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Mailed .o subscriber? tor Three Dollars a /ear in advance THE^STARINOEPENDENT The paper with the largeai Home Circulation in Harriabnrg anc •earby towni. Circulation Examlnro by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELIT" Private Branch Exchange. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Encnange, • No. S4S-24C Monday, January 11. 1915. JANUARY Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Pull Moon, Ist, 30tb; Last Quarter. Bth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 23d. JF_ **y WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain to |F , nifrht and Tuesday. Warmer to-night with lowest temperature about 35 tie- J Eastern Pennsylvania: Rain to night and Tuesday, warmer to-night. Gentle ! to moderate south and southeast winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 33; lowest, 24; 8 a. m., 24; 8 p. m.. 33. BRITISH WILLING TO BE FAIR The preliminary reply of Great Britain to the , protest of the United States agaiust what are re garded here as unnecessary delays to shipments on the high seas of American products to neutral Euro pean nations, is friendly in tone, and while it does not concede that the British course as a whole lias not been justified, it shows a disposition of the British government to meet this government half way in arriving at a plan by whkh in specific cases mistakes ean be avoided, reparation assured when injury is done and detentions reduced. While the working out of the details of siu-li an arrangement, of course, remains for the future, — suggestions to be made in a note that is to follow the preliminary one from the British government— the thing about the first British note that should be most gratifying to this nation is that it makes the way clear for an adjustment of our grievances. In brief it indicates a willingness on the part of Great Britain to give due deliberation to our complaints and to make an honest effort to treat us fairly, even though this first. British note does not concede all the points raised by the Washington administration. Certainly no objection could be made to the posi tion that has been taken in this matter thus far by the British, and there need be little anxiety lest the controversy shall not be settled in a mutually satis factory way. It might have been different had the British assumed a less conciliatory attitude. LOBSTER AS FOOD FOR BRITISH ARMY? They are talking of feeding canned lobster to the British, soldiers at the front. The story conies from St. John's. X. F., and is to the effect that because of a surplus of canned lob ster at that place the price has dropped from $23 a case, at the opening of the war, to sl2 a case to-day. The St. John s packers are reported to have said that unless the surplus is taken off their hands the lobster industry for the year 1914 will have proved a failure. To avert such a thing as that they are urging the British War Office to purchase all the product at a reasonable figure to use as rations for the soldiers in the field. Of course the St. John s'lobster packers have our sympathy if they are unable to get rid of their season's product, but we rather doubt that the War Office will become seriously interested in feeding the troops on lobster. The only advantage that we cau think of that would come from the adoption of lobster as rations, aside from the benefit to the packers, is that it might be easier to get recruits for ihe army if they get the impression that the army | mess consists of lobster in its various tempting forms, rather than just plain beans and hardtack. Lobster is very good lood for occasional consump tion in a gay cafe when the cabaret is on but hardly i meets our idea ol what to feed soldiers three times ' a day. We cannot imagine the fighting efficiency t of a British soldier or any other kind of a soldier \ery much increased after a few weeks subsistence on canned lobster prepared in its various forms. We would just as soon think of giving a soldier i Welsh rarebits and plum puddings for regular diet as to think of sending him to battle with his stom ach full of lobster Xewberg. IMPOSING ON POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Because Third Assistant Postmaster General I HAKRTSftFRn STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 11, 1915. Doekery has caused to be discontinued the use of coupons for purchasing public documents from the government, the sale of the documents has fallen off $.">,000 iu the last six weeks, according to au ac count from Washington. Superintendent of Public Documents Brieker had for some time been selling dollar strips of twenty coupons, each coupon to be used as a remittance of five cents in the purchase of government publica tions. The plau was thought to be a good one, since it enabled persons to send for documents without cither enclosing coins or going to the bother and the expense of having money orders made out for the small amounts of their remittances. That was ail well enough so far as the Superin tendent of Public Documents and the general pub lic were concerned, but the Post Office Department began to wonder whether the coupons were not run ning iu opposition to Post Office mont\ orders. Mr. Doekery investigated and found a section iu the criminal statutes which prohibits the manufacture and use of any paper currency except that author ized (>y the government, and he then demanded that the use of the coupons be discontinued. The result of the discontinuance, it now appears, has been a great falling off in the sale of the govern ment publications. Many protests are being made against the aban donment of the coupon plan, and the ban on the nickel tickets has unquestionably been the cause of much inconvenience. Yet "Mr. Doekery seems to be in the right, since the coupons, sold at face value, had been curtailing the sale of Post Office money orders and thus decreasing government re ceipts through the Post Office Department. Since the time it was established. Uncle Saiu's Post Office Department has been imposed upon shamefully by his other departments. It lias been forced to carry free of charge all mail bearing Con gressmen's franks, as well as matter pouring daily out of the offices of the various branches of the government. This service, lor which it has nothing to show, it has performed with only occasional mur murs, and the imposition on its good nature becomes greater with each succeeding year. That Mr. Doekery should have resented a prac tice which was hurting the money order business of this much-imposed-upon department is only nat ural. llie Post Office must assert its rights some times. even if the Public Documents suffer. FOES MUST NOT BE FRIENDLY The orders from German military headquarters commanding the troops of the Kaiser to refrain in future from making friends of British soldiers in the trenches seem to show that the stories are true which we have been reading—and which we have sometimes regarded skeptically perhaps—regarding the friendly activities of soldiers of opposing armies between shots. Where ihe lines of the Germans and the Allies were rather close the foes, made so by choice of others than themselves, would during lulls in the fighting shout across the contested space which separated them and try to promote sociability. They would generally succeed in their efforts to break the monotony by singing alternately aud en deavoring to outdo each other, by shooting at tar gets in contests of marksmanship, by taking turns aiming at wild animals coming within range of their guns, or by exchanging tobacco and newspapers. The specific instance which brought forth the command that German soldiers should cease frater nizing with the toe appears to be thai a football game played between the soldiers of the Kaiser and the soldiers of King George on Christmas Day. So satisfactory was the substitution of the gridiron contest for battlefield engagements and so pleasing iu every respect the temporary truce, that both sides decided unofficially to extend the armistice two days. Little wonder that orders came to put an end to that sort of thing. If the soldiers of both sides were to be allowed to follow the inclinations which caused the Christmas football game to be played and the armistice to be declared, they might in time become so friendly with each other as to refuse to fight at all. Horrible thought! Our sympathy goes out to the poor farmer who sold his wheat three months ago. If you go to Royalton and are lucky enough to be a guest of the "Eddie Collins Club" you will get an idea of what real hospitality is. If anybody is manipulating the price of wheat he would better be cautious. The Department of Justice will get him if he don't watch out. We wonder what would have happened if a railroad baggage smasher had got hold of that trunk containing fifty dynamite bombs before the police of Trenton seized it. Schwab is said to have obtained a 1135,000,000 slice of the European steel business for his plant in Bethlehem, and the unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corpora ! tion took a jump of 512,051 tons in one month. Looks as though the fiist-of the-year promises of an increase of | prosperity were no fiction. ■ . TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN VERIFIED BY APPEARANCES "We are assailed," says the Kaiser. It certainly has i that appearance at the present moment.—Rochester Herald. FRIENDSHIP THAT WANES "The man who tells us of our faults is our best friend," quoth the philosopher. "Yes, but he won't be long," added the mere man.— Judge. « PERILOUS NEUTRALITY Isn't it great to be neutral! Mines have sunk eight Swedish, five Norwegian, six Danish and three Dutch ships. Scandinavia should get a Nobel peace prize.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. HIS TWO GRIEVANCES "Mr. Roosevelt has two grievances against Mr. Wilson," says the Independent. Is one that Mr. Wilgon is President and the other- that Mr. Roosevelt is not ?—-Louisville Courier-Journal. [Tongue- End Top icsj The New Reporter's Dream The New Reporter was obsessed with an overwhelming attack of enlarged caput. He had been given the assign ment to interview President Wilson on his way through Harrisburg from In dianapolis to Washington, and filled with the importance of the duty he had dreams of bow he would fill the as signment with rare credit to himself and his newspaper. This is whait he dreamed: Scene. Union Station; time. 1 p. m., Saturday, January 9; arrival of the train bearing the Presi dent on the way to Washington. Great crowds of excited people awaiting the President's appearance. Train hesitates and tluu stops. New Reporter singles out the President's car, "National," and mounts the steps to be greeted by Private Secretary Tumulty, who, learn ing the object of the N. R.'a call on the President, conducts him to the private apartment of the Chief Execu tive and introduces him. New Reporter—"l am very glad to meet you, Mr. President." (Shakes hand cordially). President Wilson—'' Delighted, I m sure. Always glad to meet newspaper men. What can 1 do for yout" R,—(boldly). "I have been di rected to ask you a few questions. Mr. President, and T shall be greatly obliged if you answer them.'' P.—"Sure: proceed!" R-—"ls the American pulilic to imply that your remarks iu Indianapolis are to be construed as a declaration that you will be a candidate for a sec ond term?" P-—"Mv dear boy, I seldom talk for publication, but as you have taken the trouble to come here to meet me, 1 will depart from my usual custom, and answer your question. Should the great Democratic party see fit to make the call sufficiently loud, and demand that 1 again be its candidate for President, i certainly shall accept the trust thus imposed iu me, and again carry the ban ner of Democracy." N. R.—Working hard at his note book in order not to misquote the Pres ident)—" May I say tli.itt" P'—"Dear me. hasn't that been made plainly enough? Certainly you may say it. I don t see wliv there should be any objection, only it is a trirte early to come out in the opeu. There may be others." N. R.—"Who, for instance " P- (Musing)—" Well, there is my old friend Oliamp, for iustance. It is reported that he is possessed of the bee: but 1 have seen that denied. Still, yon never can tell. Then, there are still others. Mr. Underwood and Mr. Hoib son, and—oh, well, the woods arc full of them.'' R,—(to himself) —"This inter view is a peach. 1 never thought he would talk like that.''—"Mr. Presi dent, would you mind telling the pub lic your intentions regarding your at titude towards England should that country decline to eeise holding up American s-hips and cargoes on the high seas!" P-—"l'm afraid that would take j too long, and I could not exhaust the ; subject in the ten-minute stop here, but | you may say, and I violate no Cabinet | confidence, when I say it—" N. R.—Yes." Conductor (outside) —"Ail aboard.?' Imitation of steam signal—Swis s-s-sh. Swis-s-s-sh. Train moves. P-—"Sorry, my dear, sir, that I haven t time to give you any more of i iny ideas. Uood, bye. (Shakes hands). | Drop into see me at the White House i when you come to Washington.'' X- R.—(Hurrying to the door, stop ping to thank Secretary Tumulty on the way)—" Good bye. Mr. President. I am honored. (Jumps from the car and , bowls over several secret service men : who are standing on the platform). » , * What Occurred I Scene, I'nion Station as the Presi , dent's train enters the shed. New Re porter. wearing an anxious look on his face, presses close to the President's car. Big rude man wearing "Bill Mc- Canu" overcoat ami hat down over 1 his eyes: "Say, young feller, git back theTe; I don t you know that nobody is allowed i to get on that tar. The President is in | then?." N. R.—"l know it and I want to go in to interview him.'' Rude .Man (Secret Sen-ice) —"Well, you can't do it. See! Keep back or vous'l git trun out." (New Reporter wakes up). T. M. J. PRICE OF CHURCH PEW DROPS Sold in 1872 for *2M, It Only Brings $35 Now Bridgeton, Me., .Jan. 11.—Church pews, like Stock Exchange seats, are not commanding war prices in this town. A church pew which may be sold to a holder and his heirs is real estate in Maine, and in February, 1872, the trus tees of the Methodist church in Bridge ton Centre sold pew 30 to George Tay lor for $214. Into'what bands it passed after Mr. Taylor had it does uot appear, but the other deal has just been recorded by which the saire pew is sold to Fred S. Hansen, of Bridgeton, by Evie M. Mont gomery, of Boston, for">3s. Wanted Cash Registers If you .have a cash register for sale write us we will sell it for you quickly. If you want to buy a second-hand NATIONAL CASH REGISTER write us for prices on nearly new GUARAN TEED ones. Why pay the new price f The Cash Register Exchange Co. Hale Bldg., Philadelphia, Fa. SAFETTS^FIRST (UNOKR AN AHKA.NOEMBNT WITH THK DEPARTMENT OK ÜBOR AND INDUSTRY THK BTAR-INDEPENIDKNT PRINTS KAOH MONDAY A PRACTICAL ARTIPIjK REARING UN THE "SAFETY FIRST" MOV KM 10 N'T OR KINDRHJD SCRJECTS. PREPARED RY THAT BRANCH OF THK STATE GOVERN MENT, OF WHICH COMMISSIONER JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE HEAD.) THE VALUE OF EYE GOGGLES In attempting to inaugurate a safety movement iu their shops, many manu facturers find great difficulty in per suading their workmen to use eye gog gles. Notwithstanding the fact that ! these goggles are in most intsanees giv i en to the workmen without cost, some j of them feel disposed not to wear them. They claim it is impossible to see their work clearly and that the goggles do I not fit them anu give many other dif ! fereut excuses for not wearing them. The Department of Labor aud lu i dustry has been endeavoring to show | the value of these goggles aud in cases \ where this complaint has been made it | has usually been found that ttie gog j gles were unsuited for the purpose for | which they were intended. It has been I discovered that the kind of goggles used were usually the cause of com plaint. A great deal of care must be exer cised in selecting the proper type of goggle which is to be used for n par ticular kind of work. If this is done and the uso of the goggle is insisted upon, it is found that in a short time all complaints will cease. Especially j will this be true as soon as oue glass in that particular shop has been broken | by a flying chip. When one man is save! from an eye j injury in this manner the other men ; working with him begin to think of ; the consequence which would have re- ; suited if that chip should have become ! imbedded in his eye. They begin to j realize that the broken goggle possibly saved the sight for that one eye and ! j thereafter they are more anxious and ! j willing to wear the goggles at all times, j Some people believe that the glass I which would be shattered if a chip | | should strike the goggle would be al- j most as dangerous to the eye as the I flying chip of metal. The safety engi- • neer of oue large steel company recently | informed the department that, notwith-1 ! standing the fact that thirty-seven gog-1 j gles had been broken by flying chips | of metal, yet from uone of these had ! any shattered glass entered the eyes of | ! the workmen. The framework of a goggle is cou- ( i strutted so that the glass which it sur- • | rounds, if struck by a flying chip, will I | i>e thrown in an opposite direction from I the eye. The department has been un- j j able to find a single case where any j ' injury was done to an eye during the use of the goggle. It can be safely as-' sumed that the danger of injury is so ! slight that it may be ignored. The department would accordingly j recommend and urge that workmen be | provided with goggles iu all cases j where there is a possibility of material j being thrown, blown or spattered into the eye. The department has recently j received from a large steel manufactur ing concern in the western part of the] i State one hundred broken pairs of gog- I j gles, each one of which represents a j : serious eye injury that has been avoid j | cd. These goggles were broken by fly i iug chips of steel during three months' i , operation of this plant. Tliev are silent j but convincing witnesses of the value I of eye goggles. Liverpool Theatre Burns (Special to the Star-Independent. 1 Liverpool, Pa., Jan. 11.—Flames dis covered at " o'clock yesterday morning | in the Lyric theatre, a motion picture house, ruined the building, despite the brave efforts of a bucket brigade to save it. The loss is several thousand dollars. HAVAN A S3O A uT Interesting tad restful because of the fas > cinatang charms of tropical life and l climate. Etcellent hotels. Sailings "!"nursdays and Saturdays. NASSAU $35 uT ID the Bahamas, offers many attractions as a Winter Resort; balmy ciimate, charming social life; bathing, boatiog, j tennis, polo, golf, motoring. Weekly i«nrice from New York and direct connections with Havana. Steamer* Bui'tf in America and sailing under the American Flag AH fares iuclude neali and ■Uteicom accommodation®. Separate or combing toan of 10 and 23 Joy*. $70.00 and up. *tmg steamer as hotel Write tor booklet NEW YORK and CUB A MAILS.S.CO. I (Ward Line) Gmral OHice.. Pier 14. E. 1., New York Or any Railroad Ticket Office or Authorized Tourist Atfency | STAB-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. —i AMUSEMENTS I r \ | Free Moving Pictures every evening 7 to 11 p. m,, Palace Confectionery, 225 Market street. Photoplay To-day MAIRUG COSTKI.LO, featured In 2-arl YitnKrapli, "THK PM)T» THK CRIMSON MOTH—3-act Blo craph CACTI'S PETK—HKARTBHGAKER Sell* SPECIAL WEDNESDAY— "DOPE- FIVE \CTS. No Children lndrr Twelve Admitted Return Encasement of EVELYN NESRIT THAW and Hon. Ruaaell, In VICTORIAN- WM. J. BURNS * Extra T o-day THE GREATEST LIVING DETECTIVE IN "THE $5,000,000 COUNTERFEITING PLOT"—6OO SCENES—S REELS V ———— BRUMBAUGH'S OLD NEIGHBORS COMING Coetlnurd From First I'aiei posed of old friends nnil neighbors of tlit incoming Governor, with a Hunt ingdon man for marshal. All of the clubs have ordered dis tinctive uniforms for the occasion, and < the visitors have obtained quarters in i the various hotels, halls and the Board j of Trade. They will arrive here on I the afternoon of next Monday, and j from that time until they leave 011 Tuesday afternoon the city is goiug to I be very lively. In a short time the decorators will net to work on the 'buildings in the ' central part of the city, and there will be a wealth of color on display. 35,000 Invitations Are Here The 35,000 invitations to Vie sent throughout the State were received this morning, and a large force is pre paring them for mailing. By to-night the greater number of them will have been mailed. The inaugural committee will meet | 011 Saturday aud take up any business requiring its attention, but Senator' Beidleman, the chairman, has things so 1 well in hand, despite his illness, that I there will be little to do except to ! endorse the program as prepared. Colonel Joseph (B. 'Hutchison, who ! will command the Provisional Regi- j ment ot' the National Guard which will I take part in the inaugural parade, has announced t'ho officers of the command ! and its organization as follows: Officers of the Commands Lieutenant Colonel Maurice E. Pin ! ney, Captain and Adjutant Harry H.l 'Baker, Captain and (Quartermaster Ed- \ ward H. Schell, Horrisfturg; Captain j and Commissary E. 'M. B. Shepp, Tama qua; Captain and Inspector of Small j i Arms Practice 0. M. Copelin, Harris- j j burg; Captain and Chaplain Harry I Nelson Bassler, Harriaburg; Major j. I'M. Peters, surgeon, 'Harrisbnrg; Cap tain J. C. Biddle. assistant surgeon, ! Fountain Springs; First Lieutenant and j Assistant burgeon Fourth Infantry, S. 1 H. Heller. Lancaster, non-commissioned j .staff and the Eighth Regiment band, I ' Carlisle. First Battalion—'Major Edward C. [ Shannon. Fourth Infantry; First Lieu- S | tenant and Battalion Adjutant C. X. j ' Berntheizel, Fourth Infantry; Second | Lieutenant and Battalion Qurtermaster | and Commissary (5. C. Allison, Fourth! j Infantry; Company K, Fourth Infantry, • commanded by Captain Q. O. Reit/.cl, ] Lancaster; Company A, Eighth 111 1 fantry, commanded toy Captain \V. 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LVJPJ'J IJIN W 3t' i $ ITT^JW^TTITS! 1 . AMUSEMENTS ) AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC THEATRE ~ E" WMU ' TO-MORROW, ONE NIGHT ONLY REVELATIONS BV THE KAISBK'S PERSONAL SPY ARMGAARD CARL GRAVES Anthor of "SECRETS OF THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE" A GRIPPING A\ll INSTRUCTIVE TALK ON THE INCIDENTS I.K\I)IM. UP TO THE GREAT EIROPEA\ CONFLICT. AN UNBIASED. IM'HKJI DICED NARRATIVE By a Man Who Han fo» 12 »«r« Been thr Confidential Ascent or the I.endluu European Poivera. PRICES! 9i.4*0, 7.V, SOe. 35c. SEATS NOW SELLING _ mi t ORPHEUM JUNE KEITH uoxn TALK back! LET and a Capable Company. I'rrnfntlnx _ "A BREATH OF OLD VIRGINIA" The Girl In The Parrot > DO THAT SHE'S AT THE COLONIAL. WITH BERT LA MONT'S COWBOV MINSTRELS THREE OTHER GOOIJ ACTS Monday Tuesday Wedneaday MONKTA FlVE—Mualral Treat RIG SHOW BESIDES I County Store Wednesday Night | commanded by Captain K. M. Godley, Eastou; Company I), Eighth Infantry, commanded "by Captain Jerry J. Hurt man, Harri»burg. To Wear Dress Uniforms Third Battulion—i.Wajor Klislia IM. Vale, Eighth Infantry; First Lieuten ant and Butt a lion Adjutant Ralph C. Crow, Eighth Infantry; Second Lieuten ant and -Battalion Quartermaster ami Commissary, John S. Carroll, Eighth 111- 1 fantry; Company I, Fourth Infantry, I commanded by Captain C.