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THESTA*.rND*IMCND*NT The paper with the largest Home Circulation in Harris burg asu Marby towns Circulation Eianlsea by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN APVIRTISO»S. ~~ TKLBPHONS*- BKLk Private Branch Kiohanf*. Ho. 32*0 CUMBBMCAND VALLEY yrlvaf Branch Kicnange, . * Ho. B4S-BAB Monday, February 8, 1913. FEBRUARY Son. 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 Mooa, 13th; First Quarter, 2let. Tueaday, February 9, 1915. WEATHEE FORECASTS /" Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to- fTWCg night anil Wednesday, not much change in temperature. Lowest temperature to-night about 20 degrees. L J | Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night and Wednesday. Moderate northwest YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISRURG Highest, 31; lowest, 23; 8 a. m., 24; 8 p. m., 28. WISDOM OF PLANTING WHEAT It is not surprising in view of the fact that the price of wheat has soared up to a figure which has not before been approached, perhaps, since the days of our Civil War, that reports are going from all the wheat-growing districts of the country to the effect that the farmers are planning to increase to a very great extent the acreages devoted to the raising of this grain. Undoubtedly the lure of $1.67 a bushel, that has been paid in the last few days for wheat, is largely responsible for the greatly stimulated activity among the regular wheat growers and it will doubt less be the cause of inducing many, who never have undertaken the cultivation of wheat, to join the ranks of those who have. Wheat raising, of course, is not without its risks. The success of it depends chiefly on two thiugs,— high market prices and favorable conditions of weather and soil. Doubtless many of those now planning to extend their acreages or to enter into wheat farming for the first time are prompted largely by the hope of abnormally big profits, such as are being made by those fortunate enough to have held until now the wheat they raised in the last season. Whether those who hope for tremendously big returns from the extra amount of wheat they are planning to put out will be rewarded to the extent they expect to be, is, of course, not at all certain, but there seems to be more than reasonable assur ance that the farmers who will be satisfied with a fair and reasonable return for their efforts and their investment will not be disappointed if they increase their acreages. For even if the European war, which is responsible for the big price of wheat to-day, should suddenly terminate, it will be many months before the despoiled European fields can be made to produce anything like their normal out puts of grain. —. There appears, therefore, to be every reason to en eourage increased wheat production in this country in the immediate future. It should benefit not only the growers, but unemployed men who can find work in the wheat fields, the railroads that haul the wheat and the manufacturers of fann machinery. Indeed it will encourage greater industrial and com mercial activity in many unthought of directions. FEEBLE DEFENSE OF STRAPHANOIN6 In speaking of straphanging the general manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in Xew York City tells a committee of the New York Legislature that a large part of the Interborough's passengers • prefer to stand." It requires, how ever, a stretch of the imagination to believe such a statement especially when applied to straphangers in a great city. Arguments that are advanced in defense of strap hanging include the contention that standing in . street cars is not actually objectionable to men, especially to those who have been sitting at their work part or all of the time during the day. Per sons who will stand long periods of time to watch parades or football games or other outdoor eventa, it is further held, cannot logically object to being on their feet in street cars while they are being transported to their destinations. Few persoiTS have ever dared to come thus boldly to the defense of straphanging, and it is at least refreshing to learn of some one who has the nerve to do so. Fortunately Harrisburgers are not sub HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1915. ject«d, to any great extent, to the annoyance of straphanging, but those toilers in the great cities who must daily ride in street cars to and from their work will hardly agree with the Interborough man ager that "standing in the street cars is not ob jectionable" to those who have to do it, often for hours at a time on their daily trips, "fhey will never be made to agree that most straphangers "prefer to stand." A PRINCE WHO UIOES POLYGAMY That polygamy be permitted temporarily in European nations at the close of the war because of a necessity to increase populations, is a suggestion made by an Indian Prince, nephew of the Rajah of Gosh-something-or-other, who is at present spending his time in this'eountry that he may be one of the male survivors about whose mat rimonial affairs he is worrying. The Indian dignitary points out that polygamy has usually resulted from two'things, either from the power of kings or of wealthy men to take mare than one wife, or from the overabundance of women following the slaughter of men at war. Toward the latter condition, he asserts, Europe is now drift ing. That every fifth man may have two wives, the proportion he considers a suitable one on the sup position that the war will last a year longer, the Prinee suggests a method which has nothing to do with your haphazard polygamy, but is strictly scien tific and recommended by the foremost Kuliu Brahmins of India. Kulinism is described as a method anticipating all the essential theories of present day eugenics, which has been in use for a thousand years or so by the Brahmins of the best stock, that they may provide for surplus women. State selection of suit able polygamists is what the Indian Prince suggests for European countries, which would mean that the extra wives would go to the men who would be able successfully to pass examinations as to phvs< ical, mental and moral qualities. The Prince tries to dispose of the anticipated ob jection that his method would do away with the sentimental part of marriage, by remarking that the price of war must belaid, and that women will have to pay it. Cupid or no Cupid, or words to that effect. His Highness is, be sure, very entertaining with his polygamous proposals. He cannot, how ever, be taken seriously in civilized countries. He would better go back to India with his ideas about Kulinism. and since he has drawn attention to Brah mins aud their practices, he would better be fol lowed there by some competent missionaries. A thousand years of polygamy is about loug enough. As to the women of Europe, widowhood aud spinsterhood must be the lot of many. In that way will the price of war be paid. The groundhog is making good The "safety first" idea does not seem to have a very stroug hold on Europe. It looks as though Governor Brumbaugh will have to do it all when it comes to cutting down expenses. Why not make that ordinance against "unnecessary noises" apply to all parts of the city, Mr. Mayor? They are going to have a "movie show" for the law makers at the capitol. Hope the pictures will be properly censored. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN AS THE WORLD SEES IT "Did she marry well?" "No; it was a case of true love."—Harvard Lampoon. QUITE NATURAL Maud —"What makes Carol so disliked?" Beatrix—"She got the most votes for being popular." —Life. LOST "Does your husband ever lose his temper?" "Not any more. He lost it permanently about two years after our marriage."—Exchange. USELESS Mother—"And so my little man didn't cry wheu he fell down." Little Man—"There wasn't anybody to hear!"— London Opinion. IMMUNE Hampton—"That cigar you're smoking is strong enough to kill a mule." Bhodes—"G'wan, I've been smoking these for years!"— Philadelphia Bulletin. MOST FORTUNATE "Washing dishes roughens the skin and sweeping fattens the fingers." "Yes. Isn't it fortunate one's hands are not injured by playing bridge?"— Exchange. OBJECTS TO SYMPATHY When speeches do not make a hit. Most folks may leave the hall. The poor stenographers must sit And listen to 'em all! —Exchange. HE SHALL HAVE IT "Senator, you promised me a job." "Bui there are no jobs." "I need a job. Senator." "Well, I'll ask for a commission to investigate as to why there are no jobs, and you can get a job on that."—Pitta burgh Post. A HINT Doctor (politely, but looking at his watch with visible impatience)—" Pardon me, madam, but my time is not my own. You have given me all your symptoms in sufficient detail, and now, perhaps, you will kindly—er—ha " Husband (not so considerately)—" Maria, he doesn't want to hear your tongue any more. He wants to look at it."—Exchange. THE USUAL COURSE "Decided on where you would go this summer?" "Why, we got together last night and talked it over. I mentioned my preference, my son had his and my daugh ter hers. We wrangled over it quite briskly for an hour or more. Finally, when we were pretty much exhausted, my wife looked up in her quiet way and said sh« had de cided on the place two months ago. Whereupon we ad journed without date."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. I UNDER TBI WING® OF DEATH BY J. HOWARD WERT I gazed on sc«nes infernal, Midst tihe winter's angry frown, — On fortresses sore beleaguered,— On shot-swept turrets and towns. Lurid the sir of the heavens Prom the breath of ahot and shell; Ghastly and grewsome the corpses IB the belts of a pestilent hell. On bulwark and bastion, the banners, That streamed through the fetid air, Wav'd grimly ITith hate and defiance Amid the lurid glare. And I saw where fiercest and direst Swept the hurtling battle storm, Where bursting shells fell thickest There tower'd a sable form: And I knew by the gleam exultant, Lit up by the cannon's breath. That the spectral shape before mo Was Azrael the angel of death. " 'Tis well," it muttered hoarsely. " Oh! the heart of Cain and his hand Are peopling my realms with the youths That are brought from many a land " To die in these yawning trenches. There are widows along the Rhine; The sun that glints on the Thames, The Seine, aud the Volga will shine " On tears that flow from the orphans, The victims of hunger and need, / Whose sires are the holocaust gift On the altars of kingly greed. ''Despotic ambition—the lust To grasp, to crush and to kill, Of old have filled my domain At each tyrant's beck and will. " As I gloated on gory Chalons. On the windows of death at Sedan, On the Crimean corse-laden'd fields Of Alma, Tchernaya, Redan, — Thus, sable-decked pinions unfolding, 1 soar with a sulphurous breath, Where fiat of kings is preparing The tristful banquet of death." Then 1 heard the voice of an angel In pleading, plaintive and strong,— *• 0, Just and Omnipotent One! How long? how long? how long?" And an answer came from afar That rended the yielding air;— " Vengeance is Mine," saith the Lord; " For judgment, O kings, prepare! •" Ye have slain till the earth is red With the flow of the crimsoned flood; Ye have trampled and torn, and for this Ye must answer at the bar of God." PURE BLOOD MAKES HEALTHY PEOPLE Hood's Sarsapnrilla removes scrofula sores, boils and other eruptions, be cause it drives* out of the blood the humors that cause them. Eruptions cannot be successfully vreatod with ex ternal applications, because these can not purify the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes rich, red blood, perfects the digestion, and builds up the whole system. Lieist on having Hood's. Get it now. Adv. | Tongue-End Topics | "Pinhooker Sports" In "Outdoor Life" for .January, a magazine devoted to hunting, fishing, trapping and other outdoor recreations, is a story told by "Old Hank," a Ca nadian guide, in which he tells of his ex peri <-nee with a Western Pennsylva nia Senator. After saying that Canada is over-run with "pinhooker sports," by which lie means those who do not hire a guide but paddle around all day by themselves and get nothing, the old guide says: "And I call to mind the greatest cheap fport I ever seed in all my forty five year of guiding—State Senator from down in your country he was— Penttsylvanv they said wa« the name o>? the state. It was over to Ontario, and me and Chris had guided thorn for teu days. The Senator was awful slick tonguei and polite, but- wanted to be fishin' all the time, until I says ona dav: "Senator, next time you come uip in this north country bring a little 'lectric light to put on your bait so we wont waste no more time nights. He took the hint. When he was goin' out I paddled him to the end of tha lake and he paid me off and then begins diggin' pound in his ipocket. S*ys he: " 'Hank, we had a fine time togeth er and I will always remember it. We got a lot of fine trout too, so I want tq give you somethin' extra.' And with i<hat he pulls out a nice new dime —yes sir, teu cents! —and hartal it over to me. Says I: "Senator, you better keep it, I can't take it. You might need a bit of a lunch or some postage stamps on the way home, and I gets into the ctanoe and paddles off as fast as I can for fear of gettdn' mad and hurtin' the old gnf ! f er." • . * Training Army Cyclists Cyclists in the army receive the same as the infantry, with a special course of instruction in the use of the bicycle in the field. Tfyev are trained in the exercise of foiling their ma chines until tfcey are capable of mak ing & halt, shouldering their outfit and transforming themselves into infantry ready to charge in one minute. One of the oldest cyclists inMhe service, is, no doubt, the veteran Dhers wlo was one at the champions of Franee 30 years ago. His two sons, Edouard and Eu gene, who were also champions in their torn, are cyclist messengers. Honore Foster, another veteran, and his son, Henri, a long distance rider, are alsa carrying dispatches. * • * Lost to French Commerce Fiscal statistics tor the year 1914 .just compiled l Mvow that diminution of foreign commerce and decrease in re turns from internal taxes has caused a less of revenue to France aggregating about $38,400,000. The ratio of de crease was greatest in September, which showed 36 million francs deficit; since then the ratio has steadily decreased by reason of an improvement in for eign trade, tie difference in receipts for December being 34 million francs. Tho decrease in the consumption of taxed beverages during the last live months of the year accounts for 89 million francs of the deficit. The consumption of tobacco is alsa shown to have '.Dimin ished notably from the beginning of the war. * * * "Tipperary" Sung in Dutch Just how they sing ' • Tipperary'' in Holland, where that popular song has been translated into Dutch and sells on the streets of Amsterdam at four cents a citpy. is thus given by an English newspaper: ' 1 't Is zoo ver weg naar Tejvperarv, 't It zoo ver liier van daan, 't Is zoo ver weg naar Teppewry, Om naar mijto Molly been to gaan, Adieu, Piccadilly, Vaarweel, vrien 'Aenseharr, 't Is soo'n lauge weg naar Tep perary, Maar mijn hart is daar. * * * "Winged Infantry" of France "The winged infantry" or French cycling corps, has rendered such good service that the contingent is being in creased considera/bly. Though cycling as a sport continued its hold on France longer than on any other country it was, like the automobile, negle>.vted by tlie army until August, 1913, the Minister of War authorized its use in connection with the cavalry, with tho object of increasing the offensive ca pacity of the latter. War has proven that it has a wider scope of usefulness, >being able to replace the cavalry entire ly where the ground is favorai>ie, with the ad'ted efticiencv of the infantry. Omega Oil Rheumatism and Lumbago If you suffer from Rheumatism or Lumbago, rub the aching parts with Omega Oil, then soak a piece of flan nel with the Oil, lay it on the place that hurts and cover with dry flannel. This simple treatment has brought nights of peaceful rest to people who have suffered agonies. Trial bottle icc. fIPTIOff BILL IS GIVER TO ISE Measure Backed by Brumbaugh Introduc ed LastNightby Rep resentative Williams COUNTS UNIT IS SPECIFIED Measure Requires That 25 Per Ceut. of Registered Voters Must Sign Peti tion Before Question Can Bo Sub mitted to the Voters George W. Williams, of Tioga coun-l ty, chairman of .the House Law and Order Committee, which will consider the local option measure, last night in troduced in the House the Brumbaugh Local Option ball. The committee is understood to stand 14 to 11 in favor of the measure. The county unit is specified. There i* a requirement for a peti tion, signed by a quarter of the num ber of voters at the last general elec tion. to tbe court ol' quarter sessions to bring about a special popular vote in a county on the wet or dry question, the court' to order the election not lesj than thirty nor inoip than forty days after presentation of petition and be governed gy general election laws. In Dauphin county such a petition would require approximately 6,000 signatures of assessed voters. If the question fails three years must elapse before another special election can be held. The text of the bill, given out bv direction of Governor Brumbaugh last night, follows: Brumbaugh's Option Bill "Section 1. That whenever a number of the qualified electors of any county equaling 25 per centum of the number of votes cast, therein at the last preced ing general election shall present a pe tition to the Court of (Quarter Sessious of the Peace of that county, verified by the of three i>f tbe petition ers, praying lor the holUing of an elec tion to determine whether license for the sale or furnishing of vinous, spirit ous, malt or brewed liquors or any ad mixture thereof in said county shall be granted, it shall be the duly of said Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peaco to order an election to be held in tbe said county in not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date of such order, which election shall be held by the regular election officers at the usual place or places tor hoikltng elections in said county, and the elec tion shall be conducted in all respects, and election officers shall be governed by tbe directions and subject to the penalties, and be compensated as now provided by law for the holding of gen eral elections. "Notice of such election sihall bs given «by the officers designated an',l in | the manner provided by existing laws i relating to county elections, insofar as the same may be applicable, and every such notice shall state (first) the ques j tion to be voted for, as hereinafter set jforth; (second) the day and place of i holding said election; (third) that the ; polls shall be open between the hours : of 7 o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Provision for Ballots i '' Section 2. The ballots at any elec ! tion heM under the provisions of this | act shall 'be printcl, distributed and :furnished in such quantities and of tha form provided by existing laws relating |to general elections. Upon such <bal i lots ha! 1 be printed the question 'Shall I the granting of license for the sale of ! intoxicating liquors be prohibited t' fol- I lowed by the words 'Yes,' and 'No,' j witß* a square of sufficient size at the i right of each said words in which to g>ive the elector an opportunity clearly to designate his choice by a cross mark I (X) placed in one of the said squares. Section 3. A qualified elector receiv ing a ballot provided for by this act, in accordance with existing laws, may ! mark in the appropriate square a cross (X) after the answer he desires to give, and all votes cast at (aid election held under the provisions of ttlvis act shall be counted and declared, and a complete return cf the same made, in accordance with existing laws relating to elections. Prevents Granting Licenses "Section 4. Whenever it. shall ap pear by the returns aforesaid that a ma jority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of prohibiting the granting of such licenses in the county in which siaid election shall have been heM, it shall thereupon beeonio unlawful for said Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or other authority to which may hereafter be transferred the power re lating to said subject now vested in said Court orf Quarter Sessions, to is sue or grant any license authorizing the sale or furnishing of auv vinous, spiritous, malt or brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, in said county at any time thereafter, until, at an elec tion held at hereinafter provided, a ma jority of the electors voting thereat 1 shall vote against prohiSbdting the grant ing of such licenses therein. "SecJtion 5. At any time after bhreo years from the date of an election held under the foregoing provisions of this act another such election may be or- Vltered and held, as hereinbefore pro vided. I "Section 6. This act shall not be con-' strued to repeal any «pwial or local laws relating to the sale or granting of licensee to sell intoxicating liquors, nor shall it be «on*trued to prevent the granting or refusal of a license under existing laws, the same as if this act had not bften passed, in countries where the majority of tho votes cast at an election as hereinbefore proWded are against prohibiting the granting of li cense to seil intoxicating liquors, and in counties Where no such election has beein held. Asks $(19,000 for Local Hospital The first Harriaburg appropriation ■bill was introduced in the House last evening by Representative Wildman. It carries $59,000 for the hos pital. (>f this $50,000 is for mainte nance for two years, $2,000 for tiro doors, $2,500 for operating room equip ment, $2,000 for laundry machinery and $2,500 for tiling labratories. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open daily except Sunday at 3 p. m., at its new location, Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment of the worthy poor. For Pile Sufferers Enldsand all tal trouble*. In the privacy of your own home. 600 » box at all druirjlsta. A slngltt box often cures. Fr«a wmpU for trial with booklet mailed free In plain wrapper, it you Bend ua coupon below. FREE SAMPLE COUPON rVRAMID PRTTO COMPANY, 619 Pyramid BUlg., Marshall, Mich. Kindly aend mo n Free sample of Pyramid Pilo Remady, In plain wrapper. Name Street City State BILL AIMED AT PERSONAL REGISTRATION BE VOTERS Measure Introduced Last Night Affects Third Class Cities—Another Meas ure Proposes That the People Elect the City Treasurers Two bills affecting cities of the third class in Pennsylvania were introduced into the House last night, both of which would make big changes in the plan of governing sucn cities, should they pass. I'he first, sponsored by Representative Hapyood, of McKean, does away with personal registration of voters" Mr. Hapgood claims that registration keeps a large number of voters from the polls. The second provides that the City Treasurer shall be elected by the peo ple instead of by the City Commission ers, as under the present Clark Commis sion form of government. His election, the bill provides, shall be at the last municipal election preceding the expi ration of his term and he shall take of fice the first Monday of January fol lowing, and shall serve for four years. Hepresentative Rininger, of Blair, intro duced that measure. Hepresentative Rothenberger, of Berks, would have the trips ot' inspec tion to State institutions seeking State aid done away with—the appropriations committee to depend on the report of the State Board of Charities—in a reso lution introduced in the House last night. A resolution praying the President and Congress to prohibit the exporta tion of foodstuffs and the lendiwg of money to any of the countries now at war was introduced by Representali ve Maurer, Socialist, of Berks. Representa tive Maurer also introduced a bill to permit fishing on Sunday. Other bills presented were: Mr. Dunn, Philadelphia, regulating optometry and providing a bureau of optoinetrical education, examination and licensure; requiring Philadelphia to establish municipal pension funds for employes in service twenty years or i more. , Mr. Gingery, Clearfield, providing that distillers, brewers, rectifiers and bottlers shall sell liquor only to licensed persons. Mr. Lauer, Philadelphia, amending act relative to estates of non-residents so that they shall apply to residents of foreign countries.. Mr. Alcorn, Clearfield, making terms of inspectors of weights and measures four years. Mr. Spanigler, York, directing State Highway Department to take charge of State highways, the toll roads embrac ed in the '' so-called Lincoln hi'ghwav" in Pennsylvania. The highway extends from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Mr. Davis. Lackawanna, amending automobile act to provide that persons under fit teen years of age may operate motor vehicles if accompanied by >1 licensed chr.uffeur or owner. N'o license to be granted to persons between 15 and 18 unless competency shall be es tablished by affidavit signed by two li censed operatives. Mr. Glenn, Venango, amending school code so that any State Normal school which is conveyed to the State shall be manager! by trustees consistin" of ex-officio superintendents of schools in counties in the Xormal school dis trict. To Show Movies In Capitol The State Board of moving picturft | censors will cubtain permission to hold 'an entertainment for the State Senators and Assemblymen in the hall of the ! Ifo«s«\ March 2, at 7.30 p. m„ if a | resolution introduced last night bv Hop. ■ resentative Reynolds, of Philadelphia, is I passed. The resolution was laid over i for printing under the rules of t/h« j House. PENNSY'S FRISCO BOOKLET 'Company Issues Pamphlet Showing Ex tent of Its Great System j The Pennsylvania railroad system ! has just issued a booklet for distribu tion at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco describing its activities and exhibit at the exposi tion. Accompanying a map for the entiro system, which is printed in the center of this booklet, are statistics showing the extensiveness of the system, which serves "52 per cent, of the entire pop ulation of the United States. It has 11,729.92 miles of length and 26,200 miles of trark, 250,000 employes, 7,561 locomotives, 6,884 passenger cars, 281,590 freight cars and t>B steamers and ferry boats, directly serves fifteen of the' forty-eight States of the Union and the District of Colum bia. whose combined population is 48,227,840. All but two of the ten largest cities in the Union are directly on its lines, artnl its 4,500 stations are at the command of twenty cities en. h with a population of over 100,000, one hundred and fifty with a population of over 10.000 and two hundred and sixty three eagh with a population of over 5,000,' The railroad's booklet contains a photograph of the relief map of the Pennsylvania system—the largest re lief map ever made, being 42 feet long and 26 feet wide. The Pennsylvania railroad system's exhibit at the San Francisco Kxposition is in charge of the traffic department. H. T. Wilkins, special agent, is the com pany 'a representative there.
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