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JANUARY
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♦ MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter, Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 33d.
f WEATHER FORECASTS
MiiFlJfl Harrisburg and vicinity: Generally
ffpar J fair, to-night and Thursday, colder
Thursday. Lowest temperature to-night
w Eastern Pennsylvania: Unsettled to
night, probably iooal snows. Thursday
partly cloudy and somewhat colder.
Moderate west to northwest winds.
YESXERiiAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 61; lowest, 36; 8 a. m., 40;. 8 p. m., 36.
BUSINESS THAT IS "OVER-LAWED"
One of the striking utterances of Governor Brum
baugh, in his inaugural address ot' yesterday, was
that the State of Pennsylvania has been "over
lawed."
"We have gone too far on the theory that legis
lation is the cure of our social, economic and polit
ical ills," the new Governor said. "We have
actually made legal criminals when, as a matter
of duty, we should have addressed ourselves to the
vastly more worthy task of educating our people
into an increasing love for liberty, respect for law
and devotion to our American civilization."
The truth is that practically every one of the
United States as well as the federal government
has too many laws on its statute books that either
are worthless or worse than worthless in that they
place unfair handicaps on business of individuals
<>nd corporations, and it should be gratifying, espec
ially in a great producing state like Pennsylvania,
•to know that its Governor has taken a definite
stand in opposition to the modern tendency toward
too much legislation.
Undoubtedly many of the federal laws that have
been enacted in recent years for the restriction of
"big business" were aimed in a proper direction.
There were and still are many abuses of corporate
power that ought to be eliminated, but in the effort
to eliminate such abuses laws have been passed that,
in the aggregate, while accomplishing the desired
result to some extent in some cases, have in other
cases placed unjust restrictions and handicaps on
corporations that do not deserve to be thus re
stricted.
The hostility that was engendered in recent years
against corporations as a whole, withovt much
consideration of whether all of them merited it,
resulted in passage of laws by the wholesale, espec
ially laws of the various states, which undeniably
have been responsible for crippling great and
worthy business enterprises along with great and
unworthy business enterprises.
Take for instance a great railroad system which
operates through a number of different states! It
has been compelled to comply with "legal enact
ments, imposing heavy taxes, rate regulations and
other burdens which differ widely in one state from
those of another. ' Often these laws are framed by
law-makers who are far from being experts regard
ing the affairs of transportation companies, their
needs and their rights, and the result is that the
great interstate carrying corporations are now re
quired to a large number of often foolish and
unnecessary statutes which so eat into profits that
there often is not a fair return on the money in
vested.
This tends toward reduction in wages of em
ployes, the postponement of improvements and
extensions, and delay in the purchase of needed
equipment. It reduces the quality of service to the
public and discourages investors from putting new
capital into the channels of commerce and industry.
While there is need of laws to restrict the opera
tions of great corporations doing an interstate
business, such restrictions should be scientifically
imposed and the authority that imposes them should
be centralized. This can never be so long as the
legislative bodies oil the various states keep on their
books a hodge podge of enactments made by non
experts and in many cases conflicting widely with
similar statutes in other states.
If Governor Brumbaugh and the Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 20, 1915
legislature set a pace that will be followed by the
other states iii repealing laws that restrict the cor
porations in an unjust way, and refrain from pass
ing new laws of a similar character, they will ac
complish much toward lifting the handicaps that
now tie the hands of the "over-lawed" big business
enterprises.
BRAVE SPIRIT DESPITE ADVERSITY
The general regret of the community at the de
struction, by the big tire of last Monday night, of
the quarters of two of Ilarrisburg's business enter
prises, is no less keen than the sympathy that is
felt for the owners of these business houses upon
whom iHe greatest burden of the loss falls.
The discouragements that confront Mr. Kaufman
at the sight of his big department store and its
contents in ashes, and Mr. Pomeroy, through the
destruction of almost the whole of his big stock of
groceries and the gutting of his store rooms, are
hard for anyone fully to appreciate who has not
experienced similar setbacks. Yet Mr. Kaufman
has taken immediate steps toward rehabilitating jjjs
business on an even larger scale and it is assumed
that Mr. Pomeroy will take similar steps to re
establish his enterprise.
The spirit thift is displayed by both of those who
have suffered most from the big conflagration, in
their determination to overcome the obstacles thus
placed paths, is sncli as to merit the hearty
congratulations of the people of Harrisburg, the
importance to whom of the continuance of the big
Kaufman stores and the business of Mr. Pomeroy
It is hard to overestimate.
VITALITY OF PRESENT DAY AMERICANS
An explanation has been offered of the increase
in the death rate in this country of persons more
than fifty years old. That there has been such an
increase is asserted by the same statistics which
show that in certain European countries the death
rate among persons more than fifty has been de
creasing. Because of this difference an explanation
has been thought necessary and the one offered
recently by a student of the subject may be the
correct one.
Comparatively little thus far has been done in
this country, according to the explanation, toward
the prevention of diseases common to maturity and
old age. Most of these are what are called degener
ative diseases, affecting the heart, arteries, kidneys,
liver and nervous syseni, and are caused by faulty
diet, nervous strain, worry, overwork and dissi
pation.
American life, we are then told, is more likely to
produce these conditions than life in European
countries because in this country "not only do' we
take everything at a quicker pace than do the
people of Europe, but we are not content to drop
out of the struggle until the pace has practically
killed us."
An American's prospects for a ripe old age are
not very promising, according to that presentation
of the subject, yet there is a bright side, too. Sta
tistics not only show that there has been something
of an increase in deaths amoug the middie-aged,
the elderly and the aged, but also that there has
been a material decrease in the death rate among
young people, since medical science has succeeded
in controlling the diseases which attack childhood,
adolescence and youth. The young people of this
age not only have access to the extended knowledge
of physicians to combat discaase and prevent death,
but also have the advantage of participation in the
increasingly popular outdoor sports, to promote
good health and insure life.
If it is to be proven that Americans of to-day are
far below the physical standards of their progeni
tors, as has been asserted, examples must not be
looked for among the average young men and young
women of the country, who, given as they are so
largely to outdoor sports, are a rather robust lot.
If we are told that as an American people we are
degenerating, we should like very much, as Wash
ington Irving expressed it, to see the people from
whom we are degenerating,
Although our old people, wlios# vitality may have
been reduced by our swift social and industrial
pace, may suffer by comparison with the old people
of former times, the young people of this age could
perhaps show their predecessors a thing or two in
the way of athletic stunts at#l consequent develop
ment of the best physical types of manhood and
womanhood. If this is true it stands to reason that
when youths of the present period arrive at old
age they will be in better physical shape to with
stand its rigors than the aged of the present day.
Alas, there were some -who did not get plums when the
tree was shaken to-day!
Did any body see a bull moose in line with the elephants
and the donkey in the inaugural proeessiont
The Democratic donkey in the inaugural parade, although
marked "Injured in 1914," appeared still to have left a
good deal of^pep."
Between fighting an all-day fire and marching in the
Brumbaugh parade the Harrisburg firemen had not much
spare time on their hands yesterday. t
Charley Schwab's steel company has increased its divi
dend. That is the kind of news that would be welcomed
from all the big industrial corporations.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
HE WAS RIGHT, TOO
An Irishman invalided home from the war was asked by
one of l)is relatives what struck him most about the battles
he took part in.
•"What struck me mostf" said Pat. "Sure, it was the
large number of bullets flying around that didn't hit me."
—Exchange.
A GIVEAWAY
Country House Host (to arriving guest)—"H'lo, Jack!
Drove over with Miss Cuddles, eh? Hipping sleighing but
cold going, ain't it?"
Jack (cheerfully l ) —"Oh, didn't notice it."
Host—"All right, then. Come in and thaw that earring
out of your mustache." —Judge.
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McCormick's Home Decorated
By n« means all of the' houses in the
residental districts were decorated for
the inaugural festivities, but among
those that did display the colors yes
terday was the home, at FVont and
Pine streets, of Vance C. MeCormick,
who was the unsuccessful opponent of
Dr. Brumbaugh for the Governorship.
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Leopold Prepared For War
The late Leopold's personal influence
had a great deal to do with the state
of preparedness which enabled Belgium
to enter the war according to an article
written by some of the Belgian officials
•connected with the relief work in Lon
don. It reads:
"King Leopold, uncle of the present
King Albert, was an enthusiastic ad
vocate of military defetffte works and
his personal ideas were largely develop
ed in the fortresses of Antwerp, Huy
and Nammr; but he met with much op
position in 'he efforts to spend large
sums for war purposes, and he feared
that with his death many of his pro
jects would be rejected.
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Leopold on His Death Bed
"When the King was on his death
bed, a most important military bill,
which he had labored for years to
bring before the Parliament, came up
in the Lower House for discusssion and
was passed. Its fate in the Senate was
in doubt, however. The King summon
ed his physician, and asked abruptly:
" 'How long have T to live?'
"The physician, upset by such a
question, stamihered a few words of
protest. *
" 'I am not asking for fine words,'
I interrupted the King. 'I am speaking
now njt as your patient, but as your
King. It is a matter of state. How
many hours have I left ?"
" 'Sire, the end may come earlv to
morrow, although there still is hope.' "
" 'Send the Premier to me.'
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Bill Adopted Unanimously
"The Premier came, and'the Kinig
said to him:
" 'Sire, I ani delighted that the
Chamber has passed the military law,
for as you know, I aiu convinced that
on that law depends the maintainance
of the independence of vu-r country. 1
now asjj you to take this bill to the Sen
ate to-day, and to tell the Senators that
it is my wish to see it made into law
before I die. It must be done quickly.'
"On the same flay the bill was
adopted unanimously without dis
cussion bv the Senate. King Leopold
signed it at 8 o'clock and on the fol-
I lowing morning breathed his last."
How An Irish Girl Escaped
"Don't shoot, I'm Irisih," served as
: a password to safety for a young wom
an student fleeing from a convent near
I Ypres when the fighting was raging
j there a few days ago. An account of the
| incident reaches London in a soldier 's
j letter:
I "One night after we had moved to
j ward Ypres we heard a liijht footfall
I close to our outpost. The man in front
challenged quickly and raised his rifle
j to his shoulder with the intention of
| tiring if he did not get a satisfactory
answer.
" 'Don't shoot, I'm Irish,' came the
reply and then a pretty young woman
dressed as a man stepped out of the
darkness.
"We are always suspicious nowa
| days, no matter what the person looks
like, and for a time we would not take
j this woman at her own valuation. We
allowed her to approach, but covered
her with rifles all, the time. She soon
. satisfied us that she had made her way
j from the Irish convent at Ypres. She
! was sent home to England the next
j day."
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1 As Protection to Dye Industry
The British government's plan for
I creating a national aniline dye industry
is almost to lead to tariff pro
-1 teetion for the infant industry, accord-
I ing to the "Express."
"Unless some kind of protection is
j included in the plan," says the news
paper, "the manufacture of these dyes
can scarcely be expected to survive
German competition after the war. Un
less this tariff wall is set up, capitalists
cannot be induced to put their money
into an enterprise which can have no
chance against the powerful tariff-pro
tected German combine when peace
comes."
Camel* In Warfare.
Camels are a feature or warfare in
the far east. Basar wax In tbe year
650 tbe scene of a tight known as tbe
battle of the cnniel. In which Ayesbab,
tbe wife of Mahouiet, bended tbe
charge mounted upon one of these
beasts. And down through tbe ceo
turles Arab hosts have been led by a
girl riding on a blackened camel, sing
ing songs of encouragement to her
own side and Insult to tbe otber. Ac
cording to tbe strict rules of the game,
ber capture or deatb meant tbe flight
of ber tribe, while In tie event of
victory sbe led the triumpbal march
London Chronicle.
ECZEMA ON CHILD •
RED ANDJFLIED
Also Itching, Kept from, Resting,
Real Fretful. Used Cuticura Soap-"
and Ointment. Eczema Left. Also
Itching Pimples Healed.
R. F. D. No. 1, Felton, Pa. —"My bojr
WM about six week* old when he had ecze
ma badly. We got an ointment but round
It did not help him. The eczema seemed
like a rash and It was very red. Itching and
Inflamed. It seemed to keep him from rest
ing. He was real fretful. He bad the
breaking out several weeks. We used
one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of
the Cuticura Ointment and the eczema left
him and he hasn't had It since." (Signed)
Mra. Oscar Frey, June It, 1914.
534 Cypress St., Philadelphia. Pa.—
" Every part of my body WM full of pimplee.
They were of small size with little while
heads and Itched something awful. My
clothing Irritated and I would go along the
street scratching. The trouble lasted a
good many years. I used medicines but
they did not heal me. I used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment for one month and I
was well." (Signed) Benj. Gaev, June 19, 'l4.
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HEALTH OFFICER ALARMED
AT LOW BATE OF BIRTHS
Continue.! From Flr»t Pave.
the Health Bureau that the time is not
far off, if not now at hand, when it
will be impossible, no matter what
means are used, to reduce further the
death rate. Dr. Rauniek has this to
say on the important subject:
Approaching Minimum Death Rate
"While our statistics show many
important and favorable changes, we
.must consider that.while the death rates
can show a regular decline, sooner or
later a certain standard of death rate
will be reached, below which a lower
ing of the community death rate will be
impossible, for despite rapidly advanc
ing sanitary methods, deaths will neces
sarily follow unceasingly, through the
many natural ills of man over which
science cannot expect to be triumphant.
"As a result of net increase of only
38 births over last year, our birth
rate, while the highest in the history
of the bureau, is so significant as to
cause grave alarm in the very near fu
ture on this all important matter."
The health officer points out that
when the department was organized ten
years ago money was provided with
which to employ two sanitary officers,
and that notwithstanding the fact that
the city steadily has grown, no pro
vision has been, made for necessary ad
ditional officers.
The need of amending the laws gov
erning the food inspection so as to in
clude oysters, flsh and poultry, is point
ed out, and it is also recommended
that the Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures should co-operate with the Food
Inspectors, especially while they both
are engaged in the city markets.
Cost of Flooded Cellars
When the Susquehanna river rises
to or near the llood stage, the cellars
of homes in the low sections of the
First and Second wards become Hooded
aud the bureau argues this is one of the
causes for breeding disease and that it
places a burden of expense 011 the San
itary Department which* is obliged to
have the cellars emptied.
After praising the city's sewerage
system reference is made to the need
tor legislation abolishing the disease
breeding outdoor toilets. Many com
plaints have been received by the
Health Department, the report shows,
dealing with the alleged irregular col
lection of garbage and ashes aud this
subject is touched upon by the health
officer, who contends that the ditlieul
ties cannot alone be laid at the door of
the garbage collector, tiie Pennsylvania
Reduction Company. This is what ho
says:
"Much as we deplore unsatisfactory
garbage collections, careful, unbiased
investigation proves that while both
parties to the contract are at fault,
the most important point ~o the solu
tion of this vexing problem rests prin
cipally with the public, upon whom, in
accordance with the present ten-year
contract entered into seven years ayt#,
are imposed certain obligations which,
we submit, are equally as essential as
those of the contractor.
To Aid the Garbage Collectors
"in order to facilitate and make
possible more satisfactory collections,
we would suggest that tne use of all
sorts of boxes, baskets, etc., as ash or
garbage reseptacles, not only is to be
condemned as unsanitary and contrary
to contract, but requires a useless waste
of time and energy in handling, all of
which could and should be eliminated
by the use of separate covered regula
tion receptacles. '
Taking up the housing question the
report says:
" While -we do not have to deal with
the tenement house problems as do
other cities, investigations we made re
cently disclose conditions equally as
bad, due to the Capitol Park extension
and the downtown operations for the
railroad warehouse.
The tenants from these affected dis
tricts are crowding into already badly
congested districts ana to-day we are
confronted with housing problems, the
reality and importance of which are
beyond 'question."
The plan to publish at regular in
tervals a health bulletin giving condi
tions just as they exist, is to be follow
ed this year, so the health officer points
out, anfl the first issue of the paper will
appear in a few weeks.
The board again points out the need
for a municipal hospital where patients
suffering from contagious and infectious
diseases may be isolated and treated.
Jt is argued that if such a hospital were
established it would mean a financial
sating to the city, the county and the
families of the persons who become af
flicted.
On the quarantine question the
heailth officer declares that children
who are barred from schools because
of home quarantine for disease frequent
other public places and that this makes
the work of the department difficult
with the result that those breaking
quarantine must be prosecutes!.
Central High School Unhealthful
After favorably commenting on the
that overhead wires and poles
have been removed "much to the safe
ty of pedestrians," and that provision
soon will be made for placing an
"aisle of safety" in Market square,
the heailth officer suggests that siigns
overhanging the sidewalks be given the
serious consideration they deserve.
This comment is made on the con
gested conditions in bhe Central High
school:
"We regret that conditions at the
Central High school remain unchanged
and it seems inconeeivaible that parent*
tolerate th« continuance of this im|>or
tant matter without the semblance of a
protest, especially when the future wel
fare of their children is concerned."
After recommending that the street
railway companies shoukl be compelled
to operate street sprinklers over all
their city lines annl that the Highway
Department could aid materially along
health preservation lines by ilashing
the sewers and streets at night, the
Health Officer takes up in detail the
vital statistics.
Deaths occasioned by the more seri
ous diseases during 1914, were classi
fied as follows: By heart disease, 152;
nophritis, 111; cerebral hemorrhages,
104; still births, 82; tuberculosis, 72;
pneumonia, 71; congenital debility, 57;
cancer, 51; violence-suicide exrluded,
50; enteritis, 19; typhoid fever, 11;
diphtheria, 8; suicide. 13.
Total of 955 Deaths in Year
There were 955 deaths during the
year of which 866 were of whites and
89 of colored persons. The death rate
for the year was 13.49 per thousaifd
while in 1913 it was 13.86. The num
ber of diphtheria cases last year was
184, exceeding that of the previous
year by 57, although the percentage of
deaths from that source showed a de
crease of more than half.
Of the 31 cases of typhoid to which
Harrisburgers fell victims last year,
twenty-five were traceable to outside
sources. There were thirty-two non
residents treated here for that disease.
Three of the six cases having local
origin were due to poor nursing and the
remaining three to a contaminated well.
The Pennsylvania Reduction Com
pany removed 30,213 loads of ashes;
6.486 loads of garbage and 64 dead
animals from twelve wards of the city
last year, while H. L. Liekel, the Thir
teenth Ward collector, took out 1,719
loads of ashes and six dead animals. The
sanitary officers placarded 1.108 homes;
disinfected 1,395 homes and svhools
and investigated 1,545 complaints. P.
J. Bradley, the plumbing inspector,
made 1,033 inspections and approved
904 jobs.
AIKIBASSABQR PACE TELLS
OF EARTHOUfiKE HORRORS
Struck By the Desperate Condition
Everywhere and the Appalling
Magnitude of Destruction in Once
Flourishing Towns of Italy
By Associated Press.
Rome, .lan. 19, 9.30 P. M. —Thomas
Nelson Page, the American Ambassador
who has visited the earthquake district,
was asked to-night for an impression
of his visit. In reply he said he was
struck by the desperate condition
everywhere and the appalling magni
tude of the destruction, covering as it
did a whole territory once full of
flourishing towns and villages.
While practically the entire popula
tion he said is living in the open air,
with only a few people in temporary
huts, he considers that the relief or
ganization is now very efficient as sol
diers have reached every devastated
place.
The first need now, the ambassador
declared, is not only food but an as
surance of regular supplies and shelter
throughout the district.
Mont Beliard, France, via Paris, .Tan.
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remarkable flesh producing effect, be
used by those who are not willing to
increase their weight ten pounds or
more.—Adv.
occurred here at 11 o'clock last night.
It was so severe that the inhabitants
were shaken out of their beds and
crockery was smashed.
London, .Tan. 20, 6.05 A. M.-r—A dis
patch from Lausanne, Switzerland, to
the "Central Ngws" states that a
slight earthquake occurred at Berne
and Zurich last night. The damage was
trifling.
Avazzano, via Rome, Jan. 20, 1.25
A. il.—The sufferings of the surviving
victims in the earthquake districts
around Avezzano, particularly tu the
southeast of that place, have been gre,;t
'y aggravated by a sudden change in
the weather, Litter cold and a heavy
snow falling succeeded brightness and
dryness of the previous days.
The snow which began to fall early
Tuesday afternoon, penetrated iuto the
hastily constructed wooden huts which
shelter all too few of the many thou
sands of homeless and added greatly to
the discomfort that prevailed. Hun
dreds are compelled to spend the night
in the open air. Fortunately the re
lief work appears to be well organized
aud more abundant so that practically
all of the larger places that have 'been
devastated are receiving attention.
Living persons are still being dug
out of the ruins and it seems surpris
ing that more vigorous efforts are not
being made to extrciate scores of others
who are enduring the horrors ot' a
lingering death.
Between Pezzina, Sati Bedatto and
Gioja de Marsi great cracks and depres
sions are visible in the roads and fields,
probably due to the rich soil of that
region which has made Gioja the
wealthiest town in the district. This
condition is also responsible for the
fact that Gioja suffered more severely
than- any other place destroyed bv the
earthquake. Only about one-fifth of the
population was saved, 700 persons out
of 3,682. Two women were taken
alive from the ruins there to-day. The
destruction of all buildings in the town
is even more complete than in Avez
zano, for only a single wall in the
place is standing above the height of
the first floor.
Many women were at mass in Gioja
when the church fell in, but only tiie
priest escaped. Four women were dug
out alive later. Five hundred soldiers
arrived Sunday and are guarding the
property in the ruins which is more
valuable than any other place.
Rome, Jan. 20, 12.10 A. M.—Next
to Avezzano, one of the places to suffer
mcst from the earthquake was Ortuc
ehio, a few miles frOm Gioja de Marsi.
where less than 400 people were saved
out of a population of 2,500.
In the church, which was a large
edifice, there were between three and
four hundred people when the earth
quake came. The priest and the entire
congregation were imprisoned under the
ruins as the whole building suddenly
collapsed. Only four women have since
been taken out alitfe.
Collannele, 3,000 feet up in th»
mountains, is another of those towns
in this part of Italy from which many
persons had emigrated to« America.
Here a thousand out of a population of
1,500 were killed. • The priest in this
town perished while conducting services
at the altar and the worshipers, chiefly
women and children, died with him.
The church is in ruins, but two statues'
of saints are still standing uninjured.
The survivors at Collnrmele are shel
tered in the railway station.
Some signs of returning life are al
ready beginning to be visible in the
terribly devastated earthquake dis
tricts. Stalls where meat and fruit are
offered for sale have been opened, while
in Celano an eating house has opened,
its doors and is doing business. On
the whole, however, the population is
still utterly prostrated by the calam
ity. The fact that slight shocks ar*
experienced every morning keeps a ma
jority of tihe people still in a state of
uanic.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pomraning
Mrs. Elizabeth Pomraning, 76 years
old, died Monday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Walker, 207
Miiench street. Besides Mrs. Walker,
she leaves the following children: Jo
seph and Ray Pomraning anil Mrs. El
sie Harlan, "of this city, and John,
Charles, Frank, Chandee and Willis, all
of York county.
Funeral services will be held this
evening at 7 o'clock. Burial will bo
made to-morrow morning at Delta, York
county.
Interrogating a Reformer.
"I shrill Ifiive |>olltics a poorer man
than when I Hrnt acceptfd office," naid
the patriot.
"EX'-iise tue." responded the friend.
«vbo is II little hard ot hearing, "did
jon nay 'poorer' or 'pnref?'Wuxti
ington Star.