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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
VASSAR GIRLS ON COP DUTY
Force Organized to Enforce the Keep
Off the Grass Warning

Poughkeepsie, March 6.-Headed by
Miss Lilitha Marilla Folks, of Ionkers,
as their chief, the students at Vassar
College have formed police squad to
enforce the order to keep off the grass"
on the college campus. Provided with
police whistles and wearing big glitter
ing badges designating them as special
officers the girls are protecting the
young grass.
The girl police force will try to pre-
vent the girls from taking short cuts
across the now soft turf of the campus.
girl cop is stationed on each walk
and whenever fellow student attempts
to cut across she is halted by a shrill
blast from a police whistle. Thus re-
minded, the offending student is ex-
pected to hurry back to the nearest
concrete walk.
Miss Folks, who is one of the leaders
in the Students Association, is daugh-
ter of Homer Folks, secretary of the
New York State Charities Aid Associa-
tiOD,
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Cedar Canoe IS STOLEN
THE OWNER HAS NO CLUE
E. o. Hendrickson, Member of Steelton
Canoe Club, Is Latest Victim of
River Front Thieves, Who Are
Again Becoming Active

The annual breaking open of boat
houses along the river shore in the vi
cinity of Francis street, which are
owned by members of the Steelton Ca.
noe Club, has again commenced, the
latest sufferer being Edward o. Hend
rickson, clerk employed in the freight
office of the Pennsylvania railroad at
this place.
Some time between Sunday morning
and Tuesday morning his new Morris
cedar canoe, 16 feet in length, was
stolen and he can find no trace of it.
In this instance no other thing of value
was taken, but last year many houses
were broken open and nearly all things
of value were either removed or de
stroyed. The matter has been referred
to the borough police, but no clues have
yet been obtained.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Services Appropriate to the Occasion in
Many Churches

Elaborate plans are being made by
the borough churches for the observ.
ance of Holy Week, which will be ush-
cred in with Palm Sunday, March 81.
AT. st. Johns Lutheran, St. Mark s
Lutheran and Centenary United Breth,
rem churches services will be conducted
each evening, except Saturday. At the
First Presbyterian and the First Re-
formed churches services will be held
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings only.
Lantern slides illustrating the Pas.
sion of Christ will be used at the serv.
ices in the First Reformed church. AT
the other churches there will be special
ly interesting sermons delivered by the
officiating pastors and special music
viii feature the services in all the
churches.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
PR0WLER AT POWDER PLANT
Guard Shoots at Man Near Du Pont
Works

Paterson, n. j., March 26.-Harry
d. Pipher, a guard at the du Pont Pow
der plant at Haskell, N. j., fred at a
man who was prowling near a big pow
der magazine before dawn this morning
when the man refused a command to
halt
The prowler dashed at Pipher and in
the struggle ensuing Pipher shot him.
self in the left wrist and dropped to the
ground. Other guards fastened to the
npot, but the man had escaped.
Since the war began the du Pont
Powder Company has been working a
day and night shift and has employed
a special guard of $50 men. Three
weeks ago a 100000 pound powder
magazine was exploded and five men
were killed. Superintendent o. w. Bier
with thinks the magazine was exploded
by spy.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
RAILROADS
Crew BOARD
HARRISBURG SIDE

Philadelphia Division-11S crew to
ygo first after $50 p. M: 10Y, 1O6,
116, lis, 119, 129, 100, 105, III,
104, 127.
Engineer for 105.
Firemen for 115, 119, 1877.
Conductors for 107, 1T, 104.
Flagmen for 106, III.
Brakemen for LOT, 106, 116, 115,
129, 100, 104.
Engineers up: Dennison, Wanbaugh,
Wolfe, McCauley, Burg, Streeper, Pow
ell, Earhart, Smith, Madenford, Huber,
Geesey, Sellers, Welsh, Resinger, Fos-
ter, Gable, First, Sober, Hindman,
Cresswell, Davis,\ Bissinger, Seitz,
Kautz, Manley, Tenant, Goodwin,
Grass, Long.
Firemen up: Whichello, Mofitt, Me-
Neal, Chronister, McCurdy, Dunlevy,
Yentzer, Packer, Lentz, Everhart,
Penwell, Bdshey, Horstick, Rhoads,
Bleich, Gilberg, Myers, Copeland, Farm
er, Cover, Mulholm, Shaffer, Balsbaugh,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
WINS $4,000 FROM WIDOW
Common Law Wife Successful i
Alienation Suit

Mineola, L. L., March 26.- Mrs
Sarah Murdock, of Rockville Center
was awarded 100000 damages by the
jury which heard her suit for $4,000
against Mrs. Matilda Avery, widow
of Blue Point. Robert s. Pelletreau
counsel for Mrs. Avery, at once moved
to set aside the verdict and argument
will be heard later.
Mrs. Murdoch admitted there had
never been a religious or civil ceremony
between herself and Charles Murdoch
but said their common law marriage
had existed for twenty years prior to
1913, when, the plaintiff claimed, Mrs
Avery alienated the affections of Muir.
dock.
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Middle Division-1s crew to

Middle Division-1S crew to GO
first after 1.30 p. M: 217.
Preference: 2, 8.
Laid off: 20, lis, "a, III, 10.
Engineers up: Mumma, Kugler, Ha-
vens, Webster, Wissler, Simonton
Smith.
Firemen up: Cox, Potteiger, Fritz,
Gross, Arnold, Zeiders, Sheesly, Ross,
Iiebau, Karstetter.
Conductor up: Patrick.
Flagmen up:, Bodley, Miller, Dill
Jacobs, Frank.
Brakemen up: Fritz, Bell, Kane
Baker, Strouser, Wenrick, Troy, Ris-
singer, Roller.
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RECEPTION FOR MEMBERS
Centenary U. B. Church Was Crowded
Last Evening

The reception rendered 1872 new
members admitted to Centenary United
Brethren church during the first half
of the present conference year, held in
the Sunday school room of that church
last evening, was pleasing social
event and attracted a crowded house.
The program consisted of a variety
of special music ald an address bv the
Rev. John Morrison, of Lebanon Valley
College. Refreshments were served by
committee of young ladies.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
The Death Train

An episode of the Hazards of Helen
railroad series. The discovery the de-
tectives are on their trail, causes Doyle,
Broden and Etzer, counterfeiters, to
pack their paraphanalia into trunk
and express it to Lone Point. Upon its
arrival at that station,sa corner of the
trunk is smashed.
Helen thus learns of its contents.
The telegrapher Immediately wires to
Savage, a railroad detective. How
Helen traps the counterfeiters and gets
herself into great peril is graphically
told in motion pictures at the Standard
Theatre o-night.-Adv.*
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PERSONAL

Mrs. L. NJ. Glattaker, Lincoln
street, is the guest of her parents-at-
law, at Maytown.
J. Devices, left the borough Tues
day for ely, York county, to engage
in farming.
A. Simpson, of the West Side, moved
his family and household goods to
Lynchburg, Va, Wednesday.
The Rev. Willis Seiders, Philadel-
phia, is visiting his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Seiders, Locust street.
John Watson, conveyor of the U. S.
mails from the Pennsylvania railroad
to and from the local postoffice, is
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
Entertained engineering Glass

M. B. Litch, borough chemist at the
local filtration plant, entertained thirty
students of the Senior class in civil en-
gineering at State College, who came to
the borough to inspect the workings of
the local plant. The students were
ehaperoned by Professor Harold Shat
tuck and, after inspecting the Steelton
plant, visited the filter plant of the
Riverton Consolidated Water Company
at New Cumberland.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
NEWS OF STEELTON
HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE
Blaze Said to Have Started in a Waste
Basket on First Floor

Fire damaged house at Second and
Highland streets last evening to the
amount of about $100 before it was un-
der control. The blaze is alleged to
have started in a waste basket in a
foreign barber shop on the first floor
and to have made his way through the
partition to the sleeping rooms on the
second floor, which was occupied by the
boarders of Frank Matavic.
One of Matavic's boarders sustained
q lacerated wrist wnen' he broke the
plate glass window of the barber shop,
which had been locked for the night.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26

Grove, Shive.
Conductor up: Miller.
Flagmen up: Banks, Harvey, Dono
hoe, Clark.
Brakemen up: Arment, Frock, Jack.
son, Kochenouer, Shultzenberger, Grif.
iie, McGinnis, Stehman, Knupp, Burk
Busser, Coleman, Hivner, Felker, Dear.
off, Wiland, Baltozer, Mumma.
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1S, JIG, 23, 2.
Eastbound After 2.15 p. M: 70, 56,
81, 81, 54, SO.
Conductors up: sipes, Kline.
Engineers up: Upton, Wood, Nor.
rison, Middaugh, Glass, Fetrow, Martin,
Kettner, Wyre, Barnhart, Sweeley.
Firemen up: Carl, Rumbaugh,
Chronister, Anders, Dolbins, Boyer
Bowers, King, Anspach, Fulton.
Brakemen up: Ware, Ayres, Shear.
err. Grimes, Page, Painter, Slentz, Gard
ener, Hinkle, Motter, Haines, Kapp.
Holbert, Hoover, Yoder, McHenry,
Hartz.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
MENTAL HEALING GAINS POINT
Assembly Committee Favors Christian
Science Bill

Albany, March 26.-The Assembly
Judiciary Committee again reported ia.
vorably bill designed to legalize the
practice of Christian Science in this
State. The new bill, an amendment to
the State health law, reads:
Nothing in this act shall be con.
strued to affect the practice of Chris.
tian Science for the relief of the sick
and suffering provided no drugs of other
material remedies are employed, and
provided further that no quarantine OF
sanitary regulations are violated"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
Died of PARALYSIS

Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Drummer, aged ~
years, died at 5 O'Clock this morning
at her home at Bressler of paralysis.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon at 2 o. clock at her late home
and interment will be made.in the Bald
win cemetery
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
ENoLA SIDE

Philadelphia Division-234 crew to
go first after 3.45 p. M: 22S, 224,
207, 239.
Engineers for 22S, 224.
Fireman for 207
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26

Miss Marie Wiseman, the visiting
nurse employed by the Steelton Civic
Club, will be in her offices from a, m
to a. m, from 1890 p. m. to 1.9O
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26

Conductors for 235, 259.
Flagman for 239.
Brakemen for 225, 227, 239.
Conductors up: Gundle, Devices
Flagmen up: Reitzel, Ford.
Brakemen up: Campbell, Werts,
Vandling, Waltman, Kone, Goudy, Lutz,
Myers, Sunny, Saffner, Wolfe, Shuler,
Musser, Fair.
Middle Division--11S crew to 60
first after 8 p. M: 215, ia, 24S,
243, 244.
Slow freight movement westbound
to continue over Sunday, March 21; no
shut down.
Conductor for ia.
Flagman for ia.
Brakeman for ia.
Yard crews-Engineer up: Beck,
Harter, Biever, Blosser, Stahl, Swab,
Crist, Harvey, SALESMAN, Kuhn, Pelton,
Shaver, Lands.
Firemen up: Schiefer, Rauch, Wei
gle, Lackey, Cookerly, Mayer, Sholter,
Smell, Bartolet, Getty, Barkey, Sheets,
Bair, Eyde, Crow, Revie.
Engineers for 306, 1870, 1920.
Firemen for I'LL, 1916, 1870, 1870,
80.
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convalescing from an injury sustained
about ten days ago when he fell off
mail train at the local station.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
REGULATE YOUR BOWELS AND stop
HEADACHES, COLDS, SOUR STOMACH

Cascarets make you feel bully; they
immediately cleanse and sweeten the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases;
take the excess, bile from the liver and
carry off the constipated waste matter
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26

and poison from the bowels. A Cascaret
tonight straightens you out by morn
ing-a 10-cent box from any druggist
keeps your Stomach regulated, Head
clear and Liver and Bowels in fiue con-
dition for months. Don't forget the
lchildren
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THE READING

p, H. & P.-After 2,45 p. M; 10,
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REWARD

REASONABLE REWARD for informa-
tion leading to arrest of party who
stole my Morris make cedar canoe.
painted red; name "Okey" from boat
house, near Francis street, Steelton E.
o. HENDRICKSON, 25 North Front ST.,
Steelton. Pa.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

William F Hoppe has been challenged
by Koi Yamada, the japanese billiard
expert, for the al balkline champion
ship.
Hoppe won the championship emblem
in tournament held in April, 1914.
Required to hold it open for one year,
ending April IS, he expected to add it.,
without further competition, to his al
ready large collection of trophies.
It has Just been learned. however, that
Yamada got in a challenge on April 26,
and the champion viii have to play at
least one more match at al.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

yet insists that his wife shall live Up
70 the letter OF hers
In such a case It is a woman's near
est duty to get as far from the man
as possible, and not lay her future upon
the same pyre which has consumed
her past
But the woman who allows her am
bitiOn and her vanity to lead her TO
sacrifice a good husbands happiness
merely because she feels she can shine
on the heights Of art with a more ef-
fulgent light alone Cor with another
mani violates a principle which dis
turbS the harmony Of society When
she relinqutshes her children for any
aim or ambition, however exalted, no
matter what her sttainmeTts may be,
she has but repeated Esau's bargain OF
Look what she has achieyedr' was
said of one woman who had acquired
fame and gold. She had to fling away
all trammels and ties in order to be-
come Just what she is"
But on a good mans life, and on
the lives Of innocent children, rested
a shadow which, in some lights,
seemed to be a stain.
There was a man who succeeded in
an alm-a petty ambition from our
standpoint. but no smaller than the
founding Of an empire or the winning
OF immortal fame must seem in Gods
eyes
This man wanted the road to the
nearest village. three miles distant, TO
run through his property, because IL
would bring him an amount Of money
which seemed like a fortune in his
small eyes. The mans property was
all hills and valleys.
The Selectmen planned TO have the
road go around these hills, over level
meadows But the man was strong
Wllled, persistent scheming- He sue
ceeded and glories in his success
That was years ago Today thou
sands Of horses become kneesprung
ana lame and spawned scores OF vehi-
cles break down, wheelmen meet ~
accidents, and the nerves Of summer
residents and tourists become un-
strung because OF these hills and val
leys, which must be traversed TO reach
town, the troIleys or the train.
was his success worth to the man
the price humanity has 10 pay for it,
II is our privilege 20 give up per-
sonal comfort and personal happiness,
II we choose to do so. in order TO ac-
complish a certain purpose
There is no success in any line OF
art which can repay a woman for the
knowledge that her child suffers at
the mention OF her name.
Let Us be lenient in our judgment
Of such women, but let us not put
them upon % pinnacle as beings TO be
worshiped and emulated--COpyrigh
1918, Scar company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

who do not like the sailors with light
dresses, there are dainty creations with
pleated tulle brims and all-lace hats
trimmed with roses, dlacs and the like.
It would seem the whole manufac-
turing world had been busy, of late,
digging up styles of the past century.
That the glove maker has succeeded is
evident in the lace mitts he now offers
for sale, along with the white and COL
ored kid gloves embroidered IN chain
stitch
AS yet parasols hold TO the large
sizes, in the immediate present the fiat
many ribbed Japanese. parasols Of
printed crepe, silk and paper being pop
ular- Net parasOls are also shown over
batiste foundations, embroidered in
chain stitch and finished at the edge
with stirring or band OF ribbon.
Not a detail in the whole costume
has Dame Fashion sighted. Stock
ings are in every hue Of the rainbow.
embroidered, with insets Of lace and
smart black and white effect, the pref
test white silk with butterflies en-
brOidered in black outline and clocks at
the sides Of black flowers. So extreme
have the stockings become, that some
well dressed women are going back
to pure black. especially with the white
dresses, as they claim the contrast is
more striking.
The white buckskin or black patent
leather and white kid tie or pump is
favored with the lingerie dress, al
though such combinations as white
bBckskin and pale blue or pink uppers
and an American shield in pastel shades
placed IN front where the buckle be-
longs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

those adopted on the earth, natures
jackknife on Venus having turned out
different models from similar nate
rails.
These thoughts are suggested BY
some pictures. which are herewith re-
produced. Of one Of the strangest OF
our animal contemporaries on the
earth-the swapping turtle, a strict
" American family The turtles, To-
toises and terrapins are all very cur
ious creatures. such as nature only
could invent, and. while they are found.
in one species or another, all over the
world. they appear, as whole, 10
have been dying out for many ages
They were once much more numerous.
and a great number Of their species
have become extinct
They are travelling fortificauons. like
Jules Nerne's steam House Each
carries his fort. or his blockhouse, on
his back II YOU meet a small land
many about New York;, YOU Will see
him draw his head and his tail into
his hard, horny, Queerly carved. box'
and there he is invisible. and as safe
from attack. from any Of his ordinary
enemies, as il he were inside steel
fort Even a wagon wheel running
over that stout domed back viii not al
ways crush. or even crack IL
The swapping turtle, or alligator tur-
tie as it is also called, is not so per-
pectly protected by its boxfort as are
most of the species This is because
its. neck and legs are too long to be
completely withdrawn into the she'll
But on the other hand, the swapping
turtle is very aggressive, a fact which
perhaps partly makes up for the in
Completeness Of his defences. and which
has given him his popular name
If approached he viii attack fear
Iessly with his claws and jaws, the
latter, however, being destitute Of
teeth. although very strong, so that
large swapping turtle. and the Ordi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Ew YORK. May 15.-Nowhere is

M the American idea Of directness
L y more strongly felt than in
clothes. Paris offers a wealth of
ideas and America selects one. After
weeks Of hesitation, while the popu-
larity Of one style or another in the
priceless collection received after a
periIous trip across the Atlantic,
quakes in the balance, the American
public at last, places emphasis on one
chosen feature and the coatee dress
becomes universal: not a tailored crea-
ton as the name implies, but a sheer
confectfon Of lace. net OF batiste,
topped with a gay silk or lingerie
jacket.
So cavalier have fashions become,
they carry US back to the CromwelliOn
era. Like spirits Of the old French
empire society in lingerie dresses trips
across the velvety lawns or lOiters in
old rose gardens. The other day, I
CHANGED upon a party enjoying tea in
the far corner Of green lawn under
the shade of a mulberry tree; the black
wicker furniture, upholstered in broad
stripes, strewn with apple blossoms,
was as striking in effect as the frocks
the girls wore
A vivacious dark eyed miss, who
served Tea dL the 5-d6S-LOtpGQ AdD4es
carried OFF well the style Of the smart
coatee in a frock that bespoke the cou-
turier Jenny. The bodice Of allOver
embroidery, nipped in at the waist as
fashion approves, showed from beneath
the jaunty jacket Of dark blue taffeta
silk. The Quakerish collar and cuffs
of white organdy made a connecting
link with the billowing folds Of or
CANDY, laid in deep crosswise folds,
paneled with embroidery and trimmed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15

nary variety sometimes weighs Is OF
20 pounds, can snap asunder a stick
half an inch in thickness This fierce
animal also believes in noise as an
aid in fighting, and makes a great
Kissing all the time the battle con-
tinues-
The name alligator turtle IS applied
only in the southern states, where the
creature grows much larger than IN
the north, often attaining a weight OF
so pounds. In the lower Mississippi
valley il is regarded as a delicious ar
ticle OF food. resembling terrapin- It
has been remarked that the swapping
turtle seems to partalze Of the nature
Of both the turtle and the lizard Cor
saurian) families. and II is from the
latter that he derives his fierce charae-
ter
The great green turtle. who has given
his name TO green turtle soup" is
the miEhtiest representative Of the
family now living, as far as size goes
II runs in weight from 400 to 1900
pounds. and is sometimes seven or
eight feet long It lives in shallow
waters along rronical coasts and may
be seen feeding in herds, like cattle.
on the seaWeeds. Otter IL floats on the
surface. basking in the sunshine It
LAYS its eggs on shore during moon
lit nights, in soft sand, where they
are Matched by the sunshine When
caught on shore and turned or its back
one OF these turtles cannot right itself,
and thus they are easily made prison
ers
The hawksbi1 turtle. another spe-
cies. furnishes tortoise she'll" which
consists Of horny plates, constituting
the outer part Of the shell. and these
plates, for some reason. are particu-
larry beautiful in this species, both
from their delicate notified cOlOrs and
the translucency Of the material
Turtles are famous for longevity II
is said that individuals have been
known to live a century or more.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-15
Some New Ideas Dangerous
To Women
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Shows Possibility of Negecng Duties and Nu
ing Usefulness by Ambition Develop Best Within One
and Make Most of Self"
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

MONG' the many privileges whic
n the present era accord to woma
II is that Of developing the best
within her" to Use her own favorite
phraseOlogy
1t was the generally accepted idea
in Olden times that a woman must
keep to her limited domain Of wife
or spinister, dependent upon husband
or relatives for home and occupation,
no matter what wealth of talent in
other directions cried for utterance in
her souE
The girl who utilized her talents
outside Of the domestic sphere was
regarded as strong minded and mas
culine, if not worse; and the married
woman who dared write, sing act or
recite declassed herself
From One Extreme to Another.
That was one extreme We now seem
to have reached the other.
There is an idea prevalent today
that il is the duty Of every woman
to seek to express" an indefinable
something within her which shall es-
tablish her individuality.
To make the most Of herself" is
every woman's ideal. 1t is an excel
lent one, but in pursuing it she needs
to be very certain that her conception
of most" would not be estimated as
least" in the eyes OF wisdom
In America this desire for individu-
ality is so prevalent that domestic
obligations are frequently put aside
as easily as household furniture is
stored. while the wife and mother sets
forth in search Of her best self.'g
In olden times when a woman for
feited home and its duties for
career. other wives and mothers turned
their backs upon her.
But the sex is broadening in sympa-
thy and indulgence, and its charity is
covering a multitude Of sins
Seeking Ideals.
A woman who has divorced two or
three husbands and shifted her mate-