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Monday. April 2«, 1915.
APRIL
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MOON'S PHASES—
\ Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon, 14th;
Fiist Quarter, 23nd; Full Moon, 29th.
WEATHER FORECASTS f v y
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair, eon
tinued warm to-night and Tuesday. , r ,.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night r
and Tuesday, warmer to-night in south
east portion. Light variable winds. C
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRIBRURQ
Highest, 93; lowest, 59; 8 a. m., 62; 8 p. m., 84.
UNCLE SAM AS RAILROAD OWNER
Now that President WiUon has decided upon a
route for the government railroad in Alaska and the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is on its way to
the territory covered by that route, the actual con
struction of the road mv be expected soon to start.
As the greatest material achievement of the present
administration the building of the railroad, or
rather the extension and improvement of an exist
ing road taken over by the government, is going
to be something worth watcfung.
The construction of the Alaska railroad will be
a government feat in some respects second only in
importance to the digging of the "'big ditch." The
entire cost is expected to be about $30,000,000,
including the purchase price of the Alaska Northern
Railway which is to pass from private to govern
ment ownership. The investment promises to be a
wise one, since there is vast wealth to be obtained
in the interior of Alaska, the land for which the
UnHed States paid Russia $7.200,000.—1e5s than
one-fourth of the probable cost of the new railroad.
This country can well afford to be somewhat ex
travagant in its efforts to develop the interior re
sources of a rich territory which it got at such a
bargain. It has delayed only too long in making
needed expenditure to investigate its possession and
to find out how really precious a prize Russia per
mitted to slip away from her at the time when
$7,200,000 looked bigger to her than did Alaska.
The extension of the Alaska railroad will be this
government's first great undertaking in ownership
and operation of railways. There is the Panama
line, of course, but it is so much a part of the canal
that its management can hardly be considered sep
arately from the operation of that waterway. The
results of the government's experiment in the north
west territory will do much to shape the opinions
of government officials, railway officials and the
general public at a time when the matter of govern
ment ownership is receiving extensive considera
tion.
BACKYARD GARDENERS BUSY
The backyard gardeners are among the busiest
of mortals these days. Their industry is not to be
6coffed at. but to be respected. They are making
two onions grow where none grew before. All per
sons who are thus adding to the wealth of the
nation, whether they are producing onions or other
hseful food, deserve success in their undertakings.
Backyard gardens exist in great numbers in all
parts of this city. If they were counted their total
would no doubt be surprising as would the aggre
gate value, if known, of the food which they will
yield. Harrisburg's cultivated backyards will pro
duce for the tables of its thrifty gardeners vege
tables which will be earlier, fresher and cheaper
than those which market stalls will offer.
The labor of the gardeners must be considered, it
would seem, if fair estimates are to be made of the
profits of the business. That labor, however, is
largely pleasureable recreation and in itself profit.
Gardening provides needed diversion for many of
those individuals classed as "tired business men"
and for men of various professions and trades who
also get tired from time to time. There is healthful
exercise for city men in small scale tilling of the
soil which puts the value of the labor, if that value*'
is to be considered at all, on the side of the assets
rather than of the liabilities.
The backyard gardener has many advantages
over the professional farmer. His acreage is not
nearly so great since he is not even attempting to
HASFJSBT7RG STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 26, 1915.
supply all the needs of his own family, let alone
supplying those of other families. Farming is for
him merely a side-line, and he does not engage in
it with sweat on his brow, unless he happens to
perspire very easily indeed! He labors usually in
the twilight, proceeds not too hurriedly, and quits
when he feels liks it. The backyard gardener is
likely to get much exhilaratiou out of agriculture
that the plodding farmer misses.
JUNGLELLFE FOR CRIMINALS
An explorer who plans to leave Philadelphia in
several months for the jungles of South America,
where he expacta to find a number of unlisted rivers
■ and much valuable timber land, wants as a com
panion in peril a criminal who has served some
time in a penitentiary and is about to be discharged.
He says he took along a stnrdy eollefe student on
. a former expedition, but was forced to confront
danger unaided when it came* and to protect the
frightened young fellow besides. Consequently he
wants a hardened criminal for his partner in his
next hazardous undertaking,—one who is afraid
of neither man nor beast.
There are many different kinds of criminals, how
ever. and not all would be fitted for jungle explora
tion. The sneak thieves who pick pockets and snatch
purses and then run for all they are worth would
not be of much account where there are jaguars
and boa constrictors to be dealt with. Bank rob
bers might be more to the purpose. A very desper
ate fellow of this class could no doubt do much to
make life miserable for wild animals with which
he might come in contact.
'There is no other place where society might
rather wish incurable criminals to be than the
jungles of South America unless it be the interior
of Africa or the other of the polar regions.
In civilized lands where wealth is, there is always
temptation for the thieves. In the wilds of South
Africa there is none. If there is any wealth there
to be had, it belongs to whoever is able to take pos
session of it and what is more, to get away with it
to the centers of popufttion where it is appreciated.
The pity is that opportunity is at present offered
for but one criminal out of so many to
benefit society and himself by going to the Sbuth
American jungles to live.
The impression would be a mistaken one, of
course, that only hardened criminals have the nec
essary courage to face the perils of the jungles.
There is perhaps no finer example of bravery in
South American exploration than that exhibited by
Darwin, one of the world's greatest of thinkers.
At the time when he was in the Argentina, sur
rounded by Indians who had no pity on any whites
whom they captured, the author of "The Journal
of the Voyage of the Beagle" penetrated into re
gions where even the Gauches would not go, and
faced perils innumerable. It would be difficult to
conceive of a second Darwin coming forth from
the cell of a penitentiiary.
It require many "separate" peaces to make one
general peace.
With the mercury in the nineties in April we are pre
maturely reminded of the expenses of next summer's
vacation.
Wilson does remarkably well as President considering the
handicap some of his Cabinet officers place on the admin
istration.
Does t'ntermyer's stepping in as counsel for the Govern
ment in the MeAdoo-Williams-Riggs bank controversy fore
shadow Brandeis' stepping out!
The breaking of the intercollegiate record for hurling
the javelin will hardly serve to encourage the revival of
that sort of weapon in modern warfare.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
SWELL FAMILY
"That man made his money in inflated values."
"I suppose that is why his family consider themselves
so swell."—Exchange.
SATISFIES BOTH
Women's skirts promise to be almost as wide as the
grins of the satisfied cloth manufacturers.—Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times.
STRATEGY
"Why does the Senator keep talking in tha* rambling
way? I don't know what he's aiming at; do you?"
"Sure I do. He's filibustering to keep his daughter from
singing."—Puck.
QUITE A PARTY
The ladies present were the elite of our town. Supreme
ladyship and sparkling refinement was the glowing, soul
stirring sentiment of all present. This brilliant entertain
ment proved a •charming success.—Prescott (Ont.) Journal.
THE WISER WAY
The United States still continues to proceed on the wise
theory that it is better to be unpopular and neutral than
popular and shot-up.—Chicago Herald.
POLITICAL WISDOM
Mrs. Knicker —"How do you get money out of your
husband?"
Mrs. Knocker—"Any way except a direct tax levy."
—>"ew York Sun.
HE KNEW
"You are charged with giving assistance to the enemy."
"How so?"
"They have your automobile."
"They took it forcibly. Besides, it won't assist them
any."—Pittsburgh Post.
JUST LIKE THE SHOW
"Why do you call these vaudeville strawberries?" asked
the amateur gardener.
"They come in two sizes.' replied the salesman; "top
'liners to attraet attention and smaller ones trailing along
to provide the actual entertainment."—Washington Star.
MODERN SANITATION
"That landlord is certainly an enterprising feller."
"How now?"
"He has installed outside roller towels that »un the full
length of a three-story hotel. Gnests on every floor can
lean out of the windows and wipe their hands."
"But why have the towels outside!"
"Oh, that's so the rain can wash '«m."—Kansas City
Journal.
RASH DISFIGURED i
FACEJCCK, ARMS:
And Hands.' Would Get Red and '
Sting and. Burn So Could Not <
Sleep. Used Cuticura Soap and i
Ointment. Healed in 4 Months.
1131 Parrish St.. Philadelphia. Pa.—"My
akin brak* out In a rash. The parts affected j I
were my faca, neck, arms and hand*. They ,
. would red and would |
atinc and burn so I could not
ft sleep nights. Afterwards they
Ml <*ek would Itch so I could hardly
\L F stand It. The breaking out
1 I disfigured me.
"I used Soap and
Ointment, Cream of Tartar,
\\Va alao Soap and found
them unsatisfactory.' I had
the trouble four years before I used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. I found relief la three '
weeks. First I would wash with the Soap, |
then dry lightly and apply the Ointment,
leave It on Are or six minute* and wash it
off with the Soap again. I would leave the
Ointment on my hands and arms all night
with a pair of loose glovte. I was entirely
baaled In four months." (Signed) William
B. Brooke, October 37, 1014.
Sample Each Free by Mall
With 33-p. Skin Book on the treatment
of the skin and scalp. Addrees post-card
"Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston." Sold
throughout the world.
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Miss Phipps Crlticiies Government
War work for women in England has
its official limitations, since the Home
Secretary refuses to grant licenses to
womeu who have successfully passed
the examinations required of drivers of
motor vehicles. The reason the Home
Secretary gave to the jyplieants was
the public's alleged lack of confidence
in women drivers.
"Could he not leave the public to
decide that!" asked Miss Phipps, pres
ident of the National Federation of
Women Teachers, in an address before
that body in London. Miss I'hipps
aired other grievances against the gov
ernment, in which she had the sympathy
of the teachers. The legislation clos
ing the liquo r houses to women until
11.30 a. m. and not to the men was
based on the lie, she said, that most of
the drinking was done by soldiers'
wives. This she considered a deadly in
sult to the women. Discrimination in
the matter of wages existed in the fac
tories furnishing munitions of war, she
charged, as men received mofe pay than
the women for equivalent work. In
stead of putting children into the har
vest fields next summer, Miss Phipps
proposed that the stronger and better
nourished boys from Eton and Harrow
and the other great schools be set at
this work.
• * •
Women Porters in England
The woman baggage porter has made
her appearance in tho Marylebone rail
way station. For some time women
have been employed cleaning the rail
way coaches, but now they take their
place with the nun to carry bags or roll
trunks on hand trucks to and from the
tarins and the taxis. Their insignia is
a metal arm badge, like the men's. As
a rule the women porters look mainly
after women travelers. The only privi
lege they exact over the men is their
afternoon cup of tea. The women are
' now quite as well up on the time tables
as the men, and can pocket tips with
equal adeptness.
• . •
Making Sacks Instead of Sock:
Bags of ligtit cotton cloth roughly
stitched together with fine thread have
been received in great numbers by re
lief committees in London from wom
en who think these flimsy contrivances
will answer the purpose of sand-bag
protection for the soldiers at the front.
Miss M. L. Tyler, head of a committee
■ collecting these disclosed the
extent of this wasted effort in a warn
ing to women that the sand bags the
soldiers need must be made of jute
or some heavy material and that the
sewing must be done by string instead |
of thread. Sand bags arc not only the
best bullet stoppers, but the easiest and |
quickest means of making protection, j
An urgent call for them as life savers
has been made by officers at the front.
The result is sack making is fast taking
the place of muffler and sock knitting
among patriotic women.
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"Suffragette" Resumes Publication
The "Suffragette," the weekly or
gan of the Woman's Social and Polit
ical Union, in London, which was sus
pended on the outbreak of the war, is
making its reappearance. It is edited
by Miss Christabel Pankhurst, who has
just returned from the United States.
For the present, the journal will deal
with the women "a side of the war situ
ation.
• * •
The Depopulation of France
Paul Descombes, discussing the pro
gressive depopulation of France, gives
some statistics to show that the thin
ning of the woods and forests is largely
responsible. There are thirty-one
French departments that are more or
less mountainous. These now have
8,094,940 inhabitants. If the old rate
of increase had been maintained their
population now wonld be 11,596,366.
Monsieur Descombes points out that the
, mountainous regions of Switzerland,
which should not be any legs favorable
to repopulation than the mountainous
regions of France, show an increase of
more than 50 per cent, in population
during the last 60 years, and he attrib
i utes it to the that forest protec
tion in Switzerland is far more rigorous
than in France. v
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Plan to Beiieve the Censors
In order to relieve the hard-worked
censor, soldiers writing letters home
from the front are now being put on
their honor as to the content* of their
missives. A special envelope haa been
issued to the troope in the fighting lThe
for this purpose It is green in color
anil headed, 'On Vetive Service." On
the flap is this declaration, which must
be signed by the writer:
"I certify on my honor that the con
tents of this letter refer to nothing but
private aud family matter*."
* • *
Kaiser Wilhelm'a "Double"
Captain Weihe, of the German nnvv,
has been arrested in San Reran on
charges of espionage. Weihe is said to '
be the absolute double of the German
Emperor, and it is reported that he has
been charged with impersonating the
Emperor in reviewing or addressing
troops or civic bodies ou several occa
sions. .
SAFffI^FIRST
(UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT WITH
THK DEPARTMENT OK LABOR AND
INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEPENDENT
PRINTS EACH MONDAY A PRACTICAL.
ARTICLE BEARING ON THK "SAFETY
FIRST" MOVEMENT OR KINDRED
SUBJECTS. PREPARED BY THAI
BRANCH OK THE STATE GOVERN
MENT, OK WHICH COMMISSIONER
JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE
HEAD.)
DANGERS FROM INFLAMMABLE
LIQUIDS
Inspections made throughout the
State by inspectors of the Department
of Labor and Industry reveal the fact
that persons who use benzine, gasoline
or other easily inflammable liquids do
not exercise the amount of care neces
sary in handling this material. The
vapor from material of this nature is
readily inflammable, and, under certain
conditions, highly explosive. Au opeu
flame, a spark or any object heated to
incandescence will immediately ignite
vapor of this kind. This Hart, however,
seems to be lost sight of by many peo
ple who constantly handle inflammable
liquids.
On numerous occasions when inspec
tors have visited garages, cleaning es
tablishments or factories where these
liquids are uned for cleaning or other
purposes, they have found open cans
of these materials placed in very prom
inent positions, on work benches, un
der work benches, in corners, and, in
fact, anywhere it was convenient to
place these receptacle*. In the majority
of cases a close examination in the
vicinity of these cans will reveal the
presence of burnt match sticks, cigar
ette or cigar butts, or other evidences
that an open flame or tire of some kind
lias been iu dangerous proximity to
these receptacles. That this material
has not become ignited seems to have
been due only to an especial act of
Providence, and not to any care or at
tention on the part of the user.
It has often been noted that fires in
garages have, in many instances, oc
curred a short time after persons have
quit work, either for the day, or when
they left temporarily for meals. It is
common belief that, in some of theie
cases, fires may have been started by
a match stick with which they\ had
lighted their cigar, cigarette or pipe,
and which they then had carelessly
and hurriedly thrown away, thinking
it had been completely extinguished.
All establishments that use danger
ous and high inflammable material of
this kind should keep their supply in
safety cans, which would not permit
their inflammable and explosive vapors
to be given off. They should also al
low no appreciable amount of liquids
of this kind to be kept on the prem
ises. If it is necessary to purchase a
large quantity, it should be stored in
au underground tauk located outside
of the building, and only as much as
is necessary for the daily operation
should be drawn off into safety cans.
All of this material should be removed
at night from the building, and again
placed iu the storage tank or in some
outside storage place.
Within the last two months, five
men have been killed in this State as
a result of explosions caused by the
ignition of benzine vapor; so that the
danger is one which should be guard
ed against at all times.
The Department of Labor and In
dustry has been endeavoring to safe
guard employers and employes from
this danger by suggesting the uee of
safety cans wherever material of this
kind "is used. The department, accord
ingly suggests that employes and em
ployers give careful attention to this
matter, and urges them not to wait
until they have had a dangerous fire
or explosion before providing these
safe containers. It also recommended
that only small quantities of gasoline
or benzine, sufficient for immediate
use, be taken into buildings where em-
GERMAN EMBASSY'S NEW HOME NEAR SEA
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SUMMER HOME OF THt GERMAN EMBASSY AT CCOARHURST ~L?T W
Here is the new summer home of the German Emoassy at Cedarhurst, L. I. All the pleasures of country am*
seashore life have been observed In the new home, where Count von Bernstorff and his staff will pass the summer
The house, a large three story dwelling, stands back on a spacious lawn with plenty of shade trees. It is not verv
far from the shore and Is only a short distance from the railroad station. On the grounds are a roonjy stable and c
a garage. The clerks' house, in which will be transacted the routine business of the Embassy, is situated very near
the station and telegraph office. It is a stone's throw from the Ambassador's residence. Four rooms ou the ground
floor will be fitted up as office®. '
A CARD
The rumor that there has''boon a change in owner
ship or management in our firm has no foundation in
fact. The business is being conducted just the same
a>i it has been for rears.
On the advice of his physician, Mr. Jerauld is not
devoting quite as much time to business as formerly
and this may have given rise to the rumor.
Host assured you will got the same style range in
high-grade stylish footwear, careful fitting, courteous
attention and low prices in the future you have in
the past.
Signed,
Itrauld Shoe Company
D. P. JERAULD,
Tress, and Gen'l Manager.
How to Become Independent
A systematic savings plan, safety for ybur money and
a liberal rate of interest—these are the features neces
sary to assure for YOU success in accumulating a fund
that will make you financially independent.
We invite small as well as iarge deposits, thereby
enabling you to save some amount regularly; as a
depositor with us you are afforded unquestioned pro
tection for your savings, and we help your account to
grow by paying you 3' 0 interest, compounded every
FOUR months.
Open your account to-day. J,
ploves are at work, and that the main
1 supply be kept in underground storage
reservoirs located outside the build
ings.
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RAW FOODS
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Samuel 0. Dixon, M. D., LL.
D., Commissioner of Health
* '
This is the season when the amateur
gardener's eyes are delighted by the
rows of summer vegetables that are
poking their green leaves above the
warm earth. The season for raw foods
has already arrived.
Lettuce, water-cress, radishes, par
sley, leeks, berries anil
many growing things
burden the market stalls and tempt
the house-wife after the winter menu
of canued vegetables.
A certain per cent, of raw foods is
an excellent stimulant to the appetite
and a wholesome change at this season
of the year. Care should be exercised,
h#wever, that they are properly
cleansed before being oaten. Often the
laborers in the truck gardens and those
who handle the truck before reaching
the consumer are careless in the use of
dangerous fertilizers and some pick
aTd prepare the vegetables for market
who are also careless to a degree that
is almost criminal.
All vegetables to be eaten raw and
berries, even at the risk of slightly in
juring their.flavor, should be thor
oughly washed before being eaten.
Gardens should be fertilized with
care. No night soihshould be used on
truck gardens from which the porduce
may be served uncooked. Watercress
must not be grown in polluted streams.
Watercress from polluted streams often
produced epidemics of typhoid fever.
Bananas should l>e thoroughly washed
as soon as they pome into the hands of
the consumer, so that the dirt taken on
durig transportation will not be con«
veye-J to other edibles.
1 PEOPLTTTOLUMN
Tho Star-Independent does not
make itself responsible for opinions
expressed in this column.
v J
Thanks for "Mail Clerks" Editorial
Editor of the Star-Independent:
Dear Sir—Please accept my thanks
for the publicity your editorial will
give the railway mail clerks. I. certain
ly think you have done a great favor
for them by taking up the matter in
the way you have done in your editorial
of Ajiril LM, entitled "Mail Clerks au<l
Public Affected."' I trust you will con
tinue to give this matter your atten
tion from time to time in your able
manner of writing it up.
Respectfully yours,
R. Vernon Watts.
151 S. Eighteenth St.
Jl B. V. D. "
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