10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBH'SPAPBR FOR THB HOMB Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by t THE TKLGORArH PRINTING CO., , Telegraph Building, Federal Square. X. J. STACKPOLE, Prt.r't and liditor-in-Chitf ,s'. R. OTSTER, Business Manager. fOUS M. STEINMETZ. .I landing Editor. t Member American Bureau of Clrcu sylvanla Assoclat nue Building, New People's ' ' — _ cago, 111.' m- ■■ Sintered at the Post Office In Harrls bnrg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. In ■WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEO. IS Moderation is Wee the silken string Running through the pearl chain of all virtues. — FULLER. GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS WHATEVER be the motive back of Germany's peace terms, it is Inconceivable that the al lies will accept them. For the mo ment all the cards are in Germany's hands. The "terms" definitely lay the palm of victory on the brow of tho Central Powers. If the allies are sin cere in their assertion that they fight only for the extermination of Prussian militarism then they must fight on, for to quit now would leave Germany stronger than ever, the allies weaker, because of losses due to invasion, and the Central Powers in position to re peat the assault upon democracy which tho allies says precipitated the present conflict. History holds no such proposal as that submitted by the German Em peror yesterday. Claiming victory on •very hand and in almost every para graph asserting the invulnerability of the Teutonic alliance, the Kaiser yet Is ready to foresake many of the am bitions he is known to have held at the outstart of the war and to lay fdown his arms with conditions almost ■as they were before the conflict be gan. "Without exception, great wars have been concluded only when the ■vanquished admitted defeat and sued Xor peace. One must seek a motive, "therefore. In these proffers of Ger many other than that of "humanity," for which the Germans have shown so little consideration in the manner of their fighting that the word can stand for little as a Teutonic reason for de airing peace at this time. There nro two reasons that advance themselves before all others—the first that Germany wishes to put herself before her people at home and those of both warring and neutral countries rs willing to end the war, thereby placing the responsibility for further conflict upon the shoulders of her op ponents, getting out of a hopeless situation with honor and advantageous position for herself, and the other is that the internal conditions of Ger many are much worse than the world outside knows or even suspects. The first is likely the dominating influence back of the peace move, with slowly I failing resources as a prompting con sideration. The effect of the peace offer was evidently designed to be diplomatic rather than conclusive, but It Is doubtful If the effect will bo on the neutral mind precisely what it was intended to be. Tho allies, weary of war though they may be, will reject the proposals, and neutral peoples will understand fully why they do so. In Germany the effect on the public mind may well be merely an instance of "hope deferred making the heart sick." The one pos sibility of good likely to come out of the present situation is that some defi nite understanding may be evolved whereby peace eventually shall bo ne gotiated. City Commissioner Lynch is abso lutely right in his effort to place all the streets in flrst-class condition before the severe weather of the winter makes outdoor operations impossible. Inci dentally. the working out of a plan to utilize the surplus funds of the Water Department for meeting the expense of city lighting is now engaging the attention of City Council, and the prob lem is not so difficult as It appeared some time ago. RETIREMENT OF JOFFRE GENERAL, JOFFRE, whose bril liant success at the Marne, saved France, whose genius for organl , zatlon enabled the French to oppose the German forces successfully with an army that has not had a single re verse since it took the field, and whose policy of "I-nlbble-tliem" has resulted In the slow, but steady reclamation of F*rench soil from the enemy, is to give •way to a younger and more energetic commander-in-chief of the allied forces in France. This does not mean that he is to be retired in disgrace. The French people adore him. lie has done more for Franco than Joan of Arc, French newspapers say. He Is tho greatest hero the allies have produced in this war. His reputation Is secure and his fame lasting. But France feels the need of new blood. The day for "nibbling" is past, the people believe. Prompt, vigorous action is necessary. France must atrike a telling blow and follow it up with a campaign that will do one of two things—break the Gorman line, thereby compelling; the evacuation of ccupled territory, or prove tho truth WEDNESDAY EVENING, of Hlndenburg'a contention that the task the allies have set for themselves on the wetitern front is hopeless. What more natural then, that the Chamber of Deputies should turn to General Petaln, defender of Verdun and executor of the coup whereby the French won back In four hours all the territory captured by the Germans in five months of the most bloody war fare the world has ever seen. Petaln Is not known outside the French army, but Verdun has shown him to be a leader of skill, valor and resource. He knows the Verdun front as does nobody else. If he is chosen to take Joffre'a place, it would not be surpris ingl to see a fresh French drive in this sector, with better chances of success than ever before. He will have as his weapon the best equipped, most efficient army France has ever put In the field —the work of JofTre's genius and labor—an army undefeat ed, self-confident and keen for the task before it. Governor Brumbaugh Is doubtless turning over in his mind the things which will require discussion in his forthcoming message to the Legisla ture. No Governor has ever studied the State more thoroughly than the present head of the Commonwealth, and the various matters which have en listed his interest will doubtless get the attention which they deserve in his recommendations to the legislators. The day of long-winded reports from every department is past, and the people now look to the Governor to review in a practical way the subjects which should have the thought of the people. WATER DEPARTMENT SURPLUSES THE opinion of the city's legal de partment, to the effect that surplus money in the water de partment may bo used to defray the municipal lixlit bill, should end all in decision on the part of Council con cerning the adoption of Mayor Meals' recommendation that the millage be kept down by utilizing the money 'earned by the water department over and above all expenses to pay for the current used in tlie street lamps. It' would be unsafe to further reduce water rents and it would be folly to keep on piling up water fund surplus, year after year, while other depart ments stood sadly In need of money. The Mayor's Idea is a good one. It Is practical and has no bad points. It should be adopted. Two distinguished speakers will ad dress the Chamber of Commerce and the Kngineers' Society of Pennsylvania this week. Both of these organizations have favored their membership and gnests with a list of speakers which Is most unusual, and the privilege of hear ing these national leaders is greatly appreciated by those who have been invited from time to time to attend the luncheons and dinners of the two as sociations. Moro and more the groat problems which confront the United States are pressing upon the people for solution, nnd no opportunity should be lost to educate busy professional and business men as to the needs of the hour. ASSISTING OUPID LOUIS J. HILL, with originality characteristic of the name he bears, lias determined to populate I the great northwestern country in tho J development of which his father, the j famous railroad builder, had so large a share. Not only has he paid the way of 600 North Dakota and Montana bachelor ranchmen to Chicago in search of suitable wives, but he has placed them in touch with girls who are seeking helpmates, and now, as a climax, he will run a special train into the States named for the benefit of girls who would like to view the "promised land" before forsaking per manently lives of singleness in the city to v. r ork in double harness on the plains. Doubtless there are as many girls unattached in Chicago who would like to have good husbands aa there are bachelors in Montana and Dakota who are yearning for wives Many a good housewife has been sacrificed to make, an Indifferent stenographer. Many an affection-starved girl goes to her daily office task because nobody has asked her to help make a home. Marriage is largely a matter of propinquity. When Cupid finds two unpierced hearts within range of his weapons he de lights in making one arrow do for both. Distance, like absence, makes the heart, grow fonder—of the other fellow, if there be one handy—and even Cupid's bow has its range limi tations. Wife-seeking bachelors of the ranches and husband-desiring girls of the cities will sigh in vain unless they are brought face to face. Hill's plan is both practical and romantic. As range finder for Cupid, Mr. Hill will have widespread good wishes for suc cess before the targets. Charles M. Schwab is to be the guest of honor at a little dinner given by his lieutenants at Steelton to-morrow night. He is keeping in close touch with the big plant on the eastern bor der of Harrisburg, and there can be no doubt that he means to develop the property along the generous lines indi cated In his recent speech at the Cham ber of Commerce banquet. Mr. Schwab has niado many friends already in this community, and the attitude of our people toward him Is one of real friend liness. Failure of the Hay act is recognized at Washington, and a bill has already been introduced to repeal the National Guard provisions of the measure. After hearing from the Mexican border, it is little wonder that a change of view has come in Influential quarters at the National Capital. Superior facilities and more effec tive organization have given other nations marked advantages in foreign trade over the United States. It is an appreciation of these conditions which is leading the governmental authorities to provide for the enlargement of the facilities which will tend to Increase and develop American trade. Harrisburg is to have a fruit show next month for three days, and as this has become a distributing point for the luscious apples and other fruits of Cen tral Pennsylvania, Including the Adams county belt, the show ought to attract much attention. | AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING -> ] By BRIGGS ] V : ) eveMiNG THE AMD - . • OF LISTENING To A FLOWER At>4l> ALL ,He YcHJ BUG OM LOVELY t WAMOFDnV, A * e NE,KftLY LOV.lv N*™, ™ur UL ~ WOftKsS OF NMURE OM OU I -At4D You Cani Not whfn vr last you are. •restrain a VavsjM" Tucked snugly away im MOvaJ AMD THEM YoUf* Ll L OL BEDDO ~ OH AIN'T' IT A (TRA- AA-NO amx> Glor-i-yos #ffTT i K tKKOIf IOCIKUX | By the Ex-Committeeman Men active in the State administra-l tlon's campaign to bring about the nomination of Representative Edwin R. Cox, of Philadelphia, in the Re publican speakership caucus declared to-day that Governor Brumbaugh had grained some recruits for the South Philadelphian, although they refused to give names or even to issue any figures as to how many votes Mr. Cox would have in the caucus. They showed a disposition to lock up mem bers for Cox in safes and to make general statements, which is in sharp contrast to the manner in which the backers of Representative Richard J. Baldwin are conducting his campaign. They are making claims, and giving names and figures. The latest claim in behalf of Baldwin is 115, announce ment of which made some administra tion backers snort with indigation but did not bring any figures from them in rebuttal. Both Messrs. Baldwin and Cox are out in the State, meeting members and discussing their campaigns. Mr. Baldwin has spent considerable time among the Grangers, while Mr. Cox has been cultivating members in the anthracite c.oal field under the tutelage of Congressman John R. K. Scott, who is building gubernatorial fences. More and more it is developing that, the State administration is relying upon organized labor to swing doubt ful members into the Cox column and the activity of the Governor is fondly hoped to be the means of overcom ing the lateness of the campaign in behalf of Cox. —Governor Brumbaugh to-day con tinued his efforts to secure a majority of Republican members of the next House of Representatives for Cox for speaker and his reception room con tained a number of men who will sit in the next House. These men were summoned by telegrams from the Governor telling them that he would be glad to discuss legislative matters with them. The Governor is in the midst of preparation of his message, it. is understood, and has asked legis lators and others for suggestions. Some of his visitors, however, seemed to think that the Governor desired to talk more about the speakership than about bills. The Governor declined to make any comment as to his "con versations." Several department heads were summoned to the south wing of the Capitol and some nervous ness over reports that some tall tim bers might be. cut as an example to the little fellows to get busy was manifested. —Among the Governor's visitors was Representative J. J. Dean, of Lawrence county, who has been gen erally credited to the "drys." Mr. Dean is the colleague of Robert L. Wallace, of Newcastle, a member in former sessions who is now for Cox and who is a candidate for chairman of the Judiciary general committee in the event of Cox's election. There are a dozen men regarded as candidates for the same job, notably Charles Walter of Franklin, a lawyer and ex perienced in the work of the commit tee last session, —The advent of Representative George W. Williams, of Tioga county, as a candidate for speaker with hay lon his horns, has stirred up some other candidates. The administration people say that Williams' boom will hurt Baldwin and will help Cox, but do not give out diagrams. Williams is not an popular as he used to be about the Executive Department. Rep resentative "Joe" Phillips, of Clear field, is said to have aspirations for speaker which is not very kind treat ment for State administration offi cials from his county and Nelson Mc- Vicar, of Allegheny, a strong "dry" and borough man, has been contem plating the rostrum in a thoughtful way. He has not yet felt called upon to make any statement, however. He is an able lawyer and has a good fol lowing. | -—The Pittsburgh Dispatch in a story written in Philadelphia gives this Interesting sidelight upon the plans of the Democracy in the next session: "Looking confidently forward to a season of riotous factional war fare between the two Republican ele- HAKRISBURG t/Sffb TELEGRAPH ments at Harrisburg this wintertthatt t they hope to turn to good account in the great municipal contests in this! city and Pittsburgh next year, the | Democratic leaders have joined in the | clamor for repeal of the nonpartisan ballot laws. Unmindful of the fact that they were loud In the demand for such enactments in the name of re form, they insist now that the laws have 'proved failures in practice as well as in theory.' Necessarily the government of this country is one of parties, said one of the best-known Democratic State leaders to-day, 'and the pledges of a candidate should be underwritten by his party. He should be answerable to it and the party to the people. If the party candidate or the party falls short the people should be able to retaliate by turning the party, whether it be national, State or local, out of power." —The Pittsburgh Gazette Times says that Representative Miles A. Milliron, of Armstrong, inclines to Baldwin. —Considerable space is given by the North American to-day to the declaration of Mayor Smith that he has no jobs for McNichol men in Philadelphia. This paper considers that it ends the last vestige of har mony and intimates that the mayor will line tip with the State administra tion on the speakership. ! —A. A. Zeigenfus has been ap pointed mercantile appraiser in Car bon county. —Schuylkill Democrats have a bal ance left in their campaign funds for the first time on record. —An inquiry into the Luzerne coun ty expense accounts has been stirred i up. bits of the 1 Always He's Calling O you who dwell deep in the city With its rush and its reeks and its roars, Pause you a moment —and listen! God's bidding you, "Come Out o' Doors!" Out where the bluebird is winging. Out where the buttercups sway, OuY where the hawthorne is budding A,nd kissing the cheek of the May! Out where the wild rose is blooming, Out where the orioles nest. Out where the Suskie is crooning Love lyrics that lull you to rest! Out where the Bobwhite is whist ling, Out where the leaves strew the way, Out. where the aster's bestqwing Sweet fragrance on West Winds at play! Out where the storm king is raging, Out where the drifts are piled high, Out where the frozen lake's glisten ing— Out anywhere under the sky! O you who dwell deep in the city With its lust, its dust and its greed, Always He's calling you to Him— Will you not listen—and heed? Business Briefs A new union station Is talked of for Atlantic City on the site of the present Reading station. The Penna. is to give Chicago the modern freight terminal depot of the world. Booming and consistent price ad vances mark the steel situation for the week. Lewistown, Pa., reports shipment of 33 carloads of rolled steel car wheels from the Standard Steel Works to China. Lancaster is to have its fifth annual farm products show December 20-23. The stock yards at' Lancaster are beMg enlarged and will soon bo the largest of their kind east of Chicago. Reports Indicate that 336,600,000 cigars were made in the Ninth rev enue district, including Harrisburg, in the past four months. Desperate to Madness Only a government desperate to madness could conceive of adding this final outrage against Belgium to the record that haw placed it beyond the pale of civilization.—Brooklyn Eagle. DECEMBER 13, 1916. OTTO K. KAHN, MANY-SIDED NEW YORKER, FORSEES NEW ERA OTTO H. KAHN has long been known as a many-sided man. First of all he is undoubtedly a financial genius because be was the man who advised the late E. H. Harri man in the railroad wizard's gigantic manipulations, it was ICahn who rais ed the millions that enabled l Japan to finance its war with Russia. And Kahn is the leading figure in the banking house of Kulin, Loeb & Co., one of the world's banking firms. Then there is Otto If. Kahn. the musician, who plays a violin with rare skill and un derstanding and who exercises the con trolling influence In the affairs o'f the Metropolitan Grand Opera Comifany. And yie world knows the Otto 11. Kahn, the art lover who outbid Morgan for a Franz Hals masterpiece, paying one half million dollars for it. Too, the Otto H. Kahn, who is a student of neurology, a man without nerves him self, but has backed an institute for the study of other people's nerves, is fairly familiar to Americans. | But few knew Otto 11. Kahn as a I writer and visionary until the recent publication of iiis hook "Art and the People" by the Shakespeare Tercenten ary Committee. Almost at the start of that booklet Kahn says: For Budget Builders When a few weeks ago the Hon. Pierre L. Bark, Russian minister of finance, presented his budget to the Council of the Empire, he said: "Despite war expenses, amounting to 12,000,000,000 roubles, and thanks to the abolltton of the alcohol monop oly, the financial strength of the country is growing. The savings of the nation since the beginning of the war have increased by 2,000,000,000 roubles." In an interview published in the Petit Parisian Mr. Bark has this to say concerning the effect of prohibi tion on the . national finances: "The budget has been much less affected than one would have be lieved. The productivity of labor has increased on an average 50 per cent and all the fiscal resources which come from direct or indirect taxes have greatly developed. When we derived our revenues from vodka, it was as though we were forever draw ing out, drawing out" —he made a gesture as though milking a cow— "'the vitality of the Russian people. Now, we seem to be taking merely the Interest on their stored up strength and resourcefulness." CANAL DEVELOPMENT (Philadelphia Bulletin) The offer of the president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com pany to sell Its canal to the State at book value might have had the ap pearance of fairness, if it had not been for his accompanying statement that SIOO,OOO had been spent In use less experimentation with canal de velopment In the last ten years, and that operation had caused an actual loss of $145,695. If the future of the canal is as hopeless as the Lehigh president asserts, and its past oper ation is conclusive as to its possibili ties, the railroad company ought to be willing and glad to give the prop erty to the State and get the unprofit able enterprise off its hands. The reversion to the State of these canals when abandoned, or substan tially discarded, might be urged with a degree of reasonableness. Their acquisition by the State and mainten ance, possibly with fees for service sufficient to meet operating costs, is a project that is certain to demand future consideration, and as a matter of public* policy would be compar able to the acquisition and mainten ance of any land highway. The rivers within the State are open highways for tra/Tlc, free to all com ers, and the canals are but extensions of the available river channels and ought to be free to a like degree, save, possibly, for such additional cost as may be necessary In their opera tion. The present attitude of the rail roads is that of the dog in the man ger. They have no use for the canals, but they jealously and zealously see to It that no other Interest—not even the public—may have a chance to discover and develop such use. FIT OR TAT AT FORTY? [Philadelphia Bulletin.] Dr. Samuel Q. Dixon, the alert and philosophical Commissioner of Health In Pennsylvania, comes a bit late with "The day of the industrial pioneer is over (though vast commercial develop ment, vast' indeed beyond all imagina tion, still lies before us) and With it has gone—if it ever existed—the day of the almighty dollar. The day of the pioneer of culture and Idealism has come and the power of the Idea is far mightier than the power of the dollar." Kahn sees a "great stirring and mov ing" going on in the land. "Call It the 'new freedom' or what you will, the people at large are astir, groping, seek ing for a better order of things," he say a. "We have reached a stage where we can afford* and ought to occupy our selves increasingly with .questions af fecting the meutal, moral and psychical well being and progress of the race. A I'liiullilr Menaue In It "It is a movement whick Is full of promise, and a menace only if ignored, repressed or falsely or selfishly led. Most of it will find expression in poli tics, in economic and social legisla tion; some of it will find expression in art. "It has elements which to a great part of cmr population, can make it as nourishing as soup kitchens,as healing as hospitals, as stimulating as any medicinal tonic." his warning against the dangers of tat to men of forty or more. The food gamblers have preceded him as active agents against the perils of embonpoint. Occasionally in these days a man may grow fat but he is likely to be a person given to Idle ness and luxurious eating—hence a person whose welfare doesn't particu larly matter to the community. Most folks are getting tl£r, It is as Dr. Dixon says, just, as easy to be fit at forty -as fat. Golf, tennis, the pursuit of suburban trains and similar toil in the guise of diver sion have been the chief recourse of those who felt the curse of obesity descending on them. War prices have simplified the ancient complica tion. One can just jog along on one's daily egg or in the enjoyment of one's meatless dinner and turkeyless Thanksgivings with no fear of exceed ing the weight limit. It is a\ question whether, in the end, when everybody Is thin and tit. the world will be any better for it. Fat men are almost in variably placid. It is almost Ir.ipos sible to find a thin philosopher. When a philosopher is thin he is usually of a pessimistic turn of mind. Bernard Shaw is thin and he is a very dis agreeable person at times. Gilbert K. Chesterton is terrifically fat and one of the most joyous writers of the time. I EDITORIAL COMMENT T .Every year it is becoming easier for the liquor interests to compile their business statistics.—Des Moines Regis ter. , It appears that the election of Catts. in Florida, was the result of scratch ing the regular Democratic ticket. Boston Herald. OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 RIGHT KEY. He—Hiveyou jj fSjl * \ heard my new lml •eng. "The Pro- /W posal ?" i She No. rffj J J What key Is it J.TOjf y'' U \ He—Be mine- I A J J- 9 Briggs says a IftAj. man ought to attend to hit jf \ own business. \ thinks it's his own business to show everybody else how to at tend to his busl | Stoning followed instructions for one month. Then the high cost of living hit him hard and he stopped. The pills were given to a druggist to an alyze. They contained sand and sugar, i The government i 3 after the pill man. His capture is not a certainty. Those I fellows keep moving. ' A man identified with one of the Sunday schools of the city called at tention yesterday to the fact that the war had done one thing for which he was glad. It had brought the Ameri can-made holiday cards to the front, as he said. For years there have been immense numbers of "printed in Ha varia," e(c„ cards sold in this section for Christmas. Now the American cards are being given a chance just as are American-made toys. It does seem odd when iron toys are made within forty miles of Harrisburg for our stores to be able to offer Nuremburg made juvenile attractions at a lower price than those made in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. County Commissioner Harry C. Wells' fondness for children is pretty well known and as a rule he never has a bit of trouble striking up new friend ships with the little folks; not always, however, are his advances received in congenial spirit. The ex-sheriff smil ingly told this tale of a "fall down" the other day: "On my way up town this morning," said he, "I passed a lot of little folks playing on a porch. There were half a dozen little girls, the oldest, I should say, wasn't more than five. As I went by I smiled at them and said 'Hello, ladies, having a nice time?' And of course I was a bit startled at the re sponse of one of them—an exception ally pretty thing with great hair rib bons. She might have been four. " 'Yetliir. we're havin' a good time,' she chirped, 'but pleathe don't talk to us until we introduced. Its'th fresh!'" * ♦ One of the interesting things about the hearings held this week by the Public Service Commission was the Immense amount of money represented by the cases. Construction work of probably $2,000,000, mergers involving almost $40,000,000 nnd freight rates of several kinds, probably representing SIOO,OOO, were among the matters taken up. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —General A. J. Ix>gan, command ing the Second Brigade, is making in vestigations into charges regarding health of troops at El Paso. —Councilman George M. Hars berger, of Johnstown, well known here, is taking steps to improve Johnstown parks. —Dr. Appleton Bash, chaplain of the Eighteenth Infantry, Is home from the bolder on a furlough. —Dr. J. T. Rothrock. father of Pennsylvania forestry, has been elected president emeritus of the State For estry Association. —Edward S. McGraw, of Williams port, secretary to Secretary of Laboi Wilson, has become a Washington lawyer. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg ships annually large amounts of castings for municipal work throughout the state? HISTORIC HARRISBURG John Quincy Adams was among th Presidents who visited Harrisburg and spoke in Capitol Park. Insurance Testimony Statistics prepared by either the wets or the drys are apt to be viewed with suspicion because both sides ara biased, says Arthur Hunter of the New York Life Insurance Company. 'But statistics put out by the life in surance companies are known to be absolutely without bias, and the pub lic has confidence in them. Mr. Hun ter cities the experience of seven American companies and one Canad ian company to show that mortality Is from ten to thirty per cent lower among abstainers than among non abstainers. Ho shows further that mortality among total abstainers Is markedly lower than among "temper ate" drinkers, and very much lower than among "moderate" drinkers. The mortality among those who at the date of application for insurance took two glasses of whisky a day, but did not drink to excess. Is 80 per cent in excess of the normal. There is an ex tra mortality of 40 per cent among the policyholders who drank to excess at least five years prior to date of appli ,cation for insurance, but. had been very temperate for five year* before acceptance, „