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To Start Beneficial Organization

John Slovinac was made chairman
of a committee of Croatians and Krein-
ers of the West Side at meeting held
yesterday afternoon to work out pre-
liminaries for the organization of
social and beneficial organization to
be named after DR.. Anthon w. Starce-
vic, Croatian patriot. The Organiza-
tion expects to open with an enroll
ment of 100 persons and charter will
be applied for in the near future.
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ENoLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division-207

Philadelphia Division-207 crew to
go first after 3.45 p. M: 221, 224, 229,
211, 206, 201, 217, 22S.
Engineers for 211, 214, 2S1, 224,
22S, 242.
Firemen for 205, 206.
Conductors for 2O5, 213, 217, 222.
Flagman for 213.
234.
Conductors up: Gundle, Keller, Eat
on, Penwell.
Flagmen up: Reitzel, Flora.
Brakemen up: Rice, Folfe, Shafner,
Taylor, Werts, Musser, Stimeling,
Twigg, Campbell, Vandling, Fair, Walt
man, Knight.
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Mrs. Joseph w. Brieker, North Third
street, Saturday, where he is conval-
escing.
Following an operation in the Har-
risbung hospital Mrs. Charles Croft,
was removed to the home of her par.
ents on South Second street, yester-
day.
Joseph G. Jefferies, Locust street,
was the weekend guest of relatives in
Pottstown.
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Funeral of Mrs. Marx eastman

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
eastman, who died Friday night, will
be held Wednesday morning at 1890
O'Clock in the Oberlin United Brethren
church, the Rev. c. E. Boughter, Off
ciating. Interment will take place in
the Oberlin cemetery.
Mrs. eastman was AZ years old and
died of tuberculosis. She is survived
by her husband and six children.
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Legal

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stock
holders of the Commonwealth B. and
l. Association will be held on Monday
evening, March 15, at Is N. Third st.
Election of officers and reading annual
report By order,
]. T. w. MLAUGHLIN,
Secretary.
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Standard Theatre,s offerings

His Romany Wife," featuring Miss
VIOLA Smith, Louise Vale, Frank Richie
and Alan Hale, is very gooA "The
Exploits of Elaine" tonight is great.
"From Life of Crime" by Edison,
featuring Lee hrthur.-Adv.*
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ENTERTAINED FOR THEIR SON
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas johnson Hosts
to Young Folks

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Johnson en-.
tertained number of young folks at
their home, 274 Myers street, Saturday
evening, in honor of the birthday an
niversary of their son, Henry. An en-
joyaIble evening was spent in games and
music, after which refreshments were
served to the following persons:
Beatrice Steiner, Mary Branakovic,
John Weisenford, james Sease, Harry
Swartley, Thomas Muldoon, Daisy
Presley, Chester Rowen, John Funk,
Anna Ford, Carl Wesenford, Chester
PRESLEY, Maynard McCommon, Paul
Reisch, Edna Hose, William Keim, Alma
Coulter Abram Wolfe, Roy Ray, Oar.
ence Ray, Clyde Heeffer, Amos Heoffer,
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Palace Theatra,s otferings

Manager P, NJ. Ney announces in
another column that the popular "Coun-
try Store" will be produced at the
Palace Theatre Tuesday, Friday and
Saturday nights of each week, when
comedy will reign supreme.-Adv."
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Yard Crews-Engineers up: Kuhn,
Snyder, Pelton, Shaver, Lands, Hoyler,
Beck, Harter. Biever, Blosser, Stahl,
Swab, Crist, Harvey, SALESMAN.
Firemen up: Bartolet, Getty, Bark
ey, Sheets, Bair, Evde, Shipley, Crow,
Revie, Ulsh, ostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch,
Weigle, Lackey, Cookery, Maeyer,
Shelter, Smell.
Engineer for 130.
Firemen for 1916, 130, 1920, 1868,
1856.
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Miss Marie Wiseman, the visiting
nurse employed by the Steelton Civic
Club, will be in her Offices from a. m.
to a. m, from 1880 p. M. to 1.30
p. m.
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NOTICE
To the Holders OF the Bonds of the Lin
glestOwn and Blue Mountain Street

glestOwn and Blue Mountain Street
Railway Company.
NOTICE is hereby given to the hold
ers of all the outstanding bonds of the
Linglestown & Blue Mountain Street
Railway Company secured by mortgage
dated April 1st. 1905, to the Harrisburg
Trust Company as trustee, that in ac-
said mortgage. the said bonds have been
called for payment on or before April
1st. 1918, at par, premium of 8 per
cent, and interest to said date. After
the said date interest will cease upon
all bonds not presented for payment
by that time. Holders of the said bonds
may present them at the office of the
1st and receive payment therefor in
accordance with the terms above stated.
HARRISBURG TRUST COMPANY.
Trustee.
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Standard Theatre Program
The Exploits of Elaine. Two reels.
His Romany Wife. Two reels.
From Life of Crime. One reel.
And Two Other Good Reels.
PALACE Theatre Program
Country Store" will be
produced Tuesday, Friday
and Saturday nights each
week.
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.

FOR RENT--Houses with all improve
ments, on s. Fourth St. Steelton. NO
s55. $500 per per month. Appiy 'S Sis nS
Fourth St. Steelton.
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Flagmen up: Mumma, Smith, ia
cobs, Dill.
Brakemen up: Rissinger, Bolan,
Frank, Baker, Myers, Strouser, Bell,
Wenrick.
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reported the raising of the blockade
in his official dispatch early to-day and
reported that the Zaragosa had returned
to Vera Cruz.
The admiral's dispatch telling Of re-
lief Of the situation crossed new note
from the United States which was sent
on its way to Carranza this morning
giving notice that the United States
was determined to raise the blockade
and, if necessary, to use the cruiser
Des Moines to do so.
It became known for the first time
to-day that last week the Mexican gun
boat had stopped one American ship
up another and had interfered with
British shipping.
Seriousness Of Situation
The seriousness of the situation
growing out of the blockade of Pro-
greso was pointed out by Secretary
Houston, of the Department of Agri-
culture, who advised the President
that 200,000,000 pounds of twine are
used each year in the United States
in binding grain, fax and corn crops
and that nine-tenths of the supply is
made from sisal grown in Yucatan and
exported through Progreso.
kilograms from manufacturers and
farmers in the grain growing States
pouring into the White House and the
State Department pointed out that un-
less sisal was obtained through Progreso
the harvesting Of this years grain
crops by usual method would be en-
barrassed and would have to be done
almost entirely by hand. Secretary
Houston believed the situation very
serious one for the grain growing
States.
Steady Protest to Carranza
Since February % the State Depart
ment had steadily protested to Car
rama against closing Progreso, where
there have been factional troubles be-
tween Mexicans nominally under his
control The people of Yucatan, it was
said, obtained all their food from out
side sources and we're as anxious that
the embargo be raised as was the Unit
ed States. Carranza allowed no food to
go into Progreso since there has been
blockade.
The American notice made it plain
that the United States had no intention
of interfering in the faetional troubles
at Progreso, but was interested only in
the sisal question.
State Department advices also re-
ported that Progreso was open for the
present at least although they assigned
a severe storm as the reason for the
return to Vera Cruz of the gunboat
Zaragos. A British steamer which had
been detained, sailed Friday.
Naval officials declare there is little
probability of renewal of the effort
to close the port.
Carranza's Apology to Spain
The Spanish Ambassador Riano an
nounced to the State Department that
his had government accepted in prin-
ciple am apology which Carranza has
offered for having expelled the Span
ish Minister from Mexico recently on
the ground that he was concealing in
his legation Juan Case, Spaniard
whom Carranza accused Of working in
the interests of General Villa. AS
Carranza suggested to the Spanish
government, that it would be better
for Spain to send another Minister, it
was said that it would be done. 1t
has not been announced who the new
minister will be.
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Middle Division-103 crew to &C
first after LAS p. M: 102, ia, 451.
Fireman for 103.
Conductor for ia.
Flagman for ia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-22
WE NEED BATTLE
CRUISERS WRITES
DEFENSE WORKER

1.-THE United States does not possess
one battle cruiser writes Cushing
Stetson, secretary Of the American De-
Tense Society, in the January number
of American Defense. official organ OF
the society. with no desire to exag-
gerate the weakness of our position
from the naval point of view it can
still be urged that at this time, for
first time in the history of the coun-
try, when the eyes of the entire nation
are upon the estimates submitted by
the Secretary to the incoming Congress
the entire truth should be told. In
the makeup of a modern fleet a bat
tie cruiser is of scarcely less impor-
tance than a dreadnaught. Some
naval critics go so far as to assert
that a further development of the bat
tie cruiser may supplant the dread
naught altogether.
"A battle cruiser is of the same gen
eral dimensions as a. dreadnaught, with
guns Of the largest range and caIiber
A dreadnaught ordinarily carries four
teen such guns; a battle cruiser eight,
at a saving thereby of considerable
tonnage. The battle cruiser is further
lightened by the absence of heavy ar
NOR. SO that with engines of the same
indicated horsepower as a dread
naught it will develop far greater
speed. The theory of construction of
will enable it to keep out of range and
that heavy arnlor is unnecessary
THE dreadnaught has a standard
cruising speed ordinarily of eighteen
knots. with a reserve speed of three
knots more. The battle cruiser
should be able to develop thirty knots
For swift mobilization, rafding the en-
emy's commerce, or for a swift des-
cent upon his coast, no ship thus far
developed by naval strategy is compar-
able to the battle cruiser.
"In this connection it may be stated
that the raid. of the Germans upon the
English coast was entrusted to battle
cruisers, and the English in turn used
battle cruisers to repeI this attack.
The battle of the North Sea, the one
decisive and significant naval action
of the present war, was between ves-
sells of this type, at a range, we should
also state, of eighteen thousand yards.
Battle practice in the United States
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-22
HELEN KELLER ON
DEFECTIVE BABY.

Helen Keller writes to The New Re
public defending DR.. Haiselden Of Chi
cago for his action in the case of the
defective baby. She goes on to say:
t'There is one objection. however, to
this wedding of the human garden
that shows a sincere love of true life.
1t is the fear that we cannot, trust any
mortal with so responsible and deli
cate a task. Yet have not mortals
for long ages been entrusted with the
decision of questions just as. momen-
tous and farlreaching; with kingship,
with the education of the race. with
feeding, clothing sheltering and en-
p1oying their fellowmen? In the jury
of the criminal court we have an in
stitution that is called upon to make
lust such decisions as DIR. Haiselden
made, to decide whether a man is fit
to associate with his fellows, whether
he is fit to live.
cit seems to me that the simplest,
wisest thing to do would be to submit
cases like that OF the ma1formed idiot
baby to a Jury of expert physicians
An ordinary jury 5evides -aaJters. OF
life and death on the evidence of I'M
ers. Their own verdict is not based
on a knowledge of criminology, and
they are often swayed by obscure pre-
JUDGES or the eloquence of a prosecu-
tor. Even if the accused before
them is guilty, there is often no way
of knowing that he would commit new
crimes, that he would not become a
useful and productive member of So
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calls for slow cooking on the install
ment plan a.adeth use of a dish large
enough to permit3galI the berries to-
float at the top of the syrup during.
cooking. The skins are 50 tough that
they must be pierced before cooking
to- let the syrup into the pulp or inter-
ior. To do this. three little Sits, each
1-8 inch long should be made in
each berry with the point of a. PEN
knife. Use selected large firm cram
berries. The directions for cooking
are as follows:
For / 1-2 cups of berries, make a.
thin syrup by boiling together until
clear 2Icdps of sugar and 2 142 cups
of water. When the syrup. is cool
add the berries and bring very slowly
to the boiling point. If the berries
are heated too quickly the skins will
burst before the syrup soaks into the
pulp. AS soon as the syrup boils, take
the dish off the stove and let it stand
over night. Next day, drain the syrup
from the barries and boil it until it is
reduced to about half its original vol
unae. Put the berries into this me-
dunn thick syrup and heat slowly;
boil gently for 3 or minutes, and then
allow to stand for 2 hours or more.
Then boil gently a. third time for 5
minutes. A smaller dish probably
will be needed for the third and last
boiling. When thoroughly cold, or
better still, on the following day, drain
off the syrup and spread the berries
out on a lightly buttered plate or a
sheet of clean, waxed or lightly but
tered paper until the surface of the
berries dries.
The berries, if. directions have been
followed, will candy separately, and
not in sticky mass.
To make a delicious ice cream. add
1-2 to ga of a cup or chopped ber-
ries to each quart of the cream mix
ture. They also can be combined
with bits of candied orange. or lemon
peel, or other glace fruits to make
ttutti-frutti" ice cream. The syrup
left over after the berries are candied
has a pleasant sweet-acid favor and
fine color and is excellent in pudding
sauce or even, when diluted with wa
ter, for use on pancakes, waffles, etc.
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cANDIED CRANBERRIEs.

Candied cranberries make a deli
cious and inexpensive holiday confec-
ton. much resembling candied cher
ries but having a distinct 1avor Of its
own. This is a suggestion to house
wives from the home economics ex-
perts of the q. S. Department of Az
rfculture who have been developing
,,a,., 7l.ses for the cranberry They
have developed a method which if
followed closely gives a bright, firm
plumb, erni-transparent candied fruit
which can be eaten as a sweetmeat or
used to give touch of color to FROST
ed Christmas cakes, whipped cream.
or custards or which can be used like
citron in cakes or buildings or chop
ped up and added to "tutti-frutti' ice
creams.
The secret of candying cranberries
lies in handling. the fruit that it
will become saturated with sugar This
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BIND THEIR FEET

A Chinese writer in The New Re
public suggests that instead aof refus-
ing the vote to women, American men
should resort to the Chinese custom
of binding their feet. The bound
foot is the condition of life of dig
nifty for man. of a life of contentment
for woman. Let me make this clear.
I am a Chinese fairly typical of my
class. I pored too much over classic
texts in my youth and dimned my
eyes, narrowed my chest, crooked my
back. My memory is not strong, and
in an old civilization there is 8 vast
deal to. learn before you can know
anything. Accordingly among schoI-
ars I cut a poor figure. am tir1ie
erings of men.
but to my footbound wife. confined
for life to her house except when I
bear her in my arms to her paIanqufn.
my stride is heroic, my voice is that Of
a roaring lion, my wisdom is OF the
sagess To her am. the world; I am
life iteslf AS you see me I seem
little and weak, but as my wife sees
me I am coIossally great. Therefore
life seems good to me. need not
go forth to- strive on the battlefield.
nor to seek even more dif1cuIt glory
in the arts of peace. Life seems good
to my wife also All the petty ser
vices she und ertakes for me are salts
flying to her because they are illumiu-
ated by my greatness. All her un-
ending Iabors in caring for my chill
dren are agreeable to her because
these children have the seed of great
ness in them.
Every man in all the world desires
to be a hero; every woman in the
world desires to be the wife of a hero
In China, thanks to footbinding, these
desires are realized. How is it with
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-22
BUILDING NOTES

Permits for buildings the aggregate
cost of which will be $15.94O were
granted by the building commission
ers last night. Because Friday night
is Christmas eve the commissioner
will hold their second meeting this
week on Thursday evf~ing.
The permits granted last night Weres
Two family frame dwelling north
side of Merchant street for Mrs F. A.
Hastings.
Two family frame dwening west
side of Oak street for Joseph Lipsety.
Hartford and New York Trans. Co.
west side of East Main street for
frame shed.
Two family frame dwelling west
side of Linen avenue for Joseph Liz
sety.
One story frame shed "A George
atreet for Nicholo Covino and vazs-
Private frame garage at 125 Union
avenue for F. c. Stevens.
Frame store addition west side Of
Main street for Henry J. Clampett.
One story frame store east side oe
Helen street for Remington Arms u
NJ. C. Co.
Frame extension for store west side
of 4S1 Pembroke street for Ondrea
Nainero.
Brick addition to building at $40
Crescent avenue for Dontato Riccios
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AN nBJnfF LESSON
Er ~ T7T coon -F9r1AT1S


Some Surprising reports of progress
were maade at the IntHrnat1nna1 Road
Congress. held at w u1-casfer. Mass
last week Perhaps the naost notable
ca1nA from the rDztnce of Qnebec.
Canada- FIVE years agD tkrHre wHre
practically no Inaradam or gravel1ed
roads in that proviIlca Today II has
100 miles macadanA, 500 OF grzweHed
roads, 10. 900 new concrete bridges
and cu1vepts. ana $50 macadaIn plants
pushing new work
WhHn you consider that Quebec Is
q country OF scattered people, few dit
les Of any size, and total population
o. only z. 600 300 , this advance seems
renaarkab1e How many of our
states are doing as well in 1proporti on
to population or wealth Quebec
VIII soon place It's cattle, cats, hay,
ana apples on the market at lower
rites and be a still more formidable
conpetftor.
Every state in the union should
take note Of these Developments else
where, and ask If 1T is keeping up
with the procession. The cost of
living IS Teedlesslys high because Of
the cost of getting food 20 the mar
lzets. Manufactured products. loaded
from factory to a railroad side track
have not risen much. 1t is the food
prpducts, drawn over poor roads in
snaaH loads. that cost high.
Every farm district needs a good
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famous because of his determined
opposition to what he called the Ger
rr1anizationa of Russia For years he
has been the arch foe of the -Teuton
1Tl11nences which have been at work in
the Cars empire, and his appoint
1nent as Minister of the Interior gives
MIN the opportunity to put into effect
M plans and projects for the .sde-
.Ceru1inizationo of the country rus
STA for the Russians is his battle
cry, and he will doubtless use all
his power and influence to promote
the Muscovite tendencies in Htera-
ture, art, commerce, finance and in
.dustry generally. For d century or
more the Teuton influences have been
at work in Russia. until many parts
of the empire have become thorough
ly saturated with the Gernar1ic Gus
toms and IDEALS M. KhvostoffS hopes
engendered by the war will aid him
.vite life all traces OF what he calls
stthe German blight" NJ Khvostof
has always been very friendly to-
ward America, and in an interview
a few weeks ago he expressed the
opinion that the elimination. of Ger
many, from Russian commerce will
have the result of opening a great
and rich. market for American goods,
as well as for the products of Rus
sia's allies.
Standard Oil Co. of New York ad-
vanced gasoline prices, tank wagon
basis, one cent a gallon.
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112O MAIN AND 1O9 MIDDLE

hard road to serve the industrial COM
l111nfty Fefdcienfly with such high
ways, big motor trucks will circle
about the Shack districts, and pick up
great loads at a small cost
It is interesting to note that Quebec
got its new roads by treating the road
question as a state problem It did
not attempt to make the local com
u1111rify pay the whole cost. The pro
vincia1 government got busy and Dor
roWed s15,0O0,0 900.
In the United States. the consumer
in towns and cities win get quite as
much benef1t from low transportation
costs as the farmer. He should be
willing to take his share in liberal
state taxes for road Improvement
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-22
7 M. KHVosToFF

fOne of the most powerful men in
the new Russia which has been Great
ed under the stress OF war is NJ.
hvostofr, who has been elevated to
ministerial rank as head of the In
terror department NJ. XII zoston has
long been a. leader Of the Moderate
Conservative party in Russian p olitics,
and has been the chief spokesman for
that party in the Duna, where he
has long represented Moscow, Prior
to the beginning of his parliamentary
career he was governor of Mimi Nov
gorod, and held other important posts.
From the beginning of his public ca
reer, however, he has been chiefly
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FIGHTING MOTHS

WITH PARASITES.
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Standard Oil Co. of New York ad-
vanced gasoline prices, tank wagon
basis, one cent a gallon.