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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
PAUSE TO HONOR
Geo. WASHINGTON


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brought out the louisville slugger'
and cord ball, and scrubby" took q
lot Of boys away from troubled mothers
who spent the morning over the wash
tub.
Shorter Postofice Hours
Many flags were flung to the breeze
from homes throughout the city and
many pictures of George Washington
were displayed in windows. Some per-
sons took recognition of the day by
hanging small hatchets from coat
lapels. Candy cherries-commemo
ing the famous cherry tree that suffered
at the hands of young Washington
were the favorite confection.
The main pDstoffice was closed at 10
clock this morning and will remain
closed until midnight. Carriers made
the first morning delivery. The regular
collections will be made this evening
Other federal offices were closed to.
day, including the Weather Bureau,
which issued only the local report con-
tanning the temperatures Of yesterday
In the big cities stock exchanges and
grain marts were closed, subsequently
the Independent is without its Gus.
tomary stock and grain reports.
Using this day as an excuse, the
Pennsylvania General Assembly will not
meet tonight, having adjourned last
week to meet again ON the evening of
March 1. This vacation will not be
taken by Governor Brumbaugh, how.
ever, who is preparing for the Legisla-
ture several measures he has promised
to support.
Firemen Celebrate Tonight
The seventy fourth anniversary of
The Washington Hose Company No. A.
whose quarters are at 1923 Chestnut
street, will be celebrated tonight as is
the annual custom of the company. A
smoker will be held at the hose house
at o clock and later banquet will
be served in the Plaza hotel.
Mayor Royal, the other members of
the City Commission, Fire Chief Kind
ler and Assistant Chief Halbert, to.
gether with several other guests, have
been invited to attend. In all about
fifty will be entertained George w
Kennedy, president of the company
will be toastmaster Charles E. Ripper
secretary, is chairman of the committee
ON arrangements.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
HAS MESSAGE WASHINGTON
Sent TO CONGRESS IN 1890
Continued From First Pare

Continued From First PAGE.
but little, but in some places age has
worn the paper away, obliterating a
few of the words but not enough to de.
stroy the context
On the Estate of the Country
The message is devoted entirely to
"the state of the country" touching
on various matters pertaining to the
good of the young republic, and is sup
posed to have been sent to the Congress
when it was meeting in Philadelphia,
after Washington was inaugurated as
President in New York.
The message is addressed to the
Gentlemen of the Senate and House
of representatives, and further along
in the manuscript, which covers four
large foolscap pages, it is further ad.
dressed to the Gentlemen of the
House of Representatives" and near
the close it is again addressed to both
bodies.
An interesting paragraph in the mes
sage, particularly in the light of pres
ent affairs, calls attention TO the ne
cessity for military preparedness as fol-
lows:
Urged Preparedness for War
GA free people ought not only to be
armed, but disciplined, to which end a
uniform and well-digested plan is
requisite; and their safety and inter
est require that; that they should pro-
mote such manufactures as tend TO
render them Independent ON others for
essential, particularly military, sup
plies
1t was never discovered how the
message came into Mr.. Rahm' IS posses
sion, but it is supposed to have been
removed with other documents to Ian.
caster during the frequent changes of
the seat of government and that Mr..
Rahm got it there while he was a State
Senator. Eventually Mrs. Hogan prob
ably will place the old manuscript in
possession of the United States Govern
ment, to be placed in the National
Museum in Washington, although the
Dauphin County Historical Society
would like to become it's final custodian.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
ZION CLASS BREAKS RECORD
DR.. Campbell Tells Harm of Leniency
of Men With Their Sons

Because Christian fathers are often
too lenient, their boys gain the upper
hand and go wrong, DIR. Campbell told
the Men IS Organized Bible class of Zion
Lutheran church at yesterdays session.
"Failure to do the thing we know is
right to do is sin,'' he said" The
church will never save the man whose
life is not right. He must have clean
motives and live in accordance with
what he processes.
There were 151 men present, the rec,
ord attendance Of the class. Remarks
were made by E. X. Frazer, president of
the class, and H. NJ. Mercer, of Me-
chanicsburg. The class orchestra played
several selections and solos were sung
by Miss kinzer and Mr.. Zarker.
The record attendance of the entire
Sunday school at Zion was also broken
yesterday, with 5S6 present. The of
ferings for foreign missions amounted
to more than a hundred dollars, the
largest ever given by the school.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Federal Trade Commission Named

Washington, Feb. 22.-President
Wilson to-day nominated the following
members of the new Federal Trade
Commission: Joseph E. Davies, of Madi-
son, Wis; Edward N. Hurley, of Chi
cago; William J. Harris, of Cedartown,
Ca; William H. Parry, of Seattle,
Wash, and George Rublee, of Cornish,
N. H.
Politically, the commission has
three Democrats, one Progressive-Re.
publican and one Progressive. Perry is
described by the White House as a
Progressive Republican and Rublee as
Progressive. k
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
FIFTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE
Aged Lebanon Couple Celebrate Golden
Wedding Anniversary

Lebanon, Feb 22.-The residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shank, Chestnut
street, this city, the parents of John G..
Shank, foreman in the Pennsylvania
railroad shops at Enola and a resident
OF Harrisburg, was the scene of a
happy event Saturday, when the couple
fittingly celebrated their fiftieth gold
en- wedding anniversary. All of their
children, including Mr.. Shank, of Har-
risburg, and a daughter, Mrs. Harry
A. Martin, were present to take part
in the happy celebration. Mrs. Shank
is the sister of former Mayor c. G..
Gerhart, of this city, and an aunt of
Mrs. George Kochenauer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
CAPITOL HILL
GOVERNORS Views IN THE
COMPENSATION MEASURE
workmen 's Bill Completed by Attorney
General Brown and to Be Made
Public This Week After Being
Printed in Pamphlet Form

The workmen s compensation bill to
be backed by the administration as
carrying out the views expressed by
Governor Brumbaugh in his personal
platform, has been completed by At.
torney General Brown, and it is expect
ed that it will be made public this
week, after being printed in pamphlet
form for distribution among the mem
bers of the Legislature in order that
they may study it during the recess. IT
is understood that the bill will apply
almost exclusively to manufactures
mills, workshops and other places in
which numbers of men are employed
and that it is SO arranged that it will
not affect agricultural interests. 1t viii
be introduced in the Senate and House
at the same time, in order to facilitate
its passage. Before final action is ta
ken on the measure it is contemplated
to have hearings when all parties in
terested may present their views.
The new child labor bill in process:
of construction by the Attorney Gen
eral IS department to carry out the
platform views of the Governor, is ex
pected to be made public this week, anC
will receive the administration support
instead of those introduced in the Sen
ate by Mr.. Phipps, of Venango, and il
the House by Mr.. Reynolds, of Phila
delphia. Hearings will be held ON th'
bill before it is finally reported, ant
organizations of children 's aid societie!
from all over the State will be heard
as wen as some manufacturers who art
opposed to the bill on general prin
ciples.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
1882 AT SUNDAY SCHOOL
ALI Records Broken Yesterday at Derr!
Street u. B. Church

All attendance records at Derry
Street United Brethren church were
broken yesterday during the Sunday
school session. The membership of the
school is 1,O74 and yesterdays attend
ance was 1892.
The attendance in the big Men s
Bible class was 277. Two weeks ago
it was 230, last Sunday, February IA,
it was ESQ. Next Sunday the member
ship committee will strive to boost the
attendance to 800. Tonight the class
will hold Washington birthday ban
quet. Covers will be laid for ESQ. DR..
Gossard, president of Lebanon Valley
College, will be the principal speaker.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
BIG FIRE In EAST ST. LOUIS
Property Damage Is Estimated at More
Than $15O,OOO

East st. Louis, Ills, Feb. 22.-Fire
that started in the upper floor of zieg-
enhein Brothers Furniture store to-day
spread to the four corners at the in
tersection of Collinsville and st. Louis
avenues and caused loss exceeding
$150,000.
Two buildings, the Ziegenheim build
ing and one occupied by the Fellner-
Crow store, were destroyed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Jacob Sawyer

jacob Sawyer, aged II years, died
at his home, 306 South Second street,
last night at 10 o clock, after a linger-
ing illness. Surviving him are his wife,
Rebecca; two daughters, Mrs. Linne
Craig, Mrs. Bertha Tolmie, and five
sons, William, Frank, Edward, Jacob,
Jr and Lester, all of this city. He was
a member of Pokoson Lodge No. 331,
Improved Order of Red Men.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
RUNS DOWN FIGHTER
William Warner, Wrongly Accused
Brings Offender to Justice

Knowing that he was not the man
who engaged in fight on Paxton
street, William Warner who suffered a
SO fine before Mayor Royal after he
had been positively "identified' by
Steve Misko, who claimed to have been
beaten up, decided he would bring the
real belligeren. to justice and turned
detective, with the result that he had
William Jones arrested.
Jones admitted that he was the fight
er when he appeared before Mayor Roy
al Saturday afternoon and Warner and
William Spillman, with whom he was
arrested, had the satisfaction of having
their names cleared and fines of SO
remitted.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Red Men to Hold Masquerade Ball

A Washington birthday masquerade
ball will be held in the City Grays' ,
armory, Second and Forster streets, this
evening by Warrior Eagle Tribe, I'm.
proved Order of Red Men, for the bene-
fit of the degree team. There will be
about ten of the local tribes represent
ed, all Of them to be in fine costumes.
A large orchestra will furnish music for
the occasion, at which the public is in
vited to attend.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Messenger Boy Proves Hero

Noticing glare Of fire in the third
floor of 400 Cumberland street, Satur-
day night, Ralph Anderson, Western
Union messenger boy, rushed in and
saved from burning bed George Green
burg, the 16-mon th-old son of Samuel
Greenburg. Anderson after threw a
burning mattress out of the window.
The Good Will chemical engine was
called but the fremen were not needed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
TAKE BULLET FROM ABDOMEN
John Armstrong, of West Fairview Re-
covering From Accidental Shot

John Armstrong, 19 years old, of
West Fairview, was operated on at the
Harrisburg hospital this afternoon for
the removal of a twenty-five calibre
bullet which was lodged just under the
skin on his abdomen. 1t had pierced
his body from the back, entering be-
tween the seventh and eighth ribs. The
bullet pierced the lung cavity, but the
wound is not now believed to be se-
rious.
He and companion were carrying
some boards on Saturday on which
rifle was lying. The boards slipped and
in his efforts to reach the gun it was
discharged and Armstrong, who was
walking in front, received the leaden
pellet in the back. He was admitted to
the Harrisburg hospital last Saturday
afternoon.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Game of Craps Presages Spring

Spring must be surely here-4Police-
man Spangler broke up game Of
craps in an open field near Division
street yesterday afternoon. There is
no surer sign of spring to a copper than
a crap game of this sort. Two caps
and an overcoat were picked up and
can be had on application to the police.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
To/Extend Derry Street Paving

The Harrisburg Railways Company
this morning announced that just as
soon as the weather opens up it will
begin operation for the paving of
Derry street from the present paving
line at Twenty third street to the Poor
House lane, or Twenty eighth street.
The paving of this stretch is ON the
City's spring paving program.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22

Funeral services for John Klinger,
who died Thursday, will be held to-
morrow morning at 10 o clock at the
funeral chapel of Undertakers Hoover
& Son, 1913 Second street. The Rev.
DR.. J. Bradley Markward, pastor of the
Bethlehem Lutheran church, will have
charge of the services. Interment will
be made in the Paxtang cemetery.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
COPPER FOR CONSTABLE
Joseph D. Coleman Seeks Nomination
in Ninth Ward

Joseph D. Coleman, 20 North Thir.
rteenth street, member of the local
police force, has decided to enter the
political lists this fall as a candidate
for constable of the Ninth ward and is
already asking his friends for support
He is Democrat and will seek the
Democratic nomination.
He is the second member of the pres
ent force to strive for constable, Theo'
dore Fehleisen having announced his
candidacy for constable of the Third
ward.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
MYRTLE I. Gill

Myrtle I. Gill, aged 20 years, died
at her home, 1913 Derry street, yester-
day morning at 1915 O. clock. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday after.
noon at 2 o'clock at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w. Christ,
at York. Futher services will be held
in the First Church of the Brethren,
York, and interment will be in Green
mont cemetery.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
CONSCIENCE PRICKED HIM
Man Who Raised Pay Check Gives Him
self Up to the Police

Saying he has had no luck since he
raised a pay check from $3.36 to
$30.36 and cashed it on Harrisburg
hotel man, Samuel s. Sherman, So
years old, colored, "gave himself up
to the Allentown police Saturday aft
ernoon.
No complaint of this kind had been
made to the local police who after a
search found the hotel man. Sherman
was brought back to Harrisburg this
afternoon. He was employed as a rig.
ger on the Cumberland Valley Rail
road job in South Harrisburg.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Former Cornell Coach visits Here

Daniel Coogan, graduate Of the
University of Pennsylvania, who for
seven years coached the Cornell foot
ball squad, is visiting Mr. Waldron, 420.
North Third street, the local represent
ative of the Stutz automobiles. Mr..
Googan soon will leave for Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Myrtle Arnold

Funeral services for Myrtle Arnold,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David Arnold,
who died Saturday morning at the home
of her parents, $50 Delaware street,
were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. J. S. Armstrong, assistant pas
tor of Pine Street Presbyterian church,
officiated. Interment was in the Har-
risburg cemetery.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Owners Will Make No Protest

New York, Feb. William l..
Harriss, of the firm which owned the
steamship Evelyn, sunk in the North
Sea yesterday, said to-day, that his firm
would make no protest to the State De-
partment as he considered the loss of
the ship due to war risk which he had
taken.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Gertrude Jean Stine

The funeral of Gertrude Jean Stine,
infant daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Slime, Enola, was held this aft
ernoon at 2 clock from the home of
her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth T..
Slime, 623 North Second street, the
Rev. Henry w. A. Hanson, pastor of
Messiah Lutheran church, officiating.
Interment was in the Harrisburg ceme'
terry.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
LOCOMOTIVE BELL GONE
Lou Souers Must Answer at Court for
Alleged Larceny

Lou Souers was held for court under
$500 bail this afternoon by Alderman
Hoverter. The railroad police prose
'cuted him for the larceny of 90
pound bell from a locomotive which
was on a siding near the Herr street
subway.
Souers was arrested Saturday by
Policemen Schelhas and Halsey. A la
borer with wheelbarrow took the bell
back to the railroad yards and the police
are wondering how Souers got away
with it.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Improvement at Tennis Courts

Steel standards, placed in concrete,
are to replace the old wooden posts that
for years have been used for support
ing the wire nets around six of the
eight Reservoir tennis courts, so Park
Commissioner Taylor announced this
morning. Work win be started as soon
as the weather permits.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
COURT HOUSE
HORSE DEALERS In QUIBBLE
Alleged Unsound Animal Cause Of Pro
longed Court Action

The exchange of horses by II. ID.
Koons and Simon Stine with NJ. l..
Ludwig has been the cause of prolonged
litigation between the trio and when
counsel for one of the men sought to
further air matters in the courts this
morning, his papers were returned with
the advice that possibly you can get
together on dhis proposition and save
your client some money"
Opposing counsel said his clients are
entirely willing to settle. According to
the stories of the attorneys their clients
exchanged horses and later returned the
steeds claiming they had been falsely
represented as good, sound workers. I'm
mediately efforts were made to open
judgment notes that figured in the deals
and, of course, there was some oppo-
sition. The quibble, as one lawyer ex-
planned it, all is over about SIS OF
$40.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Departments Closed

All of the departments on Capitol
Hill were closed to-day, it being legal
holiday, and the north and south doors
of the big Capitol were closed, despite
the fact that hundreds of visitors were
there who could not visit at any other
time.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Says He Fell From Trolley Car

Alex. KoIoff, an Austrian, 227 Frank
lin street, Steelton, was admitted to the
Harrisburg hospital Saturday night
with laceration of the scalp. He said
he fell from a Harrisburg Railways
Company car.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
To Visit the Exposition

The Second Regiment National
Guard, of Philadelphia, has made ar
rangements to attend the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco in
June on the occasion of the dedication
Of the Pennsylvania building, when
Pennsylvania Day will be observed.
About seven hundred men will be in the
ranks, and the trip will cost about
$4,000, almost all of which has been
subscribed. The men will be gone two
weeks.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Local Option

The House Law and Order commit
tee will give the opponents and friends
of local option an opportunity to be
heard on the bill some afternoon next
week, as yet not fixed. Both sides are
confident of winning, the opponents
claiming 140 votes against, and the
friends of the bill claiming a safe ma
jority in both Senate and House.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Governor Home

Governor Home
Governor Brumbaugh returned from
his trip to Philadelphia to-day, having
gone there and back by automobile in
order to have look at road condi.
tions.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Brought in on Bench Warrant

Joseph Cohen, a young man who at
the criminal court in June last got off
with suspended sentence failed to
comply with the Courts parole rules by
not appearing for examination at the
January suspended sentence court and
he was brought before the judges on a
bench warrant this morning. County
Detective Walters told the judges that
young Cohen has not been working
steadily; is shiftless and month or
more ago eloped with young Reading
woman whom he married against the
wishes of her father. The Court order
ed the county detective to make fur
ther inquiry.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-22
Many Cases Settled

-Four of the ten Common Pleas court
cases listed for trial to-day were open
for hearing when court convened and
these all were continued tomorrow,
the attorneys wishing to observe the
afternoon as a half holiday. One of
these causes is the suit of the Common
wealth Insurance Agency against Will
liam H. Opperman & Company.
The defendants are the contractors
who built the interceptor sewer along
Harrisburg's river front. The claim is
for premium on bonds furnished by the
company covering the second year of
the Improvement work. The contrac-
tors had paid for the first year, and, it
is alleged, failed to complete the work
within that time.
The following cases either were set
tied or continued: Catherine Trout VS..
Lykens Valley Coal Company, settled !;
Abraham Sieff VS.. Charles Aronson, con
tinued; Samuel Bower VS.. r. l.. West,
continued; T. R. Matthews VS.. Nathan
Coplowitz, settled; David Leidy VS..
Central Pennsylvania Traction Com
pany, settled; J. Rubenstein VS.. Pearl
Wilson, settled; Jacob F. Feist VS..
Charles A. Hutton, continues; Emanuel
Rhinehart VS.. William j. Bayles and
James NJ. Saunders, continued; Frank
Cline VS.. Joel D. Justin, continued.
Two jurors failed to respond at roll
call, as follows: John A. Hetrick, East
Hanover township; John Koons, West
Hanover township.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-10-15

In order to boom "a town or city. it
is not only necessary to write aud
talk about it, but endeavors must be
made to beautify and make it attrac-
tive. This can be done to a certain
extent by makipg street improve
ments. Every man is not expected to
build a palatial mansion. nor individ-
ually start a large factory. but you
can speak kindly of your neighbors
Make strangers feel at home when
they come to town, and sustain pub
lie improvement, even If they do not
benefit you for the present. Repair
you sidewalks aud fences, trim your
trees, and paint your house. The great
thing is for everybody to be at some
thing, pushing ahead, lettering the
condition of things about and around
you. 1t is the duty of every citizen
to assist in building up the city in
which he lives