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" TKLCPHONCS BKLU mats Branch Ciohanao, No. 3380 CUMBERLAND VALLEY M»s>o Brassoh Ksohaaga, ... No. *45-244 Monday, March 1, 1915. MARCH Sun. Mon. Tnes. 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 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Pull Moon, Ist, 3lst; Last Quarter, Bth; New Moon, l.">th; First Quarter, 23d. WEATHER FORECASTS TRF » ' Harrwbnrg and vicinity: Fair to /JJM" rV * night and Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night _ and Tuesday. Moderate northwest winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest. 39; lowest, 22; 8 a. m., 23; 8 p. m., 35. "MOVIE" MEN FIGHT CENSOESHIP The Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of Penn sylvania, which was organized in the convention of exhibitors held in this city last January, is about to have introduced in the House of Representatives a hill calling for the repeal of the law which created the present state board of censors which has been actually at work since last June. The exhibitors maintain that the law, which requires the payment of a fee for every film submitted to the censors for their approval, places an extra financial burden on the manufacturers and indirectly on the exhibitors, and provides "safeguards'* for the public morals which the motion picture men do not regard as necessary. • The vocates of the repeal of the censorship law contend that the screen pictures can be kept decent without censorship. They say that a warrant can be sworn out for any manufacturer or exhibitor who puts out indecent pictures. They maintain, moreover, that the censoring of motion pictures cur tails free expression and that there is no more rea son why pictures should be censored than that the matter printed in newspapers should all be sub jected first to a board of censors for their approval. The exhibitors take the ground that the decent theatre men will eliminate improper pictures vol untarily. and that the indecent theatre men will be curbed by pubfic sentiment and be compelled by that influence to show only what is proper. The public itself constitutes a board of censorship, the picture men maintain, which is of sufficient influ ence to cause the elimination of improper pictures in the few cases where indecent exhibitors may try to present such pictures. The Legislature will do well to consider the argu ments of the motion picture men when it takes up the repealer for consideration. Pennsylvania is one [>f the very few states that have legalized censorship »f films, and if the exhibitors i-au prove that cen- orship in this state has done little more than to •lace an increased financial burden on the men who •rovide this most important kind of popular-priced musement. the law-makers would do well to re aove the burden. There are a great many motion licture theatres in the state that are struggling for xistence by reason of federal, state and municipal axes, and they are entitled to be relieved of the inancial burden of censorship if it can be shown hat censorship is superfluous. GASOLINE SHORTAGES IMPROBABLE It is surely a satisfaction to learn of the successful levelopment by Dr. Rittman. chemical engineer of he Bureau of Mines, of processes intended to in- gasoline output two hundred per c-ent. and o p« bases for dyes and high explosives from rude petroleum, not solely on account of the par icular importance at the present time of the dis- reries, but to a large extent because Dr. Rittman his researches has been working for the United »tes government and now intends, after patenting i processes, to dedicate them to the American Our government does not give all the eneourage ent it should, perhaps, to the carrying on of seien- Bc research work for the finding of more simple id more economical ways of doing things, yet what rpropriations are made for such purposes seem to s bringing splendid results. It is in the labora iries of a country, through long successions of itiently conducted experiments in which failures ■e plentiful aud successes rare, that manufactur- . * • ' ' ■ *- * • ' I HARRTSBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1915. ing processes are worked out and the quality and quantity of the products of industries determined. Investigators in the laboratories of private corpora tions make valuable discoveries and monopolies re sult. Government scientists develop important pro cesses and they are "free for the use of all," as Secretary Laue puts it. With the demand for gasoline for motor cars, motor boats and stationary engines now increasing rapidly, the development of the proeess for multi plied production surely comes opportunely. Fear has beeu expressed at times that sources of gasoline supplies might be exhausted with a continuance of the great demands, but the assurance now comes from Secretary Lane that the uew proeess gives hope that there will be no shortage at any future time, and that it will not only be of value to refiners with limited capital but also to the users of the product who patronise the industry to the extent of from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 annually. NATIONAL DEFENSE INVOLVED The process discovered by Dr. Kittman for ob taining from crude petroleum the necessary ingre dients for high explosives which have formerly been imported from Germany and England where they are made from coal tar, has special importance with respect to the matter of out national defense, at least theoretically. We are fortunate in not having a strong demand in this country for high explosives with which to annihilate enemies, yet should such a demand ever arise we would not now be dependent on importations for supplies of the ingredients. Germany, according to reports, is now in such a position that, although it cannot freely get raw materials for the manufacture of explosives, it has nevertheless the ingenuity of skilled-scientists upon which to depend for the development of processes by which needed products can be obtained from chemicals of which the empire has a plentiful supply. The laboratories conducted by the United States govern meut are not now pressed by any immediate need for the discovery of processes for the manu facture of high explosives, yet it is well that re searches are progressing with slowness and sure ncss that results may be available whenever needed. The report from Washington of the valuable dis covery is another slap at the pessimism of the patent office employe who some decades ago resigned from his position because he feared that all possible dis coveries had already been made, and that the patent office would soon have to close up for lack of ad ditional entries. March came in rather lamblike, after all. so look out for a lionlike wineats this visit six or seven times a day. In a nest under the kitchen table she has laid seven eggs.—Salem Sunbeam. JUST IN TIME "Yes. I took out an accident-insurance policv to-day. These slippery sidewalks got on my nerves." 4 But the policy won't keep you from slipping." "No; but if I do slip and fall I'll get $25 a week as long as I'm disabled." "I'm so glad you got the insurance, George; because I fave your new rubbers to day to a poor man who said his shoes leaked."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. TRIBULATIONS OF AN ACTOR On a certain Thursday night a prominent actor was play ing Napoleon Bonaparte in a big metropolitan theatre. The scene was the evening before the battle of Waterloo, and as the great general meditatively walked before the tents with folded arms intense silence reigned in everv part of the house. Finally Napoleon spoke. "To-morrow will be—" Here he made a short pause to emphasize the situation, but the sentence was not to be left long in a doubtful state of ineompletion. "To-morrow will be Friday!" distinctly supplemented a deep bass voice in the top gallery and great applause loudly rang while Napoleon wildly glared.—Philadelphia Tele graph. FARMER'S VIEW OF IT Quiet and confident, the young traveler for the patent fertilizer determined to sound Farmer Filbert as to his firm'* latest product. But the farmer saw him coming among the turnips, and knew him and bis ilk of old. "No, young fellow," he finished up, after a lengthy argu ment. "These new fangled ideas don't appeal to me. Nothing ean beat the old natural fertilizer." "Good heavens, sir!" exclaimed the exasperated young patent-pusher. "The day is eoming when a man will be able to carry enough fertilizer for an acre of land in his watch pocket!" . "Maybe he will, my boy," allowed Filbert, as he chewed a fresh straw. "And I reckon he'll be able to carry the ■joy in ihft «an* pocket, tool"—Exchange. Omega -Oil Swellin6S& TirflfliMniifrin Rub Omega Oil gently over the placo tbst hurts. Then soak a piece of flan nel with the Oil, lay it on the painful part and cover with a piece of dry flannel. This simple treatment usually gives quick relief. Trial bottle toe. / v IT ongue-End Topics | *■ s Girl's Description of s Battle A letter received by an English fam ily in Loudon front a daughter serving as a Rod Cross nurse in Flanders gives a thrilling glimpse of a girl's life on the Nienport-Pixmude Hue. "We had a lively day of shelling on Monday," she writes. "At about 10.30, whiz-bang! just outside our house, and all our glass came shatter ing down, whit-bang! another, aud an other, and yet another. Just then the Belgian doctor came in and told us we had better go into the cellar. We went down into the cold, damp cellar and stood about on bits of wood and coal, and listened to the continued whl*. bang and crash of big shells. The noise was pretty near deafening, and they must have plumped in about 100. Out of all that lot luckily we only got two wounded men—a priest, wounded by a flying bit in the face, and a soldier. It was extremely lucky that on that day the trenches opposite our house were not occupied or there would have been manv killed and wounded." • o * No Piace For Hobble Skirts Continuing her letter on the follow ing day, the writer says: '"The big cannonade is still going on. There must be a tremendous battle. I asn hoping they, are gaining ground, and that we shall soon move on down the road. I should just iove to move forward into ■Brussels. The weather has been truly awful lately; uoihing but raiu. I live in knee-high rubber boots and my oil skins. I am sure I will never be able to go back to hobble skirts and ' fash ionable sides', as our American nurse says.'' 0 • Difficulties of Motoring "We are thinking of gping to Fur nes for the afternoon, just for a joy ride. We have been hard at it for nearly a fortnight witaout a break, so we think of going in. You have no i lea what a pleasure a trundle into Purnes is, when you have not done a thing but remain in two smelly, dingy posts, day in and day out. I will tell you what the pleasure consisted of: Gettiug into a motor-ambulance that has seen its best days, and irundiug over broken, hoiey roads that nearly jolt one's inside out; probably at least once, and perhaps more, sticking in the dee;> mud. and all having to get out and push aud shove to get the ear out, aud eventually arriv ing at Furnes but it all seems so new and interesting after a desolate town. Then a mad rush back again, over the same bumpy, holey road and home to our tumbled-down cottage. Yet you have no idea what a great treat it seems to us. The Finest Hospital Ship The British Red Cross hospital ship Asturias. which the Allies assert was subjected to a submarine atta-k. is by far the finest hospital ship iu the Brit ish service. It piies between Havrs and Southampton. In the old days, the ship Mjas in the South American passen ger service a?.'d was then noted for its luxurious ac •ommodatious and steadi ness in rough weather. Luxurious fit tings are now cleared away, but noth ing has been lost on the side of com fort. There are twelve hundred swing ing beds for the wounded, who receive every care possible in a land hospital. While surgical operations at sea are generally avoided ou hospital ships, un less of a minor kind, the operating theatre of the Asturias is so well equip ped that many serio is eases are handled there. The Asturias is painted white with green stripes and carries a huge square cross painted in red amidships on both sides. At ,n:ght. the red cross is illuminated by electric lights and can be seen clearly from a long distance. Besides the doctors and orderlies there are twentv women nurses aboard. • . # Making Use of Captured Guns All the machine-guns captured from the Germans by the British troops in France and Flanders are being brought to England for distribution among the new army units at their training camps. The guns are very similar to those used in the British army, and are being used for instruction purposes. At the Victoria To-day Episode 5, of the great serial story, '•Runaway June," is being shown to day. It is filled with scenes of unusual interest which carries humor and pathos direct to every patron. To-morrow the compete solution of the '•Million Dol lar Mystery'' will be the specially at tractive feature and the winner of the SIO,OOO prize will positively be shown.—Adv. * AMUBEMENTB Free Moving Pictures every evening 7 to 11 p. m., Palace Confectionery, 225 Market street. C. V. NEWS HACERSTOWN GETS READY FOR REVIVAL CAMPAIGN Ministers Devote Sermons To Advocat ing Endorsement of Evangelistic Season—Dr. William E. Blederwolf WUI Open First Service on Easter Hagerstown, Md., March I.—A num ber of sermons were preached yesterday by Hagerstown ministers in advocacy of the seven weeks' revival which Rev. Dr. Wm. K. Biederwolf will conduct here, beginning Easter Sunday, in a large tabernatile, seating 8,000 persons, now in course of erection. About half of the local ministers, especially of the butheran, Reformed and Episcopal denominations, will take no active part in the campaign. The Rev. George B. Townscud, in the First Christian church, preached on why the Biederwolf campaign was needed here. In the First Brethren Church, the Rev. M. A. Wither, of Waynesboro, Pa., told of the after effects of the Bieder wolf campaign in Waynesboro. The Kev. Dr. A. B. Statton, in St. Paul's I'nited Brethren Church, preach ed on the purpose of the campaigu here. The Rev. Gordon I. Rider, in Grace United Brethren Church, told why his congregation would co-operate with the campaign. In the First Baptist Church, the Rev. E. K. Thomas preached on "The Why and the How of the Biederwolf Cam paign." The Rev. Dr. Charles L. Pate, in St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, preached on the need of a revival in Hagerstown. TO SELECT COLLEGE HEAD Committee Has Been Named To Recom mend Name Of New President Of Dickinson Carlisle. March 1. —To formally fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Eugene Allen Noble, former head of the institution, the members of tue Board of Trustees of Dickinson College, at a recent session appointed a commit tee taken from their members to exam ine into the qualifications of the vari ous applicants for the position and to make a report with recommendations as soon as possible. On this committee *re Rev. Bishop Joseph F. Berry, Philadelphia, chair man; Rev. Dr. Frank B. Lynch. Phila delphia. Rev. Dr. Charles W. Straw, Alexander Simpson, Jr.. Philadelphia, Frank C. Bosler, Carlisle. Body Lee Spahr, Philadelphia, and J. Henry- Baker, Baltimore. GIRL HRADS TO MAKE CLOTHES School Board Determined to Eliminate » Commencement Extravagance Hagerstown. Md., March I.—The County School Board, in order to put a stop to extravagant dress, has deter mined to require the members of the graduating class of the Hagerstown F"e •nale High School to make their gradu ating gowns this year with their own hands. The young ladies will have the assistance of' Miss Elizabeth Brown, the domestic science teacher in the high school. All of the gowns will be made of the same inexpensive material white goods—and there will be no elaborate trimmings. It is thought the dresses can be made for $5 or $6 each. County School Superintendent W. Merrick Huyett stated that because the matter of dress run riot in former years the School Board had decided to adopt the innovation of having each graduate make her own simple gown. Young People To Hold Contests Gettysburg. March 1. —Members of the Young People's Branch, one of the most recently organized and most active temperance organizations in the town, are preparing to conduct a series of medal contests in Gettysburg and vari ous parts of the county during the com ing weeks. Arrangements for the first of these will be made on Tuesday after noon at four o'clock when boys and girls from 12 to 16 years who are will ing to take fart are asked to meet in the lecture room of the College Luth eran church. Waynesboro Nurse At Exposition Waynesboro, March I.—Miss Beulah Bretzler. daughter of Constable \V. E. Bretzler. Penu street, was the sixth person to register in the Pennsylvania building at the Pauama exposition in San Francisco. Miss Bretzler, who is a trained nurse, in private practice in San Francisco, has written home a glowing account of the splendors of the exposition. She expects to visit Waynesboro dur ing the summer. Bank Barn Burned Chambersburg, March 1. —The large bank barn on the farm of M. H. Brandt, tenanted bv his son William Brandt, was completely destroyed by Are Friday afternoon. A hog pen and corn crib were also destroyed. The flames start ed in the straw stack and quickly spread to the barn. The farm is lo cated near Scotland. ASKED TO INDICT OFFICIALS Pottsville, March I.—Judge C. N. Brumm, who will have charge of the Grind jury for the March term of crim inal court, was yesterday asked by C. F. Foley, labor leader, in & communica tion by mail, to have Mayor Pierce Mortimer and Commissioners Hugh Do lan, J. H. Nichter, James Shellhamer and A. L. EcJiert, of the city of Potts ville. indicted for numerous alleged misdemeanor in office. Foley offere to appear in person be fore the Grand Jury, with a number of other witnesses, to substantiate the charges. Among the violations of l»w alleged are failure to appoint a building inspector and sealer of weights and meaures, all of which appointments have been vainly demanded by the Pottsville Central Labor Union. Mayor Mortimer contend* that it is optional with hiin to fill these offices or leave them vacant. Foley also charges other alleged violations of law, among them being a charge of city property was loaned to a contractor outside the city limits, without any written memo randa on the minutes of council, as re quired by the act of 1913. SAFETY VSfIRST (UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEPENDENT PRINTS EACH .MONDAV A PRACTICAL ARTICLE BEARING ON THE "SAFETY FIRST" MOVEMENT OR KINDRED SUBJECTS, PREPARED BY THAT BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERN MENT, OF WHICH COMMISSIONER JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE HEAD.) EXITS ANDENTRANCES As inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry have been making inspections throughout the Mate, they have observed frequently a lac-k of at tention to exits, entrances aud passage ways. Too often too little attention has been given to see that these plswes are free from obstructions, or would offer danger in case the occupants of a build ing, panic stricken toy fire or accident, would make a rush for the outside. Frequently passageways have been used a* store houses. Ladders, standing or lying down, cleaning apparatus, tools, trunks, boxes and refuse of all kinds are left there. No thought is given to the fact that these articles might people on occasions of excitement, to stumble aud fail. Others pressing on be hind then) would trip over them, and serious injury might result to many per sons. Two instances, which were noticed recently during inspections of factories by inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry, are worthy of note: In one case, an inspector was on the upper floor of a factory building and he noticed a door leading out to an overhead bridge to another building. On testing the door latcli, he found this open, and started to walk across the 'bridge. The manager, who was accom panying him at that time, became very much excited, and calling loudly, said: "Come back. Don't go out there; there are some broken boards on that bridge,' and you might fall through." The fact that this ibridge was in a dangerous condition was something which never should have been permit ted. Any employe who hail no knowl edge of this condition might have, un noticed, made an attempt to walk across that bridge. His ignorance, for which ho could not be blaaned, might have cost him his life. Until repairs had been made so that the bridge was safe, all <\oors leading to it should have been nailed or fastened shut to prevent possible danger to any person. In another instance a factory was located in the second and third floors of a buildiug, ami the only stairway for exit and entrance ran from the sec ond story to the street at the side of a store room. Immediately in front of the stairway at the bottom, and directly behind the entrance door, was located an elevator shaft. Persons who entered [ and left that building had to use this stairway, and were in danger of being hurt by the elevator, as they had to pass directly over the floor of the ele ator if it was at the street level. If the elevator had been descending at the time a person opened the door to enter the stairway, one step forward would 110 doubt have meant instant death to i that person. Likewise, there was a similar danger to people leaving the building by this stairway, unless they had made special note of the location of the elevator. Such a condition was inexcusable, and instructions were im mediately given the management to ANNOUNCEMENT 1 have arranged with C. A. Stouffer, of Broad street, to have on sale daily at my store a full line of Fresh and Smoked Meats, Smoked Fish, Poultry, Delicatessen and Home Baking OPENING DAYS Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 4, 5, 6 'You are invited to eall and inspect our entire Hue. Fine and Staple Groceries S. S. POMEROY MARKET SQUARE A Small B There is nothing more important in any undertaking than a proper start and it is a well known fact that practically every achievement of any importance started with a very small beginning. No matter how little money you are able to set aside each month from your earnings you should set aside something and deposit it at interest in a strong financial institution. k We invite savings accounts of SI.OO and upwards. j isiil MRUS FOR COSTIVE BOWELS. HEADACHE. GOLDS To-night! Clean Your Bowels and Stop Head ache, Colds, Sour Stomach Oft a 10-cent box now Turn the rascals out —the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach ami bad colds —turn thetn out to night and keep them out with Cas cftrets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by n lazy liver, clogged bowels, or an upset stomach. Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; re move the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste mat ter and poisou in tho bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stuma ach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Children love Cas carets because they never gripe or sicken.—Adv. provide some other means of exit and entrance. Many other conditions of a similar nature might be cited; but it is thoug-li t that these two examples will bring out the point that intelligent thought should be given to these matters. Too often in alterations of old buildings, the persons in charge or those making the alterations, lose sight of the safety of the occupants who must use the re constructed building, and pay attention only to convenience of operation ami eost of construction. YOUNG MINISTERS ORDAINED United Evangelical Conference Admits Four Candidates at Service Bethlehem, Pa., March I.—Four young men were ordained into the Evangelical ministry at an impressive service in Emmanuel church yesterday. The ordination was in connection with the twenty-first annual United Evan gelical conference now in session here. Bishop W. Foulke performed the ordi nation rite, assisted by Bishop W. F. Swengle and the three presiding elders. The ordination sermon was preached by Bishop Foulke. Those who received preaching or ders are W. VV. Wirarni, of Maplewood, Wayne county; John Smith, of Lans ford: E. Eehman, of New York City, and F. G. Yost, of Sunbury. Member of O. U A. M. Sixty Years Marietta, March I.—The funeral of George Rudisill, held this afternoon from his late home, was very largely attended. The Rev. H. B. Pulsifer, of the Episcopal church, officiated. The pallbearers werj members of the vestry. The service of the Order United Amer ican Mechanics, of which he was a member over 60 years, was read at the grave.