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Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
Annapolis Gun Club
Has Weekly Shoot bush High Gun.

AT the weekly shoot of the Annapolis
Sun Club, held yesterday afternoon at
the Clubs grounds at Cedar Park.
Bush was high gun in Glass A, making
"a hits out of 25. In Glass B, Albert
Crandall was high gun, scoring 20 out
of 25. There were no contestants in
Glass G.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
Fire at Kent Island
Barn Struck by Lightning

During the storm of Tuesday night
barn on Kent Island, opposite Arun-
del-on-the-Ray, was struck by Light
ming. The burning barn, with its con
tents, lighted the entire beach front,
and the scene was spectacular dur
ing the height Of the storm
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
Sign Boards Placed
Along Road Side to Arundel

Through the effort of Mr. Arthur
Lee Bosley, one of the commissioners
of Arundel-on-the-Bay, sign boards
have been placed along the roads be-
tween Eastport and Pay Ridge avenue.
and Arundel-on-the-Bay The sign
boards are a great help to many trav-
elers over this road, to whom the
route is strange The efforts of Mr..
Bosley and his kindness is greatly
appreciated by Arundclians.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04

Are you going awayl Let THE
CAPITAL follow y0u. II Is like letter
from home.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
Betty BeIlairs, in "The Spanish
Jade" Colonial. Wednesday. ad3v2ta
The Mayor Invited.

The Rock Hill Hunting and Fishing
Club, now camped ON the bay shore
opposite Eastport, has invited Mayor
Strange to dine at the camp on Sun
day. A special dinner will be served
on this occasion in the Mayors honor
and the hospitality for which the Club
is noted will be extended. The Mayor
has accepted the invitation
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04

"The Pardon" a powerful photo
drama Colonial Thursday. wa42t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
GALLEY THREE.
Muses. Aid to Meet.

Tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
there will be meeting of the District
Nurses Aid at the home of Mrs. Walter
II. Hart at Eastport. All members
are urged to attend
Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
DIED.

ABBoTT.-At Chicago. Ill, on August
4, 1915, MARY E. ABBOTT, beloved
wife of Daniel MEREDITH. Reese Alb
bott.
Burial at Chicago on Friday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
ACTIVITIES IN THE LEGISLATURE
WOODWARD PLANS
APPROPRIATIONS
The General Bill Will Be Submitted
to the Legislature When
House Meets

According to the plans of Chairman
James F. Woodward of the House ap-
preparations committee, he will intro
duce the general appropriation bill in
to the House on the night of March 1
when the State lawmakers reconvene
after the recess begun yesterday. Mr.,
Woodward has been outlining the bill
and as soon as possible after presen-
tation it will be recommitted to the
committee for completion.
II hope that the bill will go into the
House in more than skeleton form
said he. ut depends upon the esti-
mates from the department of the
State government. ] have asked them
for their figures and number have
responded. Others have given me as
surance of what they desire. A great
deal of help can be given by prompt
response to these requests as we must
take care of the governmental depart
ments and find out what is actually
needed and then take up the other
bills"
ut is estimated that over 800 ap-
preparation bills have reached the
House appropriations committee, call
ing for more than $25,000,000. The
Legislative Reference Bureau is draw
ing up many others which will be pre-
sented in March.
This week the committeeman from
the House are visiting the smaller in
stitutions and a number of inspections
will be made next week, the large
State institutions and those in the two
big cities being left to the last. The
work is being done by subcommittee
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
VALUABLE GIFTS
FOR EVANGEL|STS
Members of Miller Party Kindly
Remembered by Mechanics
burg People

Mcchanicsburg, Pa, Feb. 1S.-It
was gift night at the tabernacle last
evening, as q number of presentations
were made to members of the Miller
party. in token of appreciation and
love from the various bands of work
crs A black leather travelling and
manicure case was presented to the
Rev. Mr.. Miller by chief usher, George
w. Hershman, in behalf of the ushers
of the tabernacle. The ushers congre-
gated in front of the platform and
sang "Blest Be the Tie during the
presentation. To Professor Hohgatt,
the choir members gave a black leath-
er travelling bag, which was presented
by the Rev. L. M. Dice and to Miss
Maude Cree, the pianist, the choir
gave a beautiful gold bracelet watch.
Mrs. A. w. Bowman was presented
with a silver mesh bag containing fif-
teen dollars in gold and a folding UNI
brella by her Bible class, personal
workers and women uShers. Mrs. J..
speech In behalf of the prayer meet
Raach presented to Mrs. Miller an
imitation orange, containing gold
pieces instead of seeds.
Professor Hohgatt again delighted
the audience with a solo, IF your
Heart Keeps Right" in which the
choir sang the chorus.
Evangelist Miller's subject last night
was Excuses" and thirty-four per-
sons acknowledged they We're tired of
the way of sin, and wanted to lead Il
new life. A grand concert will be given
tomorrow night, in conclusion, under
the direction of Professor Hohgatt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

, claim prestige. The discovery of
anaesthesia was looked upon with de-
rision so that it's practical application
was retarded for nearly half n century
and human beings suffered the untold
| torture of major operations in full
possession of. all their senses because
! of prejudice against a new fad"
Should the Twilight Sleep become
! popular in any country there is one
great good which it will do, namely,
the better training of the average
practitioner-the middle priced man
who is the family doctor for the mid
die priced public. To understand the
FTeiburg system requires from two to
three years of special study and OBJ
stetrics would then become one of the
principal items in a medical course.
Dr. Williams is quoted as authority for
the statement that many medical
schools are inadequately equipped for
their work and are each year turning
loose on the community hundreds of
young men whom they have failed to
prepare properly for the practice of
obstetrics and whose lack of training
is responsible for unnecessary deaths
of mothers and infants, not to speak
of much larger number left invalided
by poor treatment. This condition of
affairs he blames largely upon the
ignorance of a long suffering public" :"
Those who believe in the wonder
and the mercy of the Twilight Sleep
hope that the day may come when it
will be brought down in price to with
in the reach of the poorest patient in
the charity ward.
But why?" asked q prominent To-
cal physician when this was mention
ed. "It is the cultured women who
need it. They are highly organized,
nervous, tempermental. The lower
classes are phlegmatic. These drugs
x,At ~ ~. he co,
them"
Perhaps not from scientific point
of view but a woman's, a woman for
q that! 1t remains to be seen if Mrs.
C. T. Emmit, great-great-
ter of old John Jacob Astor and presi-
dent of the Twilight Sleep Association
will tell us on Monday in her talk
at the Majestic Theater that the peas
ant woman suffers any the less than
the aristocrat when she goes down in
to the valley to receive Gods great
gift Of motherhood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
GOMPERS OPPOSES
COMPENSATION PLAN
Would Like a Larger Share of
Allowance Given to the Injured
EmplOye in State

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
given notice he will fight the work.
mems compensation bill unless it pro-
vides compensation for injuries at the
rate of at least 30 per cent. of the
wages. He will come to Harrisburg
to appear against the legislation.
Gompers has sent word that or
ganiZed labor would not be satisfied
with a bill which compensated the
workmen by giving them 90 per cent.
of his wages. He said if the admins
tration measure fixed this limit or
dropped below 65 per cent. he wanted
to be advised and he would appear
before the Legislature in opposition to
the legislation.
1t is not possible to say whether
Gompers will have to fight. The per
centage of compensation the bill pro-
poses to pay has not been made pub
lie and will not be until next week.
Attorney General Francis Skunk
Brown said larger payments were al
lowed in some cases than in others
and that he was not prepared to say
at this time what the percentage
would be.
There is a belief in some quarters
that the administration bill is follow
ing the Industrial Accidents Commits
sion measure of two years ago in SO
far as compensation is concerned. That
bill proposed to pay so per cent. of
the employees in case of injury for a
specified number of weeks.
The administration is endeavoring
to harmonic all interests concerned in
compensation bill. This is of course
q difficult thing to do, and it may be
that the percentage demanded by
Gompers cannot be allowed. There is
report that bituminous coal operators
will not be satisfied with the proposed
law and may offer a bill embodying
what they believe to be a better
scheme for compensating the injured.
Whether the operators will go the eX-
tent of again trying to defeat all
compensation legislation, unless the
measure is exactly to their liking has
not developed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
HIGHWAY NEWS
FOR WHOLE STATE
What the Department Is Doing Is
Set Forth in the Latest
Departmental Issue

The third issue of Pennsylvania
Highway News, the official bulletin of
the State Highway Department, is an
attractive twenty-page paper dealing
entertainingly with the workings of the
various divisions of the department.
The annual report of State Highway
Commissioner Bigelow for the year
from June /, 1913, to June !. 1914,
which has just been issued, is sum-
married. and important features are
brought out in the leading article of
the bulletin. S. ID. Foster, the chief
engineer. contributes an instructive
article on "Present-Day Needs in Road
Material" The first of series deal
ing with practical methods of repair
and maintenance of highways is con-
tributed by George H. Biles, the main
tenance engineer. A feature of the
bulletin which has attracted much
favorable comment is the collection
of legal opinions of interest to the
supervisors and the public.
A summarized statement of avail
able funds and expenditures of the
department for the calendar year 1914
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
Here Are a Few Things
They Do With Electricity

Hot Springs, Ark, will have a new
White Way.
Electric bulletin boards are now
used by churches.
Seven hundred houses were wired
in Topeka, Kas., last year.
a large Chicago retail store en-
ploys 200 electric trucks for delivery
service.
Submarines utilize storage batteries
and electricity for power when sub
merged.
There are more than 5000 electric
light companies serving the public in
this country.
A new starting device has been per-
fected for Ford cars by the General
Electric Company.
There are 14,152 telegraph stations
in England and S7,000.000 messages
were sent last year.
The days of making brick by hand
are no more. Electricity is now ex-
tensively used in brickmaking plants.
Owing to the Communicating of
nearly all gasoline trucks In Europe
for the various armies electric trucks
are finding n ready market.
Electric delivery wagons which are
used by restaurants and caterers are
equipped with electric heating de-
vices to keep food hot enroute.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

is given and also a statement of re-
ceipts and expenditures of the auto
mobile division for the same calendar
year. The department dealing with
the activities of the boards of super
visors of the various townships serves
to keep the supervisors in touch with
what is being done by their associates
in other counties, while the assistant
engineers in charge of the districts
throughout the State contribute notes
and comments on the work being done
under their supervision.
An attractive feature of the issue
is the double-page road map of Penn
sylvania showing the improvements
that have been made on State high
way routes. This map also gives the
conditions of the State highway routes
showing whether they are good. fail
or poor. The issue is attractively
illustrated, the frontispiece being g
| photograph of n snow -drifted road
which has been opened by the State
| Highway Department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
STORY RITEN'
BY the Messenger BOY

A skeleton under your celler steps
when you don't know about it amt as
bad as skeleton in the closet that
rattles his bones at you whenever you
think about something you shouldn't a
done. But jist the same, 1t aint very
nice to have the plummer dig up a
gruesome spectackle right under you,
whether you knowed. about it or not
and it's enough to give anyone the
shivers to think about
Harrisburglers is all het up about
skeletons list now, and most every old
woman in town is wonderin whether
she has one sleeping the long sleep
right under her washtubs. and liable to
grunt and groan some dark mite when
the men folks has gone to lodge. Lots
OF folks Will be half-afraid to go to the
cellar after dark for a while; and it
wlten they're bad, by sendin them to
the coal-bin and tellin them about the
bones that may be buried underneath.
The nsoluble mistery on the hill is
preachin attorney is loosin his beauty
sleep studyin an-nonni- nous letters
tellln who done 1T; Jake. the blushin
coroner, has been .probin all over town
for the bullets that killed the little
gurl: Mister Walters. the detectant, is
sitting up till II o'clock at mite readin
about how Sherlock Homes would n
done the solution by standin on the
street corner and watchin the passers-
by for ten minutes. and then pointin
out the murderer Kernel Joe is lookin
up records, and strokin his whiskers
and drllin his officers how to shoot
straight when they sees the kriminul
jumpin out the cellar winder; in fact,
all the branches of the laws delay is
workin overtime to ketch the devils
that done the deed.
Such things as cuttin up little girls
and hidin them for eternity under the
cellar steps is somethin to be frowned
upon, and should be stopped If IL does
cost seventy or eighty dollars to find
years. The law should be made to
skare people from doin likewise There
are mean cusses still runnin loose that
would like to do the same trick If they
wouldn't be caught: mebby they have
a rich ant or someone in the way OF
gettin fortunes, or else knows toe
much about EN-, on which they'd like
to use hatchet and put EN- under the
| cellar steps for safe keepin till the
trumpet blows on high.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
RONEY DISCUSSES
COAL AS UTILITY
Proposition to Include It in the
Classes Under Public Service
Board

Representative Charles ]. Ronev
chairman of the House wavs ond
means committee, yesterday discussed
a proposition to place coal COMPANIES
under control of the Public Sar,,;c,,
commission on the ground that tbev
are purveyors of utility. Just what
Will be done about 1t is not known
but 1t is thought that q bill will he
oralted and shown to the Governor.
Amendment of the act imposing n
tax of two and one-haIf cents ~,
anthracite at the mines is likely to ho
made by the present Legislature tbus
restoring the measure to the form, T.,
which 1t was drawn by ATTORNEY CO.,
eral Francis Skunk Brown, who was
counsel FOR the Commission to Con.
slider and Report Upon a Revision "a
the Corporation and Revenue Laws M
the Commonwealth as authorized h,
the Legislature of 1911.
FRIENDS OF Attorney General Brown
contend that the bill he drew u,a,
amended on its passage through tht
last Legislature resulting i'm the prin.
cipal protests to its provisions. Gov.
| ,'Si ~ uiil bsiuSH SdlQ last week in a r
| interview that he was opposed To III.
| repeal of the law, and as a consa,
quence an effort will be made to amenc
the measure so that at least some ol
the objections will be removed. n,
amendment has as yet been suggested
which will relieve the consumer NJ
coal from the tax burden.
| That the Corporation and Revenu,
Commission, in framing the bill. real.
lied that the burden of taxation wouIf
fall ultimately on the consumer is re-
Nealed by this clause in its report
we (Pennsylvania) have ii monopoI,
on anthracite coal, and it must h,
taken from us by those who consun,
1t. Bituminous coal is produced il
many other States, and a tax upon 4
would not be passed on to the con
sumer. The price would be regulate,
still by competition with other State
where no such tax is laid, and woult
be in effect. merely an increase of tn,
tax on land"
| In its original form the commission
bill provided that one-half of the IA,
| collected should be returned to in
county from where it was collecte,
for the use of that county. Th
amended act distributed the none
returned by the State to the cite,
boroughs and townships according t
population.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
BY Anna ii. Wood

DIR. j. Whitredge Williams, Obste-
trician- in chief of the Johns Hopk rs
Hospital in Baltimore has personally
visited the Freiburg Frauenklinik and
studied there the methods employed
in the Twilight Sleep cases. He was
not favorably impressed. knowing that
1t is not customary for the Germans to
use chloroform or ether in obstetrical
cases, as is usually done in America,
he considers the great interest shown
in the orphine-scopolamin method is
chiefly desire on the part of the pa
tients to escape pain at any cost. He
also thinks that there seems to be a
strong element of mental suggestion
associated with 1t which accounts in
part for it's success aside from the
direct influence from the drugs en-
ployed. Yet he confesses that the
science of bringing new lives into the
world has advanced very little within
the past one hundred years and the
average practitioner is not over capa-
BILE in handling the subject. Despite
his first prejudice he is anxious to
see the system worked out successfully
in his hospital if possible. In this feel
ing he is Joined by medical men
throughout the country. AS DR.. c. c.
Stouffer, of Harrisburg, said when ap-
preached on the subject,
"I cannot say l approve of it, but
well, l am ready to be convinced
In almost every case the doctors
agree that the Twilight Sleep method
should not be tried outside of hos
pital because of the exceptional care
needed
Many Cases Unsuccessful
out of 153 cases treated in the Long
Island Hospital, Brooklyn, only two
were not successful. During last sum-
mer the Jewish Maternity Hospitals of
New York city treated about 100
cases apiece. In Boston the Homeo-
pathic Hospital has had almost 100
cases. In San Francisco small pri-
vate hospital is doing considerable
work along this line. The same is true
of hospitals in Cleveland, st. Paul.
Washington, Johnstown and other
cities. Yet over against this the
County Medical Society in Milwaukee
nassed a resolution against its use.
However, every new idea must
break and fight its way into public fa-
vor and prove its worth before it can
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT

PUBLIC SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
Duncannon, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The mu-
sical department of the Duncannon
public schools, under the direction of
Miss Priscilla Duncan, will give a
Washington's Birthday entertainment
at the Photoplay Theater, here, on
Monday. February %. The program:
Part 1.-THE Land of Liberty" by the
pupils of the lower grades, consisting
of interestaing dialogues, character
sketches and a variety of patriotic
songs. Part ia japanese operetta.
entitled Princess Chrysanthemum. =
will be given by the pupils of the high
school and the eighth grade. This
operetta is full of life and interest
and the songs and choruses are bright
and catchy. The principal characters
will wear imported costumes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
Five Freshets Noted
on the Susquehanna

A bulletin issued by the State Water
Supply Commission to-day calls atten-
tion to the fact that there have been
five notable freshets in the Susque-
hanna river watershed in the last six
weeks. an unusual occurrence and due
to the heavy SHOWS which have fallen
during the winter. The streams in this
watershed have approached a higher
cent years.
Advantage has been taken of these
periods of high water to extend the
State gauging system and number of
new stations are now in operation not
only in the central but in ~the eastern
section of the State. They have been
/ established at points along the Schuyl-
KILL Lehigh and Delaware rivers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
Cumberland Valley Towns
Included in Local Circuit

Faith" is the general theme for the
eleventh monthly Interdenominational
Bible Conference to be held in the
First Baptist Church. February 90 and
23, in charge of the Rev. William ID.
Pike, dean of the Practical Bible Train
ing School. Bible School Park, N. v.
The Harrisburg committee has extend
ed it's work, and now includes Cham
bersburg and Carlisle in it's circuit.
At Chambersburg the sessions will be
held February "a in the First Baptist
Church, of which the Rev. DR.. o. G.
Roth is pastor. At Carlisle the sessions
will be held February % and &c in the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

All the ladies of Harrisburg will
have unique opportunity to learn for
themselves and at first hand what
Twilight Sleep" means and what IT ac-
complishes. when Mrs. Mary Sumner
Boyd and Mrs. Francis X. Commody
lecture at the Majestic next Monday
afternoon at 2.15 o'clock. At the con-
clusion of their discourses they will
answer all questions that may be asked
of them and give such other informa-
ton as may be cquested-Advertise
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
CHORAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED
.Shccinl TO The TeIcrrnhh

York Springs, Pa, Feb. 1S.-The
York Springs Choral Society has been
organized by electing J. f. Bowers
president; George w. Ommert. vice
president; Roy Myers, secretary, and
Edwin Bream, treasurer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
Twilight Sleep Treatment
Still In Its Infancy

Germany Home of the Remedy Is Naturally Far Ahead of the
United States Physicians Well Versed in Actions of the
Powerful Narcotic Are Only Ones Capable of Producing
Successful Results Specially Equipped Rooms and Abso-
lutte Quiet Are Requisites
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18
NATURALLY

Sunday School Teacher-"What is
the outward. visible sign of baptism p
Johnny-"The baby, mum. Phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-18

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE
Tablets Druggists refund money if it
fails 20 cure. T. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box. 25c.-Advertise-
ment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-15
CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER
RURAL SCHOOLS URGED
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR LANE
SAYS BOYS AND GIRLS BIG
PROPERTY

WASHINGTON, Dec, 15.-ln this
forthcoming annual report Secretary
Lane suggests the need for national