6 fifty* ( &taNv>hed i n 1876) STAR PRINTING COMPANY. •»»r-lix|«p»- >< j« n , B u || dlnfc •• uth TWrt Str««t, Harrisburg. Pa. - Kwy «vnln« Eaopt Sunday ome, r# .• /WfOT.- TAIMMNT r. MSTIRS. - , , „ President. U U Koas - WM. W. WAIJLOWIR, Vice President w *- *• WM. MITERS Secretary and Treasurer. WJI. W WAIXOWK*. WM. H WARNER, V. HVMMII Buuiivt, JK , Business Manager Editor, All communlcatious should be tddreMed 10 STAB IXDKPIVDKMT Editorial. Job PrintUf or Circulation Department' according to the subject matter Sate red at the Post Office in Harrisburg as second-class matter. „ ~ ,_ _ _ i'ork and Chicago Representatiraa Jf* w Vork Office, Brunswick Building fifth ATOMIC Chicago Office. Peopled Gas Building. Michigan Avenue. a weekr Mailed to •DC Three Dollars a ?*ear in \d**ance THE STAITIK'DEPENDeNT~ " '* r e* ,L Ham Circulation .n Harrisburg anc Circulation Examinee by T " E ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN APVBRTIS^RS. *W.,. Branoh t.oH.jF™ o ™* Tuesday. February 191.1. FEBRUARY Sun. Mon. Tues. Wrd. 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. WEATHEE FORECASTS J *> Harrisburg and vicinity: Probably rain to-night and Wednesday. Warmer mJa. tonight, lowest temperature about 48 1 Kastern Pennsylvania: Probably rain " to-night and Wednesday, warmer in k >0" yj south portion to-night. Fresh south -v winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 53; lowest, 33; S a. m.. 34; § p. m., 49. FIGHTING FOR PEACE OR PIECES? A common assumption is that the nations arc at war in order to obtain permanent peace founded upon a fair adjustment ot' national claims, A per tinent ((notion is whether they are most concerned about bringing hostilities forever to a elose, or about gaining slices of opponents' territories in the process of the adjustment they seek. The cry from wiclders of tiie pen among the bel ligerents »d' late i» that the nations arc so intent upon fighting for lasting peace that they have no concern tor territorial expansion. Professor W"il helm Ostwald. German scientist, declares in the current number of "The Independent," that "it is only for the sake of peace that the war is being fought and the peace will be the more enduring and the more secure the greater the sacrifices of this terrible catastrophe." Singing the same tune, Yves Guyot, former French Minister of Public Works, asserts in the "North American Review" that England, France and Russia have gone to war for no other reason than "to obtain lasting peace for themselves aud Europe." The German and the Frenchman agree delight fully on the purpose of the conflict, and their only little point of difference seems to be concerning which side shall dictate the terms of the madly desired peace. The former assumes that Germany will be victorious and thinks that the Kaiser would be able to arrange things splendidly, while the lat ter works on the theory that the Allies will win and believes that they would find little difficulty in insuring peace, merely by breaking up the German Empire into its constituent states, thus destroying Prussian dominance and depriving the Kaiser of his power. M. Guyot scorns the idea that the Allies should wish to enrich themselves territorially as a conse quence of the war. He says that although France will recover Alsace-Lorraine and Russia will prob ably get Constantinople, there will be no other im portant acquisitions. Belgium will not take a piece of Prussia even as a gift, he assures us, since the Ger man population thus acquired would destroy its nationality; Russia will not get Germany's and Austria's Polish provinces, since these will be granted autonomy, and none of the Allies will bother about taking over any German colonial pos sessions inasmuch as they are of insignificant value, in his opinion. If the contesting nations really are not seeking pieces of one another, but peace for all, we must hope that their war will be a success. NATIONAL ACADEMY NOT NEEDED The suggested incorporation of a National Acad emy of Arts and Sciences was opposed in Congress, despite President Wilson's approval of the project, on the ground that it was a plot to create in this country an intellectual aristocracy. A body of selected men of letters, painters and scientists in the United States, patterned after the academies of European countries, might or might not form an aristocracy, yet the eountrv can probably get along just as well without an ornamental organization of that sort. When the National Institute of Arts and Letters several years ago announced a list of forty "Amer ican Immortals" there was not a little poking of fun, and it was not quite made dear at the time why the designating of forty particular names for im mortality was deemed necessary. The list of names HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23. 1915. has been aptly called ' 4 the first roster of an absnrd Yankee imitation of the French Academy." The suggestion has been facetiously made that an Academy of Arts and Sciences in this country might be all right if each Congressman were to nominate a member, thus having every state in the Union represented in the enrollment on the basis of population. Such an apportionment might at least have an advantage over the election of members by the Academy itself, for if there would he any contests over selections they would most likely be based on the political leanings rather than on the professional merits of the aspirants, which would of course simplify matters. The election of Fellows to an American Academy solely on the basis of^their achievements in arts and sciences would be no easy thing. Contemporary men of letters might perhaps be selected for honors whose books have had the biggest sales, yet just the other day a hard-hearted publisher came along with a statement that best sellers are best sellers not be cause they are especially well written but because they are especially well advertised, and it may be that he is right. An incorporated organisation of a limited num ber of men, no matter how carefully selected for proposed immortality, would hardly be of much account in this country anyway. There would 110 doubt be included in the membership scholars and investigators whom the general public never knew anything about and never will, while there would probably be omitted many names of novelists aud short story writers which are very familiar ones in American homes where current magaziues and books are read. NEED OF GONSCRIPTION~IN BRITAIN Dr. John Simpson, of Washington, D. C., for eighteen years associated as a nerve specialist with the government hospital for the insane in George town, D. C., was a llarrisburg visitor yesterday and had some very interesting things to relate re garding the way news of the declaration of war with Germany was received in Loudon last July and also concerning subsequent events in the British capital. Dr. Simpson was one of the few Americans who were privileged to observe at first hand and through intimate association with the British people the effect of the declaration of war on their minds, having lived with and moved among them in Lon don from the middle of last July until last October when he sailed for home. One of the things that impressed Dr. Simpson most is what he regards as the need of a conscrip tion law in Great Britain. He said that one evi dence of the lack of a compulsory military law there is the fact that great numbers of able-bodied men, who live more by their wits than by honest toil, are remaining at home in certain sections of London while the middle class workers and the aristocrats are the ones who are enlisting. Among the stay at-homes are chiefly men who reside in those parts of the city that are noted for crime and lawlessness, —men who are well qualified by instinct and nature to tight, but who are not prompted by patriotic motives to volunteer to serve their country at the front. This condition results in the burden of the fighting falling on the shoulders of the more useful types of men, —the workers and the wage-earners who have more patriotic impulses which impel them to enlist for the country's good without being compelled to do so. One result of this condition is that the best men of England are giving their lives in the trenches while the gamblers, petty crooks and drones are remaining at home in idleness. In the ranks of the soldiers who marched through London on the way to the front Dr. Simpson saw for the most part earnest, determined men, —men going to war for the principles involved. While they, of course, make the finest type of soldiers a system whereby a country is stripped first of such useful citizens in time of war is obviously a misfortune. Thus it can be seen that the lack of a compul sory military service law in Great Britain is a dis advantage to that nation not alone for the reason that it deprives the country of a trained reserve force that could be drawn on at the will of the gov ernment as in countries that have conscription laws. It, perhaps, places a far greater handicap on Great Britain for the fact that it takes out of the country its best citizens, —those who in time of peace are the workers, the producers, the supporters of the fam ilies, —and leaves the drones and parasites who con sume rather than conserve and develop the nation's material resources. Watch Harrisburg trees grow after the arrival of the City Forester on Monday! It is well for the enlightenment of the public that some of the Froth column "Poetry" is labeled as such. When business is dull in Atlantic City the announcement is made that "the lid is off." Then—extra trains from Philadelphia. That big 'Frisco exposition is said to excel all previous ones held in this countrybut you can't make Chicago, St. Louis or Buffalo believe it. With V. Grant Forrer and M. Harvey Taylor on the committee for municipal band concerts there ought to be some real harmony this summer. Baseball umpires will have to exert special care in main taining neutrality during the comiDg season when they officiate at games in which "Honus" Wagner, "Heiney"' Zimmerman, "Larry" Lajoie and "Larry" Dooin partici pate. We may yet see war on the diamond. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN WHILE THEY FAIL "These anti-kissing crusades always fail." "Of course they do. Nearly every one s«ts his or her face against them."—Exchange. —* HABD ON THE PIC TUBE MAN "There are some very ugly features iu this case." "What casef" "This photographer's."—Exchange. CATARRH LEADS TO COHSUHPTIBH Catarrh is as much a blood disease M scrofula or rheumatism. It may be relieved, but it cannot be removed by simply local treatment. It breaks down the geuoral health, weakens the lung tissues, and leads to consumption. Hood's Sarsuparilla is so successful in the treatment of catarrh that it is known ns the best remedy for this disease. It purities the blood. Ask your druggist for it. Adv. f i | Tongue-End Top ics | v A Samaritan Old Samaria has vanishfi.l from the world's map, but, thanks to a certain Jew whose great heart could discern real brotherly love whether in Jew or Gentile, the term Good Samaritan en dures and will endure as an epithet de scribing the man who practices true Christian charity. The Good Samaritans who every day and everywhere cheer fully turn aside to help a brother uetvf, then pass quietly on their way, expecting no recognition or reward,— their name is legion. Here is a bit of a story, a very plain little story; but it has at least the merit of being true. The hero is ail old white-haired man who loves the poor; who has spent his life in trying lo serve them; who knows them as few others do, being familiar with their family histories, in some cases through several generations, know ing well the pathos and the comedy of their hard lives. • • * Case of an Unfortunate Ghirl In a distant county, a young girl, feeble-minded and unfortunate, left her home and wandering aimlessly a>bout, at last strayej to Harrisburg. Hero she was cared for at the almshouse, pending arrangements with her home county for her return. Last week her father and sister arrived in this city to reclaim her and were directed to the county office. They were a rather grotesque pair, lacking many things commonly deemed essential to the mod ern toilet —notably, soap and combs, or else the disposition to use them. Thoir language, their manners, as well as their attire, bespoke them strangers. * . * He Demands a Drink First The necessary business transacted, the pair .set out to find their way to the almshouse where thov were to rejoin their unfortunate relative. Realizing their comparative helplessness in a strange city, hampered by their imper fect command of our language, an old gentleman came forward and under took to see them aboard the right ear. Arrived in the street, our Samaritan was thrown into"fonsternation by the man's firm announcement, that he wouldn't go an\ where till he had a drink. The situation was perplexing. * * * Substitutes Qinger Ale 11l the first place our hero is a tee- I totaler of the first water, and couli not j en Jure the thought of giving the man I bis way. In the next place, he felt it | would be a disgrace to Dauphin county see to it that the stranger com ; initted to its charge by another county j remained sober while its guest. He j acted promptly. Spying a soda foun i tain, he conducted thither his thirsty ! prdteges, and so plied them with ginger | ale that no capacity reuiaineM for | stronger drink. While they were re (veling in the glass that "cheCTS but | not inebriates," their guide reflected ; ' that five hours must elapse before they j could leave tho city. to their own j devices, it was a grj>at deal more than ! probable that they would come to grief j long before the expiration of the in terval. Bv the time they were ready to "cry quits" to the ginger ale, our hero had made up his mind to enlist fori the entire period and not to let them out of his sight. * * * Grumbles Over the Meal Accordingly the visitors were per sonally conducted to the almshouse. Having eaten s-uipper with much grum j bling over the absence of his favorite • native dishes the county's guest flatly ; refused to remain there and insisted | upon returning to the city streets. Back j Ito the city they came, their number! augmented to four by the addition of > [the feeble-minde 1 girl, and the visitors! entered upon the enjoyment of the' evening of their lives. Through the marble halls of the Capitol strode the white haired Samaritan, followed bv ' his amazed and delighted comrades. When this trip ended, they again were hungry. "Movies" Solve the Problem Immedtatelv they were marshaled to a lunch room where their wants were supplied. Next followed an inspection of the principal city streets. How ever, this could not be protracted so as to consume all the interval till train time; and the guests were casting long ing eyes toward the various bars along I the route. What was to be done? Em boldened by the emergency, our strate gist took a daring resolution: "The Movies!" The crisis wjis grave and ad mitted no delay. To the picture show he conducted his singular group of sightseers—and the "Movies" did the rest. The reels held them enthralled till train time; and they left l>auphin county sober and quite satisfied with their entertainment. The Samaritan had fought a good fight and' had won out. CONTRIBUTED BY -CORA B. STA PLES. Repudiated "I am a self-made man," said Mt. : Cumrox. " Didn't your wife have something to | do with your career?" "She used to say so. But after see ing how I behaved in society she re fuses to take any of the blame.'' — f Washington Star. NEW DEATH CHAIR ' INITIATED TO-DAY Castlnufii Krnm Pint P««* his face lifted and shining, a scarlet stole folded iu his left haud against his breast. As Second Shock WM Turned on At the second shock a tiny corkscrew of blue smoke as faint as that which might arise from a cigarette, went up Irom the left leg of the man iu the chair and drifted up through the metal dome above the chair. The priest re mained motionless on his knees and only wheu the spry young doctor with his' stethoscope stepped forward and said, "Gentlemen, I pronounce this man dead," did he arise. Ho moved to the stone bench with the other wit nesses, slipped his crucifix under his long cassock and finally left the room. The priest had spent the entire night in the doomed man's cell. Tulap had confessed the murder. When he entered the room a foot or two ahead of the doomed man he was whispering the litany for the dead. "bod have mercy on me, Christ have mercy ou me,'' Taiap whispered in re ply. Engine of Death Set in Motion Warden Francis was not a witness at the execution. Prison keepers are usual ly opposed to capital punishment. The deputies and the experts who installed the chair and the general equipment had spent most of the night grooming the great gasoline engine in the power room immediately under the row of six death cells. Every circuit had been tested. When the power plant was set going at 6.30 this morning the muffled uproar pene trated upward through the steel and concrete floor. TaJap who at that instant was on his knees Mopped praying to fcry. He re fused to eat any breakfast. It was eleven and a half minutes after seven wheu the chief keeper of the death house entered his cell. "It's time, John," he said. "Yes," said Talap, uncertain and looked at the priest. The March to ratal Chair "This way, John," the priest said, and the march began over the twenty one feet of corridor that intervenes between the six death cells and the chair. Talap had cried during most of the night. He refused to sleep. He had been brought up from the Norristown jail last Monday- handcuffed to a de tective and uncter the eye of Sherift Schwartz, of Montgomery county. Talap following immediately on the heels of the young priest, walked wearily and seemed to have difficulty iu moving his feet. A deputy warden supported him at each elbow. A touch on his arm wheeled him to the chair, planted t« the right of the door. Then he looked down and got his first sight of the terrible instrument. He permit ted the attendants to pack him to the seat in the chair. He eat with his head thrown back and his eyes partly closed for about forty seconds before his face was hidden by the leather mask. Arrangements Quickly Completed The last bucklo was fixed in one min ute and ten seconds. A hurried re-ex amination of every str,ip and buckle took fifty seconds." A deputy wardeu's handkerchief flashed behind his hack and then a man at the switchboard im mediately behind the chair to the right snapped a switch. Talap's body was taken to the autopsy room. After the usual exami nation it was turned over to a Belle fonte undertaker aud will be buried at Norristown. Talap's two children, who live in Norristown, did not" visit him after his sentence. He shot his wife, he said, because of jealousy. Andrew Malinowski, of Pittsburgh, also sentenced for wife murder, is an occupant of a death cell, lie was sen tenced to be executed this week but at the last minute was granted a reprieve to March 28. Others to Be Electrocuted A number of other men now under sentence of death in this State will be brought from the various counties to the Rockview death house and will be dispatched. There is a possibility that some change may be made in the death house iu order to bring t'he power from an outside plaut and thus obviate the pre liminary horrors that attend the start ing up of the power plant in the build ing itself. The chair is in a room 26x 29 feet of steel and concrete which lias no other article of furniture. A Philadelphia electrician pulled the ; I switch that sent the curreiit into Talap I in order to make action certain. Ho : | represented the contractors and, aeeord . ing to the rule, his name was withheld by the authorities. Good Advice A man advertised recently in a Lon don paper to forward on receipt of postage stamps "sound practical ad vice that would be applicable at any time and to all persons and conditions of life." . On receipt of the stamps be sent his ! numerous victims the following: "Never give a boy a penny to hold j your shadow while you climb a tree to j look into the middle of next week." »» »•»»» > »»»»»»»»» j» »»» 31 How To Get Rid of a \\ ! > Bad Cough ;; J | A Home-Mad? Remedy that Will ' * i > Do It Quickly. Cheap and ] J 11 Eaallr Hade | If you have a bad cough or cheat cold which refuses to yield to ordinary reme dies, get from any druggist 2% ounces ot Finex (oO cents worth), pour into a pint bottle and till the bottle with'plain granulated sugar syrup. Start taking a teaspoonful every hour or two. In 24 hours your cough will be conquered or very nearly so. Even whooping couch is greatly relieved in this way. 'Ahe above mixture makes a full pint a family supply—of the finest couth svrup that money could buy— at a cost of only 54 cents. Easily prepared in 5 minutes, full directions with Pinex. Ibis Pinex and Sugar Syrup prepa ration takes right hold of a cough and gives almost immediate relief, ft loos ens the dry. hoarse or tight cough in a way that is really remarkable. Also quickly heals the inflamed membranes which accompany a painful cough, and stops the formation of phlegm in the throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending the persistent loose cough. Excellent for bronchitis, spasmodic croup and winter rlectly * n ISx45 and 18x54 b „. footed fruit bowls, Spedial reau and dresser eovers, 30c Wednesday only, 25? vnhu> . Spet . ial for Wednes lolomal water tumblers, J a y only 2 S »^ 30c value. Special Wednes- ,' n . _ day only, doren 25? ""Dive,, Pomeroy & Stewart tsr Dives, Pomerov & Stewart. street I'loor. 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Due alllowance being made for the extreme slowness with which the laroh grows, for the altitude above sea level (1,650 meters) at whieh it is root ed and for its northerly exposure in the near neighborhood of the glacier, where the cycle of ite development is barely five months every year, this venerable larch, untouched alike by woodman's ax and thunderbolt, cannot be leos than 2,000 years old.—Scots man. • 1 . MB Holland's Waterstaat 'Holland has a department of state, : with a cabinet minister at the head of fit, for her "waterstaat," an untrans- I latable word, which means practically ! the state of a'll waters from the field ! drain in the polders to the Rhine at | winter lever. Thev are all linked up in ; one scheme in an* office at The Hague. 1 —.Loudon Express. If You Are Nervous and are losing weight, we recommend that you take «B <&*JOS!L. 0"VOO'I tfgSjSsS, Emulsion containing hvpopktrpkiU* for a short time. A prescription which we gladly endorse. Georgo a. Gorga*.