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APRIL
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.