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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
PRISONERS OF WAR MADE HAPPY

An account from London about the treatment
three hundred restrained German officers are re-
eeiving in Donington Hall, hundred miles
from the British capital, would lead us to believe
that captivity and quiet security in such place
is much more to be preferred than freedom and haz
ardous activity in the thick of battle
The officers who are the guests of the English
are said to be enjoying a most pleasant existence
living in one of the countrys most beautiful old
halls having their wants attended to by captured
German privates, eating good food and drinking
good wine in a magnificent dining room with carved
oak panels and polished elm ceiling, writing and
lounging in equipped for those purposes with
deep and very comfortable upholstered chairs
small tables and special postoffice, and attending
to their religious devotions in chapel in charge
of German clergyman.
There is apparently nothing about the life in
Donington Hall to remind the occupants that they
are prisoners of war, long they disregard the
presence of the British soldiers on guard and pay
no attention to the barbed-wire fences which are
said to enclose the grounds. Were the restrained"
foreigners of high birth to attempt to scale these
forbidden fences or i'll any other way to manifest
non-appreciation of British hospitality and desire
to take leave of their hosts without giving suitable
notice, they might, of course be forcefully brought
to realization of the harsh fact that they are cap
tives in the midst of foes As it is, with the Ger
mans evidently considering submission the better
part of suppressed valor, the British hospitality
will probably continue uninterruptedly until ex-
changes of prisoners made at some future time
The contrast between the condition of the prison.
in Donngton Hall and that of the active fighters
at the front is marked, if properly seen in the
minds eye that solution to the whole war CUES
ton is very naturally suggested by it. Let all the
officers of all the contesting armies permit them
selves to be captured let hosttes thereupon close
for lack of necessary leadership and let the bellig
erent nations then endeavor to outdo one another
In hospitality to the prisoners concluding the gay
conflict in conviviality with toasts and much gen.
eral merriment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

ners and customs In Babylonia two thousand years
before Christ than the most diigent historians
possibly find out about conditions in even the most
highly civilized countries during centuries of the
Christian era after stone writing had gone out of
fashion and before printing had been Introduced.
Blank pages in the worlds history are not at
tractive 1t is the right and the desire of the pres
ent age to know as much as possible about the
things that have been happening in the world in
former days. Although it may seem strange that
there are secure foundations for opening chapters
in recorded history and not for some of the much
later chapters the fault is not that of the historians
who simply produce epitomes of accounts handed
down by their predecessors, but rather of those
predecessors who neglected to hand down any SUBJ
stantial records
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
LASTING RECORDS ON STONE

The world is not awaiting breathessly the Yale
professor finished translation of the code of Baby
lonian laws said to be more than four thousand
years old, which is now receiving careful attention
at the University. Yet the existence of tablet
containing the earliest known law code must arouse
some interest and especially curiosity as to its
contents.
The large and irregular diorite stone discovered
in Elan about ten years ago. which contains an in
scrption of laws enacted presumably in the time
of Abraham, has come down through the centuries
to the present age long after the original laws have
been forgotten. The ancients had crude way of
writing, but it was not by any means an insure
way. Had they kept their records by means of
typewriter and printed documents university pro-
fessors would not at this late date have any sur
fiving records to worry their heads about
So lasting are the inscriptions on stone and so
clear, if only the keys to the translation are known
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Battle Robs Men of Taste

One of the curious effects of she'll ex.
plosion reported at the military hos
pitals in London is the loss of the senses
OF taste and smell. DR.. Charles Myers
states that he has met three cases of
this in his own experience. The men
received no flesh wounds at all, but be.
cause of their loss of senses thev could
not distinguish by taste between sugar,
quinine, acid and salt, which felt alike
to the tongue.
These eases appear to constitute a
definite class among shellshock eff
feets, says DR.. Myers. ''The shells
in question appear TO have burst with
considerable noise, scattering much dust,
but this was not accompanied by the
production of odor. 1t is, therefore. diff.
heult to understand why hearing should
oe unaffected and the i'll results con.
fined to the senses of sight, smell and
taste. The close relation of these cases
TO those of hysteria appears certain
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

Maggie Wylie in 'sWhat Every Wom-
an Knows" and the boy who wouldn t
grow up in "Peter Pan, are undoubt.
edly the best known Characterization.
In addition to the named Barrie roles
she has created the part of Leonora in
"The Legend of Leonora and that of
Katherine in "The Ladies Shakes
peare.'
1t has been said that Maude Adams
and j. NJ. Barrie ego hand in hand"
but that is a very fgurative way of
putting the fact. Indeed it is extremely
tigurative, for, though Miss Adams has
been the means of making the dramat
ist Is works as dear to the American
public as she is herself, the author had
never, until a few months ago, seen her
in single one of his plays.
1t was at dress rehearsal at the
Empire theatre, in New York. Before
the first act began the playwright
went. back on the stage where Miss
Adams introduced him to her entire
company. Since this same company
had been ON tour in "Peter Pam not
long before, she made its members
known according to the characters
they had played, with "This is Cap
tain Hook, Mr.. Barrie;" ''Here is
Wendy;" "Please meet Liza" or,
"These are the naughty bad pirates"
AS Barrie left the stage to sit before
the curtain he eravely asked:
"Do you allow smoking in your
theatre, Miss Adams - Being assured
that he might smoke all he liked, the
dramatist took a seat far back in the
dress circle and there, ensconced be-
hind his inevitable black pipe, silently
watched the work of the woman who
had done so much to- make his name
famous on this side of the Atlantic.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Troubles of a Submarine

A new story is told of the British
submarine BIZ, whose commander,
Lieutenant n. Holbrook, received the
Victoria Cross for Drawing the Darda-
neiles and sinking a Turkish battle
ship. On entering the Dardanelles, the
submarine sighted Turkish patrol
boat. The Bill thereupon dived and
remained below for some time. On COM
ing to the surface, the Turk was seen
'steaming around in a circle. After an
other dive, the commander found the
patrol still on hand. Thereupon, the
commander rammed and sunk her. The
mystery was then cleared. The Bill
had $ouled buoy and had been drag,
ging it about on the surface, so that all
the Turks had to do was to follow the
mark.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
.Ionaue-End Topics
Mules for British Cavalry

The latest shipment of mules to
England is composed of such clean
hmbed, active beasts that certain army
experts have proposed to the War De.
partment to use them for cavalry or
mounted infantry, In the British army
the mule is used only for transport and
the mountain battery work, not being
regarded as suitable for other branches
of the service, but Britain's stock of
cavalry horses is exhausted, and the
heavy draught animals left ON the farms
are decidedly less active than the latest
arrival of mules. Spanish and Mexican
cavalry have always made a liberal use
of mules and found them more service.
aole than horses for work in rough
country.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief. Your elogged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head are clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking, snufiing.
mucous discharge, headache. dryness-
no struggling for breath at night, your
cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
trils, let it penetrate through every air
passage of the head; soothe and heal
the swollen, infiamed mucous membrane.
giving you instant relief. Ely's Cream
Balm is just what every cold and ca
tarrh sufferer has been seeking. It's
lust splendid.-Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Pretty Bad

The barber was very busy, and the
shop was full of men waiting for him
to practice his tonsorial art upon their
heads and faces.
One man, Mr.. Blank, became tired
of waiting for his turn to come and
started to leave. Although his beard
had come out pretty heavy, he thought
no one would notice it and that he
could come back the next morning when
Hughes. the barber, was no so very
busy. The barber, not wishing Gus
toner to go away unattended to, ac-
eosted him by saying: "You're not
leavin' us, is you, Mr.. Blank.''
Mr.. Blank felt of his face and re-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

Quite some time ago nation s peo-
pie and its critics, unoffically but
seemingly by common consent, saw fit
to bestow upon Maude Adams, who it
was announced to-day, will appear at
the Majestic theatre, on March 26, in
equality Street." the title of "Ameri-
cas- best loved actress" Were you to
confront the subject of this tribute
with the above written sentence she
would tell you that it was a misprint
and that the phrase should have read:
"America is my best loved public.
For, as someone has put it, "Maude
Adams takes her public and her work
with all possible seriousness but never
applies this rule to herself" Hand in
hand with her goes James Matthew
Barrie, the whimsical Scot, who has
written nearly all the plays in which
she has appeared during the last sew
eral years Barrie is at liberty to pre-
fix ''Sir James, to his name, but
never does, for he, too, is of those who
shun the show of titles.
Maude Adams and j. NJ. Barrie!
They are unique and joyous combina-
tion. 1t scarcely seems that either
could get along without the other. To
interpret Barrie s subtle and delicious
humor with its ever present strain of
tenderness, needs just such winsome
personality as that of Miss Adams.
And without the Scotch playwright TO
build for her the most fascinating
roles in the world, what, indeed, would
Maude Adams do!
Barrie has furnished the actress
with no less than six plays. In these
her Phoebe of the Ringlets in equal
ity Street," her charming Lady Bah
bic in "The Little Minister;' her
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Mines Exploded b. Icebergs

lcebergs have exploded number of
mines in the Gulf of Bothnia, according
to reports brought to Hull by Swedish
vessels. Navigation is particularly
perilous in the Baltic and the North
sea Just now, it is said, owing to the
mines which have broken loose from
their moorings during storms. Seandi.
navian naval authorities patrol the
trade routes for these floating menaces,
some OF which have been visible lately
as far, north as Skageraek and the
mouth of Christiania Fjord.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
CAPITOL HILL
REVISION OF Telephone
Rates THROUGHOUT State
Early Date For Argument to Be Fixed
BY Public Service Commission
Reading Railroad Company to Have
New Crossing at Avon

An early date for argument on the
revision of telephone rates throughout
the State will soon be fixed by the Pub.
lie Service Commission, but the prob
ability is that the parties interested
will file briefs instead of taking up the
time with oral arguments.
r The Commission yesterday heard the
complaint of John F. Stickel and others
ON the refusal of the Bell Telephone
Company to furnish exchange for the
rural line between Greencastle and
Manor.
The complaint of the borough of
Biglerville against the Biglervine
Water Company for its poor service and
high rates was amicably adjusted by
the Commission yesterday.
The Reading Railroad Company is to
have a new crossing at Avon, Lebanon
county, the Commission having approx
ed the application, but the crossing
must be tagged.
The Commission approved the con-
tract between the Gettysburg Light
Company and the borough of Gettys-
burg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
High Finance in China

1t is an established, custom in China
that new company must pay divi-
dends to its shareholders from the first
years of its existence, and this forms
invariably clause of the articles of
association. Some concerns which fail
to realize profit have to contract a
high interest loan in order to pay divi-
dends in full. 1t is this practice that
compels companies 20 contract loan
after loan until they are plunged into
a helpless state. Furthermore, when
new company is established it is from
the start tied down to a system of
commission paying. In every purchase,
as well as in every sale of the COM
pany, commission goes with it, which
is, therefore, counted into every pay
ment and receipt, thus occasioning the
ned of an unnecessarily large amount
of eapitai.-Argonaut.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Fleet of Motor Ambulances

A feet of about seventy-tive motor
ambulanees, each one bought by
English women and girls of the same
given name, is being organized by the
Red Cross for service at the front. The
names selected for the ambulances in.
elude; Agnes, Alice, Barbara, Clara,
Edith, Elizabeth, Gertrude, Isabel, Jes.
sic. Katherine, Laura, Margaret, Mary,
Nellie, Give, Ruth, Sarah, Violet and
Winifred. Each ear will bear the same
name as that of the girls and women
who have contributed toward it. All
the money collected from women named
Josephine will go into the purchase of
the Josephine ambulance, and so on.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Hold First District Meeting

The first district meeting of the
members of the Women s Christian
Temperance Union. of the Eleventh
ward, was held yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. w. B. Sloan. 1915
North Fifth street. : The meeting was
well attended and Mrs. W. B. Sloan
and Mrs. H. D. Irwin were appointed
captains of the ward The meetings
will be held monthly at the homes of
the members.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

The North Carolina House and Senate conference COM
mittees have agreed the jug bin which prohibits the
receipt by any individual North Caroinan in any one
month of than half gallon whskey or ten gallons
of beer Even that ought provide enough ammunition
for at least twelve goodsized iags n year
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
FAMOUS EVANGELIST DIES
Colored Woman Travelled Extensively
over U. 8. and Foreign Lands
By Associated Press,

New York. March 5.-Word has
been received here of the death,i in Sc
bring, Fla, of Mrs. Amanda Smith, the
famous colored evangelist. Mrs. Smith
was rs years old.
In her career as an evangelist she
travelled over the greater part of this
country, attracted great congregations
in England and pursued her evangelical
work over portions of India and Af-
riea. She founded in Chicago an or
phanage for children of her race.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

Piled: "Why, I don't need shave,
do l, IIughes9"
Hughes thereupon looked his Gus
toner over critically and answered him
assuredly: "No, youse don t need
shave. All youse needs is a haircut
ON de face. "-National Monthly.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
ADVANTAGE OF MARRYING AN ACTOR

Famous Actor-"oh, yes, I'm married, but 1 ALWAYS
think it's kind O. tough girl that one of us
traveln' men,"
she-"stil it might be worse. 1 suppose you're AWAY
from home most of the me."-Life
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
WHY HE NEEDS AN AID

''Who is that who follows the general abouts"
His aid"
But why does he need an aid hanging around him all
the timef"
well, you see the general has more medals than he
can conveniently wear himself kansas City Journal
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
REASON FOR HIS PEACE DEGREE

PA. Jimmy Green the toughest fighter in our gang has
reformed He says it's wrong to fight"
do you believe him'''
II would, but for thing
What's thatf'
HE talked that way until he broke his arm. -
Detroit Free Press
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
THE YOUNG BRIDES THEORY

Mrs. Youngbride-"What small eggs!"
Groeer-''Yess. they are; but I'm sure don't know
the reason
Mrs. Youngbride-They took out Of the nest too
soon, suppose. Boston Transcript
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
TOLD INLlGHTER VEIN
PLAYING SAFE

MY brother is not badly off He is interned in one
of the enemys towns They won't release him unless he
promises not to fight
Wells"
"0f he won't promse.'-Seatte Post Inteelli
gence.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
To Christen the Battleship

UoVernor Brumbaugh has selected
Miss Elizabeth Kolb, daughter of Louis
j. Kolb, of Philadelphia, to christen
the big battleship Pennsylvania when
it is launched at Newport News, Va,
on March 16. Miss Kolb is student
at National Park Seminary, near Wash
ington. The battleship Pennsylvania
will be. the largest in the world, be-
ing 900 feet long by 297 feet wide,
and will cost sr4 600, 900. Governor
Brumbaugh and other State officials,
with legislative committee of twenty,
will leave here on Monday, March 10,
for Old Point Comfort.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Harrisburg Hospital

The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily except Sunday, between and
2 o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescriptions to those unable
to pay for them.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
HONEST MULE sELLER

Didn Buff Jackson tell you dat mule he traded to Won
is powfu kiekerf"
He didn't 'zaetly tell but he tried to be honest
He tn owed in bottles of niment an crutch without
no extry eharge."-Washington Star.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

The sixtythird Congress appropriated s2240 600
Even nation at peace has financial burdens to carry
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

The Congressional Record for the session lust closed will
have $4,000 pages compared with 10000 the average
for previous sessions Here in which talk
is not cheap,-for the nation
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

Perhaps it is not difficult to find houses for rent
Constantinople Just in Harrisburg
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

Night brings out stars as sorrow
shows us truths.--Bailey.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

large delegation of Schuylki
county citizens appeared before tn
Public Service Commission this morr
ing TO urge that better train service
provided on the Reading road at New
town, on the road from fremont t
Pottsville.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05
Big Capital Increase

The Duquesne Light Company, of
Pittsburgh, has filed notice of an in
crease of its capital from s1O,OO0,O 900
to s35, 100000.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-05

There denying that SOMEONE ought to repair the
streets
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-04
MOTOR TRUCKS
FOR ARTILLERY
Of MARINE CORPS
Guns Have Become Too Heavy
to Be Hauled BY Men; New
Device Tried Out In Haiti

So heavy has Marine Corps field ar
tillery become thar IN the near future
II Is probable marines going out from
Honolulu on fieId-piece drill VIII not
haul the guns BY hand, but viii use q
motor truck provided by; the govern
ment. Relative to the new plan the
Army and Navy Register says:
The use OF field artillery by the
Marine Corps has reached such a
state of development and the equip
ment is so heavy that It has become
necessary to find some other means
of traction for the guns than the artil-
lerymen themselves, and particularly
with the marine artillery battalion,
the only navy method Of having land
ing parties draw the guns viii have to
be discarded for horses, tractors or
motor trucks. ~, =. ... %E
Before going to the expense of pro
yiding horses for the battalion care
full consideration has been given to
mechanical traction devices, and the
conclusion has been reached that 1t
would be preferable to equip the bat
talon with motor trucks, which can
be used not only for drawing the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-04
SCHOOL DISTRACTIONS.

Governor Pinkham' letter to the Safety
First Federation, mainland organization
which wished to have a day set aside in the
public schools Of the territory, has accom-
plished q useful purpose.
The Organization proposed that this day be
devoted to talks and drills IN fire prevention.
Some good undoubtedly would have come from
the observance Of such an occasion but not
enough to offset the time lost to other pur-
poses. The governor aptly commented that the
school children have their attention distracted
from real study quite enough as it is. Further,
be pointed out the facts backed up by figures,
OF the scarcity OF, fires. Honolulu has no record
of loss Of life due to school fires, and as the
climate requires no schools to be artifcialIy
heated, the danger of confagration in the
school buildings is almost NIL
Much more to the point would be a Safety
First day devoted to teaching the necessity of
heedfulness on the streets. But even this les
son can be taught by the taking of few min
utes each day or week to it. With the numer-
Gus holidays, the irresistible attractions of a
snmmer-all the year3around climate and the
nature Of the mixed population, the school Off
Gals and instructors have problem enough in
keeping fhs attention of their Young charges