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Thursday, January 7, 1015.
JANUARY
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MOON'S PHASES—
Pull Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter, Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 23d.
WEATHER FORECASTS UH-JJW
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and JfcKMc
colder tonight and Friday. Lowest
temperature to-night about freezing. < y
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, colder iniTfjH
tonight and Friday. Strong west
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 41; lowest, 28; 8 a. m., 32; 8 p. m., 41.
CLEAN UP FOR THE INAUGURATION!
With the date for the inauguration of Dr. Brum
baugh as governor less than two weeks distant
Harrisburg should begin to think about tidying up
for the occasion. Thirty thousand invitations are
being sent to persons throughout the State and lots
of persons who do not receive these formal cards
will come anyhow and be welcome. There will be
the big parade and the accompanying festivities
and ceremonies. Harrisburg wants to make a good
impression on her guests not only as a matter of
pride but as a means of letting the people of the
State know that this is a wideawake city and a
good place to which to come to stay permanently.
For a month or more the unusually severe winter
weather has made many of the streets and side
walks of the city icy, unsightly and dangerous.
There is no assurance that accommodating rains
will remove the ice between now and January 19,
and it therefore is up to official and unofficial Har
risburg to get on the job with the ice-pick and
shovel.
The authorities have been making a commendable
effort to get rid of the ice in the streets of the prin
cipal business districts and where the inaugural
parade is likely to pass, but that is not enough.
"With thousands of visitors here for the inaugural
every part of Harrisburg will be invaded by
throngs. The visitors will not be very much im
pressed with the beauties of the Capital City if
they find even the outlying streets and sidewalks
clogged with ice and a frozen accumulation of
refuse.'
THE NATION'S 1914 FIRE LOSS
The loss of property by fire in this county and
Canada during the last year, according to the com
pilations of the Journal of Commerce and Commer
cial Bulletin, amounts to the unusually large sum of
$235,591,300. This total is eleven million dollars in
excess of last year's. The biggest single loss of the
year, the conflagration at Salem. Mass., in June,
amounted to thirteen millions, which of course had
a great deal to do with the swelling of the total.
During but three preceding years in the history
of the United States was the loss by fire greater
than in 1914, and those were the years of, first the
Baltimore conflagration, 1904: second the destruc
tion on San Francisco, 1906, and third the Chelsew,
Mass., conflagration, 1908.
In addition to the great Salem fire conspicuous
disasters of last year were those of the Portland,
Ore., pier, steamship and warehouse, $1,000,000; the
Chicago, 111., grain elevator, $900,000; the Clinton,
Tex., cotton compress, $1,000,000: the Wellesley,
Mass.. college buildings. $900,000; the Tacoma,
Wash., meat packing plant, $1,(XX),000; the Jean
ette, Pa., glass factory warehouse, $1,000,000; the
iGalvegton, Tex., grain elevator, $1,000,000; the
IPottsville, Pa., business blocks, SBOO,OOO, and
A. Edison's West Orange electrical and film
manufacturing plant, $1,250,000.
It has been pointed out that the property de
stroy during the year was, to a much greater extent
than usual, protected by insurance. This has meant
a draining of the resources of the insurance com
panies, and increases in the cost of insurance are
predicted.
The idea that when a property destroyed by tire
is covered by insurance there is no loss, is mani
festly erroneous. The flames destroy value, and
HARRISBUBG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1915.
financial loss is a consequence, even though it may
not be suffered directly by owners of the demolished
property. Somebody pays. Every buyer of fire
insurance must feel an (individual financial loss
when he looks at the immense figure which repre
sents the last year*B devastations. The size of the
total loss is especially surprising in view of the
intelligent efforts that have been made throughout
the country in recent years in the direction of fire
prevention.
FOOD "SAMPLES" FEEDING ARMIES?
From the food companies of this country there
have been thousands of cases of samples making
their way across the ocean since the outbreak of
the war. The shipping of the samples is part of the
campaign being carried on by American manufac
turers to increase their export trade, and much zeal
has been manifested in the efforts of competitors
to get foreign business.
There are plenty of agents who want to sell
American foodstuffs abroad, and they have been
very active in sending requisitions to manufactur
ers for liberal supplies of samples with which to get
things started. These middle-men have now been
receiving samples for some little time, but manu
facturers assert the companies have not yet received
orders for tire goods so extensively sampled.
A Chicago packing house, after sending out
10,(XX) dozen samples of corned beef since the out
break of the war, and making not a single sale in
consequence, states its position as follows:
If we could develop the selling end of the corned beef
business in the same proportions as the sample end of the
business we would find it necessary to enlarge our plant
immediately. If you can locate any prospective buyer in
Europe who has not already had a sample of our corned
beef, send us his name and we will do the necessarv.
The representative of the packing house goes on
to say that if the Europeans can find enough of
canned meat producers in this country who are
willing to continue submitting samples, they might
be able to get enough food to take care of all the
armies on the firing lines.
This suggestion is a valuable one, and we are
pleased to give it additional publicity in the hope
that it may reach some of the battling emperors
and kings in Europe ami be the means of solving
food supply problems which may now be bothering
them.
EIGHT INVESTIGATIONS OF SUBWAY FIRE
Now that a great disaster, —which everybody
knew was coming sooner or later, —has occurred
in the New ork subway, they are going to "inves
tigate it. In fact there are, according to the
New York morning papers, eight distinct investi
gations to be made, respectively, by Governor Whit
man, District Attorney Perkins, The Public Serv
ice Commission. Mayor Mitchel. Coroner Riordan,
Police Commissioner Woods. Fire Commissioner
Adainson and the Interborough Rapid Transit
Company.
With all these inquiries doubtless something will
be learned, but nothing that can be learned will
result in making the subway a safe place for the
great numbers of travelers who now use it daily.
The various inquiries may show how and why the
disaster of yesterday occurred. They cannot throw
any new light on why the subway is dangerous, for
everybody knows that now. It is simply that the
subway's capacity is 200 or :i(H> per cent, over
taxed during the rush hour twice a day when a
million or more humans are shot back and forth
through the tubes.
The only way to remove the danger is to pro
vide more subways or other means of transporta
tion for the throngs that work in Lower Manhat
tan. Until adequate facilities of this sort are pro
vided there will be constant danger of repetition of
accidents like that of yesterday, or even* worse
ones, and no number of investigations will avail
anything.
Now is the time for the skater to be cautious.
The Terrible Turks do not seem to inspire much terror
in the Russian Cossacks.
Those who think it's a long, long way to Tipperary ought
to ride across the Jersey meadows on the Erie.
The fact that there are to be eight distinct investiga
tions made of the disaster in the New York subway rather
suggests that official New York is showing signs of hysteria.
If Congressman Palmer can substantiate his statement
made to the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee in
Washington yesterday the Republican campaign "kitty" in
Pennsylvania was a full-grown cat.
TOLD IN UQHTERVEIN
ONCE ON A TIME
Once on a time, once on a time,
Before the Dawn began,
There was a nymph of Dian's train
Who was beloved of Pan;
Once on a time a peasant lad
Who loved a lass at home;
Once on a time a Saxon king
Who loved a queen of Rome.
The world has but one song to sing,
And it is ever new,
The first and last of all the songs.
For it is ever true —
A little song, a tender song,
The only song it hath;
"There was a youth 'of Ascalon
"Who loved a girl of Gath."
A thousand thousand years have gone,
And aeons still shall pass,
Yet shall the world forever sing
Of him who loved a lass—
An olden song, a golden song,
And sing it unafraid;
"There was a youth, once on a time,
"Who dearly loved a maid."
—Kendall Banning, in the Cornhill Booklet.
HARDLY FAIR
"All's fair in love and war," quoted the Wise Guy.
"Still it seems silly to kiss a girl behind her back," said
the Simple Mug. —Philadelphia Record.
OLD-TIME REMEDY
MAKES PURE BLOOD
Purify your blood by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilia. This medicine has been
and still is the people's medicine be
cause of its reliable character and its
wonderful success in the treatment of
the common diseases and ailments —
scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, dyspep
sia, loss of appetite, that tired feeling,
general debility.
Hood's Sarsaparilia has been tested
forty years. Get it to-day. Adv.
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Warm Welcome for Senator Herbst
Seemingly vigorous, mentally as
alert as ever, yet physically incaipaci
tatefi for mucih active work, Senator
Herbst, of Berks, appeared at his desk
on the opening day of the legislative
session and met with a very warm re
ception. Just as the session of 1913
was about to close Senator Herbst was
'prostrated by a stroke of paralysis at
his home in Berks county, and so se
rious was his condition that it was
thought he would never 'bo able to re
sume his Senatorial seat. But, t'he care
ful nursing of his good wife, who will
be with him during the entire session,
he has so far recovered that he is afble
to go everywhere and the only evidence
of his affliction is his difficulty in put
ting his ideas into speech, although he
can, at times, speak quite plainly. Sen
ator Herbst is the oldest Democratic
Senator in point of service, and is now
on his third term, having served ten
years. lie was for a long time the
spokesman for the Senate Democrats,
following the lead of Senator Hall,
now dead, and was notable for the
promptness in which he engaged in
any scrap wherein party lines were
drawn. He kept close watch on all of
the proceedings this week, and was
honored by his fellow-Democrats with
the caucus chairmanship. He is a great
reader of newspapers and keeps track
of everything that is going o«. The
Berks Senator is an avowed opponent of
local option and woman suffrage.
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"High License Bill" a Spectator
Among the attendants at the open
ing of the legislative session was for
mer Representative William H. Brooks,
of Philadelphia, Who is known the State
over as the father of the High License
■ law, and has for years been known iu
his native city as "Higth License Bill."
Mr. Brooks, in the session of 1887, aft
er a high license bill had been introduc
ed in the Ifouse in 18S5, by Major
Isaac B. Brown, of Eric, and defeated,
again introduced the bill and made a
great fight to have it passed. It was
defeated once on final passage, but he
succeeded in having the vote recon
sidered and the bill passed by two
votes more than needed, a fact that
threw the opponents of the measure in
great eonfusiou. Great efforts were
made to have Governor Pattison veto
the measure, but he put his signature
to it and it became a law.
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Smaller Saloons Forced Out
It is a remarkable fact that this
high license law has never been alter
ed or amended in the least, although
numerous attempts have been made to
so amend it as to remove its "high li
cense" features, but all have faj)ed.
When the bill was passed the city of
Philadelphia had licensed liquor places
numbering far into the thousands, But
the high tariff exacted for a license
was so formidable that thousands of
the little fellows went out of business
sooner than run the risk of losing
money. As a matter of fact that high
license law was the means of reducing
the number of liquor places in every
city and town in the State, and it was
a power in that direction. Since leaving
legislative halls Mr. Brooks has been
commissioned of highways in his native
city, and he is yet very active in
polities.
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A Fine Record
When the Board of Pardons, as con
stituted under Governor Tener, held its
last session this week, the session be
ing executive, the members —Lieuten-
ant Governor John M. Reynolds, Sec
retary of the Commonwealth Robert
McAfee, Secretary of Internal Affairs
Henry Houck and Attorney General
John Bell —took a short retrospective
glance over the relations that existed
in the Board since it first began its
work four years ago, and it was found
that in all that time, during all of
the deliberations over anil discussions
on the many cases that had come before
the members, in not a single instance
was there the least friction whatever,
and that every conclusion arrive*! at
in the disposition of cases was reached
amicably and with the best of good
feelinig. Lieutenant Governor Reynolds,
who presided at the Board meetings,
had an enviable record as « meiraber.
In the entire four years he did not
miss one meeting, nor was he absent
save ten minutes from any one meeting,
an-d then only to answer a telephone
call from his home. This important
'branch of the government, holding in
its hands the gift of freedom to those
condemned by a jury, may have been
lenient in some cases that did not meet
with the approval of everybody, but'
the members congratulated themselves
on having performed their duties as
they thought right and juet.
THOMAS M. JONES.
A fatalist is a man who thinks thait
what is to be will 'be and that some
body else is to blame.
About the only place in Europe where
there is any "hum of industry" is in
the gun factories.
FIRST LINE TRENCHES OF
GERMANS ARE REPORTED
CAPTURED BY THE FRENCH
Paris, Jan. 7, 2.40 P. M.—The
French report given out this afternoon
announces the capture of a portion of
the German first iin«, trenches in the
Woevre distriet /to the northwest of
Flirej'. This nnvance derives its im
portance from the fact that it indicates
the French are making inroaltils to the
German triangular position, the aipex of
Which rests on. the right hank of the
river Meuse. at St. Mihiel.
The activity in Flanders and in
France still is confined largely to ar
tillery exchanges. In them the French
claim the advantage. Mines also have
"been exploded at two points on the
line with successful results to the
French troops.
The enemy at Steinbach has not at
tacked again and the French in this
region have retained their positions.
They claim ailso an advance toward
Altkireh, in Alsace, south of Steinbach
and Muclhausen. The text of t'he com
munication follows:
"During the '.toy of January ti there
occurred from the sen t( the Lye, noth
ing other than artiWery fighting in
which we had almosit always the ad
vantage. Our batteries! put to flight
certain German aviators who were com
ing in the direction of Dunkirk, and
they compelled a cessation of the fire
of German mine throwers in the region
of Zillebeke.
"The enemy bombarded violently
the head of the Belgian bridge to the
south of Dixmude.
"In the region of Lille we repulsed
with success a violent German attack
on one of our trenches. This trench,
in the beginning loest by us, wa.s recap
tured with great brilliancy an'l 'by the
exploding of mines wo demolished a
portion of the German field works. Be
tween the Somme and the Aisne there
has been nothing to report except ar
tillery engagements. (
"To the east of Rheims, 011 the Al
ger farm, we exploded some mines yes
terday evening. This resulted in the
stopping of the enemy's fie!ll work.
"In the Argunne, to the west and to
the north of Verdun, there were yes
terday artillery engagements in which
the enemy did not show much activity.
"In the Woevre district the advance
made by us to the northwest of Flirey
is more important was at first
taken to be the case?* We made our*
selves masters of a portion of the ene
my 's first line.
"Ait Steinbach and at the adjoining
heights the enemy has not delivered a
counter attack. A persistent rain, to
gether with the state of the ground',
made any operations difficult. We have
retained all the positions conquered by
us in preceding days. There were two
attacks on the part of the enemy, one
to the west of Wat wilier and the other
near Kolsehlag. Both were immedi
ately repulsed. We have made progress
in the direction of Altkirch by occupy
ing the forests situated four kilometres
(2 1-2 miles) to the west of this town.
Our heavy artillery silenced that of
the enemy. During the ijlay of January
6 the enemy bombarded the hospital at
Thann."
S. P. C. A. ELECTS OFFICERS
Annual Meeting of Body This After
noon at Masonic Temple
At the annual meeting of the local
Society for the Prevention ot' Cruelty
to Animals held this afternoon at the
MJasonic Temple, reports of the board
of managers and of the treasurer were
read and officers for the ensuing year
elected as follows:
President, John T. Olmsted; vice
president, Mrs. David Watts; secretary,
Robert M«Cormick; treasurer, ,1. W.
Barker, and new niemibers of t'he board
of managers, Mrs. Charles A. Kunkel,
VMTS. Carl B. Ely. 'Mrs. Catherine Hgle
and J. Clarence Funk. The meiwbers of
the 'board of managers are elected to
serve for three years.
The headquarters of the society will
be transferred to the office of tlhe new
president, Mr. Olmsted.
The well known fact that gold is non
magnetic -probably explains why so few
of us attract it.
For Dandruff, we recommend
fey -Tim-""-i
"93" HalrTonic
George A. Gorgas.
i| What We Say It h, IT IS
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! No New Diamonds jj
i Are Being Put on jj
I the Market
Diamond mining: and the . 1
; sale of Diamomls "in the 1 |
> rough" stopped abruptly Au- ! i
• gust 1. hut the demand for i |
i Diamonds did not. Stocks of ] ,
> retailers and wholesalers are ,i
] | being depleted—and it will |
ji be a long time after the mines ]i
i> reopen before a new supply is < 1
J; secured. Dealers are paying J|
II more now than before the war , i
—and will continue to pay i!
11 constantly increasing prices ],
i 1 for many years. i i
J[ Diamonds bought at Dien- '!
, i er's now are real, bargains,
i' You have particularly fine se- i 1
]| lections in Solitaire and Clus- ' [
11 ter Kings to choose from at I i
; (25.00 to *300.00.
! Every Diener Diamond Is ] |
i guaranteed as to quality, color , i
| and weight.
IDIENER, jjetw t th e h l e E R I
;i 4§S Market Street ji
" THE QUALITY STORE "
VERY UNUSUAL BARGAINS
FOR FRIDAY'S SELLING ONLY
REAL BARGAINS IN FURB $1.25 Large Double Bed Size
Fur Neck Pleceß of Sable, Squirrel, Spreads with neatly finished hems—
Jap Mink and Fox—all of those are very attractive Marseilles patterns,
high grade but are odds and ends— Special for Friday at, each, CftQ/t
small tie effects and stoles—were
$lO and sls. Very special lor Frl
day at $5,00 SI.BO Longcloth, 12-yard pieces,
ish, :{« inches wide. Special for Fri-
One set of Machined Coney and day at, piece, C-| -|n
Civet Cat Furs—fancy muff and (Note—these are 12-
new shaped tie—a regular SOO value. varri Dior*** \
Special for Friday at y Pieces.;
.18-inch Unbleached Muslin, flue
One set of imitation Mole—flat even cloth of medium weight. Spe
tie and piUow muff—this was an cial for Frl day at, yard KJ.
exceptionally good value at s'.!(). v
Special for Friday at ...... C-| f|
ful pattern and color range—all new
EXCEPTIONAL—One lot of styles. Special for Friday at, per
Ladies' and Misses' Coats of tan yard
and black and black and white mixed /2V
cloths—made In distinctive plaited
back model with beautiful belt. o', MOHAWK Bleached
Were SIO.OB. Very special for Fri- ®. v ®, ! a J 8 ~~ p " Ifect 1 fect tn evory
day at mr aa way and hand torn. Very special for
JpD.UU r riday at, each, 55ft
Eiderdown Dressing Sacques mado "BATES" and "TOILE DE
of excellent quality material, values NORD" Dress Ginghams in waist
to $1.2.-,. Special for Friday at and school dress „ U 7for
'2)«c everywhere. Special for Fri-
day at, per yard t?l / J,
Black Taffeta Waists—slightly
mussed—are good styles but not
just up to the minute—splendidly »n—sDlenriirt rfnth*?!, ® ®, ed Mus "
made—worth sit.so to $5.00. Spe- Lii„,! } Hi Wlil not turn
cial for Friday at 9SC Sd?" . *° T .
newand up P "d7te E p?«Mns and'col- , ® rassici ' es trimmed with wide
orings—regularly $13.50. Special A c ® A 1 1„ lUßCrtion - Special for Fri
for Friday at, each, $9.00 dayat cach 39^
„ . . Lot of Men's 50c Negligee Shirts
Curtain Net—a double thread —slightly soiled and some dark col
cable net for curtains—B« inches ors, not all sizes. Special for Fri
wide with linen cluny edge—beauti- day at, each
ful style and very serviceable—soc
value. Special for Friday at, per
y« d 30# 4 Men's 75c Muslin Night Shirts
with military collar—slightly soiled
_. „ —all large sizes. Special lor Fri.
SAVINGS ON CURTAINS— day at, each
There are some odd lots of curtains ' ' ' "»Ov
in one, two and three pair lots which
we are disposing of at remarkable SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY
reductions. $1.75 Silver Mesh Bags gg^
$:{.25 Silver Mesh Bags, nc
:tO-in. Wash Silk, white grounds, „, Jpx.tio
with blue, pink, black, and wisteria " an " »®.OO Silver Mesh Bags,
stripes—sl.oo quality. Special for $2.50
Friday at, per yard $1.25 Vanity Cases. 50^
All Party Cases at HALF PRICE.
.11-in. Corded Wash Silk, white —■ ——
grounds with pretty colored stripes, Small lot of Holiday goods, values
•>Oc Quality. Special for Friday at, from 45c to $1.25. Special for Fri
per yard day at - each 19^
$1.75 Comfortables filled with Kewpie Dressed Dolls with un
clean white cotton and covered both breakable heads—were SI.OO. Spe
sides with attractive designed cial for Friday at, each
chintz—large size. Special for Fri-
day at, each, $1.39 Old Brass Cigar Stand—reg-
ular price $12.50. Special for Fri
80c Black Petticoats made of an day at > JK EJ SJO
extra good quality of mercerized *
satine—deep pleated flounce and Cigar Jars—only three of these
trimmed with neat pin tucks—very left—worth $5.00 and $5.50 Spe
special for Friday at, each, cial for Friday at, each, {£2 19
L. W. COOK
CUBA TOBACCO CROP RUINED
Torrential Downpour Completes De
struction Over Whole Island
By Aaaociated Press.
Havana. .lan. 7.—The heavy, unsea
sonable rains of last week, which cul
minated in a torrential downpour last
night, completed the destruction of the
tobacco crop in almost all sections of
the island. The sugar cane also was in
jured seriously, being so saturated with
water that in many localities it is yield
ing only about half the normal propor
tion of saccharine.
Many sugar mills have suspended
grinding while awaiting the drying out
of the fields. This postponement of the
grinding season, it is feared, will result
in a large part of the crop remaining
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GUARDIAN
This company in acting as Guardian for children
is not affected by sentiment nor influence in any
way by family differences, but carries out faithfully
and to the letter all of the instructions of the testator
with the skill and judgment which experience only
;an furnish.
CHARLES A. KUNKEL. President.
JOHN E. FOX, Vice President.
JOHN C. MOTTER, Setretary-Treasurer.
JOHN F. SWEENEY, Trust Officer.
unground when tlie regular rainy sea
son 'begins.
Perpetual Motion -
Alderman Curran, of New York City,
norked his way througlh Yale college.
During his course he was kept very
busy by the various jobs he did to help
with liis expenses. On graduation he
went to New York and was even busier
than he had been in New Haven.'
After some months of life in New
York a friend met him and said, "'Hen
ry, what are you doing!''
'"I have three jobs," replied Mr.
Curran. "I am studying law, I am a
newspaper reporter and I am selling life
insurance."
" How do you manage to get it all
in?'' said the friend.
"Oh," replied Mr. Curran, "that s
easy enouglh. They're only eight hour
jobs.'"—Youth's Companion.