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MARCH
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, Ist, 31st; Last Quarter, Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 2;id.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to-
TSjgjp " uight and Wednesday. Not much change j
? f >D ' em P era ' ure '
1 Eastern Pennsylvania: Generally fair j
' to-night and Wednesday. Moderate |
northwest winds becoming variable.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 38; lowest, 33; 8 a. m. t 35; 8 p. m., 35.
A LAW THAT THE FARMERS WANT
One of the important measures now pending
before the Legislature is a bill, endorsed by the 1
Pennsylvania Tlireshermen's and Farmers' Protect
ive Association and introduced several weeks ago j
in the House of Representatives by Mr. Spangler, of
York, which provides for the repeal of that section
of the automobile law of 1913 which imposes certain j
restrictions on traction engines in the use of the ;
public highways, and provides substitute regula- j
tions governing in a more equitable way the opera- |
lion of traction engines.
I'nUer this section of the automobile law as it
now stands there is a license fee charged on trac
tion engines which, in view of the long-standing tax
that is imposed on such machines, amounts praeti
callv to a double taxation. Besides that eer'aiu
kinds of cleats for use on the wheels of traction
engines are specified which, if the provision were
enforced, would mean that the owners of traction
engines would practically have to get new wheels
for their machines. Moreover the law gives the
State Highway Commissioner power to impose cer
tain restrictions that if enforced would make the
operation of traction engines actually unprofitable
and not only deprive the owners of the engines of
a means of livelihood but seriously handicap the
farmers who would be unable to get any one to do
their threshing for them.
The impracticability of enforcing some of the
provisions of this section of the automobile law
already has been so effectively demonstrated ti.at
Highway Commissioner Bigelow has to all intents
and purposes declared many of the provisions in
operative. Yet they remain on the statute books
as a menace to the farmers and threshemen who
do not know when a new Highway Commissioner
may undertake to enforce them.
It was these considerations largely that induced
the threshennen and farmers, m their lig and
enthusiastic convention held in this city not long
ago, to draft and endorse unanimously the bill that
subsequently was introduced by Mr. Spungler, as
representing the embodiment of the wishes of loth
the traction engine men and the agricultural inter
ests of the state.
The fact that such a section as the one referred
to ever got on the statute books is attributed largely
to an apparent misunderstanding by the legislat >rs
Df 1913 of the actual wishes and requirements of
the farmers in this important matter, and there is
not likely to develop any serious opposition to the
passage of the new measure in the present session
when the lawmakers are made to understand that
the Spangler bill is fair and embodies just what the
farmers and threshermen want.
The bill is yet in committee but it is to be hoped
'hat it will be reported at an etrly date with a
'avorable recommendation, and there seems 'o be
ittle if any reason why it should not be enacted
nto law, thus relieving the agricultural interests of
he burden of unnecessarily heavy restrictions.
SCANDAL NOT YET OUT OF FASHION
When Sheridan wrote ' The School for Scandal," !
hout the time of the Revolutionary War, gossips
oust have been numerous and very busy creatures
f the Irish, dramatist took his plot from life. There
lay be some grounds for believing that scandal in
igh society is plentiful to-day as well, and that
be old play might once more present its moral to
dvantage.
At any rate it is said that Phyllis Ncillson-Terry,
ieee of Ellen Terry, is to appear in a revival of
HARRISBTTRQ STAB-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH 23. 1915.
"The School for Scandal," among others of her
former successes. The producers may not have the
moral in mind, only the continued popularity of
the comedy, yet the presentation of "The School
for Scandal" by a good company ought to have
its beneficial results.
Mr. Qarriek's query in Ihe prologue of the play:
"A School for Scandal, tell me, I beseech you, needs
there a school this modish art to teach you t" may.
be answered in the negative. The play teaches,
rather than the art of scandal, the blessedness of
avoiding it. Characters ' whose -practised mem
ories, cruelly exact, omit no circumstance except
the fact," can disgust while they amuse.
Men, it has becu repeatedly declared, gossip as
ynieh as do women. One will occasionally be found,
to be sure, whose conversation like that of Sir
Benjamin Backbite iu the play, '"is a perpetual
libel on all his acquaintance." Men and women
alike, who cannot hold their tongues, need but to
see themselves reflected in Sheridan's comedy and
they must experience that dislike for their failing
that persons always experience when they see their
faults in others. Next year it will be a century
since Sheridan was buried in Westminster Abbey,
—a century, however, in which poor human nature
has not greatly changed and during which gossip
has continued seriously and indiscriminately to
damage reputations.
COMPENSATION BUT FEW SAFEGUARDS
The Layland mine disaster in which more than a
hundred men lost their lives on March 2, was
caused, according to the coroner's jury, by "an
explosion of dust." Nobody is held responsible.
It seems that there are no laws in West Vir
ginia j-equiring necessary precautions to be taken
iu the mines to prevent such explosions, that for
many years lives have been sacrificed in the miues
of the state and no steps taken to protect the men
who take the place of the dead ones, and that
to-morrow another catastrophe like the one of
March 2 could occur in an unsafe West Virginia
mine and the blame could not legally be placed
anywhere. A state iu which such conditions exist
has manifestly been negligent in enacting proper |
laws for the protection of human lives.
The federal government, through the Department j
of Mines, has shown that when gas explosions oc
cur, as the primary causes of great mine disasters,
they are given force by the dust in the mines and i
the effects are felt as far as the dust penetrates, i
Although in all mines slight explosions are at times J
unavoidable, and the accumulation of dust is inevi
table, it has been found that if the dust is kept
damp it is harmless and that if an explosion then
occurs the shock will be confined to one small sec-1
tion of the mine.
If the government investigators are right about
I the prevention of the so-called dust explosions,
there should be no repetitions of the Layland catas
trophe, Expenses involved in the taking of needed
precautions in the West Virginia or any other mines
J ought to be Regarded as insignificant in comparison
' with risks involved in a lack of safeguards.
AVest Virginia seems to be rather inconsistent.
Directly following the Layland disaster accounts
told how fortunate were the many widows of the
mangled miners to receive the benefits of the state's
Workmen's Compensation law, which went into
effect in 1913. Now the report of the coroner's
jury points out that there are no laws in the state
under which the responsibility can be fixed for care
lessness in making possible the dust explosion
through which the lives were lost. It would appear
that West Virginia insures compensation when
miners meet with accidents, but does not take the
trouble properly to guard against the accidents.
Philadelphia's new transit system may be rapid when it
gets here but it is slow enough in coming.
One hundred thousand tons of war supplies left New
< York in seven steamships in one day. While we pray for
I peace we help 'em fight each other.
The German aviator who came near blowing up an
| American merchant vessel with a bomb would better be
| careful where he drops those things.
The Kansas City man who promises to produce gasoline
at three cents a gallon must want to deprive automobile
owners of the satisfaction of making their earless neighbors
believe they are rich.
They have been taking contraband copper across the
Swiss border into Germany in coffins. Since it has been
found out the Swiss authorities doubtless will remove the
copper but Germany will continue to use the coffins.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
SATE SAILING
What with mines, submarines and cruisers, mariners on
the Great Lakes will this season be very well satisfied with
fresh water. —Springfield Republican.
THE GALLANT VOLUNTEERS
First Territorial—"Well, what do you think of our i
maneuvres, Billf",
Second Territorial (hitherto unacquainted with field'
days)—" Thank 'evin we've got a nivy."—London Punch. !
MUST BE ROUND
"How do you know the world is asked the
teacher.
"Because," replied the boy, "father says it ain't on the
square and uncle says it ain't on the level." —Washing- I
ton Star.
DUE TO THE WAB
Yet another change of name is announced. We learn |
from a German source that Joan of A*; has now become •
Johanna von Aachen.—London Punch.
THE ANTI'S VIEW
"Now, wouldn't you like to walk with your husband to i
the polls and cast in your vote with hisf' asked the city '
lady of Mrs. Bean. Mrs. Bean shook her bead, as she
said, wearily:
"For the land sakes! If there's anything a man can do •
by himself, let him do it."—Puck.
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NOT THE FINISH 1
Every new dreadnought launched is "the last word" in (
battleships, but that word is not yet "finis."—Springfield 5
Union. ' j
CATARRH LEADS
TO CONSUMPTION
Catarrh is as much a blood disease
as scrofula or rheumatism. It may be
relieved, but it cannot be removed by
. simply local treatment. It breaks down
the general health, .wealvgns the lung
tissuek, and leads he consumption.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is so successful
, in the treatment of catarrh that it ia
known as the best remedy for this
disease. It purifies the blood. Ask your
druggist for it. Adv.
[Tongue-En J Top ics |
„ Wallace C. Wise, Former Harrisburger
In the dispatches sent from San Fran
cisco on the day the Pennsylvania build
ing was dedicated last'week mention
was made that among the speakers on
that occasion was Wallace C. Wise,
president of the Pennsylvania Associa
tion in California, the membership be
ing composed of former Pennsylvaniaud.
Mr. Wise is well known to many old
er Harrisburgers, as he was for years,
when a young man, connected with the
hat store of his step-brother, Philip Hu
ber, on Market street. He was promi
nent in the younger set and very popu
lar. Leaving here, he became manager
of a large hat concern in San Francis
co, and later returned east to become
connected with the Reading railroad in
Philadelphia. He afterward returned
to San Francisco, where 'he is now one
of the most prominent real estate deal
ers in the city. With all of his long
residence on the Pacific slope. Mr. Wise
cherishes his first love for Pennsylva
nia, and his old-time friends here read
with interest the fact that he was
■prominent in the dedication of the
Pennsylvania building at the big expo
sition.
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O'Neill, FiiSnd of Kiddies
J. Denny O t 'Neill, of McKeesport, who
is prominently mentioned as likely to
be made State Commissioner of High
ways to succeed Commissioner Bigelow,
is a Commissioner of Allegheny county
and one ot the most popular men in
the county. Mr. O'Neill runs a news
paper in his city, and has other irons
in the fire, besides attending to his
county office and politics, and once a
| year he holds a picnic near his city, to
which he invites the boys and girls of
McKeesport and many others of his
friends. IHe pays every cent of the ex
pense and, of coutse, furnishes much
real enjoyment to the little folks. He
is a strong advocate of temperance and
will travel any distance to make a
temperance speech. In politics he is an
independent Republican, and he has put
up a number of strong fights against
the organization. He is not on terms
of close friendship with the Bull
Moose leader, William Fl'nn, which is
one reason why he stood steadfast for
Dr. Brumbaugh at the last election.
Original Goethe Manuscript Found
An autograph copy of Goethe's come
dy, "The Accomplices," written in his
I youth, has been found among the ef
fects of an aged woman who recently
died in Dresden. The manuscript was
in a packet that had not been opened
for forty years. It had long been
known that there were in existence two
copies of this early comedy—which
was written in 1769 —but Goethe re
| searchers had hunted vainly for it.
j The owner left a will giving the manu
| script to the Goethe Archive in Weimar.
; The will placed the value of the manu
| script at 20,000 marks (.$5,000), and
I the city ha? required the payment of
inheritance taxes thereon at that valu
ation.
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Mine Kills News Distributer
Brussels' supply of English newspa
pers, which have to be smuggled across
the border on account of the German
| prohibition against their importation,
; has been curtailed by the violent death
I of a daring Belgian, who had for many
i weeks brought in 200 copies a day. He
j had made friends with a Bavarian sen
' try, who, it is said, for a consideration,
j closed his eyes to the armful of papers
which the Belgian carried. A few days
j ago, however, the sentries were changed
and the Belgian was unable to persuade
i the Wurtemburg guard to let him pass.
Waiting until nightfall, the newspaper
man crawled under the barb wire de
fense. and in doing so exploded a mine, i
which literally blew him to pieces.
1 Get Bid of Lingering Colds, Coughs and
La Grippe
Spring finds many atllicted with ling
ering, hacking cojghs that weaken the
system. .Slush and wet cause more
colds than zero weather. Croup, bron
chitis and pneumonia are prevalent.
Every family should have a safe and
reliable cough medicine ready for use.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound con
tains no harmful ingredients. It eases
a cough, checks a told and relieves in
flamed and congested membranes. It
eiears t'hc air passages and soothes in
flammation. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16 North
Third street. Adv.
Oets Government Appointment
George W. Dress, a resident of
Steelton. who for a number of years
has been ■a chemist for the Pennsylva
nia Steel Company, was appointed an
inspector of drugs in the local inter
nal revenue district by Collector Kirk
endall. Mr., Dress will be occupied
with the operations of the Harrison
drug law, which is eligible to a doctor,
druggist or chemist.
Some Valuable Pearls
Of ail the articles of luxury known
to the Romans pearls were most val
ued. They were worn by all classes.
The famous pearl earrings which be
longed to Cleopatra are said to have
been worth SBOO,OOO, and Julius Cae
sar presented the mother of Brutus
with a pearl for which he paid $240,-
DOO. It has been said that one of the
reasons why Julius Caesar invaded
Britain was the wish to become master
>f the pearls which were supposed to
ibound there, a surmise incorrect, for
f ew pearls of va'ue have been found
n, Great Britain.
PtOPLE'SCOLUMN
The Star-Independent does net
make Itself responsible fox opinions
expressed in this column.
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DISCORDANT POLITICS
| Editor the Star-Independent:
Dear Sir—That there should be
marked lines of demarcation between
! political parties opposed to each other
! on grave questions of public policy is
. not at all an unreasonable assumption.
On the contrary, such u hostile array of
, the adherents of a political party
against those of its adversary, it must
be admitted, is entirely normal and
salutary. That a very powerful party
organization may .be subject to factioii-
I al disturbances from some of its pro
fessed adherents is not to be doubted,
, but that its numerically weaker op
ponent should be afflicted by similar
outbreaks among those professing to
approve its principles would be almost
inconceivable were it not a fact of con
stant occurrence right here in Pennsyl
vania. These reflections have been su
perinduced by a statement made in the
public press by Judge E. C. Bonniwell,
of Philadelphia, in which it is asserted
that if the Roland 8. Morris control of
the so-called Democratic organization
in Pennsylvania be continued for an
other campaign the Democratic party
in this State will be reduced to the
fourth place from the third to which it
was relegated at the last election, or
words to that effect.
Judge Bonniwell is a leading Demo
crat in the city of Philadelphia, and
has had opportunity to observe the op
erations of State Chairman Morris at
close range. To an independent mind
his view might seem somewhat preju
diced. Indeed, Mr. Morris' fault as a
party manager consists chiefly in his
reliance upon the use of patronage of
the Administration at Washington
placed at his disposal and that of his
factional confederates. His fault,
therefore, was venial compared with
that of those "higher up" who made
him their agent. The people under
stood the matter very well when they
went to the polls last November and
rebuked those "higher up," not merely
in Morris' bailiwick, but in the Demo
cratic States of New York and New
Jersey. "Oh! what a fall was there,
my countrymen!"
By the way, the anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Jefferson, the founder
of the "Democratic Republican party"
(that was the name the Sage of Monti
cello gave his party) the 13th of April,
is near at hand and organizations that
profess to believe in the principles
enunciated by Mr. Jefferson propose to
celebrate that occasion in windy en
thusiasm to be provoked by oratory
from those who have notoriously re
pudiated the example set by the first
Democratic President. On February 2,
1801, after his election to the Presi
dency toy the House of Representatives
had become a certainty, the wrote:
"One thing 1 will say, that as to
the future, interference with elections,
whether of the State or General Gov
ernment, by officers of the latter,
should be deemed cause for removal;
because the constitutional remedy by
the elective principle becomes nothing,
if it may be smothered bv the enormous
patronage of the Federal Government."
In September, 1804, in the midst of
a heated Presidential campaign, he
notified his Secretary of the Treasury
that "the officers of t'he Federal Gov
ernment ate meddling too much with
the public elections. Will it be best
to admonish them privately or by proc-
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THE GLOBE THE GLOBE
Was You One
Of the Crowd To Meet—
The "Rochester-Special" ?
The Unusual in Young Men's Clothes
AT sls £
Our announcement of the arrival of JffPlf
this new line of "Snappy Clothes" to sell
at this popular price met with an enthu
siastic reception. |||g|
The many buyers, most of whom -know If u|
good clothes, were loud in their praises of B II
the new, distinctive features contained in || f|
the smartest clothes that have ever been Jg I|
shown at sls. jf ffi
There's a model for every man. %
Black and White Are Your Hose
Stripes Are "Right" Holeproof ?
It's the most popular pat
tern in shirts this season— .YY e arp the Harrirturg tiome
these are made of silky erepe ° J f rS K „ # r !!'ll°'!>'!■ •!'»°i e i"• i
~ " P n >rs of mercerized lisle hose
—With French cufrs—some are guaranteed for j Cjrv
have soft collars —stripes in six months, are «P I .dU
every width—worth $1.50, ,
• i , ' J pairs of silk hose are gnar
special at anteed for three* f\s\
SI.OO J months, are ipZ.UU |
"Touchwood" For Luck—
Almost every person knows the meaning of "touch wood"
—in this case it's the lucky, wooden jewelry novelty and
quite popular already—cuff lins, scarf pins, watch charms
and watch fobs—smiling faces with bright shiny eyes—the
price is trifling, only and 50^.
GIXSBIT
lamationt This for consideration till
we meet."
Pray, how do the people in office at
Washington, both in the legislative and
executive departments of the Federal
Government, observe these Jeffersonian
requirements? Until they set the ex
ample for their party of a return to
the principles of Jefferson, it will not
be believed by the mass of the voters
of the country that they are sincere in
their profession of the Democratic
faith.
Finally, let the tenor of this writing
may be misunderstood, it is here most
emphatically declared that t'lie choos
ing of any State Chairman or National
Committeeman for Pennsylvania tainted
with the use of Federal patronage in
influencing either primary or general
elections, will be resented at the polls
iu a way that will make Judge Bouni
well's warning appear like that of
etherial political mildness. Indeed, the
attempt of the Morris Machine to oust
President Hoskins, of the Democratic
Clulb in Philadelphia, by packing that
organization with Federal office-holders
has done President Wilson great harm
and if persisted in will intensify the
mischief it has already achieved.
Verbum sap. Jeffersonian.
The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily errcept Sunday, between X and
2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescriptions to those unable
to pay for them.