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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
THE NEW KAUFMAN STORES
Contract Let For Building to Take
Place of One Destroyed

David Kaufman, proprietor of the
Kaufman Underselling Stores destroyed
by fire, win rebuild at his old location
at 4, and s South Market square,
and has engaged C. Howard Lloyd, an
architect, and has let the contract for
building to w. s. Miller.
The new building will include the
first floors of all three buildings and
have eighty feet of window space. The
new store will open for business in the
fall. The temporary store at North
Market square, will be open soon with
a new stock of spring goods.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
WANT NEW TRIAL FOR BECKER
Afidavit of Witness Says Latter Tes.
titled Falsely at Trial
By ASS0cIdtcd Press.

New York, Feb. 25.-A motion for a
new trial for Charles Becker, the former
police lieutenant convicted for the mur.
der of Herman Rosenthal, was made
in the Supreme Court to-day. Becker Is
counsel said he based his motion on
newly discovered evidence to the effect
that one of the States witnesses to a
material fact had testified falsely at
Becker s second tri31
Attached to the papers was the af-
fidavit of James Marshall, made in
Philadelphia recently, in which Mar.
shall repudiated part of his testimony
at the second trial.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
GREAT BRITAIN WILL FIGHT
lie FRANCE AND RUSSIA QUIT

London, Feb. 25, AIS P. M.-Pre
mier Asquith took occasion in the
House this afternoon, in replying to a
question, to endorse the opinion ex.
pressed recently by First Lord of the
Admiralty Churchill in a newspaper in.
terview that Great Britain would con-
tinue to fight to the bitter end. even
should France and Russia withdraw
from the war.
The Premier pointed out that Mr..
Churchill had declared with special EN-.
phasis that he eould' not conceive of
such contingency as this, "but. -
added the Premier, 81 am in complete
agreement with him. | see, no reason
to differ from the views he has ex.
pressed. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Great BRITAIN IN entire
accord With The RUSSIAN
DESIRE FOR ACCESS TO Sea

London, Feb. %, S.25 P. M.-Sir
Edward Grey, the foreign secretary, an
nouneed in the House of Commons to-
day that Great Britain was in entire
accord with Russia's desire far- access
to the sea.
with Russia s desire for access to
the sea England is in entire accord, -
the foreign secretary said, in response
to question from Frederick w. Jo-
wett, whether England knew of and ap.
proved the statement of the Russian
Foreign Minister, NJ. Sazonoff, in the
Duma, that Russia intended perma.
nently to occup Constantinople.
The foreign secretary responded he
was unaware that NJ. Sazanoff had
made any such statement but, he adj
ed, ''the statement l have seen was
that M. Sazsnoff had said that the
events ON the Russo-Turkish frontier
would bring Russia nearer realization of
the politieal-economic problem bound up
with Russia s access to the sea. ''Witn
these aspirations, he continued, eng
land is in sympathy. What form their
realization will take viii no doubt be
settled in the terms of peace.
The announcement of Sir Edward
Grey marks one of the most important
Developments in the European political
situation since the beginning of the
war. Russia's desire for a warm wa
ter port and unrestricted outlet from
the Black Sea has long been. one of her
most cherished national aspirations.
Speaking in the Duma ON February 8,
Premier Goremykin said:
Turkey has marched with our
enemy, but her resistance already has
been shattred by. our glorious Caucasion
troops, and the radiant future of the
Russians on the Black Sea is beginning
to dawn near the walls of Constanti-
nople.
The attitude of Great Britain in the
event that the fortunes of war should
favor Russia in the struggle with Tur-
key has been an open question.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
REFLECTS DIR. SURFACE
He Is Also Beekeepers Choice for Seere
tary of Agriculture

The eleventh annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania State Beekeepers' Asso-
citation came to close last evening
with an address on "Relations of
Leagues to the Soil and Beekeepingv
by DR.. Fl. A. Surface, who was re-elect-
ed president of the association. DR..
Surface was endorsed for Secretary of
Agriculture to succeed Secretary n. B.
Critehfeld, whose term. expires this
week.
The annual election resulted as fol
lows: President, H. A. Surface, Har-
risburg; vice presidents, E. A. Wiener,
Lebanon; G. N. Greene, Troy, and f.
j. Strittmatter, Ebensburg; secretary.
treasurer, II. c. KIinger, Liverpool.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
600 Tons of Flour For Belgium

p New York, Feb. 25.-Dr. j. L. Mag
mes, of the American Jewish Relief
Committee, announced to-day that he
had arranged with the purchasing de-
partment of the commission for relief
in Belgium, to buy six hundred tons of
flour, which will be shipped to Pale
stine aboard the United States collier
Vulcan.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Enough Potatoes to Feed Germans

Berlin, Feb. %, via London, 2.55 P.
M.-The Prussian Minister of Agricul-
ture, Baron Won Schorlemer, discussing
the food question in the Diet TODAY
said that quantities of potatoes would
oe brought in from Poland, and that
large supplies were left in East Prus-
sla, where the Russians had been. ~
believe can express the hope" he add
ed, that the potato supply for human
food will SUFFICE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
RUSSIAN TROOPS REINVADE
BUKOWINA In NEW ATTACK

London, Feb. 20, P. M.-Russian
troops have reinvaded Bukowina and
reoccupied Sadagora. on the railroad
four miles north of Czeronwitz accord
ing to dispatch received by the
- Evening News from Mamornita, in
Rumania. The Austrians, the CORE
spondent adds, are pushing up their
troops toward the Czernowitz to meet
this new Russian attack
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Former President Talks to Educators

Cincinnati, o., Feb. 25.-Advoeating
plan which would make a national
standard of education practical bv en-
larging the Bureau of Education into a
university, consisting of corps of ex-
perts who would pass upon the effici-
eney, thoroughness and economy of the
various schools system, former President
WilliamNH. Taft addressed the Depart
ment Superintendence of the National
Educational Association here to-day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
No Action Against Judge Dayton

Washington, Feb. 25.-No action
will be recommended to this Congress
by the House Judiciary Subcommittee
hearing charges against Federal Judge
Dayton. of West Virginia. Chairman
MeGillieuddy began preparing report
to-day which may serve as the basis of
any action the Sixty-fourth Congress
decides to take.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Schaeffer Signs Federal Contract

New York, Feb. 25.-Hermann
Schaeffer, formerly of the Washington
American League baseball club, has
signed two-year contract with the
Federal League and has been assigned
to the Newark Club, according to an an
nouncement from Federal headquarters
here to-day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
arateful for American Relief

London, Feb. 25. 4.25 A. M.-Bel
gians in Brussels observed Washing
tons birthday as holiday to demon
strate their gratitude for the work OF
the American Relief Commission, write:
correspondent in Rotterdam. School
children were given holiday and near
ly every Belgian wore a miniature
American flag in his button hole.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
$50 Reward offered for Body

George Reitmyer, father of Howard
Reitmyer, who was drowned in the Sus-
quehanna river at Berwick on Monday,
has offered $50 reward for the recovery
of the body. A notice of this reward
was sent to the Harrisburg police this
morning.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Place Ban on Absintbe

Geneva, Via Paris, Feb. %, 5.25
A. M.-The military governor of
Strassburg, capital of Alsace-L Lorraine.
mas prohibited the sale or consumption
OF absinthe. Persons who violate the
order will be sentenced to years i'm.
prisonment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
English Aviator Falls to Death

London, Feb. 25, 3.17 P. M.-Lieu.
tenant Dawson C. Downing, of the
Royal Navy Flying Corps, was killed
to-day in fall from biplane during
flight at the central flying school.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Chicago Board of Trade Closing
By Associated Pre-.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Close:
Wheat-May, 153as; July, 125A.
Corn-May, 1898; July, 742l.
Oats-May, 56H; July, 531s.
Pork-May 1920; July. 1885.
Lard-May, 1917; July, 1895.
Riibs-May, 9.77; July, 1906.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
William B. Cunningham

William B. Cunningham, so years
old, 80 Hummel street, died in the
Harrisburg hospital this morning of
heart trouble. He was admitted to that
institution February 21 in a critical
condition.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Rutgers College Registrar Dies
BY Associated Press.

New Brunswick, N. j.. Feb. 25.-
Irving Strong Upson, registrar of Rut-
gers College, died to-day of heart dis.
ease. He was so years old
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
German Gold for Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Via London. Feb. 25.
POI A. M.-The Telegraaf" says it
mas learned that special train is
bringing S4,OOO,0OO in German gold
from Berlin to this city.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
PRzASNYSz Is TAKEN BY
THE Germans and 10000
RUSSIANS ARE PRISONERS



Russian prisoners. In Poland south of
the vistula, the Russians advanced to
Mogily, which is southeast of Boil
NOW, and occupied this position. Their
forces in this movement outnumbered
ours FIVE to one. Otherwise there is
nothing of Importance to report in this
region.
eft is characteristic that the com
mander of the Fifty-seventh Russian
reserve division, taken prisoner at Au-
gustowo, asked German officers whether
it was true that Antwerp was being
besieged by the Germans and soon
would fall. When the situation on the
western front was explained to this
Russian officer he refused to believe
that the German western army was on
French soil. 8.~
Although the capture of Przasnysz
has not been reported from Petrograd,
recent dispatches from that city stated
that heavy fighting was in progress in
the region in which the German victory
is now claimed in Berlin. Przasnysz id
about fifteen miles from the east Prus-
sian frontier, almost due north of War
saw, and has population of about
10000. Following the expulsion of the
Russian army from East Prussia the
Germans inaugurated an assault on the
fortified line in Northern Poland to
which the Russians feel back. OF these
battles the most violent has been in
progress at Przasnysz.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
CAPITOL HILL
State PROBING SMALLPOX
Farmer Afflicted With the Disease
Travels About Unfortunately
in Clarion County

The State Health Department was to-
day informed of ease of smallpox in
Harrington township, Clarion county,
from which serious consequences may
ensue. A farmer residing at point
near to Kane and Johnsonburg who has
been suffering from the disease has
been travelling about Unfortunately
and been in contact with many people
before the nature of the disease was
discovered. He was at once quaran-
tined and every precaution has been
takn to prevent a spread, but it is
feared that an epidemic may ensue.
Was Commission Counsel
James w. King, the Philadelphia at.
torney who committed suicide by jump.
ing into the Potomac river at Washing
ton, and whose body was found yester-
day, was a member of the Pennsylva.
MIA Commission to the Panama Pacific
Exposition and held the position of
counsel to the Commission. Governor
Brumbaugh will appoint his successor.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
Do Not Report Przasnysz Fallen

Petrograd Via London, Feb %.
2.37 P. M.-The Germans appear to
have concentrated large forces near
Przasnysz, which is now the center of
their attack in the region north of the
Vistula. The action about Ossowetz,
which had been the chief point of at
tack by the Germans, is becoming less
intense.
Serious fighting is reported also
further to the north, at Shtabin and
Yastrzemb, points between Grodno and
Augustowo. but there is little informa-
tion concerning the character of these
actions. According to official comment,
the Germans have exaggerated the mag
nitude of their victories along the East
Prussian front, and from the Russian
viewpoint the fighting in Northern Po,
land "is only now beginning
The Germans claim that they have
brought to brilliant finish their win
ter campaign is characterized here as
premature.
Scattered by Russian Cavalry
The German detachment which cross
ed the river NiemeH at three points
on February % has been scattered by
Russian cavalry and part of this force
has been captured. Some of the pris-
oners had in their possession explosives
and tolls which Indicated they were in
tending to blow up the railroad lead.
ing from Wilma to Warsaw.
( In Gahcia the Austro- German
forces have occupied new front ex-
tending from the Carpathians to Stan
islau. The feature of this front is its
thinness. The rear of the Austro- G err
man lines touches Rumania. The line
of communication is maintained not
far from the rear but from the flanks
being parallel with the Carpathians.
1t is reported that the city of Wyszo-
grod, on the Vistula, has been damaged
seriously by German shells.
Official communication from the Ger
man war offices to-day announced the
capture of Przasnysz, described in the
foregoing dispatch as the center of the
German attack. 1t may be that the
German news is of later date, reporting
a development in the battle referred to
above.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
FINANCE
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
QUOTATIONS..

Furnished by H. w. Snavely. Rroker
Arcade Building, Walnut and Court
Streets
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
AMERICAN RED CROSS DO CTOR
SENT TO SERVIA DIES ABROAD

Paris, Feb. 25, sos A. M.-Dr.
James +. Donnelly, of the American Red
Cross Mission, sent to Servia. died yes
terday at Nish, says a dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Saloniki. The body
VIII be sent to the United States by
way of Saloniki.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
EVANGELICAL CONFERENCE
Opens in Reading With Bishop Praying
That War Countries Soon See
Folly of Their Course
By Associated Press.

Reading. Pa, Feb. 25.-The opening
session of the East Pennsylvania Evan
gelical Conference was featured by the
address of Bishop s. C. Breyfogel, this
city. He prayed that the war-stricken
folly of their course. Bishop Brey-
fogel's annual sermon was on ''The
Call OF the Hour-A More Real Sense
of Cod
He said, among other things: "It is
a fateful hour. The church of to-day
faces conditions some of which are ap.
palling, conditions which, unless
changed, threaten disaster to Christian
ideals and chaos to the moral order.
''Sin has left the mark of Cain upon
the face of this age. The greed for
money has destroyed the more humane
sentiments. Political dishonor has dis
credited some of the most cherished in
stitutions among men,
A memorial service for the departed
members followed. The report of the
examining board was made. The ex-
animation for the first year was taken
by j. Harper Kinsey; Harry Maneval
and Charles w. Harner, second year;
Monroe s. Mumma, for the third year;
w. $. Adams ami o. F. Martin, the
fourth year.
Bethlehem, Pa. Feb. 25.-Bishop w.
H. Fouke, of Napersville, Ill.,, to-day
opened the 21st annual session of the
East Pennsylvania Conference of the
United Evangelical church in Emman-
uel church. The annual report of the
Woman S Missionary Society of the
conference showed that during the last
year $37, $3.50 was received for mis-
sionary purposes, or $4,000 more than
in. 1913, divided to districts as fol-
lows:
Allentown, S1S,112.50; Harrisburg,
s11,504.S5; Reading, s13,0S0.25.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25

DR.. Donnelly, who was a resident of
New York and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Louisville, went to Servia
late in -,ovember with FIVE other doc
tors and twelve nurses sent out by the
American Red Cross. He had seen hos
pital service in Louisville and in New
York. He held royal medical decree
in Holland
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
plan TO Raise Bread Price
Pittsburgh Bakers Agree to the Boost
and Federal Department of JUS.
tice Starts Probe

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 25.-Inquiry
into the plans of local bakers to in
crease the price of bread is being made
by the Federal Department of Justice
here.
The Master Bakers Association of
West Pennsylvania at meeting Sat
urday agreed to boost the price one cent
a loaf on all sizes retailing under ten
cents but no date for the advance was
fixed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-25
New York Feb. 95-The wholesale

New York, Feb. 25.-The Wholesale
price of bread, which was recently
raised to five cents loaf is to be re-
stored to four cents, according to re-
ports published to-day. In fact that
there was much agitation when the cost
of bread was raised, followed. by inves-
legations into bread industry, is one
reason given in the report for the plan
to restore the oAf prices. Another rea-
son is that most of the smaller baking
companies, instead of following the lead
of the big concerns, continued to sell
bread at five cents to their retail trade.
The Attorney General s inquiry into
the increased cost of wheat and bread
will be resumed tomorrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-26

] dl'en.
 l For instance, a kindergarten room may be placed next to the botany room or the physics laboratory. How the big eyes stare into those more
 dignifiod quarters, how the little imaginations plan to reach there some day. And l saw a high school pupil racing along q corridor with a little lad in tow, when classes changed one hour.
 As to changing there is no set or der, no rule, no stiff lining un. ln
 class and out, pupils are not subject cd to the constant "Sh'' admonlsl- ment. The teacher is more ike the mother of the flock or the big sister, and down in the shops the boys ap-
 near to be working with father 1t is just because there are no set, prisao-like rules. that there is no noise and no disorder.
 And some group is playing all the time. There are about five acres.
 of plavground about the school and s wadine pool and garden for the spring and summer. And the auitor'- ,um, gynnasmms aud swimminS pool are seldom empty, Some group is ai' ways playing. When one or three urouns return for arithmetic or draw = ing, another group goes out to romp or to music in the auditorium or fo"h to the city market. And things gre so arrauaed that if the parents ot 2 child so desire, a play hour may pc put in at the family church for re- iisious instruction. The chcrches have co-operated with Mir. Wirl 1T this.
 peepine into the class rooms, l saw arithmetic pupils sitting about as they pleased, whispering Ii iEey chose. handling objects freely. in 'ac shoos. in most cases. presided over 1 by a union man, by the way, noGndE appeared to be instructed by the ln-
 structor alone. A boy appeared tc he learning forge work, for instance
 as we'll by consulting with more ad~ vanced student, as from the reaenef'
 In drawing class, seventh graders were lined up at casels With fohftu graders and one high school boy was working there with charcoal. ms whole room. by the way, had been
 painted by the painting boys, had heen stencilcd and filled in by cthers' window that offended by US stafh oblong, has been changed to staineo glass and it's casing was made III the
 shops.
 At the Froabel school, by the way
 all the tables and chairs, the cup boar6s and cases. were made by the hoys. A toy working in the shop gets. his time card and is paid $0.eh an hour. At the end of the week, ne ;s given cheek which he deposits III the school bank and when he has hayed $50 he has made credit to- ward graduation.
 Just Like Real banA. went into the bank, which IS run
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-26

the cobbler's shop there, mending her shoe under the amused eyes oe the instructor.
 :.'She wanted to know how,' said the cohbler teacher, "and so I let her. Lots of the girls come to class here"
 I went to Jefferson school, too, the first school put I'D by the steel mills people when they assayed the sand waste and named it Gary. Mir. Wirt speedily made an attic into a gvninas- ium, put in his special teachers and equipped his play ground, and barr ing the elderly aspect of the place it is as model as any.
 For the model of the Gary schools consists of opportunity, extravsgant opportunity for work and play, work made into play And the running costs no more than in any other city. approximately while the "attrac: tions" are far ahead in number and in the method in which they art pre- sented.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-12-26
HOyv TE1E GARY SCNOOE, SYSTEM WORKS
BY FLORENCE PATTON.

A da yin the Gary, Ind, schools and half hour with William A. Wirt educational wizard has just been my privilege,
 The day began at eight and endc.7 at five. the regular school period Os a Gary child and came away filled with an almost reyerent admiration for this quiet, simple man of accom- pishment, would understand why his revolution Of Gary schools had urged his name for superintendent O. Chicago schools to succeed Mrs. Young, and why New York City beg ged his ady'ee to the tune of $10.000, recently.
 Standing in tbe warm family at mosphere Of this Gary model place, | know that ] had hated the stereotyp- cd school day; the stiff standin" shoulder to shoulder in line to march to class; the everlasting sameness c1 that morning assembly; the clang Of the bell; the depression of that watch upon whispering--I always dii have so much to say to Mary or Sadie CT Rose-the ''sit up, children-straight Lit was so comfy to lounge bit I could think hetter)-an all the rest of it that still enduges and irk2 8 child unmercifully.
 How can the grade teacher with her smattering of information expect to compete in interesting a child. with the tutor, who, through spc2;aliinp. is thorough inrospactive, intuitivc and resourcofll?
 It isn't the grade teacher who is to blame. It's the system.
 Ii came over me so suddenly, so rofre2hin%ly Il the Emerson trio, that 1 confess ! was rattled whe4s William A. Wirt, superintendent of schools at Gary. said he was ready fo" 8 talk.
 What is it? What is it about this place that fits one like rocking chair, made to ordar?' I wanted to know.
 And the quiet answer came pat: "It's the family spirit"
 mentioned the long period from until ; o'clock. Let nobody :maa' inc there are ovcrworked children in the Gary schools. Primarily, ths extra two hours from three tH five. are meant to keep the boy and siri out of the street It is 9 crime 2c- cordng to Mr Wirt, to let those two hours be wasted, when they can be put in with interesting play m the school.
 Al Plays No Work.
 For there is no work in the Gary schools. Ii is all play. meant to be go. And by the appearance of the children, you know this to De so. The Emerson. like the bigger Froebai school, accommodates the high school punils, the grade children ant tha kindergalaners, all at the same time. Again it is the family idea. The younger ones have constantly tefore Them the example of the older chl'-