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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
REVIVAL AT SHIPPENSBURG
Huge Tabernacle Erected for "Bob"
johnson and Party

Shippensburg, Feb. 26.-The huge
tabernacle erected here to be opened
Saturday, when "Bob" johnson and
his party inaugurates a five weeks
evangelistic campaign, will be dedicat.
ed by the church folks tonight.
Everything was placed in readiness
yesterday when the benches were in
stalled and the sawdust placed on the
floor. Twenty stoves for heating have
been placed in the building and hun
dreds of electric lights have been dis
tributed. The tabernacle is $50 feet
in length and 80 feet wide and will
seat 5000 persons.
"Bob" johnson and his party will
come here from Brookville, where they
will close very successful campaign
there tonight. He and his party will
have headquarters in the parsonage of
the Reformed church, the pastor the
Frank s. Bby, securing other headquar-
ters during the campaign.
There will be a choir of 800 voices
to sing each night, of which about $50
are from the Church of God.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
INQUIRIES FOR MOTORCYCLES
Gerhart Company, of This City, Getting
Many From FOREIGN Countries

Inquiries have been received by Jay
F. Rohrer, Of this city, secretary of the
Gerhart Motorcycle Company, from rep
resentatives of foreign countries plan
ming TO place large orders for motor
cycles.
Mr.. Rohrer said to-day that these in
quiries include 300 from New Zealand !;
500 from Stockholm, Sweden; 300 from
Portugal; 200 from Manila; 100 from
Denmark and number from Amster.
dam. In addition to this, Mr.. Rohrer
says, inquiries have been received
from nearly every State in the United
States, covering not less than $500
machines.
The Gerhart Company was organized
about one year ago with Charles E.
Schaup, president; Charles w. Gerhart,
vice president and general manager;
Jay F. Rohrer, secretary, and Martin
r. Nissley, treasurer.
When the company was organized a
move was on foot to erect a large plant
for the manufacture of the machines in
Harrisburg, but not enough capital
could be raised in this city Since thai
time the company has entered into a
contract with the Defiance Manufactur.
ing Company, of Philadelphia, which
will turn out the machines for the next
three years.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Sailors Win Suit for Bonus

The crew of the oitanker Car
pathian have Just won a victory. at law
In London against the owners of the
vessel who tried to escape the payment
OF bonus promised by the captain for
running the gauntlet of German cruisers
In the Atlantic. The Carpathian was
caught in a Texan port at the outbreak
of the war. Her crew Of seven men re-
fused to sail unless paid risk money.
The captain agreed to give them a
bonus of $50 each in addition to their
wages. Rumors of German cruisers de-
stroying commerce were then numerous,
but the men accepted the risk and the
vessel sailed for Rotterdam with a car.
go of oil. Although the ship was
loaded with a dangerous cargo, which
could be set afire by a shell, the crew
agreed, in view of the bonus, to stick
to the captain through thick and thin,
as they testified in court. The journey
was safely made, and at its end the
skipper offered the men $5 each instead
OF $50. Thereupon the crew brought
suit. In court, the owners, the Petrole-
um Steamship Company, did not deny
the allegations of the men and fell back
on the technical defense that under the
merchant shipping act seaman is not
entitled to wages further than those
stipulated in the articles he has signed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
CONDENSED RATIoNs
The Kind the British Soldier Carrie
When in the Field

Each British soldier on active serv.
ice carries in his kit small package
containing what is known as an Z" emer.
gency ration
The emergency ration - is wrapped
in small package. When the emer.
gency arises the center band of the
package is torn off and two small tin
cans are disclosed One can contains
a quarter of pound of concentrated
beef and the other the same quantity
OF cocoa paste. The combination of
the two foods is sufficient to maintain
the strength of the average man for
thirty-six hours if consumed in small
quantities.
The beef and the cocoa paste NAV be
eaten dry, but greater flavor is gained
without loss of nourishness if the beef
is allowed to simmer in water over a
fire and the cocoa paste made into
cocoa. The amount of beef in the tin
will make two quarts of beef tea and
the cocoa paste can be converted into
the same quantity Of cocoa.-New
York Press.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN HUNGRY?

There is hunger of the sort that is produced by
vigorous exercise,-such as brisk walk before
meal time. That is the hunger of the healthy we'll
nurtured body. 1t is the sort of hunger that man
delights in when he knows he is going home to a
good supper. A keen appetite is blessing to the
man who has it and knows that he can crafty it..
But there is another sort of hunger that the man
sure of three meals day doesn't know anything
about.
Have you ever been out of work for long time
when work means your sole source of income (?
Have you ever walked the streets for weeks knock
ing at doors and applying for job when there are
no jobs to be had? Have you ever had to ask the
grocer the butcher, the coal dealer to extend your
credit till even the most kindly of them have to
call halt because of their own limited resources? I?
Have you, for no fault of your own save that YOU
cannot get work, had to deny yourself food so
that your wife and little ones could have ito Have
you gradually been compelled to see their food sup
Plies cut below what ordinarily regarded as the
bare necessities, and then in time, reduced to the
point where their faces grow pinched and their
bodies grow thin9 If you have you know what it is
really to be hungry and, what is worse to see the
loved ones around you hungry
1t is that kind OF hunger which saps the strength
OF the body and depresses the mind weakened
body and mental discouragement make it all the
harder to tight the battle that confronts the unem
ployed head of family. Strength and courage are
the ammunition that man must use in that battle
and the more that supply of ammunition is cut
down the more hopelessly desperate it becomes for
that man and his wife and his children to make the
fight
Actual facts gathered by the Home and War
Relief Association of Harrisburg show that there
are hundreds of men and women making the fight
against hunger in this city to-day They are good
men and women, only too eager to work if thew can
find work to do. The Association has been benino
them to help themselves to bridge over the period
until more work is to be had.
On April l, it is believed, the conditions of m
employment here will, in large measure. be i'm
proved, but the Association has only enough funds
In sight to carry it's work to the middle of March
1t needs $1,000 to continue the relief until April |
The people of Harrisburg have responded gener
ousy to house-to-house appeal that has been made
TO them as individuals. Now, in the Judgment of
the Association, the only way left to raise the
needed 900 is to ask the Sunday schools and the
lodges to contribute organizations and such an
appeal has been made to each of them.
Will you Sot, a lodge member or member Of a
Sunday school, use your influence to have YOUR
organization vote to give what it can to helm those
people of Harrisburg who haven t got enough TO
eat?
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Jiujitsu and the Bayonet

The band of jujitsu teachers and
fencmg-masters whose offer of services
in the instructing of recruits has been
rejected by the British War Office are
evening scores by charging that the
Office does not realize the important
part the bayonet is playing in this war
on both Western and Eastern fronts.
They say the army heaGs are unable to
overcome the prejudice against the bay
onet inherited from the experiences of
the South African campaign, and fail
to read the new lessons of warfare. The
bayonet was first pronounced obsolete
in the Spanish American War. In the
few eases where fighting was done in
the Philippines at close quarters, the
Americans used their guns as clubs
throwing away their bayonets as a nui
sance. This was also the verdict of the
British in the Boer War. In the Russo
Jasanese campaign, however, the bay
onet returned to favor, with the result
that the American Government REQ
sdered its intention to abolish the bav.
onet, and this arm was also retained by
the British. Now come the reports of
the constant use of the bayonet in
trench warfare. Quickness of thrust and
parry, of foot, eye and decision are
necessary in this kind of fighting; but
the drill sergeants, the jiujitsuits and
fencing-masters complain, are content
to teach the old fashioned routine exer-
ciseS, which it is held would avail little
against skilled antagonists.
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turty, in refraining from adding to their working
vocabularies and thus permitting a paucity Of
words to prevent an abundance of ideas.
The writer bases his article on q study Of the
vocabulary Of his oyear-old son. The vocabulary
occupies five and a half pages Of the magazine and
consists of total Of IN words an unusually large
number for person just beginning his speaking
acquaintance with the language. The explanation
is made that the infant has had normal antecedents
mo jail-birds or geniuses for four generations
back
The little fellow is certainly to be commended
for his industry in acquiring SO much knowledge at
the start, about the language in which he is to
express his wants long after they pass the rattle
stage. 1t is to be hoped that his parents have i'm
pressed on him the Importance of never relaxing
for single day in his efforts to increase his vocab
ulary. His rate at present is three words each
week day and two ON Sundays and although he is
doing well for the twenty fourth month of his life,
continued perseverance will be necessary. His vo-
cabulary is good one for his present age, but he
would be ashamed of it ten years hence.
Certainly child must keep adding to his stock
OF English words from day to day if he is to grow
mentally Yet if additions to his vocabulary are
necessary for an individuals mental development,
does he ever arrive at definite point in life when
he can afford to stop making such additions?
Hardly, unless he has succeeded by that time in
capturing all of the hundreds of thousands of eus-
i've words in the language and confning them so
that they cannot escape.
Since two-yearold child can without the aid
OF dictionary, acquire new words at the rate of
twenty week it seems that a high school student
for instance ought to be able to make large addi-
tons to his vocabulary in that length of time. His
average, at least, should not fall below that of
the baby.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Fined for Slaughtering Birds

Secretary Kalbfus, of the State
Game Commission, has received word
that the man arrested in Blossburg, I'll.
oea county, for wholesale slaughter of
song, insectiverous and game birds
for the purpose of mounting and selling
them had an accomplice, and both were
arrested and taken before a magistrate
and fined $25 and costs. The two men
then sent in an application to the
Commission for license to practice
taxidermy, but this was denied on the
ground that the Commission has nc
means of ascertaining whether they are
qualified.
"They may take us into court to
compel us to issue license - said Sec
retary Kalbfus, "but we do not propose
to issue licenses to practice taxidermy
to every person who applies and pro
fesses to have a knowledge of the art
gained by taking long-distance lessons
from an alleged college in the West
The birds of Pennsylvania are toe
precious for that sort of thing, ant
must be protected.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
EAGLE STEALS TOY DOG
Loses It's Hold and Pomeranian Gets
a Broken Leg in It's Fall

Hastings, Feb. 26.-Tiny, full
blooded Pomeranion dog owned by
Frank p. Wupperman, nearly fell a vic
tim of high living yesterday afternoon.
AS it was he broke leg.
Tiny and maid were exercising on
the roof of the Wupperman residence
when an eagle swooped down and seized
the dog in its talons. While the maid
screamed the big gray bird scared off
with its wriggling prey, but it soon
lost its grip and dropped Tiny on the
lawn in front of the house. The pet
with the broken leg is being doctored
at the Ardsley kennels, and the eagle
is presumed to have sought its eyrie on
the palisades. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
TOO LITTLE CARBON DIoxIDE"

On the first page of metropolitan newspaper
which ought to know better, appears this morning
news item concerning inquiries being made at the
University of Illinois into the causes of seepiness
among students attending lectures in which the
following passage makes itself conspicuous
investigators say that late hours and dry lee
lures are not wholly to blame for the sleeping Of
students. Too little carbon dioxde or the presence
OF any undiscovered gas may be the cause"
1t is unlikely that the investigators ever ad-
vanced such a theory, which seems to be the out
come either OF the correspondents ingenuity or of
his perversity. In the public schools of Pennsyl-
vanla the physiology text books say from what we
can remember, that oxygen supports respiration
and carbon diOxide does not and that the presence
OF the latter in excess is harmful This statement
is confirmed by college chemistry at least it was in
the college which We attended Of course the air
may be different in Illinois.
The interesting news item in the esteemed metro
polltan paper goes to say that it has been sug-
gested at the Illinois school that efforts he made
to keep the students awake during lectures by i'm
proving the air in the rooms This solution seems
to be the natural one We presume that the mem
bers of the faculty will put it into operation bv
opening the windows during lectures, thus permit
ting the oxygen to escape from the rooms and the
carbon dioxide from the outer air to pass in and
revive drowsy individuals
No matter how the ventilation is arranged how
ever, there is room for doubt to whether any such
means can be expected to keep students awake who
are inclined to doze while receiving valuable in
structlon. Their determination to sleep through
professors lectures is no doubt part of the system
which President Wilson says has been established
among undergraduates for the evading of knowl-
edge.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Tona.ue-End Topics
Wants state to Buy Snyder Mansion


The "Post, /" Of Middleburgh, Snyder
county, wants the State of Pennsylva-
MIA to buy and preserve, for historic
reasons, the old home Of former Gov
ernor Simon Snyder, in Market street,
Selinsgrove. The "Post' says:
"While the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania is casting its eye around for
historical places to buy and mark for
preservation, we wish to remark that
in addition to the Fort at Kreamer
there is the palatial home of former
Governor Simon Snyder, on Market
street, Sehnsgrove, which is a land
mark OF more than ordinary value
from historical standpoint. Govern
or Snyder was the war Governor of
the period of 1925. He was the
first Governor to urge the introduction
of public schools and has one of the
most creditable records of any Gov.
ernor in the history of this Common
wealth.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Lenten Organ Recital

The second in The series of SIX Len
ten organ recitals at st. Stephen 8
Episcopal church, will be given to-
morrow afternoon at O'Clock by
George B. Rodgers, organist at St.
James church, Lancaster, assisted by
his boy soloist, Master Earnest Kilgore.
Following is the program: r.
Lenter prelude (ParsifaD, Wagner;
spring song, MacFarlaur; cortege funer
bre, Dubois; solo, 81 Heard the Voice
of Jesus Say" Harriss; melody, Jonas;
Tocatta, Kinder; festival prelude, "Ein
Feste Burg" Faulkes.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Regent

The policy of this theatre since its
opening has been to exhibit only the
best films on the market and in keep.
ing with this policy neither labor nor
expense have been spared and the man
agement will exhibit to-day "Mignon y
one of the best and most interesting g
films produced. "Mignon in its lyric
form ON the grand opera stage enjoys
a popularity which began half cen
tury ago and which increases rather
than diminishes with the passing years
-Ady.*
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
To Open Bids for Coal

Commissioner H. +. Bowman is ad.
vertising for 5000 tons of river coal
for use at the pumping station at North
and Front streets. Bids will be open
ed at O'Clock March 8. The coal is
to be free of sand and delivered at the
pumping station bunkers each day un-
til the contract is filed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

unobserved and unannounced the president of church
society entered the composing just to hear
these words issue from the mouth of the boss printer:
BILLY, go to the devil and tell him to finish that
murder he began this morning. Then kill William j.
Bryans Youngest Grandchd, and dump the Sweet Angel
of Mercy into the helbox Then make up that Naughty
Partisan Actress and lock up The Lady in Her Boudor
CLAY County Clarion.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
NOT ONLY INFANTS MUST LEARN

footing on the pipes of infancy continues child
lsh music through adult life is the way writer
IN an educational journal expresses his supreme
contempt for the persistence of some human beings
In relying upon the comparatively few words they
learned in youth to express their thoughts in ma
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
THE DOCTORS THEORY

physician says freedom from worry essential in the
treatment of ocomotor ataxia but could keep
free from worry with ocomotor aaxa could
an ampuated head without reatment-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Charles X. Bessey, 20, Dies

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 26.-Charles K.
Bessey, 20, dean of the Industrial Col.
lege of the University of Nebraska, for
more than 80 years identified with the
university, twice acting as chancellor,
died here last night.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
TILL PAST THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

miss Ethel, said Chollie Staylate, 'if should tell Won
was going away tomorrow, would you feel sorrys'
Tomorrow, she answered. glancng at the clock Eyes
should feel sorry thought you might go away tonight
Boston Transcript
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
EVEN THE JAM MINED

Father Crying to give the concealed dose )-"We we'll
you are funny boy. May ask why this sudden extra
ordinary dislike for jam?"
Chip" Cos b'leeve it's mined. london Sketch
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

1t is comforting to reflect that the Susqehanna river
never made navgabe as far north Harrisburg we at
least will be safe against mines
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

Some OF the big league teams in the baseball war will
hnd their ranks sadly depleted when they call roll in
the Southern training camps.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

We will believe that there is going to be Willard
johnson fight only when we have learned that the two
principals have stepped into the ring
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

Unlike the other unemployed the members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature go right drawing their nav
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

ONO seems eager to claim John D. Rockefeller as a
resident at least when time to collect taxes
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to- a
night and Saturday. Slightly colder to- IS
night.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight d
and Saturday. Slightly colder tonight ~
Strong northwest winds diminishing.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HA
Highest, As; lowest, 80; a. m., Al:
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Friday, February %, 1918.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
OROzCOs COURSE UNCERTAIN

Question of His Appearance in El
Fasso Remains . Unanswered
BOndsmen Are Confident. 80
Ell Paso, Texas, July 11-whether
Gen. Pacual Oroczo, who eluded
civil and military guards as week ago,
would appear tomorrow to answer
charges Of conspiracy to violate The
United States neutrality laws remain
ed unknown today. His bondsmen
expressed the belief that he would
be in court, but there were Mexican
sympathizers of Orozco and Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta who voiced the belief
that Orozco would forfeit his $500
bond.
1t was virtually certain that Gen.
Marcelio Caraveo, Frank and IL e AL
derette, all under $1,000 bond each
on similar charges. would appear be-
fore George B. Oliver. United States
commissioner, tomorrow. Although
federal officials were reticent as to
the course to be pursued it was un-
derstood that the defendants likely
would waive preliminary hearing and
be held to the federal grand jury of
next December.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14

The British admiralty statement
contained the first public announce
ment intimating that British subma-
rines were operating In the Baltic. 1t
In presumed the undersea boat passed
through the Cattegat from the North
sea To the Baltic and then travelled
eastward for 200 miles: as the Bay OF
Danrig. where the warship was at
tackled. lies In the southeastern part
OF that body OF water. The distance
from an English port to Danzig is
about 300 miles
The Russian official communication
announcing that German warship
had been sunk by n submarine said
the battleship. which was OF tho
Deutschland type. was steaming at tho
head OF German squadron at the
entrance OF Danzlg bay July 2. when
she was blown up by two torpedoes
hred by n submarine.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
ZAPATA ABANDONs CITY.

Gen Gonzales Enters Mexico Capt.
tai and New Military Governor Pre-
pares Decree.
Vera Cruz. July 11.-An official an
nouncement issued at the headquar-
ters of Gen. Carranza today concern
ing the taking OF Mexico City by the
Carranza forces says:
Some of the constitutionalist troops
entered Mexico City and the Zapata
followers fled. Gen. Gonzales was de-
layed outside the city because the
bridge across the grand canal had
peen blown up preventing military
provision trains from crossing,
''As soon as a temporary bridge
has been completed Gonzales will
enter. Gen. Lopez de Lara. the new
military governor for the federal dis
trict is preparing a decree for the
protection of government property.
Gen. Gonzales expects to provide food
for the people"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-07-14
PRESIDENT IN COLLISION.
WILSON IN MINOR AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT.
Members OF White House Motor PARTY
Escape Injury-Rammed From
Rear by Small Machine.

Cornish. N. H., July 10.-President
Wilson was in an automobile acci-
dent near Newport. N. H., tonight
with members of his family, but no
one was hurt. When his machine
stopped to avoid frightening a. horse,
a small automobile bumped into the
White House car from behind, break
ing the front light on the small ma
chine. ",,.....i r.....
President Wilson. Mrs. Francis
Sayre. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones
and Mrs. Norman Gait of Washington
were shaken up by the collision. Sc
cret service men a short distance be-
hind soon learned that the presidents
party had suffered no injury and that
the five men in the other car were
unhurt. General opinion was that
the presidents chauffeur was blame.
less.