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The Washington times., 1915-10-03
To WIND Up GAR.
AFFAIRS TOMORROW
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the reunion are most enthusiastic In
their praise Of Chairman GUIDE for his
many splendid ideas and his business
like way Of handling all the plans. The
suggestion has been made that the 600
mon gather at banquet in the Cham
Der OF Commerce and talk over the en-
campment. No definite decision has
yet been reached. but whether or not
the banquet Ii held. 1t Is highly prob
general COMMITTEES will materially ex-
press their appreciation Of his labors
and give him something to remind him
and his descendants OF his Important
connection with the 1913 encampment.
Although the veterans began q gen
erai exodus from washington Friday;
following the election Of officers. and
hundreds OF them left yesterday. there
were still many of them here today
They attended religious services wheri
went sightseeing. A great many OF
them announced their intention OF re.
naming here until the latter part OF
this week to attend the cornerstone lay.
Amphitheater. at which President WILL
son will ofhciatc.
Camp Being Dismantled..
Great proEress was made yesterday by
biuejackets from the United States ship
Dolphin and q large force OF laborers
put to work by Harry y. Stamford to
dismantle Camp Emery. The building
was swathed In flags. both inside and
out. and the task probably will not be
concluded before tomorrow night or
some time Tuesday.
Capt. Elias r. Monfort. the new COM
msnder-in-chief. will remain In Wash
inGton until next Tuesday. With his
staff he will pay his respects to Presi-
dent Wilson tomorrow or Tuesday aft
ernoon.
The two markers erected at Chantilly.
near Fairfax Court House. Va. to the
memory OF Mai. Gems. Phil Kcarncy
and Isaac Ingles Stevens. killed thkere
late yesterday afternoon by Col c.
+. Hopkins and Col. J. W. Bawdie, OF
New Jersey. Threatening weather and
bndroads prevented the dedication YES
terday morning. but In the afternoon
went to Ponder. Va. and from there
1ourned to the site where the markers
had been placed an unveiled them be
fore a small crowd.
Concert by Two Bands.
The final entertainment feature OF
tho encampment was n concert by
two bands in the Pension Office last
night. The. Engineers Band and the
Grand Army Crandsons Drum Corps
OF 100 pieces. orG Ganized by the Sons
OF Veterans OF Washington. alter
mated in entertaining the several hun
| dred vetArans and Washipgtonians s
who attended the concert. The con :
course OF the Pension Office was
elaborately and uniquely decorated.
:he flags and other ornamentations
having been placed by veterans Of the
civil war employed in the bureau Tho
audience last Night expressed much
praise for the appropriate decora
tions.
Among those who attended the con :
cert was Mrs. Sarah G. Turnbull, past
chaplain of Grant Circle, Ladies' of
the G. a. r.. and widow of the late
Lieut.. Col. Thomas u. Turnbull. Mrs.
Turnbdll. who is eighty-thrce years
old. was accompanied by her dauch-
ter Mrs. William 3. Foster.
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Austrian Shells Fall
Upon Own First Line,
Causing Severe Losses

ROME. Oct. 3.-In a heavy lombard =
ment Of the Isonzo front from Mount
Remhen to the Carso plateau. the
Austrian shells were so badly aimed
that they fell in Austrian first-line
trenches at some points. and inflicted
severe losses on the Austrian troops
Themselves. General Cadorna reports.
On the slopes OF Mount Rombon
rcpulsed
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Children Drive Nails in
Won Hindenburg Statue

BERLIN (via wireless to Tuckerton.
y. j.. Oct. 3.-One Thousand Berlin
children yesterday drove nails in the
great wooden statue Of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg at a celebration Of the
German commanders sixty-eighth
birthday.
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Slight Fire Damages
$4,000,0OO Building

ALBANY, Oct. 3-The 100000 New
York State Educational Building was
slightly damaged by fire Of unknown
origin last night.
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.Bac. several miles west OF the front
on which the French are making their
mightiest efforts.
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Plans for October Weddings.
Get GUIDES estimate and suggestions for
the flowers and decorations. l2l4 F ST
Advt.
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WILSON JOINS RANKS
OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE
official Circles Expect President
to Go on Record at Election
In New Jersey.
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claim Will flow from giving women the
ballot. Therefore. the case as II pre-.
sents itself to my mind is this:
1t does not seem to contain any
DANCER: and n It does bring benefits.
80 much the better. On the one hand,
the only question to be considered Ia tho
extra expense involved In practically
doubling the number OF voters. This
consideration Ia. I think. entirely neg
III you refrain from giving the bal
lot to women you will always have a
very large part Of your population con-
vinced that the state Ia losing the op-
portunity to obtain the great results
which would come from permitting
them to participate In elections, BY giv.
opportunity Of effecting these reforms,
and II they do SO Il certainly will be
sides.
.'If they do not do so. and II on the
whole II turns out that the ballot In
the hands OF men produces Just about
the same results as when women also
participate. no harm will have come
from II, and a great subject which IL
now diverting the attention OF the
people from vital public questions will
have been removed from the arena Of
discussion"
Nugent's Statement.
In signed statement in the New
York Press today. James II. Nusent
advances at length his opposition "a
the suffrage amendment, saying In
part:
I'm every town, city. and county in
New Jersey the suffrage amendment
will meet with overwhelming defeat
on October 10.
This prediction Is not based on any
feeling that ] may entertain against
the measure. but on a broad and thor
ough observation OF existing condi-
tions.
In the hrst place. the women OF
New Jersey. generally speaking. are
not yearning for the vote. In fact the
great majority OF women Of the State
are quite indifferent to II. The very
small minority OF women who are
going about the streets talking suf-
rage represent about the number who
desire the ballot. There are q few
hundred OF these speakers. Many OF
these. however, have been imported
by the handful OF Jersey suffragists
from other states. In fact. they have
come from as far away as California
and Colorado. and even from across
the seas. to help the agitation here.
Secondly. II Is plain reading in vari.
ons events that hive taken place re-
Gently that the tide Of public opinion Il
swinging back toward conservative
sane legislation. The public is tirinr
OF freak legislation. II has had quite
vogue, but believe the end has now
been reached. and the pendulum Is
swinging backward once again.
Organization Victory.
Nothing would Indicate this more
clearly than the primartes OF los,
Tuesday. The primaries showed tha,
the regular organization candidates had
been supported unanimously through.
out the State.
Since the days OF the revolution
New Jersey has been one Of the mos,
conservative OF States. I believe in
being conservativeiy progressive. For
this reason I am opposed TO the intro.
duction OF woman suffrage in New
Jersey.
"All sorts OF foolish statements and
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Germans Take Charge
Of Work on Batteries
At Deadeaghatch Port

sALoNIKA. Oct. s.-German officers
have arrived at the Bulga rian port of
Deadeaghatch, and are supervising the
installation OF batteries. according to
dispatches reaching here.
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Sir Edward Grey, British foreign min
lister. on Friday authorized the state
ment that German Officers had arrived
Mt Sofia. presumably to direct Bull
garian army operations against Serbia.
The Salonika dispatch is the first press
report of the arrival of German Of
fcers In Bulgaria. Dcadea ghatch. in
meet an stack by Anglo o-FTench troops,
who might easily be transported from
the Dardanelles.
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TEMPERATURES.
RI'REAI' AEEI .ECkiS
TIDE TABLE.

light automobile lamps at $40 .. m
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
BRAWNI M0RWEGIANS.
They Are the Longest Lived People In
the World Today.

The fine stature and unique physicist
qualities Of the athletic Norsemen a,e
thus described by Price Collier in an
article on Norway and the Norwe-
gians, From an American Point of
View," in Scribner's Magazine:
"The so called bonder. or agricul-
tural peasantry. form the very back
bone of the nation in Norway. Each is
proprietor of his own farm. and they
occupy the country from the shore OF
the sea to the foot of the hills and up
every glen or valley as far as corn will
grow. They are. as rule, fine looking.
athletic men. as their properties are not
so large as TO exempt them from work,
but large enough to supply them and
their families with wholesome food. In
the old days they built their own
houses. made their own furniture,
plows, carts, harness. ironwork. wood.
work and basketwork. Probably there
are no communities anywhere else in
the world so self efficient, so independ-
ent and so comfortable.
Indeed, their size and wholesome
aspect prove this. for they are the fair
est, tallest. broadest chested and long
est lived people in the world today.
I'm the streets of the towns. at the
farms. on the roads. one seldom sees a
fat man or one who looks unwieldy
They are sturdiy. sometimes heavily.
built. but they are lean in the flank,
broad of shoulder and thick through.
and. though they do not always carry
themselves lightly or gracefully, they
look to have plenty of room for the
working machinery of living. for heart
and lungs and digestive apparatus
Wherever you go in Norway. from
Christiansand to the North cape. you
cannot go far without going up and
down hill. nor can you go far without
inhaling the champagne-ike mountain
air. II Is not impossible that the plain
food-a necessity In poor country
the physical training in the schools. the
obligatory military training. the SEN
sible temperance legislation, the up and
down hill exercise. the almost entire
lack of luxury and the fact that they
are not hard workers-not lazy. per-
haps. but certainly leisurely In their
toll. seldom making any undue demand
upon their nervous energy-have pro-
duced what no artificial legislation can
copy"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
ADAMS Co. Goes TO COURT
Judge Kunkel Fixes Time for Treasur-
er Young to Show Why State
Should Not Pay $2,O32

Alleging that State Treasurer Rob-
ert X. Young has refused to honor a
warrant for $2,O32.62 drawn on the
State to cover the cost of the primary
election held in Adams county in the
fall of 1913, the Adams County Com
missioners, in court here to-day, OBJ.
tanned a writ of alternative mandamus
against the State official, commanding
him to show why payment should not
be made. Judge Kunkel granted the
writ and fixed February 1, at 10
o clock, as the time for hearing.
The Adams County Commissioners
are N. R. Beamer, S. NJ. Keagy and s.
NJ. Eicholtz AS couns 81 they have re-
tanned former Judge Jacobs, of this
city, and John d. Keith and J. Donald
Swope, of Gettysburg.
The claim for the election money
is made under the uniform primaries
act" which provides that the State
shall bear the expenses incident to the
primaries elections so far as the
County Commissioners know, the State
Treasurer s refusa, to honor the war
rant was based on the States claim
that charges against several townships
of Adams county for State aid in road
building offset the amount of the elec.
tion expense claim.
The county proper, it Is contended
by the Commissioners, owes the State
not a cent. Auditor General Powell.
it was asserted, has passed favorably
on the Adams county claim.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
KAUFMAN and POMEROY
TO REBUILD ON old SITES

to be able to handle staple groceries by
Friday morning. Mr.. Pomeroy had
$4,000 insurance on the stock, $1,000
on the fixtures and $4,000 on the build
ing. This will not cover the loss, he
said. Mr.. Pomeroy will start rebuilding
on the old site as soon as possible.
Fire Chief John G. Kinder made his
official investigation with the insurance
adjusters this morning. The fire is be
lieved to have started in the basement
near the front of the building, No. 6,
in what was called the "vault. y There
the electric wires ran, but the cause OF
the fire is not known as yet. At the
other side of this, the central building
of the group, was the elevator shaft
which ran to the roof.
The Kaufman store buildings were
practically one, the large 4-story struc-
ture having been connected inside by
passageways with the smaller building
on each side, for the convenience of
the shoppers. The spread of the fire to
the basement of the Pomeroy store was
through openings between ioists on the
first floor, the same joists supporting
the floors of the two buildings.
All last night and this morning
pumps, operated by gas engines, were
used in emptying the cellars of the
buildings in the block along Market
street, between the square and River
street, to permit an estimate of the loss
to the contents of the cellars to be
made. Solomon Kuhn & Co., place their
loss from water at between $2,500 and
$4,000; Roberts & Meek, $1,000, prin-
cipally from smoke which damaged
stock on the third floor, and E. B.
Black, $500 from water.
Other losers in this block are E. z.
Gross and Andrew s. McCreath & Son.
Their losses are one chiefly to water in
the cellars. No estimate of the Gross
loss can be made until the stock of
drugs can be thoroughly examined
while for McCreath & Son electricians
will have to examine dynamos and 9TH
err valuable machinery in the flooded
basement.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
GERMANS AND RUSSIANS
In DESPERATE FIGHT FOR
LEFT BANK OF VISTULA

Petrograd, Jan. 20, Via London.
3.34 z. M.-Along 60mile front
from Ciechanow, to the south of Mlaw-
La, to Dobrzyn, on the Vistula IL miles
below Plock, the Germans are on the
defensive against the Russian advance
towards East Prussia. During the last
three days heavy artillery engagements
have occurred at various points along
this line.
Meanwhile the struggle is in prog.
ress for possession of the left bank
of the Vistula from its junction with
the Bzura and Wiszogrod westward to
Dobryzn, distance of approximately
10 miles. Possession by the Russians
of Wiszogrod and their footing on the
left bank of the Bzura in that vicinity
affords them base for their opera
tions against the Germans, who are in
force to the west of that position.
In endeavoring to retake trenches
captured by the Russians Immediately
west of Wiszogrod the Germans are re-
ported to have lost 900 men. South
ward, in the vicinity of 1'arnow, Ga
licia, the Austrians have employed for
the first time the famous German AZ
centimeter guns in an effort to dislodge
the Russians from their positions along
the Dunajec river. According to re-
ports here, they have been unsuccessful,
having been forced 10 retreat to the
northwest, leaving the Russian posi-
tions intact. Russian army officers are
of the opinion that the heavy German
guns are an impediment rather than an
aid to the Austrians. on account of
the bad roads and the long distance it
is necessary to transport the guns.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
GERMAN CIVIL COURTS.
Mode OF Procedure Who're Commercial
Cases Are Tried.


The handelsgericht," or commercial
court, is presided over by one judge
and two laymen known as "handels-
richter" --commercia! judges nominat-
ed by commercial bodies and appoint
ed by the government. Any German Is
eligible who Is registered as a mer.
chant, thirty years old. and otherwise
qualified as specially provided by law
Only commercial cases are sent to this
department upon motion of either par.
ty. | Witnessed II trial between mer-
chants and was much pleased with
the speedy method OF determining the
case.
Instead OF submitting technical bust
ness questions To II jury. who In all
reliability never heard of the like be-
fore. and then offering the testimony
Of experts on each side of the case,
which often has a tendency TO cou-
fuse the jury rather than to enlighten
them, the German commercial judges
possess personal experience In bust.
ness and skill In affairs OF commerce
OF the greatest value iD arriving at
correct conclusions. Besides, the pro-
cedure. as a rule, is brief and to the
point and causes little delay to the
!itigants So far as | could observe,
this system worked very satisfactorily.
Fred H. Peterson In Case and Com.
ment
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.
Tho Reason He Does So From the
Physical Point OF View.

Laughter Is IN involuntary response
of certain muscles TO a communca ton
from nerves controlling their action.
We laugh because We receive an i'm
preston through our sensory nerves
that causes u demonstration from the
muscles which express mirth. The
vigor OF heartiness Of laughter depends
upon the susceptibility OF the brain to
what Is received through the sensory
nerves
They get the impression In three
ways-f from something We see. feel OF
hear-and send ii along to the nerve
center From there II Is sent along
other nerves connected with certain
muscles or glands aud excites them to
activity.
The nerves are like SO many electric
wires. and the sensory nerves act as
a battery, by means of which the elec.
uic currents of life are transmitted.
The muscles have the power to ex.
press the state of gladness. indicated
by laughter. according to the positive
ness Of the impressions passed along
the nerves which operate them You
langh less heartily the second time
you hear II funny story because the
impression Is less positive. Rocky
. Mountain News
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
AFRICA FOR BICELOW POS? !?
Rumor That Huntingdon Man Will Be
Appointed Head of State High
way Department

Rumor on Capitol Hill to-day was to
the effect that Governor Brumbaugh
and State Highway Commissioner Bige-
low are to have a conference which will
settle whether Commissioner Bigelow is
to remain at the head of the Highway
Department. 1t is said,-but the
source of the statement cannot be
learned,-that Commissioner Bigelow
will tender his resignation before the
close of the week, TO take effect at
once.
In connection with this story it is
said that j. Murray Africa, of Hunting
don, prominent engineer, is to be
made State Commissioner of Highways,
by appointment of Governor Brum-
baugh. Mr.. Africa and Governor are old
friends, both coming from the same
county. When the people of Hunting
don county and the Juniata Valley in
general gave an old neighbor S recep-
tion to Governor Brumbaugh, Mr. Afr-
ca was at the head of the Committee of
Arrangements. He also conducted Dr.
Brumbaugh S primary contest in Hunt
ingdon county and was active for DR..
Brumbaugh during the last campaign.
James Murray Africa is the fsecond
son of j. Simpson Africa, who was
Secretary of Internal Affairs of Penn
sylvania and president of Union Trust
Company, Philadelphia, and was born
April II, 1863, in Huntingdon. He
studied at Juniata College, and was
graduated from Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute, June 13, 1888, in civil ell
gineering. In the same year he DE
signed water works for the cities of
Palmyra and Riverton, New Jersey, and
in 1889 was made chief engineer of the
Cbautauqua Lake Railroad
In 1894 he was elected chief engineer
of the Pennsylvania Midland Railroad,
and is now city engineer of Hunting
don, Pa. He designed the sewerage sys-
tens of the cities of Danville, Lewis
town, Mount Union and Huntingdon,
and was in charge of the construction
of additions to the Standard Steel plant
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works at
Burnham'
He designed and superintended the
roads, sewers and water works of the
Pennsylvania Masonic Home at Eliza
bethtown, and the filter plants for the
Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory
and Huntingdon and Broad Top Rail
road. He has surveyed large tracts of
land in thirty seven counties of the
State. He is Past Eminent Commander
of Huntingdon Commandery, Knights
Templar.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
KNIGHTS OF MALTA ENTERTAIN
Order Will Attend Church Services
Next Sunday Night

An entertaining program was rem
dered last evening in Star of America
Commandery Hall before an audience of
several hundred. The address of well
come by Sir Wilmer Crow was respond
ed to by Sir H. NJ. Askin, Grand Senior
Warden of Pennsylvania; prayer by
DR.. J. T. Spangler, of Memorial U. B.
church; addresses by III. S. Bickle, sec
retary of p r. R. Y NJ. C. A., Potts
ville and ]. S. Reihle, of Milton, were
followed by an illustrated lecture on
Yellowstone Park by Granville E.
Wood, which was greatly appreciated.
A social hour followed when refresh
ments were served.
Next Sunday evening the Maltas
throughout the city and Steelton will
attend church services at the Second
Reformed church, Second and Green
streets, when the Rev. H. N. Bassler
will preach special sermon. Members
of the order will meet at 26 North
Third street, Sunday evening at 6.45
and 90 to the church in body preceded
by the Uniformed Division. Tuesday
evening, January 26, the Malta De-
gress will be conferred in the hall of
Star of America Commandery
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-20
SENATE ADJ0URNS AFTER
BRIEF MORNING SESSION

The Senate IS first business this morn.
ing was the passage of resolution
providing for adjournment to-day until
Monday evening next.
President Pro TEN. Kline announced
his standing committees for the session.
Chief Clerk Kephart announced the ap-
pointment of the Senate minor officers
as prepared by the Slate Committee.
A message was received from Gov
ernor Brumbaugh announcing the ap-
pointment of number of notaries pub
lie.
Lieutenant Governor McClain an
nounced the appointment of Miss Alma
x. Boyd, of Lancaster, as secretary to
the Lieutenant Governor. The Senate
adjourned until Monday night at 8
o clock.