Senutor John S. Fisher, of
Indiana, is actively identified with
qeverul of the big electric concerns
of Central Pennsylvania.
—Ex-Senator S. P. Light, of Leb
anon, was here yesterday for the
hearing in the electric contract case.
—Joseph B. McCall,' president of
the Philadelphia Electric, had two
sons ill the United States Army and
one was killed in action a short
time ago.
DO YOU"KNOW
—That, rffiituylvnuia shite forest 1
reserves are approaching the 1,100,-
000 acre mark?
lIISTOHIC HAimiSnilßG
The original proposition to ex
tend Capitol Park to the River Front
Was objected to because of the ex
pense. The cost would not. have ap
proximated ti city block In that die-'Y
trift to-day.
What Is the Answer?
Port fund is to he deprived of its
steamship lino to Boston because of v
the excessive cost of operation.
Many trolley lines are to be discon
tinued for the same reason. If the
operation of the railroads was not
paid for by taxes imposed by the
government, u great ninny of them
would have to be suspended. What
is the answer?— Portland Press.
A Suggestion
Suggested to the Ponce Conference
that Wisconsin pay an indemnity for
LaFolletto and Hcrger.— Louisville
Ctfbrlev-Journal.