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POSTURE
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
by Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D. LL.
D., Commissioner of Health
"As- the twig is bent, the tree is
inclined."
Few people, appreciate the vaiue of
correct posture. Not alone does it
have a decided effect apon oar bodily
healtn but an equal if uot a greater
bearing upon our mental attitude. W hen
« mau is down and out we plead with
hi in to "brace up." It is almost im
possible to associate incompetency and
•i.eßkness with a tirm upright carriage.
Resolution seems to be the natural a
companiment of an erect well poised
physique. Not alone for its effect upon
ourselves but for the impression which
it makes upon our fellows we should
endeavor to cultivate an upright be.ir
111 J!.
If you slouch at your work you real
lv incapacitate yourself. A proper po
sition sitting us well as standing or
walking is required to insure the maxi
mum us** of body aud brain. A tie
pressed hca i and shoulders means a
contraction of the chest and a cor
responding inability to expand the
lungs to their full extent. Any lessen
ing of our maxinuim lireatiiiug capacity
is harmful.
This position if persisted in may
also interfere with the heart action. .1;
is particularly important for growing
children, especially tor those of school
age to acquire a proper posture.
Considerable attention has been giv
cn to the seating of pupils but until
every backless bench has been removed
from our school rooms and every child
is given a properly designed se.it which
will permit the feet to Vest ou the floor
»ud a desk of proper height, we will
not have begun to do the necessary
work in this direction.
The acquirement of a graceful up
right carriage by both boys and girls
is an acquisition whose value both in
the social and business world ian
scarcely be over-estimated. The man
or woman who lias fallen into careless
habits in this respect will find their cf'
forts to correct them well repaid.
No violent gymnastics are necessary.
A few -ample exercises and a little de
termination can accomplish much to
ward making proper posture, a perma
nent good habit which will benefit us
physically and mentally.
THREE DEAD IN AUTO WKECKS
Five Young Men Injured. Two Fatally,
at Scranton
Scranton. Pa, Oct. 19.—Returning
from a ride to Klmhurst Saturday
night, five young men were injured,
two fatally, when their car collided
with a horse and carriage and swerved
into a rocky embankment. The dead
are: Joseph Tierney, aged 24, and A.
K. Wheeler, a chauffeur. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney K. A. Phillbin, of Arch
bald, and Matthew t'oar were lacerated.
The outfit with which the car collid
ed wlis driven by Mrs. A. Dunk-lev. of
Moscow. She was throwp out, but not
injured.
Thomas Klaunery. aged 25. school
controller of Dunmore, was killed at 1
o'clock yesterday morning when in that
town. A friend's car skidded and
threw him to the pavement, fracturing
his sktill.
MRS. GERRY IN POLITICS
Philadelphia Girl Helps Congressman
Spouse to Re-election
Newport. Oct. 19.—Airs. Peter Goe
let Gerry, who was formerly Miss Ma
thilde Towusend. of Philadelphia, is
acting as campaign manager t'or her
i husband in his tight l'or re-election to
Congress. While Mr. Gerry is calling
at almost every house in his district,
Mrs. Gerry .is inviting a great many
people to her home, entertaining them
in her own brilliant manner and enlist
ing their support for his candidacy.
Mrs. Gerry says: "If rich men's
sons would go into, politics instead of
devoting their lives entirely to sports
aud tea parties, both they and the
eountr\ would he better off.''
World's Interest Grows In the Panama-Pacific Exposition
Netherlands and the Argentine Increase Appropriations to Participate—Japan Asks More Exhibit Space—"See
America First" America's Slogan Sn 1915—Thousands Flan to Learn Their Own Country Better
p panorama showing the main exhibit section of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with the eelosaal Tower of Jewels, 435 feet high, in the center. Thia photograph wia taken in the latter part of August, 1914.
By HAMILTON WRIGHT.
THE «ar will not cause the post- I
ponement of the Panama-Pacific'
International Exposition.
As all the world knows, the Exposl- '
tion has not been postponed. From j
the far corners of the globe there havej
<"omtr to San Francisco assurances of
Interest in America's great Panama
canal celebration.
From the bhadow of the clouds over
Europe have come messages of friend- j
ship to the American people. Within
three weeks after the war was an- |
nounced the Netherlands Increased the 1
amount of Its appropriation for partlcl- j
pation from 1100.000 to $400,000 and re- '
quested that construction be rushed 1
upon the great Netherlands pavilion '
near the Palace of Fine Arts; France '
cabled that there had been no change
In her plans; the first emissaries of
English manufacturers who will take
part in a collective display reached San
Francisco the last week In August
(some of the most costly and elaborate
displays ever shown will be represent- !
BARKIS BURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1914.
PENNSY EXPRESS WRECKED
All Steel Cars Prevent Death When
the Buffalo Flyer Is Derailed
at Glen Union
Williamsport, Oct. 19. —All-steel
cars again proved their value as life
savers when train No. 32, Buffalo-Phil
adelphia flyer, eastbound on the Penn
sylvania railroad, was wrecked at Gleu
Union, 3S miles west of here at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon, while run
ning 45 miles an hour. The accident
was caused by a broken axle under the
fender. The entire train, three \ day
coaches, three parlor cars, a diner and
a baggage car. left the rails, the en
gine and baggage car rolling down a
six-foot embankment. More than 100
passengers were aboard. All were badly
shaken up, but only six sustained in
juries, and these of a minor nature,
consisting mainly of sprains and
bruises.
The injured are Mrs. G. E. Van Rip
er, Sunhury; Or. W. B. McOorkle,
Pittsburgh; Mr-. Edward Hawkey,
Port Allegheny; Dr. W. J. Pyles,
Swissvale; Robert Warner. Swissvale,
and S. ('. Scott. Pittsburgh. All were
able to continue their journey. None
of the crew was hurt.
Some of the cars were badly butter
ed. and it is admitted that had it not
been for the steel construction there
might have been heavy loss of life.
When the accident occurred the train
was just passing a freight that was
standing on a siding. The dining car
toppled over against a freight car, this
alone keeping it from going over the
embankment with the engine and bag
gage i-ar. Although the baggagemaster
was in the car when it went over, he
escaped unhurt.
\ relief train was made up here and
sent to the scene of the accident, arriv
ing here with the passengers at 9.,t0
o'clock last night. Wreck crews were
sent from Williamsport, Reuovo and
Lock Haven.
THAW IS ENJOYING LIFE
Shows Skill As Walton Follower.
Awaiting Action of Court
Boston, Oct. 19. —While waiting for
a decision by the United States Su
preme Court on the compromise ar
rangement to permit him to go to
Pittsburgh, Harry K. Thaw is enjoying
life in New Hampshire by trout fish
iug.
Boston sportsmen returning yester
day met Thaw in the woods. They >ay
he showed great skill at landing trout
and that hetakes great deiight in life
ill the open. On his fishing trips he is
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Clark
D. Stevens and Sheriff Drew, of Boos
county.
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BRYAN IN KANSAS TO-DAY
Tour to Embrace Principal Cities of
"State
Topeka, Kan.. Oct. 19. Two strenn
ous days are planned for Secretarv
Bryan by Kansas Democrats this week.
To-day Mr. Bryan is touring the south
eastern section of the State, covering
the cities of Columbus, Parsons, Pitts
burgh, Port Scott, Cher-yville and lnue
jenden.-e and intermediate stops.
To-night he speaks at .Toplin, Mo.,
an.i on Tuesday, starting with a speech
at 8 o'clock in the morning at Kansas
City, he will tour the Second and Third
districts, ending with a night meeting
in Wichita. From Kansas he goes to
Colorado.
Boulder Crushes Mmer
Ha/leion. Pa., Oct. 19.—'Carl Yuri
shick. 40 years old, of Buck mountain,
was oeaten in a race to escape a stone
whi.ii rol el down upon him at tiie Ben
jamin stripping?, and is in tfhe Hazleton
hospital seriously injured. The
boulder pinned him against a stoani
shovel.
State Senator Hall Improved
Kane, Pa., Oct. 19. — Reports from
the bedside of State Senator .lames K.
P. Hail, of Ridgwav, who was operated
upon at tiie Lakeside hospital at Cleve
land. state that, his condition is slight lv
improved and he has a fair chance for
recovery. His wife and four children
are at his bedside.
| e<l from England); the Argentine Re-
I Public, in view of the new trad* aljgn
i menu between the American conti
nents. increased its appropriation from
: 5i.300,C00 to $1,700,000: Japan sent
t word through the actintr consul general
j in San Francisco, Mr. Yasutara Numa
j no, that Japan's display will be the
finest that Japan lias ever made and
j that It will be completed in every de
tail upon the opening of the Expngl.
'tion. and Japan asked for Increased
j exhibit space. The millions who won
; tiered how the war will affect the for
i elgn participation at San Francisco
j will gladly have called to their atten
: tion the fact that during the Russo
-1 Japanese war Japan mad* a magniU
j cent display at St. Louis.
Six months before the opening of the
| Exposition, which will be on Feb. 20.
11916, the first commercial vessel passed
through the Panama canal. The canal
is completed, but what its commerce
will mean to the world has not been
dreamed of. Historians a hundred
I yean from now will be able to give
IFOOD SOURING IN
STOMACH CAUSES
INDIGESTION, GAS
i •
"Pape's Diapepsin"
Ends AU Stomach
Distress in Five
Minutes
Wonder what upset your stomach —
which portion of tiie food did the dam
age—do you? Well, don't bother. If
your stomach is in n revolt: if sour,
gassy and upset, and what you just
i ate iias fermented into stubborn lumps;
head di/.y.y and aches; belch u«ses and
'acids and eructate undigested food;
breath foul, tongue coated -just take
u little I'ape's Diapepsin and in five
i minutes you wonder what became of
the indigestion and distress,
i Millions of men and women'to-day
know that it is needless to have a bad
stomach. A iittle Diapepsin occasion
ally keeps this delicate organ regulated
anil they eat their favorite foods witli
' out fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care of
your liberal limit without rebellion;
if your food is a damage instead of a
help, remember the quickest, surest,
most harmless relief is I'ape's Diapop
| sin which vests only fiftv cents for a
; large case at drug stores. It's truly
| wonderful—it digests food and sets
things straight, so gently and easily
that it is really astonishing. Please,
' for your sake, don't yo o« and on with
a weak, disordered stomach it's so uu
n ecessa rv. Ad v.
DOCTOR DIES IN AUTO WRECK
Four Others, Among Them Former Sen
ator H. J. McAteer, Injured When
Car Upsets Near Hollidayshurg
Huntingdon, Pa., Oct. 10.—A fatal
automobile accident, result ing •in the
death of l>r. .lames P. Braliicr. aged
."55, of Alexandria, aud the injury of
i four others, occurred at 1.15 o'clock
yesterday morning, ou the Turkey Val
ley pike, ten miles from Hollidaysburg.
The injured are William H. Woolver
ton, Jr., 21, New York, bruised and cut
j about body; ex-Senator H. J. McAteer.
76. of Alexandria, three rius fractured,
condition serious; Charles Rosborough,
30, postmaster of Alexandria, ha :ly
con fused back, suffers from shock: R.
B. Roper, 32. Alexandria, cut about
face, body bruised.
The party had been in attendance at
the Democratic mass meeting i n AI
too.ia Saturday night, and were on
ihe ; ' way home to Alexandria. William
H. Woolvertou, dr.. millionaire son of
the 'ate W. H. Woolvertou, who had
been staying at his summer home in
Alexandria for the last six weeks, was
driving the party in his GO-liors,'power
car. Coming to a steep iowugrade the
driver failed to note " sharp curve at
the bottom. The ear veered from tli?
roa 1 and as Woolvertou threw on the
emergency brake it turned turtle, pin
,ning all of the party beueath.
Another automobile party also bound
for Alexandria came upon the over
turned car an.l extricate.i the injured.
! Dr. Brallier was dead when taken from
beneath the ear. his abdomen crashed.
H. .1. McAteer, the most scriousiv
! injured, is one of the most piMininent
: men in Central Pennsylvania, He served
as a member of the s-a'.e Senate 1 rjm
the Franklin-lluntingdon district from
' 1884 to ISS«.
Dr. Duncan who is
weighing souls, prefbabiv has not yet
| come to one of those persons who are
i said to have 110 souls.
THE photograph shows the vast matn exhibit section, with the framework of the hug* Tower of Jewels, the
dominating architectural feature of the Exposition, rising in the center of the exhibit group. The size of the
palaces may be Inferred from the fact that the tower Is 4.15 feet In height. The tower rises In seven ter
races. the last terrace giving away to a group of figures supporting an immense globe typifying the world.
It will be richly decorated with heroic sculptures signifying achievement
On the extreme left of the picture Is seen the framework of the great Palace of Fine Arts, which faces upon a
large forested lagoon. In which Its classic outline* will be reflected. This building, which describes an arc, is 1,100
feet In its outside perimeter.
Next and facing the harbor for more than 3.000 feet is the central group of eight vast exhibit palaces, forming a
rectangle. The four palaces facing upon San Francisco harbor are, from left to right, the Palaces of Food Products,
Agriculture, Transportation and Mines and Metallurgy. Paralleling these buildings from left to right are the Pal
aces of Education. Liberal Arts, Manufactures and Varied Industries. The Tower of Jewels rises from the space be
tween the Palaces of Liberal Arts and Manufactures. The domes of each of these palaces are ,160 feet In height and
100 feet In diameter.
In the foreground on the left is the superb Palace of Horticulture, surmounted by a glass dome 186 feat In height
and 152 feet In diameter. The domes and minarets of this building Buggest the famous mosque of the Sultan Ahmed
Lln Constantinople. On the extreme right of the group may be seen the huge Palace of Machinery, S6B feet In length.
368 feet In width and 136 feet In height. The smaller structure In the foreground near the Palace of Machinery Is
the Service Building, the headquarters of the Exposition's Divisions of Concessions and of Works. The framework
to the left of the Service Building is that of beautiful Festival Hall, where hundreds of great conventions and con
gresses will meet In 1915. This building will be Illuminated by light rising through its floora
the coming generation a better idea of
what it means to cut B.OOT> miles from
the Journey between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans.
U. S. BUILDING OPERATIONS
General Decrease in Expenditures in
I IMS, but No Index to Coun
try's Prosperity
Washington. D. 0., Oct. 19.—1f the
degree of activity of the building in
dus try is taken a* an index to prosper
ity, figures gathered by the I'nited
States ideological Survey of building
operations in 1913 show that prosper
ity is sporadi". Por instance, Now York
City, t-ho largest building center of the
country, showed in 1913 a consider
able decrease fro.m 1912, whereas New
ark, only a few miles away, tfhowe.t
a large increase. Chicago, which show
ed the largest decrease in 1912 ral
lied and showed the largest increase in
1913. Most of the cities that showed
increases in 19 12 showed •livrOAse.s in
191:1, A few t'iint showed decreases
in 1912 showed increases in 1913,
though none of these, except Chicago
and Pittsburgh, were among t'ho larger
cities. Many cities ascribe the decrease
in 1913 to the fact that in 1912 the
structures erected were unusually costly.
In 4 8 of the largest cities of tile
country, the total cost of'building oper
ations in 1913 was $659,515,746vc0m
pared witlh $T35,959,a10 in 1912. The
greatest decrease wjs in New York City,
$36,-114,655. The largest increase was
in Chicago. $6,492,527. New York
City is the leading city in the cost <jf
building operations, notwithstanding its
large decrease in 1913. Last year the
building operations of that city cost
$107,1 04,707. The maximum annual
cost of'building operations in New York
t'itv was rea' lied in 1909, when it was
$186,047,477.
Kfforts were made bv the Geological
Survey to obtain detailed information
for all cities of 35.000 or more in
habitants—ls7 in number. Informa
tion was obtained from 147 of these
cities in sufficient detail to permit the
•compilation of statistics. In tlie.se 147
cities the building operations in 1913
vost $859,657,250. In 108 of these
cities the new wooden buiMings erect
ed in 1913 cost S 1 74.1 97,556 and new
brick buildings cost $2 26,4 78,58 4. All
other new buildings cost $115,894,022.
The cost of ail additions, alterations
and repairs was $78,483,933. New con
.•rete buildings were reported bv 71
cities, of which Philadelphia was the
leader, reporting a cost ot' $4,634,855,
and San Fran >isco was second, with $3.-
745,389.
DEOWNS ON RIVER OUTING
Clandestine Boat Trip of Two Sisters
• Ends in Death of One
Chester, Pa., Oct. 19. —Drowning
was the outcome of a clandestine river
outing which Agnes Diamond took with
her sister, Sara, yesterday, after tell
ing their mother they were going to
church.
Instead, they went out on the river
in the vac lit Mermaid with Charles
Shaw, of -Norwood, who is associated
with his father in the manufacture of
women's hats in Philadelphia: Frank
Oxsenfel.l, this city, and Henry <iUui
num. \Yest I'hester.
The trip was to be a genuine ".joy
party" on the river, Oxsent'eld told
the police when the tragedy was report
ed last night. The boat's commissary
had been generously store I.
Defective Valve Caused Asphyxiation
Atlantic t itv, Oct. 19.—Frank tiehr
lein, wealthy Pittsburgher, discovered
unconscious in :> gas tilled room yester
day al his recently-purchased home, 28
South ll:u : isburg avenue, has not yet
been revived at the City hospital. In
\ est'gation by the police shows beyond
doubt tiiSt the a.-; hyxiation was due to
a defective gas cock.
Tobacco Strangles Man
Coatcsville. Oct. 19. —Going to deep
in a ceil with tobacco in his >•: i.ith,
Joseph McGinnis. 2S ye-. »'•!, nitK
hand of Parsesburg. sttj'i- i lea: ■
here Saturday eight. \ |:o»;-mort;ni
examination repealed t'n ;• the man had
swallowed almost a ha:t' of a package
of tobacco.
The resources of South America, the
▼ast continent but little known to the
people of the United States, will be dia
played upon an axtenslve scale. Said
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York Man Ends Life friend, Charles Rentz.el, ,10 years old, was the cause. Saturday Retitzel i-om-
York. Oct. 19. — While his wife was, committed suicide by shooting himself plained to a fellow workman that ho
shopping Saturday night with a woman' in the head. 11l health, it is believed, "had 100 many troubles."
Senor Anlsagaatl. Argentina's commis
si otier to the Exposition:
"The expositions which for yea/s
. Ijast have taken t place In all parts of
the world are a clear and Indisputable
demonstration of the resource.* which
each country hn» and me also the
means of u commercial interchange
throughout the entire world. To ac
cept the invitation is to show In a sim
ple nay the extent of advancement of
each country. Is to show its culture. Its
science. its riches. Its resources, and to
open It* doors-to all thoso who desire
•to unfold their activity and their intel
ligence under the shadow of Its fl.-jg
"What, then, will be the result of the'
coming Exposition? It will be that all j
American countries will rirmw closer ]
their relations and that the commercial :
'development will increase to splendid
proportlona."
And the Exposition will go ahead
with the Indorsement of it* yrell wish
ers In all part* of the Thirty
nine nations have accepted America's
invitation to participate.
Upon the Pacific coast and In the
west and south thousands of prosper
i eus communities have prepared to wel-
I the trav«ler.on .his e way to the.
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great international Exposition In 1918.
Today the Exposition gives a glimpse
of Its future glories, its sculptured
marvels. Its palms and glai.t tree ferns
and blossoming orange trees. Ten out
of thlrteon of the great main structures
to be built by the Expositor are com
pleted. One of the unfinished buildings
Is an auditorium at tile civic center of
San Francisco, to cost, mora than 11,-
000,000 Here thousands o! lelegltus
to conventions will. ir?«* l'he atidi
! torlum has a se.iting capacity of ".S.OOO
1 persons. It is 85 per tei.t finished and
! from It along Van Ness avenue runs
| the new double tracked "Exposition
Street Car" line, built by Mayor Rolph
and City Engineer O'Shaughjiessy in
double quick time. The other build
ings to be finished are Festival Hall,
on the grounds, also a meeting place
for conventions, and the giant Palace
cf Fine Arts.
And the Exposition will open on
■chedule ttm&~don't forget rhe ipen-
Ing day, Feb 20. 1915—perfected and
. perfect in every detail.