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Circulation Examlneo by THB ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVBRTIS3RS. TELEPHONES■ SELL " Private Sranoh Exohanga - No. 3280 CUMBKHLAND VALLEY Private Branch Enohango, .... •_ No. S4S-24S Tuesday, March 30, 1015. MARCH Son. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— , Full Moon, Ist, 31st; Last Quarter, Bth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 2SdL WEATHER FORECASTS Harriaburg and vicinity: Fair to night. Wednesday increasing cloudiness probably snow or rain. Continued cold. Ixiwest temperature to-night about 25 * degrees. - Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, con tinued cold to-night. Wednesday in- « creasing cloudiness. Moderate north- l. s'st' west to north winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURO Highest, 42; lowest, 30; 8 a. m., 32; 8 p. m./35. ESPERANTO AS A MEDIUM OF PEACE There can be no permanent peace, according to an English writer, until "polvglotism" disappears. The nations are fighting, he says, because their lan guages are different. Their antipathies, he declares, are linguistic—not racial. His recommendation, coming as it does from a subject of King George, is, of course, that English be made the universal lan guage so that war may be no more. It is rather difficult to believe that nations are antagonistic and pugnacious solely because their languages are different. The author of the state ment must be assuming that the present war is one merely between England and Germany, a mistake which writers in both these countries seem to be making repeatedly. Otherwise what explanation can he offer for the combination into which have entered such widely different languages as English, French, Russian and Japanese? It is likewise hard to swallow the assertion that the speaking of a common language among nations would insure peace forever. English-speaking sol diers have fought English-speaking soldiers and Spanish-speaking armies have opposed Spanish speaking armies, not only in the wars which gave their liberty to American republics, but in bitterly waged civil wars as well. The very patriotic Englishman's suggestion that his country acquire as much territory as possible at the close of the war, in the event, of course, that its side is victorious, and then proceed to impose the English language on the natives, does not seenx to be practicable. Efforts to force a foreign language on a people well satisfied with the one it is using, as lor instance in the case of the Poles, can only arouse antagonism and cannot result in lasting peace among all inen. At this point Esperanto enthusiasts would per haps be tempted to suggest the universal adoption of the international language. Certainly the tongue of no one nationality or race would be forced upon the rest of the world if Esperanto were to be selected as a common language. Yet Esperanto is an artificial language and can never take the place of the tongues which men have for generations learned to speak through their milk teeth. Nations will not give up their different languages for a common tongue, and even if they were to have one language, they would not have the same inclinations and ambitions. More than a common vehicle of speech would be necessary to insure uni versal brotherly love. QUEEK TOYS MAY BE FORTHCOMING This country s youngster's did not need to worry about a scarcity of toys last Christmas even if the war was interfering with commerce, since large supplies of the needed playthings had been received from Germany by American merchants before hos tilities began. The time is not far distant, however, when this country's dealers in toys will have to lay in their stoeks for the next Yuletide. There will, of course, be no playthings forthcoming from Ger many, since Germany is not interested at present in tin soldiers and the like. New sources of toy sup plies will clearly have to be found if American chil dren are to have a happy 1915 Christmas. Two foreign countries seem to have bidders for our playthings trade. They are, oddly enough, Japan and Guatemala. Japanese consuls in this country have been looking into the possibilities of the business, and have reported favorably. They liavc urged Japanese manufacturers, who are now producing toys to the value of $3,000,000 annually, HARRISBTTBG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. MARfIH 30, 1915. to increase their output and B«ek American markets. Guatemalan manufacturers of playthings are said to be confident that they, too, will be able to find ready buyers in the United States for their goods. If toys from Japan and Guatemala are distributed throughout this country next Christmas, as is likely to be the case, there will probably be many decided novelties among them, at least novelties from the American viewpoint. Although in Japan the tend-' ency is to imitate the toys made in Germany, the products of the Asiatics cannot but be distinctive. In Guatemala the plan in to make playthings for the coming season, copied after the persons and things in Guatemalan peasant life, and thus formed alto gether differently from German products. Amer ican children no doubt will get varieties of toys next Christmas different from any they have ever had experiences with before. In making their plans the foreign manufacturers should, of course, not bp too confident. The should bear in mind the fact that there is a movement in this country favoring "Made in America" goods of all sorts, not excluding toys. The German Santa Claus, since he must for the time retire, should not be replaced entirely by a combination Japanese and Spanish Santa Claus, but rather by one who has at least to some extent Yankee characteristics. Censuring censorship is popular among the motion pio, ture men. Perhaps the goose that laid the golden egg is responsible for the high cost of omelets for breakfast. New York's 400 are rehearsing for a "society circus" in the Madison avenue mansion of the late J. Pierpont Mor gan. It sounds a little strange but it is recalled that tlie late J. P. cracked the whip for years in the financial world. The Wall Street lambs who are viewing with excitement the soaring tendencies of some of the Stock Market "specialties," should keep in mind that stocks that go up with sensational speed sometimes come down with even greater rapidity. The Cambridge University authorities have submitted a request of the women students for permission to smoke''in the dormitories to a referendum vote of the parents of the said young women. This unexpected move on the part of the faculty presages a good spanking for the gay misses when they get home for the Easter vacation. TOLD INT LIGHTER VEIN BETWEEN TIMES Now for the weary race of men A gladsome season comes to pass; We do not have to shovel snow, 'Tis yet too soon to cut the grass. —New York Sun. NOT QUITE THE SAME Yale *3s—"Wheel My brother got tapped for Bones on Tap Day." Harvard 35—"Huh! brother got touched for five bones on Tag Day."—Harvard Lampoon. BECAME A PIBATE ON LAND "When I was a boy," said Mr. Waterstock, "I wanted to go to sea and be a pirate." "And you changed your mind," replied Miss Cayenne, "to the extent of deciding to remain on laid."—Washing ton Star, EXTBAVAGANT BEQUEST Clerk—"Mr. Gotrocks, as I am to marry, I would like more salary." Boss—"How much more do you want?" Clerk —"Ten dollar a- week.'' Boss—"My gracious! How many women are you going to marry!"— Chicago News. VEAL AND VEAL "Waiter, is this veal!" "Yes, sir." "Well, I'll bet he gave his family lots of trouble. He certainly was a young tough."—.Judge. USELESS EXPENDITUBE Husband—"You charge me with reckless extravagance. When did I ever make a useless purchase!" Wife—"Why, there's that fire-extinguisher you bought a year ago; we've never used it once."—(Boston Transcript. IN OBDEB OF"PREFERENCE "I used to imagine my husband thought only of me, but now I have decided that his thoughts have a wider range." "How do you think they run!" "About in this order—baseball, clothes, billiards, busi ness, his bulldog and me."—-Louisville Courier-Journal. THE BIFUBCATED FAMILY First Modern Child—"My parents have separated." Second Modern Child—"Which one do you get the cus tody of!" New York Sun. FAMOUS LITEBABY COMPOSITIONS "Destroy this letter." "I, John Doe, being of sound body and mind, do make and declare this to be my last will." "Subscribed and sworn to before me." "Please remit." "R. S. V. P."—Milwaukee Free Press. IT LOOKS GOOD TO HIM "I want to see the Government own everything," said the discontented man. "Maybe it might be a good idea," replied Mr. Dustin Stax. "I have a few things that I would like to sell it." —Washington Bnr. SOOTHING THE BABY "Baby is restless." "Well!" "Fox-trot her awhile, can't you!"— Louisville Courier- Journal. SUFFRAGE IN CBIMSON GULCH "Have you any militant suffragists'in Crimson Gulch!" "Nary," replied Bronco Bob. "When the school teacher dropped a hint as how she'd like to vote we'd have been glad of a chance to shoot up anybody that 'ud interfere with her. But by common consent we turned the polls over to her an' all stayed away so's there wouldn't be any chance of her bein' embarrassed."—Washington Star. GOING TOO FAB "There is no way of conquering the overbearing and dictatorial attitude of a man," remarked the determined looking woman. "I thought your husband favored your ideas in most matters." "Ho is a tyrant at heart. I asked him whether he thought women should be permitted to vote and he said he thought they should be compelled to do so."—Washington Star, mmMDALL HUMORS GIVE WAY There are_ many things learned from experience and observation that the older should impress upon the younger. Among them is the fact that seroful.. and other humors are most successfully treated with Hood's Sar ' saparilla. This great medicine is a peculiar combination of remarkably ef fective blood-purifying and health-giv ing roots, barks and herbs, and has been tested for forty years. Get it to-day. Adv. li■ ' [Tongue-End Top ics | Put It Up tc the Parents Should college girls smoke? is the i question that is agitating members of | upper clayses in the women's colleges attached to Cambridge Univeraity. A , number of the girls who are accus tomed to smoke at home asked some I time ago for a faculty ruling as to smoking in theii dormitory rooms. The | faculty was hard put to it for an au swer and decided upon a referendum, " not of pupils, but of parents, and the principal has just dispatched a letter to each home asking for a reply, for or > against smoking, before the end of the Easter vacation. \ *• * \ Munich Papers Boost the Price The four principal newspapers have announced that, beginning April 1, 1 their prices will be advanced 20 per cent. The newspapers publish an ap -1 peal to then readers to support them "as in fhe past,'' notwithstanding the increase in price, which, they declare, ; 'by no means repays them for the many additional charges which the war has brought upon them. • , » Aeroplane foi a Best Cure The aeroplane as a rest cure is rec ommended by at least one British sol dier as a result of his personal experi ence. He joined a line regiment in the early days of the war and, being an excellent shot and a good mechanic, was put in charge of a iftachine gun. He and his gun were left by accident in an isolated trench positiou when his battalion was withdrawn, and he had a continuous spell of forty-three days in the forward trenches, much of the time completely cut off from his army, before he regained his regiment. By that time he was a physical and mental wreck, and he was sent to a hospital to recuperate. When his leave was up he conlided to the officer in charge that his nerve was so shattered that he sim ply couldn't bear to go back to the trenches. "I can't get the sound of bullets out of mv head," he declared; '<-you must find something else for me to do for a time." He himself suggested that he be transferred to the flying corps and, in asmuch as he had already had some ex perience in this line of work, the trans fer was approved. In a few weeks he had qualified as an aviator, and began spending an hour or two aloft daily. The "change of air" worked just the relief he required and restored his nerves to their original firmness. ♦ • * Rehabilitating Old Panama Fort Fort San Lorenzo, an ancient fort ress which stands cn a high bluff at the entrance the tarbor at the mouth of the Chagres river, probably will again play a part in the defense of the Isthmus of Panama. Canal authorities are trying to obtuiu from Panama the right to re-establish the old fortress, re building it and placing therein a num ber of modern and high-power coast de fense guns. The site of the ancient fortress is important because it stands at the entrance of a deep waterway from the Caribbean sea to the Gatun locks, dam and spillway. It i| de clared that t'he Chagres river is easily navigable for small torpedo boats and submarines. The only obstacle is a bar at the mouth of the river; however, this may >bc passed at high tide. ♦ » * Castle Built in 1507 The Castle of San Lorenzo was built by order of Phillip II of Spain in 1597 and for many years was considered practically impregnable. John Morgan and his buccaneers, however, almost de stroyed the fortress and the English, under Admiral Vernor, captured it in 1740 and blew the fort skyward. Since then it has been a historic ruin. The American government has long regard ed the mouth of the Chagres river as an important point in the coast de defenses of the Panama canal, especially in view of the accessibility of the locks, dam and spillway at Gatun through the stream. The nearest fortiucations of any strength and importance are now at Toro Point, near Colon, which is about 8 miles east of San Lorenzo. Governor Goethais to Betire 'When Governor Goethais leaves the canal zone he probably will retire from the arny,' and enter civilian life. He has not yet made a public announce ment to this effect, but has frequently voiced his desire, probably after Sep tember, next, to lead a quiet life and do only such work as he wishes. Gen eral Goethais has not decided upon the place where he will make his it is generally understood that he win reside in New York, where he will be come a consulting engineer. It has been said that he probably will form a partnership with 8. V. Williamson, who was formerly the engineer in charge of the Pacific division of the Panama ca nal construction work. Mr. Williamson recently made a brief visit to the isth mus and it is believed that the partner ship was then discussed. Governor Goe thais, having announced his early retire ment from active labors on the Panama canal, is manifesting an impatience to depart from the isthmus. He feels he has done his duty by his country and the army in spending eight strenuous years there. worn sum m njpi Mrs. Clotilda Cohen' 85,0f Prominent Phil adelphia Family, Kill ed as She Slept MURDERER THEN X DIES BY OWN HAND Terrible Double Tragedy Enacted When Youftg Cohen Becomes Suddenly De ranged and Creeps Into Bedroom of Aged Ancestor With a Revolver B\) Associated Press. Philadelphia, March 30.—Mrs. Clo tilda Cohen, 85 years old. member of a prominent family of this city, was shot and killed to-<lay by Henry B. Co !hen, her grandson, who then turned the revolver on himself inflicting a wound from which he died later in a hospital. The tragedy occurred in Mrs. Cohen's home and she was killed while in bed. 'Henry B. Cohen's bedroom adjoined that of his grandmother. Acting upon an impulse inspired by a suddenly de ranged mind, it is believed the grand son must have crept into the aged wom an 's room, brought his weapon close to her face and then fired. The servants in the house heard the shots and noti fied the police. Physicians and police were soon on the scene and after con vincing themselves that the woman was dead, hurried Cohen to a hospital. Member of Exclusive Clubs Cohen formerly was in business hero and was a member of exclusive clubs. Seveial years ago he entered the litho graphing business in Chicago. He had returned to Philadelphia, only a day or two ago for the Passover. This morn ing he had planned to go to New York and apparently with this trip in mind he had shaved himself before the trag edy. The absolute purposelessness of the shooting puzzled the police. Cohen was well liked by his grand mother. He is said to have been a keen, hard working business man who was making a success of his careef, and had never shown insane tendencies. His father talked with him thirty min utes before the shooting and he says he was then apparently in good health and seemingly sound mentally. The family physician pronounced it a case of sudden and unaccountable insanity. The father says Henry used the revol ver he carried constantly for self-pro tection. Father Commerce Chamber Head Charles Coben, Henry's father, i 9 president of the Chamber of Commerce and is a paper manufacturer in this city. His family is an old one and for many years he has been a prominent figure in the business, civic and social life of Philadelphia. In 1880 he mar ried Miss Clotilda Florence Cohen, of this city. He has two children besides Henry. They are lieutenant Albert M. Cohen, now on the United States battleship Delaware, and Miss Eleanor Florence Cohen, who is a tennis cham pion of Philadelphia. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT BITTER ON THE SINKING OF THE FALABAAND AGUILA I>ondon', March 30, 1,30 A. M.—The sinking by German submarines .of the steamers Falaba and Aguila is com mented upon with the greatest bitter ness in this morning's papers. Al though witnesses differ somewhat as to the exact time allowed for the de barkation of passengers and crews be fore the torpedoes were tired, it is the consensus of testimony that it was in sufficient to get the passengers off. This, together wifrh the reported fail ure of the submarines to render any as sistance, provokes the strongest criti cism of--Oermany's latest methods of naval warfare. Some editorials, including that in the "Morning Post," declare all thought of not humiliating Germany must eud and thatKshe m.-.st be made to pay dearly for every such aggression. "It has become vital to the interest of the world," the paper says, "that the spirit which made these deeds pos sible, shall be not only humiliated but uterly broken and that the peoples who fostered that spirit shall be made to re pent in bitterness and sorrow." The "Times" says in an editorial that the treatment of non-combatants in Belgium ,is being repeated at sea and that the world at large will form its own judgment. It adds: "The les son we must take to heart is that we are at war with a people who will hesi tate at no means to accomplish their ends. The Germans evidently are des perate. The new turn given to their submarine campaign indicates the fail ure of its firet objective, which was to kill our foreign trade. Once more Admiral Von Tirpitz has done us a great service. His latest achievement will complete the education begun by the shelling of Scarborough; it will remove what remains of slackness among us, redouble the national resolu tion and reinforce national effort." Omeffa Oil Rheumatism -and Lumbago Soak a towel in boiling water, wring dry and place it over the achingpart for a moment to help open the pores. Then rub in plenty of Omega Oil. Youwillbe surprised at the quick relief this simple treatment give*, IOC. & 25c. a bottle. YOU can buy a watch for a dollar, or you can buy one for a hundred dollars) or more. Pay what you will, it's a wfttch. But a cheap watch challenges your confidence every time you look at it. Same way with clothes. «- Clothes are clothes, no matter what the price. But, a Globe Suit is an authentic style at every price. You never need question its service— you can expect only the best—our guarantee stands back of every suit we sell. sls—s2o—s2s THE GLOBE " THE FRIENDLY STORE " 1 The Latest Sensation "Hollier" 8 Cylinder Car $985 Backed by twenty-five years' experience in building cars and parts; unlimited capital; and built within own factory; early deliveries. A few reliable agents wanted in Central Pennsyl vania. Address HOLLIER SALES CO. 1139 Mulberry St Harrisburg, Pa. I . mwmi STILL IRTSTEIY Few Signs of Activity on German Cruiser As Sentinels Stand Guard Over Vessel THE ALABAMA IS NOW ON SCENE Presence of the United States M&n-of- War Said to be for the Purpose of Enforcing Neutrality in AU Its Phases Newport News, Ya., March 30. Customs officials continued to refupe to discuss the mysterious status of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friodrich. No one without official authority was permitted to approach the Eitel's pier. During the night a sentinel stood guard at the pier entrance and was relieved by another at sunrise. There were few signs of activity on the Eitel, and smoke was issuing from only one of her funnels. One of the many reports current in Marine circles to-day was that British mercbantships leaving here have been carrying coal to the allied warsliips ly ing off the capes to wait for the Prinz Eitel. It was said one of the reasons for sending the battleship Alabama here was to enforce neutrality in all its phases. Newport .News, Va., March 30. — The battleship Alabama, ordered to Hampton Roads, to aid in enforcing neutrality, passed in the Virginia capes early to-day. Washington, March 30. —President Wilson has been informed that there is no chance of the Prinz Eitel going to New Vork inside the three-mile limit. | The President told callers to-day he had received apparently authentic word that it would bo impossible because ot the draft of the vessels and added that he saw no reason why the Eitel's cap tain should desire to go to New York. | The President indicated that lie was | not alarmed about possible complica tions. "I Don't Feel Good" That is what a lot of people tell us. I'suaDy their bowelsonly need cleansing. jtoxaßtOtdenCie&, will do the trick and make you feel fine. We know this positively. Take on* tonight. Soid only by us, 10 cents. Qeorge A. Qorgas THE character of your hat will make or mar your Easter cos tume. If it's a Poulton hat you'll know it's cor rect in every detail. $2 to $5. POULTOIM ± SN. THIRD ST. I Where the Styles Originate.
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