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Friday, April 9, 1815.
APRIL
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon, 14th;
] First Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon, 29th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
wMPjj Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and
/\J3 'it). 'warmer to-night with lowest tempera
/jAW *T * ture about 40 degrees. Saturday partly
1/** cloudy, probably showers.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night,
warmer in north and west portions.
Saturday partly cloudy. Light to mod
erate south winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 70; lowest, 37; 8 a. m., 46; 8 p. m., 63.
| CLEANLINESS SAVING LIVES
British army surgeons who have found time in
the midst of operations involving numerous legs,
arms and trunks of injured soldiers, to make state
ments for publication regarding their more or less
benevolent occupation have declared that compara
tively few men wounded in this war are dying of
t>k>od poisoning.
The explanation is that increased cleanliness and
sanitary conditions among the soldiers
prevent rifle bullets, unless they strike vital organs,
from seriously endangering life. Credit has been
given to bodily cleanliness in London for the stamp
ing out there of the typhus fever, which is now
bringing death to thousands in Servia. Much addi
tional proof could be furnished by this country, or
any other, that filth is the ally of disease and death.
Blood-poisoning caused the death in the Franco-
Prussian war of seventy-five out of every hundred
wounded men who were operated upon, while in
the more recent Russo-Japanese war only two men
in a hundred died from this cause following opera
tions. The figures are quoted by London surgeons
as proof that increased cleanliness means fewer
deaths from wounds not immediately fatal when
inflicted.
If soldiers in this war are being taught cleanli
ness as thoroughly as is indicated by attending
surgeons, then those of them who are alive after
the war may reasonably be expected to profit by
their training when they resume their ordinary oc
cupations. As to the friends of those who bravely
. and gloriously die despite all sanitary precautions,
they will have the satisfaction of knowing that,
with the exception of keeping out of the war, the
soldiers did everything they could to preserve their
lives.
ANNIVERSARY OF MIDDLETOWN S FIRE
Just five years ago to-day it was that the borough
of Middletown, in the lower end of Dauphin county,
was visited by the most disastrous fire in the town's
history. Two blocks of the business section were
swept away within four hours by flames that had
their origin in the old frame market house, West
Emaus street, in the afternoon at 2.15 o'clock.
The blaze at first appeared to be trifling but
within half an hour it had assumed such propor
tions that the Middletown fire chief sent calls for
assistance to Harrisbjjrg, Steelton, Columbia and
Four steam fire engines, after working
Injure than two hours, got the fire under control,
flie visiting firemen, however, remained on duty
during the greater part of the night. A high wind
carried embers for miles and caused fires that
destroyed the Fair Association's two exhibition
buildings, three barns and two farm houses and
also caused numerous forest fires.
To-day Middletown has almost fully recovered
from the effects of that fire. Modern brick build
ings replace the frame structures that once formed
a part of the business section. Only the Y. M. C. A.
building, a few dwellings and several stables that
were destroyed have not been rebuilt. The deter
jjmination of the people of the town to overcome
obstacles despite grave discouragements is shown
in the thriving borough of Middletown to-day, with
its expanding industries and its prospects for
greater development.
A CONVICT S QUEEB DISEASE
An alien who has served in various jails more
than half of his twenty-seven years in this country,
for looting street corner mail boxes, was yesterday
sentenced in a New York United States District
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1915.
Court to five more years of prison life, after plead
ing guilty to his usual offense.
A doctor's examination of the has resulted
in a statement to the effect that the man is suffer
ing from a mental disease about which even spe
cialists in such disorders know little. The trouble
is not kleptomania, in the doctor's opinion, but an
unnamed disease which made the prisoner delight in
stealing mail matter from street boxes, and made
him careless of consequences.
It is obvious that criminals prompted to steal
solely for gain would not confine their activities to
the looting of often unproductive mail boxes, and
certainly they would not be likely to persist in
their petty thefts after being repeatedly convicted
and imprisoned for previous offenses of exactly the
same kind. They would not regard their arrests
and imprisonments so much as matters of course,
either, as the "diseased" alien, who was again sen
tenced yesterday, seemed to regard his.
The man surely cannot be in a healthy state of
mind; else why, if he wants to steal, should he dis
regard, for instance, pocketbooks carelessly han
dled in public places by thoughtless women, and
turn all his attention to the contents of mail boxes,
which for the most part contain nothing of interest
or value to any persons except those to whom the
separate pieces are addressed T
The "diseased" alien's most recent crime, for
which he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment,
consisted of the theft from a corner mail box of a
parcel containing thirty-two handkerchiefs. Five
years is a rather long time for a thief to be impris
oned for making so small a haul as that, but it is a
very short time for a man to be safely in custody
who has a disease which makes of him an habitual
offender.
It is to be hoped that some cure may be found
for the disease, or that the victim may be moved,
after he has served his term, to some place where
there will be no mail boxes to tempt him. Even if
he is not tiring of imprisonment, the postal authori
ties are getting weary of arresting him.
How to raise money for the State is not the least of
Governor Brumbaugh's worries.
The river wall gap will probably be closed if it doesn't
make too big a gap in the City's finances.
Some of the .justices of the peace who pay out the state's
money in bounties for rat and chicken heads represented
to be the heads of weasels and goshawks might profitably
invest in strong-lens spectacles.
We repeat the question, why do not the City Commis
sioners purchase the land needed for the upper end play
ground by the competitive bidding method? There are a
number of plots that might well serve the purpose in the
not-fully-developed northern part of Harrisburg.
Apparently the Stock Market is not the only institution
whose business is taking a boom, from which it may be
argued that there is justification for the recent advances
in the values of some of the standard securities that have
not risen in too precipitate a manner. Investors should be
cautious, however, in banking too heavily on the sensa
tional advances that have occurred in some of the more
speculative stocks.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
EASILY DONE
In these mercenary days a man can break up his home by
dropping his wad.—Dallas News.
THE ACTRESS' TROUBLE
About the time an actress recovers from one attack of
matrimony she has another.—Chicago News.
WHY HE WAS MAD
One of the maddest men we ever saw was a chap who
yelled loudly for a square deal and got it.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN
Miss Oldun—"l'd just like to see any man kiss me."
Miss Young—"What a hopeless ambition!"— Boston
Transcript.
REASON FOR REITERATION
The reason a politician always finds it necessary to
reiterate the fact that he trusts the people is because he
doesn't."—Boston Transcript.
THOUGHT IT WAS A MONKEY HOUSE
"Why, there's nothing but bees here."
"What did you expect to find!"
"Well, when I asked to be directed to the apiary I cer
tainly thought I was going to the place where they kept
the apes."—Baltimore America^.
THE DELAYER
The young man sits in the parlor and waists. He has
waited a long time. When he remembers how long the
time has been he uses strong language under his breath.
And she had called to him that she would be right down.
Pretty goon her scamp of a little brother comes into the
room.
"Sis is dolling up," he volunteers.
"Oh, is that itT" says the young man as he frowns at
his watch. "I was beginning to think she might be medi
tating."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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SHE UNDERSTOOD
When you inspect 25 applicants for a position as your
nursery maid for a whole morning, and then find yourself
;nuch in the same position as you started, you begin to feel
tired. Just so was Mrs. XewTich. But No. 26 seemed to
know her business: What was better still, she knew how
to make tea "do" for six people without using more than
three teaspoonfuls. Here was a capture.
And you understand childree, you sayf I have four
children,' said Mrs. Newrich.
"Oh, yes; I understand 'em all right, and I'm blowed if
I II work wherever the little varmints are, mum," came the
disheartening reply.—Answers.
JOSH WANTED TO WT-.r,
Some time ..fjo Uncle Josh was spending the day with a
city relative, and in order to while away the time he was
taken around to the fire-house. Just as they entored the
door an alarm was struck, and down the pole like squirrels
came the firemen from their quarters overhead.
"Come along, Uncle Josh," said the city relative as the
apparatus sped out. "Let's go to the fire."
"No fire for me, Henry," was the rather emphatic re
sponse of Uncle Jose. "Im goin' ter stay right here."
"What forf" was the wondering rejoinder of Henry.
"Dont you care for firesf"
"Yes," answered Uncle Josh, "but I want ter see 'em
shoot UD that pole ag'in."—Exchange.
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Belgians' Queen at the Front
"I saw the Queen of the Belgians
to-day," recently wrote a Scotch sol
dier from the front to relatives in
London. "I had gone up to the ruinedi
Cathedral with one of my officers for
the afternoon service. Wbil£ we were
there the Queen arrived. She came un
expectedly. No one, so far as I know,
dreamed of her coming. She was dress
ed with what I can only describe as re
ligious simplicity—a severely plain
costume and a tourist cap. Her com
panions were a Belgian officer and her
physician. So far as I could hear no
word was spoken. Her Mepesty fasci
nated me. She was as one who is
weighed down with grief; her eyes were
the eyes of one who has cried long,
and could cry no more. She stood look
ing at the burnt and battered walls of
the sacred building, awe-inspired, brok
en, crushed. She acknowledged our sa
lute with a melancholy smile."
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Work of the Women Patrols
The National Union of Women
Workers of Great Britain has issued an
appeal for more volunteers to look aft
er the welfare of girls in the neighbor
hood of soldiers' camps. The work
was started about three months ago
and has met with the cordial support,
both civil and military. The Union
now has 1,200 volunteer patrols en
gaged. Lord Kitchener recently issued
a General Order informing officers that
these women patrols were doing good
service and should have every possible
co-operation from the army officials.
625 Miles Prisoners
To visualize the number of Russian
prisoners anil guns taken by von Hin
denbnrg in the so-called "Winter's
Battle" to the east of the Masurian
Lakes, one of the German papers has
figured out what a great procession
they would make. If the 104,000
prisoners, the 300 pieces of artillery,
and the 2,000 wagons, it says, were to
form a procession with four men
abreast, with the artillery and wagons
in usual marching order, they would
roach 112 miles in length. It would
require thirty hours for such a proces
sion to pass a given point. In the same
way it is figured that all the prisoners
of war now held by Germany—a total
of 780,000 men—would make a proces
sion 625 miles long.
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Clergyman's Strenuous Duties
A call for recruits in Glasgow to as
sist in the manufacture of shells
brought forth a clergyman, who vras
promptly accepted. He is the Rev. Stu
art Robertson of Pollokshield church, a
tall, athletic figure who now serves
from 6 o'clock in the morning until 5
at night in a large engineering shop.
His day'B work over, the Rev. Mr.
Robertson attends to his pastoral du
ties as hiis evening's recreation.
Opposing Seizing Territory
Count Julius Andrassy, former Hun
garian Minister of the Interior, has
written a book, just published at Buda
pest entitled, "Who is Responsible for
the War.'' The book has received of
ficial approval and is to be published
in German at Leipsic and Berlin, and in
Switzerland in French. A version in
Knglish will also be brought out. Count
Andrassy is at present in Leipsic super
intending the publication. The Count
argues in his book that Slav aspirations
brought out the war, and that the Rus
sian ambition to possess the Darda
nelles contributed greatly to it. He
asserts that Austria and Germany had
no intention in the beginning, of terri
torial aggrandizement, and urges them
not to think of it when final victory is
won. He thinks they should be satis
fied with monetary compensation, and
that any territorial additions to their
boundaries would not look well or
prove of any great advantage.
Jews Promoted From Banks
A Jewish newspaper in Hamburg
reports that the number of Jews pro
moted from the ranks in the Prussian
army to positions as officers was 43 up
to the first of February. Because only
partial lists of the promotions have
been available it is believed, that the
number is much larger. Until the pres
ent war Jews were not eligible as of
ficers.
WHITMAN CHEATS CHAIR
Commutes Death Sentence of Murderer
Who Regained Sanity
Auburn, N. Y., April
Whitman yesterday notified Warden
Rattigan, of Auburn prison, that he
had commuted the sentence to death of
Antonio Africano to life imprisonment.
The murderer has been twice declared
insane by commissions appointed by
former Governor Sulzer and was sent to
Dannemora State Hospital for Criminal
Insane.
While there Africano recovered his
sanity and, under a State law, was
sent back to Auburn to be electrocut
ed. Governor Whitman, under the law,
must designate the new date for his
death. Instead, the Governor commut
ed the sentence and Africano was yes
terday taken from the condemned row
and assigned to work in one of the pris
on shops. He will be eligible to pa
role after 20 years. He murdered
Luigi Luciano, in Rochester, two years
ago.
2°Sin | THE WONDER 1^1(1 No M ° re
NO LeSS VIU J2ll Market Street v'U No LGSS
Scientific Methods, coupled with unlimited Outlet is
alone responsible lor the extreme low prices for the splen
did Suits and Top Coats we sell to the consumer for *
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The hundreds of Styles and the handsome Fabrics we
are now showing, are considerably more impressive than
all the eloquence and literature that could be crowded into
five pages.
We do away with the Middleman's Profit, and we
place the Consumer in absolute touch with the Producer,
and save him from $5.00 to SIO.OO.
All the new Spring Styles now on exhibition in every
conceivable model.
We Can Fit Every Man
Remember-—lt Is Satisfaction or Money Back
f>Ml 0 THE WONDERIII ft Morß
NoLeSS«PI" 211 Market Street J No L&SS
LANDMARKS THAT HAVE
CONE FROM SOUTH
SECOND STREET
Caatlnnrd From First Pace.
established there August 10, 1793,
with John Wyeth as the first post
master. Another picture was of the
Adam Boyd home, at the southwest
corner of Mulberry and Second streets,
which was made of bricks imported
from England especially for the con
struction of that building.
Three Governors of Pennsylvania
lived i>n the section—'Governor Shunk,
at 133, and Governor Packer and
Curtin, the war Governor, at No. 11l
South Second. Kobert Harris, son of
John Harris, founder of the city, lived
at 218 South Second street, one of
the buildings torn away. Another his
toric building removed was that at the
northeast corner of Second and Mul
berry streets, which was oince a hotel
patronized by the most distiuuished
visitors coming to Harrisburg, includ
ing General Lafayette, in 1824. It was
known at different times as Sinull's
hotel and the Mansion House.
Dr. Hamilton said in the course of
his talk:
"Us fellers whose thin hair shows
like snow,
"Though still about here—down be-
low.
"We've lived to see the air-ships fly;
"An' dart like swallows round the
' sky;
"The lightin' running the railroad
cars,
"An' electric lights outshine the
stars.
"Real old-time candidates for the
sky,
"That have read their titles in days
gone bye;
"An' this is the thought that's creep
in' niighf
"I know not what sorrow is o'er me,
"What spell is upon my heart;
"But a .tale of Old Times is before
me,
"Incidents, that will not depart.
"Travelers from the Holy Land re
vert to Biblical narratives. Shakes
peare has rendered places in Italy and
England immortal by bis dramas.
Scott has filled Scotland with charac
ters that made its glens storied with
vivid pictures of olden times.
"This new country passes so rap
idly from country lanes to oity pave
ments! -Who has not "gone for"
chestnuts, hickorynuts and
where now hard asphalt and stdrn
straight streets cover the sward of
previous joyous juvenile trips!
"How soon the lanes and byways
of Old Louisbourg and Maclaysburg,
less than lO'O years, are forgotten
while in realization of the facts to
day that some of the streets and fields
of Harrisburg formed by the union of
these, villages known to us since child
hood 's days, are being obliterated.
"We walk and chat by the Sus
quehanna river whose glorious sunsets
reflected in its slowly flowing water
are admired because it is now "The
Harris Park." "Hardserabble" is
vanishing. The Eighth ward sinks to
its own demolition.
"Encircling our city, like ramparts,
runs the Parkway, embracing the Res
ervoir and Wildwood's nature garden.
The Capitol building is adorned with
appropriate statuary, forever fixing in
carved imagery the gracious history
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, the veritable Keystone of our Re
public, of our Statehood and of this
its own Capital City.
"To-night, your attention is called
mow before it is too late, to the
changes in South Second street below
Chestnut—the original town of Har
risburg. The abode of the fashionable
and prominent in the former days. The
scene of paegents until it fell asleep
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Outfits, Dry Goods, Woolens, Embroideries,
• Laces, Etc.
The Entire Stock of the
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925 North Third Street
Cars Stop at Boas Street
Sale started this afternoon at 2 o'clock and will
continue to-night, Saturday, Monday, and so on until
stock is entirely sold.
Every Garment is of the Latest Style and Well
Worth Your Attention. Do not miss this important
sale.
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amid its lack of appreciation of ita
visitation and suink deep, into Blum
slumbers."
I>r. Hamilton then displayed th«
photographs of the various individual
buildings that have been lazed and
gave the history of each.
"Sir, I came down from a long line
of ancestors."
"Indeed! Were many of them hang
ing on it?"— Exchange.