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Monday, February 8, 1913.
FEBRUARY
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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."
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"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."
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.