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MOON'S PHASES—
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First Quarter, 21st; Full Moon, 2Kth.
0 WEATHER FORECASTS
1 ffWtg Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
night" and Saturday, slightly cooler to-
J?*" r Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night,
Saturday partly cloudy. Gentle to mod
orate northeast winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 76; lowest, 56; 8 a. in., 59; S p. m„ 66.
THE AMERICAN NOTE
The American government's firm note to Ger
many contains no demand with wliieh the Imperial
German Government cannot comply with dignity
and thus avert the possibility of war with this
nation. We quote the following from the note to
6how what the United States expects ami. in effect,
demands:
It confidently expects, therefore, that the
Imperial German Government will disavow
the acts of which the Government of the
United States complains, that they will make
reparation, so far as reparation is possible,
for injuries which are without measure, and
that they will take immediate steps to pre
vent the recurrence of anything so obviously
subversive of the principles of warfare for
which the Imperial German Government
have in the past so wisely and so firmly con
tended.
"We repeat that German can do nothing to belit
tle herself or detract from her honor as a nation
by meeting in full the demands of the United States.
On the contrary a frank, straightforward disclaimer
on the part of the German Imperial Government
of responsibility for the acts of the German sub
marines.—if. as is possible, the injuries done to the
neutral Americans were without the sanction of the
official German government,—would, aside from
averting the possibility of Germany acquiring an
other powerful enemy, be a positive step in the
direction of increasing the respect in which the Im
perial German Government thus far been held
by neutral nations of the world.
If the German government can and does disclaim
responsibility for the acts of the submarine com
manders. it. of course, will remain for her to make
reparation, in so far as is possible, for the Amer
ican lives and property that have been destroyed,
and to take steps to insure absolutely the preven
tion of anything of the kind in the future.
By so doine Germany world lose nothing in the
estimation of the United States and the other neu
tral nations, but. on the other hand, would rather
increase the respect in which these nations hereto
fore have held her.
If the Imperial German Government shall fail
to do these things, the firm tone of the American
note may be taken as an absolute guarantee that
the United States, as the note says, will not "omit
ANY WORD OR ACT necessary to the performance
of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the
United States and its citizens, and of safeguarding
their free exercise and enjoyment."
LOOKING AFTER THE OYSTERS
Although it has been recognized that oysters can
convey typhoid bacteria, it has been found that
there is danger only when the oysters are taken
from polluted water, or when, after being opened,
they are washed under insanitary conditions. The
United States Department of Agriculture, through
its bacteriological specialists, has wisely made sur
veys of oyster beds and now presents the gratifying
report that oysters shipped from northern beds
provide fully as safe a food as milk.
The sanitary surveys of oyster beds from Virginia
to Massachusetts have resulted in the closing of
beds polluted by sewage or otherwise dangerous.
The products of such beds are no longer shipped;
since the oyster men are co-operating by keeping
out of the market all oysters coming from sources
pronounced by experts as unsafe.
It is not enough, however, to look after the
HAIRftISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1915.
sources of the oysters, for the food enclosed in the
shells passes through many hands before it reaches
human stomachs. There appears to be little danger
in transit, since the flesh canuot be contaminated,
according to investigators, as long as oyster shells
remain closed and accordingly oysters arriving
tightly closed at their destinations arc to be trusted
implicitly so long as the beds they came from were
unpolluted. Food inspection regulations insure the
cleanliness of oysters during transportation to in
land markets, since they not only prohibit the ship
ment in interstate commerce of originally polluted
shelltish, but also the shipment of such food in
unclean receptacles.
Arriving at the oyster houses, the oysters must
still be kept under government protection, since
there is the ever-present danger of typhoid con
tamination from the water in which they are
washed and shucked. The surveys of the Depart
ment of Agriculture have in fact been made to
include the conditions existing in those places.
It seems that there is as much danger of contami
nation just before oysters reach the consumers as
before they leave the beds. The Federal authorities
have taken proper precautions and oysters as food
are the safer on that account. A department of
the government has again demonstrated its use
fulness.
LOW NECK SHIRTS FOR MEN
Those young men of the nation who have been
eagerly waiting to find out what they are going to
wear this summer, —that is to say, what they are
going to wear to be in fashion, —need wait no
longer. The members of the National Fashion Com
mittee of the Merchant Tailors' Association, con
ferring in Chicago, have decided what is to be worn
by eorreef gentlemen. Among the garments pre
scribed are low neck silk shirts.
Low neck shirts, therefore, will be worn by some
of our young men. The proper length of the tails
has not been announced as yet, ami may in fact be
left to personal taste. With the shirts can be worn,
if desired, loosely tied four-in-hands, clasped with
beauty pins. Silk bow tics might be even more
girlish and becoming, yet these details are largely
matters of individual judgment.
The important stipulation is that the shirts have
low necks. The innovation may prove to be a dan-
geroup one in masculine fashions, sinee it may serve
to provoke discussions formerly confined to femi
nine garments as to how low the necks should prop
erly lie. With boyish modesty many of the wearers
of the shirks will no doubt care to expose but little
of their bosoms, while some of their shameless fel
lows will want to reveal as much of their manly
chests as possible.
From the specimens of the decollete shirts which
have already appeared on wearers in public places,
it may readily be inferred that the garments are
rather comfortable even though the possessors of
them may at times appear excessively uncomfort
able under the scrutiny of detractors and scoffers.
\\ hen the low neck shirts are more common, so as
to be no longer the objects of curiosity and of slan
der, they may be very popular, but whether in gen
eral favor or not. they at least will be fashionable.
It's the Kaiser's move next.
We have tired of watching and waiting.
It is costing the Allies dearly to force their way toward
Constantinople but they are sticking to the task.
The American note gives Germany every opportunity to
square herself with honor and' dignity, if she can do it.
Loss of 200 killed in a battle in Mexico is entitle.) onlv
to half a "stick" in the newspapers in these worldwide
war times.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
OR BY THE CHORD?
"How do you sell your musicf"
"We sell piano music by the pound and organ music by
the chorr."—Columbia Jester.
MORE REGULARLY
Pensioning retired clergymen should appeal strongly to
those concerned, as it is so much more certain than the
regular salary.—Washington Post.
TAKEN LITERALLY
"That sermon you preached the other Sunday on thrift
had a great effect on me," said Griggs to his minister. "1
went out before the collection."—Christian Register.
ALWAYS COMES BACK
At least it must be said for Russia that no other nation
could be licked so thoroughly and so often and yet come
back so strong.—Kansas City Times.
THE MAIN THING
Mim —"You're the only girl I ever loved."
Her —"That's interesting but immaterial. What 1 want
to know is. am I the only girl you're ever going to lo\e?"
—Life.
FLIES AND THE PURE FOOD LAW
"You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar."
"How about glucose as a substitute for honey? Are the
flies all wised up on pure food products like everybody
else ?"—Louisville Courier-Journal.
MYRTLE'S FORGETFULNESS
"Oh, say, who was here to see you last night f"
"Only Myrtle, father."
"Well, tell Myrtle that she left her pipe on the piano."
—University of Nebraska Awgwan.
IMPROVED BY EXPERIENCE
"Goodness," she exclaimed sarcastically, "but you were
born bright!"
"Certainly," he agreed: "and knocking around has pol
ished me considerably."—Judge.
JUG-FISHING IN KENTUCKY
Jug-fisbing is very popular in Kentucky at present. To
the uninitiated it roust be explained that baited lines are
tied to the empty jugs, which are securely sealed to prevent
them from filling with water and sinking. When the jub
begins to "bob" you've got a bite. Of course you have to
take along jugs or you can't jug-flsh any. And of course the
jug must he emptied of its contents —if any—before fishing
begins. Only empty jugs are used. Understand?— Hartford
(.Ky.) Herald.
Wise Precaution
will prevent the little illness of today
from becoming the big sickness of
tomorrow and after. For troubles of
the digestive organs you can rely on
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Mystery About German Cruisers
Whether the German cruisers, (<oe
btm anil Breslau, escaped fryin Messi
na last fall by running a gauntlet of
thirteen British and French warships
ami ten torpedo boats, as reported by
a petty officer of the Goelben in the
"Vienna Arbeiterzeitnng," is a ques
tion that A. H. Pollen, the naval ex
pert, asks of the British admiralty in 1
the columns of the "Westminster Uaz- j
ette." The admiralty has never made
public any naval action beyond the
engagement previously of the two Ger
man ships with the Gloucester, which
causes Mr. Pollen to remark:
"The circumstances attending the
escape of these two ships have been
studiously kept from the British pub
lic up to now. We know that the com
mander-in-chief in the Mediterranean I
was called upon by the admiralty to ;
give an account of his dispositions
and that his account was considered
satisfactory. We also know that the
admiral in command of a very power- j
ful cruiser squadron in the Meditor- !
ran can was recalled to Ku'gland, sub- -
jeeted to a court of inquiry and sub
sequently court martialed and acquit
ted; but we do not know anything of 1
Hie events which led up to these dras- j
tic ste|ts. We do not know on what
charge the admiralty was brought into
court. We know nothing of the char
acter of his defense, nor the grounds
on which he was acquitted.
Hints at Suppression of Facts
"Tii theory a court martial is an
open court. In practice it can be made
a star chamber affair by the exclusTou
of the public when nnv evidence is be
ing heard the publication of which can
be called detrimental to public inter
est. As a simple matter of fact," Pol
len continues, "not one word of Ad
miral Troubritige's trial was reported,
and, when questioned on the subject,
the First Lord of the Admiralty has
steadily declined to reopen this or any
other controversial incident." l'ollen
declares that nothing can be gained by
keeping back information eight months
old, sine* it cannot bo of any value to
an enemy and only betrays a lack of
trust in the British public. If such an
action took place, he savs, there must
have been casualties, and no casualty
list has been published.
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German Census of Live Stock
The German government found time,
notwithstanding the war, to take the
usual eensus of live stock about the be
ginning of last December. The most
striking feature of the eensus figures,
whieh have just been published, is a
gain of 8*23,000 in the number of cat
tle over the eensus of December, 1913.
By far the larger part of this gain—
namely, 655,000 head—was made in
young animals between three months
and two years old. This was due un
doubtedly to the prohibition at the
outbreak of the war of the slaughter
of calves, in order to conserve better
the meat supply. In calves less than
three months old the gain was 1-65,000
head. The net results of the census of
cattle was that the aggregate increas
ed from 20,994,344 to 21,817,769
head. There was a small decrease in the
number of hogs, the total falling by
319,500 to 2'5,339,6i27 head. The de
crease was wholly in pigs less than six
months old, the number of which was
reduced by 611,0>00 head during the
year. Even cheep showed a smaller re
duction than usual. Last December
there were 5,4 4 8,500 head, which com
pared with 5,'520,800 at the end of
1913, and 5,503,400 at the end of
1912. From these statistics it is evi
dent that the war had made no im
pression upon Germany's meat supply
up to the first week in December.
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Austrian Cotton Business
Learning that certain Austrian cot
ton mills planned to increase the num
ber of looms, The Association of Aus
trian Cotton Weavers has issued an
emphatic warning against any such
step. It pointed out that while a large
number of looms are occupied with
army contracts, the general trade sit
uation is far from satisfactory, and
the present time is no time for increas
ing machinery plants. The Associa
tion's circular 'goes on to say that the
future is no more favorable either. Ex
ports will certainly not be made easier
by the war. but will be much more dif
ficult. In the last three or four years
selling prices, through over-production,
have been from five to ten per cent,
below cost of manufacture. It is abso
lutely senseless therefore, it is con
tended, to think of increasing invest
ments in the cotton business in Austria
under present conditions.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT OF U.S.
PRESSON PRESIDENT'S NOTE
President Wilson's note to Germany
was editorially commented upon
throughout the I'nited States to-day
with distinct praise and approbation.
Excerpts from editorials of some of the
leading newspapers, as indexing Amer
ican sentiment, follow:
New York"Times"—" It is the great
diplomatic achievement of the note that
it puts upon Germany the choice, not
only of what her reply shall be, but of
what is to follow. * 0 * The President's
eloquent appeal to her great traditions,
to persons of honor and of justice, must
triumph over any warlike inclination
she may feel to pursue a course that
can have but one ending.''
New York "Tribune"—"He (the
President) has drawn an indictment
gainst the German nation which will
live for all ages to come, if the Kai
ser's government fails now to meet the
demands of the President of the United
States promptly ami completely. * * *
Wronged, we have offered Germany a
peaceful solution in the present crisis,
but —and the President's message sums
it all up—we shall omit no other word
or act necessary to the performance of
our sacred duty."
New York "Herald"—"lt might
have been stronger; it might have been
weaker; it will serve. Mr. Wilson has
overcome the influence of those mem
bers of his Cabinet who are for peace
at any price. He has lived up to the
verv best traditions of his character."
Xew York "World" —"It is calm.
It is restrained. It is courteous, but
with a cold, cutting courtesy that gives
added emphasis to every word. * * *
By the strength of his case and the
moderation of his tone, the President
has made it as easy for Germany to do
right as to do wrong. If he is to fail
in his effort it will be in good consci
ence and in good cause."
New York "Sun" —"The note is im
peacably urbane, though not without
little ironies in its tone, friendly in
spirit, resolu'e in its assertion of Amer
ican rights and of the freedom of the
seas. It recalls Germany's contention
for that liberty * * * The President
has spoken firmly. The country, sup
porting him as firmly awaits without
passion the German reply.
New York "Press' -—"lnto the end
of his note to 'Berlin, President Wilson
has put some teeth and not too many
at that—into the end because the first
of it is filled with those graceful but
empty rhetorical phrases which long ago
exhausted the patiem e of Americans no
less than they excited the derision of
the Berlin militarists."
New York "American" —"The
President's letter is undeniably vigor
ous, but it is possiblv dangerous as well.
The nation desired that its rightful de
mands should be laid before the Ger
man government, but is did not antici
pate that the President would go so
far beyond the plainly and soundly
rightful si-ope of those demands as to
invite a rebuff."
Buffalo (X. Y.) "Courier"—"Bight
minded men of every party will approve
its tone and tenor. The clearness, the
definiteness with which this presenta
tion is made can satisfy the most rigid
Americanism that views large affairs
sanely. It seems to meet every require
ment of American pa'trotism and
honor.''
Springfield (Mass.) " Republican*'—
The government's position in this case
is the country's position. It is not ex
treme, yet it covers the ground."
Buffalo (X. Y.) Express"—"There
has been no backdown. Let the Peo
ple's response go out from every corner
of the land. We are all Americans."
Albany (X. V.) '' Argus''—' • Digni
fied in its tone, logical in its argument
and conclusions, firm in its dematuts,
the United States note to Germany re
flects the foise of President Wooilrow
Wilson under .most trying circum
stances. ''
Albany 'X. Y.) "Knickerbocker
Press"—"The note places the issue
squarely before Germany for action and
any announcement of future policy ac
ceptable to the United States govern
ment, particularly a policy of sea war
fare, must not long be delaved."
Columbus (Ohio) "State Journal"—
"How Germany will promise to protect
the lives and property oT our people
in the future, or in what manner this
country will receive her refusal to, re
mains to be seen. It is a grave alterna
tive: and while it is not likely to result
in war. it will bring about an enmity to
ward Germany that will be full of anx
ietv.''
Louisville (Kv. "Anzeiger"—"We
agree with the President that the Ger
man government must explain the loss
of the lives of American passengers, but
we do not think that the death of Amer
icans give the President the right to
demand the cessation of Germany's un
dersea warfare against Great Britain
commerce so long as England does not
abrogate its starvation warfare."
•Chicago (111.) "Tribune"—"What
ever the fate of our relations with Ger
many the President undoubtedly has
voiced the sentiment of the nation upon
the use of the submarine and as to the
rights of neutrals on the high seas."
Chicago (111.) "Hearld'' —"There is
now no possibility of mistaking the po
sition of our government. And it is
a position in Which the American people
will sustain their government in what
ever measure may 'be necessary to up
hold it.
Indianapolis (Ind.) "Star"—"ln
manly fashion the President's note does
not shrink from the logical conse
quences of his position, but accepts
tlie full signifi-cance of his attitude."
St. Paul (Minn.) "Pioneer Press"—
"The American note reached to a won
derful height of forceful diplomacy.
Hoping for the best, the universal
American sentiment will be that Amer
ica has done its duty, and the people
will support the President through what
ever may be the consequences."
Springfield (111.) "State Journal"
—"lt is the dignified protest of a na
tion, which, while feeling that its rights
and the rights of other neutrals have
been violated, is neither vindictive nor
resentful."
St. Louis (IMo.) "Die Westlieho
Post"—"For the press of the whole
country, there is at present but one
sacred duty, to leave nothing undone
to avert inner strife. That we Amer
icans of German descent wifh a bleed
ing heart contemplate the possibility of
an armed conflict between tne United
States and the land of our forefathers,
no fair-minded person will condemn us
for. There still is hope for an honor
able understanding on both sides. May
Providence grant that the worst ba
averted.''
Philadelphia (Pa.) "Public Ledger"
—"The Administration has spoken and
spoken to the point. The German gov
ernment cannot have the slightest doubt
as to its meaning. Will Germany listen
to the voice of prudence before it is
too latef"
Philadelphia (Pa.) "Inquirer''—
"We have not always agreed with tlio
President of the United States, but
when it comes to a question of the na
tion's honor the President must be up
held. The note is written deliberately
and eooly. There is not a word spoken
in haste."
Philadelphia (Pa.) "Record
"The note is in every respect a master
ly document. It puts the German gov
ernment squarely in the'position of
choosing whether it will obey the dic
tates of eonsicence, reason and human
ity, and retain the friendship of the
United States, or accept the stigma of
an outlaw nation and deliberately pro
voke a new quarrel. There can be no
mistaking the concluding paragraph of
the American note."
Xew York "Staates Zeitung''—
While the "Staates Zeitung" makes 110
editorial comment on President. Wil
son's note to-day, it has the following
to say. printed in English:
"Nor is this a time to burden mil
liens of the American people with un
just and unnecessary anguish of mind.
The Ciermiji-Americans must suffer in
any conflict between the United States
and Germany pains of which their fel
low citizens can never know anything.
It is rather a time for showing the
greatest degree of consideration. They
have fought to uphold the flag in the
past and they will do so again, against
any enemy whatsoever . They deserve
the fruits of past loyalty, until they
have forfeited the right to claim them.
There has never been but one flag un
der which the German-American has
fought. There never can be but one
flag under which he will ever fight.
And that flag is the Stars and
Stripes.''
Dominion Arrives at Liverpool
Philadelphia. May 14. —The Amer
ican Line steamship Dominion which
sailed from Philadelphia May 1 with
passengers and a general cargo is re
ported as having arrived at Liverpool
at 7 o'clock this morning.
Former U. S. Private Boiled
London, May 14.—The death at the
front of Lord De Preyne > *and of his
brother, the Hon. George Philip French,
is announced. Lord Do Freyne came
into the public eye in 1905, when, as
Hon. Arthur Reginald French, he re
signed his post in the British army and
went to the United States and enlisted
as a private in the army there.