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Tuesday, March 30, 1015.
MARCH
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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.
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[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. \
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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± SN. THIRD ST. I
Where the Styles Originate.