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THESTAHIN DEPENDENT The paper with the largest Home Circulation in Harrlsborg ana kMrby towns. Circulation Examine* b» THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. * TELEPHONES BELL Musis Branch Eiohan#*. • • _Mo. 3280 CUMBEHLAND VALLEY PHvsts Branch Eichanga. N®. **5.24® Tuesday, March 2, 1915. MARCH Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon. Ist, 31 st: Last Quarter. Bth: New Moon, loth; First Quarter, 28D. WEATHER FORECASTS ••fv, JHLSc Harrisburg an.l vicinity: Partly cloudy to-night aud Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy to-night and Wednesday. Colder. Wednesday in the north and west por tious. Moderate north ami west winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 3S: lowest, 21; S a. in., 21; 8 p. ni., 35. IMPORTANCE OF THE SWARTZ BILL Since the defeat of a resolution to amend the »tate Constitution by abolishing the Department of nterual Affairs, there appears to be a marked re ival of interest in that department. Possibly this esults from the attention which has necessarily een attracted to the department and its functions iv the fruitless effort to do away with it. Mr. iwartz, one ot the members of the General Assem ly from this city, has presented a bill of tremen us importance. It proposes that the Public Service Commission shall be abolished and that in its stead bureau to be known as the Public Service Bureau f Pennsylvania shall be created in the Department f Internal Affairs. Mr.. §vjante is an able lawyer and he doubtless iitis by his bill to remove a grave question as to le constitutionality of the present Public Service otumission. That this doubt has been a veritable ogv to a number of interested persons is best Town by the efforts made, when the Railroad Com lission was tirst proposed, to connect it up soine ow with the Department of Internal Affairs, and fter the creation by law of the Public Service ; oininis>ion. the still bolder attempt to abolish the ! epartment. The State Constitution, in Article sev- j iteen, seetiou eleven, says: The existing powers and duties of the Auditor General, regard to railroads, canals and transportation companies, :cept as to their accounts, are hereby transferred to the icretarv of Internal Affairs, who shall have a general pervision over them, subject to such regulations and alter ions as shall he provided bv law; and, in addition to the inual reports now required to be made, said Secretary mav quire special reports at any time upon any subject relat g to the business of said companies from any officer or Seers thereof. The language of the Constitution seems to be plain, it, notwithstanding the oath of office taken by embers of the Legislature and all officials to "sup >rt, obey and defend" that instrument, il is leged that for years past studied endeavors have ■evailed to deprive the Department of Internal lairs of its constitutional rights in order that the fluenee and power of appointments might be dged in others. Of late much opposition has developed to the iblic Service Commission. The chief criticisms to heard are that its powers are too large and, in me instances, are oppressive, and that it is organ id upon a scale that is extravagant and out of all oportion to any services it can possibly render to e State. The boroughs and some of tThe cities of e State have organized to oppose it and are asking eir members to vote for its abolishment. It may be that Mr. Swartz's bill \till solve the estion, or that it may become the basis for a udent compromise of these unsettled conditions, le Swartz bill effects a saving of fifty thousand liars a year in designated salaries alone. IF CONSTANTINOPLE FALLS The report that Great Britain is to seud an expe tion against Constantinople by land, to operate co-operation with the fleets now forcing the j •ts defending the Dardanelles, indicates that the i ject of the Allies is to accomplish the fall of the < toman capital with little delay; and the*accounts riots in the threatened city reveal the fear of the j lidents that the attacking forces will succeed in jir purpose. Constantinople can hardly be taken 1 a week, but the chances are that it will not be rery safe place a month from now. Although the attacks of the fleets of the Allies the forts at the entrance to the Dardanelles have i HARRTRBFHRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1915. been successful, they do not by any means give the fleets immediate access to Constantinople. The forty miles of channel which intervene are presum ably fortified and mined to the last foot and even if land forces co-operate with the warships the de fenders of Turkey will doubtless see to it that the struggle will not be one-sided while it lasts. If Constantinople finally falls, as is certainly not improbable, the Allies will not only be provided with a spectacular victory on the strength of.whieh they can hold innumerable celebrations and stir up patriotism anew among their people, but will be given actual advantages that will be of great value to them in future operations. The taking of the Ottoman city would of course drive the Turks back into Asia, crushing theft offensive in the Caucasus and preventing the possibility of their invading Egypt. More than that, so far as present exigencies are concerned, control of the Dardanelles by the Allies would make possible the release of Russia's vast supply of wheat, thus relieving food conditions in England'and France, and would open a passage for the rapid transportation of troops and ammunition from these countries to the aid of Russia. Constantinople i§ a cosmopolitan city and the suggestion has been made that if taken it could be controlled jointly by England. France and Russia. Yet such combinations of authority do not always work well and are often dangerous to harmony. The news that au agreement has been reached by the Allies which will give to Russia free passage of the straits of the Dardanelles suggests that England and France would not even be averse to giving the Czar sole possession of Constantinople if it were theirs to give. VIVISECTION CONTROVERSY GROWING HOT The controversy between persons favoring and! persons opposing vivisection .gains fresh vigor from j the statement which has been prepared by the; former in response to the latter's recently issued circulars asking physicians of this state to declare themselves on the question. The supporters of un restricted medical research declare that the qties-j tions asked the physicians are misleading and that the intentions of the members of the American Anti-! Vivisection Society are to take from the answers j they receive sentences which can easily be perverted and then to circulate such phrases as the opinions] of duly titled medical doctors. It is perhaps going rather far, even in a bitterly j waged vivisection controversy, for one side openly | to accuse the other of planning to practice deceit, i Were the debators to confine themselves to the points at issue rather than to throw fits about the methods employed by the opposition in seeking to j win over public opinion, there might be more prog- j ress made in arriving at slight mutual understand-1 ings between the contestants. The supporters of animal experimentation, after' contending that it is not part of medical practice* but is confined to scientific investigators, suggest that the anti-vivisectionists ask physicians, instead of the Question. "Do you practice or have you prac ticed animal experimentation?" that of "Do you ori do you not make use of the results of animal ex perimentation in your daily practice*" The former i question is not exactly an unfair one. ve,t neither is the latter, and perhaps there would be more affirmative responses forthcoming if the proposed substitution in queries were to be made. Medical investigators who practice vivisection certainly can find no large amount of pleasure in their bloody work and surely they do not engage in it for the pleasure of satisfying idle curiosity. That they do it for glory is also doubtful, since they are rewarded by few enough expressions of apprecia tion when their efforts to benefit mankind are suc cessful. They may be cruel at times, but they are liu-1 inanitarians above all. Noble men have before them who not only held that the sufferings of beasts are often required to aid the advance of medical science, but who even demonstrated that human lives must sometimes be sacrificed by themselves j perishing in experiments that other men might live 1 There doubtless is consternation in the harem! Nobody could accuse Governor Brumbaugh of not keep-: ing on the job. No, dear reader, the full crew bill has nothing to do with proposed liquor legislation. * It looks as though they were going to carve Turkey with-' out waiting for Thanksgiving Day to come around. Judging from the number of repealers being introduced in the Legislature the lawmakers might better be called i the lawunmakers. / ■ TOLD IN LIOHTERVEIN A SURE CURE Many a bad case of pessimism has been cured by giving ; the patient a political office.—Toledo Blade. IN CONSTANT DEMAND Among the "heads" a New York newspaper should keep "standing on galley:" "Wreck on the Intcrborough; | Wooden Cars Again Absorb Shock."—Philadelphia Inquirer, j TOUGH LUCK "I've been wearing the same suit of clothes for five years. That's tough." "Of course it is, my friend, but I'm worse off than you. j I've had the same automobile for five years."—Birmingham Age-Herald. THE PART THAT APPEALS First Young Thing—"Don't you just dote on Shake speare 1* Second Ditto—'/I adore him. Our club gave his 'School j for Scandal' last month and it was perfectly lovely."—Bos ton Transcript. SURE OF IT One (lav, in the lively old time of cowboy activities, a j timid tenderfoot at Bitter Creek asked tremblingly if that bad man, Bill Busher, was hanging around there yet. "No," replied the native who was asked. "Bui he was last week." "Are you suret" said the tenderfoot. "Positive. I bay hold of the rope."—Browning's Mag azine. PORE RICH BIOOD PREVENTS DISEASE Bad blood is responsible for more ailments than anything else. It causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak, tired, languid feelings and worse troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla has been won derfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and building up the whole system. Take it—give it to all the family so as to avoid illness. Get , it to-day. Adv. * " IT ongue-End Topics ] Birds Don't Have a Chance "Looking at a live bird shoot is looking at a slaughtjr of the inno ; cents," said the Old Sport as he touch ed a match to his jimmy pipe and puffed contemplatively. "I went to see a live bird shoot the other day," he continued, "and I must j confess I was not edified. Time was when I might have been thrilled by the clever marksmanship displayed, but I lost sight of all that in seeing the kill ing of the birds. Understand me, I am not posing as a S. P. C. A. agent, much i as 1 believe in the principles of that I organization, but I do hate to see a de ' fenceless, innocent bird packed in a j trap and then, when the sides of the j trap fall to release it, see it, dazed ; and frightened, jump into the air a ! couple of feet only to fall dead or bad i ly hurt, struck by a load of shot from | some 'skilled shooter.' Why, the bird j doesn't have half a chance. It | led in no gentle way wheu it is put I into the trap. It is frightened and ! dazed in the dark prison and when it j is released it doesn't know what it is . doing. Its intention is to fly, and when it flies, bing. and down it drops. And j if it isn't killed on the instant, the ,re triever, generally a boy. grabs it rough ly. and wrings its neck until it is dead. ' I don't like to see that. To me it lolfks I like murder, but I suppose I'm old | fashioned." And the 01.1 Sport puffed at his pipe aud relapsed into silence. # „ » Shoot Held in Civil War Time There are some men in Harrisburg who can go back half a century to the i j days when live-bird shooting was first seen in HarritJburg in the way of a ; | "shooting match," as it used to be; 1 called. During the Civil war a promi- j j uent Harrisburg hotel man named Jo-; I seph V. Lawrence, who afterward run I ' t'he vaudeville shows iu the building | : that occupied the site of the present : f Star-Independent building, got up ft live-bird shoot among several members : ' of a minstrel company that was then j playing at this place of amusement.: The shoot took place 011 the farm of the j I late Fred llachnlen. 011 Allison Hill, j somewhere in the vicinity of the pres- j ent junction of Thirteenth and State I ! streets. Among those who took part in | it were Ira Paine, afterward the eliam- j pion wing shot ot the country, who was the balladist of the minstrel corn- j pany. Paine was a handsome young , | fellow and it was said had learned wing j j shooting in Europe, where he studied; music, but the war compelled him to come home before his studies were com pleted, and he joined the minstrel com pany as its balladist, having a par ticularly mellow voice. He was after- ; ward heard in grand opera. Others who participated in the war-time pigeon i match were "Billy" Porter, the come- j (dian: Harry Wells, the orchestra lead-| er, and "Billy" Morris, a comedian.) Paine won the match, which was to be expected, although the others were no mean shots. is * Shot at Wild Birds Live bird shoots were frequent after that but in a private way, a few good | wing shots in Harrisburg participating, j The matches were generally held at a road house near the present Catholic j cemetery. Among the best shot# were j the late Alderman A. J. Pager, the late D. W. Seiler, Bernard Frisch, Fred. Bv ers and others of what afterward be came known as the "Rod and Gun j Club," long ago passed out of ex istence. In the days when wild pigeons were very plentiful in some parts of the State where these birds roosted it was customary to use the wild bi»ds in the matches, it being considered better sport, as a wild pigeon was exceedingly swift when released from the trap. One year, in the spring of 1871, when the wild pigeons nested at the famous spot near Sheffield, Warren county, the late Senator James K. P. Hall, of Elk coun ty, who was intimate with the Harris burg trap shooters, sent crates contain ing five hundred live wild pigeons to them) to be useihin a match. That was one of the most exciting pigeon shoot# ever held in this vicinity. The birds were too wild and were off quick as a flash before the man at the trap could fire his gun. The first day at the traps ten men shot at twenty birds each, and j the highest score was nine birds. Some ; of the scores were as low as six, and 1 yet ordinarily these shooters were fine j ■wing shots. * * * Bogardus Revived the Shoots It was the famous Captain Bogardus, who in his prime was the best wing I shot in this country, who revived live bird shooting in Harrisburg when he gave an exhibition on the race track! grounds along t'he river in Susquehanna township. Bogardus' shooting was a re velation. It seemed as if lie' could not miss, and he generally had a very lively set of birds to shoot at, and the thou sands of spectators who were attracted bv the noveltv of the exhibition were THE GLOBE THE GLOBE A Formal Presentation SgsjSh"l OF OUR New Spring Models Ifj\y/R For Men and Boys |Py / K jI 1 are ready for you with » rgra// /'I l'v TT the most comprehen- W > sive showing of the smartest H Ly, \ I Spring ready-to-wear apparel | ]j M we've ever shown. | Anticipating an early Spring we V / "rushed in" our Spring stocks in < | every department. H 1 1 j Permit us to suggest early choos- 1 ' | ing. We'll be pleased to set any gar ment aside until wanted. * THE GLOBE Fr/end/y j| - delighted. Bogardus' visit set the wing shots to getting up a few matches, and eventually the present sportsmen's clubs were onganized in Harrisfourg. Captain Bogardus visited Harrisiburg several times, the last time with Bar num's show, when he shot clay pigeons with just as much ease as he did live birds. * « * Shot at Glass Balls When former Register John J. Bar ! gest occupied as a farm the present Is | land Park, some thirty years ago. ehoot | ing matches at glass balls filled with ] feathers were frequent on the island, i resulting in the developing of some fine ; shots. It was at one of these private : shoots that a sail acvident befell M. B. j Cowden, who wae and still is city., en i gineer. A gun in the hands of one of I the participants was prematurely dis i charged and the load of shot struck j Mr. Cowden in the back, so badly in juring him that for a lomj time it was thought he would not recover. The acci dent put a damper on "shoots" for I some time, but the interest was revived when the famous Captain Brewer came to Harrisiburg to participate ij) a match for the championship of the United states, the shoot taking place on the island. Brewer won by a good margin. | Since then numerous "shoots" have j taken place in Harrisbung, and there is not a city in the country that has, in proportion to its population, more good i wing shots than Harrisburg. THOMAS M. JONES. AGED W4R VETEKAN BURIED Capt. Wallace. Former Harrisburger, ! Brought Here From Philadelphia The funeral of Captain William ] Wigton Wallace, a former resident of j this city, who died at his home in Phil- ; adelphia last Thursday, was held yes- j terday afternoon. The body was brought j to this city and interment made in the Harrisburg cemetery to-day. Captain Wallace was born in Ches ter in 1832, and lived in this city thir teen years. He is survived by one sis ter, Mrs. Thomas IJ. Wallace, Pine street, this city. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having been commissioned by the Gov ernor as captain of Company C, One ' Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment, i Pennsylvania Volunteers. Mrs. Sarah Jau* Gaylor Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane ' Cavlor, aged 79 years, who died yes- i terday, will be held at the home of "her I daughter, Mrs. Amos Funk, 539 Curtin | street, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. I The services will be in charge of the 1 Rev. Peter H. Balsbaugh, pastor of the | Sixth street United 'Brethren church. In- ; I Stop scratching 11 I your head Ij ■ That itching is the dandruff W ■ germ sapping the life from the H ; B roots of you> hair and threaten- H f H ing your scalp with that loath- H j H some skin disease—eczema H H You can permanently cure H n dandruff and prevent baldness 1 B and eczema, which follows in I H its path, by using H f?4 Beshore's I Iffr for Dandruff I Get a bottle from your barber or hairdresser njfffjWsj and use it to-day, 3M Rcr G. W. l oden. York. Pa., ilWrfflfJl wys: "You ask me whether 'Be- Hill shore's for I>andrulf W.IK t!* ■■ j»^o w n experience. commend 25c., 50c. and SI.OO 40 l&rsjcq BESHORE'S for DANDRUFF ft'.'# -tOO N. Third St. Ss&J PHILADELPHIA. PA. 'V' HARRISBURO CoTl 32 NORTH SECOND STREET * is showing a large line of new Spring patterns in Rugs 1 at reduced prices: / . 9x12 live-frame Body Brussels Rugs reduced from I $27.50 to $25.00 9x12 Axminster Rugs reduced from $25.00 to $22.50 9x12 Axminster Rugs reduced from $22.50 to SIB.OO 9x12 Tapestry Rugs reduced from $16.00 to $13.00 9x12 Wool Fiber Rugs reduced from $9.00 to SB.OO 9x12 Wool Fibre Rugs reduced from SB.OO to $6.50 All Carpets reduced. > We are showing a new Rug suitable for offices and public places, the Klearflax Linen Rug, \\ inch thick, in all colors. > Vacuum Cleaners with brush, $5.00 J HARRISBURO CARPET CO., 32 North Second Street | VMBHIHHHmHHManmHHBBaHHinHr : terment will be in the Harrisburg cem ! etery. Mrs. Gaylor is survived by the fol | lowing children: .Jacob, Eschol; J. 8., ! Clearfield; Jesse, A. S. and Charles. Ma haffie, Pa., 11. A. and W. 0., Ridg j way; S. M„ Olean, N. Y.; 'Mrs. Jennie Corkle, McVeytown, and Frank Gay | lor and Mrs. Amos Funk, Harrisburg. ! Also twenty-eight grandchildren and ! ten great-grandchildren. Woman's Logic You sometimes wonder about the | logic of the feminist mind. A man was to meet his wife at her j office at 1 o 'clock to take luncheon with ' her. He was twenty minutes late. She j had gone out. / j He sat down and waited. At 1.30 she arrived. "What are you doing heref' she asiked. "I'm waiting for you." "Didn't you know I wouldn't come Our Children's Demanding More Room ■ The buyer says she must have it—that settles it. That moans tearing out brick walls and a general re-arrangement of space for cashier, bookkeeper and riffice which spells dirt and dust galore. The fewer shoes we have in the stock room the less trouble to us so We Have Decided fe Clear Out a Let ef Shoes at a Price That (light to Be Interesting to You. r Ladies' Low Shoes and Pumps Russet, Suede, Velvets and Satins g JSX in regular $3.50, $4.00 and $5,00 grades. ™ • Your choice of any pair in the lot, .... ! The stvlcs are all right for the coming season. Just a few pairs left of those high shoes we are offering at $1.50 If your size is here you can get a great big bargain. The former prices were $3.00 to $5.00. JERAULD SHOE 310 MARKET STREET -! back after Id given you up and gone I out?" " But you did come back, didn't you ? | You arc back now, aren't you?" 1 "Yes, but you might have known I that when I did come back I would e i have had my lunch and there would be - no use in waiting to have it with me." "Well, have you had it!" 1 "No."—Denver News. Pennsy's Business Increases During the month of February the Pennsylvania Railroad Company trans e ferred a total of 33,378 cars and 82,"> trains to foreign roads. This is an in r crease of 4,762 cars aud twelve trains li over the corresponding month of last e year. 1) Time's dttvnges Time makes many changes. When e you were eighteen if somebody hail told you that at forty you'd be taking dancing lessons you'd have laughed in e his face. —Detroit Tree Press.
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