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The chronicle=news., 1915-01-05

Washington. Jan. j.-Administra-
tion officials today awaited with in
terest the outcome Of ii conferenc to
be held probably tomorrow on the in
ternationai bridge at Ell Paso be-
tween Brigadier General Scott, chief
of staff of the United States army,
and General villa, commander-in-
chief of the forces Of the FutierreZ
government in Mexico. the object to
reach an agreement, il possible. to
prevent further firing into American
territory b. Mexican factions fight
ing along the border.
Both Scott and villa were on their
way today to El Paso, the meeting
between the two having been ar
ranged by telegraph. General Scott
had been at Naco for the last fort
night in an effort to bring about an
agreement between General Maytor-
ena, commanding the Gutierrez force
attacking the Mexican town of that
name, and General Hill, of the Car
rama garrison. Although Hill had
agreed to withdraw to Aqua Pricta.
Maytorena had delayed entering into
and final agreement, awaiting, 1t Is
stated, the arrival there of General
Cabral with his force of 5000 troops
to take charge of the situation.
1t is understood that the confer
ence with Villa was sought not only
on account of the delay at Naco but
that if an agreement was reached it
might apply to the entire border line.
Washington, Jan. 5.--Brigadier
General Hugh l.. Scott reported to-
day that no agreement had been
reached yet between the contending
Mexican factions to prevent firing
into American territory, but that ne
gotiations We're being continued. He
said he did not expect any further
firing for several days at least.
| AID FEDERALS -. -. -. -. e.
The suit was filed in the United
States district court and in the usual
course of business would be put on
the calendar of Federal Judge Kene-
saw NJ Lands, who is devotee of
baseball.
One of the principal clauses in the
prayer OF the bill is that the contracts
y-;tI, p1,yars ,tpipr nnffnna "a
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Paris. Jan. 5-The French Off
cjal statement given out by the war
offir. this afternoon conveys the first
;r;;mation of another French advance
into Alsacc. at a point near orbey
or. Trbeis. which is some ~ miles
,o the west OF Colmar. 1t sets forth
also that the French advances in the
1ir,ctiop of Gernay (Seennheim) to
.,be southeast of Steinbach have been
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Buy at homo. Help the
local merchant who helps
the town to grow. First
read the C.-N. ad columns.
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Dockery has caused to be discontinued the use of
coupons for purchasing public documents from the
government, the sale of the documents has fallen off
$1,000 in the last six weeks, according to an ac-
count from Washington.
Superintendent of Public Documents Bricker had
for some time been selling dollar strips of twenty
coupons each coupon to be used as a remittance
of five cents in the purchase of government pubhca
tlons. The plan was thought to be good one, since
1t enabled persons to send for documents without
either enclosing coins or going to the bother and the
expense OF having money orders made out for the
small amounts of their remittances
That was all well enough so far as the Superin-
tendent of Public Documents and the general pub
lie were concerned, but the Post Office Department
began to wonder whether the coupons were not run
ming in opposition to Post Office montt orders Mr..
Dockery investigated and found section in the
criminal statutes which prohibits the manufacture
and use of any paper currency except that author
lied by the government and he then demanded
that the use of the coupons be discontinued The
result of the discontinuance it now appears has
been great falling off in the sale of the govern
ment publications
Many protests are being made against the aban-
donment of the coupon plan, and the ban on the
of much inconvenience. Yet Mr. Dockery seems
to be in the right, since the coupons, sold at face
value, had been curtailing the sale of Post Office
money orders and thus decreasing government re-
ceipts through the Post Office Department.
Since the time it was established, Uncle Sam s
Post Office Department has been imposed upon
shamefuly by his other departments. 1t has been
forced to carry free of charge all mail bearing Con-
gressmen's S franks as well matter pouring daily
out of the offices of the various branches of the
government. This service for which it has nothing
to show it has performed with only occasional MUIR
murs, and the imposition its good nature becomes
greater with each succeeding year.
That Mr.. Dockery should have resented a prac
uce which was hurting the money order business
of this much-imposedupon department is only nat
ural. The Post Office must assert its rights some
times. even if the Public Documents suffer
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commanded by Captain +. NJ Cooley,
Easton; Company ID, Eighth Infantry,
commanded by Captain Jerry j. Hart
man, Harrisburg.
To Wear Dress Uniforms
Third Battalion-IMajor Elisha M.
Vale, Eighth Infantry; First Leuten-
ant and Battalion Adiutant Ralph c..
Crow, Eighth Infantry: Second Lieuten.
ant and Battalion Quartermaster and
Commissary, John S. Carroll, Eighth In
fantry; Company |, Fourth Infantry,
commanded by Captain c. G. Miller,
Reading; Company X, Eighth Infan-
try, commanded by Captain w. w. Van
Baman, York: Company G, Eighth In
fantry, commanded by Captain j. NJ.
lRudy, Carlisle; Company i. Eighth In
fantry, Captain P. " Heffner, Hunting
don. Regimental colors will be carried
by the color sergeants of Eighth In
fantry and the hospital detachment will
be from the Fourth Infantry of Allen.
town.
The command will parade in dress
uniform, according to the orders issued
by Colonel Hutchison without leggings,
wearing overcoats, dress belts, clean
white gloves and black Shoes Mounted
officers will wear black boots, regula.
tion gloves and will use the regulation
olive drab saddle cloth. The commands
will be ''mobilized in the basement
of the Capitol, where gun racks will be
furnished for rifles. Guards will be
paced over company property.
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FOES MUST NOT BE FRIENDLY

The orders from German military headquarters
commanding the troops of the Kaiser to refrain in
future from making friends of British soldiers in
which have been readng-and which we have
sometimes regarded skeptically perhaps-regarding
the friendly activities of soldiers of opposing armies
between shots.
Where the lines of the Germans and the Allies
were rather close the foes. made so by choice of
others than themselves, would during lulls in the
hghtlng shout across the contested space which
separated them and try to promote sociability.
They would generally succeed in their efforts to
break the monotony by singing alternately and en-
deavoring to outdo each other by shooting at tar
gets IN contests of craftsmanship by taking turns
aiming at wild animals coming within range of their
guns, or by exchanging tobacco and newspapers
The specific instance which brought forth the
command that German soldiers should cease frater
nizing with the foe appears to be tina. football
game played between the soldiers of the Kaiser and
the soldiers of King George Christmas Day. So
satisfactory was the substitution of the gridiron
contest for battlefield engagements and so pleasing
IN every respect the temporary truce that both sides
decided unotficialy to extend the armistice two
days
Little wonder that orders came to put an end
to that sort of thing If the soldiers of both sides
were to be allowed to follow the nclinations which
caused the Christmas football game to be played
and the armisce to be declared they might in time
become so friendly with each other as to refuse to
fight at all. Horrible thought
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
WEATHER FORECASTS
BRITISH WILLING TO BE FAIR

The preliminary reply of Great Britain to the
protest of the United States against what are re-
garded here as unnecessary delays to shipments on
the high seas of American products to neutral Euro
pean nations, is friendly in tone and while it does
not concede that the British course as a whole has
not been justified, it shows a disposition of the
British government to meet this government half
way in arriving at plan by which in specific cases
mistakes can be avoided, reparation assured when
injury is done and detentonS reduced
While the working out of the details of such an
arrangement of course, remains for the future
suggestions TO be made in a note that is TO follow
the preliminary one from the British government
the thing about the first British note that should be
most gratifying to this nation is that it makes the
way clear for adjustment of our grievances. In
brief it indicates willingness on the part of Great
Britain to give due deberaton to our complaints
and TO make an honest effort to treat us fairly even
though this first British note does not concede all
the points raised by the Washington administration
Certainly no objection could be made to the posi-
ton that has been taken in this matter thus far bv
the British and there need be little anxiety lest the
controversy shall not be settled in mutually salts
factory way. 1t might have been different had the
British assumed less conciliatory attitude
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
BRUMBAUCH'S old
NEICHBORS COMING


posed of old friends and neighbors of
the incoming Governor, with Hunt
ingdon man for marshal.
All of the clubs have ordered dis
tinctive uniforms for the occasion, and
the visitors have obtained quarters in
the various hotels, halls and the Board
of Trade. They will arrive here on
the afternoon of next Monday, and
from that time until they leave on
Tuesday afternoon the city is going to
be very lively.
In short time the decorators will
get to work ON the buildings in the
central part of the city, and there will
be wealth of color on display.
$4,000 Invitations Are Here
The $4,000 invitations TO be sent
throughout the State were received
this morning, and large force is pre-.
the greater number of them will have
been mailed.
The inaugural committee will meet
on Saturday and take up any business
requiring its attention, but Senator
Beidleman, the chairman, has things so
well in hand, despite his illness, that
there will pe little to do except to
endorse the program as prepared.
Colonel Joseph B. Hutchinson, who
will command the Provisional Regi-
ment of the National Guard which will
take part in the inaugural parade, has
announced the officers of the command
and its organization as follows:
Officers of the Commands
Lieutenant Colonel Maurice L. Fin
ney, Captain and Adiutant Harry H.
Baker, Captain and Quartermaster Ed
ward H. Schel, Harrisburg; Captain
and Commissary E. M. b. Shepp, Tama-
qua Captain and Inspector of Small
Arms Practice o. NJ. Copelin, Harris
burg; Captain and Chaplain Harry
Nelson Bassler, Harrisburg; Major j.
NJ. Peters, surgeon, Harrisburg; Cap
tain j. c. Biddle. assistant surgeon,
Fountain Springs; First Lieutenant and
Assistant Surgeon Fourth Infantry. S.
H. Heller, Lancaster, non-commissione
staff and the Eighth Regiment band,
Carlisle.
First attalion-Major Edward C.
Shannon. Fourth Infantry; First Lieu
tenant and Battalion Adiutant C. n.
Berntheizel, Fourth Infantry; Second
Lieutenant and Battalion Qurtermaster
and Commissary G. c. Allison, Fourth
Infantry; Company X, Fourth Infantry,
commanded by Captain O. O. Reitzel,
Lancaster; Company A, Eighth In.
fantry, commanded by Captain w. II.
Baublitz, York; Company |, Eighth In.
fantry, commanded by Captain Frank
Z. Ziegler, Harrisburg; Company H.,
Fourth Infantry, commanded by Cap
tain H. D. Case, Lebanon.
Second Battalion-Maior Frank
D. Beary, Fourth Infantry; First Lieu
tenant Robert W. Irving, Eighth In
fantry; Second Lieutenant and Bat
talon Quartermaster and Commissary,
Aubrey H. Baldwin, Eighth Infantry;
Company a. Fourth Infantry, com
manded by Captain H. M. Allen, Read
ing; Company B. Fourth Infantry, COM
manded by Captain o. C. Miller, Allen
town; Company l.. Fourth Infantry,
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COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN NAMED
Attendance at Derry Street Mem Glass
Nearly Two Hundred

Appointment of committee chairmen
was made yesterday by o. X. Kines.
president of the Men 3 Bible class of
the Derry Street United Brethren
church, Fifteenth and Derry streets.
"A. 7. Sides, appointed chairman of
the evangelistic committee, was given
the place because Of the personal work
which he did during the Slough cam.
paign. Sides had eighteen men on his
prayer list and seventeen of those
eighteen led down the sawdust trail
to church fellowship. The other com
mlttee chairmen are as follows
Social, John +. Bare: membership,
Raymond Wolf; publicity, C. Laurence
Shepley; finance, Oscar &. Brenneman;
room, Frank Mcdonald; chorister, J.
H. Henry; pinanist, Harry Mark.
The committee lists will be made up
at a meeting of the executive commit.
tee next Saturday nigh and will be
announced at next Sunday afternoon 5
session. One hundred and ninety.one men
heard H. l.. Carl teach the Sunday
school lesson yesterday afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
THE VALUE OF EYE GOGGLES

In attempting to inaugurate safety
movement In their shops, many manu-.
facturers find great difficulty in per-
suading their workmen to use eye cog.
giles. Notwithstanding the fact that
these goggles are in most instances Civ
en- to the workmen without cost, some
of them feel disposed not to wear them,
They claim it is impossible to see their
work clearly and that the goggles do
not fit them and give MANY other diff.
ferent excuses for not wearing them.
The Department of Labor aud In
| dustry has been endeavoring to show
the value of these goggles and in cases
where this complaint has been made it
has usually been found that the COG.
giles were unsuited for the purpose for
which they were intended. 1t has been
discovered that the kind of goggles
used were usually the cause of com
plant.
A great deal of care must be exer,
cised in selecting the proper type of
google which is to be used for par
ticular kind of work. If this is done
and the use of the google is insisted
upon, it is found that in a short time
all complaints will cease. Especially
will this be true as soon as one glass
in that particular shop has been broken
by a flying chip.
When one man is saved from an eve
injury in this manner the other men
working with him begin TO think of
the consequence which would have re-
suited if that chip should have become
imbedded in his eye. They begin to
realize that the broken google possibly
saved the sight for that one eve and
thereafter they are more anxious and
willing to wear the goggles at all times.
Some people believe that the glass
which would be shattered if chip
should strike the google would be al
most as dangerous to the eye as the
flying chip of metal The safety engi-
neer of one large steel company recently
informed the department that, notwith-
standing the fact that thirty-seven Cog
giles had been broken by flying chips
of metal, yet from none of these had
any shattered glass entered the eyes of
the workmen.
The framework of google is con-
strueted so that the glass which it sur
rounds, if struck by a. flying chip, will
be thrown in an opposite direction from
the eye, The department has been un-
able to find single case where any
injury was done to an eye during the
use of the google. II can be safely as
sumed that the danger of injury is so
slight that it may be ignored.
The department would accordingly
recommend and urge that workmen be
provided with goggles in all cases
where there is possibility of material
being thrown, blown or spattered into
the eye. The department has recently
received from large steel manufactur-
ing concern in the western part of the
State one hundred broken pairs of Cog
giles, each one of which represents a
serious eye injury that has been avoid
ed. These goggles were broken by fly
ing chips of steel during three months
operation of this plant. They are silent
but convincing witnesses of the value
of eye goggles.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
What Occurred

Scene, Union Station as the Presi.
dent s train enters the shed. New Re.
porter, wearing an anxious look on his
face, presses close to the President s
car Big rude man wearing "Bin Nc.
Cam" overcoat and hat down over
his eyes:
"Say, young feler, git back there;
dom you know that nobody is allowed
to get on that ear. The President is in
there. -
n. Ri know it and 1 want to
go in to interview him."
Rude Man tSecret Service)-"W Well.
you can't do it. See9 Keep back or
yous I git trun out"
(New Reporter wakes up).
T. MI.
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LOBSTER AS FOOD FOR BRITISH ARMY?

They are talking of feeding canned lobster to the
British. soldiers at the front.
The story comes from st. Johns n F. and is TO
the effect that because of surplus of canned lob
ster at that place the price has dropped from $23
case at the opening of the war, to $12 case
to-day. The St John packers are reported to have
said that unless the surplus is taken off their hands
the lobster industry for the year 1914 will have
proved failure. To avert such thing as that
they are urging the British War Office to purchase
all the product at a reasonable figure to use as
rations for the soldiers in the field
OF course the ST. John 's'lobster packers have our
sympathy if they are unable to get rid of their
season S product but we rather doubt that the War
Office will become seriously interested in feeding
the troops on lobster. The only advantage that we
can think of that would come from the adoption of
lobster as rationS, aside from the benefit to the
packers is that it might be easier to get recruits for
the army If they get the impression that the army
mess consists of lobster in its various tempting
forms, rather than just plain beans and hardtack.
Lobster is very good food for occasional consump-
ton IN gay cafe when the cabaret is on but hardly
meets our idea of what to feed soldiers three times
day. We cannot imagine the fighting efficiency
OF British soldier any other kind of soldier
very much increased after few weeks subsistence
ON canned lobster prepared in its various forms
We would just as soon think of giving a soldier
Welsh rarebits and plum puddings for regular diet
as to think of sending him to battle with his stom-
ach full of lobster Newberg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
PRICE OF CHURCH PEW DROPS
Sold in 1872 for S214, It Only Brings
$35 Now

Bridgeton, Me-, Jan. 11.-Churcb
pews, like Stock Exchange seats, are
not commanding war prices in this
town.
A church pew which may be sold to
a holder and his heirs is real estate in
Maine, and in February, 1872, the trus
tees of the Methodist church in Bridge.
ton Centre sold pew 80 to George Tay.
lor for $214.
Into'what hands it passed after Mr
Taylor had it does not appear, but the
other deal has just been recorded by
which the sane pew is sold to Fred s.
Hansen, of Bridgeton, by Evie M. Mont.
gomery, of Boston, for $35.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11

Schwab is said to have obtained s135 900 900 slice
OF the European steel business for his plant Bethlehem
and the untitled orders of the United States Steel Crpora
tion took jump of 512,o51 tons in one month Looks
as though the frstoftheyea promises of an increase of
prosperity fiction.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
Liverpool Theatre Burns

Especial to the r-Independentl
Liverpool, Pa. Jan. 11.-Flames dis
covered at . o clock yesterday morning
in the Lyric theatre, motion picture
house, ruined the building, despite the
brave efforts of a bucket brigade to
save it. The loss is several thousand
dollars.
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Wanted Cash Registers

If you have cash register for sale
write us we will sell it for you quickly.
If you want to buy a second hand
NATIONAL CASH REGISTER write
US for prices on nearly new GUARAN-
TEED ones. Why pay the new pricef
The Cash Register Exchange Go.
Hale Bldg, Philadelphia, Pa.
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sAFETY[S7f|RsT

(UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEP Mt
PRINTS EACH MONDAY 4 PRACTICAL.
ARTICLE BEARING ON THE SAFETY
FIRST' MOVEMENT OR KINDRED
SUBJECTS. PREPARED BY THAT
BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERN
MENT, OF WHICH COMMISSIONER
JOHN PRICE JACKSON is THE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
HIS TWO GRIEVANCES

Mr. Roosevelt has two grievances against Mr. Wilson
says the Independent Is that Mr. Wilson President
and the other that Mr.. Roosevelt is notf-Louisvie
Courier Journal.
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TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
VERIFIED BY APPEARANCES

1--WE are assailed," says the Kaiser. 1t certainly hs
that appearance at the present momenRochester Herald
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11

If you go to Royalton and lucky enough to be guest
OF the Eddie Collins Club you will get an idea of what
real hospitality is
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11

II anybody is manipulating the price of wheat he would
better be cautious The Department of Justice will get
him if he don't watch out
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11
FRIENDSHIP THAT WAVES

rhe who tells of faults is our best friend
quoth the philosopher.
Yes but he won't be long," added the mere man.
Judge.
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PERILoUs NEUTRALITY

Isn't it great to be neutraf Mines have sunk eight
Swedish five Norwegian, six Danish three Dutch ships
Scandinavia should get Nobel peace prze.-Cleveand
Plain Dealer.
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we wonder what would have happened if a railroad
baggage smasher had got hold of that trunk containing
fifty dynamite bombs before the police of Trenton seized
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-11

Our sympathy out to the poor farmer who sold his
wheat three months ago.
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IMPOSING ON POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
Because Third Assistant Postmaster General
Evening journal., 1915-08-25
PRIESTS IN RETREAT
AT VHIANOVA C0TIFcp

Forty priests from the various par
ishes OF this city and Delaware yes
terday began a retreat at Villanova
College that will last one week.