6 itar-Jn&rpenbem ( Btiabkihed in JS7S) Published b« STAR MINTING COMPANY, ' Mar.lndependent Building, louth Third Street, Han-tabor*. Pa, —y K»enlM Eaoept Sunday r Dimtar* s * . Jew L. U Kchm. President. ,„_ „ i s President W " *• I Treasurer. Wh. W. WaLUOWim. V. Hummel Bibobacs. 3*., i Manager. Editor, is should be addressed to Star Inditendekt, . Job Printing or Circulation Department ject matter Office in Harrisburg as second-class matter. r Company. New iork and CLicago Representative*. nncwick Building. 2"-!5 Fifth Avonue. le's Gas Building. Michigan Avenue, >rs at 6 cents a week. Mailed to subscriber! reai in riddance. HE STAR.INDEPENDENT e largest (lomt. Circulation in Harrisburg ana Circulation Examluro by TION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL ihanae. No. 3280 CUMBEWIAND VALLEY mange. « « •_ No. 143-246 inrsday. April 22, 1015. APRIL Tuoß. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. , 12 3 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 * 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 29 30 VSES— - * rter, 6th; New Moon, 14th; irter, 22nd; Full Moon, 29th. WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Partly cloudy, probably showers to-night and Friday. Warmer to-night. Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy and somewhat warmer to-night, prob ably followed by showers in early morn ing or on Friday. Moderate southeast and south winds. I TEMPERATURE IN HARRISfiyRO west, 52; 8 a. m., 52; 8 p. m., 62. .OCAL OPTION DEFEAT ion battle, the most spectacular of sion of the Legislature, has been by Governor Brumbaugh and the irted him in his earnest desire to lation enacted. The Governor has ntion to continue the fight, but that ture time, —perhaps when the pres- E the Legislature seek re-election. , more immediately concerns the tier important pending legislation, has the endorsement of Governor i, in fact was in large measure j The chances of success of so much the best interests of the common- j qo way be prejudiced by the result ion contest. to the local option vote, it can be that while in a measure it was a j for the Governor there is no ; for him who fought earnestly and principle in which he honestly be eves. ine governor's stature is not diminished ae fraction of an inch notwithstanding the de isive vote of 78 to 128 by which local option went own. The fact of the defeat of the measure he desired tore than any other to have passed is no possible teuse for legislators shifting their support from ich of the so-called "Brumbaugh program" of sgislation as embodies principles which the people f the Commonwealth demand shall be enacted into LW. VARE IS FRANK ABOUT IT "While the public, perhaps, convinced itself long go that the political influence of Senator Vare, of 'hiladelphia, is so potent that when he cracks the rhip he can make the representatives in the Legis iture from a large section of that city do about s he pleases, it was not until yesterday that Sen tor Vare made so bold as practically to admit it. .ssuming that Senator Vare was correctly quoted l a statement purporting to have been made by im*which was printed in many different news apers following the defeat of the local option bill esterday, the Senator is responsible for the fol ding : I always regarded Local Option as a moral question and Dt a political one; I have always felt that the members E the Legislature should decide it for themselves in ac >rdance with the wishes of their constituents and the ictates of their own consciences. For that reason I left le matter entirely with them. It seems fair to conclude from this statement that I r hile the Senator is perfectly willing to leave it ntircly to the members of the Legislature to" decide uestions of a moral nature, —especially when tak ag sides one way or the other would be pretty ure to get the Senator in wrong with a large num er of voters, —he has not been of the habit of saving it to the duly-elected representatives of he people in his bailiwick to decide political ques ions "in accordance with the wishes of their con tituents and the dictates of their own consciences." In other words the Vare statement read like an dmission that, while he keeps hands off of moral uestions he does not "leave the matter entirely rith" the law-makers of his Philadelphia strong old when a purely political question is at issue. If this is a fair deduction from Senator Vare's emarks it is rather a frank admission on his part f what has been common belief, —that when Sen itor Vare wants to pull the string the law-makers v - . ''' v HARRTSBITRQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 22, 1915. from what are popularly called the Vare districts of Philadelphia jump the way he indicates. TEACHING NEW TRADES TO WAE CRIPPLES At a big institution in Vienna there is a school for cripples, where training is being given to Aus trian and Hungarian soldiers who have lost their arms, their eyes, or other important parts of their anatomies. Charitable persons are raising large funds for the benefit of wounded soldiers and the families of such soldiers, thus supplementing the weekly amount paid by the Imperia] 'Government toward the maintenance of those families. The training of the cripples in usual pursuits that they can follow even in their crippled state, is part of the philanthropic pljin. The Vienna school is principally "a manual training school specially adapted to the needs of one-armed soldiers, with individual treatment and tuition according to the nature of each case." It can readily be understood that the training has to be individual. A man with a right arm only could not go through the same exercises as one with a left arm only. The two might be able to co-operate, however, as did the Englishmen in a French theatre recently, who could not clap hands separately because they had only one arm each, but who wert»-able to applaud vigorously by com bining their resources. At the school the cripples are taught tailoring, shoemaking, carpentering, weaving, and even draw ing. painting, sculpture and music. The one-armed architect who is principal of the school is surely in sympathy with his pupils since their misfortune is his also. That he can offer them training which will be to their different tastes, whether they are mechanically or artistically im-lined, is evident from the variety of branches included in the school's curriculum. Some soldiers whorare wounded in the war may be able to resume their regular occupations when they return to their homes, but there are many others who will be crippled so as to prevent them from continuing in their trades and these are the unfortunates who need to be specially trained. The story is told of a soldier who lost both his legs in an engagement but who seemed to be very happy about it and explained his cheerfulness by saying that he was a tuilor by trade and was so glad that he had not lost his arms instead. A tailor or any other artisan who defends on the skill of his hands for his bread and butter would, with the loss of his arms in war lose his trade, or with the loss of but one arm would at least have to learn the trade again from the beginning. There will be many cripples in Europe when war's de struction is at an end. and there will be needed many workers in all trades when reconstruction begins. The cripples will have to be trained to overcome their handicaps. Somebody must have fooled the Governor. The Weather Bureau could help a lot in fighting the forest fires by sending along some April showers. President Wilsfin demonstrated that he can speak his little piece rather emphatically when he believes the occa sion requires it. It is rather significant that the Jmrglars who robbed the home of "Big Bill" Edwards, New York's former Street Cleaning Commissioner, called when the formor Princeton footbali giant wasn't at home. The suggestion ma4e on the floor of the House of Rep resentatives by several speakers in the local option debate that Governor Brumbaugh resorted to coercion to gain sup porters for the measure, was hardly borne out by the totals when the vote was counted. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN DOESN'T ALWAYS FOLLOW Grubs—"Every man is the master of his own destiny. He can be what he desires to be." Stubbs —"Not in every case. Take, for example, the inmate of the penitentiary who desires to be an aeronaut." —Richmond Times-Dispatch. THE COLONEL'S TROUBLE In a burst of confidence Colonel Bolivar Beasley said he thought/ he would have to stop drinking Sazarac cocktails because he went home the other evening and almost had ! a fit when he mistook his wife's Easter hat for a huge tarantula. —New Orleans States. DOESN'T SOUND TEUE "It says here that a butcher found a collar button in a cow's stomach," remarked the Old Fogy. "That must be a fake," responded the Grouch. "How could a cow get under a bedroom dresser!"— Cincinnati' 'Enquirer. NOT ALWAYS PEOOF ".She's an old maid. That proves that she couldn't get a husband." "Not at all. It may indicate that she was more particu lar than some. I never see you exhibiting your husband around."—Kansas City Journal. WORKS BOTH WAYB Aimee —"I hear you are going to marry young Simp kins. Allow me to congratulate you." Hazel—"But I'm not going to marry him." Aimee—'lndeed! Then allow me to congratulate you some more."—lndianapolis Star. NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN Biggins (a man of abundant girth)—" The doctor said I need iron." Badger—"lnternally T" Biggins—"What a question! How elsef" Badger—"l didn't know but he meant externally in the shape of a hoop or two."—Exchange. MADE A DIFFERENCE "If I ever get hold of Binks I'll thrash him so that his mother wouldn't recognize him." "What's the matter!" "He's been slandering me. He says that I beat him out of $5 in a poker game." "Not at all. I heard the remark myself." "What did he sayf" "He said that you beat him out of $5,000 in a wheat deal." "Oh, well, then, I suppose it is all right. I hardly thought he was the kind of a man to go around telling stories that reflected on my character."—Life. A SPRING TONIC Old Bailable Hood's Sarsaparilla Is Pleasant and Effective In the spring your is impure and weak, eruptions appear on your face and body, you lack vitality, strength and animation, your appetite is poor and you feel nil tired out. Get Hood's Sarsaparilla from any druggist. It combines just tho roots, barks, herbs and other substances that you need. It purifies and strengthens the blood —makes the rich red blood that you must have to feel well, look well, eat and sleep well. This is confirmed by thousands of letters from people in all parts of the country. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best spring medicine, but it is not simply a spring medicine—it is nu all-the-vear round blood purifier and tonic. Remem ber it has stood the test of forty years. Be sure to get Hood's, and get it to day.—Adv. r \ [Tongue-End Topics] Cinderella's Slippers of Squirrel Skin Cinderella never wore glass slippers. The slipper that the prince fitted to her small foot, and which her two ugly, mean and scheming sisters tried in vain to get into, was not glass. It was made of squirrel skin. This blow to a tradition dear to childhood was de livered by Ceeile Hugon, lecturer in French literature to Ihe Oxford Society for Women's Education, in a paper on j the subject of fairy tales, read in Lon don. When the Cinderella story was turned from French into English the translator mistook a word. Perrault. | who wrote the tale in French, described the slipper not as "Soulier de verre," but as "Soulier de vair.f' "Verre'' and "vair" sound alike in French, but "verre"' means glass, while "vair" ] means the fur of the squirrel. Miss I Hugon suggests that the slippers might ! have been of gray, with a dainty trim j ming of squirrel about the top. Other j wise, they might have been all fur I top, but in no case did Cinderella re- I ceive a pair of glass her fairy godmother and drop one in the I ball room for the prince to find. • . • Tubs for "Tommies" in Trenches The of the British soldier j going unbathed affects the British pub lic so much tbbt "Tubs for Tommies" j is now the cry of a group of patriots, I which has raised a fund sufficient to | provide 30 tubs with 12 stoves and I plenty of soap and towels. Five of the i baths and two stoves were recently sent to Soissons by motor car, and with in seven hours 100 men had enjoyed the delights of a hot bath. The bath ing scheme was initiated by Lady Let fa bridge, Mrs. M. James Burns and Allen \H. P. Stoneham. It is warmly en i dorsed by the medical officers, who say ; that cleanliness will do much to prevent the infection of wounds. Another move | ment in the interest of cleanliness in : which the committee is engaged is an : emergency disinfector. Tho type se lected costs $250 and disinfects 250 suits of clothing a day. S* Belgians' King Thanks Boy A Scarborough school boy who wrote to the King of Eelgium, describing the bombardment of the town and the part he himself played in aiding the wound ed, has received a letter from the King, 'thanking him particularly for his post script, in which he said: "We boys in England have named your Majesty 'The Hero King.' Vive le Roil" The King's reply says: "My dear boy: Youi letter testified sympathetic thoughts, with which the King has been greatly impressed. It is with all his heart that His Majesty thanks you for your pretty words." Germans Not Neglecting Science That science and art are by no means being neglected by Germany, notwith standing the war and its enormous cost, is indicated by figures from the Prug sian budget ,which provides 5,000 marks for scientific acquisitions in 55,000 mdrks for excavations in Mesopotamia and 20,000 marks for similar work in Samos. The sum of 3 87,230 marks is provided for the sup port of artists, savants and literateurs. For the purchase of works of art for the National Gallery in Berlin and the advancement of painting and sculpture, 342,990 marks are provided, and for musical purposes 53,712 marks. For the Academy of Arts in Berlin 838,- 550 marks are set apart, while for sim ilar institutions throughout Prussia, their maintenance or reconstruction, sums aggregating 1,435,476 marks have been provided. * • * In Honor of Von Hindenburg The little town of Schildau, just eastward of Halle and Lcipsic, has re ceived the sanction of Field Marshal von Hindenburg to its plan to ereat a tower bearing his name commemorative of his victories in East Prussia. The Mayor of Schildau has received the following reply from von Hindenburg: "For the notification, which greatly honors me, that you intend to gi-e my name to a tower to be erected in your city, I thank you most heartily. In this movement I see not only honor for myself, but for my entire loyal and brave army. May your city, the "birthplace of Field Marshal Xeithard von Gneisenau, continue to thrive and prosper after honorable peace has been declared. " (Signed) "Von Hindenburg, General Field Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of the entire German forces in the East." Schildau's action in proposing a me morial to General von Hindenburg was ! reported as the first of its kind in the en-pire. THE GLOBE OPEN TIL SIX THE GLOBE Good News— ft We Can Make 100 Men Happy A Special Offering of 100 ' High Class Worsted Suits at {Hk $15.00 1 r Strictly pure worsted fabrics mostly silk mixed beautiful I ■ plaids, piu stripes and checks and neat patterns. This fortunate ■ ■ purchase means a saving to you of from $2.50 to $5.00 on every I M We can fit every build of man—tall or short —stout or slim— U auy shape—sizes 34 to 48. ™ , \ t Men's Worsted Trousers v Young Men's Suits at $3.50 at $7.95 and $lO Xeat light and dark striped effects in Instead of $lO and $12.50 which gray predominates—all elegantly tai- For that first long pants suit they are just lored and built for service—superb values at the thing—made of sturdy all-wool fabrics— this price. • well tailored—patterns are the best. ———————■— mm,/ k 1 f Boys' Two-Pant Suits That Insure Double Service, at . . O Wear-resisting fabrics that are dressy enough to be worn at any function but—tailored with only one object in view— "to stand the raps"—all sizes, 6 to 18 years. Time for Boys' Wash Suits $-| . SQ.SO -Superior Values, at ... J- 0 £ = If lie's a live, active youngster, he'll need plenty of wash suits. The newest models are here—a better line than we have ever shown —suits that will please the most exacting mother —striped effects and beautiful color combinations. / \ / - \ Those Dollar Shirts— A Hat for Every Man —$2 A dollar bill will look small alongside of If you are a stiff hat man or a soft hat man such values—all the newest and most beauti- we have the hat here to suit your face as ful striped patterns—soft and laundered well as fit, your head—and at a saving to cuffs—some with soft collars to match. you. THE GLOBE" " The Friendly Store" GOVERNOR TO CONTINUE x LOCfILOPTION FICHT Brumbaugh Begins Laying Plans to Keep Up Campaign For the Meas ure—Child Labor Bill Likely to Be Amended, in Senate Governor Brumbaugh last evening frankly confessed his disappointment over the defeat of the local option bill in the House yesterday afternoon and last night be began outlining a plan to continue the fight. What effect of the local option de | feat will have on the successful pass age of the Governor's other import ant legislation, which is in the Senate after having passed the House, is only a matter of conjecture. Efforts will be made to amend both the child labor and workmen's compensation measures in the Senate. The child labor bill still ! is iu the Senate committee on Judici ary Special and it will be generally amended before it is reported out on Monday night. The tight on this bill will then begin all over again. After saying "I am here to fight to a finish," Governor Brumbaugh gave out the following statement last even ing: "I am disappointed at the vote on the Williams bill. I have such an abid ing confidence in the sanity and vision of our people, that I. counted confi dently upon a result worthy the best thought and interests of our citizens. "This campaign has only begun. Great reforms are not wrought iu a day. It takes time and effort to secure results worthy our Commonwealth. For the good of our people and as their servant, I have done what I could. A TAKE SALTS TO FLUSHKIDNEYS Eat Less Meat if Von Feel Backachy or Bladder Troubles You—Salt Is Fine for Kidneys Meat forms uric acid which excites and overworks the kidneys in their ef forts to filter it from the system. Reg ular eaters of meat must flush the kid neys occasionally. You must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; re moving ull the acids, waste and poison, else you feel a dull misery in the kid ney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is boated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment; the i channels often get irri tated, obliging you to get up two or three times during the night. To neutralize these irritating acids and flush off the body's urinous waste get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take a tablespoon fill in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts is madeTrom the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for gen erations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which millions of men and women take now and then, thus avoid ing serious kidney and bladder diseases. —Adv. groat army of splendid people have done a memorable service. They can not ultimately lose. The right will win. •'I shall go steadily forward in the confident conviction that the people of our great Commonwealth now face the light and will do the right. L am in this contest to the finish. I call upon rill free-minded cjtizens to think of this great splendid Commonwealth, its destinty and its people, ami with the broadest charity and fullest confidence begin planning now for a certain vic tory at the first opportune occasion. "I fullv expect the child labor bill to pass. Tie measure has the full sup port of Senator McNichol, Senator V-are and other leading Senators, in cluding a large majority of the Senate. They assure me that they will vote for the bill as it came from the House. 1 expect it in my hands in a very few days.'' BILL TO PROTECT SHEEP IS KILLED IX HOUSE The House of Representatives last night defeated the Habgood bill pro viding for better 1 protection to sheep by providing for the killing of vicious dogs. A stormy fifteen minutes pre ceded the vote, in which the members amused themselves by trying to imi tate the cries of dogs and sheep. There were but 106 members present and no other bills of importance were taken up. Two hundred and fifty bills were passed on Becond reading. All but about twenty-five of them were appro priation bills. A short first reading cal endar was cl<>ared up. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open daily except Sunday at 3 p. m., at its new location, Front and Harris streets, for the free treatment of the worthy poor. Make Yourself Prosperous Every man and woman can be prosperous and independent by exercising a little determination. Make up your mind to save money—not in Urge sums at long Intervals, but in amounts of a few dollars every week or month. Sums saved regularly will soon mount'up to large amounts when deposited with w at 3 per cent, interest, compounded every fou» months. 91.00 opens an account. {BBSS! 400 WATCHES IN HIS OFFICE Young Man Says He Can't Explain How They Got There Cleveland, 0., April 22.—Mystery surrounds the identity of Harry Cai j houn, <lB, a member of the Cleveland j Athletic Club, WHO is held by the police | here as a fugitive from justice on or ders from the Chicago police, who have been investigating a |15,000 jewelry roWbery there. At Calhoun's office the police found 400 gold watches, many of them mono grammed, and estimated to be worth $5,000. Calhoun could make no ex planation of the watches further than to say that another man had left them in the office. Calhound was arrested when he attempted to pawn a watch in a loan office. A number of watches were found in the valise he carried. Calhoun has ibeen in Cleveland about two years and obtained membership in the Cleveland Athletic Club through ex cellent recommendations. His friends and associates profess to know little about his business connections. TRAGEDY ENDS HOTEL DEAL Man Who Buys Lease Shoots Sellers and Commits Suicide Los Angeles, April 22.—William | Hunter, 4 9 years old, who came hero j recently from Hartford, Conn., shot and seriously wounded Mr. and Mrs. Beachey F. Crampton at a hotel early I yesterday and then committed suicide. The Cramptons may recover. Hunter had purchased the lease of tho hotel from the Cramptons a week ago. He was dissatisfied with the deal. Hartford, Conn., April 22.—William Hunter, until recently, was night watchman at a local factory. He left the\:ity suddenly and his whereabouts were unknown to his family.
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