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Clrculettee Examine* by —— THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTIS3BS. .. . . _ _ TELEPHONBEf BCLV. Wvate Branch ■sotiangat 3280 - , , _ CUMBERLAND VALLCY Plml* Branch Ksohange. No. 143.246 *--■ ■■ 1 ■ " •' a ■==ae=aßß= Monday, April 19, 1015. APRIL Sun. Bon. Tues. Wed. Thur. FrL Sat. 12 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 MOON'S PHASES— Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon, 14th; Pint Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon. 29th. r' ' -S. WEATHER FORECASTS /jjHarrisburg and vicinity: Probably thundershowers this afternoon. Gener- P \ ally fair to-nipht and Tuesday. Mod erate temperature. »»,Eastern Pennsylvania: Probably lo cal thundershowers this afternoon. Generally fair to-night and Tuesday. Yy Mild temperature. Moderate southwest and west winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 72; lowest, 43; 8 a. m., 48; 8 p. m., 67. AN IMPORTANT MEASURE A number of bills amendatory of the Act of Assembly under which the existing Public Service Commission of the State was erected, have made their appearance in the Legislature. Among these ! may justly be mentioned as a very important meas ure, the bill presented by Representative Swartz, of Harrisburg, which provides for a reduction of the enormous salaries paid the members of the Public Service Commission, the chairman of which body receives a greater sum annually than the Governor of the Commonwealth, and other members j of which are paid as much, each, as a head of a i State Department. Inasmuch as the revenues of the Commonwealth I are not sufficient to meet appropriations by the State Legislature on the basis of those made by its j latest predecessor, a reduction in the expenditures of the State government seems to be a necessity, and that the economy in expenditure could be wrought out under the Swartz Public Service Com mission bill without impairing the service of that j bureau of the State government is believed by those who favor the enactment of the measure in question. It is to be hoped that the Swartz bill will at least receive prompt and impartial consid eration in the Legislature. Besides, the constitutionality of the Act estab lishing the Public Service Commission has been seriously questioned, inasmuch as it seems to be in conflict with that provision of the State Constitu tion which expressly declares that the Department I of Internal Affairs shall embrace a bureau of indus- ! trial statistics and he (the Secretary of Internal j Affairs) shall discharge "such duties relating to corporations, to the charitable institutions, the man ufacturing, mining, mineral, timber and other ma terial interests of the State as may be prescribed by law." The Swartz bill proposes to make the Public Service Commission a bureau of the Department of Internal Affairs. Thus, the enactment of this meas ure might point the way out of the difficulty which seems to have arisen between the Governor and some of the leaders of his party in the State Senate in regard to appointments to the Public Service Commission. COURAGE IN KEEPING A DIARY There is a Brooklyn marifrwho has kept a diary for the last seventy-two years, recording every day even the most trivial incidents. He started the journal at the age of fifteen, and since that time has made a note of his every hair cut and his every purchase of food and clothing. Thermometer rec ords he has also set down faithfully, together with comments on weather conditions in general. Such a diary must be a very monotonous piece of literature. It may have some interest in that part of it which deals with the writer's Civil War experiences, but the chances are that even that section would become very tiresome with its rec ords of marches and hair cuts and weather. Whatever the merits or faults of the diary may be, however, the old man whose life record it is must be commended for his industry and persist ence during all these years. Many diaries have been auspiciously started in many Januarys, but not all of them have continued to bear testimony during the succeeding Februarys. Nothing short of the stoutest courage could have carried that old man's diary through seventy-two years, causing to be recorded the events of more than twenty-six thousand more or less eventless days. The reporter who discovered the Brooklyn man , iTAHRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1913. with the lengthy diary does not say whether the records include anything more than memoranda of financial transactions and other statistics. No doubt he did not get a very comprehensive glimpse of the work, and does not kn«>w. If a diary is to be worth anything it should include accounts of the writer's impressions and emotions from day to day. The mere chronicling of commonplace incidents has too much sameness about it. Little wonder that the keeping of diaries becomes tiresome when there is no variety to enliven the pages. Pepys' Diary, a work unique in literature, is an example of what a man can find to say about him self and his contemporaries if he only wills to ex press his thoughts unequivocally, and to keep his records with regularity. It was perhaps rather unfair to Pepys to translate his inmost thoughts from the shorthand in which he had recorded them, and publish them for the world's amusement, yet it would have been a pity if that journal had per ished with its author. If more persons were to keep diaries these days,- and some of the diaries were to be published from time to time, there might be some interesting read ing matter, and then again there might not be. The trouble is that the secret desires, tastes and motives of individuals which would make the most inter esting reading matter are not usually recorded by the individuals for public perusal. BUSY DAY FOR THE FIREMEN Although many of Harrisburg's volunteer smoke eaters were weary after their seven-hour battle with the flames t hat early yesterday morning wrecked the Pennsylvania Food Company building, just north of the city, they were quickly on the job to grapple with the big fire in the Montgomery storage warehouse on South Tenth street in the afternoon. The latter blaze was in a closely built district in which hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of property was menaced, but the firemen of the whole department prevented the spread of the flames to structures adjoining the connected group iu which the blaze started. The discipline among the firemen was fine and the battle was fought with courage and intelli gence. DOG DOESN'T KNOW OF ITS HEROISM A certain passage which one comes across in reading William James ought to be familiar to all vivisectionists, and might also be of interest to anti-vivisectionists although in a different way. William James, scientist and philosopher, was one of those "inhumane" persons holding the opinion that the sufferings of auimals are necessary for the beneficial increase of medical knowledge. He said of a dog undergoing torture in the vivisection lab oratory : He lies strapped on a board and shrieking at his execu tioners, and to his own dark consciousness is literally in a sort of hell. He cannot see a single redeeming ray in the whole business, and yet all these diabolical-seeming events are often controlled by human intentions with which, if his poor benighted mind could only be made to catch a glimpse of them, all that is heroic in him would religiously acquiesce. That is the trouble with a dog that gets into the hands of vivisectionists, —it does not realize what a uoble part it is playing. It does not even understand the difference between operations performed on it by veterinarians for its individual benefit and those performed by medical investigators for the benefit of living beings in general. Even the anti-vivisec tionists make a distinction between those two forms of i'cruelty." Lnlike the dog, they make no re monstrance when it is placed under the knife, if by that means its insignificant dog's existence may for a few years be prolonged, but they promptly join their objections with those of the barking animal when the operation is performed by investigators who are avowedly seeking to save many human lives for many decades. A dog that is contributing to scientific knowledge does not know while it is suffering on the vivisec tion table that it is a hero, that by it is to be bought "healing truth, relief to future sufferings of beast and man. Yet it is as much a hero as the dog that rescues a human being from drowning or saves a traveler from freezing on snow-clad mountains. It may not unreasonably be considered more of a hero, for it suffers more. Its place may not be an enviable one, but it is a noble one, even if the dog does not realize the fact. Harrisburg's volunteer fire demonstrated vester day they have no respect for an eight-hour working day. The present week on Capitol Hill is likely to show whether Jupiter Brumbaugh has any more thunderbolts concealed in the sleeve of his tunic. Before the court clash between Boss Barnes and Colonel Roosevelt is ended the public is likely to learn some of the inside history of how Republican politics are run up in York state. When Colonel Roosevelt was asked in Syracuse last night <0 talk about the Barnes libel suit he refused and referred questioners to his lawyers. Remarkable forbearance on the usually loquacious Colonel's part! It is estimated by the richest man in the class to be graduated from Yale University next June tbat he will spend $3,100 to cover all his expenses in the present col lege year, while the man who is spending least will get through with $250. It probably is a safe guess that the man who is to get through with $250 will, at, the end of ten years, be making more money traceable directly to the educational benefits acquired at Yale, than the man who has been enjoying undergraduate luxuries at the $3,100 rate. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN THE DIFFERENCE Flower gardens in Berlin will be turned into vegetable gardens this year. Here they're turning 'em into space.for garages.—Detroit Free Press. AGAINST SAVING Every resolution to save a dollar has an invisible but working opposition.—Atchison Globe. tonWMM SfiMHESBt SwMiMcnra MpMment In brief: Touch spots of dandruff, itching and irritation with Cuticura Ointment, next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Samples Free by Mail Cutteur* Soap and Ointment sold everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. book. Addrea post-card "Cutleura." Dept. 21F, Boston. (Tongue-End Topics | Governor's Dog "Speaks" German Governor Brumbaugh has a dog that understands the German language. This is a remarkable dog, and at times it shows human intelligence. The dog's name is "Fritz," and it is rea sonable to suppose that with such a name it could not only understand Ger man, but bark German, if necessary. Recently "Fritz" was brought from the Governor's horn* in Philadelphia to help make things homelike in the exec utive mansion. "Fritz" is getting quite well acquainted, but still regards strangers with suspicion. Two news papermen, who desired to see the Gov ernor recently, were engaged in conver sation with His Excellency, when "Fritz" entered the room. Instantly the little fellow squared himself and barked resentfully at the visitors. Without looking at the dog, the Gov ernor merely said: "Fritz, ver boten!" meaning that barking was forbidden, and "Fritz" ceased the noise-making at once, but kept an eye on the strangers just the same. * • * Before Days of Postage Stamps At a sale of old books at the Ver- I beke street market last Saturday a number of volumes once owned by John C. Bucher, for years an honored citizen of Harrisburg, were among those of fered, and to the antiquarian they were a source of much delight. In an old ledger B. M. Nead, a delver in historic matters, found a copy of the '' Oracle of Dauphin," a weekly paper printed in Harrisburg, which contained Wash ington 's Farewell Address, made in 1799. In an odd volume was found an envelope addressed to Judge Bucher, postmarked Philadelphia, August 5, but no year, with the postage, "5 cents," marked paid. It was sent before the day of postage stamps in this country, and possibly came to Harrisburg by stage, when letters were few and far between. »* * * Finds Old Ball Program T. Jeff. Scheffer, of the Scheffer I printcry and stationery house, Second street below Market square, in looking over some old papers recently came across some ball invitations that are of more than ordinary interest. Four of them are invitations to balls given by the Washington Hose Company. One, in 1855, was at the National Guard ar mory in the old Exchange building, on the site of the present postoffice. The ! other three were at Brant's hall, on the site of the present Commonwealth Trust building, two in 1856 and one in 1857. Men prominent then and after ward served on the ball committees and among them were W. H. Bell, W. A. Delaney, C. O. Zimmerman, D. D. Boas, W. Garratt, John W. Glover, Stephen D. McCalla, J. B. Cox, Frederick Trace, Peter K. Boyd, John H. Zeigler, John 'H. Brant, G. H. Bell, Weidman Forster, Fred P. Haehnlen, John Till, Alexander Hamilton, John L. Speel and F. W. Boley. • • • None Is Living To-day Of all those mentioned not one is living to-day. Some of them were men of much prominence and occupied posi tions under tho city government after ward. Mr. Boas was long a School Di rector; Mr. Zeigler was for years a member of Council; Mr. Brant not only built the amusement hall, but the fine residence on Sylvan 'Heights, now owned by the Catholic diocese; Weid man Forster was a member of the School Board, and John Till was for years City Treasurer. Many of the de scendants of those mentioned are liv ing in Harrisburg to-day. The invita tions were printed on glazed cdrdboard in gold and bore an embossed picture of Washington. On one of them is displayed an embossed scene of a burn ing building with a gallant fireman res citing a small child, the mother weeping and appealing to the brave boys to save her little one. * • * Friendship Ball in 1856 A fifth invitation is one to attend the ball given by the Friendship Fire Company in Brant's hall on February 14, 1856, and those an the committee were William E. Sees, Andrew Schlay er, Harry G. Solomon, C. F. Mulloy, Schlayer, C. Jacobs, Peter Gard ner, A. Mcllwain, E. Lescure, H. Mc- Gowen, H. Rose, J. L. Tunis, Samuel Wiestling and William Haehnlen. All of these were well-known citizens and very proud at the "Friendy, No. 1." safety^TFlßST (UNDEn AN ARRANGEMENT WITH "fg.JIEP.KK'TMKNT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY THIS STAR-INDKPHNDKNT PRINTS EACH MONDAY A PRACTICAL ARTICLE BEARING ON THE "SAFETY i IRST'' MOVEMENT OK KINDKICD SUBJECTS. PREPARED BY THAT BRANCH OF THIS STATE GOVERN MENT. OF WHICH COMMISSIONER JOHN PUICE JACKSON IS THE HEAD.) NECESSITY OF SAFEGUARDS During the last few years groat progress has been noted in the safe guarding of machinery and of danger ous places. If any one will take the trouble to glance at the magazines car rying advertifieineuts of machinery at the present time, he will find that prac tically without exception all illustra tions of new machinery show all dan gerous parts to be substantially guard eld. Protruding set-screws have been removed and replaced with safety set screws, and in fact any portion of tbo machinery which might be liable to cause injury to a workman has been eliminated or safety enclosed. An ex amination of publicatious issued live or more years ago, showing illustrations of machinery, will show an entirely different attitude on the part of manu facturers. These, illustrations showed dangerous revolving parts and many unguarded gears. The change of atti tude on the part of manufacturers, namely, a desire to safeguard their ma chinery in every way, has been due al most entirely to the attitude of the purchasing public. To-day the persons who purchase machinery take into con sideration safety considerations, and, all other factors being equal, the ma chine will be purchased which shows the greatest care on the part of the manufacturer to render it safe for the workmen. In some remote cases, as the inspec tors of the Department of Labor and Industry visit various establishments throughout the State, they find persons who ridicule tile idea of making every thing as safe as present knowledge per mits. Fortunately, this class of persons is limited. The majority of people are not satisfied with methods which pre vailed years ago, but appreciate the fact that the world has advanced, and methods ami practices have advanced along with other things. In some cases, after an inspection of a manufacturing establishment, the in spector will call the attention of the management to the fact that various dangerous places should be guarded, or that this or that protruding set-screw should be removed. In practically every case these suggestions are received in good grace, and the inspector is assured that the management lias every desire to i.i® anything which would safeguard their employes. In some, exceptions, however, the owner may make a remark to this effect: "Why, this machinery has been in operation here for malty years. All-; our employes frequent this vieinity, and we have never had an accident from that particular point in all that time. If that was a dangerous condi tion, we should have had many acci dents by this time; and it is utterly out of reason to make me place a safe» guard at that point.'' Such an attitude *is difficult to change, and it is only by persistent reasoning anil the citing of examples of similar conditions which have caused accidents that generally bring the own er to see the wisdom of the inspector's suggestion. One of the best examples of an il lustration along this line happened some time ago in the experience of ono of the inspectors of this Department. This inspector had occasion to go into an old flour mill, which was run by water power. Owing to the fact that the owter was the only person employed in this building, the Department had no official jurisdiction. The inspector, however, knew the owner personally, and in the couse of an unofficial in spection noticed a shaft to which was attached a projecting set-screw. He called the owner's attention to the fact that, owing to the prominent position of this set-screw, it was a dangerous hazard to his own safety, and suggest ed that it would be the best policy for him to remove it. The owner looked at the inspector for a few minutes, and in a careless and laughing manner said: "Ho, that set-screw has been in that place for the last sixty or seventy years,—ever since the mill was built. I have worked here for many years, and have never had it catch in my clothing, or, in fact, felt that there was any danger connected with it." The inspector tried to reason with the man for his own welfare, but he paid no attention to him. As the pla«e •lid not come under the jurisdiction of the Department, the inspector was nn ablo to issue any instructions requir ing the removal of the set-screw. About two months afterwards, while the in spector was visiting a town some dis tance away, he picked up a newspaper and noticed that the owner had been killed in his mill the day before by be- HOW TO REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT A Simple, Safe and Reliable Way f People who are over-burdened with superfluous fat, know only too well the discomfort and ridicule that over-stout people have to bear. If you are carrying around five or ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are unnecessarily weakening your vital or gans and are carrying a burden which destroys the beauty of your figure. There is no need of anyone suffering from superfluous fat. If you want to reduce your weight in a simple, safe and reliable way, without starvation diet or tiresome exercise, spend as much time as you can in the open air, breathe deeply and get from any good druggist a box of oil of korein capsules; take one after each meal and one before retiring at night. Weigh yourself once a week so as to know just how fast you are losing weight and don't leave off the treat ment or even skip a single dose until you are down to normal- Oil 9f korein is absolutely harmless, is plenftant to take, helps digestion and is designed to consume the excessive fatty tissue by increasing the oxygen carrying power of the blood. Even a few days\ treatment should show a no ticeable reduction in weight, footsteps become lighter, vour work seem easier and a lighter and more buoyant feeling take possession of your whole being. Every person who suffers from super fluous fat should give this treatment a trial. There is nothiug better.— jj FOR A BAD OOUOH ]! Here la a flue old-fashioned <[ 11 recipe for oouirha, cold* or ca- J > J; tarrh trouble that Is absolutely t> , i unequaled. Get from your dru«- |! Slat 1 oi. of Parmlnt (Double |i trength) and add to It hi Pint i> )i of hot water and 4 ox. of gran- ]| i' ulated sugar. Take ono table- *> J, spoonful 4 times a day. >[ i > No more racking your whole ] i 11 body with a cough. Clogged uos- (> ;> trila will open, air passages of '[ (i your head will clear and you can ]i ][ breathe freely. It In easy to pre- i| ,i pare, costs little and la pleasant j| <[ to take. Anyone who has a stub- ,i J, born cough, hard cold or catarrh <' )i In any form should give this pre- ][ <| scriptlon a trial. !> ing caught in the shafting. A few days after he had occasion to visit, this SH mo town again, and out of curiosity called at the mill to see in what way this man had been killed. It ideveiopod that the set-screw, concerning which he had spoken to the owner about two montlis before, and ■had requested its removal, was the sole cause of this man's death. As he was working near this shaft, he inadvert ently baeked into it, and the set-screw caught in his clothing, and as a result he was dropped around the shaft, and finally 'died from the injuries he re ceived. ■ ■ This instance is one of th o best il lustrations of what may result from heedlessness to advieo regarding the safeguarding of machinery and dnnger ous places. A few minutes' time and possibly an outlay of less than twenty five cents would have rendered that particular point safe, and the owner might have been living at the present time. The Department of Labor and In dustry would accordingly advise that as soon as any condition is found which is unsafe, that, immediate measures bo taken to remedy this defect. Delay may mean serious injury to someone, and possible death. I jet every one act at th>o proper time, and prevent a repe tition of an accident such as has been described above—one due entirely to heedlessness anil carelessness. THREE BROTHERS KILLED Youngsters Thrown Beneath Heavy Trucks and Terribly Mangled Pittsburgh, April 19. —Three broth ers were killed and their father nar rowly escaped a similar fate when a fast northbound Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and Newcastle interurban oar crashed into a wagon at Warrendale road crossing, Marshall township. The dead: Arthur Brower, 6 years; Harold Brower, 7 years, and Alvin Brower, 4 years. J. W. Brower, a farmer, father of the three boys, was driving the wagon. Brower was hurled several feet but es caped injury. He said no warning was sounded by the street car motorman until the car was within a few feet of the wagon. The ear crashed into the rear of the wagon, where the three boys were sitting. The youngsters were tossed beneath the heavy trucks and terribly mangled. The two younger children were killed instantly, while llarold was unconscious when rescued. He was taken to a hospital anil died within a half hour. CONFESSES BURNING STORE Fire Marshals, Also Uncover Goods on Which Insurance Was Claimed Clearfield, April 19. —Fire Marshals T. G. Ryan, of Philadelphia, and Jo seph Donnelly, of Danville, after sev eral weeks' investigation, arrested Herman Moyer as a firebug, Saturday evening at Philipsburg, and before mid-night had his confession to burn ing a store at Allport in the hands of District Attorney Welch, and Moyer under bail for court. On January 31 last, the store of the Allport Supply Company, owned by Moyer and Anton Neuber, was burned. There were many suspicious circum stances, and the fire marshals, after diligent search, found $1,5K)0 worth of the store goods at the home of Mov er's sister, in Philipsburg. They then et&rted after Moyer and arrested him just as he had completed arrangements to get away in an automobile. The store was well covered by insurance. P. R. R. Opens School For Employes Altoona, April 19.—Instruction in reading, writing and speaking the Eng lish language will be given in a school for Italian employes, to be opened here to-day by the Pennsylvania rail road. John F. Yarn ell, chief clerk in the office of the superintendent of sig nals, will be in charge. What Always Happens It is always the unexpected that happens and just when you least anticipate loss, a fire, burglary or other misfortune is likely to deprive you of your val uables if you leave them around the house or carry them about with you. By renting a Safe Deposit Box in our fire and burglar proof vault you absolutely do danger of loss and you always know just where to find your valuables when you want them. Come in and see us about thig service. / THE BLOBE—OPEN TILL SIX | "The Admiral 99 A Distinctive Model of Double-Breast Coat Shown Here Ex clusively IMA R R 0 W, natural * shaped shoulders with graceful, wide, curved, long lapels tliat drape to either two or one-button—patch pockets. Single or double-breast. vests with soft rolling collars. Trousers of the new English shape with slight flare at bottom. The materials are the highest .grades of plain blue I cloths serges striped and | plaid effects. sls—s2o—s2s Found— A bunch of keys on a fiL/ORE key ring:, evidently belonging to a railroad man, has been found and left at our store. Same will be delivered to own | er upon proving property. THE GLOBE "The Friendly Store" WIFE AT CHURCH ENDS LIFE Former Movie Proprietor Blows Brains Out in Cellar Indiana, Pa., April 19.—While his wife was at church yesterday morning, J. W. Eicher, aged 50, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the left eye. Eicher, formerly proprietor of a moving picture theatre, had been in ill health. Telling his 5-year-old daughter, Margaret, he'would be gone for a while, Eicher went to the cellar. The child followed later and when Mrs. Eicher returned from church sho said: "Papa is lying down in the cel lar and won't speak to me." Investigation showed Eicher had closed his eyes, pressed the muzzle <pf a revolver against the left one and sent a bullet into his bruin, dying in stantly. NEW YORK'S BIGGEST TROUT Hotel Man Catches Ten-Pounder That Pulls Him Into Stream Albany, April 19.—The ibiggeet brook trout ever caught in Northern New York, one weighing ten pounds and measuring 29 inches, was caught Saturday in an Adirondack stream that flows into Lake Lucerne, by ■"Al" Rennie, manager of the Ten Eyck hotel here. In the struggle to land the trout Rennie fell into the brook. One of the conservation commission taxidermists will stuff the fi«h.
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