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Thursday, January 14, 1»15.
JANUARY
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MOON'S PHASES—
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Full Moon, Ist, 30th: Last Quarter. Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 23d.
f WEATHER FORECASTS '
.'' Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and
y/VxSS I slightly warmer to-night with lowest
T r temperature about 35 degrees. Friday
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night. |
I'W® - slightly warmer. Friday fair. Gentle i
2" to moderate east to southeast winds. i
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 44: lowest. 37: 8 a. m., 41; 8 p. m., 37.
A FRESH EUROPEAN HORROR
As though enough suffering and loss of human
life has not been visited upon Europe through the
deliberate plans of men's mind, a horrible, earth
quake disaster in the making of which men had
no part has fallen upon a wide area of Italy and
taken a toll of thousands of lives.
"Italy thus lVr has remained neutral in the great
European war but even so seems to have failed to
escape from horrors which in many forms have
been visited upon the European continent in the
•last six months. Even Italy, though she has taken no
sides in the great war. has suffered from its effects
as have other neutral nations,—even the United
States, —and is thus made less able to relieve the
distress that has fallen on her people as the result
<>f the disaster of yesterdav.
Truly these are times that try men's souls. Human
endurance is put to the test as seldom before in
Ihe history of the world. Yet under the stress of
calamity following close upon calamity those who
survive are showing wonderful fortitude and a
marvelous ability to rise above the distressing cir
cumstances that surround them on all sides, and to
lend aid to those who suffer most.
Despite the heavy drain that has been made on
the resources of charitable persons of America who
have done and still are doing so much for the aid
of the distressed in the European war, we believe
we can say with assurance that if Italy tinds it nec
essary. to look to this country for relief from the
results of yesterday's disaster she will not look
in vain.
ABUSE OF THE PARCEL POST
Another reason has now been given to the rail
roads of this country,—by a West Virginia general
store keeper and postmaster.—for strongly dislik
ing and strenuously objecting to the extra work im
posed upon them by the government, involved in
carrying parcel post matter without sufficient re
muneration.
This West Virginian, having in his capacity of
store keeper received an order from a customer
some miles away, for four barrels of flour, pro
ceeded in his capacity of postmaster to get ready
for the next mail train thirty-two sacks of flour
which separately would, of course, come below the
maximum weight prescribed by parcel post regula
tions. He used $11.69 worth of stamps on this great
bulk of mail matter, but in reality the transporta
tion cost him nothing, for he took the stamps as part
of his pay on the percentage basis on which fourth
class postmasters work.
It is plain that the postmaster came out all right
on his transaction, and it is equally obvious that
the government lost nothing. The railroad that
carried the flour was the party that got the worst
of the deal, for the thirty-two sacks had to be trans
ported as all properly stamped mail matter must,
on a regular mail and passenger train, and when
they arrived at their destination they held up the
train ten minutes while they were being unloaded.
This is only one instance of abuse of the parcel
post.—abuse, that is to say, from the point of view
of the railroads, —and there are doubtless#many
others of a similar nature occurring with frequency.
The railroads are manifestly not paid enough, on a
sound business basis, for carrying parcel post mat-
HARRISBURG STAR-IND
ter under ordinary conditions, and when it comes
to abnormal conditions such as that created by the
West Virginian, they are absolutely heavy losers.
Some assurauce needs to be given the railroads
that they cannot hereafter be imposed upon at every
vross-roads station without receiving proper re
muneration for the loss of time and the inconven
ience caused. Of the 50,000 fourth class postmas
ters in the country, great numbers are at the same
time store keepers and sell flour.
NOT QUITE A JOAN OF ARC
Stanislava Orlynska, eighteen years old, a girl
who has been earning successive promotions since
her enlistment as a private in the Polish Austrian
legion at the outbreak of the war, has now been
commissioned as a lieutenant in recognition of her
services in securing important papers from Russian
officers while they lay asleep in their tent. She has
not only been active as a spy, it appears, but has
shown valor in the Austrian ranks on fields of bat
tle. In one instance she succeeded, during an en
gagement with a Russian detachment, in killing an
officer who had caused her two brothers to be
executed a short time before.
The case of Stanislava naturally brings to mind
! that of Joan of Arc, not so much on account of
• comparisons as of contrasts suggested.. The Polish
i girl and the Maid of Orleans have their points of
j similarity in their sex and in their youth. So far
as both their stories are known, they are different
in other respects. Although Stanislava's life is not
■ yet closed, it has little chance of approaching Joan's
1 in greatness. Modern conditions will not permit of
another Maid of Orleans no matter how hard a girl,
—even a patriotic Polish girl.—may try to be one.
Stanislava of the great war is a lieutenant at
the age of eighteen; Joan of the Hundred Years'
War was a general at seventeen. Whereas the
former gained admittance to the Austrian ranksi
disguised as a boy and then earned her promotions j
by actually performing deeds of valor, the latter
demanded that she be made a general as soon as
recruited, received command of the French fo ee*
and afterward accomplished her wonders. Stanis
lava got her start a year later than Joan, and at
any rate she could not become a famous general as i
quickly by starting a private as the Maid of Orleans j
did by becoming a general at the very beginning j
of her military career.
No, the Polish girl cannot hope to parallel the
French heroine, nor should she want to. Modern
conditions which hinder her from becoming a great
general would no less prevent her enemies from
burning her alive at a stake.
Harrisburg should dress in its best bib and tucker for
the inaugural next Tuesday. Hang out the banners!
According to President Grundy, of the Pennsylvania i
Manufacturers' Association, the manufacturer should have '
a chance before the present Legislature. It depeuds a good
deal on Senator Snyder's "pickling vat."
One hundred and. fifty-two persons hit the trail in
"Billy" Sunday's tabernacle in Philadelphia last night.
That does not compare \efy favorably with the number wiio
nightly became converts in the Stough tabernacle liere,
when tjie relative sizes of the two cities are considered.
Is the reported plan of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. i
to lend $12,000,000 to the Russian government anv viola
tion of neutralityf At any rate it appears to be setting;
a precedent whereby the belligerent nations can look to !
American banking institutions to finance the war which !
might otherwise terminate earlier for a lack of the i
"sinews."
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
THE QUESTION
"The first thing you know you will be called a boss," i
said the cautious politician.
"That doesn't worry me," replied the man with a heaw !
jaw. "What I want to know is, if they give me the title,
can I make good?" Washington Star.
BRAVERY AND DISCRETION
"When Blank gets through dinner be never tips the!
waiter."
"That's bravery."
"But you don't catch him going to the same table the '
next day."
"That's discretion."—Boston Transcript.
UNFAIR TO THE SAW MILL.
"That man has a voice like a saw mill," said the woman I
with a sensitive ear.
"I wouldn't say that," replied her husband.
"What do you know about it I"
"I was in the lumber business for several years. Some !
saw mills don't sound so -bad."—Washington Star.
A QUESTION OF FINANCE
"See here. Charley. I don't like that young fellow who I
tomes here so much."
"What's wrong with him. daddy}"
"I'm told he doesn't pay bis dbets."
"That's a very coarse way of puttins it, daddy. Reg
inald has merely declared a moratorium."-—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
RIGHT AGAIN
James started his third helping of pudding with delight.
"Oncft upon a time, James," admonished his mother,
"there was a little boy who ate too much pudding and he
burst."
James considered.
"There ain't such a thing as too much pudding," he'
decided.
"There must be," continued his mother, "else whv did
the little boy burst!"
James passed his plate for the fourth time, saying:
"Not enough boy!"— Exchange.
NO INSINUATIONS
Some time ago a principal of one of the night schools
in Washington was enrolling a new pupil, a colored boy of
about eight years, who was clad in a suit that appeared to
be brand new, says the "Pathfinder." Just a short time
before the boy had come in the principal had heard what
he thought to be fire-engines in the street.
"What's your namef" he asked the boy.
"Moses Arlington," the youth replied. As he wrote the
name in his register the principal inquired:
"Where was the fire, Mosest"
Moses remained utterly mute, his eyes rolling in a dumb
expression of the indignatipn he felt.
"Where was the firet" again asked the principrT rather
Surprised at the boy's stoical silence.
"Say, boss," the darky answered, "yo' ain't tryio' to git
gay with me, is yo'f Dere wa'nt no fire. My ole man
buys dis suit fo' me, an he pays $3 fo' it."
'ENDENT. THITRSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 14. 1915
DO YOD SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE?
When your kidneys arc weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches and
you do not feel like doing niueh- of
nnvthirg. You are likely to be despond
ent and to borrow trouble, just as if
you hadn't enough already. Don't be
a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine. Hood's
Sarsaparilla. gives strength and tone to
the kidneys and builds up the whole
system. Get it to-day. Adv.
| Tongue-End Top ics I
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War Baises Price of American Tools
Corresrpondence of the Associated
; Press from Cassel. Picardy, says that
Americau automatic machine tools are
j in such extraordinary demand for ex-
I tending the capacity of shell and ain
! munition factories that the price of
! these American tools is 100 per cent,
j higher than it w«s five months ago. The
i French manufacturers appear willing to
pay that and more for quick delivery.
Upon the recent assumption of the of
fensive bv the allies, it was reported
that General Joffre [daced I.O'OO shells
per day per gun as the minimum with
which the artillery s»hould begin the
forward movement. It was said that
the reserve of artillery ammunition had
accumulated to nearly 10,000,001>
rounds. Lsrge as this reserve was, it
could all be sliot away in 333 minutes
with 2,000 guns in action at ouce. ac
cording tg an expert's figures, but under
the most probable intensity, the re
serves would suffice for. 25 days of high
pressure, not counting the additional
supplies, manufactured during that
| period.
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First Scranton Club Since 1870
For the first time since the inaugu
ration of Governor Hoyt, in 1879,
Scranton will send a political club to a
Governor's inauguration next Tuesday,
t In 1879 Scranton was desirous of show
| ing i{s appreciation of the fact that its
j efforts in behalf of the formation of
; the new county of Lackawanna, the
! year previous, were successful, and as
| Governor Hoyt came from the county
I from which Lackawanna hail been de
j tax-hod he was not only a neighbor, but
had been "one of us." So it sent a line
marching club that was a credit to the
city. This year the famous coal city
proposes to scn.l another club to par
ticipate in the procession and do honor
to Governor Brumbaugh.
David Martin Will March
Among the marchers with the North
Philadelphia Brumbaugh Republican
K'hib in the inaugural parade will be
! David Martin, long a Republican lead
i er in his native city and still a power J
in politics Mr. Martin came to llar
j risburg when a young man, as sergeint
j at-arms of the House, ana afterward
j was one of Philadelphia's city officials.
He served as a Senator and in various
| state offices, being Secretary of the
Commonwealth under Governor Hast
ings, Insurance Commissioner under
Governor Pennypaeker, and member of
numerous state commissions. The fa
mous "break" between Martin and |
Senator Quay in 1895 was responsible!
for Boies Penrose going to the I'nited
States Senate.
How Penrose Became Senator
The cards had been arrange.! for
Penrose to be nominated for Mayor of
Philadelphia but Martin, stepped in and
broke up the plan. It made Quay so
angry,—for Penrose was his favorite
political protege,—that he publicly de
nounced Martin on the floor of the'
United States Senate, and then set to!
work to advance Penrose in another
way. The term of J. Donald Cameron,]
as Unitei States Senator, was aboht to
expire and he had declined a re-elec- j
tion. when Quay stepped in and made i
the fight for Penrose as against John i
Wanamaker, and Penrose was elected. 1
Martin and Quay afterward made peace, j
but they were never intimate friends i
thereafter. The Philadelphia leader is
net as springy cf step as of old, but he;
is robust and vigorous and he likes to !
"march with the boys." ,
100 FAMILIES ASK FOR AID
Poor Directors Investigate Appeals
From Middletown and Royalton
Some idea of the suffering among the
county's unemployed is given in reports
received by the Director? of the Poor
who to-day directed an investigation
into the circumstances of about one
hundred families in Middletown anil
Royalton. John P. Guyer, clerk to the
directors, and Miss Rachel Staples, the
Board's social worker, assisted by Miss
Charlotte Roitfberger, head of the Mid-1
dletown Charities, are conducting the j
inquiry.
Request# for food, coal and clothing
| have, within the last two weeks, been
i received from twenty-five Royalton
I families and sixty-eight families in
i Middletown. These cases, the Poor Di
| rectors say, are in addition to those of
a score or more of families who for
years have been receiving relief regu
larly in the same community.
Records show thaf duriiisr 1914 the
Directors of the Poor 'brought relief to
fifty per cent, more families than in
1913 and the requests for aid now, it
is estimated, more than double those
of November and December, last.
GUILTY IN POISON-PEN CASE
Woman Wrote Defamatory Letters to
Neighbors, Jury Finds
(Special to the Star-Independent) '
Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 14. —In the Unit
ed States Court here late yesterday a
jury found Mrs. John Hinfcle, of Me
chanic&burg, guilty in three or four
counts charging her with sending de
famatory letters to Herbert C. Brown,
a neighbor and general manager of the
D. Wilcox Manufacturing Company.
She testified she had not written the
four letters, and said she had received
similar letters, but had burned them. '
ALL FOUR COMPANIES OF
STATE POLICE TO MARCH
Two Hundred Stat* Collage Boys Likely
to Be In Inaugural Procession—
Marshal's Aids to Bide 40 Fine
Horses From Philadelphia Police
Word was received 'bv the legislative
inaugural committee this morning from
General K. DeV. Morrell, chief marshal
of the inaugural parade, to the effect
that he has obtained fortv of the liuest
horses belonging to the Philadelphia
police department which Ills nills will
ride in the procession. These horses are
all dark bay and are among the finest
iu the State.
The entire four companies of the 1
State police will be on hand, according!
to word received from Major Grooine, i
and he will be in command. The police
will arrive here on Monday, January j
18, and will aid in maintaining order
up to the time the parade starts, when j
they will form into line and march be
hind the\Governor's Troop, which will
act as an escort to the new Governor.
General Morrell has also announced
that the order of formation will be as
follows:
First Division—Provisional regiment
of the National Guard, under command
ot Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, of Har
risburg.
Second Division—The civic clubs,
political clubs and other citi7.cn bodies,
under command of a marshal who has
not yet been elected.
Third Division—The firemen of Har
risibling and visiting firemen from all
parts of the State, under the marshal
ship of M. Harvey Taylor, City Com
missioner of Harrisburg.
An effort is now being made to ar
range for the presence of 200 of the
! uniformed students of the State Col
lege, and if the railroad arrangements j
can be perfected, they probablv will lie I
here.
| The Hassett Boys' club, of Harris-]
i burg, has informed the committee that I
| it will be present with full ranks. The I
: Italian Independent Social and Bene-!
i flcial Society, of Harrisburg, will also I
j be in line, headed by the Italian band.
i The Vigilant Fire Company, of York,
sends word that it will lie here with a
band.
\\ hen Governor-elect Brumbaugh ar
rives in Harrisburg to-morrow it is un-1
derstood that he will talk over the ar
rangements for the inaugural with some
members of the committee.
DIVISION OF PLUMSIVfIITS
ON OWL'S PINOCHLE
Consideration of Appointments Delayed I
While Senator Plays His Favorite
Card Game—Kurtz May Head Ap
propriations Committee
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I hiladelphia, Jan. 11. Senator}
James P. McNichol's fondness for pi- j
nochle caused a postponement of the |
deliberations of the Slate Committee
of the Senate yesterday after- !
noon. The slate committees of both !
i the Senate and House tind assembled in )
| separate session at Republican State
j headquarters on Broad street to talk:
I over the composition of committees and j
| ;he distribution or the legislative pat- j
j ronage. Senators and Representatives !
| from all sections of the State were
present.
When Senator McXiehol arrived he!
j was invited to join in a game of pi
j nochle anil he cast aside the cares of j
\ state for the next hour to chase^thc 1
deilusive 150 trump and occasionally
]to meld SO kings. With Senator Mc
j Nichol absorbed in his game, the other
I Senators refrained from any political j
deals for the time and postponed the |
slating of places until to-day, when the i
committees is scheduled to "meet again, j
It developed yesterday that Senator
Kurtz, of Jefferson county, is being
strongly urged for chairman of the 1
•Senate Appropriations Committee!
against Senator Buckman, of Bucks, |
who had been regarded as an easy win
ner. James F. Woodward is regarded j
as certain of appointment as chairman !
of the House Appropriations Commit- j
tee, while Charles J. Honey will prob-!
ably head the Ways and Means Com- j
mittee; Sigmund .). Gaus, the Health !
and Sanitation Committee, and George I
W. Williams the Law and Order Com- j
mittee.
Speaker Ambler has already submit-!
ted a tentative list of his committees ;
to Governor-elect Brumbaugh. Dr. j
Brumbaugh was visited yesterday by i
another crowd of up-State men inter-1
ested in his administration, among his )
callers being President Pro Tem. Kline,
of the Senate; State Chairman Crow
and John A. McSparran, master of the j
State Grange.
SAYS SWISS NEUTRALITY !S
COSTING GREAT SACRIFICES j
London, Jan. 14, 3.50 A. M.—Dr.
Giuseppe Motta. president of Switzer- j
land, in an interview Wednesday, said j
neutrality was costing Switzerland
enormous sacrifices in money and; trade, I
according to the Berne correspondent 1
of the "Daily News." Dr. Motta as
serted that the budget deficit in money I
and trade for the last current year was j
in the neighborhood of $5,000,000.
The President dwelt on the humani-1
tarian services which his country is j
rendering in the exchange of prisoners i
and wounded) of the belligerents and in
facilitating distribution of letters, par
cels and money orders to prisoners, coij- j
tinues the correspondent. Dr. Motta
added that he lio>ped the belligerent na
tions would recognize the sacrifices
Switzerland is making.
Charter Is Applied for
The Congregation oif Sisters of St.
Cyril and St. Methodius yesterday ap
plied to the Dauphin county court for
a charter. The organization
to maintain an institution in Swatara
township, north of M Millet own, where
orphans and other children may be;
trained and where young- ladies may re- !
ceive a higher education. The new in- 1
stitution is to be part of the Jednota I
colony. The petition is signed by eight!
woman whose homes are in Hazleton,
IShamokin and other parts of the an
thracite coal regions.
People Say To lis
"I canndt eat this or that food, it does
not agree with me." Our advice to
all of them is to take a
SsssSSi D ffi ia
before and after each meal. 23c & bo*, j
George A. Gorgat.
Men's Trousers
At Extremely Low Prices
In the Globe's Greatest Sale of Sales
Every pair of men's trousers
in the store is included in this H9
Greatest Sale of Sales—trous
ers for dress—for business—for
work. Every kind—Silk Mixed 1
Worsteds, nine and Fancy | ■ v
Series. Cheviots, Thibets, ('as- /i ■ J\
simcres and Corduroys—sizes r / \ B \ J
to fit men of every build. Never * * 9
before were such high-gride V
trousers sold at such exception
ally low prices.
W.OO aud $6.50 $4 g S MR
I rousers now . BP|Wfe^
$5 Trousers now . $3.65 ■«
$3.50 Trousers £2 65
$2.50 Trousers $1.85 ■ ■
$2 Trousers now . HI |Sf
$3 30 Corduroy $ 2 .85 JkR ©
J rousers Ǥ
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Unusual Bargains
All our efforts are now centered on breaking all previous
reco«ds. \\ e list below a few choice selections of unusual
bargains offered in our Greatest Sale of Sales.
Men's Overcoats, values to $12.50, at $5.00
Fancy mixed Cheviots—convertible collars—sizes 3 4 to 40.
Men's Sweaters, $2.00 value at $1.25
Heavy Wool Sweaters in Maroon and Oxford Gray.
Men's 50c Ribbed Underwear at 35^
Men's SI.OO Dress Shirts 79tf
Variety of beautiful striped effects.
Men's SI.OO Flannel Shirts at 79^
Men's 50c Work Shirts at 35^
Of Chambray, Sateen and Khaki with attached or separate collars.
Men's $2 and $2.50 Soft and Stiff Hats at $1.65
25c Imported Tubular Wash Ties at 17^
Men's Special 15c Hose at .9^
Men's SI.OO Cape Dress Gloves at 59^
Slightly soiled from being handled.
Boys' $3.50 Overcoats at $1.85
Fancy mixed Tweeds—for boys 3 to 8 years.
Boys' $-1.00 Suits at .... $2.65
Blue Serges and fancy mixed fabrics—sizes to 17 years.
Boys' 50c and 75c Blouse Waists at 39^
Boys' 50c and 75c Winter Caps at 39^
$1.50 Chinchilla Polo Caps at 79^
THE GLOBE
KILLS "DRV" CAPITAL BILL
Senate Decides Two-thirds Vote Is Nec
essary to Suspend Rules
Washington, Jan. 14. —The Senate
made the precedent by a vote of 41 to
34 yesterday that it requires a two-'
thirds vote to suspend the rules. This
decision probably killed for this session
the prohibition amendment to the Dis
trict o£ Columbia appropriation bill of
fered by Senator Sheippard, of Texas.
Prior to this action the Senate after j
a sharp debate hait voted 4!) to 23 to I
consider the report from the Committee J
on Kules.. which favorably reported,
Senator Sheppard's resolution. Senator |
SIDES-SIDES
Shirt Reductions
$15.00 Pure Silk Shirts.... $7.50
98.00 )
SIO.OOI pure Silk Shirts . . . , $5.00
$7.00 )
HZ J Pure Silk Shirts . . . . $3.50
$4.50 I
$4.00 pure silk Shirts . . , .
$3.50 j
ss'oo | Soft and Starched Cuff Shirts,
Soft and Starched Cut! Shirts,
SIDES-SIDES
Commonwealth Hotel Building
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, raised the
point that it required a two-thirds vote
to suspend a rule. The "Congressional
| Record" was invoked to prove that
only once before—in 1 S Gl—had the
I Senate voted that a majority could sus-
I pend the rules, but it went on record
] yesterday that the two-thirds vote was
' necessary. This is the same rule that
prevails in the House, and th« rule that
is prescribed in Jefferson's "Manual
for Parliamentary Bodies," in the ab
sence of a special rule.
The prohibition forces were not dis
mayed by the vote, although Senator
{ Sheippard admitted he had little hope
| of securing a two-thirds majority to stis
j pend the rules and permit hiin to offer
j his amendment.