2
Making the small merchant
a profitable customer
" I have a list of merchants in 500
towns that are too small to send
salesmen to. Once or twice a
week I send each of these buyers
a Western Union Night Letter or
Day Letter quoting a list of espe
cially attractive buys. This sales
scheme is developing one of the
most profitable markets We enjoy.»
A SALES MANAGER.
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
Kills Bob-Cat in Battle glass window. They evidently cut
Lewistown, Pa.. March S.—William | their hands, as blood was found in the
Lafever. an old hunter and trapper, window. All tihat was taken was u
Who resides along Shade mountains, six P #ir of shoes. Sometime during the
miles west of here, meandered into town ni B ht a hu ß° sto " e wns thrown through
Saturday, with a fine specimen of the I a window at William Rapp's residence
bob-tailed cat, on which he collected | bv SOlne one 0,1 a freight train. A
M bounty. He killed the vat Friday | lam 'l» was broken,
night in a 'battle at his chicken house.
in which he and four dogs were badly Coat Sleeve Caught in Machinery
bitten. ' ; Elizabethtown, March B.—F. B. N.
lloffer, while working at a boring ma-
Promptly Back as Wife-Beater chine at the Heagy & Martin shops,
Lancaster, Pa.. March B.—John Tur- shortly before quitting time Saturday,
ner. released from jail, Monday, after had his coat sleeve caught in the nia
serving a term for beating his wife, re- I c'hinery, badiv lacerating his arm and
turned home, where, v hen he learned she hand. Had not a fellow workman been
had obtained a divorce, he again beat dose by he would have lost tihe arm.
her. struck his sister-in-law and broke ]
the furniture. He pleaded guilty, and Rescue Workers Convert Two
was sentenced to the county jail for During the past week two jtersons
sixteen months. have sought couversion through the
American Rescue Workers. The com-
Robbers Smash Plate Glass Window rades tendered a reception Saturday
Marietta, March B.—Robbers at an night to the officers in charge. Adju
earlv hour yesterday morning robbed tant Nevi Smith and wife. Tue meet
tlie shoe store of J. A. Buchanan, Mar- ings are held every evening except
ket street, by breaking the large ijvlate j Monday at their home on Race street.
AMUSEMENTS
MAJESTIC
To-morrow, Matinee and Night
SEATS NOW
SELWYX A CO.
Offer it Return Engagement with the
Same Cant Seen Here in .)ntiuttr>;
of the Ijaugh Festival
TWIN BEDS
PRICESi Mat., 2&c, 50c, 75e, 91.A0;
Mght, 2T»c to 91.50.
Vied., Matinee ami Mgltt. Marah 10
SEATS TO-DAY
Delvoven Opera Co., presenting-
ROBIN HOOD
Hook hy Harry B. Smith
Mu*le hy Reginald IleKoven
A (irnn«l Ennemhle of 50
AICi.MEVI ED ORCHESTRA
PRICES: Mat., 25c to £1.00; Niglit,
25e to $1.50
Sn(„ Matinee ami Night, March IIS
The Society Event of the Seaxon
BOSTON ENGLISH OPERA
COMPANY
In Hie World** Favorite Opera
"IL TROVATORE"
With the moNt remarkable cant of
Ntara ever heard iu EngliMli (irand
Opera, Ineluding JOSEPH F. MIKE
IIAN.
PRICES: Mai.,-35c to 91,00: Eve.,
2.-.C in JS.OO.
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ORPHEUM
TRiXIE —FRI6ANZA jg M yojON
HELEN GRAYCE & GO,
Mikukwu JUNGLE GIRLS
SIMMY WATSON'S FARMYARD A Genuine Mualral Comedy Girl Act
The Ureutext Animal Act In Vuutle- 3 °" er features
vlllc Together With
noMn»—-W eaton iind Clare—3 BEST MOVIES IX TOH\
KarariloM—Comfort anil Klnc Mala., 3e aad lOei ETC., 10c, tSe
Photoplay To-day
Helen Caartlner Featured in 2-reel
Vltacraph
"THE STILL SMALL VOICE"
"HIS HO >1 AN Y WIFE," 2-reel Blo
scraph Drama.
"FROM V I,IKK OF CRIMK," Erll-
Hon Drama.
Special Thursday—Franola Ruah
man anil Kdaa >ln>« In "STARS
THEIR COL'RSRS CHANGE."
L
YICTOW* TO-DAY
I
Runaway June Episode No. 6
Tlie Great Love Serial Story by Geo. Rudolph Chester
SPECIAL TO-MOBROW
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
in THE ACCOUNTING in :i parts. "The Sixth Essanay Prize Contest."
| HIGHSPIRE WINS SHOOT
Take Middletown Into Camp by Score
of 103 to HO
The Higtospire Rod and Gun Clulb
| won the clay 25-target shoot from the
j Middletown Gun Club at Middletown on
Saturday by the score of 103 to 89.
Following this contest J. Howell was
j high gun in a sweepstakes shoot, get
ting a perfect score. The summary:
'Highspire—G. Martin, 19; A.'lfoff,
| IS; .1. A. Peft'er, 19; K. M. Hoffman,
! 19; Eshenhour, 19; H. S. ShaWbaugh,
1 20; H. H. Kline, 21; E. Bamberger,
t IS; H. Green, 20; T. W. Gross, 13; h.
| E. Prick, 11; M. C. Green, 23; C.
Ueigle, 17; B. Beashers, 8; A. A. Gross,
I 13. Total, 103.
Middletown—C. P. Russell, 17; E.
I 1,. Shirenian, 14; J. Howell, 21; A. H.
| Kreider, 14; S. O. Detweiler, 15; W,,
| D. Matheson, 13; D. F. Lecker, 19; R,
; Kipler, 17; J. M. Albright, 10. Total,
| 89. M
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AMUSEMENTS
• Ilourn 13 Noon to 11 P. M.
To-day and To-morrow—'TVKO\K
POWER A "ARISTOCRACY." Fam
ous Society Drama by llronßon How
ard. with our unual dally chanKei
"Fnle'a Protecting Arm," Olograph.
"H'art'i Drain-." (comedy), Sells.
Admlaslon, 10c. Children. 5c
———— —
Free Moving Pictures
every evening 7 to 11 p. m.,
Palace Confectionery, 225
Market street.
\
Rounds Specialty Co.
TECH HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
Wednesday Night, March 10,
1915
s £ ,c Moaday, March 8,
n..M> A. M. (-rnrral Admlaalon, «ici
Rescued Srnta, 10c and SSc r\trn
I adrr Aumplcca John Harrla I.odcr.
*o. K. of I*. "Quick RrllrC
Fund.
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HARRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVEfNING, MARCH 8, 1915.
POTATO PURCHASER MUST
STAND COOP FOR PAD SEEDS
Department of Agriculture to Diacon
tlnue Granting Certificates From
New York and Main Districts In
fected With Powdery Scab Disease
Washington, D. C., March B.—-The
rapid spread of the powdery scab dis
ease of t'ho potato in Maine and New
York, and the difficulty which has de
veloped in defecting, by any practicable
inspection, the presence of slight infec
tion by this disease, has led the Depart
ment, after an experience of five or six
months, to discontinue from March 3,
1915, further certificates of seed stock
from the infected districts under quar
antine. "It is believed that seed certifi
cation under the existing conditions, in
stead of being a benefit to t'he pur
chaser, may become a source of posi
tive danger, for the reason that the
furchaser is given thereby a false sense
of security. Without such certification
the purchaser, having been duly
warned, will make his purchase for
planting with a full understanding of
the risk.
The only federal certification of po
tatoes as a condition ot' movement from
the infected districts will hereafter be
as table stock potatoes, and a strong
effort will be made to place table stock
potatoes on a more reliable basis as to
freedom from infection. As all potatoes
grown in Maine.both in districts be
lieved to be uninfected as well «s in the
known infected districts are under reg
ulation as to interstate movement, fed
eral certification will be continued for
seed potatoes grown outside of the in
fected regions of that State.
The modification makes no change in
the status of the uninfected districts of
New York, which have been free to ship
seed potatoes without federal inspec
tion.
! The public is warned thst all seed po
i tatoes hitherto shipped from the infect
ed districts may contain powdery scab,
and that there must necessarily be some
risk accompanying t'heir use, of the in
trofjuction of the powdery scab dis
ease.
Undoubtedly there are farms aud in
some instances fairly considerable areas
within the infected districts in Maine
and New York,-which are still free from
infection, but it is not possible to de
termine this fact without close scrutiny
of every tuber, and such action is im
practicable.
In relation to the southern market
for Maine seed potato stock, it is fair to
state that this disease has not estab
lished itself, and there is some evidence
that it possibly could not establish it
self, in the Southern Atlantic coast and
the Gulf States. In these States the
department experts are inclined to be
lieve tha the disease, if it appears at
all, will be limited to the mountain
ous and colder regions.
"DEAD WAGON" HAULS BOOZE
Only Vehicle at Hand to Carry Liquor
From Saloon Losing License
Clearfield, Pa., March B.—Following
Judge Bell's refusal to license the Hyde
City hotel, Sheriff JfcCloskey was
called upon to take charge of the prop
erty at t'he request of a creditor. The
Sheriff found a large amount of wet
goods and sent to Clearfield for a con
veyance.
The liveryman had only one vehicle
availaible. It was the "dead wagun."
He sent it.
•W'hen the returning wagon reached
the Court House a crbwd gathered to
ge>t a look at the corpse. Great was
the surprise when the Sheriff opened
tJhe box and revealed t'he contents.
A Prohibitionist?, remarked that it
was the first load of raw material he
hail ever Seen in such quarters as the
"dead wagon," the vehicle usually be
ing called u'|>on to trans|>ort t'he fin
ished product.
Operation Fatal to Chief of Sleuths
Scranton, Pa., March 8. —Captain
Amasa W. Palmer, chief of the bureau
of police detectives and a member of
the force for twenty-three years, died
yesterday in the Hahnemann hospital,
following an operation for appendicitis.
He was stricken Fiidav night. i
Snow Causes Barn to. Cave
Marysville, Pa., March S. —As a re
sult of the heavy snow of Saturday a
large barn on t'he farm of Wilbur Beam
fell in yesterday morning. None of
the stock was injured. The snow here
is ten inches'deep, but has not inter
fered with traffic.
Marries Woman He Granted Divorce
Bueyrus, 0., March B.—-Judge Glenn
B. Falling, of Kalama/.00, Mich., grant
ed a divorce to Mrs. Millicent G. Kow
loy Artz. Then he took a train. He ar
rived in Bucvrus at 11 the next morn
ing. At 3 in the afternoon he left
'Bueyrus for Kalamazoo, and with him,
as his wife, weDt the woman to whom
he had granted the divorce decree.
COSTIVE BOWELS.
HEADACHE. GOLDS.
TAKE CASCAREIS
No Headache, Sour
Stomach, Bad Cold
or Constipation by-
Morning
i
Get a 10-cent box now.
Furreil Tongue, Bad Colds, Tndiges
tiou, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from a torpid liver and
dogged bowels, which cause your atom
l ach to become filled with undigested
food, whic'o sours and ferments like
garbage in a swill barrel. That's the
first step to untold misery—indigestion,
foul gases, bad breath, yellow skin,
mental fears, everything that is horrible
and nauseating. A Cascaret to-night
will give your constipated bowels a
thorough cleansing and straighten you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep—a 10-cent box from your drug
gist will keep you feeling" good for
months. Millions of men and women
take a Cascaret now and then to keep
their stomach, liver and bowels regu
lated, and never know a miserable mo
ment. Don't forgot the children—their
little insides need a good, gentle cleans
ing, too.—Adv.
DON'T USE SOAP
\ ON YOUR HAIR
When you wash your hair, don't
use soap. Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too mueh alkali,
which is very injurious, as it dries
the scalp aqd makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is
pure and entirely greaseless. It's
very cheap, and beats soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and a few
ounces will last the whole family for
months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about a tea
spoonful is all that is required. It
makes an abundance of rich, creamy
lather, cleanses thoroughly, and
rinses out easily. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh iooking, hright, fluffy, wavy,
and easy to handle. Besides, it
loosens and takes out every particle
of dust, dirt and dandruff.
PERRY LIQIOR LICENSE COURT
Charges Filed Against Dealers Who Are
Alleged to Have Violated Law
New Bloomfield, Pa., March 8. —Per-
ry County License Oourt convened to
day to hear the charges and remon
strances which were presented last
Tuesday against the applicants for liq
uor licenses in Perry .county. \
To-day's session was taken up with
hearing the remonstrances and t.pe>ciflc
charges which have been preferred
against D. C. Nary, of Elliottsburg, w'ho
is charged with violations of the liquor
laws. Tomorrow's sessions will be ta
ken up with hearing the remoustranees
aud specific charges against McCleliau
Cox, of Blain, an.d M. H. Atkinson, of
New Bfrooiinfield. Specific charges have
boen preferred against both these.
Wednesday morning's sessions will
be devoted to hearing the cases against
H. B. IShinesmith, New Bloomfield; Mil
ton W. Derrick and Charles O. Mlayne,
Duncannon; diaries O. Mitchell and
Blanton P. Blattenberger, Liverpool;
Albert Zaepfel and George W. Rihoads,
iMarvgville; Robert VV. hopple and P.
R. Shenk, Millerstown, and James
Strauss and Kofoert B. Nixon, Newport.
Remonstrances have been filed against
these applicants, although no specific
charges have been preferred.
Thursday afternoon's session will be
devoted to the remonstrances aud spe
cific charges against Thesophilus H.
Butturf, of Oliver township, near New
port, Perry county's only bottler.
GETTYSBURG HERO A SUICIDE
Major Benjamin F. Rittenhouse, U. S.
A., Retired, Dies From Gas Poisoning
Philadelphia, March 8. —Among the
nation's soldier dead in Arlington cem
etery, Washington, will be buried on
Wednesday the body of Major Ben
jamin F. Rittenhouse, the man Who held
his ground against Pickett's charge at
Gettysburg. Tortured by the wounds
received in that struggle, bowed under
the afflictions of age, the worn-out vet
eran committed suicide on Saturday at
his home, 1613 Leiper street, Frank
ford. lie told his employes in the morn
ing that he was going to his room to
read. But when in the evening, alarm
ed by his long absence, they went to
seek him, they found him lying on his
■bed. Gas from u tube which had
dropped from his mouth when he died
still gushed across his face.
The old atli. er had placed by his bed
an envelope containing $250, marked
"for funeral expenses;" also a letter
to the Oirard Trust Company tiiat told
where his will was to be found and re
quested the delivery of letters and val
uables in his safety de-posit box to his
two sons. They are Captain, Benjamin
F. Rittenhouse, Jr., of the United
estates Marine Corps, stationed at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard, and Captain
■Norris Rittenhouse, of a United States
cavalry regiment now on its way to
the Philippines.
•'Major Rittenhouse was retired from
the United States army ten years ago.
He served through the Civil"war with
Griffin's battery. It was as a second
lieutenant, at Gettysburg that he held
the battery, in the face of Pickett's
charge, after his captain and his first
lieutenant had been killed. The funeral
services at the home and the burial at
Arlington will be private. Major Rit
tenhouse married Mrs. Harry, Rowland,
the widow of a wealthy manufacturer
here.
MICH TOBACCO IS UNSOLD
Lancaster Growers Have 40 Per Cent,
of Last Year's Crop on Hand
Lancaster, Pa., March B.—With only
about 60 per cent, of the 1914 tobacco
crop of Lancaster county sold, and with
almost a certainty before them that
spring will be far advanced before the
remaining lorty per cent, has been
taken, the growers of the county are
already discussing the outlook for next
season's crop. The 1914 yield was such
hn unusually heavy one" that, despite
the fact that 2,000 less acres were
planted than iu 1913, yet the crop in
weight was about the same. Like the
1913 crop, so li'rge a percentage of
which was destroyed or damaged by
hail, the 1914 crop was a disappoint
ment, not through any failure while
it was in the field, hut "because so inuc'h
went bad in the curing. And the crops
of both years sold at about the same
prices.
Contrary to all expectations much of
the tobacco recently sold did not bring
more than eight cents a pound for wrap
pers and two cents for tillers, and much
tobacco was sold as low as six and seven
cents a pound for wrapper goods. Un
der these circumstances many growers
have become so disheartened that they
have announced their intension at the
various farmers' meetings of supplant
ing tobacco with ether crops which will
give good returns, require less care and
labor and are less perilous in growing.
If the leaf trade and cigar manufac
turing industry gave any indication of
recovering from their depressed con
ditions there might be some chance of
better prices being paid for the 1914
tobacco, but under the existing circum
stances prices are more likely to go
down still further than go up.
Drops Dead as He Shovels Snow
Sunbury, Pa., March S.—lsaac, Ma
lick, 76 years old, died suddenly while
tlhoveling «nOw ait his home here yes
terday. He suffered the loss of a leg
"while railroading on the Pennsylvania
four years ago. '
Northumberland Merchant Dies
Northumberland, Pa., March B.
George W. Smith, a retired business
man and for many years u factor in
mercantile and sofail life here, died
suddenly of acute indigestion.
HOUSEHOLD SANITATION
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Samuel O. Dixon, M. D., IL.
D., Commissioner of Health
Undoubtedly some ancient sanitarian
was responsible for the proverb that
"cleanliness is next to godliness."
While the majority of people accept
this in tihoory, unfortunately when it
comes to practice weakness develops.
In ninety-nine out of every hundred
homes are coWiers in attic or cel
lar, under tlhe kitchen sink and the
bottom of the pantry cupboard that
somehow or ottier seem to regularly
escape clean up days.
Accumulation is a mania with some
people. The way in which it manifests
itself may vary, but tihe result is tK6
same. It is responsible for filling our
houses with an enormous amount of
wholly unnecessary truck whioh serves
■to make cleanliness difficult.
Dirt and even filth are not necessar
ily a direct cause of disease, but gen
erally there is an association. Organic
material which is left about becomes a
breeding place for bacteria and flies.
Careless habits of mind and body are
cultivated and fostered by careless
habits of living. It is certain that a
child raised in a home where there is
indifference to t'he household cleanli
ness can 'hardly be expected to de
velop an appreciation of the virtue and
advantage of cleanly habits.
These same influences within a house
are equally true regarding its surround
ings. A peep at the back yard will give
you a far better insight into t'he char
acter of the occupants of tihe dwelling
than a study of the front door. Ashes,
garbage and rubbish scattered in the
rear of a dwelling are not conducive
to good health or deaeney.
Cleanliness and wholesomeness go
hand in hand; see that your household
sanitation is all tihat it should be and
make»tlhese twin sisters of Good Health
welcome in your home.
DENIES DAUGHTER'S BIGHTS
Trust Company Files Answer to Peti
tion on Quay Trust Fund
Beaver, Pa., March B.—An answer
was filed Saturday 'by the Union Trust
Company, of Pittsburgh, to the petition
of Mrs. Mary uay Davidson, of Buf
falo, for an account of tihe trust fund
created under the terms of the will of
her father, the late United States Sen
ator Matthew Stanley Quay.
The trust company alleges iMrs. Da
.vidson is not entitled to a share in
this trust fund under t'he provisions of
the will and that she would receive
no benfits therefrom, even though an
accounting were made.
The Union Trust Company and Rich
ard R. Quay, a son, wore the executors
of the estate, and Mrs. Davidson, in
her petition, asked for an accounting
of the fund accumulated for that share
of t'he estate left to Major A. C. C.
Quay, a son. It was provided that the
income in excess of $4,000 dcrivfi'd an
nually fromi Major Quay 's one-fiftlh of
the estate Should go into the trust fund.
GAME PROTECTORS TO FEAST
Lebanon County Association Will Hold
Banquet April 0
Ijdbanon, March 8. —At a recent
meeting of the County Fish
and Game Protective Association it
was decided to hold the annual banquet
on Tuesday evening, April 6, and
President E. A. Weinier appointed
George H. Boyer, Fred W. Taylor and
William M. Kamer as a committee to
make the arrangements.
President Weimer reported that he
had arranged for tho receipt of a num
ber of ring-necked pheasants to be lib
erated in I/ebaiion county as an ex
periment and that they would be put on
farms wilwro thorc is a nat ural wo id
land cover. Farmers having such
places and desiring to have a few birds
for breeding are asked to get in touch
with Mr. Weimer. A movement was
also started to "secure a number of deer
as a start toward stocking Lebanon,
! Berks and Schuylkill counties with
them.
TOOTH COMFORT FIRES.BED
Electric Bulb Cured Ache, But Brought
Fiery Awakening
Ebensburg, Pa., March B.—John
Wolf, a rural mail carrier, has demon
strated that an electric light bulb will
cure a toothache and then some. Wolf
was walking the floor with a toothache
of the jumping kind, when the bright
idea struck him. Wrapping a towel
around an electric light bulb attached
to a long cord, he got into bed, pressing
the bulb against the aching molar as a
warming pad. The device worked mag
ically. The suffering stopped and Wolf
fell asleep.
Shortly after midnight the mail car
rier dreamed there was a fire and that
he was fighting his way through smoke
and flames. He awoke* to find the bed
burning. He sprang to safety and gave
t'ho alarm, but before firemen arrived
tho house was almost gutted.
THOUSANDS OPEN REVIVAL
Stough Campaign Begins at Lancaster
With Staff Introductions
Lancaster, Pa., March B.—The six
week Stough evangelistic campaign,
opened yesterday at the Tabernacle, the
services being of a preliminary nature.
It is estimated that 6,000 persons at
tended the morning service, 4,000 that
of the afternoon and over 6,000 that of
the evening.
The morning and evening sermons
were by .Dr. Henry W. Stough, the aft
ernoon meeting being devoted to the in
troduction otf the evangelist's assist
ants, who made addresses, outlining the
nature of the work ahead.
Btg Initiation Cheers Gloom Sunday
Asland, Pa., March B.—Knights of
Columbus from all portions of the coal
region assembled here yesterday to wit
ness the conferring of the second and
third degrees upon a large class of can
didates. John Sweeney, district dep
uty, Harrisburg, delivered the degrees
pra
1 Supple at Sixty
A*e and ripe experience mean hap-
PNm and usefulness when mental
•nd bodily powers are preserved
by keeping rich blood In the reins.
fa) snH'i A „
EmuUion create* rich blood, warm* SA 1
the body and alleviates rheumatic Q&ML
tei.dencle*. Its oil-food Imparts Yflr I
stoenglh to botfe body and brain. II!//
It la Nogriahmmnt —not Alcohol. I
RjriMies
MM*
rnmm
cimcarasoap
Followed by applications of Cuti
cura Ointment afford immediate relief,
rest and sleep.
Samples Free by Mall
Ci'.tloura Soap and Ointment sold everywhere,
liberal sample of eech mailed 'roe with 32-p. book.
AfAnm poet-card "Cutleura " Dept. 9F, Booton.
THOUGHT BROTHER A GHOST
Unexpected Visit Causes Shooting
Tragedy in Georgia
Waycross, Ga., March 8. —Mistaking
his 20-year-old brother, Harley Me-
Quaig, for a ghost, Lee McQuaig Satur
day night shot and almost instantly
killed him, riddling his body with a
shotgun. The shooting occurred at the
home of the father, three miles north
west of here. The younger brother
had been left at home while his par
ents came to Waycross. Harley, who
lives at Kuskins, seven miles" west,
called at his father's home unexpected
ly. The young brother evidently did
not hear his hail, for hp shot Harley
down before he reached the house step.
The McQuaig place has for years had
the reputation of being haunted, and
l-ee has been heard to remark that if
lie ever saw a ghost he would sure fix
him. The dead man had a wife and
a young child. No arrest has been
mado.
CHINA'S FLAG ON U. S. SHIPS
Seaman's Bill Drives Pacific Ocean
Line From American Registry
Dos Angeles, March 8. —As a result
of the Seamen's bill, signed a few d'ays
ago by President Wilson, news came
here yesterday that the Robert Dollar
C ompany, plying steamers between the
Pacific coast and the Orient, will go
under the Chinese flag, as they cannot
hope to do business under the terms of
the bill which, officials claim, increases
their expenses 200 per cent.
The Dollar line makes Dos Angeles
its first, port of call on this coast. There
was some uneasiness at first lest the
line would be put out of business en
tirely, following the announcement that
the Pacific Mail Cbnijiany would retire
from the overseas trade, "but instead of
stopping business, it is now believed
a transit'arance of flags will work out
the Dollar line's salvation.
CIVIL SERVICE* POSITIONS
Uncle Sam Will Hold Competitive Ex
amination in This City
The U. S. Civil Service Commission
announces the following open competi
tive examinations to tie held in this
city. Persons who meet the require
ments and desire any of the examina
tions should aipply to the secretary,
third civ.il service district. Philadel
phia, or to the local secretary.
Technical assistant in pharmacolouv,
male, $2,000, April 6; expert land
scape architectural designer, male,
S2OO per month, April 6; specialist in
school and home gardening, male $3,-
000, April H; market assistant, vege
tables and fruit, male, SI,BOO-$2,100,
Aipril 6; artist draftsman, male, $1,20>0
$1,4 4-0, April 6; wheelwright, male,
$ i 20, April 6 ; lnctailographist, male,
$2,500, Aipril 6; electrical draftsman,
radio, malo,'s4 per diem, April 7-8;
chemist, male, $1,200, April 7; subin
spector, male, $3.60 to $5.04 per diem,
April 7; landscape architectural drafts
man, m'ale, S9O per month, April 7;
assistant inspector of engineering ma
terial, male, $4.48 per diem, Ajpril 7;
grazing assistant, male, $1,2j00, Auril
7-8. 11
P. O. S. OF A. WILL INITIATE
Lebanon Camps to Take In New Mem
bers Wednesday Evening
Lebanon, March B.—The joint com
mittee of Camps No. 251 and 281, P.
O. S. of A., has completed arrange
ments for the class initiation to tako
place on Wednesday evening, March
10, in Sons of America Hall. There is
a large class to bo admitted and the
degree teams of both camps will par
ticipate in the conferring o*f degrees.
State President Herman Miller, of
Kas+on, will be in attendance. The Glee
Cluib, of Camp 87, Annville, will ren
der a special program. Former District
President Edward H. Weigley, of Har
risfourg, one of the most prominent
workers i« the State, will also l>c in at
tendance. John G. Zietfler, connected
with the State Health Department, at
Harrisiburg, is secretary of the commit
tee.
STUNS BOY TO RESCUE HTM
| Chunk of Ice Puts Drowning Lad in
Condition to Save
Towanda, Pa., March B.—Stunning
him with a chunk of ice, Carl Wolcott,
aged 15, then rescued Edward Johnson,
also about 15, from the Susquehanna
river.
Johnson and another boy broke
through thin ice on which they were
skating. The other lad made hw way
to safety, but Johnson, unable to pwim,
cried for help.
"Didn't want him to drown me, so I
thumped him on the head with the ice
and put him out of business," said Wol
cott, when asked why he acted as he
did. /
John D., Jr., to Visit Colorado
Denver, March 8. —J. P. Welboru,
president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, said John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
probably would visit the company's
properties in Colorado soon, but not
during this mouth.
THE BRITISH AND MS IN
FIERCE»IN ARABIA
London, March 7. —The official Press
Bureau last nigtht gave out the follow
ing:
"The Secretary for India an
nounces that hand-to-hand encounters
(between two or tluree regiments of
Turks against Turkish, Persian and
other disaffected tribesmen and an In
dian-British force from Ahwaz took
place on March 3 at Ghadir. The ene
my lost 200 or 300 killed and from
500 to 600 wounded. Our casualties
were 62 killed and 127 wounded.
"Tho enemy turned out in great
strength. Their number -was estimated
at. about 12,000. In the course of our
withdrawal tho enemy made repeated
and determined efforts to cut of! recon
noitering parties.
"On the same day a cavalry recon
naissance northwest of Basra resulted
in driving the eucmy off with heavy
losses. Our casualties were six killed
and six wounded."
Berlin, March 7.—The Overseas
News Agency sent out the following:
yesterday:
"A dispatch from Constantinople
gives a report from Bagdad that the
Turkitfli advance troops, supported by
volunteers, have made a successful at
tack on (Jhalie, to the southward of
Korna, which lies at the confluence of
tho Euhprates and Tigris rivers, 38
miles northwest of Basra. A nuuvber
of British prisoners are said to havo
been taken and, in addition, the British
suffered heavy losses in killed and
wounded."
781,000 WAR PRISONERS ARE
NOW INTERNED IX GERMANY
Berlin, March 7.—Among the items
given out yesterday for publication by
the Overseas News Agency aro tho foi
lowing:
"Members of the Prussian Diet,
who have been prisoner camps,
havo received information that at pres
ent there are i SI,OOO war prisoners in
terned in Germany, an increase since
the end of 1914 of more than 200,000
men.
'J The last of the booty left by the
fleeing Russians in the "battle of the
Mazurian Lakes has been brought into
Berlin. It includes 2,000 wagons of
all varieties, most of them undam
aged." •
Portuguese Finance Minister Quits
Lisbon, March 7. —The Portuguese
Minister of Finance has resigned and
the Minister of Foreign AffarTs has ta
ken over his department.
American to Tour Prison Camps
Petrograd, March 7.—Montgomery
Schuyler, Jr., an attache of the United
States embassy here, has started to in
spect the concentration camps in t>ho
Ural mountains of Siberia and the
south of Russia, where Germans and
Austrianß of military age are being
held. He is making the trip on behalf
of Germany.
Servians Reported in Albania
Berlin, March 7.—The Overseas
Newspaper Agency yesterday gave out
the following: "Advices from Sofia
Bay that Servia is planning an invasion
of Albania and an advance to the Adri
atic. At several points, it is stated,
the Scrvans already have crossed tho
Albanian border.''
French Art Gift to Americans
Paris, March B.—The Society of
French Artists and Writers, in appreci
ation of the work done by Americans
for the relief of artists, has decided to
prepare an album of 50 drawings and
50 signed declarations by eminent
members representative of tlio intellect
ual and artistic life of France, and pre
sent copies to Americans who have been
active in relief work.
New Submarines for Germany
Copenhagen, March 8. —Germany is
reported here on what appears to bo
good authority to be building at Kiel
15 small submarines of a new type,
Which will be used for reeonnoitering
the home coast in the Baltic sea. Each
of the submarines, it is said, will,carry
a crew of eight men.
"SUNRISE SLUMBER" NOW
Columbus, 0., Doctors Use "Laughing
Gas" in Child Birth
Columbus, 0., March B.—"Twilight
sleep" has a rival. It is known as
| 'sunrise slumber." This is the latest
in painless child birth. It was originat
ed here by Dr. C. T. Turner, obstetrical
expert at Mt. Carmel hospital, and Dr.
W. I. Jones, anesthetist.
The new method of which fifteen
Columbus mothers proclaim the virtues,
differs from "twilig<ht sleep" in that
nitrous oxide, commonly known as
"laughing gas," is used, and It docs
not aim to produce complete anesthe
sia. The patient, it is said, is able to
converse and receive impressions, but
feels no pain.
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM BURGLAR
Nurse's Romance Shattered by Unmask
ing of Man's Career
Allentown, Pa., March B.—Margaret
C. (irav has began divorce proceedings
against William H. Gray, in State
prison, whom she married while both
were nurses at Rittersville hospital.
After a sensational raid on a jewelry
store a'bout two years ago, which he be
gan by knocking out the owner with
a bludgeon, it was discovered Gray was
a professional burglar who made his
wads during trips to cities in New York
State. For 'killing his mother he has
been in Matteawan six years, during
part of which he acted as a valet to
Harry Thaw.
Student Sued for Brea'h of Promise
Lancaster, March B.—.Miss Valentine
IM. Flory, of Lititz, has begun a suit
to recover $20,000 damages from Val
entine M. Probst, of Lititz, a student
of the Medieo-Chi College, of Philadel
phia, for breach oil promise to marry.
.Miss Flory alleges that they became en
gaged last, October, and on 'February 14-,
Valentine's day,, he broke the engage- m
ment and' demanded the return of his
ring. \
f WHY HAIR FALLS OUT " !
Dandruff causes a feverish irritation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loos
en and then the hair conies out fast. To
stop falling hair at once and rid the
scalp of every particle of dandruff, get
a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any
drug store, pour a little in your hand
and rub well into tho scalp. After a
few applications disappears
and the hair stops coming out.—'Adv.