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Mailed to subscriber; tar Three Dollars a /ear in advance THE STAR.INDEPENDENT The paper witn the largest Ham- Circulation in Harrisburg ana Rearby towns Circulation Examinee b* THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES ' • SELL*" Private Branch Eschan«e. - . No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Eicnange. .... No. >45-246 Monday, February t, 1015. FEBRUARY 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 MOON'S PHASES— Last Quarter. 7th: New Moon, 13th: First Quarter, 21st. WEATHER FORECASTS / Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain to- f flight and probably Tuesday. Warmer tn-night with lowest temperature about \ Eastern Pennsylvania:* Rain to-night j „ and probably Tuesday. Warmer in south portion to-night. Fresh shitting if' YESTERDAY S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 2S; lowest. 20; 8 a. m., 20; S p. in., 28. THE SAILING OF THE DACIA The sailing of the steamship Daeia, from the port of Galveston yesterday, for Rotterdam by way of Norfolk, with a cargo of cotton bi'led to be trans shipped from Rotterdam to Bremen, has very im portant bearing in determining America's relations to the belligerent nations. This is because it is likely to bring to an issue between this country and Great Britain the question whether the latter nation has a rii*ht to interfere with a earco shipped in what formerly was a German vessel, interned iu an American port but sold to an American firm, being used to carry on trade with Germany. Since the Da ia is carrying cotton, which is not contraband, no objection can be raised by Great Britain to her rjrrgo. The objection that Great Britain has raised is that the transfer of the Ger man ship to an American firm, E. X. Breitung, of Xew \ ork, is merely a subterfuge for transferring German liners to the American flag to permit tlie vessels to engage in trade between this country aiul Germany. Although the Daoia is not a fast vessel she is equipped with powerful wireless apparatus that ought to permit her to dodge British cruisers and make the British channel before being captured, but her ultimate capture by the British seems inevi table. Ihe sailing of the Dacia, therefore, seems to lie an experiment to see what the British are going to do about it after they seize the vessel. It would seem from the fact that the War Risk Bureau of the 1 nited States Treasury Department • has insured the Data's cargo, which the shippers value at SBBO,OOO, that this government regards the shipment as having been made in good faith as an ordinary business transaction in a class of goods that is not contraband of war. The fact, however, thai the Bureau ha> refused to insure the ship itself seems to indicate that this government has avoided committing herself as to whether the sale of the vessel to an American is above suspicion of being the subterfuge that the British claim it to be. 1 he sailing of the vessel, therefore, is attracting world-wide interest. Assuming, as seems likely, that the Dacia will fall into British hands before arriving in Rotterdam, interest centers chiefly on what Great Britain will do upon seizure of the cratt. Should Great Britain raise an issue that would involve the right ot an American shipper to send from this country goods that are not contra band of war. I nited States, in' maintaining her shippers' rights, may find herself in a position which requires very delicate diplomatic handling. NEW DANGERS IN THE DANCE Lojs ol good people believe that dancing is dan gerous to morals, and statistics doubtless can be quoted to show that, under certain conditions, — notably those that prevail in some of the dance halls in the big cities, —these good people are right. But now .comes a story from Xew York which tends to pro\e that dancing, especially the so-called mod ern dancing, is dangerous to life and, limb, without, for the time, considering whether it is a menace , from the moral viewpoint.' AN e are told that a married couple who were dancing in Brooklyn suddenly were hurled to the floor by a pair of strenuous fox-trotters who col lided with them, and thatVy the time the Wilfiams burg Hospital ambulance surgeon got through tak ing an inventory of the damage done to (he married couple it showed that the man had escaped with a fractured left knee cap and variously described "in- V • v" ' HARRISBTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1915 ternal injuries," while his wife was suffering from eoneussion of the brain. Whether any minor hurts were received by the fox-trotting pair who figured i>i and apparently were responsible for the col lision is not on the record. Thus we see that the "modern dance" is develop ing in the direction of a contest of the survival'of the fittest, which tends to take the dance out of the category of physically harmless social diversions and to put it in the class of an athletic contest re quiring scarcely less physical fitness than the much criticised game of football. If the dance continues to develop in this direc tion it may soon become necessary for only the most sturdy to participate in the sport, while those of less sound physical attainments may be com pelled merely to look on.from the side lines. The time may come when we will have to establish the training table for our star fox-trotters and adopt rigid restrictions to prevent flying wedges, off-side plays and bucking the line on the floors of our ball rooms. MAKE THOSE PAY WHO CAN! The statement made to the Legislature in the report submitted by former Attorney General Bell that the State can collect half a million dollars from insane patients in various hospitals whose expenses and keep have been paid by the State despite the fact they possess wealth which could be used to pay the expenses, is born of the investigation set on foot by Auditor General Powell some time ago when he was convinced that some of the patients being kept in state insane hospitals at the state's expense had ample means to pay their own ex penses. In one instance General Powell, through investi gation. found that a patient in the oil regions had $30,000 to his aeeount in a bank and the interest of this was regularly drawn by his legal representa tives. but no part of it was used to pay for his eare and maintenance in the insane hospital. Suit was at- once brought to retjpver and the State obtained about $6,000 that was due it. Another case has been discovered in a Central Pennsylvania county where the insane patient is being eared for by the State while she has $25,000 | stored away in paying bonds. In this instance her next friend will be called upon to produce for her maintenance, and there is no way to shirk payment. General Powell is of opinion that there are hun dreds of patients eared for at the State's expensej whose husbands and parents, or whoever are re-j sponsible, are well able to care for them. The movement to require payments from those who can well afford to make them is a very proper! one. especially at this time when the Commonwealth j must make extra exertions to obtain enough rev enue to meet its expenses without running into! debt. Follow-in" the Saturday crash in eggs omelets were a popular breakfast food this morning. This is the kind of weather that generally results in a boom in the priee of United States Rubber securities. One twelfth of the new year has gone but more than one twelfth of the New Year's resolutions have been broken. All of us have our troubles but the man w| lo deserves J our sympathy most is the stock market plunger who is short of wheat and long of United States Steel. This morning it was necessary again for persons who j have to board trolley cars, on the way "to their places of employment, to wade th/ongh five or six inches of slush., due to the regulation requiring street cars to stop on the ! "near" side of the street. The risk that the people nm of J catching cold or contracting pneumonia from wet feet could be removed if the City Highway Department em ployes were instructed to run their shovels, first thing in the morning after a snow storm, out once from the side- j walk to the stopping place of the cars near each corner. If the Department thinks it is not its duty to do this" work 1 on the ground it should be done by the traction company, it at least is the Department's duty to see that the traction company does it. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN HIS THEORY AND PRACTICE During a school tea a kindly lady sat regarding one of the young guests with evident alarm. Undismayed bv the lady's glances, the young hopeful demolished plate after! plate of bread and bu'ter and cake. At last the lady could stand it no longer. Going up to the urchin she said: "My boy. have you never read any book which would j tell you what to eat, what to drink' and what to avoid?" "Why, bless ver, fna'am," replied the young "gentleman, | with his mouth full of cake. "I don't want no book. It's ! very simple. I eats all I can, I drinks all I can, an' I avoids bustin'."—London News. HIS STOMACH FIRST Mr. Doublechin was the despair of his socially ambi- , tious better-half. They had been dining with some friends, at whose abode they had, unfortunately, arrived a little ! late, and now, on the homeward journey, it was quite patent that the lady was not in the best of tempers. "Whatever were you thinking of, .John," she said, "to make your way to a seat at the table without first greeting the hostess?" "Well, missus," replied the husband, with a broad smile, "I reckoned the hostess, as you call her, would keep; but, judging from the rattle of the knives and forks, the 'grub' seemed in danger of disappearing."—'Exchange. MARTIAL WIT Lady Roberts has told a good story concerning a smart answer she once heard a soldier make to a remark of hers in India. She was visiting some military hospitals out there, and was so delighted on what she saw that she exclaimed: "I think the nurses deserve a medal' for this campaign as much as anyone, and I hope they will get one." "I don't know about a medal," said a witty officer who was in attendance; "but they are sure to get plenty of clasps!"— London Answers. FROM THE BATTLEFIELD During the recent fighting along the banks of the Aisne a man was badly wounded. The Ambulance Corps tenderly placed him on a stretcher. "Take him to the hospital,' said the man in charge. Slowly the wounded man opened his eyes and whispered, faintly— "What's the matter with the canteen?"— London Tit- Bita. * "A [Tongue-End Topics] Money in Making Uniforms Men of business with a ready eye to changing conditions have found that war-time offers many new roads »t> w»alth, if the opportunity is seized quickly. Almost every day since the war began some alert British manu facturer or trader has found openings ir. some new Held. The khaki boom, still at its height, resulted in the sud den establishment of huge factories in the heart of London. (Hundreds of young women left good places iu the jam and pickle factories nearby for the work of making uniforms. Tailors, pressors, who were glad "to earn JlO a week in normal times, are able to tnkc in three times that sum at present. • « • Other War-time Profits A prominent hardware manufactur er in Birmingham put his factory into the hands of a manager at the begin ning of the war and himself hurried to a nearby town and erected a plant for the manufacture of emblems and buttons. He has been making these novelties in war-time designs by the million, at a handsome profit. A lith ographer found a similar gold mine by turning his entire plant over to the printing of patriot!- picture post cards, while a struggling novelty dealer has put his business oil its feet by the sale of a hundred thousand or more sewing kits for soldiers. American Buttons for England Lesser successes have been achieved | by the men who have marketed such minor articles for soldiers' use as a boot-tag, a pipe-lighter and a patriotic brooch. An American traveler at the beginning of the war chanced to learn that the supply of cheap buttons in Eng land was precariously low, most of the English Supply having been imported from Austria. He took immense orders in behalf of an American firm at prices presumably well above the ordinary. The war has brought a moderate degree of prosperity to makers and dealers j in foods, clothing, medical supplies, \\;ar munitions and an immense number of small articles required bv land or sea forces. Ship builders and ship owners have scored heavily, ami the British tarmer is getting unprecedented prices for his products. Even the dentists have hail their share ot war business, for it is necessary that the man who is going to the front to serve the King in water-filled trenches should have his teeth in sound shape if he is to enjov the excursion. * ♦ * One Effect of Local Option ''The Legislature ought to be very careful i: t passing that local option bill, said an old resident, "or"we will have conditions ,jusr as we had them some years ago. Of course. Dauphin j county, in cite sense, was not affected.: because it did not. adopt local option. I but Cumberland county did. and the 1 sale of liquor was shut off iu that conn- j ty. However, that did not prevent the residents of that cunty from getting all the liquor they wanted and it worked to the advantage of the Harris burg liquor dealers. The residents of ' towns in the Cumberland Valley would I buy their liquor by the wholesale, mak- j mg their purchases, on Saturday, of! enough of the stuff to last them'until the next Saturday. The Cumberland ! aile . v railroad also profited bv this. ' There were clubs in everv town and they ordered a supply of drinkables to! be sent down every Saturday." » . * Mr. Brinton Compiles Labor Laws Sirce the year 1713 .Pennsylvania) has been passing laws relating to la-j bor, ami Jasper Yeates Brinton, of the Philadelphia bar, at the instance of j John Price Jackson, Commissioner of< Labor and Industry, has compiled an j interesting volume of the labor laws of j Pennsylvania, which has just been pub-j iished by Commissioner Jackson. It is '■ interesting to note that the first Penn- \ sylvania labor law. passed March 27. 1713, was one relating to the employ j ment of apprentices. In turn Mr.! Brinton gives the various labor laws iu \ chronological order, clear up to that I of IHI3 which established the Depart-] ment of Labor and Industry. I n his i foreword Commissioner Jackson says the value of this volume well justifies its existence, with the hope that those interested in labor laws will find it of value to the extent which is antici pated. The compilation and annota tion give evidence of the most careful research, and Mr. Brinton's work will be appreciated by those interested. Poetic Justice A couple in a certain village, each the parent of six children, had meted out to them a kind of poetic justice I in which they failed to see the poetrv. The woman, a widow, pleading that I she had no home and was therefora ; unable to care for her chilJTen, indnc j ed th(» local authorities to admit them to an orphan asylum. The man, * j widower, pleading he had no house i keeper and therefore no one to care i for his children, induced the authori ties to admit his six also. Thereupon, i>eing freed from all incumbrances, these two married. All went well for a few months, I when the authorities, learning of the j situation, promptly dispatched the twelve children back to their parents, and, the woman no longer able to rep j resent herself as homeless or the man .as without a housekeeper, they were i forced to receive them. Conditional Examiner—Xow, William, if a man can do one-fourth of a piece of work in two days how long will he take to finish it? William—ls it a contrac' job or is he workin ' by the day I—Life". A Spanking Team "Now, Tommy, this little story says. 'The rich man bad a spanking team.' Now. what's a 'spanking teamt' " "I know. My pa and ma's one."— Baltimore American. Our Semi-Annnal Furniture Sale Began This Morning Take Advantage of the Big Reductions in Prices ! Sav ings are 25, and Even 50 Per Cent. Off Small lots, odd pieces, one and two of a pattern, together with hundreds of manufacturers' samples and specials and our own tremendous stocks, makes this an opportunity to furnish your home complete at lower prices and better style than would be possible under any other circumstances. In vestigate our Sale and compare our qualities, as quality is the true test for a comparison of values. Former Sale Former Sale Price Price Price Price White Enamel $28.50 *77 CA Sectional $9.50 7C Dresser QLUdV Book Oases White Enamel $13.50 CA 7C Sectional $22.50 tfIC CA | Dressing Table $".13 Book Cases • VItJ.tJV White Enamel $15.25 tfll OC Sectional $25.00 fIC 7C j Chiffonier «pIl»0D Book Cases tp I «/•!«; Mahoganv * $26.00 $77 CA Solid Mahogany $11.50 *7 7C . Chiffonier W*.«HP Sewing Tables | Mahoganv $26.00 CIA CA ,^" SIC JU CA Dressing Table . SW.W C«bmets W-W Bed Daven- $35.00 £77 CA ° IU " $7.75 pc £ f " Parlor $26.00 frJO 7C We are agents for the Kindel Davenport. , «piu*l3 | SIX - * 2as ° ■ *27.50 SIUS * a&so $30.75 Burn *29.50 $23.75 i SIX * 42 ' 50 $34.50 Buffet $30.50 524.00 SnX s4: "° $35.50 Buffet $52.50 S4Q QQ Don't let anything interfere with your coming to this sale. It will pay you in dollars and cents to buy plentifully. We have set out in dead earnest to make it the most successful we've ever held, so we urge you to come to MILLER & KADES 7 North Market Square SAFtrY^FIRSTj (UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THK DEPARTMENT OK LABOR AND j INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEPENDENT PRINTS EACH MONDAY A PRACTICAL ARTICLE BEARING ON THE "SAFETY FIRST" MOVEMENT OR KINDRED I SUBJECTS, PREPARED BY T HAT | BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERN MENT, OF WHICH COMMISSIONER JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE HEAD.) ELEVATOR ACCIDENTS Few people realize the great number j of elevator accidents which are con tinually occurring throughout Pcnnsvl- j vania. They do. however, think that the majority of such accidents are caused by breaking cables and subse quent dropping of elavators. On the, contrary, elevator accidents, almost without exception, are caused either by improper equipment, careless manipula tion at the landings, or else by easily ; remedied defects iu the construction of ' the car' or shaft. The most frequent causes of accidents j at landings are lack of care oil the ]>art ' of some person. This may be due either j to the carelessness of the operator or, of some other persons. Very seldom have j accidents occurred from defective ] equipment and that have occurred j from this cause could have been pre vented in most cases if a careful in-! spection had been held at regular short intervals of time. Two instances which recently came to the attention of inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry will illustrate bow thoughtless persons can become while they operate elevators. One of the inspectors had occasion to go to the upper floor of an office build ing in one of th? large cities of this Commonwealth. After transacting his business in the office on the fifth floor, he walked to the elevator shaft and rang the bell. When the elevator had stopped at the floor and he had stepped into it, the elevator attendant, a young man of eighteen—the minimum legal age for elevator operators—reversed | the power and the caj started to de j scend. He immediately turned to a novel which he had been holding in the one hand and leaning against the ! side of the car started to read. This I continued until the car reached the I street level. The inspector naturally remonstrated with the operator about the practice and also took steps tQ see that this custom was not continued. Every person who has occasion to use an elevator and who sees the operator reading or doing anything else which prevents the free use of both hands during the time he is operating the elevator should consider it his duty for the sake of the safety of himself or his fellowman to see that the practice is stopped imme diately, even if it is necessary to call the attention of the owner of the build ing to the matter. In another instance a young woman had been injured, several bones having been broken in an accident. An inspec tor was sent to the scene by the De partment of Labor and Industry to in vestigate the accident, in order to as certain if tome means could be taken to prevent a similar accident. The su perintendent took the inspector up on the elevator to the third floor where the accident had occurred and was about to step off the elevator without locking the starting cable. The inspec tor drew his attention to this neglect ! ami explained to him that sometime he ! might be stepping off of the elevator j | when some person on one of the other I j floor* would attempt to start it. This i might result in a serious, if not fatal: j accident. The advice seemed, however, to make ; j little impression on the man. On the j return journey, the elevator was stop-j i ped at the second floor. While the in- ; i speetor was examining the door at the i ! back of the elevator, the superintendent raised the gate in the front and start- : ! ed to step off. At that instance, some i I one below started the elevator. The j j superintendent had neglected to lock | j it, as he had beeu warned to do only j | a few minutes before, and in order to prevent being hurt he was compelled; |to jump quickly back on the elevator. ! The value of the advice was thus brought home, to him and when he i : reached the first floor he called together ; all his employes who had anything to do with the operation of the elevators I and told them in very strong terms j that anyone found not locking the ele- j , vator before 'getting off would be dis missed. This practice should be follow-! Ed in all establishments. Graece to Aid Servia in War j By Associated Press. Paris, Feb. 1, 4.55 A. M. —A dis ] patch to the Ballun agency from | i Athens says: "Greece, with all her forces, will come to the aid of Servia | ; in every fresh invasion of Servia by the | | Austro-German armies. The greatest ' I activity prevails now in military quar- j tcrs." I Your Income Tax Individual subject to the income tax must prepare and file with the Internal Revenue Department, not later than March first, 1915, a personal report of actual income for the year ending December 31,1914. We will be pleased to supply you with the necessary form which you are required to use (No. 1040 revised), and, if you so desire, assist you in preparing your report. —— WILBUE IS COMING Crane Wilbur Is Coming to the Regent Theatre Saturday. February U The hero of a thousand photo-plays, including the most famous of all serial pictures, ''The Perils of Pauline, "< rami W ilbur is the most advertised "movie" star in the world. This will be the first opportunity to see him in the flesh. Mr. Wilbur is said to be just as fascinating in person as he is when feasting the eye of t>h<» spectator on the curtain. Surrounding Mr. Wilbur will be a care fully selected company of artist* who admirably supplement the entertain ment of the star himself. Adv.* Extra Seats for McCormack Concert The new seating arrangements, the new stairway and the new exits, per mitting a ready emptying of the house, and the fine acoustics as noted bv Mr. Paderewgki, make Chestnut street audi torium an idea place to hod the Me- Oorma.-k concert. Tho fact that it is believed the house will be filled to over flowing on Wednesday indicates that Marrisrburg appreciates a great artist. While the demand for seats has been great, provision has been ma>de for ex tra seats which are now on sale. Adv*" Hampered By Sleet Storm By Associated Press. Chicago, Feb. I.—Telegraph and telephone companies were hampered to day bya sleet storm which extended widely in all directions from Chicago. Ice coated wires broke and communica tion to many cities was cut off. In this city the slippery walks brought minor injuries to scores of persons.
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