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Thursday, March 11, 1915.
MARCH
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, Ist, 31st; Last Quarter. Bth;
New Moon, 15th: First Quarter, USd.
>-7-r -C —>. WEATHER FORECASTS
tBSjP » \ Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
® t night and Friday, not much change in ;
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night
and Friday, not much change iu tern- j
perature.
YESTERDAY S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 4;>; lowest, 30; 8 a. m., 33; S p. in., 41.
NATIONS NOT EAGER TO FIGHT
Although several nations in Southern Europe. !
far from deciding definitely not to enter the war,
seem to be deliberately watching for chances to
take the plunge when ami where it will be most '
effective, the peaceful countries of the North, — i
Denmark. Norway and Sweden.—have yet to give j
the slightest evidence that they will turn belliger- >
ent at any time during the war. They certainly are
ci|A'ontiug many difficulties in preserving their j
Their entry into the conflict could j
be accomplished if their people were strongly j
to tight.
Scandinavian countries, whose existence prac
tically depends ou their commerce, are iu an un
pleasant situation, with the Baltic and North Seas
well mined, and the German blockade in operation.
Many Norwegian vessels have been interfered with
by the blockade, —and lirtle wonder, since they are
part of the third largest mercantile marine in
Europe and their vessels are numerous ou the seas.
Norway, although exposed to the North Sea and
in some danger in ease a naval engagement takes
place in that vicinity.—a not altogether unlikely
event, —is uot. however, so situated as to be threat
ened by an immediate neighbor as is Sweden. Al
though this latter natiou has no desire for a reunion
with Finland, yet it has watched with some misgiv
ings the Russitication of the little province, aud. in
the fear of Russian advances iu Scandinavia, had
even before the outbreak of the war made provisions
for army and navy increases for the national de
fense.
Denmark, it has been pointed out. lias found se
curity in royal marriages, but even in Denmark
there have been grievances, especially growing out
of the endeavors of Germany to Germanize the
Danes in northern Schleswig, the territory ceded to
Prussia by Denmark in the war with Prussia and
Austria in 1864.
The people of the Scandinavian countries may
have differing sympathies but their fortunate lack
of inclinations to enter the war and their wise desire
to njute for the preservation of their neutrality
combine to keep them at peace and. it is most likely,
Kh serve to that end throughout the entire period
ff hostilities.
MAKING SUPPLIED FROM AIR
German scientists evidently working on the as
sumption that if all other sources of supplies fail,
air at least cannot be denied them, have, according
lo an account from Berlin, perfected a process by
which they may obtain nitrogenous compounds
From the atmosphere. The dispatch goes on to say
that this process will make possible cheaper ferti
liser than nitrates from Chile. Even if it were not
i cheaper process, it would surely be a more desir
ible one than that in which the compounds from
Chile are employed, in view of the fact that imports
to Germany which may be used in the manufac
ture of explosives are not frequent these days.
It is a eause of wo*der, surely, when scientists
san.reach into the air,'as it were and obtain the
nitrogenous compounds they want without bother
ing Chile or any other foreign country about it.
The air is inexhaustible and a more certain source
)f supply could hardly be found. What the nature
the process is by which the invisible atmosphere
s made to yield one of its elements for the produc
tion of tangible compounds to be used in fertilizing
HARRTRBTTRO STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1L 1915.
the eartft and perhaps in divers other ways, is not
for unscientific persons to sonjecture.
The fact that the air is in composition four
fifths nitrogen only explains that the element is
there and not by any means how it may be ex
tracted. This odorless, colorless, tasteless, harmless
nitrogen is mixed freely with the oxygen and the
less important gases in the air of Germany as well
as of all other couutries. It has been breathed by
the peoples of the whole world every second sipce
the world began; yet the Germans, pressed by ne
cessity and naturally ingenious, are reported now
for the first time to have fouud how to get at it and
to put it to a new and very practical use.
A queer thing was done with invisible nitrogen
when it was liquefied, and many other queer things
can be expected to be accomplished not only with
this gas but with othere upon which experiment#
are constantly being made. The discovery of a new
chemical process, strange as that process may seem,
is never anything more than the revelation of one
more of the many laws of nature which previously
had been hidden from inquiring man.
For the number of his feminine acquaintances Mayo is
i putting,the record of Bluebeard in jeopardy.
Representative Jones seems disposed to throw tacta* —
j or tax, —in the path of the jitney auto buses.
This would be quite a festive session of the legislature
if as much fuss were made over the birthday of every
! legislator as was made over that of Senator Craw.
It looks as though the members of the legislative party
who are going to attend the launching of the battleship
"Pennsylvania" next week will have to black their own
! boots or else let the dust of Virginia accumulate ou said
' boots.
The "Patriot" objects to our saving a woman swallowed
a bottle of bromide, without our explaining "bromide of
i whatf" Vet in the same issue the "Patriot" makes the
same grievous error when it says "a woman narrowly
| escaped bromide poisoning when she drank a bottle of the
liquid." "Froth" and the "Patriot's" city desk would
Wtter get together.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
A DANGER
Sympathy is very comforting, but dou't let it induce you
to become the under dog.—Chicago Herald.
She (fond of ragtime)—" Now that you have looked over
my music what would you like to have me playf"
He—"Whist or casino." —Boston Transcript.
THERE ARE SOME OTHERS
Some men believe that all fishermen are liars, but no man
will say that all liars are fishermen.—Florida Times-Union.
WHAT DID HE MEAN"
Redd—"What do you think of his new car!"
Greene—"Oh, it's all right as far as it goes."—Yonkers
Statesman.
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THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS
We admit we uever expected to see the day when
tbe Balkans noli Id be the only peaceful spot in Europe.— :
Boston Transcript.
TAKING HIM AT HIS WORD
"I am done with polities." said Victor Murdock. Where
upon they elected him National Chairman of the Progressive
Party.—Springfield Union.
WITH RENOVATIONS AND REPAIRS
"He is a self-made man, is he uotf"
"Yes. except for the alterations made by his wife and I
her mother."—St. James' Gazette.
JOAN'S LOSS WAS GREATER
Sarah Bernhardt blames the loss of her leg to the con- i
stant kneeling she did while enacting the role of Joan of I
Are. But she has nothing on Joan herself, who lost her
head.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
IT LETS HIM OUT
"I say. Hodge, why do you always put 'dictated' on your !
letters? You don't keep a stenographer." J.
"Xo: but to tell the truth, okl chap, my spelling's ex-'
ceedinglv rocky."—Washington Post.
SOLID BONE
Rankin—"lt takes a long time to get anything through i
Beanborough's skull, doesn't it?"
Phvle—"l should say it does; that man will te dead i
and buried before he ever finis out he is sick."—Youngs- j
town Telegram. •
THE JOHNSONS CELEBRATE
Mr. and Mrs. Jude Johnson celebrated their thirtieth
wedding anniversary last night by glaring at each other.
"I refer to it as the 'Thirty Years' War,'," said Mr.
JohnsoN to-day while being interviewed by a society re-;
porter.—Atchison Globe. j
THE OTHER SIDE OF IT
Possible Broader—"l enjoyed my dinner very much, and j
if it was a fair sample of your meals I should like to come j
to terms."
Farmer—"First of all. mister, was that a fair sample of I
your appetite!"— Boston Transcript.
HIGHEST PRAISE
Tomdix—"Whv don't you try Dr. Quackem's elixir of
life? A friend of mine who took a bottle of it praises it j
to the skies."
Hojax—"Yes, and a~"ftend of mine took three bottles'
of the stuff, and he's now up there somewhere."—lndianap !
olis Star.
STRIKING FROM BEHIND
"A gossip is never willing' to repeat unkind remarks to !
your face."
"Xo," replied Miss Cayenne. "Gossip is a social attack I
conducted on the approved principles of modem warfare.
You are not supposed to see the person at whom you are
shooting."—Washington Star.
INCONSISTENT
"Then you don't think I practice what I preach, eh?"
queried the minister, in talking with one of the deacons at J
a meeting.
"Xo, sir, I don't,' replied the deacon. "You've been ;
preachin' on the subject of resignation for two years, an'
ye haven't resigned yet."—Kancas City Star.
SELF PRESERVATION
"Prohibition has become pretty well established in Crim
son Gulch f"
"Yes, > ' replied Bronco Bob. "Me an' Three-Finger Sam
was pyime movers."
"You surprise me."
"Well, there aint no doubt that alcohol dulls a man's
judgment an' reduces his efficiency. We got tired of bavin*
one or two parties sittin' into a poker game an' stavin' cold
sober to the disadvantage of the rest of the performer*."
Washington Star. *
DO reu SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE?
Whan y*nr kidney* are weak and
torpid they do not properly perforin
their function*; your back ache* and
yon do not feel like doing much of
anything. Yon are likely to be despoad
ent and to borrow trouble, jtist as if
you hadn't enough already. Don't be
a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine. Hood's
i Saraaparilla, give* strength and tone to
the kidneys and builds up tbe whole
system. Get it to-day. / Adv,
Tongue-End Topics |
In 1913 She Foretold the War
The New Bloomfiehl, Pa., "Times,"
on November 27, 1913, printed an ar
ticle headed *' Troublous Times For
seeii for 1914, —Pessimistic Predictions
of Mme. Tliebe, French Prophet, I>o
Not Affect U. S." In view of the sit
uation in Europe since tlio war started
it is interesting to repeat the "Times"
comment to show how clo.-« the pre
dictions have come to being aiccurate:
"If all or even a part of Mine. The
be's predictions for the year 1914
come true, United States, aud Philadel
phia especially, will be tht> only safe
place for any one to live in. The fa
mous woman who has forseeu most of
the recent great catastrophies of the
■world says it is net true, as some of
the astrologers hold, that the world is
coming to au end iu 1914, but the
French woman iJocs say that next year
is to be one of the most unlucky the
world has ever known.
' The planet Mars will predominate
through all of next year. Mars indi
cate?, she says, that war will be threat
ened if it does not actually occur. This
is taken by some to apply to the pres
ent Mexican crisis but war is but one
of the few predictions of trouble. Lon
don is to be threatened by floods; *
terrible cat as trophy .taking place, as a
result of the inundations, that will
grouse the pity of the whole civilized
world.
"If the woman's predictions come
true next year, as they have a great
manv years in the past, the world
might just as well come to an en'd.
"The prophet also says Portugal is
to see a restoration of the Monarchy;
Austria will be sorely tried with riot
| ings; there is to be bloodshed and tire
! in the streets of Yieuna, even worse
! than the Austria-Hungarian troubles
which startled the entire world.
"Germany is to witness a severe up
! heaval, which will make many changes
jin her national life. France is proni
-1 ised riots, bloodshed and industrial
, troubles; but America is to have a
peaceful year, the woman vouchsafes.
1 and she warns all people to seek refuge
j in this country if they want to be free
| from trouble next year."
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An Interrupted Chat
A pleasant-faced little girl left Sun-
Uiay school early recently and not see
ling her mamma about started for a
1 short walk alone. She walked into
j the arms of a bluecoat in Market
i Square and was escorted to Police
I Headquarters where she entertained
| half a dozen coppers with her bright
'chatter about the "movie*'' and other
' interesting topics. She did not mind
j telling family secrets an\l' for the edi-j
fication of the policemen she said her
papa lived in a nearby town and that
whenever she went to see him her
■ mamma spunked her. Policemen gave
her pennies and enjoyed the call im
i mensely. Then suddenly her mother
{ appeared.
,' "Didn't I tell you never to leave
Sunday school without me?" the moth-1
ler asked severely, and with a threat
' of a spauking when she got home sht?,
;draggei out the little girl. It broke'
| up the pleasant visit and the policemen
1 were so disappointed that none of them
.-poke for what seemed five minutes.
♦ • •
To Beport "Occupational" Diseases
Representative Maurer, of Reading,!
i the Socialist member of the House, has'
I introduced a bill requiring ail phy
sicians to r*port to the Sfate Health
t Department certain "occupational"
diseases. The bill provides that every
• physician called in to visit a patient
I whom he believes to be suffering from
; any disease as a result of the nature
lof the patient's employment, shall,
j within forty-eight hours, send a report
• to the State Health Department giving
| the name, address and occupation of
, the patieut; the name, address and busi
: necs of the employer; the nature of the
j disease and such other information as
' may be required by the <J)epurtment.
The Department of Health must furnish
i the blanks ou which the reports are to
be made. Reports made under the act
! shall not be evidence of the facts
therein stated in any action arising out
of the disease therein reported. Phy
i sicians neglecting or refusing to send
I such reports are guilty of a misie-
I meanor and may be penalized with a
fine of from five to fifty dollars. The
Department of Health must furnish a
copy of all reports of occupational dis-*
eases to the Department of Laibor and
| Industry.
SALOON LICENSE REVOKED
Proprietor of Place in Hanover Town
ship Convicted of Violating Law
Wilkes Barre, Pa., March ll.—The
Court yesterday revoked the license of
Peter Bukavich, of Hanover township,
because he sold to George Roberts, Jr.,
a man of known intemperate habits,
and because he kept his saloon open
on Sunday.
'Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts, Sr.,
testified that Bukavich sold to their son
on Sunday and that after he had be
come intoxicated in the saloon he was
be«{en and suffered a broken leg. The
elder 'Roberts also swore that he bought,
driuk in the plac-s on Sunday.
THE GLOBE THE GLOBE
The Remainder of Our Winter Stock
Will Be Closed Out Friday and Saturday
In Connection With Our Wonderful Exhibit of
Spring Apparel For Men and Boys
Winter still lingers with us—we have assembled the remainder
of our winter stocks for quick and special selling.
Fancy Mixed Overcoats Men's Winter TrousersS: 4 ftfr
That Sold up to Sis Are thatsold 0pt052.58 are J[=
fg&fcf Suits and Overcoats $4 A Men's Winter Trousers $ A ftg
Bui That Sold up to s2l Are thatsold up to $3.5(1 are y—
■ J Suits and Overcoats P Men's Winter Trousers 85
ffy That Sold up to $25 Are Xv thatsold up to $5.08 are = -
Boys' Winter Clothing Underwear & Sweaters
In the 2-Day Sale In the 2-Day Sale
Boys' $5 Winter Suits at.. ttq cn Men's 50c Ribbed Cotton Shirts and
Various models in faney mixed Dvuvovo .1+ <>o 1
Cheviots—Blue Serges and Cordurovs. All size? •
t0 17 >' ears - ' Men's SI.OO Ribbed Cotton Union
Suits 79^
Boys' Overcoats, values to $Q Men's $3.50 Shaker-knit Sweaters,
$7.50, at .....< at $2.29
Chinchillas—Meltons—Scotch Mixtures—all late V. ..,.,1 Oid
season styles. A few high-class Maekinaws in Meil S «?■) and tf»b.oO oIIJUvCI \\ Ol'Sted
t,,e lot - Sweaters, at $3.95
Boys' $2.00 Shaker Worsted Sweat
-75c Knee Pants are 39tf ers, at $1.29
15c Black Stockings are —
SI.OO Velvet and Corduroy Hats, 79< SI.OO Emery Shirts are 79<*
'
A Sale of Boys' Blouse Waists at 29c
A fortunate purchase brings you these Tapeless Blouse Waists at al
most half. Plain Chambrav and Striped Madras—all sizes from 9to 15 vrs.
THE GLOBE " The Friendly Store"
MECHANICSBURG
County Sunday School Convention Be
gins Sessions This Afternoon
'Mechanicsburg, March 11.—Frank
lin Hall was filled with a very appre
ciative audience last evening to hear
the play, "The Merry Travelers."
whi'h was given by the High school. It
was under the immediate supervision
of Miss Ethel Gates, of the Home
Talent Bureau, of Randolph, N. Y. She
was assisted by Miss Feglev, of the
j English department of the school, and
by Miss Bush, teacher of music in the
schools. The opening chorus wa3 sung
by little folks from the lower grades.
Editor Thomas, of the "Daily Jour
i nal," is receiving congratulations ou
| his election to the presidency o l ' the
| state Editorial Association.
I At a recent meeting of our School
! Board the following announcements
I were made: .Sermon to the graduating
(lass on Sundry evening, May 30; class
j i.ight. Tuesday evening, June 1. Com
mencement. Wednesdav evening, June
I i
Many people of town are visiting
the motcreyele and bicycle show in
'Harrisburg.
The Rev. B. L. Moore, of Enola, was
i a visitor here yesterday.
Mrs. Samuel Plough spent yesterday
with relatives in Xew Kingston.
Mrs. F. B. Sellers, of Carlisle, was
a guest in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. Elder Williams, South Market
street.
Next Monday evening a reception
will be given to the new members of
GAS. HEARTBURN,
INDIGESTION OR
A SICK STOMACH
"Pape's Diapepsin'
En d s All Stomach
Distress in Five
Minutes
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will di
gest anything you eat and overcome a
sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach
surely within five minutes.
If your meals don't fit comfortably,
or what you eat lies like a lump of
lead in your stomach, or if you have
heartburn, that is a sign of indiges
tion.
Get from your pharmacist a fifty
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and take
a dose just as soon as you can. There
will be no sour risings, no belching of
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness
or heavy feeling in the stomach, nau
sea, debilitating headaches, dizziness'
or intestinal griping. This will all go,
and, besides, there will be no sour
food left over in the stomach to poison
your breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure
for out-of-door stomachs, because it
takes hold of your food' and digests it
just the same as if your stomach wasn't
there.
Relief in five minutes from all stom
ach misery is waiting for von at any
drug store.
Theae large fifty-cent cases contain
•oough "Pape's Diapepsin" to keep
the entire family free from stomach
disorders and indigestion for many
months. It belongs in your home.—Adv.
the Methodist church. It will be held'
111 the lecture room of the church.
\ esterdav Edward Bauin celebrated i
his 87th birthday. The day was pleas- !
antly s.}»eut at the home of his niece,
Airs. Key nolds, South Washington
sticci, where he has his home.
The Epworth League of the Meth- !
odist church will hold a social on Tues-1
day evening- of next week at the homo!
ot Mr. and Mrs. Guy Guinevan. East'
-Main street.
Mrs. Long, of Harrisburg, spevt ves- I
terday with htr father, Edward Baum,!
South Washington street, and helped
celebrate his Jsith birthday.
Beginning this afternooji the Coitn
tv Sunday school convention wil> be
held here, closing with a mass meet'ng '
to morrow evening. One of the special I
features during the convention wili be
a ,'t'eet parade to-morrow eveniu" by |
the Men 's Bible classes. Delegate" be-1
gan ai'iving this morning. A cerv {
large number are expected. A good i
program has been prepared with good i
speakers.
DUNNE FIGHTS DEATH PENALTY
THinois Governor Urges Legislature
to Abolish Law
Springfield, 111., March 11.—Charac-1
teriung capital punishment us "brutal
ami abhorrent," Governor Dunne yes
terday sent a special message to the
Legislature advocating the abolition of
that form of puuishment in Illinois. i
The Governor would have life iin
prison men t the most severe penalty pos- 1
sible and presented statistics showing i
that in States not having the capital i
punishment penalty fewer homicides
were committed than in States where
tnere is such a law.
Whom Shall I Appoint As My Executor?
From whatever standpoint the matter may be viewed
there can be no doubt as to the advisability of appointing
a thoroughly established trust company—an institution
especially organized and equipped to handle estates —as
your Executor.
The appointment of this company as your Executor will
insure the faithful carrying out of the provisions of your
Will and the safe and efficient administration of your estate.
Consult us. i
ARTISTIC PRINTING AT STAR - INDEPENDENT.
\
Lath to
Lath to Timbers
Lumber for repairs
or lumber for new
buildings.
Slll all orders or
large orders supplied
on very short notice.
Tt makes no differ
ence to us if von want
one board or one car
load we will give your
business prompt and
careful attention.
This is the one thing
we are particular
about—to get lumber
on the job when it is
wanted.
I
United Ice & Coal Co.
Forster and Cowden Street*
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