8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBWSPAPER FOR TUB HOME Pounded lS}l Published evenings except Sunday by THE TBLE«;R*I»H I'lllHTiJrC CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. t Member American sylvanla Associat- Eastern «fflce, Ilas- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Gas°Buildinr,°Chl- — —— cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. Snora dally average circulation for (he three mouths ending Jan. Si, 1010. ★ 22,760 H> These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. SATURDAY EVEXIXG, FEB. Ii». ■Vl7io reads this Book—who under stands — Doth savor and obey; His soul shall stand at God's right hand. In the Great Judgment Day. — OLD HYMN*. CART BEFORE THE HORSE NEWS dispatches from New York say that President Wilson has become unpopular with the country because he has failed to domi nate Congress. This is putting the cart before the horse —confusing cause and effect. The fact of the matter is, that the President has failed to domi nate Congress because he and his poli cies have become unpopular with the country. Members of Congress have recently returned to Washington from their several districts. They are thoroughly familiar with the needs and desires and judgment of the voters. Natur ally, it is their desire, if possibleT\to carry out the wishes of their constitu ents, to fairly represent them and se cure popular approval. If they are not to-day acting upon the instructions • advice the White House gives them, it is because they arc convinced the President is running counter to public opinion and is asking for somethifig against the best interests of the Amer ican people. No President who has the people with him will fall to dominate Con gress. His domination depends upon members of Congress being convinced that what he asks of them is in ac cordance with the judgment of the people and for the promotion of their best interests. The Wilson administration lost popularity with the people because of its extravagance, its unsound eco nomic theories, its overthrow of the merit system in government service, its absolute disregard of efficiency In the postal service, its secrecy regard ing public affairs, its violation of every campaign pleflge, oven to the last and perhaps least important, the single-term pledge. The single-term pledge is one that the people have the power to enforce, so it matters little whether President Wilson volun tarily keeps it or not. He may have the power to break every other pledge in the platform, but that one he has no power to break if he would. WANTS TO,BUILD BATTLESHIP ONE little girl, and her picture shows her to be a nice little girl, who is also a patriot and •whose motto Is "let's lick all creation" has organized a movement in Erie to build a dreadnaught with dimes con tributed by the children and their elders all over the United States. This little girl's name is Marjorie Sterret, und she wants the big battleship to be called "The America." This I ittlo Joan of Arc sent a dime to a news paper with these instructions: Use tliia dime to Jielp Uncle Sam build a big fighting ship. I'll send a dime every weqft; may be others will send dimes, too. • And who do you suppose was among the first contributors to Marjorie's scheme? Why, "T. R.," who sent a letter to the little patriot telling her all about his ancestors and grandchil dren. Six Roosevelt grandchildren sent a dime apiece. All of the school children of Erie are boosting the cause and helping Marjorie to raise the battleship fund. Since learning that the jobs will call lor a salary of $12,000 a year, there are a large number of patriotic Democrats ■who think the President's plan for a "nonpartisan" tariff commission—to be made up of Democrats—is a mighty fine idea. FRANKNESS FROM A DEMOCRAT SENATOR NEWLANDS, of Nevada, is one Democrat who evidently does not think it right to try to fool the people. He is perfectly frank in stating the fact that the industrial depression was coincident with Demo cratic legislation. He made this dec la ration at the same time that other Democratic,leaders were endeavoring to magnify our war order prosperity and to create the impression that it is » permanent prosperity based upon domestic industrial conditions. Senator Newlands neither deceives himself nor tries to deceive others. He stated the facts and while many Democratic voters of his State will probably vet« against him because he SATURDAY EVENING, KABRISBURG 8&8S& TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19, 1916. is a member of the party which brought on the industrial depression, yet they will have respect for him because of his honesty and sincerity in acknowledging the real cause, in stead of trying to deceive. Although Senator Newlands will very likely be retired to private lire, lie will go back to the people of liis State with a record for frankness, which some of his colleagues will some day envy. At the same time. Democrats of other States who have no personal or political interest In Senator Newlands will appreciate the frank acknowledgment on his part, which, though it may be an unpleasant awakening, arouses thom to the real conditions which exist. Presentation of actual facts and pertiaent infor mation is what the voter must have if he is to cast his ballot intelli gently. The furniture manufacturers have agreed on an advance of 10 per cent, in the price of furniture. The Underwood tariff law cut the duty on furniture 57 per cent. The Democrats may ascribe the increase in price to the European war and the large demand for wooden legs. BISHOP SHANAHAX HARRISBURG has lost a distin guished citizen and the Catholic Church a devoted and efficient j official in the death of Bishop I han, who passed away early to-day at Lancaster following an operation and after an illness of some time. Bishop Shanahan, it is said, was not ambitious for honors and repeatedly declined the bishopric until pressure became so great that at last he over came his desire to live his life out as a worker in the ranks and entered into the higher duties that devolved upon him. But he carried into his new office all of the frugality and self sacrifice that had marked him as a priest, and one of his first acts was to remove from the castle-like bishop's residence at Sylvan Heights to modest apartments in the city in order that the large building so vacated might be transformed into a home for orphan girls. The energy and constructive ability he displayed as bishop may be judged from a summary of his work since he was ordained in 1899. In that time he caused the organization of twenty new parishes; raised seven missions to parishes; created four new missions; increased the number of Catholic churches in Harrisburg from two to five: rebuilt St. Patrick's Cathedral at a cost of $185,000: erected an addi tion to the Sylvan Heights Orphanage, which he established; founded a home for orphan boys at Paradise, York county, and encouraged many other charities. In addition he found time to be interested in civic affairs and was a great believer in the future of Harrisburg and an admirer of the pub lic spirit displayed here in the' de velopment of the municipality. Bishop Shanahan had many friends, not only in his own church, but among men of all denominations. He was unassuming, liberal in his views, tol erant, affable, diplomatic and.scholarly. "The two countries benefiting mostly in Australia sin consequence of the war are the United States and Japan," says Consul General J. I. Brittaln, at Sydney, Australia. "Lack of sufficient cargo space and frequent sailings between United Stales and Australian ports, combined with excessive freight rates, since the war. have greatly curtailed the American trade with Australia." An echo of the seamen's law. OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce amazed the people of the towns and cities visited during this week's trade excursion by the large number of its party and by the spirit of its members. These trade trips are unique among the commer- I cial organizations of (he State and ! they are indicative of the civic pride ! and enthusiasm that have made Har risburg noted among the cities of the country. Wherever the excursionists I went they left the impression that Harrisburg is a city where "they do things," and that is a reputation we can well afford to have prevail among our neighbors. To President J. William Bowman, Vice-President David Kaufman, Secre tary E. L. McColgin, Chairman Charles W. Burtnett, Frank Bosch, Charles E. Covert and all others who had a hand In the arrangements the whole city owes a debt of thanks, asj,the excur sionists do to A. E. Buchanan, through whose careful planning the Pennsyl- vanla Railroad Company handled tho special without a single hitch or delay. The party was met with kindly feel ings at every turn. Not so many years ago an excursion of the kind would have been looked upon with suspicion in the towns visited. That was before the day of co-operation between Cham bers of Commerce. Then every Cham ber was jealous of every other and there was little of mutual understand ing -or helpfulness. Now all is differ ent and one Chamber reaches forth the hand of friendly greeting when ever it meets with another. Taking opposing stands on many economic questions, yet they work togrether for the advancement of education, which is the surest guarantee of national prosperity. Competing with each other, they have united for peace, for hospitality and for philanthropy. That is the kind of co-operation that leaves no sting; that, is no conspiracy to drive somebody out of the way of making an honest living; that employs no boycott or black list; and that results in no persecution. President Schurman, of Cornell Uni versity, recently said that co-operation was superseding competition. As he used the word "co-operation," he probably meant combination. This tre mendous economic movement is lead ing to industrial and banking com binations by which the wastes of com petition are reduced and great enter prises promoted—it may be at the ex pense of a measure of individual liberty. Whatever views may be taken as to ! Its results, it is certain that genuine j co-operation exists In our Chambers ■ of Commerce, the kind that works for order, social betterment and justice ] without drawback of any kind. And there Is no other Institution through whiph the man of affairs can work to better advantage for the public good than the Chamber of Commerce. Har risburgers know this "and other cities of the State are taking a lesson from us. The Department of Commerce makes the announcement that Bermuda is pur chasing onion seed from America. They will be returned to us an hundred-fold in the shape of onions, under the 60 per cent, cut in duty made by the Demo cratic tariff. A duty of 20 cents a bushel was placed on onions by the Democrats because of the amount grown in the fiouth. Potatoes, which are grown more largely in the North and West were put on the free list. The South now finds the duty on onions too low. England Prance military authori ties have been inclined to smile at the Czar's army, but when the word victory appears in the newspapers it is to be noted that it nearly always is preceded by the adjective Russian. | For the seventh time we shall now i begin all over again to settle the Lusi j tania incident. _ fTELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE , —Bryan says he has no "personal ! feeling" against President Wilson, j only the President is all wrong. I —Being a King In Europe just now j must be almost as exciting as sitting ! in the death cell at the Center county ! penitentiary with the pardon board j in session at Harrisburg. i —After the barber has left the I towel on the customer's face long ' enough to burn a blister he politely, | inquires: "Is it too hot?" t —"We have our moments of de pression when it seems to us that everybody who owes us money has taken out a petition In moral bank ruptcy," says the editor of the Ohio State Journal. And we have our moments of depression when we won der why nobody ever owes us more than a nickel at a time. —Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel Bryan have finally reached a common ground of opinion both believe President Wilson should not be re elected, and further deponent saith not. EDITORIAL COMMENT I Every time the Germans take a mile of trenches Lloyd-George says they are showing sisns of exhaustion.—Phila delphia Record.' Wall Street at last can congratulate itself that Brandeis has been eliminated as a Presidential possibility.—Kanes bi'rg Illuminator. As Mr. Brandeis knows how the rail roads could save $1,000,000 a da" the Interstate Commerce Commission would seem to bo his field.—Philadelphia Record. TERRIBLE General Carranza is proving a ter rible disappointment to certain United States senators by bringing order out of chaos in Mexico.—Chicago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR' To the Editor of the Telegraph: GOOD ROADS Your photograph of the Harrisburg Motor Club banqueting in the Chest nut Street Auditorium is an inspir ation, to air my views on "Good Roads." Why shouldn't I say some thing? I am a taxpayer, pay my part for the upkeep of the State and State Roads and subscribe to the Tele graph, that stands for good roads and State-wide advancement. Better Roads means a better State. We want more good roads in Pennsyl vania, and free of tolls. It should be our pleasure to go from one town or city to another and enjoy the privi lege and right of eminent domain. If. our fathers or forefathers granted cer tain privileges for highways; the "highwayman" at the toll gate should be paid by the State for the last time and the good people of the State en joy the free use of the roads, as we enjoy the God-given sunshino and air ! that we breathe. I How about convict and short-term :jail labor on roads? It will mean I many thousands of dollars saved to the taxpayer. Lot's get busy, talk this and push the idea and get it before the Legislature. We built good roads in the Canal Zone at Panama with convict and short-term prison labor, and it seemed to get good results with an economic, saving. If we could look at the roadsinltaly, around Rome, built by Julius Caesar, some of which are in preservation to day. we would "take notice." The roads constructed by Caesar were ! made of huge blocks of stone, and j were built by prisoners of war. j Our prisoners who have broken the j law of our land, should be made to i earn their "daily bread," and employ | their potential energy to some useful J account. If they do well as road i builders, we should pay them a cer ; tain per centage, a part of which I would amount to something at the j end of a prisoner's term and be an in centive to "start all over again," and be a man, and act the part of a man. At different points in the State let us employ convict labor in the manufac ture of a large vitrified brick or block one foot square by a foot and one-half I long, with such chemical and physical properties that will make a fine pav ing block to pave our State highways. } Further, we would require a first class foundation for such a highway and paving block, it should be made of concrete about twelve inches in the center and eight inches on the jside of the road. For such a big project, we the peo ple, should have our own cement plant, and operate same with convict labor. The cement concerns "couldn't kick" on this "government owner ship" because the government output goes to the government or State, and the State could hardly go into the road building business on such a wholesale rate, by working the matter otherwise; and buy her material "re tall" so to speak. It will likely make better men of our brothers in prison to get out and build roads and get the pood fresh air in their lungs and sunlight to a new hope. Organized and unorganized labor should want to let their unfor tunate brothers have all the chance that, he can give him to get new hope and ambition. Let us talk, convict and short-term labor, large vitrified paving blocks having a sand cushion with a concrete foundation, and a cpncrete binder on each side. I.et's get this general scheme, befora the people and build roads whose up keep won't amoutit to much. Judicious expenditure of State's funds on good roads is one of her best investments. C. S. L. Middletown, l'u.. Feb. 16, 1916. LK 'PuotQijlrtDua By the Ex-Committerma* L. ■ ■■ u ami I Nominating petitions for the May primary are flying in every county of Pennsylvania to-day and while many of them have already been signed up It is regarded as likely that the usual number will be held up until the last day. Under the law they may be held until April 18. Thus far the papers for Charles A. Snyder and Charles A. Ambler, aspirants for the Republican nomination for Auditor General, are the first State-wide papers to be put into circulation. No Democratic state wide nominations have been started as yet, although there are rumors that the rank and file of the party will in sist upon Roland S. Morris standing lor nomination so that the Democrats of the state may get a chance to vote for him. The«general belief is that the Democrats will have their own pa pers printed when they get their slate fixed up. Candidates for congressional and legislative nominations have gotten busy promptly throughout the State, according to reports reaching this city, and somo have applied for second batches of petitions. —Governor Brumbaugh remained silent on political matters at Phila delphia yesterday, although he was in consultation with a number of men from eastern counties in that city. Friends of the Governor are said to believe that he will not make any an nouncement of presidential aspirations, although he is being urged to do so. —The friends of Congressman B. K. Focht have gotten busy in his behalf in every one of the eight counties of his district. His papers will be numer ously signed, they say. —Louis Young, of Freeland, Is a candidate for the Legislature in Lu zerne county. —Allegheny county commissioners are having some strenuous time be cause of their action in advancing the county tax rate. —Senator Charles A, Snyder yes terday finished up his preliminary campaign in Pittsburgh and hustled to Philadelphia, where a conference of men favorable to his candidacy is be ing held to-day. Speaker Ambler lias been quietly working in eastern coun ties and his friends are planning his fight. Harmon M. Kephart, of Con nelisville, who was here yesterday, said that he was pursuing the even tenor of his way. Word came to the Telegraph to-day from Washington county that friends of J. V. Clark, for mer legislator from Washington coun ty, last night started a boom for him as a receptive candidate for the Repub lican nomination for State Treasurer. An announcement sent out in his be half says: "Mr. Clark was sheriff of Washington county from 1895 to 1898 and served in the Legislature in the sessions of 1899 and 1901. He has also served as chairman of the Re publican county committee and state committeeman at various times. In 1912 his name was put forward as a candidate for State Treasurer and he had many delegates pledged to him at the Republican state convention, but withdrew his name in the interests of Robert K. Young. Mr. Clark was iden tified with the Progressive movement in 1912 and 1914, but was one of the first of the men prominent in that party to get back into the Republican party last year and reunite the two eloments. Mr, Clark is connected with several large business interests in Washington and elsewhere, is a di rector in the First National Bank and has always taken an interest in public and political matters." The Democratic county committee will meet at Pittsburgh to-night to select a chairman to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John A. Mar tin. It is understood that if there is no contest for the place, Joseph F. Guffey will accept the chairmanship, but if there is to be a fight he will not allow the use of his name. There was a report yesterday that B. F. O'Con nor, of Pittsburgh would be a candi date. Mr. Guffey will enter the pri maries as a candidate for the office for the full term* of two years. Under the Democratic rules the county chair man is elected in the primaries. There may be a fight in the committee over preparedness. It is the intention of the Guffey-Brennen management to put through a resolution Indorsing the President's policy. There are a dum ber of Bryan Democrats on the com mittee. who probably will try to pre vent the indorsement, but the friends of the administration are in control of the steam roller. —The Prohibition party state con vention will be held in Pittsburgh Tuesday morning. Al the evening ses sion ex-Governor Wnlliam Sulzer, of New York, is to be the principal speaker. Virgil G. Hinshaw. of Chi cago, national chairman of the party, and Mrs. Flossie Slown Hyde, presi dent of the National Woman's Pro hibition Federation, will attend the convention. Nominations will be made for all of the state offices, and the con vention will consider the advisability of suggesting a candidate for Presi dent. —Dr. A. B. Fleming, of Tamaqua, yesterday entered the lield for a legis lative nomination in that portion of Schuylkill county. He is running on a local option basis. —A determined fight against any in crease of licenses has been started in Luzerne county, and there will be lively hearings next week. —Governor Brumbaugh was yester day asked to appoint Chester N. Farr, Jr., to the vacancy on the Phila delphia bench. The names of David J. Smyth and Clark Masoh/ are also being urged on the Governor. —Another attack on the consti tutionality of thg. Philadelphia mu nicipal court has been started. —Snyder county's license court, which closes to-day, will have a big effect on the legislative fight in that county this year. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, spoke last night to South Philadel phia people and urged enactment of laws which would enable Philadelphia to absorb into the municipality vari ous boroughs along the Delaware river, but situated in Delaware county. This is the same proposition that has been urged by people in the Bethlehems and in several other towns. HOW TO LIVE LONGER HABIT* —Rule 10—You should eat good food, but you must also get rid of what is left of it in the bowels. If your bowels move without effort it is easy for you to keep well. Headache is often caused by the bowels not moving. Food is the best thing to make your bowels move. Sometimes your bowels do not move because your food Is not tilling enough, that Is, does not have enough bulk. That. Is one reason why you need foods that li 11 you, like cab bage. beets, onions, carrots, parsnips, etc. In addition to bulk, your food should have things In It that make the bowels move freely. Some foods which have these things are tigs, fruits, bran, oil, vegetables, butter, cream, sugar, honey, syrup nnd juices of fruits. Drink a glass of rold water before breakfast. Do not take drugs or medi cines to make your bowels move unless the doctor tells you to. ENGLISH HUMOR England seems to take a chuckling pleasure In revealing those Von Papen papers in which he alludes to "Idiotic Yankees." —Wall Street Journal. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY MEINSELF UND DER KAISER Where nre only (no people on rarth that Wlliinn fears." ItooNevelt. —From tbe Philadelphia Ledfcr. A D VER TISING FOR SOLDIERS By Frederic J. Haskin HAVE you a reason—or only an excuse?" That is the question, in letters a foot high, staring down from the walls of London at the un enlisted men below. England alone among the battling nations faces the necessity of enlisting her army. Her recruiting campaign has been the most colossal in history, and the flood of posters and handbills she uses are one of its most Important means. They exhaust every resource of ingenuity In style and wording; they appeal skillfully to every emotion. The appeal is directed as much to the women as to the men. "The men hang back on your account," says one of the posters. "Won't you persuade them to go?" and "Do you realize that the one word, Go, may send a man to the front?" The women are urged that by holding back husband or son or brother, they place a brand of disgrace on the loved one that he will carry to the end of his days. "Wo men of Britain, say Go!" is the con tinual refrain of the posters. They play on the chords of every human sentiment, these flaring red and green and blue appeals. The note of shame, of the disgrace that will cling to the shirker, perhaps, is sounded more often than any other. The big pictorial sheets concern them selves largely with this. There is one four feet high, a fine piece ot" drawing, that shows a father sitting before his hearth with two little boys on his knee. "Father, where did you serve In the war?"»they ask, and the man hides his face in his hands. Another spirited sketch shows