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Friday, January 8, 1915.
JANUARY
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f [ ||FW% WEATHER FOEECASTS
it I *r< Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
-Bn<' Saturday. Slightly colder to
fight with lowest temperature about
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night,
somewhat colder in north and we9t por
"u V tions. Saturday fair. Gentle tp mod-
VMaaaaaHV erate west winds.
» YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 54; lowest, 36; 8 a. m., 46; 8 p. m., 36.
SAFETY FIRST FOR THE MEXICAN NAVY
Dispatches reaching Washington from sorely
tried Mexico announce that the Mexican Navy, or at
least a large part of it, has declared itself neutral
with respect to the war being waged between the
Carranza and Villa factions. It is said further that
four gunboats,—and that is about half the Mexican
Navy,—"have retired to a quiet cove off Yueatan to
await tihe result of the war between the factions.''
This reported move of the Mexiean Navy is the
wisest one that we have heard of since the various
revolutionary leaders have been shooting things up
in the general scramble for the upper hand. Why
the deaace should the N f avy get mixed up in the
scraps that are going on among the various land
forces? What has the Navy got to gain? Unless
the Navy becomes divided against itself it can do
very litttfe in the way of fighting anyhow. It is tar
more discreet for the Navy to do just, what it is
reported to have done, anchor in a quiet bay and
let the land forces pummel each other until one or
the other is annihilated.
So long as the land fighting lasts the Navy can
just quietly rest on its guns, keep out of range of
the bomb-shells and fatten up on hot tamales, chili
sauce and the unrestricted wine mess. If the land
fighting ever does come to an end all the Navy need
do is steam out of that little retreat off Yucatan,
remind the leaders of the winning army that it
didn't take sides fn the scrimmage and proclaim its
allegiance to the victors. In that way the Navy
officers will keep their heads on their shoulders and
be in an altogether better condition than if they
were now to take sides with one faction or the
other and thus expose themselves to the danger of
losing their heads by the guillotine route in event
of that faction ultimately losing.
All hail to the Mexican Navy! It has adopted a
safety first policy which if followed also by the
land forces would bring about peace in the dis
tressed republic far more effectively and far more
speedily than* intervention by the United States
and all the Powers of Europe combined.
PREVENTION OP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
The annual report of the local Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals read at yester
day's meeting, pointing out that better conditions
exist in this city since the organization of the body,
is gratifying not so much because it shows that
men have been forced to treat animal* decently,—
for it is a pity that interference is at times neces
sary,—but rather because it demonstrates that hu
mane persons acting as an organization can by their
influence so improve conditions in a community.
The care of horses has been a big part of the
work of the local society, and many an old nag
would express gratitude if that were possible,' for
relief that has come to it in its weary life, through
the S. P. (.'. A. The owner of the horse may not feel
so grateful for the interference of the officers, but
had he done the right thing by his dumb beast in
the first place, or even after receiving due warning,
he might have avoided all difficulty.
The S. P. C. A. does not consider the feelings of
the owners of animals when it goes about fulfilling
its purposes and making things lively in aldermen's
offices. It considers the animals, and generally it
HARRIBBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY a.
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ever have in this world.
A MAGAZINE'S HUNDRED TEAKS
'"This country delights more in the acquisition
of foreign literature than in a laborious independent
exertion of its own intellectual powers," is the
remarkable declaration that may be found in an
article on American language and literature in an
1815 issue of the "North American Review," —per-
haps not so remarkable at the time it was written,
but striking in this year IJ>ls when we Americans
have become rather well satisfied with the litera
ture which has been resulting from the independent
exertion of our intellectual powers.
During the last hundred years, which have meant
so much for American letters, a force has been
steadily operating which has done a great deal to
encourage the expansion of the country's dignified
literature, —the "North American Review." Born
in 1813, this periodical is now observing its centen
nial. It is-the first magazine in the country that
has had a centennial to observe. As a power which
has exerted an uninterrupted influence on American
letters for a hundred years, it has our heartiest con
gratulations.
The "Review" in its retrospection not only re- ,
minds us of some events that were taking place a
century ago, but prompts us to disturb the dusty
complacency of its early volumes on library shelves,
and to go pleasure-seeking among the brownish
pages. The issues of 1815 reveal a notice regarding
a proposed pilgrimage to the lioly Lands, signed
by Gustftvus Adolphus, formerly (Aistavus IV, king
of Sweden; an account of a law suit "had" by
liOuis Bonaparte, formerly king of Holland, "with
his wife;" a notice of the expunging of Napoleon
Bonaparte's name by the French Institute: an obit- ,
uary of Robert Fulton, and numerous other items
which make the rfliest of interest.
Throughout the hundred years of the "Review's"
existence its pages have shown history in the form
ing. yet perhaps at no time with more significance
to posterity than now. when the Great. War is the
prevalent topic. "When the magazine files for 1913
are searched a century hence by the idly curious or
by the diligently studious, there will doubtless be
found much to marvel at and wonder about con
cerning the conflict <sf the nations, whieh may be so
absorbing a subject indeed that the nineteenth cen
tury files which are of present interest wilt be undis
turbed in their dust of an additional hundred years.
KANSAS STILL UNHAPPY?
Kansas, proverbial kicker, has no right this win
ter to complain about hard luck. Kansas depositors,
as shown by the annual report just issued by the
State Banking Commissioner, have $118,692,433 to
their credit in 939 state banks, and this is an in
crease of $17,000,(WO in a little more than five
months. \
The swollen condition of Ihe safety deposit vaults
of the Kansas banks, it is further explained, is due
to the record wheat crops of the last year,—for
it will be recalled that Kansas is one of the prin
cipal states in the western wheat belt and that
wheat-raising is by far the greatest. Kansas in
dustry.
And yet ever-eomplaiuing Kansas probably is
not happy. Who ever heard of Kansas ever being
entirely satisfied? The query, ' What is the matter
with Kansas?" has been made every year for many
years in an effort to aceoimt for the perpetually
long face? and ever-present grouches of the
Kansans.
What if Kansas is $17,000,1)00 ahead of the game
this winter? Just think of how much rieher she
would have been had she held onto her record
breaking crop now that the war threatens to make
two-dollar wheat a reality!
Still Kansas weeps.
Tlie annual Spring flood 'in the Susquehanna river has
arrived a few months in advance of the usual schedule.
all the horrors are confined to the Kuropean war
zone. Take riding in the New York snbwav, for example!
The Villa "government" in Mexico wants to borrow
$300,000,000. Think of it, when gilt-edged municipal
loans are so hard to float!
Still they are planning new skyscrapers for downtown
New York. Means larger crowds for the many times over
crowded snbwav to handle.
Heavy rains are reported to have destroyed practically
the whole of the Cuban tobacco crop. This means uo
Havanas, but there will be no shortage of stogies for the
Pittsburgh delegation in the Legislature.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
ALWAYS TRUTHFUL
"Does your husband ever lie to yduf"
"Never."
"How do you know?"
"He tells me that I do not look a day older than I did
when he married me, and if he doesn't lie about that, I
don't think be would about less important matters."
Houston Post.
WHY FARMING IS EXPENSIVE
"Farm products coat more than they used to."
"Yes," replied the farmer. "When a farmer is supposed
to know the botanical name of what he's Raisin' an' the
entomological name of the insect that eats it au' the
pharmaceutical name of the chemical that will kill it, gome
body's got to pay."—Anderson (N. O.) Intelligencer.
MUCH DEPENDS ON THE COTTAGE
"Do you think love in a cottage could be lasting!"
. "Oh, yes, if it's the whit« stone kind of cottages they
have at Newport."—Baltimore American.
PROOF or IT
Motorist—"Have you driven for good pcoplef"
Chauffeur—"Gee! You should have seen the obituaries
of some of 'em."—Puck.
HAD TO CUT IT DOWN
Mistress—"Goodness, Bridget, where is our telephonef"
Bridget—"Mrs. Jones sent over, mum, askin' for the use
av it, and I sint it over, but I had the divvil'g own toiuie
gittin* it off the wall, mum."—Washington Herald.
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Ski Soldiers Wear White
Use of the skis in the war in 'Europe
has been developed on a large scale out
in the Carpathian* and on the 'hills
and dreary plains of Galicia, where
thousands of Austro-iHungarian soldiers
move about rapidly and noiselessly 'by
use of these devices. Their first duty
is scouting, but now and then they arc
obliged to fight and tight hard. While
some of the ski organizations have
white uirforms others have to make use
of white blankets to render themselves
as nearly invisible as they possibly can.
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Run Across Russian Scouts
A ski patrol's experience of a night
is related by the offi.'er in charge. The
patrol had left camp ill the evening,
and, wrapped in white 'blankets, the
men were speeding through a Car
pathian forest late at nig'ht when the
breaking of twigs cautioned tihe officer
to order them to cover.
"A second later," ihe said, "I heard
an alarm signal given Iby one of my
corporals. I decided to Investigate and
with three men proceeded in the direc
tion Whence tflie signal had come. Near
an ice and snow-covered 'bramble bush
one of the patrol signalled caution and
then informed me 'that near him on the
right there was a Russian scouting
party.
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Have to Lie in the Snow
"There was nothing to be seen,
'however. Though the moon slhone
brightly, the tree trunks, snow-covered
undergrowth and a shower of powdered
silver sent down by the gently moving
'branches of the trees, hampered the
view. So we crept under the brambles
and saiiv to it that the powdered, cold
silver entered Iby our collars. The en
suing wait wa« none too pleasant. We
were measuring the snow vvitlh the
length of our 'bodies, whidh is not the
finest pastime I know. Right ahead of
me there was an open stretch of snow
and T had 'been watching the filigrees
thrown upon it 'by the moon as its
beams ibroke through 'the 'branches of
•tfhe tall beeches and oaks, when a long,
black tbadow appeared from t!hc right.
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Three Fur-Covered Cossacks
"The next instant three Cossacks en
tered the Hearing. Their horses were
small and shaggy and white, and the
nwn seemed to liHng in the saddles rath
er tihaif sit in thorn. They were wrapped
in thick furs. The 'bright moonlight
showed they were Asiatics—abroad
faces wiMi strong chins, prominent
| cheekbones and long black 'beards with
the frost clinging to 'the hair. A sign
from me and my men were on t'heir feet
—another moment and the Cossacks
were off their 'horses. They were a
most surprised lot.. Abject terror stood
in their eyes and t/hey had difficulty un
derstanding Mat wo were not evil spir
its of the forest. The Cossacks had
hardly been taken to the rear Iby one
of our men when t'he vigorous tranup
of Russian infantry was heard. Back
under the bramble 'bush we went. Twen
ty yards away from us the Russians
marched past."
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Known as the "White Ravens"
'The officer then told how the ski
patrol followed the Russians into a vil
lage. Later in the night .he was a'ble
to gelt in touch with the commander
of a German contingent, which occu
pied a quarry on the other side of the
village. Toward morning he also dis
covered how the Russians, who had
taiken Hie village, could be outflanked.
With dawn everybody was in his .place
and lire was opened. The Russians were
forced to retreat in disorder, leaving
'bellinil many killed and wounded in ad
dition to prisoners.
"We are known as the ' wttiite ra
vens,' " the officer added.
Feeding the Railroad Cow on Sawdust
The annual report of President H. U.
Mudge to the stockholders of the Rock
Island railroad contains a chapter en
titled, "A Twelve Year Review." This
will interest not only the stockholders
ol the Rock Island system, but of all
other railway securities, for it shows
that the day is coming, if we keep on
as we are now, when only a wealthy
government can afford to operate a big
railroad. It shows that a railroad in
these times is like a cow that everybody
wants to milk and nobody is willing to
feed.
It has been estimated that the en
forced reductions in rates and the
steady increases in wages anil taxes
would reduce the Rock Island's net
revenue last year on the basis of the
business of 1913 by about SIO,OOO,
000. President Mudge's analysis shows
that the operation of these factors on
the ibasis of the 1914 business cut the
Rock Island's net revenue over $16,-
000,000. This tremendous shrinkage
is mainly due to six factors, none of
which, let it be observed by critics of
our railroads, is subjeet to the control
of the railroad management. These
factors are:
1. Arbitrary reductions of rates by
State aiul Federal commissions.
2. Wage increases demanded and
enforced by labor unions.
3. Higher costs of all forms of ma
terial and supplies.
4. Increased operating expenses
made necessary by State laws. Three
hundred of these laws affecting the
Rock Islaud system have been euacted
in the last five years, most of which are
political creations, devised to make
"popularity" for politicians.
5. Increased (axes.
6. Increased cost of capital.
The figures on which the conclusions
are based are taken out of the reports
required and accepted by the Inter
state Commerce Commission and are.
therefore,' incontrovertible. They fur
nish abundant food for reflection.—
Leslie's Weekly, December 17, 1914.
WHALING INDUSTRY DECLINES
And Periodical Devoted to Its Inter
ests Suspends Publication
New Bedford, llass., Jan. 8. —The
decline in the whaling industry reached
a point where it is no longer profitable
to maintain a periodical devoted to its
interests, according to the publishers
of the Whalemen's Shipping List, who
to-day announced that this week's is
sue would be the last of that weekly
journal. When the paper was estab
lished in 1843 the number of vessels
engaged in the whale fishery was 675,
with an aggregate tonnage of 199,174.
Of these abips 260 hailed from New
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Bedford and its sister port, Fair Haven,
and 75 from Nantucket. Three years
later the highwater mark in the indus
try was reached with 680 ships aggre
gating 233,258 tons. To-day only 32
vessels with a total tonnage of 6,(513
are engaged in the search for whales.
In 1851 the whaling fleet brought
t.o this country 428,070 barrels of
sperm and whale oil and 5,652,300
pounirte of Whale bone. In 1914, with
the pursuit of whales almost wholly
confined to the Atlantic ocean, the oil
brought home amounted to but 19,270
barrels. Three vessels brought back
from the Arctic 34,000 pounds of whale
boue. The highest price for sperm oil,
reached during the Civil war was $2.75
a gallon; last year's product sold at
45 to 48 cents.
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