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Tuesday, March 2, 1915.
MARCH
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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|
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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.
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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
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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.