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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
TO BURN indian incense
Albert Kelsey, in His Talk on Early
Mexico Friday, WIN Show Ar
ticles Used by Natives

Incense such as was burned in the
temples of the Indians of Yueatan 900
years ago win be waited through
Fahnestock hall Friday evening when
Albert Kelsey gives his picture talk on
his experiences in tropical Mexico.
Mr.. Kelsey in agreeing to speak for
the benefit of the general fund of the
Pure Milk Society of Harrisburg, also
promised to bring along some of the
blankets, pottery and other articles of
native service to give a "color'' touch
to the lecture and the stage.
The incense was taken from an old
well in the city of Chicbean liza, one
of the twoagreat municipalities of the
Maya civilization. 1t was here that
the thousands of pilgrims iourneyed to
worship the sun much as the Mohamme-
dan travels to Mecca. The finest tenn
Piles were there; the conclaves of the
ancient priesthoods were held there.
In the course of his travels through
Yucatan Mr.. Kelsey visited. the ruins
of this ancient city and incidentally
he came Upon the well. From this well
there were some other evidences of the
lost tribes of the Maya. The rest of
the find consisted of the skeletons of
ninety young women. Whether they
were the dancers of some ancient en-
peror, or his wives or his slaves or Just
some women who had gathered at the
well is one of the stories that lies bur
led in the dust of 500 years.
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BAHAMA ISLAND SHELLS.
Peariy Treasures Of Many Varieties
Line the Beaches.

Peariy Tressures Of Many Varieties
Line the Beaches.
The shores of the Bahama islands
are each day strewn with multitudes of
beautiful seashells, more than fifty va.
rieti.s of which have a commercial
value In the United States and Europe.
Among these are rice shells. so tiny
in SIZE as TO make one marvel how a
sufficient number could be picked up to
fill barrel; gold shells, mud shells
cookies, bleeding tooth; pretty decora.
tive sun shells, eardrop shells, which
are exported to Odessa, Russia, to be
used as ear pendants; Panama or tent
shells. which resemble miniature en-.
campments and sell at 500 a barrel;
black snails. which take a high polish;
conchs-king. queen, ivory. pinklip and
trochus or Turks cap. locally termed
"whelks." These are but few of the
assortment kept In stock at the leading
warehouses at Nassau.
The queen conch, which is et pecially
adapted for cameo carving on account
Of having layer OF brown with a
white top and the pinklip conch, which
has layers of white and pink. are much
sought for. Only the lips of these two
varieties are exported, the demand
coming from New York and from Tore
del Greco, near Naples, Italy.
Ordinary conchs sell at 1 cent pink.
lip. whole shells. from cents to %
cents, and queens at 80 cents United
States currency in Nassau. The whelk
or Turks cap is particularly valuable,
as it has portion resembling the best
mother-of-pearl from which pearl
studs, for instance. could be made.
1t is estimated that a million shells
Of this variety could be obtained annu.
ally in this colony. These shells sell
for IL cents each. Labor is cheap,
colored women receiving from % to 80
cents, ordinary laboring men 60 cents
and white engineers S15O day.-In.
dianapolis News.
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Reverse FOR THE ALLIES
IN THE DARDANELLES IS
NOW SUBJECT OF moment

London, April Is, 2.25 A. M.-Too
great expectations were raised by the
preliminary operations of the allied
feet in the Dardanelles, according to a
representative of British newspapers
who is officially accredited to the expe-
dition. -
1.-The British navy is convinced, -
the correspondent says, "that the mar
rows could be forced if occasion justi-
ned the loss of ships that would result,
but, unless there were powerful army
ready to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula
the moment the fleet passed into the
Sea of Marmora, the Turks and Ger.
mans Immediately would close the
straits behind it so the warships would
find it difficult to fight their way out
again.
Nothing amazed the British and
French gunners more than the resisting
power of the old forts around the Dar-
danelies. For example, those at Sed-
dul Bahr and Kump Kale were subject
ed to a devastating bombardment in
February, yet when landing parties ex-
amined them they found the material
damage done was comparatively small.
Although they were mere shamgles,
many guns were still intact and one g.
inch piece actually was found loaded.
similar conditions existed in the
forts nearer the narrows. After the
terrific bombardment of March Is their
gunners were forced to seek shelter and
the Notifications were sileneed, but the
fleet does not claim TO have put many
guns out of commission. After the dis
asters to the battleships Ocean and Ir.
resistible some of these guns were re.
manned, concentrating a heavy fire on
those vessels while the work of remov-
ing the crews to destroyers was pro-
gressing."
The correspondent considers the
Turks such poor gunners that the al
lies would have been at Constantinople
if there had been only Turkish troops
to deal with. He says, however, that
p4aise must be given German officers
for their skillful use of the defenses to
meet the warships' fire. For this rea-
son he believes it essential to have a
very large expeditionary force supplied
with heavy artillery, both field and
howitzers, if the expedition is to be a
success.
''The first great obstacle, - the Brit
ish observer states, "hes in the con-
stantly renewed mine fields, then the
concealed batteries of heavy howitzers
and the direct fire guns placed in posi-
tion since the first attack on the outer
forts. Then there are the movable
light batteries, which lombard the ships
from the most unexpected quarters.
The severity of the fire from these bat
teries frequently checks and makes ex-
ceedingly difficult the work of mine
sweeping.
"The more the task of forcing the
straits is examined the more tremendous
proportions does it assume. Moreover,
we do not know the strength of the
enemy's land forces, but they are en-
trenched everywhere, and the lesson of
Flanders brought home clearly what is
the inevitable cost of assaulting en-
trenched positions.
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MRS. CORA E. BRITTEN TO
drive IN MOTOR Club RUN
First Women to Enter For Three-Day
TriR Through South Jersey and
DelaNare-A Trophy For the Most
Popular Driver

Seven handsome trophies were re-
ceived by the Motor Club of Harris
burg on Saturday from West Chester,
three gold plated ones from the Board
OF Trade, and this morning a number
arrived from Wilmington, making the
total for the publicity run, May 10,
IL and II, reach the seventy mark.
Many other trophies are expected
within few days. 1
The contest committee of the Motor
Club met on Saturday and decided on
rules for the run which are very SIM
pie and only require an easy touring
schedule to be kept up with checking
at various cities and towns along the
route, where stops are to be made and
where demonstrations have been
planned.
In order to bring some features into
the run the committee decided upon
three special awards of trophies to be
made as follows:
One trophy to most popular driver
on run.
One trophy to the business firm with
best advertising feature.
One trophy to the make of car with
most entries-disposal of trophy to be
arranged by owners.
Several other special classes are
now being talked over and Secretary
Myton will be held to hear from any
members who have any features they
might wish to suggest.
Tho HarriShuru ANN will h.
by at least one woman driver as Mrs.
Cora E. .Britten, of West Fairview, an
ardent /motorist has entered and will
driver her own ear over the entire
route. Several other women drivers are
expected and owners of cars will make
up their parties by taking their entire
families.
The officials of the motor club de.
sire all those who intend to enter to
register as soon as possible as many
of the towns are inquiring how many
cans and people will be on the run.
These inquiries come from towns which
are planning demonstrations and re-
ceptlons and where souvenirs will
likely be given the contestants.
The entrance fee of $5 covers all
the touring expense including tolls,
ferriage and storage at night at At
lantic City and Wilmington. The ex-
pense is considerably over that figure,
but the Motor Club is bearing all that
portion above the actual entrance fee
in order that its members can have a
splendid pleasure>>trip at very little
expense.
George D. Proud, who has been en-
ployed by the Motor Club, reports ac-
tivity in all the towns through which
the Harrisburg tourists will pass and
will spend this week in Harrisburg ar
ranging for the route book. Business
firms who have not already made ar
rangements to enter are invited to call
upon Secretary Myton.
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jEFFERsoN's HOME.
MsrtiesIIe. With tie View Of the Uni.
vsrsity Of Virginia.

MsntiesIIe. With lie View Of the Uni.
vsrsity Of Virginia.
"A mansion on Monticello C'little
mountain" pronounced "Montechel.
ioJ, was Jefferson's boyhood dream.
He worked at 1t all his life with an
artists creative zeal.
The road from Charlottesville is wind
ing, hilly and rough. Rows Of big
stepping stones cross it, lifting pedes
TRANS out of the red mud. but joltins
needless drivers.
Visitors may stay In the grounds
twenty minutes. but must bring nc
luncheons. Jefferson's guests stayed
weeks and ate him into poverty.
From the servants quarters a long
sunken way runs under the house to
the Ice house and other storage be-
yond. The fiat roof of this walk. two
feet above ground, is a dry promenade.
Over the icehouse is an outlook plat.
form. Icehouse and servants quar-.
tiers are half underground. with win.
dows only on the far side. Jefferson
looked out over them east toward
Washington. west toward the Univer-
sity of Virginia. whose beginnings he
watched with his telescope when he
could no longer walk.
Students enjoy the most beautiful
and inspiring scholastic shades In the
new world. Jefferson's university Is
artistic perfection. reverently preserv.
ed. Toward the town the curved walls
he designed to save brick and labor
for poor institution still stand. The
length of each wave line curve Is
twenty feet. Its width, forty inches,
gives the stability of three foot wall
to one only four inches thick. The
effect Is pleasing.
Jefferson was a better architect than
Washington. and perhaps his equal IN
landscape gardening and estate plan.
ming
On Jefferson's gravestone at Mont.
cello no mention of the presidency Is
made. but his authorship of the Dec.
laration and the Virginia statute OF
religious liberty is recited and that he
was the Father of the University OF
Virginia. New York World.
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o. wherefore forth, triumph from the North
With hands, and ranent all red9
And wherefore doth send forth Joyous shout
And whence be the the which reads
O. evil the and bitter the fruit
And crimson the juice of the vintage that trod:
For trampled the throng naughty strong
Who the high places, and slew the saints of
1t was about the of glorious day of June.
That their banners dance and their shine;
And the Man of Blood there his
And Ashley, and Sir Marmaduke, Rupert of the
Like of the Lord, his Bible
The general rode along to us TO fight,
When murmuring sound broke weled a shout,
Among the goddess horsemen, upon tyrants right.
And. bark! like the the blows shore,
The of battle rises along their charging line!
For God! for the Cause! for the Church! for Laws!
For Charles King of England, and Rupert OF
The furious German with his earions
His bravos of Asatia, and pages of Whitehall;
They bursting hank pixies
For Rupert but to
They here They on! We gone!
Our left is borne before them like stubbe blast
o Lord put forth thy mighty Lord, the right
Stand back TO back in Gods fight last
Stout Skppon hath wound; the
Hark bark. What this trampng
Whose banner do hsee, bovs' Tis
Bear up another minute: brave Oliver is
Their heads all STOPPING low their points all a row.
Like whirlwnd the like a deluge
Our cnirassiers have burst the ranks of
And at shock have scattered the forest of his .kes
Fast fast the gailants ride. in som to hide
Their coward heads predesined o n
And he-he he fies-shame on
That bore to look torture, and dare look
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
Sum N mer-Flowerine
Bulbs

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Decorative Dahlias in high favor
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red. double flower.
Mrs. Charles Turner-Very large;
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Mrs. Roosevelt-Very large; soft
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Gladioli
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A Star Bargain in
BEDDING SUPPLIES

soc bleached pillow cases, 40
x36 inches, embroidered and
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Struck by Shifting Engine

William H. Vert, 2007 Green street,
conductor in the Harrisburg yards of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, was knock
ed down by shifting engine at the
Division street transfer this morning
and bruises of the head and arms re-
suited. He was admitted TO the Har-
risburg hospital for treatment.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
Firemen Answer Two Phone Calls

The Reilly Hose Company extin-
guished fire in the home of Louis
Capin, 1871 North Third street, yes
terday morning, after about 5000 dam.
age had beendone. A coal oil lamp, al
lowed to burn, caused an explosion, ac-
cording to the fremen. The Good Will
Company was called to 1929 Wallace
street this morning to a chimney FIRE.
The blaze was extinguished without
damage.
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There is grain of latent supersti-
tion in all of us, whether we are edu-
Gated OF not, and Marion Lord, who
plays Signora Monti, the Irish wife of
the famous Italian Opera tenor, has de-
veioped a superstition that is unique,
and she has written the business mans.
ager of "Twin~ Beds asking him to
advise her in which theatre the attrae-
tion is playing. Miss Lord has a hunch
that If the theatre be named for a
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
Moving Pictures.

Motion pictures were first given in
New York city in March. 1894. They
were Of the strong man Sandow. Mr..
Edison ut that time had just about
sompleted his kinetoscope, and with
that date the movies" may be said to
aave begun.-New York American.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
TO LIFT MORE QUARANTINE
State and Federal Authorities Coop
Grating in Cattle Disease Work

The State Live Stock Sanitary Board
will some time this week announce a
number of counties and localities from
which the quarantine is to be lifted
for foot and mouth disease. The ac-
tion of the Federal authorities in re-
leasing number of counties from quar-.
antine to-day is in accord with the work
of the State Board. The two are act
ing in harmony.
The killing. of hogs in the infected
district in Philadelphia was kept up
to-day, and before the slaughter is over
at least 5000 animals will have been
reduced to fertilizer.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-26
WAR POEMS
Selected by j. Howard Vert
THE BATTLE OF NASBY
BY BARON THOMAS DARLINGTON MAcAuLAY

The battle Nasty fought June a. 645
army commanded by Lord Asey Prince Rupert the Kings nephew
BIRTH Marmaduke
was general on the parliamentary side The royal though
sorer of London Whitehall the royal palace Temple Bar
ballad supposed to be written by officer the victorious and
which
cause which ne believed o be right.
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Free Moving Pictures
every evening 7 to IL p. M,
Palace Confectionery, 225
Market street.
Italy With the Allies?

Paris, April 26, $40 A. MA
friend and brother officer of Peppino
Garibaldi has informed the "Petit
Journal Garibaldi gained the inn
preston from interviews with King
Victor Emmanuel, Premier Salandra,
Foreign Minister Sonnino and promi-
nent politicians, that Italy would en-
ter fhe war on the side of the allies
before Parliament convenes in May.
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atrical magnates and John Cort is not
only the head of the Northwestern
Association, with theatres reaching
from Chicago to the Pacific Coast, but
is also a millionaire oil man and
ranchman. There may be something
in Miss Lords hunch after all. At
any rate locally it should prove good
for 'fTwin Beds" will play a return
engagement at the Majestic next Fri
day matinee and night-Adv.
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man, people will be turned away and
bases the belief on the fact that the
four tremendous successes which Sell
wyn & Co., are producing in New
York are all named after men, witness
eth, ''Twin Beds Harris, "The Show
Shop at the Hudson. Here you have
the discoverer of the noble stream
which bears his name, the man who
built the first steamboat to ply it's wa
ters; Mr.. W. B. is one of\the the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-18
IA LICENSES SUSPENDED.
Sec. of State Bailey Getting After the
Automobiles.

Burlington, June lS.-Secretary OF
State Guy w. Bailey has already sus-
pended chauffeur's licenses of Ia operat-
ors within short time, and other appli-
cants are pending. The IA include the
license of Il. q. Searles of Barre who is
alleged to have driven his car carelessly
at Bolton on the night of June 5, when
several persons were hurt in an ac-
cident.
The evidence secured at the inquests
into the death of Col II. w. Allen and
the injuries of Mrs. G. +. North is now
being Transcribed and will be submitted
to the secretary of state soon.
Three cases of alleged careless driv-
ing of automobiles were in city court
yesterday, that of George Zeskind, a
hackman who it is claimed was running
20 miles an hour on Church street past
an electric car which had stopped for
passengers, and Charles Hoag, dem
onstrator who was taken at the corner
of Church and Main streets running fast.
Hoag was fined $40.
The states attorney has asked for the
suspension of the chauffeur's license of
Arthur Platt of Champlain street. 1t
is alleged that he was driving on North
avenue at 2:30 Wednesday morning at
the rate of 35 to 40 miles an hour. The
car is owned by j. B. Snyder of Winoo-
ski. Mr.. Snyder was not aboard.
just before court took adjournment at
noon, G. H. Ferber of Woodstock came
into court and paid fine of $40 and
costs for oyerspeeding his automobile,
The circumstances in his case were out
of the ordinary. 1t appears that while
the states attorney and sheriff were
up country investigating case of the
auto accident in which DIR. and Mrs. Fal-
by of Huntington were injured, they
witnessed, little contest of right of
way. Mr.. Ferber was on the way to
Burlington to see his sick wife who
is at the Mary Fletcher hospital. The
driver of another car was ahead of him
and had been bothering him consid- ,
erably, according to Ferber's story. At
a good point in the road he turned out
and attempted to pass and speeded up
some. The states attorney secured his
name and number and asked him to APP |
pear in person yesterday. Mr.. Ferber
handed the sheriff $50 as security.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-18
Plainfield Town Meeting.
PETITION.

To Charles Davis, w. II. Martin, Bert
Batchelder, j. Bailaw and 4. G. Moore
selectmen of the town of Plainfeld, in
the county of Washington and state OF
| Vermont:
| We, the undersigned voters, in town
meeting in said town of Plainfeld, here.
by petition your honorable board to call
special town meeting of the voters OF
said town of Plainfeld to act on the fol-
lowing business, to wit:
To see if the town will vote to pay
Bertha |. Wood for her services in teach
ing the grammar school in said town of
Plainfeld for the term commencing Nov.
20, 1914, and for teaching the pupils of
said grammar school from Jan. IA, 1915,
to June IL, 1915, in her private school,
provided said Bertha /. Wood shall re-
lease and forego all claims for tuition
for teaching said grammar school pupils
in her said private school from Jan. 10,
1915, to June IL, 1915, that she may have
against said pupils or their parents and
guardians or other individuals for such
teaching during said last mentioned time.
To see if the town will vote to pay
o. B. Wood for teaching the high school
in said town of Plainfeld from Nov. 90,
1914, to Jan. l6, 1915, and for his serv-
ices in teaching the pupils OF the said
high school in his private school from
Jan. 10, 1915, to June IL, 1915, complet
ing said high school pupils school year,
provided said O. B. Wood shall release
and forego all claims for tuition for
teaching said high school pupils in his
said private school from Jan. Is, 1915, to
June IL, 1915, that he may have against
said pupils or their parents and guard
ians for such teaching during said last
time.
To see if the town viii vote to estab.
lish a junior high school in accordance
with the provisions of act No. 80 of the
laws of Vermont approved April |, 1915,
which said act is to take effect July /,
1915.
Dated at Plsin6eld this 18th day of
June, 1915.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-18
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