8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBIVSPAPBR FOR THE HOME Founded j8 j: Published evenings except Sunday by | THE TELEfIRArH PRINTING CO., I Telegraph Bulldlnff, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, en a Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager, GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American I Newspaper Pub sylvanla Associat nue Building, New Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg', Pa., as second class matter. .xUffgyfev. By carriers, ten cents a week: by mail, $5.00 a i year in advance. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15. •7 icould be true, for there are those who trust vie; .1 xcould be pure, lor there are those who care; 1 would be strong, for there is much to suffer; 1 would be brave, for there is much to dare.'' RUMORS OF PEACE STORIES of a peaceful settlement of the foolish factional contro- I versy now engaging the attention of Republicans of Pennsylvania drift hither from Atlantic City and Phila delphia—the seat of trouble. It is the earnest hope of all faithful party men that the reports of an adjustment of the mix-up are based upon fact; that the wish is not merely father to the thought. If Democrats of the Old Guard and the reorganize!- group can find com mon ground upon which to stand, surely the Philadelphia factions can get together. Those familiar with political move ments in this State are not likely to be greatly surprised over anything that may transpire in the evolution of peace. It is quite the usual thing to eee leaders who have been rending each other one day walking arm-In arm the next and laughing happily over the way in which they mauled one another In the factional warfare. Another full week will have elapsed before the Legislature reconvenes and the time might well be spent by the j leaders of the party in doing what is j obviously the thing to do in restoring i harmony and perfecting an alignment J which will give assurance of a con- , structivc legislative program. Think of it! Great Britain's foreign trade last year was equivalent to over seven billions of dollars—almost as | much as our own foreign trade, around I eight billions. Meanwhile, we were at j peace, while John Bull was organizing, financing and equipping an army of five millions and enormously increasing his munitions output. And yet there are those who pretend to believe that we need not prepare for our future trade. THE FIREPLACE SOME day, when men become so wise and beneficent that hous ing codes and building inspectors are made unnecessary by a universal regard for the rights of tenants, and •when landlords figure on something more cheering and satisfying to those who pay rent than the maximum re turns for the minimum of investment, every house will have an open fire place. Not the little gas-log make believe, although even it is better than none, nor yet the ghastly destroyer of household peace and good humor that distributes its smoke to all parts of the house save the flue of the chimney—but the good old-fashioned open-hearth that roars, and crackles and shares its warmth and good cheer with ail who gather within the magic range of its fitful glow. The kind of a fireplace of which Whittier wrote that "ever, when a stronger blast shook beam and rafter as It passed, the merrier up Its roaring draught, t lie great throat of the chimney laughed." When coal came into general use fireplaces by the hundred were boarded up to give place to hideous "egg stoves" and "magazine heaters," and these in turn gave way to hot-air systems, and now steam anu hot water are listed among the "modern conveniences" that no self-respecting residence will be without. The fire place then fell into general disuse. But recently we have begun to under stand that In many respects we have been too quick to be "off with the old love, on with the new." Modern in vention and the fad of the moment relegated to disuse many household appliances and customs that are now finding their way back again to popular favor. Among those that have "come back" is the fireplace, and one wonders why it ever should have lost favor. It is the very foundation of the home. Indeed, there were fire places long before there were homes. Primitive man learned the value of the open-hcarth centuries previous to ihe development of architecture to the point of four walls and a roof. Round the fireplace from time be yond all record families have gathered when the nights grew long and the chill of winter fell upon the land. There it was that father taught son the lore of the ages, where grand sire handed down to the younger gen erations at his knee the stories and traditions and beliefs that have be come history and religion. Around tiie hearth the tires of love grew MONDAY EVENING, stronger and the bonds of friendship firmer. First the family, then the the tribe and finally the nation —with the hearthstone their common founda tion. All men love an open fire. There is nothing like it on a wild, wintry night, when the wind whistles and shrieks and the blue-eentered cold wave flag is flying over the federal building. To bask in the pent-up sun shine of summers long since past, to listen to the crackle and roar of the fire, to laze and drowse, and drowse and laze, and then to toddle off to bed saturated with warmth and drowsi ness—that is comfort and luxury In- I deed. When people generally learn | the delights of the open hearth fire places will become as numerous and as popular as bathtubs. Things can't be so bad in Berlin; press reports say every citizen can have . one egg to eat this month. A >1 ISHKPRESENTATIVE MR. LEWIS, of Maryland, having failed to achieve his election to the Senate, will depart political life on the 4th of March. He intends his last days to be significant, for he has introduced a bill for the govern ment to take over the telephone sys tem in the District of Columbia. His action is significant of his entire course in Congress. When running for the Senate he caused himelf to be widely heralded as the "father of the parcels post," where as the fact is that he declared himself opposed to the parcels post and de manded government ownership of the express companies. Mr. Lewis in effect Is a Socialist. We believe he once formally adhered to the Socialist party. Government own ership is one of the fundamentals of Socialism, and the socialization of the Democratic party has proceeded rather rapidly these last few years.' It is un likely that the Lewis bill will become law, even If this session of Congress were to be extended. Government ownership is not a success in any place where it has been tried, and congressmen are not in clined to try experiments any more along that line, even in the long suffering District of Columbia. Why all the excitement? If Thaw wasn't ordered extradited he ought to have been. THE MIDDLEMAX WALTER SNYDER, of Baltimore, ex-president of the National League of Commission Men, mingles truth and fiction very cleverly and convincingly in a newspaper interview at Philadelphia recently. Said he: I know that the commission man, or middleman, as he is called, is in disrepute now as a result of the articles which have been written about him, but it is onlv because people do not know him. that is all. lie is a necessity and he is not over charging for what he does. The farmer could not dispose of his pro ducts without him. There would be much greater waste and even higher prices if it were not for the commission man. But at present the commission man can dp noth ing about it. He is doing his duty by the farmer and the public to the best of his ability. The commission man is a necessity, no doubt of that. But he ia no philanthropist. Like the farmer he serves, he wants the highest possible price. That, indeed, is a common fail ing. Proof that the middleman over charges can be gathered almost any where, but it is just as easy to demonstrate that his activities keep; the prices of some commodities down during certain seasons. Take butter and eggs, for instance. If immense quantities of both were not put into cold storage monthly by middlemen their prices would be be yond the means even of a generously supplied purse. The middleman will continue to be a necessity, if not al ways precisely a boon, until we learn j how to store and distribute farm pro duce systematically and to the ad vantage of both consumer and prj- I ducer. The high cost of white paper has I driven the Johnstown Leader into re j ceiver's hands, and that newspaper is not the only one which must find some way to pay its bills or go out of busi ness. THAT FOOD RECORI> ESTABLISHING a new "low cost of living" record the manage ment of a State institution boasts that it has for the past year fed its inmates at an expense of seventeen ' cents a day per capita. We wonder ! whether this ratio Is carried out in J providing meals for attendants and ! officials. Economy of administration | is always laudible, but there is a point past which it may not be carried wisely when applied to the feeding of human beings solely dependent upon public funds. Perhaps the manage ment of the institution in question has discovered a way to provide abundant ly at the figure named, and if so its formula and methods should be pub lished broadcast. There are few, how ever, tfl.o would like to try the ex periment of trying to keep soul and body together on seventeen cents a day, one fancies. Do you remember when coasting on Herr street hill was one of the popular winter sports? A SHIFT OF POSITION? OBSERVANT visitors at the Na tional Capitol have noted that Representative Martin, of the Third Louisiana district, now sits most of the time on the Democratic side of the Chamber. He used to sit on the Republican side. He is a protectionist anl claims no party designation. He took his committee assignments from the Republicans when Congress was organized and has usually voted with them. His recent shift of location may have no political significance; but the opinion seems to be growing that Mr. Martin has landed or that he has been landed. The weather man is the only person in Harrisburg to give the Governor's Troop a cool reception. Sending the Milwaukee to the rescue of a stranded torpedoboat was like try ing to carry an armful of apples and AINT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN' ? : : By BRIGGS - AND too FirAD "* AKJD, CUR.SIJ6 ///,; "THE raoiaTOß AKJ ° f;® W cv cold Beat it for zrz-T — AS WELL N\ -AND Yov GO ANO .AMO )J BACK AMD discover /°r"ToQi --\ stooping over to pick up one that had fallen without spilling any of the others. foUttc* tat "~Pt>uvOi{Cca>vca By the Ex-Commltteemu J Pinal touches will be put on the committee lists for the Senate and House and to the general legislative program for the session of 1917 by Senator Boies Penrose and his friends this week. When the Senator finishes the work and the committee listß are out the State administration people will have a "war council" of their own in an effort to take into their ranks those who may be offended by the committee selections and who will not acquiesce in the provisions of the Penrose program, especially in regard to probes, etc. The State administration people are disposed to pursue a policy similar to that of the Wilson administration in regard to Mexico, chiefly because there is not much else to do and to provoke a fight might lead to disaster. Also it is planned to see what atti tude Senator Vare will take since President protem Beidleman has de clared he should have his old place as head of the committee which will pass upon all Philadelphia and ail other city legislation and other bil lets in committees. State Chairman Crow is also disposed to tako steps to get the South Philadelphia lead er's heart softened. It is said that • Senator Vare was one of those who saw the hopelessness of the Cox speakership campaign from the be ginning but that he could not pre vail upon his brother, the congress man, and others from urging the governor to light. —Senator Penrose has met men from almost every county in the last week and has sounded out sentiment and found out more about the general situation in regard to legislation, ad ministration and expectation than he lias known for months. The plans will be irade by a small council and will develop gradually. The Phila delphia Inquirer, which is always well informed on the Penrose plans, savs to-day "that the senator will have introduced a bill providing for the reorganization of the Public Service body by a reduction of the number of commissioners to be appointed by the Governor and by including as an ex officio member of the commission the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who is 61ected by the people. Penrose charges that patronage of the pres ent Public Service Commission has been used to exploit the political for tunes of the Brumbaugh-Vare com bination and to reward members of the Legislature and county leaders who have been affiliated with the State administration. The Penrose men plan attacks upon a number of such appointments and declare it will be shown that politics havo largely entered into the administration of this commission. As a check upon further activities of Brumbaugh adherents or future State administrations, the Penrose men will Incorporate in their bill covering the reorganization of the Public Service Commission a provis ion that the Secretary of Internal Affairs shall not only be a member of the commission but also its president and that in him shall be lodged all power of appointment or removal of subordinates of the commission." It is said that Governor Brum baugh while in Philadelphia discussed matters pertaining to appointment of men to fill the vacancies in the public service commisslonershlp, the banking and other places and that he has decided he will not make any moves until about the first of February. One of the reasons will be to see the disposition of the Senate, which will be shown pretty promptly in the matter of the appointment of D. Edward Long, of Franklin county, to be Superintendent of Public Print ing and Binding. —Opening of the headquarters of the State Grange will occur within a few days and It is probable that the headquarters will be an active source of propaganda for the things In which the grangers are interested. Some of the older grangers are not disposed to allow the grange to be the tall to any factional kite or to take a hand in either Republican or Democratic poli tics as some may try to do. —According to the Hhiladelphia Record, the city administration in Philadelphia is planning to auk the • HARRISBURG flfapTP TELEGRAPH voters for authority to issue another loan for the purpose of getting a start on water, sewer and other extensions, which are quite apart from the transit situation and badly needed because of the growth of the city. The plan is to have a special election in May and, to gather up all loose ends. The amount may be $10,000,000 or $12,000,000. —Meanwhile Mayor Smith is in the South with Mrs. Smith and will spend a couple of weeks resting. —Senator Vare, Congressman Scott and others who are at Hot Springs while the Penrose people are at the seashore declare they are not discuss ing politics. —The Altoona postmastersliip bids fair to be something to make Interest ing Democratic reading. There are several candidates and they are going after the place with blocks and tackles. —Men interested in the revision of the charter for Philadelphia will dis cuss the proposition at a dinner this week. Some of the most prominent men in Philadelphia will attend. —Robert D. Dripps, for years promi nent in work in the interest of State charities, is out with a statement mak ing a bitter attack upon the system of dispensing State charity. Millions go to hospitals which are useless or do not need the money, says he, and there are seventeen counties which do not get anything. Dripps also attacked the lack of what he considers proper ac counting. —Berks county politics is starting to boil. Thomas R. Houclc has an nounced himself as a candidate for county controller. —Schuylkill county is to the. front | again. A movement has been started to oust the White Haven school board and at Pottsvilie the policemen de mand a raise in wages, which the city solicitor says can only come if they resign. —Considerable interest is being taken in newspapers in the proposed bill to abolish capital punishment, which has been under discussion for some time in Philadelphia. The cases before the State Board of Pardons in the last two years have caused quite considerable comment in favor of the proposed bill and it seems as though a determined tight for it was going to be made. —in Reading Representative James H. Maurer is polishing up his bills for old age pensions, cutting down terms of judges, changing the compensation law and attacking street railways. —ln Pittsburgh several Mils of Im portance are being rtudied out for changes in the second class city law and the third class city solicitors will have a meeting soon to frame their bills. Governor Brumbaugh's list of ap pointments to be made to fill vacancies In various counties has been length ened by the death of Judge Charles N. Brumm. of the Schuylkill county courts, and there has been u growth of booms for appointment such as is only possible in that county. Several Progressives are said to be disposed to claim the appointment. Fears Influx of Feeble An Influx of the feeble and maimed is one of the after-the-war perils that will confront the United States, ac cording to Professor Robert D. Ward, of Harvard, who spoko before the American Genetic Association in New York the other day. "No one who cares about the future of the American race fails to view with concern the probable effect of the war upon the physical, mental and moral conditions of our immigrants." Dr. Ward said. "There will be a decided increase in tuberculosis in Europe as a result of the war. More subtle and less easily detected diseases, which are always rampant among great armies in war time, and the mental break downs of the men who have been In the trenches are other serious aspects of our problem. "The maimed, crippled, enfeebled and mentally unstable will come to the United States In great numbers be cause It will be easier to earn an exist ence in this country. The fittest men tally and physically will stay at home to do the work of rebuilding. Europe will make every effort to keep these sound men because they will be needed. Dr. Ward said the easy immigration laws of th United States had delayed rather than aided civilization. "Had the millions of Europeans who have come to this country within the last quarter century remained at home they would have insisted on the Intro duction pf reforms In their own coun tries which have been delayed because the discontent of Europe found a safety valve in America," he said. As the Poet Might Have Said Count (hat day lost whose low descending sun Sees no new note upon the way and another one begun. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. ———. CHARLES M. SCHWAB AS WELL AS IRON-MASTER Vv . A SEVERAL interesting anecdotes about the early mu*icai activities of Charles M. Schwab are re lated in an article in the current issue of Musical Courier by Raymond Wal ters, Registrar of Leliigh University. The article describes Mr. Schwab's connection with the famous Bach Choir of Bethlehem, which giveß an nual festivals at Lehigh, and which is to join with the Philharmonic So ciety of New York in a Bach-Wagner program in Carnegie Hall next Satur day evening in celebration of the Philharmonic Society's 75tli anniver sary. In telling of the steel master's life-long interest in music, the fol lowing incidents, authentic and In print for the first time, are given: "Mr. Schwab's earliest and strong est love is for the organ. It dates back to his boyhood days when he played for his grandfather who was n leader of a church choir at Williams burg, Pa. The steel master tells an amusing story of l.ow, when he was about ten years old, he incurred the displeasure of his grandfather, a stern man. While he was playing during a service the boy's nose began to itch. The itching became most tantalizing but he kept his hands dutifully upon the organ keys. Relief came with a I EDITORIAL COMMENT j —lf a note could only stampede the belligerents as easily as It does the market. —Boston Herald. —Now, If Germany really meant It, she can come forward and explain In detail just what she meant By it.— JVasliington Times. —Britain will light on, says King George. He must have seen Lloyd- George's speech In the papers.—Phila delphia North American. —A German newspaper asks if Mr. Lloyd-George Is a gambler. He prob ably knows enough about gambling to call a bluflf.—Brooklyn Eagie. Plain Talk From Bethlehem [Philadelphia Ledger] President Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Company indulged in no circum locutions in his address to the mem bers of the Terrapin Club yesterday, and he said some things which the members of the Federal Government and of Congress would do well to pon der seriously. His theme was indus trial and commercial preparedness, and he used the relations of his own company with the Government to illustrate his point that If this coun try is to attain to anything like the co-operative efficiency, the up-to-date ness, to which Great Britain has al ready attained under the stress of her desperate struggle for existence, there will have to be a radical change in existing methods. His account of the attitude of the Navy Department to ward the great munition plant which has been built up at Bethlehem "greater than Krupps'," Mr. Grace called it—indicates pretty clearly that the domination thought of the Federal administration seems to be that true preparedness lies in discouraging pri vate industry in every way possible and laying the foundations for a greater and still more complete plant for direct Government production of all the materials for national defense. The significant point In Mr. Grace's address was that while he pointed with Justifiable pride to the. growth and ca pacity of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany as a builder of warships, a forger of heavy ordnance and maker of shells, he emphasized the fact that these equipments were not only temporary but were of secondary importance to the preparations it has under way for meeting the demands of peace. And while liia exposition of the curious dealings of the Secretary of the Navy with the problems of ordnance pro duction was Illuminating, more signifi cant'were his references to the still greater problems Involved In the prep arations for peace which have still to be met with foresight and intelligence. If they are to be solved at all, if the United States is to be put in a posi tion to meet the vastly increased effi ciency of Its competitors, purged of sloth and antiquated methods In the fires of war, then there must be co operation! not repression and antag onism, in the relations between the Government and the great industries of the nation. ' JANUARY 15, 19*J7. rest passage in the music. So vigor ously did the boy then rub his itching nose that the other boys in the con gregation noticed it and laughed out loud. Whereupon his grandfather cuflted the young organist soundly over the head. When Mr. Schwab told the writer about this, sitting on the bench of his great organ in his New York home, he rubbed his nose reminiscently and then his head. "Asked about the current stories that it was his organ playing or, as some versions ha%*e it, his singing, that first attracted Mr. CJarnegie's at tention to him, Mr. Schwab said there is not the slJghtest basis of truth in such accounts. It is a fact, however, that his handling of the. violin, in which he had some skill, greatly pleased his first employer in the Brad dock works, Captain W. It. Jones, of whom the chairman of the Bethlehem Steel has said 'he knew about steel than any other man in Aiiierica.' Captain Jones and other early asso ciates took huge delight in Mr. Schwab's organ performances. One of these was, after rendering classic numbers, to entertain his friends by playing the 'Fisher's Hornpipe,' with the right hand and 'Yankee Doodle' with the left, at the same time sink ing 'Home, Sweet Home.' " OUR DAILY LAUGH SOMETHING. ness, old man? Been making; Aajbu'fflT wjktfM | anything lately? '"'■ Jts NO DOUBT & THERE. I) £ \ judge by ap / jpi pcarances, you I ' ygj You can Jolly well Judge the mil Ir. m presence of Wtlw submarines by i T ,hlr appear- ance. THE REASON. the streets of with milk and non the angels wear wings, be- j, Tg /I cause the walk ing"s so bad. ■^* , * r MacVeagh and the Camerons MacVeagh's distinguished brother in-law, Senator J. Donald Cameron, is also 83 years old, but he graduated at Princeton the year before MacVeagh got his 'slieepßkin at Yale. MacVeagh was almost constantly in political op position to old Simon Cameron, his father-ill-law. In the great battle between Grant and Blaine for President in 1880 "Don" Cameron, Roscoe Conkling and Gen eral John A. L