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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
HOW ABOUT JAPANi
The Religion of Loyalty
By Frederic ]. Haskin
TINE statesmen of Japan have an t
We Did It'll

TIME statesmen of Japan have an
nounced that the ambitious
Japanese program for military
and naval expansion is fixed and unal-
terable. 1t is beyond human power to
change or amend, because h late
Emperor sanctioned it, and now that
the Emperor is dead, no nan may
modify a line of it.
The people of Japan take this for
In adequate explanation of the gov
ernment's course. The more intelli-
gent may see that the nation is al
ready staggering under a bigger debt
than she a carry, that the people
are being taxed to the limit, and under
the projected program will have to be
taxed still more-but when the states
men are called to account, they have
only to fall back or the sanctity of the
Imperial approval for their battle
ships and battalions. The incident is
significant. 1t is worth careful con-
sideration, because it brings out a
condition running all through Japa-
nese society, that constitutes one of
the principal safeguards of the Jap
anese state in its present form, as well
as one of the greatest to any
nation which willingly or unwillingly
is forced to oppose Japan.
No country whose relations with
Japan promise to be as complex and
delicate as those of the United States
can afford to be ignorant of the i'm
mense part played in Japanese life by
the sentiment of loyalty to the En-
peror. 1t is more than loyalty; it is
worship-not the worship men pay to
a hero, but the worship men given to a
god. The Emperor is a direct descend
ant from Heaven. He can not be said
to rule by divine right, in the old Eu-
ropean sense of the term, for he him
self is divine. Japanese loyalty to the
Imperial line has all the combined
force of patriotism and religion. The
Japanese citizen exists for the greater
glory of the Emperor. Service of the
people is no program for a Japanese
politician. Service of the Emperor
must be the main plank in his plat
form.
1t is possible to serve the people by
lowering taxes, by introducing indus
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
Planning For Future

Chicago is spending $1,000, 900 to
widen Twelfth street, n this i'm
provement IS only a beginning on a
vast plan Of street betterments made
necessary by modern traffic conditions.
If Chicago could have f~oreseen twenty
years ago the revolution which the
motorcar was to work it would not
have permitted the building of streets
only forty-eight feet wide, as Twelfth
street now is in some places.
But Chicago did not foresee it any
more than Kansas City foresaw,
twenty years ago., the conditions of
to-day, and Chicago must now pay
the penalty in enormous widening
costs. Kansas City, If it waits, must
face the same penalty. Streets that
were laid out here before the motor
al was dreamed of are now building
up as barriers rather than aids TO
traffic. Nothing a be more certain
than that they will have to be wild
ened some time, and If the experience
hat older cities are now passing
through is not observed, if improve
ments are not begun now while their
cost would be slight, Kansas City will
pay roundly for its blindness.
There is no S bewailing that the
pioneers who started a city here didn't
realize how big 1t was going to be.
They were no more blind to the future
than are the city builders of to-day
If they refuse to anticipate the traffic
requirements of twenty years hence.
Will Kansas City pay for its wider
streets now, or will it wait and pay
the price Chicago is paying?-Kansas
City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
STILL MOBILIZING

CTILL the soldiers continue to
y mobilize at Mt. Gretna. Two
more regiments arrived this
week. The work of recruiting the
forces now in the field is being press
ed. For what? For duty at the bor-
der we are told. But thai phrase has
been worn out. 1t means nothing,
Duty at the border" has come to
mean nothing more than marching
men UP and down in the heat of the
sun and maintaining them at public
expense when all but a few of them
at most could be back home where
they are needed.
The boys at the border have done
their full duty. If there ever was a
real emergency" it has passed. It is
time for them to come home. Thei1
families and their jobs are calling
loudly for them. But still the cry is
for more men in Texas. Why? Echo
answers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19

not have too much of it. Coal may
n day be exhausted. The giant oil
wells may run dry. Even the iron
mines might fail and still with copper
and aluminium the world could worry
along. But without that admirable
conductor of electricity we should be
sore put to it for the wherewith to
apply u electrical knowledge and to
distribute the current hat one day our
great water courses will yield us.
The find of copper in the Far North
may be followed by discoveries of
other minerals in equal quantities. In
deed, there are now known to exist
huge deposits of great value not now
marketable because the minerals are
found also in other places much
easier to reach and much less eXpen-
sive to mine. But with the advance
OF science and the coming Of the time
when such treasures as that I'M
earthed by Stefansson are needed
for the life and comfort of mankind a
way will be found to bring them from
the frozen north to the temperate
zone. That the copper will not be re-
quired for centuries, perhaps, does not
detract from the interest or import
ance of the discovery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
RULINGS

ITARRY E. MACKEY, chairman of
IL the Workmen's Compensation
Board, announces in two opin-
ions written by him to-day that the
Board does not intend to allow tech
nicalities to stand between the admin
istration of the act and justice. Mere
subterfuges are not c-ountenanced
and common sense is applied as the
sovereign solution of all the prob
lens that come before the
ton commissioners.
The Compensation Boards rulings
have been from the very outstar
framed along these lines. First II has
been the object of the board to learn
the exact truth so far as possible in
every appeal from the findings of the
referee. Then the rule of fair play
and everyday common sense has beer
applied with the result that there lave
been few errors and general com.
mendation of the decisions rendered
This is as it should be. Dodging the
law by mere te~chnicalities would roll
many a family of the benefits iustl,
due under the law. Shrewd lawyer.
can twist almost any facts into shape
suitable to their own purposes ant
no workman would be safe under the
law were the testimony of the pro.
fessional witness and the doubt the
legal adviser is always ready to ere.
ate permitted to weigh heavily in tn,
considerations of the compensation
board.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
The Canny Scot

They were getting up a charity con-
cert in the small provincial town, and
the committee determined to work
hard to make a great success of it.
The local magnates and tradesmen
were called on. and to one of the
latter, a coal merchant. whose place
was somewhere in the North. an ap-
peal was duly made.
"Ah'm very sorry" was the coal
merchants reply to the committee
representative, but Abs stopped
subscribin' tae a. these things"
We'll, you'll give us an order for
an advertisement on the program ?"
suggested the caller.
The coal merchant shook his head.
Then a sudden inspiration seized him.
Anil tell we what Ah'll dae,
though" he said. "Ah'll get ma
dochter tae sing for ye."
Right you are" said the other.
What will I put her down for?"
Keep the Home Fires Burning -
Cant be done" declared the con-
cert man emphatically. folding up
his papers. If you won't subscribe
I'll take jolly good care you get no
free advertisement on our program
London Answers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19

trial reforms, by sticking to a policy
of peace and quietude. Such a pro-
gram makes a poor sort of glory for
the Empire and the Mikado. To mag
nifty him before the nations of the
earth, to carry his flag supreme over
the Pacific, to make his arm and his
navy invincible. to make him the won
der and the master of the Orient
that is the sort of thing hat makes
an Emperor's glory, and a considera-
ton of Japan's history, ever since she
grew big enough to fight shows that
she mas stuck to it closely.
She has fought three wars in the
last two decades; her arms have never
met a serious reverse. Her place has
been won by the sword. She has got
ten great areas of new territory, she
has taken a high place among the ma
tons that have to be reckoned with
in world politics, she has annexed a
Observation-Disclosures kingdom, she
has startled the world, in a way; and
yet, the mass of the japanese people
might be better off to-day If she had
stayed at home and attended to bust
ness. The people were never consult
ed. Their well-being never came into
consideration. 1t was the glory of the
Empire. This creed of loyalty to the
Mikado is not a pacific creed. 1t is a
VI ~ VI w AoAAs 10 ~ AA6o pAONSN
again and again.
The exaltaton of loyalty into the
chief of the virtues has other signifi-
cant results. 1t explains a great many
things about Japan. 1t throws light
on the marvellously rapid way in
which Japan took on all the trappings
of Western civilization. and at the same
time it casts a certain doubt on the old
idea that her progress in Western
ways entities her to infinite credit.
Japan took up the industrial culture
of the Occident because the little
group of men who ruled her fifty years
ago, as a little group of men rule heI
to-day, had the intelligence to see
that she must either join the process.
sion or be tramped under foot by it
The people were never consulted. The
ignorant and superstitious masses re.
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
A Few Beauty Hints

Here are some practical suggestions
that will make any face beautiful:
Learn to think; develop your intelli-
gence. An empty head can hardly pro-
duce or maintain real beauty of the
face.
Keep smiling; keep cheerful. Com
pei the light of gladness on your face
to make up for any lack on natures
part.
Be thoroughly. genuinely unselfsh.
Don't think about how you look, but
about what you can do t make other
people happy.
Cultivate health. Do lots of work
and take plenty Of exercise. Live all
you can in the open air. Use water
generously inside and out.
Forget all about your desire to be
beautiful. Get enthusiastic about try
ing to bring gladness to others. And
then If you could hear what other
people are saying about you when you
are not near, you would find tina they
think o have found real beauty
The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
LET THE TRUTH COME OFT

president WILSON vetoed the
army appropriation bill yester-
day principally because it con-
tanned the provision that retired army
officers should not be subject to court
martial. The inference is that he
feared what some retired officers
might say Of conditions in the army
and at Washington if not restrained by
the fear of loss of rank and pay.
This is unworthy of the President
If any officer knows anything detri-
mental to the service, let him tell it
If there is ineficiency, or extravaganza
or politics in the army the people
should know of it and the President
should encourage retired officers to tel
of it.
Endeavoring to cover up such o
ditions by holding over the heads Of
retired men the club Of the pay en-.
velope is shameful.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
THE STATE FROM DAY TOD

Why, you big bum, I'm the tough
est guy in Camden. nobody kin touch
me-" was the elderly talk handed out
by a twelve-year-old down in Camden
to an officer of the law the other day.
Nothing apparently faxes the young
terror, who, it is whispered about, was
found with a box of matches on his
person.
Scranton will shortly welcome back
many men and women who formerly
lived there and who will return for the
jubilee festivities of the towns semi
centennial celebration. There will be
many a welcome on the mat" for
the old timers.
TIL strike fever has spread to the
principals of public schools in North
Union township. They threaten to
bolt unless IN increase is given them
of AS per cent. This should be a
shock to those who imagine teachers
can live by bread alone.
The Kittanning Daily Times start
led the public the other day with a
front page display of three attractive
girls demonstrating the late styles Of
shoes and stockings, with the some
what embarrassing caption, Stock
ings come down; shoes go up"
The death of a former millionaire OF
~Stroudsburg, William Newman, was
momentarily expected yesterday in
the Soldiers Home at Wilkes. Milwau-
kee, Wis. All his money was given
away for charity, so of late charity
has been turning about and giving
fair play in his case.
"Try googlygaws, a new delicacy."
is the advice from Quakerstown to
the bass fishermen of the State. The
googlygaw, be 1t ~elucidated, is the
larvae of the dragon fly and has VIC
iously sharp jaws and numerous legs.
1t is no relation of the COOP.
CHANGING backward thirty odd years,
the Altoona Times discovers from its
files that Railroad Officer Stern
found 1877 pairs of misses hose in a
box at Three Culverts." and Someone
emptied a bucket OF water On the
head of a colored man from an up
stairs window of a house on Seven
teenth street" Nuthin' happens these
days!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
TILE FORTUNATE FARMER

TKTHO would not be a Pennsylvania
w farmer. with wheat. oats
and rye above the average
yield in this State and below the aver
age everywhere else, with prices for
all three high and going higher?
1t often happens that prices are high
when crops are short. That is a mat
ter of supply and demand. But to
have the ~granaries overlooking in a
year when prices are at the highest in
years, is good fortune indeed.
The prosperity of the farmer means
much for the prosperity of the State,
When the farmer has money to spend
he spends it in ways that reach all
tanner Of trade. channels. There will
be more new houses and barns. more
new threshers and automobiles in the
country districts of Pennsylvania mex
year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MIR. McCoRD EXPLAINS
70 The Editor of the TslegroPh:

To The Editor of the Telegraph:
Dear Sir:
In an article entitled "Boric Acid
Must Be Regulated" which appeared
in the columns of your valuable paper
some few weeks Ago., it was stated that,
owing to the high price of benzoate of
soda, the packers of shredded Goldfish
and other dried FISH. had been using
boric acid or horates; and dealers were
arm against handling such. goods.
While the word Shredded" here was
no doubt used in a descriptive sense.
1t nevertheless was in violation Of our
the eyes OF the consuming public TO
our product: "Beardsley's Shredded
Codhsh"-well known to be absolutely
pure and free of p~reservatives of any
name or nature other than salt.
The packers of shredded Goldfish. ].
w. Beardsley's Sons. have always stood
for purity in foods, and have fought the
hight along. these lines for many years;
in fact before the pure food laws of
recent years were promulgated. The
word shredded was coined. copyright
up goldfish by ]. w. Beardsley. the
grandfather of the present head of the
firm, more than thirty years ago.
Having through extensive advertis-
ing and publicity work attained a repu-
tation for high quality n purity OF
food products manufactured and
marketed by them. the Arm is natural
" jealous Of the high reputation it has
attained. Believing that the misuse OF
the word Shredded" in the article re-
ferred to was through ignorance OF
these conditions and in no wise inten-
tional on your part. we feel that you
in the spirit of fairness. will be willing
to publish with equal prominence q
statement to the effect that the refer
ence to shredded Goldfish" in your
previous article was not intended In
any way TO apply to the product hear
ing the trademark name Shredded
Thanking you for past courtesies, !
beg to remain
Yours very truly,
VIM. RUFUS McCORD, Mgr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
The Fate of Yuan
(ClAveland Plain Dealer

Yuan Shi Kai, according to popular
belief in China, is not dead. He is
thoroughly alive, but in a state of ex-
treme low visibility. Yuan saw his
difficulties increase till there was no
way out. The revolution in the south
seemed certain to bring his overthrow
and a shameful death. The time was
ripe for disappearing. So, according
to this popular belief, which already
seems likely to become established as
an enduring legend. the dictator slip
ped away ~incognito to some remote
interior region or to some foreign
land. while a corpse or a sack of meal
was left behind for ~'obsequies which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
THE KTPoNA

NOU are cordially invited, citizen
of Harrisburg, to voluntarily dig
down into the recesses of your
toward making it possible for the
Harrisburg Navy to place the Kipona
on a basis which shall spread its fame
far and wide as the big aquatic event
of Central Pennsylvania.
Collecting money is not a pleasur-
able occupation, some say, and unless
there be spontaneous generosity on
the part of those who are interested
in the river carnival. and they may
be counted in the thousands, it will
be necessary for somebody to go dun
ning for the wherewithal. One thou
sand dollars is needed to give a car
nival that will be of a nature COM
m~ensurate with Harrisburg's growing
popularity as a center for surrounding
towns and communities, and if all will
remember and act Upon the old adage,
every little. bit added to what you've
got. makes just u little bit more" the
newspapers will be glad to acknowl-
edge all contributions and the fund
will soon be raised.
Several hundred dollars has already
been subscribed and acknowledged on
another page of this paper. Every
contribution, from so cents upward,
will be appreciated and the people of
Harrisburg will get out of the carnival
just what they put into it. Don't let
a few men provide the entertainment
for all. Keep the shekels rolling your
self This is a business proposition in
a sense, for when we as a city attract
to u midst by celebrations of this
sort visitors from other cities and
towns, we may rest assured that Har-
rsburg benefits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19

The organization Of the new rural
credits board puts George Cooksey
into office as Assistant Secretary of the
board. Mr.. Cooksey has been secretary
to Mr.. McAdoo. His transfer TO a post
Of permanence is additional evidence
that the Democratic leaders do not ex-
pect to be continued in power. One Of
the first steps preceding the downfall
of an administration is to take care
of it's favorites - among whom the
private secretaries have first place. We
do not know whether it will be pos
sible to take care of all the other
private secretaries. from Tumulty
iown, but the beginning has been made
with Cooksey.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19

The list Of Republican speIlbinders
as given out at the national headouar-
tiers does not include the name of SEN
ator Lewis. Of Illinois. Yet the Sem
ator's first contribution toward
Hughes election wal a signal one
Arising in the Senate to answer
Hughes speech of acceptance, this H.
linois Democrat furnished the one ad-
ditional bit of evidence necessary to
condemn the administrations Meyican
policy when he declared that Wilson
at one time was preparing to recognize
Villa as the best qualified Mexican 10
take charge of that unhappy land and
It's interests. An administration which
would contemplate such a step as this
is capable of anything.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
-sTEEANssoN,s DISCOVERY

TINE discovery of a vast field of
i native copper in the vicinity of
Prince Albert Island by Stef-
ansson, the explorer. is by far the
greatest achievement of this noted
Arctic wanderer. Just now the effect
of the discovery is minimized by the
fact that it is located in a very cold
climate. not accessible by rail or
steamer. But when the time comes
to market the ore there will be found
a way of bringing it to civilization.
With the development of electricity
for commercial purposes p p has
come to be n of the most important
metals known to civilization. We a n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Evidence that the Germans are reach
ing the end of their human
is furnished by the news that the
Crown Princes 10-year-old son has
been drafted as lieutenant, into the
Prussian Guard.-New York Evening
Post.
England has at least the Lions share
of the war expenses.-Wall Street Jour
nal.
Establishing peace strikes me as the
same kind of a job as establishing the
weather.-New York Telegraph.
Vance Mccormick plans to help
along Wilson's campaign for reelection
by the aid of the movies. The slogan
of this feature OF the canvass will be
Film, film and flam." - Mt. Union
Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
TELEGRAPH PERIScOPE
-Soname battle!

Where, we wonder, are the old
time wooden Indian cigar store signs?
They would be fine ornaments for the
Kipona decorations.
Life is just one thing after another
just as gasoline begins to go down
hour begins to go up. In either case it
is a choice between eating and riding.
A six-cent loaf will be about as popu-
lar as that six-cent carfare used to'pe.
The proposal to keep the schools
Of Philadelphia closed as a result of the
~infantile paralysis outbreak a doubt
less aroused the childish belief thai the
epidemic is not as bad as it had been
painted.
The Kaiser has said that the man
who started the war has a lot on HIS
conscience and it's our belief that the
Kaiser knew what he was talking
about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-19
Mustache Means Brains
[Boston Post

The mustache, which generally
can much in the young lives of most
men. means brains at Harvard. Sta
tistics cleaned from an inspection of
IT'S professors and instructors in Har-
ward show that III or two-thirds of
them. carry something on their upper
bald heads by more than a hairs
breadth as an indication of brains.
Among the same 175 professors and
instructors there are only about rs
bald heads. Quite a few of the faculty
members are in both lists, with mus
| taches and bald heads.