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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
CAPITOL IS ANCHORED HERE

Senator Farley, of Philadelphia, announces that
IN due time he will introduce in the Senate reso-
luton for the creation of commission to consider
plans for the construction of an administration
building in Philadelphia, the idea being to have
branch building of the state government in that
city In an endeavor to prove that state admin
lstraton building is needed in Philadelphia Sem
ator Farley Says that a number of state depart
ments now have branch offices there and he con-
tends they should all be housed under one roof
1t is true there are some branch departmental
offices In Philadelphia, but it is doubtful if there
are enough to warrant having separate building
constructed by the State for their accommodation.
Some are there that should be in Harrisburg and
they probably will be in Harrisburg as soon as the
necessary accommodations can be found
The Farley plan to have State building placed
IN Philadelphia reads like the beginning of another
scheme, so dear to the Philadelphia heart. to ac.
complsh the ultimate removal of the state capitol
to that city, scheme blocked less than score of
years ago when construction of the new capitol
to replace the burned one, was started
One OF the most potent reasons for keeping down
agitation Tor the removal of the capitol to Phila
deiphla Is the fact that the new capitol costing
millions, has been constructed but the average
Phlladelphan never considers few millions. when
the State is spending it, and does not permit trife
or that character to stand in his way when he is
advocating something for his native city.
But the main argument for keeping the capitol
here, which Philadelphia never will be able to
offset is the fact that Philadelphia is not centrally
enough located for the convenience of the law.
makers-save those from Philadelphia.
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has of the venerable and respectable game Of chess
1t is surely gratifying to chess players through
out the country to have their favorite recreation
thus recognized by the film makers as the important
game that it is. Men of letters have used the Ian
guage of chess in poetry and prose since the days
of Chaucer. Thomas Middleton, in fact, composed
a comedy, a Game at Chess in which the char
aeters represented chessmen. 1t is about time now
that the game should get into the movies and have
its Importance further emphasized.
The contest on the checkered board where op-
posing armies of chessmen make their movements
guided by the alert ntellects of skilfu players is
not to be compared with any game of chance or
any competition of physical powers The advan-
tageS it offers to combatants in the way of whole
some recreation and thorough mental discipline
not afforded by any other sort of match. No
peculiar deftness of hand is required of the players
in most other games of skill but instead an
unusual quiekness of perception which will enable
them properly to place their men in the alternate
moves.
Chess has been gaining rapidly in popularity in
this country since the colonial days. The philo-
sophie game was fittingly introduced into the new
hemisphere by the philosophic Franklin, who wrote
an essay on it for the benefit of posterity In his
Autobiography" he makes mention of it, too,
telling how it aided him in learning the Italian lam
guage. He and another student of the Romance
tongue played successive games, and after each
eheekmae the victor imposed task in Italian
grammar on the vanquished. 1t was a novel way
to mingle play with study, and is worthy to be
initiated.
A contest of chessmen, according to player who
POLITICALLY contrasts it with conflict of armed
warriors, is no bloody battle with woe and horror
fraught," but joust ''of genter kind, meas
uring of mind with mind tournament of thought -
Even the most provokingly careful motion pie
ture eensors will be, able to find nothing objec-
tionable in the films of the Chess Masters games,
for to all outward appearances they will surely be
the most peaceful of contests.
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Tonaue.-End Topics
Footballists Slow to Enlist

Only 122 professional football play
ers of England out of some 1890 in
the league teams have enlisted in the
Football Battalion, which was organ
ICED for the express purpose of bring
ipg this class of professional athletes
to the colors and of breaking up a
sport which is supposed to have a bad
effect on the recruiting campaign.
''The laxity of football profession.
ais and their following has amounted
almost to public scandal" says Colo.
mel c. +. Grantham, commanding the
battalion. 81 am aware and have
proof that in many cases directors and
managers of clubs have not only given
no assistance in getting these men to
join, but have done their best by their
actions to prevent it. l will no longer
be party TO shielding the want of pa.
triotism of these men by allowing the
public to think they have joined the
Football Battalion
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
forest fires Ruins
dozen STRUCTURES
Continued From First Page.

E. NJ. Biddle and adjoining boat house
cottage of H. R. Mccartney and cot
tage of DR.. Hunt, of New Cumber-
land.
In addition to the several hundred
acres of timber land over which the
flames swept and the large ice house,
the losses include three freight cars
which were on the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad tracks in the path of
the flames.
Dynamite, which had been stored
in small shed by workmen on the
State road, exploded early in the even
ing and not only caused the fire to
spread more rapidly, but added to the
confusion and the fear of the Laurel
residents who were surrounded by the
flames.
H. r. Mccartney telephoned to this
place at o'clock last night, telling
of the danger which threatened Laurel
because of the advancing forest fire,
which had started earlier in the after
noon. The wires then went out of
service and no additional messages
could be transmitted.
About a hundred volunteers fought
the flames during the night, getting
them under control early this morn
ing.
A party of Carlisle men and their
guests who had been camping at the
Mccartney cottage since last Satur-
day, had great difficulty in making
their way through the flames. They
are Postmaster Fisk Goodyear, E. S.
Kroneberg, NJ. Bfumenthal, Norton
Goodyear, Harry Mccartney, W. H.
Goodyear and George C. Boose, of
Philadelphia; and Milton l. Hezberg,
of Brooklyn.
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French BOMB makes men
V0M|T, is German REPORT

Berlin, April 21, via London, 3.12
P. M.-Headquarters of the German
army to-day gave out report of the
progress of hostilities which reads
In the western arena a battery of
the enemy observed not far from the
cathedral of Rheims was taken under
our fire. In the Argonne the French
employed a bomb, the effect of which
was to cause men to vomit. An at
tack of the enemy to the north of
Four De Paris, resulted in failure.
Between the Meuse and the Mo
selle an attack extending over a large
front was repulsed at Flirey yesterday
with heavy losses to the French. In
the woods of LIE Pretre we gained fur
ther ground In the Vosges the enemy
unsuccessfully attacked our positions
to the northwest and southwest of
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splendid timber on the historic hills, but
the efforts of the irehghters failed.
At the point where the fire has enter
ed the State park grounds there are no
buildings, except a few log huts, replicas
of the shelters erected by the revolu-
tionary soldiers during the winter of
1777-177S. None of these have yet
been destroyed. The Washington head
quarters with its priceless collection of
relics of the famous camp ground is
nearly a mile from the woods ablaze,
and is still safe, from danger. ;I
Yesterday the fire reached tracts of
woodland owned by former Secretary
of State Knox and General B. f. Fisher.
The home of the former Senator was
menaced yesterday morning, but the
flames shifted with the wind and leaped
across the Valley Creek into thS park.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
Plans a Hero Colony"

DR.. Won Bethmann Hollweg, Ger
man imperial chancellor, is considering
the feasibility of suggestion for the
establishment of ''hero colony" near
the famous old Pforta school in South
Prussia of which he is an alumnus,
where those MANNED and crippled In
the war may take up their life after
it is over. The originator of the idea
is Paul Kersten, head of a big factory
in Bad Koesen. He believes that there
will be thousands of noble and patriot
ic girls land widows of soldiers who,
when peace is restored, will be glad
TO marry the men who have been in
jured and who otherwise would CRAWL
tate into soldiers homes. To prevent
this is one of the principal objects of
the proposed plan. Kersten feels that
soldiers in such a situation soon come
to feel that they are useless and in
the way, whereas they can continue a
useful and happy existence if they
have their own homes and wives to
help care for them. Kersten believes
that the loss of an eye or leg is not
defect that in any way affects future
generations. If injured soldiers can
marry and live in colonies instead of
in homes by themselves, he thinks that
the birth rate will have some of the
increase that is to be necessary after
the war.
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WHAT HIGHER AUTO FEES WOULD MEAN

1t is well for the legislators, who will be called
upon to vote for or against the pending House Bill
No. 14l1 which proposes greatly to increase the
Registration fees motor vehicles in the state to
consider well the wisdom of favoring such meas
lure. According TO statement of the PennSy ylvania
Motor Federation, which is making vigorous
flight against this bill, its passage would amount
practically to doubling the fees Notwithstanding
| the fact that last year they totaled good deal
more than million dollars and that there is every
indication that they will total very much more in
the aggregate by the end of the current year even
at the present rate.
The Lawmakers, it is admitted, are up against a
serious proposition in the matter of raising suf-
Ifcient revenue to meet the States expenses, not
the least of which is the maintenance of roads to
which the auto fees now are devoted 1t is a
known fact that the from existing sources
this year will fall short by many millions of what
they have been in years gone by and that it is
necessary to meet the shortage through one of two
plans through combination of both One way
is to find new sources of revenue and the other is
TO cut down appropriations through effecting econ
.pmies wherever possible.
Governor Brumbaugh, we believe. fully recog-
.nizes the necessity of doing both these things
While he is honestly trying to reduce salaries and
Other appropriations he recognizes that with all
his efforts in that direction it will be necessary to
lind some new revenue from some new source
While fair-minded taxpayers share the belief of
he Governor and the lawmakers that there must
pc new sources of revenue, they, at the same time
iemand that the money be taken from places where
t will hurt least. There was time perhaps. when
ownership of motor vehicle was looked upon as
luxury and might justly be taxed as such. but that
ioes not apply now, very small percentage of
he motor vehicles owned in this state to-day are
lsed solely for purposes of pleasure The great
majority of them used almost entirely for com
nercial and business purposes, and an increased tax
n them would be an increased tax ON business and
industry.
Take for instance the type of motor vehicle that
ias so largely replaced the horse-drawn delivery
wagon. Tens of thousands of these machines are
n use in the state of Pennsylvania. Their use has
evolutIonized delivery service of the stores, big
md little, and has saved time and dollars for mer
hants and customers. The delivery auto in fact
has become an absolute necessity in the commercial
world. Moreover, the use of the runabout or the
curing car, the farm or in the city, has in
hese days come to be chiefly business PROPOSE
ION, with the pleasure it affords being merely
econdary consideration
1t is therefore easy to understand that an in
reased tax on autos is not an increased tax ON
nxury but an increased tax on business and in
lustry.-a fact that should be borne in mind by
ne members of the Legislature when they vote
nally on House Bill No. 1471.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
"Lonesomest Soldiers" Mail

Riheman A. c. White, who was de-
in letter to London paper as the
"lonesomest man in the British army,
has become the bane of the British
army postal service. White was lying
in a hospital near the front, with no
one to write to him or to send him
presents, but after the pathetic deserip-
tion appeared an extra force of men
had to be employed to handle and ear
~ his mail. His letters have now
passed the 5000 mark and his parcels
are numbered by the hundreds. In
every mail White draws bigger bag
than many COMPANIES.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

Matneral and Sondernach. Here the
French suffered serious losses.
Early yesterday an aviator of the
enemy dropped bombs on the town of
Loerrach, in Baden, damaging silk
factory belonging to Swiss, as well
as two other houses and iniuring sew
eral civilians. In the eastern arena
there has been no change in the situa.
tion.
" In reply to the dropping of bombs
by russians on Insterburg and Gum
.blnnen, both open towns, situated out
side the zone of operations, we drop
ped $50 bombs yesterday in. the rail
road junction at Bialystok.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
Hairs Quickly Vanish
After This Treatment
(Helps to Beauty

Science has aided in simplifying the
banishing of hairy growths from the
face, and according to beauty special
ist, the most effective treatment yet de-
vised consists of applying delatone
paste to the hairy surface for or 3
minutes. The paste is made by mixing
some water with little powdered della
tone. When this paste is removed and
the skin washed every trace of hair has
vanished. Be sure to get real delatone.
ADV.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
John Kinter Fertig, II. Dies

Especial to the Star independent
Dauphin, April 21.-John Kinter
Fertig, aged II years. died last night
at $50 o'clock Of grip at his nome,
Red Hill. He is survived by brother.
Lewis Fertig, Of Chicago Funeral serv-
ices will be held on Saturday after
noon at 1.3O o o'clock at his late home.
lnterment will be in the Dauphin GEM
etery
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

poultry farming and market garden
ing, an effort being made to lind for
each man the occupation to which he
is best adapted. The cost of running
the institution will be met by the Red
Cross, the National Institute for the
Blind and the Order of st. 4ohn.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
CHESS COMING INTO ITS OWN

Scenes at the Chess Masters tournament in the
|lanhattan Chess Club are to be shown in the reg
ar news service of the movies. They will pro-
Pde decided novelty, and may serve to give the
eneral public better understanding than it now
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

Italy may ultimately end the either by going into it
or by staying out of it. The acquisition of such powerful
ally by either side would go long way toward making the
other side feel like throwing up the sponge while the
other hand convincing proof that Italy to remain neutral
might make either of the contendng combinations feel
like quitting for lack OF her hoped-for assistance
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
FIRE AT VALLEY FORGE
Timber Burned Where the Patriot Army
Encamped

Phoenixville, Pa, April 21.-The for
est fire, which has been burning at Val
ley Forge since Sunday crossed the Val
ley Creek into the revolutionary camp
grounds last evening and is burning at
Washington Spring. Efforts were made
by the force of guards at the park and
residents of the village to save the
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
ALWAYS ON THE JOB

He gazed ptyingy the stess drug store clerk lean
ing against the soda counter
Haven't you any ambitiOn'" he quered. kindly. and
all that
No. he replied, with frightening intelligence 'sbut
have something just goodSt Louis Post Dispatch
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ALL DEPENDS

Papa, what do you call a man who autof"
ut depends upon how he comes to hitting me -
Houston Post
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TOLD INLIGHTER VEIN
soLoMoNs SOURCE or WISDOM

Solomon had to ehesty because was the
wsest Who wouldn't have been if he had thou.
sand wives to advise ims-Florida Times Union
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If the Senate passes the bill that has been approved bv
the House. stripping the members of the Public Service
Board of most of their powers perhaps the Commissioners
would consent to for less than 81 O. 900 wear
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

The libel suit in Syracuse doesn't make the prospects for
reunited Republican party in 1916 any the brighter
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AN uNRoMANT1c OPINION

1t often turns in after years that the faint hear
which failed to win the fair lady something of bless
ing in dsguise.-Birmingham Ledger.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

Whatever Roosevelt and Barnes they are not
friends
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21

President Wilson announces his slogan is america First.
Well, he has lived up to it so far
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-21
The 0strich's Legs

Although the ostrich has powerful
legs and can kick like mule, his limbs
are very brittle and are easily broken
He has two toes on each foot, one be-
ing armed with horny nail, which he
uses as his principal weapon of warfare.
When an unarmed man is attacked by
one of these birds the chances are very
much against the man unless he can
climb a tree or jump over a fve-foot
wall.
The Harrisburg Polytechnic Dispensary
will be open daily except Sunday at
8 p. m, at its new location, Front and
Harris streets, for the free treatment of
the worthy poor.
1T PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
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School For one-Armed Men

A "School for One-Armed Men, -
with 80 pupils from the 10th army
corps, offering instruction in writing,
stenography, typewriting, bookkeep-
ing and drawing courses, and pros
pective curriculum of vocational
courses, has been opened in Heidel-
berg, at the home of Associate Judge
Lesser. The latter has placed his home
at the disposal of the unique institu-
ton, and has had it fitted out as a
hospital. Thirty hours of instruction
are given each week, which is to be
supplemented by work under the aus
piees of the local industrial school. DR..
Freiherr Won Kuenssberg, of Heidel-
berg University, is in charge of in
struction. The thirty-fve pupils rep
resent thirty-one occupations and
trades, including cigar makers, railway
employees, locksmiths and day laborers.
All are eager to embrace the oppor-
tuDity. 1t has been found that within
only few days the man who has lost
his right arm learns to write with his
left hand with considerable facility.
Because of the large number of APP
plications for admission it is planned
to enlarge the school very soon.
Caring For Blinded Soldiers
There are already fifty blind soldiers
including three officers, at the home of
Otto Kahn, the American banker. at
Regent s Park, st. Dunstan's Mr..
Kahn turned his residence over to the
Red Cross Society some time ago for
the use of soldiers who had lost their
eyes. The Kahn estate includes about
fifteen acres of grounds, with various
small buildings which will be used
for training rooms and workshops.
There is also a small lake on which
the blind men will be allowed to row.
The sightless soldiers will receive pre-
liminary instruction in carpentry, boot
repairing, mat making, basket weav-
ing, telephone operating, massage,
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WEATHER FORECASTS

YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, So; lowest 81; a. NJ, 60; P. m.,> 64
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the Miller has
ideals and poces it's
to the public great its system The supplying everything
better qualities for
veopment of the Miller Kades store.
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For sale in Harrisburg by Geo. J
Gorgas.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-01
DROVE GOLF BALL INTO POCKET
Freak Play i'm Which Doctor Moore
and n. +. Lakenan Figured.

Freak golf plays-or especially
skillful ones, as they are more often
termed-are a favorite topic of con-
versation for golfers on the links.
The best play of the summer on the
University course was that of c. c.
Taylor, a graduate student, who made
No. 6. the baby hole" in M shot.
But for freakishness, or skill. OF
whatever you want to call it, TaylOr's
shot is not in the same class with I
play in which two men. w~ell-knowl
in Columbia, figured recently in Kan
sas City. The Rev. Charles W. Moore,
who has often lectured on sociological
subjects before the University. and
Robert F. Lakeman, a former MissOu-
ri y~ell-leader, were playing a friendly
foresome on the Blue Hills course
with George W. Sombart and Frank
P. Atha, Kansas City business men.
The wonder play" occurred when
Doctor Moore and Mr.. Lakenan
played out ahead or he other men.
Mr.. Atha waited until they were well
over the top of the next hill, called
Fore" and drove.
Following up his shot, Mr.. Atha
heard Doctor Moore calling him.
Thinking that something was wrong,
he ran to where the two golfers stood
and found Doctor Moore rubbing his
side painfully and trying to laugh.
The ball, driven fifty yards, had
grazed Doctor Moore's hip and de-
posted itself in his trousers pocket.
Doctor Moore seriously objected to
strict adherence to golf etiquette and
so Mr.. Atha was not forced to play
his next shot from the difficult lie at
the bottom of the pocket.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-01
WILL MAKE FARM SURVEY
Seven Agricultural Students to Gath
er Facts i'm Dade County.

Seven students in the College of Ag-
riculture left yesterday for Lockwood.
Mo-, to conduct a farm management
survey in the southwestern part of
Dade County. A record of the bust
ness done by farmers in 1914 will be
obtained, with such influencing fac
tors as distance from railroad, meth
cd of renting and size of farm. About
$50 such records will be obtained in
the neighborhood of Lockwood. A
similar survey will be made in the vi
cinity of Marshall, Saline County, the
latter part of August.
Those who went were: E. E.
Rhoades, ID. d. Sheppard, A. |. Foard,
Chester Matheny, Marcus Bell, j. NJ.
Miller and r. NJ. Green.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-08-01
MEXICO IL TWO GAMES TODAY
Columbia Will Meet Tailenders at
Fair Grounds Here.

With the Columbia Browns and
Higbee tied for first place, each with
a percentage of .667, the double head.
er this afternoon with Mexico on the
Columbia fair grounds will be of spec
ial interest. The first game will be
called at 2:30 o'clock. Taylor, Thorn
as and jacob will work as the bat
terry for Mexico; Columbia will start
Phillips in the box, and use Smith and
Bryant before the battles are ended.
If Columbia wins both games, the
Browns will go into the lead again, as
Higbee plays only one game. Column
bias last game with Mexico resulted
in a 5-to-3 victory for the Browns.
Mexico is now the league tailender.