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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
JAP FOREIGN MINISTER
IS Called TRAITOR
Exciting Scene in House at Toxic When
Verbal Attack Is Made on Kato-
Anti-Jap Sentiment Grows in China
-Rioting Is Feared

Toxic, Japan, May 25. $50 P. NJ
To-day session of the House of Rep
resentatives witnesses an incident winch
caused much excitement.
While Foreign Minister Kato was ex.
planning the Chinese situation to the
House. member of the opposition aross
in his seat and called the Foreign Min
lister a traitor. Thereupon Saburo
Shimada, president of the House. fol.
lowing out the policy of securing better
conditions of parliamentary procedure,
ordered the member TO apologize. This
the member did, but mis- act was imme-
diately followed by violent complnea
attack OF the opposition on President
Shimada on the charge of having ex-
ceeded his powers. The incident finally
was referred 10 a committee.
There is much uneasiness in Toxic
because of the receipt OF private re-
ports that the anti-Japanese agitation
is spreading -ough South China.
There are fea4J /, rioting at Hankow.
There his bee. rejoicing in Toxic
over the advent of Italy into the Euro.
pean war on the side of the allies. and
the conviction TIT this will hasten vie
tory is being expressed.
There is excellent reason for the
statement that the allies have definitely
abandoned the project, entertained by
them at one time. to induce Japan to
send regular army to Europe.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
SAYS AUSTRIA REPUDIATED
PART OF TRIPLE ALLIANCE

On the Italian Frontier. May "a,
Via Paris, May %, 12.55 A. M.-Dep-
uty Barzilai has given to the Rome
"Messagero an account of eonver-
sation he had with Marquis San GULL,
no. Italy late foreign minister, short
IL before Austria 5 declaration of war
on Serbia of which Italy had no pre-
vious notice. According to Signor
Barzilai he was told by the foreign
minister that Austria had Informed the
Italian government that article seven
of the Triple Alliance treaty. which
provided compensation for Italy in re,
turn for every Austrian territorial
gain must he considered null and of
no effect.
Two days after Italy's declaration of
neutrality the Austrian Ambassador is
said to have informed Italy that if she
reeonsidered her decision Austria was
prepared to renounee her Interpretation
of article seven.
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He Wants GERMANY TO PAY
Stakeholder Says Insurance Company
Should Not Bear Losses on Lusi-
tania Victims

An echo of the Lusitania disaster
found its way into the Insurance De-
partment here to-day when strange
request was made of Insurance Commits
sioner johnson.
Riley W. Allen, of Williamsport, is
a stoekholder in the Travellers Acct
dent Insurance Company, of Hartford,
and he was here to see Commissioner
johnson to try to induce him to begin
suit against the Travellers Company
to enioin it from paying any of the
losses sustained by those who held poll
eies in the company and were drowned
when the Lusitania went down.
Mr.. Aliens contention, the Com
missioner said, was that the company
should not pay but the loss should fall
on Germany, whose submarine sank the
big liner. He said that the Travellers
Company will have to pay losses
amounting to about 100000 as the
result of the boat being destroyed, and
he held that this is not right, and the
company should be enioined from pay
ing the loss. As citizen of Pennsyl-
vania he eontended he should be pro-
tected by the Insurance Department
from loss in the stock he owns in the
Travellers Company.
Commissioner johnson told the appli-
cant that he could have nothing to do
with the matter, as the company is a
Connecticut corporation and that Mr..
Allen should go to that state and bring
his suit, as it was matter between
him and the company with which the
Pennsylvania Insurance Department
had nothing to do.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
soda-water Our National Beverage

The time vast is not vet so very
distant-when the chief, almost the
only, possible recreation during the
heated spells in town was drinking
soda-water. And this is still, perhaps,
the king of city summer sports. There
are, of course, adopts of the fountain
who keek up their favorite recreation
all winter. Who of us has not seen. on
some bleak January day, half frozen
district messenger-boys take refuge in
a drugstore and there forty them
selves against the bitter cold by huge
mugs of ice-cream sodaa But the taste.
though preserved in winter, is formed
in summer. 1t is then that doors are
flung wide open to the street, while
glittering fountains, towering like fairy
castles, east their magic spell upon
those who pass along the burning pave
ments. In certain fortunate regions
where the tide of national civilization
must be admitted to be rising very
high, the drugstore serves its soda to
the music of string-quartet, and, in
one happy Southern city, to the accom-
panimeft of "cabaret show Let
those who are approaching middle age
remember the corner drugstore of their
childhood with its modest white marble
fountain dispensing six simple syrups.
Nothing better marks the triumphant
progress of the country, the richening
and deepening of its life, than these
gorgeous modern sources of thousand
strange concoctions of exotic names
and irresistible allure.-Harriso
Rhodes in Harper's Magazine for June.
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Moon Signs

The moon plays an important part in
sign telling. | know several old ladies
who regulate all their household affairs,
and even the conduct of life, by this
luminarv. All kinds of weather hangs
upon the changes of the moon. As a
matter of fact, you and | rather like to
see the new moon over the right shoul-
der. To be sure, we have no faith in
the baneful influence of this sign. Still,
it is just as well to be cautious about
offending her ladyship. Farmers study
the shape of the new moon to determine
the month is to be wet or dry. The
Indians used to say that if YOU could
hang powderhorn upon the curve of
the new moon, the month would be gen.
orally pleasant A circle about the
moon means a storm approaching. The
number of stars within the circle tell
the number of days which will elapse
before the storm begins Farmers tell
about planting corn in the old of the
moon-M Margaret Woodward in the
Countryside Magazine.
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SIR KNIGHTS IN PARADE
Thousands Pass In Review of Mayor
Blankenburg
By associated Press.

Philadelphia, May 25.-Thousands
of Knights Templar from all parts of
the State participated to-day in an i'm.
pressive street parade, the opening
feature of the sixty-second annual con-
clave of the grand commanderv of
Pennsylvania. Brilliant sunshine and
temperature just right for the outdoor
spectacle added pleasure to the occa.
sion.
The route of the parade lay along
Board street with a counter march
back to City Hall, the white plumed
sir knights passing in review of the
grand officers, Mayor Blankenburg
and other city officials. Many of the
Communicates in line gave exhibitions
of fancy drilling in front of the re-
viewing stand and evoked much ap.
plause
The opening session of the conclave
was held this afternoon in Masonic
Temple, Mayor Blankenburg delivering
the principal address of welcome. The
annual ball will be held tonight and
the conclave will come to an end to.
morrow night
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BRITISH BARRED FROM
HORSE RACES AT BERLIN

Berlin, Via London, May 25. lilo
A. M.-Horse racing was resumed in
Germany to-day with the opening of the
spring meeting at Hoppgarten track. in
suburb of Berlin, in the presence of a
crowd almost as large as is usually pres.
ent in peace times. The pari.mutual
system of betting has been temporarily
abandoned, but bookmakers are allowed
/. TO accept wagers, although the odds are
not published
There are large fields for all races.
with 26 starters in the principal event.
Subjects of nations at war with Ger
many are barred from the grounds. The
rule applies to trainers and jockeys. as
well as to spectators. and was adopted
as measure of preeaution to prevent
hostile demonstrations against British
race track followers, many of whom
were engaged on the German turf be-
fore the war began.
1t had been feared the controversy
over the shipment of munitions of war
from the United States to nations hos
tile to Germany might result in some
exhibition of feeling against American
trainers and jockeys. but two victories
to the credit of Jockey Archibald
seemed the most popular of the day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
italy Tells ALLIES
She Will NOT make
A peace SEPARATELY !

- London. May %, 11.52 A. M.-Ac-
tive military and naval operations are
now under way between Austria Hun.
gary and Italy, but land forces of any
great strength have not as. yet come
into contact. Air and naval raids of
minor character form the sum total
of the first twenty-four hours of war
fare between these former allies in the
triple alliance.
1t is generally understood that Italy
has arrived at an agreement with her
new allies under the terms of which she
will sign tn existing treaty not to con-
elude a separate peace.
On the eastern frontier. the signs of
a check to what at one time seemed
an overwhelming Austro-German often
sive movement are becoming more and
more apparent. Even the flying wedge
which was driven into the Russian cen
ter along the river San has been COM
PEELED to give some ground by the ener-
getie counter attacks of the Russians.
In the West General French reports
that the Germans, by the use of
asphyxiating gases, succeeded in pene-
trating the British lines at two points,
but he claims that some of the trenches
lost as result of these tactics were
regained in the subsequent fighting. The
contest is still raging,
Domestic politics continue to absorb
attention in England, but there is delay
in attaining definite results and the
membership of the new Cabinet has not
as yet been advised. The delay, accord
ing to the Manchester Guardian a
ministerialist organ, is due to the in
sistenee by the Unionists on eight places
in the Cabinet as representing their nu.
merical strength in the House.
4 clean sweep is looked for in the
Admiralty. where it is expected that
Baron Fisher as well as Winston Spen-
Ger Churchill will 90.
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Lerwick, the Metropolis of shetlands

There is something circumspect and
quiet about Lerwick. until those sum
mer night when the fishermen come in
and all the Northern nations meet in
its narrow, twisting street. Then the
shops flare wide, especially the refresh,
ment shops. The hagstones echo to
the beating feet of the sailors walking
in couples, or else as many abreast as
the walls of opposing houses will ad,
nit, enjoying themselves. but with lit.
tie talk and less laughter. Among
these are a few blue-eyed Shetland
girls, Seatch lassies, and perhaps few
from Ireland, The rest of them, how
ever, are working till midnight in the
great curing gsheds. The fishermen,
looking to the east, can see the sheds
glowing crimson from the great torch
lights, the figures of the girls black
against the glow, as they bend over
their work of cutting the herring.
Youth may call them out there in Ler-
wick streets, but duty's note is higher.
They must earn their bounty money
they must make their eight shillings a
day to carry them through the nine
winter months when there is no money
10 De won except by little knitting.
So while youth and love call outside.
they work in their oilskin blood.stained
aprons, amid the screaming of the gulls
feeding beneath the windows on the of
fal thrown them.
A scene less populous, but not less
striking, is old Christmas Eve, the 4th
of January, when the children and
young men of Lerwick 90 a-guizing.
The children disguise themselves in
strange dresses, parade the streets,
and invade the houses and shops beg
ging for offerings. At 1 o'clock the
young men, coarsely clad, drag blazing
tar-barrels through the town, blowing
horns and cheering. At 6 in the morn
ing they put off their grimy clothes,
and, dressed in fantastic costumes, 90
in pairs or in groups to wish their
friends the compliments of the season.
Radford Warren in Harper's
Magazine for June.
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COMMISSIONERS SWORN IN
Ceremony Held This Afternoon Follow
ing First Meeting of Public Service

The new Public Service Commission
was sowrn in by Secretary of the Com
monwealth Woods this afternoon, fol
lowing the first meeting of the Com
mission. Together with Attorney Gen
eral Brown the members of the Com
mission were greeted by Governor
Brumbaugh who held long conference
with them.
The Commission will meet next week
at which time the selection of chair
man will be announced. Before this
time Attorney General Brown will de-
eide if positions already held by four
members of Commission are incompat-
ible with membership of the Commits
sion Mr.. Magee is a member of the
Lake Erie Canal Commission; Mr.. Ril-
ling, the Board of Education; Mr..
Kiess, United States Congressman,
and Mr.. Monaghan, assistant district
attorney of Philadelphia.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
All Flags Down.

While writer was passing New
England school house "a boy came out
and began pulling down the hag-a
strange proceeding, since it was not
storming nor was it time for the school
to be dismissed The writer was Curl
Gus and entered the school house to in
quire the reason. The teacher pointed to
a boy who was trying to hide behind his
desk, and said, Charley, there, has
told a lie, and the flag has to come
down, for Old Glory stands for truth,
and must not wave over a school with
a liar in it," Well would it have been
for David if he had kept the flag OF
truth ever flying over his life.-The
Christian Herald.
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Shifting

For more than a century a careful
calculation has been made every ten
years to fix the exact center of popula-
ton. When the census was taken in
1890 the center of population was
found to be near Annapolis, Md, we'll
east of Chesapeake bay. A decade later
the center had moved to point just
above the city of Washington. Through
out the history of the country the popu.
lation center has moved steadily west.
ward at the rate of about 100 miles
every ten years. The center of popula-
tion of our 100,000,0O0 lies in Illinois
near its western boundary. In another
decade it will probably cross the Mis-
sissippi river.-The Christian Herald.
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COURT HOUSE
COURT Names VIEW BOARD
Proceedings win Determine Damage
and Benefits occasioned By Grad
ing of Brookwood Street

Harry Fahnestock, Paul G. Smith
and +. Clark Cowden this morning were
named by the Dauphin county court to
constitute board of viewers to as.
sess damages and benefits, if any, sus.
tanned by the abutting property own
ers ss result of the grading of Brook
wood street, between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets. The viewers are
to meet on Monday. June IA, and sub
sequently to exhibit their decision to
the property owners, They will make
report of their findings to the court
on September 81.
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late WAR news SUMMARY
Continued From First Page.

Continued From First Page.
make the first important move by strik-
ing at the center in the direction Of
Verona.
Heavy fighting is in progress once
moro on the western end Of the Franco
Belgian front. British. German and
French forces are making attacks at
various points between Arras and the
coast. There is as yet no sign, how
ever. of a general assault by the allies
such as has been predicted.
Dispatches from Athens reiterate the
report that the Turkish attack on CALI
poll peninsula. made with the pick of
the Ottoman army, was a failure. It
is stated that wounded Turkish soldiers
by the thousand are arriving in Con-
stantinople and that all assaults have
been repulsed by the allies.
One of the Austrian warships which
took part in yesterdays attack on the
east coast of Italy is believed in Rome
to have been injured. The ministry of
marine announced that steamer had
sighted an Austrian warship with a
heavy list, and that it probably was the
vessel which attacked Barletta and was
driven of.
Eight attacks were made by the Ger
mans yesterday between Arras in North
ern France and the Belgian coast. The
French official statement of to-day as
serts all these attacks were repulsed
and that heavy losses were inflicted on
the Germans.
The Dutch government has sent to
Germany protest against the sinking
of the Lusitania, which resulted in the
death of several Dutch subjects. The
note follows that of the lines of the
lines of the American communication to
Germany.
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GIRLS SKELETON Is BURIED
Bones Unearthed On Fourteenth Street
Now Rest In Potter's Field

The skeleton of the young girl un.
earthed by plumbers under the cellar
steps at 1873 South Fourteenth street,
on the afternoon of February u, was
buried yesterday afternoon in Potter S
field. The bones were buried under the
direction of Coroner Eckinger.
No evidence which would connect
any person with the concealment of
the bones in the basement has come. to
light in the last three months and with
the burial of the skeleton ends the in.
vestigation of the mystery. The bones
have been in the possession of Cor
oner's Physician R. l.. Perkins, since
they were discovered.
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ENGINEMEN ELECT CHIEFS
-Four Assistant Grands Are Chosen by
Brotherhood To-day

Cleveland, May 25.-At the trien.
nial convention of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, being held here,
four assistant grand chief engineers
were elected to-day.
They are: NJ. w. Cadle, Sedalia,
Mo-; H. E. Wills, Washington. D. c.;
E Corrigan, Hollsboro, Texas, for six
Year terms, and NJ. Montgomery, San
Francisco, Cal, to FIJI the vacancy
caused by the death of E. W. Hurley.
The convention increased the allow
ance to the 500 delegates for expenses
during the convention to SO day from
IS, due to the high cost of living found
to exist in the city. The delegates
asked for $40 and the decision was a
compromise.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-25
RETURNS CASH LEFT IN JITNEY
Honest Driver of Auto Makes Extra
Trip to Restore Woman's Purse

Shortly after driving a young won.
an, who is visiting in this city, to the
home of her sister, Mrs. j. H. Reist
S27 South Front street. last night, ia.
cob Bargonstock, a well-known iitney
driver, turned to the seat just occupied
by her and discovered a purse contain.
ing $12.75 in cash and mileage book.
The young man promptly returned it
to the address.
In the meantime the young lady had
missed her purse and started search
for the jitney driver over the Mulberry
street bridge. On the way she met w.
H. Lutz. and the two started in search
of the driver whom they finally located
at Third and Market streets, and who
answered their inquiries by telling
them that he had already returned the
purse.
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The Root of Murder

Drunkenness is different from mur-
der, of course. But there is a decided
connection between them. Scarcely a
single days news fails to report the
murder of innocent members of his
family by some man who asserted his
"right' to be drunk in his own house.
Almost every day we read of muir
derers throwing themselves on the
mercy of the court with the one plea;
az was drunk and didn t know what I
was doing
These countless fellows who have
murdered while drunk, and who ought
to know, don tell us there is no con-
nection between drunkenness and mur-
der, do they! No. no. In their pleas,
the connection is direct, definite and
irresistible-Th Christian Herald.
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italians Seek TO Volunteer

New York, May 25.-Crowds OF
Italians gathered again to-day at the
office of their consulate seeking to reg.
lister their names as volunteers to aid
their country in war. There are more
than one million italians in New Jersey.
New York, Connecticut and Rhode
island in which the consulate here has
iuri >iiction. and it was said by the
consular officials to-day that about
100000 of this number are eligible for
military duty. 1t was said that no word
had been received calling for the return
of reservists,
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Mr.. Morrell Lectures Tonight

An interesting lecture on the cold
Fashioned Flower Garden win be
given this evening at SIS o'clock by
Ernest lMorrell, superintendent of the
IBerryhill Nursery, in the auditorium of
the Technical High school. The lecture
is free and will be the last one to be
held under the auspices of the Natural
History Society in the present season
Tn addition to being illustrated with
lantern slides the lecturer will have on
the stage plants of some of the old
time garden favorites. All lovers of
flowers will be welcome.
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AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN
DIPLOMATS QUIT ROME

Rome, May "a, Via Paris, May %,
2.20 A. M.-Baron Won Maeehio, Aus
trian Ambassador to Italy, and Prince
Won Sehoenbufg- -Hartenstein, Ambassa.
dor TO the Vatican, with their stats,
left for Vienna aboard a special train
at % clock tonight They were ae'
companied to the railroad station by
Count Viniza, Spanish Ambassador to
the Vatican There was large crowd
at the station, but no demonstration.
Prince Won Buelow, the German Am
basssdor, with Princess Won Buelow,
the German ministry TO the Vatican and
their stats. left for Berlin at $50
o clock. They were followed fifteen
minutes late- by the Bavarian Minis
ters to the Quiripal and the Vatican
and their stats.
On tho Italian Frontier, May 25. Via
Paris 2.45 P. M.-Prince Won Buelow
and Baron Won Macehio, German and
Austrian Ambassadors 10 Italy, who left
Rome last night, reached Chiasso,
Switzerland. at $50 clock this morn
ing. They were received by the Swiss
authorities.
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| AUSTRIAN TOWNS
ARE CAPTURED


May sS German and Austrian aero
planes made scouting attack on Venice
at dawn. Several bombs were thrown
and several persons were wounded
one bomb falling near the arsenal and
another at San Nicoletta di Lodi, in the
water. One aeroplsne flew directly
over the consulate amid hail of ma.
chine gun, shrapnel and shell FIRE. The
consul reports that there was no sign
of panic among the citizens who
watched the flight through glasses.
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Pick Up German Aeroplanists

London, May 25.-A telegram from
Harwich says British destroyer ar.
rived this morning bringing German
sub-lieutenant and mechanician from a
Taube aeroplane which was found float.
ing in the North sea. The aeroplane had
been forced by engine trouble to de-
seend. After the Germans had been res
eued the aeroplane was sunk.
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The Lykens councilmen who by vir-
tue of a writ of mandamus are reuuir-
ed to appear in court and show cause
why they should not make known to
the voters of their district the terms
OF years TO which each was elected,
must make answer to the writ on or
before June Z, according to an order
made by the Dauphin county court
this morning. The date for hearing the
case will be fixed later.
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Week to Be Generally Fair
BY Associated Press.

Washington, May 25.-The weather
bureau to-day in its forecast for the
week beginning May 26, made the fol.
lowing predictions:
Middle Atlantic States generally
fair except thunder showers Wednes.
day night or Thursday; warmer We'd
nesday; seasonable temperatures there.
after.''