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Wednesday. April 14, 1015.
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MOON'S PRASES—
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First Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon, 29th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
'!T>? Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
aHt night and Thursday, continued cool;
/! VI tV* lowest temperature to-night about 38
i degrees with light frost in exposed
JFC*' Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night
'WB* tt and Thursday, not much change in tem-
Ibaperature. Light frost in exposed places
to-night. Moderate northerly winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HABRISBUBG
Highest, 52; lowest, 42; 8 a. m., 43; 8 p. m., 80.
"EASY DIVORCES" REVIVED IN RENO
Reno, Nevada, has been a comparatively dull
place in the last two years, or since the Barnes
amendment to the divorce law made one year's
residence in the state imperative for couples seek
ing legal separation, but now things are beginning
to "pick up" again, for Governor Boyle has signed
a new law which cuts the residence requirement
down to six months. The immediate effect of this
law has been that again persons seeking divorces
are rushing to Reno, re-establishing the "divorce
t colony" and entering boisterously into the amuse
ments provided in the dance halls and cabarets. In
fact Reno, which has profited much from the "easy
divorce laws" of the past, is beginning to reap
again the money that the "divorce industry"
brings to that wide open town.
Already we are told that the divorce colony,
which until recently had been deserted, has one
hundred residents and is rapidly growing. That
means that one hundred persons from other states
have gone to the Nevada town with the intention
of remaining there six months so that, under the
free and easy law of the state, they can go into
court at the end of that time and seek legal separa
tion from their wives or husbands, and then go back
to their home states. Judging from the action of
the Reno divorce courts of other years, there is
little doubt of their getting the desired decrees, —
after, of course, having liberally remunerated the
Reno lawyers who plead their causes.
It has been stated that the average cost of a Reno
divorce is $2,500, exclusive of "entertainment and
sundries" that usually are elaborate and costly.
During the two years previous to the passage of the
Barnes amendment 1,281 divorce suits were filed
in Reno, a city of only 12,000 inhabitants.
If any other argument were needed to prove
that at least the majority of the people who go
from all parts of the country to obtain divorces in
Reno are persous who regard the marriage vow
as something that can be assumed and set aside
almost at will, that argument is contained in the
fact that, men and women seeking divorces are
rushing to Reno at this time, after persons of their
character had shunned the place in the last two
years.
Mosft of them, apparently, are persons who think
it is well enough to be divorced if they ean obtain
legal separation through six months' residence in
the Nevada resort, but who are not so eager for
divorce as to be willing to pass a whole year there.
It is hard to see iiow such persons can regard the
marriage vow, when they take it, as a permanent
obligation.
NO SEPARATE PEACE FOR HUNGARY
Together with rumors that there are before long
to be additional nations participating in the war.
come persistent reports that certain of the present
belligerents are soon to sue for peace. It has been
reported, and of course denied, that Germany and
Austria have been considering peace negotiations,
and also that 1 iirkey has been contemplating a sep
arate. peace. Equally persistent have been the
assertions of late that the Hungarians will endeavor
independently to withdraw from hostilities if the
Russians break through the gates of Hungary at
which they have been battering for the last twelve
weeks and pour into the land. At present a Russian
invasion of Hungary is certainly possible, but a
separate peace hardly is.
Although the Hungarians may care little for the
Austriaus and less for the principle of dualism
HARKiSBURG- STAR-TWDEPENTiENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1915.
which has made these peoples partners, they could
not well act independently of the Austrians even
should such a catastrophe as the fall of Budapest
be imminent.
According to the latest dispatches, it appears
that the Russians arc having some difficulty mak
ing progress in the Carpathians. Although their
foes are generally mentioned/as Germans and Aus
trians, the €znr's troops are meeting with resist
ance from the Hungarians as well. The latter seem
to be taking a rather active part in defending their
country, as evidenced by the following passage
from an account of an engagement in the Car
pathians, which came through Petrograd and
London:
The most determined opposition 011 this whole line of
battle was 011 the part of the Hungarians, whose fighting
qualities are being highly complimented by Russian officers.
If there is truth in that little item, —find it does
not seem that the Russians would gjve their ene
mies undeserved praise,-—then the Hungarians must
be not only as loyal to the German-Austrian forces
as are the Germans and Austrians themselves, but
even more energetic than their allies in opposing
the invaders.
That the Hungarians will sue for separate peace
surely appears improbable when it is remembered
that the government of Austria-Hungary is domi
nated by Hungarians. If there were to be any ne
gotiations entered into with the Allies independ
ent of Germany the contracting party would surely
be Austria-Hungary as a whole, and even such ne
gotiations could not well be made until there Is a
much clearer knowledge than at present of what
the final terms of peaee will be.
LUNATICS WHO ARE NOT DANGEROUS
The superintendent of a New Jersey asylum for
the insane is responsible for a declaration that all
insane persons are not idiots and imbeciles, that
some arc "abnormal persons who are not danger-,
ous" and that in this latter class belongs one out
of every ten human beings, lie does not recommend
the confinement of all insane persons coming under
his classification and therefore cannot be considered
to be trying merely to help along lys business.
If the distinguishing marks of persons lacking
sanity arc that they are "abnormal" and "not dan
gerous," then the estimate of one insane person out
of ten does not seem to*be a fair one. It is to<f
low. There are at large vast numbers of persons
who have extreme peculiarities and are therefore
in certain respects abnormal, yet who are certainly
not dangerous so long as those who come in con
tact with them make necessary allowances for their
eccentricities and do not commit the indiscretion
of entering into arguments with them.
Since the very nature of the classification pro
vides that the large proportion of the insane are
not dangerous, it hardly seems possible that per
sons unsound mentally can under ordinary condi
tions be distinguished from sound ones. A search
for the one lunatic to every nine normal beings
may be altogether futile.
Of the mentally deranged who are free to wander
where they will, there are surely very few who
would find congenial surroundings in an institu
tion where, despite the high qualities of some of
,the inmates, the walls are high and the window
gratings firm.
Well, mav be we can survive without a state flower!
Eight million, five hundred dollars ought to help the roads
a little.
The "shorter and uglier" word is being used rather
freely in the McAdoo-Riggs Bank controversy.
A Baltimore newsboy has given President Wilson a badge
entitling the President to spll papers. Dr. Wilson is thus
assured of remunerative employment if, to the nation's dis
appointment, he fails to come back to the White rfouse for
another term.
Former President Taft and former President Roosevelt
shook hands when they met in New Haven yesterday. It
is said to have been the first time they exchanged greetings
since they came to the parting of the political ways, and
Mr. Ta£t made the first advances. Perhaps the Colonel's
acceptance of Mr. Taft's proffered hand signifies a willing
ness of the Bull Moose chieftain to get back on the G. O. P.
bandwagon!
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
FRIENDLESS
"Have yon no friends?" asked the Recorder.
"No, Judge; nothin' but relatives."—Ncwburgh Journal.
TOUGJI LAMB
By ordering spring lamb in a poor restaurant you realize
how tough it is to die young.—Cincinnati Times-Standard.
WHICH?
"The Oregon woman, 72 years old, who killed a bear
with a hoe certainly takes the cake,' says an admiring
Springfield paper. The hoc-cake or the batter-cakef—
Kansas City Journal.
APPALLING
"The disasters at sea are appalling!"
"yes," replied the Englishman who now favors Prohibi
tion; "the only thing a man isn't supposed to take a chance
on drowning is his sorrow."—Washington Star.
HIS MOVE
He —"I didn't know it was so late. Arc you sure that
clock is going*"
Feminine voice from above—"lt's going a whole lot
faster than you are, young man."—Penn State Froth.
HE NEEDED A PHYSICIAN
"A tramp at the back door who has already eaten a
piece of that pie I made yesterday wants to know if you
can do anything for him?"
"Tell him, my dear, that I am a commission merchant,
uot a doctor."—Houston Post.
A SUBE SIGN
Pretty Cashier—"Yon might give me a holiday to re
cruit my health. My beauty is beginning to fade."
Manager-—"What makes you think so!"
Pretty Cashier—"The men are beginning to count their
change."—Stray Stories.
SHE KNEW
Rather unexpected was the reply of a Mrs. Tommy At
kins to a gentleman who inquired if her husband was at
the front.
"V us," she said, "an' I 'ope 'e'll serve the Germans as
'c served me."—Boston Transcript.
INDOOR LIFE MAKES FAT
Take Oil of Xoraia to Keep Weight
Down, Or to Reduce Superflu
ous Fat
People who are confined withih doors
and who are deprived of fresh, invig
orating air and exercise must take pre
caution to guard against over-stoutness,
as fat acquired by indoor life is un
healthy and a danger to the vital or
gans of the body. Lack of exercise in
the fresh air weakens the oxygen-carry
ing )tower of the blood, so that it is
unable to produce strong muscles and
vitality «.nd the formation of unsightly
and unhealthy fat is the result.
If you are 15 or 20 pounds above
normal weight you are daily drawing on
your reserve strength and are constantly
lowering your vitality by carrying this
excess burden. Any person who is
tied in their own mind that they are too
stout should go to a good druggist and
get a box of oil of korein capsules, and
take one after each meal and one just
before retiring at night.
Even a few days treatment should
show a noticeable reduction in weight,
digestion should improve, energy re
turn, footsteps become lighter and the
skin less flabby in appearance.
Oil of korein is inexpensive, cannot
injure, helps the digestion and is de
signed to increase the oxygen-carrying
power of the blood. Any person who
wants to reduce their weight 15 or 20
pounds should give this treatment a
trial. There is nothing better.—Adv.
[Tongue-End Top ics |
Chivalry in Modern Warfare
Chivalry still persists in modern
Tarfare, as is proved by the, experi
ence of a non-commissioned officer in
'a Baden regiment, who was wounded
in the recent fighting at La Bassee be
tween the Germans and the British.
In one of the repeated charges by
which the celebrated brickyards
changed bands so often the non-com
missioned officer led his squad to with
in fifteen yards of the British trenches,
where he fell wounded by six bullets.
His comrades, who were forced to fall
back to their own trenches fifty yards
away, tried to carry off the body of
their supposed dead leader, but were
unable to do so owing to the heavy fire.
Twenty-four hours later the British dh
co\cred that the wounded officer was
still alive and called to him to come
to their trench, promising him good
treatment. He was unwilling to do
so and, instead, raised himself on his
elbow and called to his friends:
'' Come, get me. I don't want to
be a prisoner of the English."
The Germans shouted to tho British
! a request for permission to bring in
! the wounded man; the British promised
| not to shoot and two German soldiers
1 ventured boldly out of their trenches,
crossed the intervening space and car
ried the wounded man back, not a shot
being fired and both British and Ger
mans joining in cheers. The story is
printed with approving comment in the
German papers.
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8,000,000 Pieces of Mail Dally
The imperial poatoffice in Berlin has
| met the numerous complaints of slow
service of the so-called "field post" by
publishing some statistics showing the
. enormous amount of work carried on
by this branch of the service. The
field post takes every day 8,000,000
pieces of mail for distribution among
| the soldiers at the front and in gar-
J rison, and it sends back from the front
2,000,000 pieces, not to mentiou some
! 325,000 pieces sent from one army to
the other. The mail sent to the front
must first be assorted according to troop
organizations into 14,000 piles, and the
letters alone fill 30,000 bags daily.
The postoftice itself has contributed its
share toward swelling the ranks of the
German armies, not less than 70,000 of
its officials being now under arms. This
is another Reason for dilatory service,
as the 'places of these men have in mauy
cases had to be filled with untrained
persons. Some 600 automobiles are
used in transporting the mails from the
railways to the troops.
Showing Up Catch-penny Devices
The Royal Museum of Industrial
Arts, at Stuttgart, Germany, has begun
a unique collection and is gathering for
exposition purposes al! the incongruous,
bogus, inartistic and catch-penny de
vices which unscrupulous dealers, ta
king advantage of the war, have manu
factured and are foisting upon the pub
lic by appealing to its patriotism.
Friends of the museum in all parts of
the empire are daily sending in either
actual samples of "horribles" or pho
tographs of them. The articles against
which the museum is waging its war
embrace every conceivable kind of gift
offered for sale as "liebesgaben" for
the soldiers in the trenches,
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Making Food of Skins and Bark
Dr. Hans Friedcuthal, inventor of
the new process for converting straw
into food, both for human beings and
animals, has now, according to "Vor
waerts," made the announcement that
all non-poisonous substances, including
skins, peelings and the bark of trees,
may be coverted into wholesome eat
ing matter if thoroughly disintegrated
and properly treated.
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German Praise for a Frenchman
In contrast to the aetion of the
French Academy of Science in striking
frcm its rolls, at the outbreak of tho
war, the names of all German members,
Germany's corresponding body, the Im
perial German Institute of Berlin, not
only has retained its French members,
but has paid them high honor when
they have fallen in battle. In the In
stitute's year book, just published, fol
lowing a list of Gtrmau members who
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have been killed, there is iusertcd this
notice:
"In the ranks of our opponents fell,
as captain of territorials:
"Dr. Joseph Dechelette, conservator
ot' the museum in Roanne, member of
the Institute since 1907. fionor to his
memory.''
WHOLE TOWN HUNTS BEAR
Business Suspended Two Days by Chase
at Redding, Conn.
©anbury, April 14.—Headed by H.
P. MfcCollum, premier hunter of Red
ding, followed 'by one hundred farmers
armed with shotguns, pitchforks, rakes
and other implements, natives of Red
ding last night chased through the for
ests otf the town a big bear but were
unable to get within range.
For two days the bear has eluded the
populace of the town, although-business
was suspended. The hunters have
caught glimpses of it from time to time
and suspei't Brci of waxing fat from
raids on their chicken coops.
Although the whole population is
bearing arms, latest bulletins from the
frout arc to the effect that the 'bear has
beaten his foes in strategy.
PAYS LIFE PREMIUM, KILLED
Aged Man Whom Trolley Car Dragged
Is Identified by Pass Book
New York, April 14. —Attempting to
cross Third avenue ai Thirtieth street
early last night, Matthew Rooney, 70
years old, of No. 237 East Twenty-
Sixth street, was killed 'by a northbouiid
trolley car. He was drugged ten feet
by the forward trucks before Motor
man John Mulaehev could stop the car.
Mr. Rooney was identified through a
pass book, which showed that he had
tpaid his life insurance premium a few
hours before the accident. He lived
with Mrs. Mary Clark, an aged and in
valid relative. Mrs. Clark said she had
urged Rooney to make the insurance
payment in t'he afternoon.
BLUNDERING REPORTERS
"Drunkenness is folly!" earnestly
exclaimed Bishop Magoe in the House
of Lords on a celebrated occasion. How
horritied was the prelate to read in the
papers next morning that he had given
utterance to the very bacchanalian sen
timent, "Drunkenness is jolly!"
Lord Salisbury was a master phrase
maker, but one of his best points was
spoiled when a careless reporter turned
his reference to "manacles and 'Mani
toba'' into the meaningless "manacles
and men at the bar."
Sir William Hareourt was badly mis
quoted once. "Great is Diana of the
Ephesians!" he exclaimed upon the
platform, but one paper had it: "Great
Dinah! What a farce is this!"
Lack of knowledge of familiar quo
tations <9 a prolific source of misreport
ing. For instance, a speaker once
n/ade use of the well-known lines from
Milton's "L'Allegro:"
"But come, thou goddess, fair and
free,
In heaven yclept Euphrosyne."
The brilliant reporter deputed to
"take him down" was in despair. He
could not make head or tail of this
mysterious utterance. But. follpwing
the sound as far as possible, he seized
his pen and produced the following
gem: »
"But come, thou goddess, fair and
free.
In header she crept and froze her
kn£e.''
The speaker was taken down in more
senses than one*—'London Answers.
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CLASSIC WA
Selected by J. Howard Wert
No. 30. THE AMERICAN PATRIOT'S SONG
BY DANIEL M. SMYSER
The compiler turns, with pleasure, from the sickening portraitures of fields
of European slaughter, to give, in this number, the exultant song of the happy
and prosperous American freeman as penned by a gifted member of the Penn
sylvania bar. Whilst an able lawyer and a learned and upright judge, Hon.
Daniel M. Stnyser was also a poet of great force and vividness of expression.
Whilst at the head of the Gettysburg bar, he was called to become President
Judge of Montgomery-Bucks judicial district. The poem here given was orig
inally written for an old-time Fourth of July celebration held in the forests of
Gulp's Hill which many years later echoed to the musketry of the armies of
Meade and Lee locked in deadly combat.
♦
Hark! hear ye the sounds that the winds on their pinions
Kxultinglv roll from the shore to the sea,
With a voice that resounds through her boundless dominions?
"Tis Columbia calls on her sons to be free!
Behold on yon summits where Heaven has throned her,
How she starts from her proud inaccessible seat;
With nature's impregnable ramparts around her,
And the cataract's thunder and foam at her feet!
In the breeze of her mountains her loose locks are. shaken,
While the soul-stirring notes of her warrior song
From the rock to the valley re-echo, "Awaken,
Awaken, ye hearts that have slumber'd too long!"
Yes, despots! too long did your tyranny hold us,
In a vassalage vile, ere its weakness was known;
Till we learn'd that the links of the chain that controll'd us
Were forged by the fears of its captives alone.
That spell is destrov'd, and no longer availing.
Despised as detested —pause well ere ye dare
To cope with a people whose spirits aud feeling
Are roused by remembrance and steel'd by despair.
Go tame the wild torrent, or stem with a straw
The proud surges that sweep o'er the straud that confines tlieni,
But presume not again to give freemen a law,
Nor think with the chains they have broken to bind them.
To hearts that the spirit of liberty flushes,
Resistance is idle, —and numbers a dream; —
They burst from control, as the mountain stream rushes
x From its fetters of ice, in the warmth of the beam.
,
HARRISBURG TRUST CO.
16 S. Market Square
From the Report to the Banking Commissioner
of April sth, 1915.
RESOURCES
Loans, $1,753,415.85
Bonds aud Stocks, 264,248.12
Real Estate, 147,800.00
Cash and Reserve, 56'5,318.96
Overdrafts, 310.69
$2,731,093.62
LIABILITIES
• Capital, $400,000.00
Surplus, 400,000.00
Undivided Profits, 42,880.64
Dividends Unpaid, 115.00
Deposits, 1,888,097.98
$2,731,093.62
$2,143,197.36 Amount of Trust Funds
$24,513,000.00 Corporate Trusts
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
to place on flrat mortgage* on Improved ml rotate In
amount* from 1.100 to SIO,OOO, for one to tea year*. Partial
payment* ran be made at any Intereat period, and Intereat
will cea»e on amount* no paid on the principal.
E. KEISTEB, Trust Officer.