8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A WtWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded i4«7 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TEI.EURAPH PRINTING CO., Ttltgnik Bulldlaar, Federal *«uare. E. J. STACIvPOLE. Pres't and Editor-in-Chief E. R. OYSTER, Kusintss Monagtr. GUS M. STEIXMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub f§j|f£g j5 Eastern office. Has- Gas°Buildlng, Chl Entered »t the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. .. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a y ear j n advance. Sworn dally average circulation Car the three months ending Dec. 31, 1815. ★ 22 '412 * Theae Cfftirrs are Bet. AH returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted, SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 29. If a good part of our brain is oc cupied with worrying. it deprives us of just to much thinking power with which to attend to business. — ANNlE PAYSOX CALL. PREPAREDNESS AND PEACE NOTHING has so upset the cal culations of the Democratic politicians as the forceful speech of Representative Mann, the Republican leader in Congress, on the subject of national defense. His pat riotic declaration in favor of prepared ness and his clear and unmistakable demand for a proper attitude toward this question on the part of all citizens has cut the ground from under those Democratic bosses who imagined they would surely place the Republicans of the country In an embarrassing and unpatriotic position. Mr. Mann suggested that it was the part of wisdom for us to prepare for any possibility of trouble that may eK)vo4|CcaiiXa1 > eK)vo4|CcaiiXa | Ry <>*♦ Ei-CommlllwßMi^ Governor Brumbaugh in Philadel phia yesterday reiterated his hope that there would be harmony in the election of deiegates-at-large to the Chicago national convention. The Philadelphia papers to-day quote him as saying that he looks and hopes for harmony. The Pittsburgh papers say that there will be harmony if he has to fight for it. The Governor has been endeavor ing to reach an agreement upon a list of twelve Republicans who will be generally acceptable for delegates-at large to the National convention. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "It would appear that the outcome of recent conferences will be united support of the following:, according to usually well informed party leaders last night: I nited States Senators Penrose and Oliver, Governor Brumbaugh, Mayors Smith, of Philadelphia, and Arm strong, of Allegheny; former Lieuten ant Governor Watres, of Scranton; Brigadier General C. M. Clement, of Sunbury; E. V. Babeock and D. L. Gillespie, of Allegheny county; Col onel James Elverson, Jr., of Phila delphia; E. J. Stackpole, of Ilarris burg, and Colonel H. W. Shoetnaker, of Altoona. This is the list recently announced by Mayor Smith as favor ed by the Governor and his friends with the exception that Messrs. Bab cock and Gillespie take the places of George E. Alter, of Allegheny, for mer speaker of the House, who is proposed for election from his home Congressional district, and former Lieutenant Governor John M. Rey nolds, of Bedford county, who is said not to be eager to run." —ln commenting upon the political situation Governor Brumbaugh vester day said: "I am for harmony on delegates to the Republican National Convention. I hope, and fully expect, that the Re publican party will be united for the national campaign of this year. This Includes the faction that supported Roosevelt in 1912, and all other fac tions. The only interest 1 have in the delegate situation," the Governor added, "is to see (hat there is harmony as to the delegates." In commenting upon the National situation, the Governor said: "I see by the newspapers that Presi dent Wilson is in favor of a nonparti san tarifT commission. I came out for a tariff board long ago, and am glad to see that President Wilson has very lately been converted to the idea. Present business activities," the Gov ernor went on, "are only temporary, and a result of the European war. Mills were idle a year ago, and would be idle now but for the war. Industry is like an individual, it cannot be in a happy condition if it is uncer tain when it goes to bed what its con dition will be in the morning." —Charles A. Ambler's candidacy for auditor general, which has not yet been launched, was boomed and bat ted yesterday. Charles Johnson, State Insurance Commissioner, came out with a boost for him in these words: "In view of Mr. Ambler's splendid service rendered this Com monwealth during six terms as Rep resentative in the State Legislature, and especially the fair and capable manner in which he conducted the office of Speaker of the House of Rep resentatives during the session of 1915, supporting and earnestly advo cating the passage of humane legis lation passed at that session, which redounds so generally to the welfare of all our people, the unanimous sentiment of the people of Mont gomery county, from a careful can vass. establishes him as the logical candidate for the office of Auditor General, and Mr. Ambler can be as sured of the united support of the voters of our county." —At the other end of the State S. R. Tamer, prominent railroad man, i came out with a violent attack upon his attitude in the Legislature. —County Controller Hendersliot, of Luzerne county, has caused excite ment among the placeholders In that county by refusing to pay salaries until all the placeholders come before the county salary board. —George D. Porter, who has been much in the limelight in Philadelphia since things began to move because of interest in the delegate elections, is preparing a statement in which he will set forth his own attitude. —The first petitions for placing of names of candidates for nominations upon the May primary ballot will be issued from the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth next week, but the papers may not be circulated until February 18 under the primary law. Requests for hun dreds of blank petitions have been filed at the Capitol from all parts of the State and many inquiries regard ing the provisions of the law have been made. —lt is expected that in the next two weeks numerous announcements of candidacies for delegates and for nominations to be made at the May primary will be made. The circula tion of petitions for signers will be in order on February 18 and two months later all papers must be on file at the State Capitol. This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— s—_____—J IIH HH I |B| . .... jf P® , i■■ < • I FREDERIC C. MARTIN prominent in musical circles in the clt.v and vicinity, a pianist and composer of rare ability and charm. Mr. Martin Is director of the Carlisle Choral Society and is doing much to develop musical t&ituu and uute ill Uiis, his home town. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY WAR BABIES—By Hungerford. —Froiu The Pit (nilurich Sua. S4 VING THE BABIES By Frederic J. Haskin WHEN a baby arrives in Kansas, he starts' life with a certificate from the board of health, a book of instructions on the care of ba bies. and a congratulatory note from the Governor. Kansas begins to look out for her babies before they are born, and stands by them officially through all their infantile troubles. The country is justt beginning to take real interest In the welfare of the baby. This year will see the biggest campaign in history for spending a knowledge of babies' needs. The cli max is scheduled to arrive early in march, in the form of a nation-wide Baby Week. The Yuma Valley Women's Club in Arizona will hold a Baby Week. In Nebraska 200 women's clubs, half of them in rural districts and some of them 30 miles from a railroad, will carry the movement across the State. | A hundred towns In Florida have started work on their plans. Some community or organization in every State in the I'nion has already begun preparation for the coming Baby Week. There will be all sorts of Baby Weeks. Some of them will be munici pal, in big cities, and Borne rural, in the country districts where the co operating workers will have to come from miles around. Some of the cam paigns will be directed by State boards of health, others by local women's or ganizations. The national campaign is being directed by the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs. The State universities of 32 States will co-operate by offering special courses In extension work, consisting of correspondence and lecture material on babies. The children's bureau of the Department of Labor is flooded with requests for its literature on "How to hold a Baby Week." The baby is about to become a figure of na tional prominence. The purpose of a baby week is two fold. It seeks by unique and striking means to awaken the community to a realization of the condition and needs lof local babies: and it teaches the 1 mothers and fathers and sisters of babien how they should be cared for. ;The death rate of American babies shows clearly the necessity for some such propaganda. Out of every 1,000 American babies, 124 die before they are twelve months old. Intelligent care on the part of parents and community would cut such mortality in half. The figure may not be Btartlingly high compared with I OUR DAILY LAUGH I JUST so. She: I joined (h * anti-gossip Jjjy | the idea is to con- , fine the gossip to jßftljy &SS your own mem bera, and not let^^ OFTEN THE And do you 4fi ' ove an ' Tna ' s ' ? , Sure: I'd reth i er " ee a