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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02
HARRISBURG STAR INDEPENDENT TUESDAY EVENING MARCH

$150,00 for construction of armories
and $l2s,945 for maintenance.
walton, Lawrence, appropriatine
$240.S20 to reimburse counties fol-
payment of bounties ON noxious ami
mails.
Powell, Luzerne, increasing mine in
speetions in first and second anthracite
districts.
knnkle, Monroe, establishing bu,
reau of poultry in the Department OF
Agriculture.
Dunn, Philadelphia, authorizing the
Governor to name commission of ten
for an annual celebration of Independ.
ence Day in Philadelphia, and appro.
priating $4,000.
Davis, Lackawanna, increasing pre-.
emptory challenges from six to twelve
in cases involving election frauds and
jury tampering,
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Reasonable

Lord Esher, who when president of
the English court of appeal used to
keep up running fire of chaff on
learned counsel, sometimes got a Ro-
land for his Oliver, as when young
barrister in the course of argument
stated that no reasonable person could
doubt one particular proposition.
''But l doubt it very much" said
the judge.
The youthful advocate, not one whit
abashed, replied, 81 said no reasonable
person, my lord.'
The master of the rolls could only
gasp, proceed, sir, proceed. London
Express.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02

legheny, for the chairmen of the APP
psopriation committee and five mem
bers of each house to investigate pub
lished charges against certain Allegheny
institutions, was laid over on objections
by Mr.. Garner.
The general appropriation bill, to
carry on the State government for two
years, was introduced by Chairman
Woodward, of the House Appropria-
tions committee. 1t is made up from
the estimates made by heads of depart
ments, which will be considered by the
committee when the bill is referred
to il
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02
Governor Names a Judge

Governor Brumbaugh last night sent
to the Senate the appointment of Will
liam II. Shoemaker to be judge of Com
mon Pleas Court No. l, Philadelphia,
vice John L. Kinsey, deceased, and the
name of Ignatius j. Horstmann, of
Philadelphia, to be inspector of the
Eastern penitentiary vice Robert A.
Balfour. deceased. Both nominations
were referred to the committee on ex-
ecutive nominations.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02
Provides Help of Prosecutors

Representative Swartz, of Dauphin
county, introduced bill in the House
last night to permit District Attorneys
in counties of more than 100 900 popu-
lation to employ stenographers. This
act amends one relating to counties
whose population is from 10000 to
250,0O0.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02

The operating revenue of all lines
east and west of Pittsburgh for the
year 1914 was 1854. s,996.34, operat-
ing income s65.609, 1880, a decrease in
operating revenue, compared with 1913,
of SSS,022. 9i7.1l. and a decrease in op-
Grating income of s5,S1S, ,S52,5S. There
OF The entire system. being decrease
of aS,0S9.7i6 tons. and lSS.03l,2 295 pas
sengers carried, a decrease of 4.463. 150.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02
Seeks Aid For Local Charities

Local appropriation bills were intro
duced in the House last night as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Nissley, $4,000 for maintenance
of the Messiah Rescue and Benevolent
Home.
Mr.. Wildman, 81 900 for maintenance
and $4,000 for new building for the
Nursey Home, and $4,000 for mainte-
nance of the Children's Industrial
Home.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02
PAIN GONE! RUB
SORE, RHEUMATIC
ACHING JOINTS
Rub Pain Away With a
Small Trial Bottle of
Old st. Jacobs Oil"
Stop dosing" Rheumatism

It's pain only: not one case in fifty
requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil"
right on the tender spot" and by the
time you say Jack Robinson - out
comes the rheumatic rain and distress.
'St. Jacobs or is a harmless rheuma-
tism liniment which never disappoints
and doesn't burn the skin. II takes
lain. soreness and stiffness from ach.
ing joints. muscles and bones; stops
sciatica, lumbago, baekache and neu-
ralgia.
Timber mp! Get small trial bottle
OF e'd honest est. Jacobs Oir
from any drug store. and in mo.
ment. vou'll be free from rains, aches
and stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub
rheumatism awav.-Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02

The number Of tons of freight moved
on the tive general divisions east OF
Pittsburgh and Erie in 1914 was 1885,.
2S6.0S5. decrease of 1g.912.743. or 1888
per cent; the number OF passengers was
S0,ST3.sSl. decrease OF 1.90S,95l, or 2.SO
per cent.
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Bill Carries SI6,955,T22

The total carried is S46,S55,722.42,
the largest ever put in a preliminary
bill. The Highway Department asks
S11,44S,1Q0, of which s6.000,000 is
for maintenance and S3,000,000 for
State highway construction and other
highway expenses. Schools are given
SIS 100000 and the Health, Labor and
Industry, Legislative and other depart
mentS are down for large sums.
Provision for refund of any increase
in the price of coal which may have
been paid TO any producer of anthracite
coal because of the anthracite tax be-
ing refunded in the event of the act be-
ing declared Unconstitutional is made
in bill introduced in the House by
Mr.. Garner, Schuvlkill. The payments
are to be made within one year after
the act is declared unconstitutional. if
it should be, with lawful interest. Per
sons entitled to the increase are to file
claims within six months and suit may
be brought to enforce coliettion. If an
accounting is not made by coal nroduc-
erS in year the Attorney Gen al may
bring suit on behalf of the State.
Other Bills Offered
Other bills presented were:
Lands, Montgomery, requiring all
persons, except dealers desiring to carry
or possess deadly weapons to secure
permits from District Attorneys.
Nissley, Dauphin, PROHIBITING sprink-
ling paved streets in any cities between
t a. m. and p. m.
Ostrander,s Mexican, appropriating
s62.5lo for State aid to agricultural
exhibitions.
Nissley, Dauphin, requiring all plans
and materials for construction and
burial vaults TO be approved by State
Commissioner of Health or his officers,
and providing for State inspection.
Nickerman, Allegheny, taking from
the Public Service Commission jurisdic-
tion over pu5lic utilities in counties.
municipalities and townships.
Whitaker, Chester, appropriating
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IT PAYS TO USE STAR
INDEPENDENT WANT ADS.
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Legislation.

The increased scope and great bur-
den of the duties and responsibilities
Commission should now be followed by i
the amendment of the Federal laws
from which its authority is derived.
The Commission should be definitely
empowered by specific provisions in
these laws to strengthen the railroads,
Upon which the welfareef the Coun-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02

The tonnage decreased 1888 per cent
and the tonnage mileage decreased 11.67
per cent, due to the general restriction
was also reduced 1887 per cent. The
reduction in passenger business is re-
fiected in the decrease of 2.30 per cent
In the number of passengers, 4.31 per
cent. in passenger mileage, but passen-
ger train mileage was also reduced 4.73
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-02

The increase in the mileage Of the
lines directly operated was due chiefly
to the lease of the Northern CentraI
Railway.
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sToGKHoLpERs ANNUAL REPORT
- " NELSON
PHILADELPHIA, "A.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14

of this incident greatly lightened the
Presidents task of the time
Copyright. 1915. by f. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell
How Secretary Seward Convinced
the Diplomats"
Evening journal., 1915-06-14
Stories From the European Firing Line
As Related by Some Eye Witnesses

the roads Nothing unless 1t be ar
tillery or ammunition coming up to the |
front. must block them; If possible,
special roads were selected for them
before the battle began. and even
soldier policemen, as in the battle Of
Neuve Chapelle. may be keeping these
r. A. NJ, c. roads clear of all other
traffic
The automobiles run TO some town
where there is a railroad station; in
this town there will be a big building
used as a resting place for the wound
ed. II is technically known as cas-
ualty clearing station" and is not
rated as a hospital proper There
may be several of these great cas-
ualty clearing stations behind the
battle line, where doctors and nurses
have been waiting for the wounded
to arrive. They dress wounds thor
oughly: they set broken limbs they
have operating tables and all the in
struments that a surgeon might have
IN great London or New York hos
pital They are prepared TO handle
any sort of a case. Here you begin
to see even more Of the Red Cross
work, while gowned army nursing SER
vice nurses will be moving about on
errands of mercy. Slippers, band
ages. blankets, and little comforts
THAT come from Red Cross sources
show you that we are leaving the grim
scientific efficiency of the battle line
and are moving back toward civiliz-
alton where kindness and sympathy
await the man who was wounded
while fighting for his country
There are hospital trains awaiting
in this town. Some of the cars may
have been donated by the Red Cross,
as were many Of the automobiles. IN
the trains, there are other army
nurses and all possible comforts.
have seen even flowers. Woman s
touch and her kindness begin TO be
felt II is like Heaven for a soldier
/, who has done his duty and been
wounded, to fall back on his white
, pillow in hospital train and start
for home.
Then there's the run in the trair
: back to some great city, where splen
! did hospitals and comfort and healtl
n may be found The r. A. NJ. c. ha.
. fought for the lives of these mer
y every inch of the way. In the sam
y spirit that a great surgeon may, b,
e Sparing no pains, try to rescue
a man from the very brink OF death. 81
" does the r. A. NJ. c. go the very lin.
4 Of effort
le For instance. on canals, there ar
le slow moving stoady-going canal boat
a for the wounded soldier who migf
n. be killed by the iostle of a train q
Is whose condition is so serious this
In even while he Is travelling, he mu,
a. have all the care that he would r.,
ey ceive in a great hospital There
lie hope for him in these boats. The
in will wond their slow. steady wa
or TO the English Channel and the hu,
IN hospital ships. which carry wound,
OF / soldiers back 10 old England.
TO- And your money. which you D
re into the Red Cross funds, buys Il
comforts which aid the tools OF d
IT. r. A. NJ. c. But the r. A. NJ.
M does the work. The r. A. NJ c.
lg scientific and practical. The R
be Cross adds the comforts that gent
he ness and kindness have taken
.es many centuries TO build into o
he civilization.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14
CONTROL
Held BY Cen. dupont
Wilmington Man Buys Nor
gan Stock in ASSur-
ance Society
PRICE SAID TO BE
NEAR $780, 900

The announcement was made in
New York on Saturday that the ma
jority of the capital stock of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society OF
the United States had been sold by the
executors Of the estate of the late
]. p. Morgan to General T. c. du-
Pont. principal owner Of the new
Equitable building in lower Broad
way The trust under which the
stock has been voted. would remain
undisturbed, Il was said The an
nouncement was made by William A.
Day. president OF the society. Mr..
Days statement read in part, as fol-
lows:
It is eminently appropriate that in
the change in the ownership Of the
stock the interest in the majority OF
the societys capital has now been
acquired by a stanch friend Of the
Equitable, who states that his sole
interest is to protect the interests OF
his policy holders Of the society,
whose home is I'm the building Of which
/ he is the principal owner-a build
ing which bears the Equitable name
and which has been erected in large
part for the benefit Of the Equitable
and to facilitate the efficient transac-
| ton of its business.
The announcement was confirmed
in a statement issued by General du'
Pont. He also confirmed a suggestion
that IL was his idea 10 cooperate
I with the officers OF the society In q
plan for complete naturalization. IN.
policy holders already nominating
majority Of the board OF directors
The amount paid for the stock va.
not made public. Il was said how
ever. that S3.50O,O00 would not h
less" than General dnPont gave fol
the control OF the Equitable
The total stock issue OF this insur
ance company is 1000 shares Of
par value OF 500 a share. BY New
York statute the stock cannot pay
dividend Of over 40 per cent
From his investment Of over SO,
500. 900 or more General DUPONT viii
receive annual returns Of S3,50T. les
than one-tenth of one per cent J.
Morgan. Sr paid Mrs. r. II. Harri
man and Thomas F. Ryan approx
mately S3,000,000 for the same stool
in 1909.
The Equitable Life Assurance So
was organized in 1859, and vii
I'VE heen in business for Sc wear
1ulv nc reVt Tho fire of Janu
ary Q, 1912. drove It from its Office
q in the old Equitable building On Apr
\ 26 Of the present year it reopened II
e Offices in the New Equitable buildin
; General DUPONT until recently We
n president of the DUPONT Powder Con
l. pany. About three years ago he pu
& chased the site OF the Equitable bull
! ing and formed a corporation know
/, as the Equitable ONCE Building Co
u poration. which has erected the la
4 geSt office building in the world.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14

A Flag Day Story
BY VIRGINIA VALE.

Once upon time someone
thought we should celebrate Flag
nav on June IA Of each year.
think it was very nice suggestion
ana / am sure you Will all agree
with me. SO ] am going to ten
xou something about our flag that
perhaps some OF YOU do not know.
or course. you all know that the
flae we use today is not like the
one used years ago
The first American nag was
adonted hv Congress on June lftn.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14
BISHOP CONFIRMS CLASS.

The Rt. Rev. John j. Monaghan,
Bishop of Wilmington. administered
the sacrament of confirmation to a
large class of boys and girls and
adults in Sacred Heart Church at the
1890 o'clock mass Yesterday.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14
TODAy's OLDEST STORY.
V the United Press.

HY INC InIItd TIVss.
DENVER, Colo. June IA
soap-boxer was Grating about
the iniustices of the Colorado
coal barons. The peroration
closed with this stirring indict-
ment.
"They skim all the cream off
the milk and leave the others
nothing but the dry bones to
pick"
The orator couldn't under
stand the hilarity.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER
Compiled by John C. Quiniua
(The Sunshine Mani

And hath put all things under his
feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church, which
is his body, the fullness of him that
flleth all in all.-Eph. 1929.
Why did God say that Christ was
the head to the church. which was mis-
body? In the first place. the head
is the seat of government so FAR as
the body Is concerned. II is an indi-
cation of a diseased spiritual condi-
tion when the church is not through
and through governed by Christ
What a mighty work the church
might accomplish through the power
of God if IL should awaken to the
glorious truth that the Lord Christ
is head over ALL
Christ, as the head of the church,
is the seat of wisdom. What glor-
ious thought that all the wisdom
locked up in the eternal being OF
Jehovah is oursl
Suppose it we're possible for the
various members OF the body to act
independently of the headship. Sup
q, pose my right foot were to walk, my
| left foot to dance, my right hand to
] WTlle StImOnf anu my ACiN manu- ~
play the banjo l should at least make
o very suspicious-looking figure Many
church in the sight of Gods angels
4 is Just as ridiculous as that. In how
many churches you find that instead
of every organization being guided By
! Christs wisdom and working in har
mony, every member is pulling nu
l own way.
Il Again. the head is the seat of thu
i consciousness of JOY and pain! Wha
a comfort to feel that, however small
the position we hold, Christ feels ou
Joy and pain! In the physical bod,
-. sometimes the brain gets out of order
{ needs sleep, so that it does not war;
lie of danger. But Christ neve
) sleeps. A. ,. GUMbAhl'
Dayton. Ohio.
Evening journal., 1915-06-14

o During there we're great ma many M a sr
people wanted
the who nation chosen to decide Just whs w & s
decide they went TO
wanted the
hlue hut arrangement OF the
washington sX-ponted
cutting seized piece OF cou
pointed star Wc
ali liked and that she made Tor their ap
in ground with the
red that Betsy Ross made al OF
IN oficia flags usedby United States
represents state and the thirteen
mere
changed back to thirteen and added star
Government rtysix
nineteen feet inches There special flag
in handsome
embroidered with the
he
Through brotherhood M all victories
So hoist flag oday
nd I II patriotic and Americas
You will "Hurrah, to flag Will be true
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
Americans Doubly Warned
SAYS Herman Ridder

NEW YORK. May Sherman Rid
der's signed editorial In this morning s
Staats-Zeitung reads as follows:
VALE LUSITANIA.
A great trans Atlantic liner has fallen
victim to a German submarine. Several
hundred Americans disregarded the
declaration of the German admiralty of
February 4, 1918. regarding The waters
around Great Britain and Ireland. in
Cluding the whole OF the English Chan
mel" Il war zone. and declaring that
every enemy merchant ship found in
this war zone" would be destroyed.
They. Furthermore, disregarded the par
ticular warning of the German embassy
In Washington. as embodied in the ad-
vertisement published April %. 1915.
Whoever sails the seas In thes war
times. taking passage under the Britih
nag, assumes the risk attaching thereto.
There can be no responsibility of the
Government of the United States to
protect British shipping In British
waters. There is one way to safeguard
American life. and that is by staying
AT nome. Travel at sea Is decidedly
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
CAPTAIN STUCK TO SHIPS BRIDGE UNTIL LAST

the water before the Lusitania disap-
peared. A great many Of these were
rescued by the Lusitanias own life
boats.
Although rports were in circulation
that Alfred Vanderbilt. the American
millionaire. had been saved, a search
for him has failed to locate the slightest
trace. and his friends here have about
given up hope that he was rescued.
Mrs. L. B. Lines searched vainly for
her husband all night after landing. To-
day she found him dead in a loial hotel,
he having perished from exposure.
James Young, a fireman. who was In
the battle off the Falkland Islands when
Admiral Won Specs squadron was de-
stroyed, was rescued. but his spine was
injured by the explosion. and he is not
expected to recover
The first story of the tragedy to reach
Queenstown was brought by the sur
vivors who were landed at Queenstown
at midnight There were $50 OF hem.
and the chief steward, in charge, said:
The passengers were at lunch when
the liner was torpedoed. From the best
| that / ccould find out four torpedoes
| were launched. and two struck and OK
ploded One OF these demolished tn.
engine room. The vessel already had
begun to list when Captain Turner
ordered the boats manned and out
THE list was so bad that only about
ten boats were gotten safely into the
water Rounghly speaking, they car,
red about 800.
The boats tried to keep together a.
they proceeded toward the land. Man,
OF those that We had on board were
suffering from shock, and most of tn,
women had to be sent to hospitals. w
did not see the submarine after tn,
vs4Ssl was struck"
The Washington times., 1915-05-08

II doubt very much whether any of
the port side boats were launched. They
ware In such position that they could
not be swung oversize. The steamer
uas headed for the shore the moment
that the explosion took place
Cantain Turner stuck to the bridge to
the last. and was picked out Of the
water three hours after the Lusitania
foundered."
Ernest Cooper. newspaper man
.ror, Toronto, who was among the res
cued, said:
"T nm afraid that many Of the boats
could not be cut away In time. The
v.ssel sank very fast, and carried many
people down with her
There naturally was some confusion
hut I saw no real panic There was
large number of women and about
FORTY children in the second cabin who
were under one year old
Wrapped in a blanket ana without
clothing, Julian Avala, the Cuban con-
su, at Liverpool. was most cheerful,
although he was suffering from great
cash in his leg. from which the blood
streamed.
II boarded three boats before I fin
ouv got off in safety" he said. The
only reason that ] was saved was that
remained quiet and trusted in the
Lord. | prayed that | might he spared
for the sake of my three children who
arc IN the convent In Liverpool. l be-
lieye that there were many on board
who made no effort to get into the
boats. believing that the steamer coulc
not sink"
Taken To Morguc.
The steamer Heron and two trawlerl
The Washington times., 1915-05-08
TWO WASHINGTON
MEN ARE RESCUED
Dr.. Howard Fisher and Freder-
ick J. Gauntlet Cable Fami-
lies They Are Safe Ashore.

DR.. Howard Fisher. Washington ply
Ncian and surgeon, Miss Dorothy Con-
nor. sister Of Mrs. Fisher. and Fred
erick J. Gauntlet. Washington repre-
sentative OF a ship building company
the only Washington passengers on the
Lusitania. are reported today safe and
we'll.
DIR. Fisher is a brother Of Walter L.
Fisher. former Secretary OF the Interior.
Mrs. Howard Fisher today received n
cablegram from DR.. Fisher at 7:45
o'clock this morning. saying he was
safe at Queenstown, but was unable to
account for Miss Connor. Shortly after
s O'Clock Mrs. Fisher received another
message from her sister. Mrs Reckitt,
in Liverpool. saying: Howard and
Dorothy safe and well. VIII take best
care of them"
Mr.. Gauntlett's apartment Is at the
Parkwood. 1916 * street His wife spent
the night anxtousy awaiting news OF
her husband, and this morning was
prostrated by the nervous strain. Just
before s o'clock she received a mes
sage from Queenstown. signed by Mr.
Gauntlet. simply saying. Safe and
sound"
To Visit Sister.
DR.. Fisher was a member of the Amer
lean Red Cross unit bound for Liverpool
and Miss Connor. his wife's sister, was
bound for Liverpool for a visit to an
other sister. Mrs Julia Harold Reckitt
Mr.. Gauntlet went abroad as a rep
resentat,ve of the Newport News ShiI
Building and Dry Dock Company. with
him. on an errand said to be of con
! idential nature, was A. l.. hopkins
president of the company. who JOINED
him In New York
Mr.. Gauntlet had offices here in thu
Home Life building. He was the rep
resentative OF the Greek government a
the time of the sale. a year ago, or tive
battlesbips of the United States nav!
to Greece,
The transaction with Greece carried
with It the delivery of a check fo
more than 100000 to the Treasury II
Washington in payment for the ships
This check was delivered by Mr.. Gaunt
! lett. Mr.. Gauntlet left Washington
April % to embark upon his presen
mission.
were on their way abroad to Joil
iishman. to organize the hospital uni
which was to be a gift to the brltis
assigned to Belgium. Concern for d.
Fishers safety was felt throughout ofh
cial and medical circles in washington
He had an extensive acquaintance DOT
here and In New York.
A former Washingtonian mentoned a
being on board Is c. Frank William
son. whose father. Harry w. William
son. lives In Washington at the Lane
over Apartments. The younger MI
Williamson has been In Paris MheI
ington last fall with Alfred w. Var
derbilt and took a cruise with the la'
ter on the Vanderbilt yacht In so9t
America He IL about fortS years o'o'