16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded •tjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE] TRLGGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. 15. J. STACK POLE. Prts't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STCZINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American SStJlUllfsi Bureau of Clrcu fflCSal latlon and Penn- BWjjl M sylvanla Assoclat- E»3tern «fflce. Has ! MB S SS3 Brooks, Fifth Ave [| jgaßS Si nue Building, New Gna Building, Cht — cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. , By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dally average circulation for tha three month* ending April 1, 1010, it 22,432 ir Theae flguren are net. All returned, anaold and damaged coplea deducted. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 7. Abstinency is favorable both to the head and to the pocket. — HORACE GREELEY. WASHINGTON AND HARRISBURG WASHINGTON is now protesting against the erection of a big government power plant within the shadow of the Washington monu ment and in view of the Capitol. This plant absolutely destroys a charming view from Potomac Park and the smoke stacks of the proposed plant will be more conspicuous than any other object In the city. It appears that the plant was authorized before the people at large became aware of the defacing character of the under taking. Now there is a general pro test going up from the newspapers at the National Capitol and throughout the country. This city occupies somewhat the position to Pennsylvania as Washing ton does to the United States. We of Harrisburg, as the most Interested municipality, are endeavoring to do everything that Is possible to Increase the beauty and attractiveness of our own Capitol building and it is doubt ful whether Governor Brumbaugh and the other wideawake officials on Capitol Hill could be so lulled by any department of the State government as to permit the erection upon the State property of such an unsightly object as is now menacing the most beautiful section of Washington. Time -was when the people of this °lty might have been indifferent to anything that could happen to ruin the impressive beauty of our own Capitol Park, but that time is past and they are very much interested in the park, as it will be when the present administration shall have completed its study of the problem and Indicates the best treatment for the district now covered by the old section of the park and the proposed extension. THE WHY OF IT FROM Indiana comes the state ment that it is "believed" that Senator Tom Taggart will not seek an election to the seat which he now holds by appointment. In In diana and everywhere else it is known that he could not be elected if he tried it. .JAPAN AND HEMP AT the request of a cordage manu facturer in this country, the chief of our Bureau of Insular Affairs recently wired to Governor \ Harrison of the Philippine Islands, asking why it was that there appeared to be a shortage of Philippine hemp in the American market. Governor Harrison wired back that It was be cause of huge purchases being made in Japan. This indicates that Japan is rapidly developing her hemp in dustries, is cementing her friendship with the followers of Manuel Quezon ' in the Philippines by purchasing her raw hemp in the Insular possessions which the Democrats have put adrift, and that the destination of a large percentage of the finished product of the hemp will be the United States. And the wage scale in Japan to-day would not have paid a day's board of Oliver Twist at Beadle Bumbles Workhouse, Doesn t this argue for the Republican policy of protection? CONSTRUCTIVE WORK THE decision of the Chamber of Commerce to publish in pam phlet form the address of Allen D. Albert, the civic expert who spoke her® recently under the joint auspices of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, is commendable. Mr Albert's speech was helpful and con structive. It pointed out both our accomplishments and our needs, our successes and our failures, and it is well worth careful study, it points out very clearly the way toward a bigger and a better city, and the Cham ber is doing an educational work in placing It In the hands of the people. Another educational project the Chamber Is considering is the publi cation of a handbook of Harrisburg for use especially in lhe schools. Mr. Albert made it. very clear by a series of pointed rjuestions that few Harris burgers know much about their city or how it complies with others through out the country. The Chamber means to fill this gap by giving proper in formation to the boys and girls, as well as the adults of town who may desire It. The notary Club Intends to apply the lesson to its own membership by - - - - - - ~ ™ j —-• 11 1,1 ■" - ——— , ... -• . j uiil 1 -• 1111 1 1 - ...■ .J jw Mu i' •v m FRIDAY EVENING, x BLAKRTBBURQ rfSfcftg TELEGRAPH APRIL 7, 1916. having a Harrlsburg evening:, when members will be required to answer all manner of questions relative to the I city in which they live. DEMOCRACY VS. BUSINESS IN a lecture before the Royal Statis tical Society of England, Sir George Paish, financial authority, j declared that "Great Britain has nearly succeeded in maintaining its productive power despite the with drawal of approximately 4,000,000 men from ita industries. If allow ance were made for the Increase in .the country'* gold stock the nation would be found to have succeeded in 1 meeting virtually the whole of its war expenditures out of its Income, wlth , out needing to draw upon its ac cumulated capital to an extent worth j mentioning." If Great Britain can maintain its ' productive power under present con iditions. think of the efficiency of that i country'in a trade war when the men i now under arms are returned to the | industrial field. And Great Britain ; has decided to adopt the protective I policy. Notwithstanding these con | federations, our dull-witted Democracy ! refuses to be illumined, and stub bornly adheres to the policy of near free-trade. If business does not oust the Democrats in November, Europe will oust business in the next four years. FREE SUGAR THE Louisiana sugar crop fell off forty-four per cent, in 1915, compared with 1914. Cuba had a bumper crop for 1915. The Demo crats had better get busy with that bill to repeal the free sugar clause, scheduled to become effective May 1, and it would be just as well if they restored the Republican rate. The Government needs the money. OBSERVING QUARANTINE THE Health Board would be justi fied in making an example of .some of those who break quarantine regulations and thereby spread contagion. Unquestionably the rapid development of the measles epidemic is due in large part to care lessness. Infected persons and those who come into close contact with sufferers are permitted to come Into contact with children who are free from the disease and hundreds thus contract the malady who otherwise might have escaped. This cannot be laid to the door of the Health Officers. They have more work than their limited number can do properly. It is entirely with the people themselves. If they would only "do as they would be done by" the measles epidemic could be crushed in a week. But so long as they go selfishly about their own ways, with no thought for the welfare of their fellows, all the closing of schools and moving picture theaters that may be enforced will not have the desired effect. OUR MILK SUPPLY HEALTH BOARD tests show that Harrisburg's milk supply is the best in the history of the city. There is still room for much Improve ment, no doubt, but that the efforts of the health authorities to better the supply have met with a great measure of success is gratifying and encourag ing. A comparison of present con ditions with those when the Telegraph started the agitation which resulted in city milk inspection will convince any body that the effort has been worth while. COST OF PREPAREDNESS WE are hearing much just now from the peace-at-any-price minority of the overwhelming cost of preparedness. They are talk ing of the price of militarism in Ger many as a comparison with what we as a people may be called upon to bear. This is all foolishness. The people of the United States will never be called upon to shoulder a single burden of preparedness in excess of what a majority of them believe they should. An administration "that does not give the people what they want finds itself out in the cold after four years. The price of preparedness should be I considered as similar to our individual j contributions to tire Insurance. Con ; gressman Kreider, in a recent address ; on the subject, summed the matter up 1 very well when he said: Regarding the financial burden that preparedness will necessarily bring. I wish to say that the bur | den of cost is greatly and grossly | exaggerated. Tlie figures In the ag gregate may look large, but they i are in fact very smai i in com ' parison to other expenses of the i Government or our national ! wealth. If we desire to compare the cost—a single battle would | cost us more than it will cost to construct a most powerful navy and maintain a good-sized army. A single year ot war would cost us more than a century of prepared ness. Should we, unhappily, be come Involved in a conflict with a first-class power, who would stop to ask the cost on the day of bat tle? How would you meas ure in money the valdß of the dead or the agony of the wounded and dying, the suffering and privations I of the widow and orphan? What is human life and human blood and human suffering worth measured In gold? In fact, we all agree it is not a question of cost. No. no, it is solely and entirely a question— j Will preparedness reduce the I chances of war? And preparedness in this country will do just that thing. It is not the big, strong man known to go armed who offers temptation to the lurking footpad. The bully seldom attacks the man he fears may give him a drub bing. It is so among nations. But even in war, preparedness, as at Ma nila or Santiago, may end a conflict that otherwise might be long drawn out. The readiness of Dewey and Schley and the effectiveness of their fleets unquestionably saved the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Americans, and of Spaniards, too. for that matter. The futftre may hold for us something very like those occasions. History has a tendency to repeat itself. THE I>. A. R. REI.IKI' PLAN TO-MORROW the Daughters of the American Revolution of Harrisburg and the country-at large will sell flags for the benefit of 'i he Belgian relief fund. The cam ' palgn has been going on for some i time, but It will culminate to-morrow on King Albert's birthday. Ten mil lion miniature Belgium flags havte been distributed, so that the public may concentrate on making contributions to provide clothing and food for the women and children in the occupied portions of the war-racked countries. It Is the largest number of flags ever printed for an; charitable work. The emblems are to be distributed for an offering, the minimum amount of which is seven cents, the cost of a ration for one Belgian for one day. Mrs. Daisy Allen Story, president of the D. A. R„ on behalf of the National Board of the Society, says of this movement: \ The national board of our society has decided on a Belgium Flag Day, to be held on the anniver sary of King Albert's birthday, the Bth of April. We are working di rectly through our 100.000 mem bers. These women will organise their friends into little bands and stand on every street corner, and in front of every railroad station, every theater and office building, and if necessary, make a house to-house canvass. In almost every city and town in the. country and sell Belgian flags to help the Inno cent sufferers in Belgium and Northern France. It Is estimated that 17,000,000 peo ple In the United States have not in any way contributed to the Belgian fund and an effort will be made to reach many of these. Nobody will miss seven cents, yet we are told that this small sum will feed one hungry, Belgian for one day. fo HUcc. U ""PTKKOIFTAANZA By the Ex-Committeeman National Committeeman Henry G. Wasson has not been successful in his attempts to set up candidates for na tional delegates in the Eighteenth Congressional District in opposition to A. Carson Stamni. of this city, and B. Dawson Coleman, of Lebanon. From all accounts, he has not suc ceeded in stirring up as much trouble as he hoped for Messrs. Green and Byron in the Seventeenth district, and he has not made any efforts in the ork-Adams. Berks-Lehigh and Lan caster county districts, although his scouts have been reported in those districts. While here this week Mr. Wasson occupied some of his spare time in a studious effort to overthrow the har mony existing among Republicans and tried to start something by way of Cumberland county. He was not only rebuffed, but told that the men to whom he looked for support were not very heavy weights. Mr. Wasson went home with his temper ruffled. He was talking fight and did not appear to be pleased that a sincere effort for harmony was being made. —The Democratic war flags are fly ing all over the State and even in Pal mer's own there is about as nice a fight under way as anyone could wish. In Allegheny county there are signs that the harmony program may be torn in half and in Luzerne county there will be an open fight made against Palmer and his pals. In Phila delphia the Old Guard element, which has control of the machinery, is going ahead and setting up candidates for delegate without consulting State Chairman Roland S. Morris. Ex-Congressman Frank L. Der sliem. of Lewisburg, has sent word to friends here that he is not a candidate for Congress this year. Now that the siding headquarters of the Democratic State machine has Woodrow Wilson's name on the ballot in this State, the parade will move on. The machine promised in 1912 that if it got Wilson they would give Penn sylvania. They did not deliver and this year the Democrats will furnish the usual left of the line in the Key stone State. —Republicans in the Second Con gressional District have agreed upon State Senator James P. McNlchol and "Uncle Dave" Lane, chairman of the Republican city committee, for district delegates to the national convention, and Charlemagne Tower and Congress man George S. Graham for alternates. Senator MoNichol and Congressman Graham will both be candidates for renomination. All the Congressmen in the five other districts, and also Con gressman-at-Large John R. K. Scott will be candidates for re-election. Jo seph McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, may be picked to oppose Scott for the nomination. In the Third district Rep resentative Roney will again seek the Republican nomination for the Legis lature without the aid of Ward Leader Harry J. Trainor. Francis Littleton Maguire, formerly a resident of West Philadelphia, may oppose Roney. Among the Vare men who will be can didates for Legislative nominations are: Common Councilman C. C. A. Baldi. Jr., Thomas M. MeNiehol, pres ent member; James A. Walker, Chair man Edwin R. Cox, of the House manufactures committee and sponsor for the child labor law, and ICdward W. Wells. Neither William Walsh nor John McClintock will be candidates for renomination in the Twenty-first dis trict. —According to word from Carlisle. J. C. Bucher, prominent resident of Boiling Springs, is circulating pe titions to run tor congressman-at-large on the Republican ticket. —Congressman W. S. Vare was here late yesterday afternoon and is under stood to have discussed the possibility of the withdrawal of the Governor, the appointment of John Monaghan, Pub lic Service Commissioner, as a judge for Philadelphia and the successor to Charles Johnson as Insurance Com missioner. He was at the Capitol two hours. The Philadelphia North Ameri can to-day says: "Congressman Vare, upon his arival in Philadelphia, said that not a word of the Governor with drawing was mentioned at the meet ing. 'I have absolutely no information on the subject.' said Mr. Vare. "We merely talked over some Philadelphia appointments and the first I knew of these "withdrawal" reports was what I read in the papers.' Attorney Gen eral Brown, when reached over the long-distance telephone last night, con firmed Vare's statement. 'lt's news to me,' said Brown when asked If the Governor was considering withdrawing Uls name. 'That subject wasn't even mentioned this afternoon. We merely talked over some appointments. The newspapers have told me all I know about it'." SOMEWHERE IN JAPAN ( Albany Journal) A Japanese salesman is making the rounds of New York city soliciting orders for shirts. He carries a line of samples, takes measurements, writes orders, directions, etc.. and the maids in a factory somewhere in Japan make up the goods. The finished shirts then cross the Pacific and are carried on the transcontinental railroads to 'the buyer. The Japanese are pushing this busi ness rapidly, and inasmuch us the Democratic tariff law cut the duty on these goods forty per cent., our Asiatic competitors «ee great possibilities in this method of getting Into the Amer ican market, as the wages paid in Japan are about one-twelfth those paid n the United States. - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | SIGNS OF SPRING ' [ "I ■- m}mm^?f^m0 z » fSWtelrl WgMgPJf m& Xy p v " v I \ * < l ,r \ JAMES E. RODERICK ! [From the Coal ARC] For the benefit of the younger gen- | e ration and those who sometimes despair of their lot in life because of circumstances, educational or financial, a brief sketch of the present chief of the Department of Mines of Pennsyl- ' vana. James E. Roderick, is offered for the Success Number of Coal Age. . His biographical notice in Smull's, | which introduces Pennsylvanians to their public servants at Harrisburg, j closes with the sentence, "He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church at Hazleton and a director of the Hazleton National Bank." This summing up presents tersely, the character features of a citizen who is well worthy of apace in the Who's Who Department of Coal Age. Mr. j Roderick's achievements serve well as an example of the possibilities open to all ambitious youths. Mr. Roderick has never appeared in the class of in dustrial captains or financial wizards, but he has attained such a measure of success in both of these fields as would give him an entrance to their councils. It is probably this fact that has kept him In the ranks of workers and retained for him the esteem of his fellow citizens. While he Is chief of the Department of Mines and well j sustains tlie dignity of that important post, he is still greeted familiarly by ' the men who worked under his direc- , Hon as youthful toilers in the mines, and their greeting is returned in that hearty way which conies from mutual respect and confidence. INTERNATIONAL POKER As a poker player our President would shine without a peer. The only! trouble with him is that he will not stay In a pot until the showdown. He has had four aces in his hand during his entire administration, but he is 1 afraid to play them to the limit. At some critical moment he makes you 1 think he is bluffing with a bob-tail straight. He started after Mexico as though he meant lo push her off the map. Then, with the situation unchanged, he withdrew tlie troops from Vera Cruz. Naturally the Mexican outlaws said we , were afraid of them and murders and i killings became worse than ever. When the Lusitania was sunk he j drew the four aces again and sent a j note worthy of any man. Then he , ! weakened and sent some notes that i I every American was ashamed of. The Kaiser said he would sink every armed ship without warning, and when our President looked in his hand all ; he could see was a pair of deuces, so he sent a foolish little note to the I Allies that encouraged the Kaiser to j I raise him the limit. A closer Inspec- ! j lion of his cards must have disclosed j i the four aces again, for our President I forthwith challenged the Kaiser, Con- j I gress and everybody else on the issue j he had made. All this is good poker, but It is bad diplomacy, especially when you want ! to avoid trouble. Our President has a j reputation as a bluffer now, and in consequence he has to have the cards j in the future to win. A straight, firm, | irrevocable policy from the beginning 1 migh* have «nved »s from so many 1 new deals.—The Outlaw. WHERE HUBBARD STOOD T believe in the stuff I am handing 1 out, in the firm I am working for; and in my ability to get results. I believe that honest stuff can be passed out to honest men by honest methods. 1 believe In working, not weeping; in j boosting, not knocking; In the pleas- I lire of my job. I believe that a man I gets what he goes after, that one deed done to-day is worth two deeds 'to-morrow, and that no man is down land out until he has lost faith in him iself. I believe in to-day and the work i 1 am doing, in to-morrow and the work T hope to do, and In the sure reward which the future holds. I 1 believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friend ship and in honest competition. I be j lieve there is something doing some where. for every man ready to do it. jl believe I'm ready right now! ! Elbert Hubbard. PUBLICITY "The essence of civilization is in formation. Publicity is the monitor i of a nation. Newspapers are the ar teries of publicity, the overflowing currents of enlightenment. Newspa per advertising has become a hasis of business. It serves those who sell and lliose who buy. It is the modern mar-1 ■ ket-place."—Michael Frledsam. presi -1 dent, B. Altman & Co., New York, i SPIESINCANADA By Frederic J. Haskin V. ) THERE are no spies in Canada —,< at least, so say the officials. The i people do not agree with tlieni, 1 however, and are persistent In their > demands that Immediate and drastic I measures be taken to protect Canada ; t j from any more outrages such as the i burning of Parliament House. The officials still hold that this i mysterious fire was due to accidental ' causes, but the people are not to be j convinced. The accidental causes, i 1 they point out, could hardly have • been responsible also for the attack t on Victoria Bridge across the St. : 1 Lawrence, the destruction of the Cape i; Spencer oil depot and fog station, and the three equally mysterious fires in, munition factories, all of which oc curred in rapid succession. Then. too. the circumstances in connection with the fire in the Ottawa capitol were most peculiar. The con-I flagration is supposed to have started , j among the newspapers in the reading: 1 room, and yet both the fire chief and i I Mr. Bonar Law claim to have heard: five or six explosions of a sound so extraordinary that they were sure they j must have been caused by bombs or shells. The fact that there had been a small fire in the same reading room the day before, caused by a few cigar ashes carelessly flicked among the newspapers, is brushed aside by the; people as unimportant. By this time someone, has come forward with a story about a sus-i picious looking stranger who was seen nervously pacing up and down the 1 THESTATF-FROM miOW' Mariorie Sterrett lias written to, Harrv Heckman, a Hasleton youth, who has been inspired with the proper spirit and is going to take, charge ol the campaign in that town, for rais ins funds to. build the battleship America. Harry will unquestionably , have the moral and financial support j of his fellow citizens. I You can't, keep them down! The tulips insist on pushing their brilliant ly colored selves up through the snow of Klttanning and thoughts of Easter are driving the snow away much abashed at its own temerity in stick- I ing around so long. A Montrose paper says that a black fox, supposedly an extinct species, I was seen by a party of huntsmen m ithat vicinity. It is said that the pelt of a black fox is worth anywhere froril one to sixteen thousand dollars, so it was either a day dream or a bit |of tough luck that they did no more than see the animal. ' We read of a husband whose af ! feet ion for his wife was such that ho tried to make her eat an electric bulb. It is rather deplorable that a husband should treat his wife like a gout, is it not Anglers in Warren are in the dumps about earU fishing prospects by rea son of the high water. Of course., the fisherman who doesn't care whether he gets a bag full or not will go out; lust the same, but those who are in it for results have not been seen to [ smile for some tlm^ 1 Times are changing when several hundred school children mob the city clerk of Sunbury in on effort to get permits to return to their studies. The poor clerk was almost crushed to the floor by the active youngsters, who had been under quarantine as the re sult of a measles epidemic. The State highway between Lehigh . Gap and Walnutport has been sub merged for more than a week owing | to the floods of the Lehigh liver. ! John McDonald had an ear-slash-! Ing party the other day when he • limbed into a window of his own i home and attacked his hoarder, Frank Lester. A good opportunity for the dog In the barber shop story. This barber had a little pup who would sit gazing in an expectant manner at the portly old gentleman who occasion ally dropped in for a tonsorlal treat ment. When asked the reason for the | earnest attention paid by the little, corridor outside tbe reading room im mediately preceding: the fire. And the , boilers, which might have been re- ' sponsible for the five explosions, were : found intact among the ruins. After that the public's mind was made up j and there is no changing It. The fire j was the work of the nervous young, man in the corridor—the work of a spy. . Since then, while the authorities keep insisting that there are no spies —a statement which is borne out by the fact that they have caught none— the.v are allowing themselves to be persuaded into taking certain precau tions. The guard has been strength ened on the Weliand Canal and prep arations have been perfected for rushing thirty thousand men and large quntities of ammunition to the boundary within twenty-four hours if necessary. Besides which, the in ternational bridges are now also heavily guarded. Evidently, the wild rumors circulated about a German in vasion of f'anada have assumed a new significance since the recent outbreak of fl res. These rumors, coming from various parts of the I'nited States and even England, all seem to coincide. It seems that the Germans, at war with England, are anxious for the Can adians to remain in their own country and hence are thinking up wavs to keep 'them there. They have figured ■ out. so the rumors have It, that if , [Continued on I'age !».] | dog to the operation the barber re : plied that he had once sliced off a portion of a customer's ear and the pup was not the kind to miss any thing. NOT MUCH "Pa. a man's wife is his better half, isn't she? "We are told so, my son." "Then if a man marries twice there isn't anything left of him. is there?" OUR DAILY LAUGH I 1 CORRECTION Jr~ What are you (%£ 0 speak about? "/ fy. -j|§j]a The march of \ i&rrent events. ~f \ The march is ( U lut of date. You fa jTF scan the tango. ffl • fjh ' \ WASTED EN krgt- x * The Pessimist: * i * * '^ w ' wh y can't f tS? \ - we have di» snow V-5^ 1 ' in Ju 'y it's hot an ' we nee<^s 's« v

signed as a member of the Philadcl •iphi!' Board of Education, was one of ' the standbys of Governor Brumbaugh 1 when he was superintendent of schools. j DO YOU KNOW That Harrislnirg stool is used in I gas tanks throughout the land? HISTORIC HARRISBURG People used to come to Harrisburg 'on canal boats before the days of rail ' roads. They were called packets and j several lines ran from this city. Harrisburg.'Pa., April 5. 1916. I Statement of the ownership, manage ment, circulation, etc.. of the Hnrri*- hiirn Trleumph, required by act of Con j gress, August 24. 1912. Editor. E. J. Stackpole, Harrisburg. ! F'a.; managing editor. Gus M. Stelnmets, | Harrisburg. Pa.: business manager, ■ Frank R. Oyster. Harrisburg. Pa.; pub lisher, The Telegraph Printing Com pany, Harrisburg, Pa., E. J. Stackpole, ! president. Stockholders: 15. J. Stackpole. K. 11. Stackpole. I'\ R. Oyster. Harrisburg, Pa. No bonds or mortgages. Average number of copies of each i issue sold or distributed through the mails or otherwise to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement, aI, .Till. (Signed) The Telegraph Printing Co., I''. R. Oyster. Business Mgr. i Sworn to and subscribed before me , this stli day of April. 1916. ' (Signed) It. R. MUMMA, • i Notary Public. (Mv commission expires March 9, , 1919). An Advertisement Is a Promise It is made openly In puhllc print. You have a right to expect a full measure of quality and a fall price. Vou have a right to expect the advertiser to keep the promise I In every particular. | No sane man would spend money for advertising unless he PNpceled to. The advertising wouldn't pay hlin. The public would not re spond th