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Monday, April 19, 1015.
APRIL
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.