2
ISiS
Applies to Board of
Charities for Funds
for Proposed New
Building
SESSION STARTS
THIS MORNING
Harrisburg Hospital Asks for »r>tM»oo
for Maintenance for '£ Yearn and
*9,500 for Improvements—Poly
clynic Wants s«!s,. llMt
The Board of Public Charities began
a two-day session in its rooms in the
Capitol to-day to consider a-pplications
for appropriations to be made by the
Legislature at its next session. This
action on the part of the Board is ta
ken .just before the Legislative meat
ing in order to ascertain ,jußt what in
stitutions of all kinds asking State ap
propriations should, iu its judgment, re
ceive aid.
It frequently happens that the Leg
islature- increases the amount* reeoiu
mended by toe Board, but in the ma
jority of case- where such increase is
made it is done as a personal favor to
the legislator introducing the appropria
tion bill, tlio recommendation of the
Board being disregarded. Af the last
session of the Legislature Chat body
increased the amounts recommended
by the Board to an enormous extent,
but Governor Teuer cur them all down
mid in the end the institutions got only
what the Board recommended.
This morning's session was devoted
to hearing applicants for aid for State
institutions exclusively. To-morrow
private hospitals, charities and homes
of a private character in Central Penn
sylvania will be considered. This morn
ing the applications of the Cottage
State hospital in Bloonisburg and tihe
State hospital in Shamokin were heard
among others, and at noon representa
tives of t'he llarrisburg State lusane
hospital Were heard in support of their
application for $61,000 for additional
buildings.
The amount asked by the State
Lunatic Hospital. $61,000, includes the
following items: Laud at the entrance
to the hospital grounds at the bottom
oi the hill, on which are some old
houses belonging to the Graham estate,
*15,000; elevator, $2,500; furniture
for <un parlor, $1,000; industrial build
ing foi women, $5,000; to finish the
trout drive, $1,500; repair work, stor
age buildings, cow barn. etc.. $25,000;
grading, paving, etc., $5,000.
Harrisburg Hospital Asks «r>g,so4>
This afternoon applications were
heard for the Carlisle hospital, Todi
hospital in Carlisle, State Institutioff
tor the Detention, Care and Treatment
of Inebriate? in Carlisle, Polyclinic
hospital :n Harrisburg, which asks for
$63,500 for buildings and mainte
nance; Harrisburg hospital. $50,000.
maintenance for two years, and $9,500
for improvements; Marv M. Packer
hospital. Sun bury, Chambrrsburg hos
pital. Columbia. York, Ijancaster and
Reading hospitals.
The Board has decided that it will
not recommend appiopriations for
buildings for private Hospital* or insti
tutions that are under State con
trol exclusively. Even State institu
tions aoplyinjj for new buildings will
not be considered favorabfv until the
Board members, through sub-commit
tees. have made a close examination as
to the necessity for such buildings.
To-morrow amono- the applications
that will 'be considered will be the fol
lowing from Harrisburg institutions:
Nursery Home, Home for the Friend
less, Children's Industrial Home, Mes
siah Home Orphanage, Sylvan Heights
Home foi Girls and Florence Critten
den Home. The amounts applied for
by these institutions were not made
public and, as the Board holds its ses
sions in private, they cannot be ascer
however, that each institution will seek
however, that each instittuion will seek
about what it received last year.
Illness Keeps Boyle Away
The members of the Board present
to-day are Francis J. Torrance, William
T. Bell, Isaac Johnson, Samuel E. Gill
and KSward K. Rowland, with Bromlev
Wharton, the general agent and secro
*ary. For the first time in the history
*>f the Board, Colonel Patrick C.
•loyle, of Oil City, is absent, being de
tained at his home through iliness. The
members of the Board to-day sent Colo
nel Boyle h message of regret that he
could n<M be present.
WILDMAN REPLIES TO SEIBODL
Candidate Swears He Gave no Promise
to Oppose Hunters' License Bill
Augustus Wildman, Republican can-
Uda'to for the Legislature, to-dav made
"he following affidavit in answer to the
*«'orn statement of Harry O. Seibold
that WiMman had promised to oppose
ihe resident hunters' license bill in the
last Legislature:
" W'hereas, one 'Harry O. Seibold
made oath tiiat ! made promise to him
over the telephone prior to the election
of 191J to oppose a resident hunters'
license bill in the event of my election,
now, f, Augustus Wildman, reiterate
my statement made at the Tenth ward
meeting that I made no man a promise
to oppose the said legislation, and that
I recall no conversation whatever witfli
'Mr. Seibold, either in person or over
the phone, in reference to this matter,
in view of the fai.-t that I refused to
pledge myself to more intimate friends
who opposed the measure I am positive
and certain that I made 'him no promise.
(Signed) Augustus Wildman.
Sworn and subscribed to this 27th dav
of October, 1914.
Edward J. Hilton.
( Alderman.
Double Dose
"Did that dressmaker,give your wife
a good fit with her new gown!"
'' Yes, and she gave me another with
its bill.''—London Standard.
LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS
Printed at in best style, at
lowest prices and on short notice.
CITY'S FIRST AUTO FIRE
mm HI SERVICE
Turned Over to Friendship and Good
Will Companies To-day—A Motor
Engine Will Be Sent to Tim Alarms
in All Parts of the City
Fire Chief John C. Ifiudler will re
distriot the city for the new auto lire
apparatus as soon as the drivers become'
accustomed to handling the machines.
He said this morning that- 'he has not
yet formulated a definite plan but will
work it out, probably announcing it the
latter part of next week.
Both new pieces of apparatus were
placed in service this afternoon, Chem
ieal tanks were charged ready for use
and each machine was equipped with
1,000 feet of regulation hose. Both
were formally taken into the service.
' ommissioner Taylor aud Fire Chief
Kiudler being satisfied with recent rests.
'Because of the speed Wineh can be
made by the autos it is praba'ble t'hat
at least one of the two new trucks
•will be sent ou each first alarm to any
part of the city. One of the autos goes
to the Friendship Company and the
other to f'he Good Will.
Tiie present. Friendship district in
•eludes all of the boxes in the central
business section of the city, but the
(Good Will Company does uot go that
far soutih on first alarum. It is likely
that tihe Good Will Company's first
alarm district will hereafter include the
boxes iu t'lie center of the city and as
far south as Mulberry street. In addi
tion it is likely that several of the
•boxes on the north side of Allison Hill
will 'be included in the Good Will's first
alarm district, as they can be reached
with the new powerful machine up the
iHerr street hilt after going tfirougih the
Herr street subway.
The entire lower end of the Hill to
the city limits can be added to the
territory of the Friendship Company,
which now responds to all first alarms in
the extreme lower end of the Bill, using
the Mulberry street viaduct to cross the
Pennsylvania railroad. Bot'h companies
can cover the ends of the city iu which
t'heir fire houses are located.
Both new machines are equipped I
with forty-gallou chemical tanks. With
the entire city covered on first alarms
by fast, traveling automobiles aud the
central part of tile city toy two automo
ibiles, better fire protection to the en
tire city has 'been provided for. accord
ing to Chief Kindler.
FREEZING WEATHER HERE
FOR FIRST IIWE THIS YEAR
Caatlnuril From Fir*l P««*.
was not until after the precipitation 1
ceased and the wind fell, at 11 o'clock
iast night, that the thermometer began
to fall rapidly here, going to freezing
point at 8 o'clock this morning. That
mark makes this day the coldest Oc
tober 27 in twenty-five years, the low
est previous mark for this day being
35 degrees on October 27, 1904. The
absolute minimum for any day in Oc
tober is 28 degrees. That was re
corded on October 31, 1893.
With a further expected drop to
tfjight. the temperature may make a new
record for this moujh. Mr. De
main, however, fixes to-nifht's temper
ature at about 30 degrees. In exposed
places last night, according to reports,
temperatures as low as twent3 - -eight
degrees were noticed.
As a result of the cold snap many
moth ball odors were observed this
morning when winter togs were brought
out for the first time this season. The
cold came with such suddeness that
housewives had little opportunity to
air the clothing before it was pressed
into service. Many furnaces were op
erated for the first time this season this
morning. There were fewer demands
for ice cream and there was a run on
hot chocolates. Ice formed in manv sec
tions of the city this morning.
Washington, Oct. 27.—Winter's first
warning touched the country, east of
the great central valleys, to-day and
promised killing frosts in the lake re
gion, the interior of New England, the
Middle Atlantic States, and in the
South, probably as far as the Gulf
States and Northern Florida.
Clear, cool weather was predicted
generally except about the lakes and
east of, the Upper Ohio valley, where
light snows or cold rains were expect
ed.
MUMMERS TO MEET
Plans for New Year's Day Parade to
Be Made Wednesday
Representatives of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, the Harrisburg
Rotary Club and City Council will at
tend a meeting of the Harrisburg Mum
mers' Association at the Mayor's office
Wednesday evening to hear plans for
the New Year's Day parade.
Invitations have been sent out to
organizations which will take part in
the parade to have representatives pres
ent at the meeting. A parade commit
tee will be appointed.
Passing of Old Houses
Riders and walkers through the New
England countryside and villages learn
to look for the venerable houses, inany
of them centenarians twice over, which
not. only distinguish this region, but fit
into its landscapes with a suitability
which newer buildings someiiow In k.
As fJhis interest grows the observer be
gins to notice tfhat they are all too rap
idly disappearing to give place to mod
ern houses which are certainly no im
provement in workmanship aud archi
tectural design, and not necessarily su
perior in comfort and convenience if
the old houses are properly handled. In
losing these ancient buildings we are
losing ilot only parcels of history. We
are losing quite as niu.eh a dignified an*
fitting style of domestic architect.re
which is all the more effective by >e
ing severely plain.—(Bostou Transcript.
A Lucky Escape
"I owe my success in life to poli
tics. ''
"I was not aware that you were a
politician."
"I'm not. but I thought I was once
and got myself nominated for an offiee
that, if I had been elected, would have
paid me about $1,500 a year. I was so
badly beaten that I dropped politics
forever and took up the business that
ha*» brought me a fortune. It makei
me shudder when I remember that if*l
had been elected I might now be afraid
of doing something that would deprive
me of the lodging house vote."—Chi
cago Herald.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 27, 1914.
HER LOCAL DENTIST
SHOT m PHILADELPHIA
Dr. Maßride, One Time With Firm of
Bell' Painless Dentists, Assaulted in !
Office of Aged Practitioner—His
Condition Serious
Dr. Calvin Moißride, far a nunhber of
year* a member ol' the lirm, Bell Paiu
less Dentists, 10 .Nortfh Market square,
was shot and seriously wounded in the
office of Dr. Silas O. HerL:, a 72-vear
old da»tist, 1113 Chestnut street, Phil
adelphia, avoiding to dispatches from
Philadelphia this inoiuing. The bullet
entered tho left side of his faee, i>ut
did uot penetrate to the brain. Unless
eom.plications set.iu Dr. Mo' Bride has
a chance of recovery .
Dr. Hertz aud his brother. Blam
Hertz, also a deulist, ware arrested
ciinrged with assault. They pleaded
self-defeuse and were allowed to fur
nish bail for a hearing l .
''He told me I was au old fogey and
a has J been doctor and that T should
have been Oslerized long ago. Then he
tried to strike; me, HO 1 pulled the re
volver and it went off." That was the
only explanation th.i police could get
from Dr. Silas Hertz.
The caso is a strange oue to the
Philaitefphia }>6l i<• e from every angle.
The first intimation Ihev had of the
scooting was last evening at 7 o'clock
when Mdßride was seen to fall out of
the doorway leading to 'Hertz's office
aud stagger down t'hesonut street, with
blood flowing from a wound iu the left
side of his face. Art Rleventfh street 'he
collapsed unconscious on the sidewalk.
Reserve Policemen ran to his side and
carried him to Jefferson hospital. Dr.
Mcßride left Harrisrburg. in April, 1913.
ITALY CARTHOUAKE SHOCKS
Population at Avigliana Panicstricken
and Camp in Open Air Although
It Is Intensely Cold
By AssocicßrU Press.
Turin, Via Rome. Oct. 26. 11.50 P.
M.—Another slight earthquake shock
occurred at 5.20 this afternoon. At
Avigliana, fourteen miles west of Turin,
the shocks contiuued during the whole
da v.
The population is panic-stricken an
is camping in the open air notwirh
standing the fact that it is intense!;.
cold.
Florence, Italy, Oet. 27, Via Rome.
12.21 P. M. — A severe earthquake was
feit in this city to-day. The inhabi
tants were thrown into a condition of
panic but the sho-k did little damage.
Milan, Italy, Oct. 2 7. — An earth
quake was recorded in Milan this morn
ing. Considerable alarm was caused
among the people, but there were no
casualties.
FUSION HOLDS HOOD HERK
Judge McCarrell's Decision Applies
Only to a District of Philadelphia
The decision of Judge McCarrell yes-
terday to the effect that the Democratic
State Executive Committee cannot
make substitutions for candidates
where regular nominations have been
made and objections filed to the sub
stitutions will only affect the nominees
for the Legislature in he Seventeenth
Philadelphia district who were substi
tuted by the State committee. It af
fects no other district in the State, law
yers say. for the reasou that the law
states that objections to substitutions
must be tiled within four days after the
substitutions are filed at tile State De
partment.
In the case of the substitutions for
fusion purposes filed at the department
%y the State committee objections were
filed to but oue district and that the
Seventeenth Philadelphia. The time
has long since expired when objections
to other candidates could be"filed.
Had there been objections tiled ;u
other districts it is held thai Judge Mc-
Carrell's decision would apply to them,
but none were made. The "fusion in
Dauphin county, there being no objec
tion within the time limit, holds good
and cannot be contested now.
BRITISH FREIGHTER LOST
No Tidings of Fate of Captain, Master
or the Crew
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—Cable ad
vices received here to-day tell of the
loss off the Irish coast of the British
freight steamship Manchester Com
merce, bound from Manchester, Eng
land, for Montreal. Nothing is kuofcu
of the fate of Captai uPayne, her mas
ter, or the crew.
The Manchester Commerce occasion
ally came to this port for a cargo and
was well-known in thiese waters. She
was 3,4 4 4 tons net and was owned by
the Manchester liners, a British ship
ping corporation.
Candid Criticism
G. A. Storey, the well known
artist, once told uu amusing story of
a family group he painted one year for
the academy. The picture was accept
ed and was hung "on the line,'" and he
arranged t<* escort the family to the
academy to see how it looked. They
were all grouped round the picture,
each silently admiring his or her own
portrait, when two other people drifted
up to have a look.
Suddenly Mr. Storey was appalled to
hear one of the newcomers say to his
companion. "What an exceedingly ugly
looking lot of people!"
No Extra Session of Congress
Washington, Oct. 27.—President
Wilson let it be known officially to-day
that he has no intention of calling a
special session of Congress after elec
tion.
Poinoart Modifies Moratorium
Bordeaux, Oct. 27, 5.20 P. M,—■
President Poineare to-day signed a de
cree modifying the moratorium and pro
viding for a gradual return to norma]
financial conditions.
Harri3burg Hospital
The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily except Sunday, between 1 aud 2
o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescriptions to those un
able to pay for them.
COLONEL WILL AD9RESS
TWO MEETINGS HERE
Because of Demand for Tickets for
Thursday Morning, He Will Speak
in Both Chestnut Street Hall and
the Board of Trade Building
Colonel Roosevelt in his tour of
Pennsylvania* will make two speeches in
Harriuburg on Thursday morning in
stead of one. The demand for soats is
so great for the Chestnut street auditor
ium that all could uot be accommodated
aud the committee of the Progressive
League at once secured the Board of
Trade hall for the Colonel's second
speech.
The capacity of Chestnut street hall
has been increased to 2,300, but a
couple of hundred more can be squeezed
into the big hall. The tickets for the
OhcHtnut street hull were all distributed
last evening, but there was. such a de
mand that, it occurred to the committee
that it would bo better to have a sec
ond meeting in progress in order that
all might hour the Colonel. By noon to
day a thousand tickets for the Board
of Trade were printed and these will be
given to those who canno-t get into the
Chestnut street hall.
It is the intention to begin tihe
Board of Trade meeting at tlie same
time as the one in Chestnut street hall
and while the Colonel is speaking at
the latter hall there will be
at the Board of Trade by Lex X.
Mitchell, candidate for Congressman-a t
large; Henry W. Xilos, of York, and
others. As soon as the Colonel has fin
ished his speech in Chestnut street hall
a waiting automobile will vthirl him
to the Board of Trade and there he
will make his second address.
Plnchot Will Be Here
In the evening the Progressives will
hold a meeting iu the Chestnut street
hall, whifh will be addressed by Wil
liam Draper Lewis and others. Gif
foi-d Pinchot, who will accompany the
Colonel, will speak at the morning
meeting.
Colonel Roosevelt will arrive shortly
before 10 o'clock on Thursday morn
ing and go at once to Chestnut street
hall. He will be in Harrisburg oue
hour and a halt' and will then leave for
Philadelphia. Reports are to the ef
fect that hundreds of people from coun
ties contiguo-is to Dauphin will be here
and requests for tickets of admittance
have come from many miles away, the
applicants intending to take early
trains for Harrisburg to hear the Colo
nel.
Washington party meetings will be
held to-night at Lykens and Williams
town aud Fourteenth and Market
streets, Harrisburg, and to-morrow
night at Hummelstown candidates will
spea 1;.
The Republican mass meeting at
Chestnut street ballvto-morrow night
will be the largest here of the party's
campaign, if predictions carry. It will
iie preceded by a short parade of the
Harrisburg Republican Clulr, the West
End Republican Club and unattached
Republican voters who have expressed
a desire to participate.
Penrose Here To-morrow
Senator Penrose will arrive here to
morrow afternoon and will be met by
a committee of Republicans and es
corted to the Senate hotel, w/jtere lie
will hold a reception until the time for
the evening meeting. He will be ac
companied by Charlemagne Tower, late
Minister to Germany, and others inter
ested in tlhe campaign, who will also
address the big meeting in Chestnut
street hall.
The Senator will leave on Thursday
morning to keep up his campaigning in
the central part of the State. It is ex
pected that Dr. Brumbaugh may be aible
to get here from Lancaster in time to
take part in the evening meeting, as a
special train 'has beeu placed at his dis
posal.
On Thursday morning Dr. Brum
baugh will begin his tour of lower
Dauphin, winding up at Penbrook in the
afternoon. Then he will come here to
take the train for home.
The Democratic State spell binders
will be here on 'Saturday nig'ht after a
tour of the Cumberland Valley. Ad
dresses will be made at the big mass
meeting in Chestnut street hall by Con
gressman Palmer. Vance C. McCormick
and others. On .Monday the Democrat
ic candidates will tour Congressman Pal
mer's district, winding 11(1 at Strouds
burg in the evening.
THE COLONEUS 56 TD-DAV
»
Birthday Cake With Many Candlos For
Roosevelt When He Arrives at
Johnstown To-night
By Associated Press,
McKecsport, Pa., Oct. 27.—Facing a
campaign tour through seven counties,
Colonel Roosevelt arrived here this
morning on his special train in a snow
storm. He was out of his berth at 7 a.
in. and ready to make his first speech
of the day at S o'clock. The colonel
/ .
planned to speak in sixteen cities and
towns during the day and evening.
This was Colonel Roosevelt's fifty
sixth birthday and members of the
party decided there should be a cele
bration so they telegraphed a confec
tioner in Johnstown to have a big
birthday cake with fifty-six candles in
readiness by to-night 'when the colonel
and his party arrive there. After his
speech at Uniontown, Colonel Roose
velt made a dash into Morgantown, W.
Va., where he addressed a meeting of
Progressives.
MAY BE 10,000 OUT OF CHURCHES
Results of Religious Census of City Not
Yet Ascertained Definitely
The cards on which the religious cen
sus of Harrisburg was taken last Sun
day are to-day coining in at Stough
headquarters by wards, and the work
of tabulation will be started by the
committee this evening.
Tt is estimated that at least 10,000
persons who are not church members
I have been found within the city lim
its, and this number may even reach
15,000. Xo definite statement, can be
made until the committee, headed by
R. E. Boswell, has classified the thou
sands of cards filled out by the census
takers.
PARIS AWAITS NEWS FROM
NORTH. WHERE FIERCEST
FIGHTING OF WAR IS ON
Paris, Qct. 27, 6.50 A. M. —Paris to
day begun another 24 hours of waiting
for news from Ohe north, where the <
fiercest lighting of the war is now going
on. The announcement that the Ger
mans had been unable to make head
way after their costly crossing of the j
Yser canal brought keen information to i
the people of the c apital; previous to j
the statement the movements of tho
army in the north had awakened con
siderable inquietude in the public, mind.
Unofficial explanations followed this
news; to wit, that in an attack par
ticularly violent by a powerful and te
nacious adversary such affairs were in
evitable.
A Momentary German Gain
said that a momentary Ger
man gain at one point could not exer
cise much influence on the operations
generaJly. Stress also was laid on the
difficult ground which the enemy had
to traverse and on the fact that a simi
lar movement Which turned out unsuc
cessfully was attempted recently by
the Germans on tiiie river Mouse at St.
-Uihiel. These violent attacks, which
were so costly, military men point out.
manifestly would also wear down the
Germans little by little. Theories re
garding the exact purpose of the move
ment. of the invaders varied, but the
allies seemed sure to-day of further
maintaining ttheir positions.
News from 'F times on the route to
Dunkirk, which presumably is the ob
jective of the Germans, tells of the
heroism displayed by the Belgians who
onl, 1 e more are in the fight against the
invaders. The Belgian army withstood
the violence of t'iie Germans cannonade
and mass attacks of infantry without
flinching. Though the trench of the Bel
gians were riddled by machine gun fire,
fhe Germans wer® unable to cut through
the position. The stand maintained by
fhe defenders has created much admira
tion on the part of the allies.
A Terrific Artillery Duel
The battle of October 25 was mark
ed bv a terrific artillery duel in which
the allies gained some advantage.
Before dying. Senator Kniile Rey
mond. the | resident of the National
Aviation Commission, whose machine
was brought down by German gun tire
last week, dictated a long and clear re
port of his reconnaisance which was
very useful to the French icommanders.
-Senator Reymond'a dentil also was
I the occasion of a feat of arms. His ma
chine had landed between the trenches
of the French and the Germans and
where the latter were particularly
strong. The French had sought for
twenty days to dislodge t-hem strateg
ically, a slow and difficult process and
I costly in men.
When the areoplane fell the Germans
rusihed from the trenches and fell upon
the machine. Thereupon the French en
gaged the Germans in hand-to-hand
fighting which assumed great violence
aud after some time the allies succeeded
in gaiuing the much wanted position
VON MOLTKE IS SUFFERING
FROM A LIVER COMPLAINT;
MO FRENCH DISABLED
Berlin, Oct. 26. by Wireless to Say
ville, Oct. 27.—Information given out
in official quarters to-day follows:
"General Von Moltke, thief of the
German general staff, is suffering from
a liver complaint. His illness, however,
gives no cause for anxiety. He is be
ing eared for by competent physicians
in general headquarters and already
has shown great improvement. Gen
eral Von Falkenbayn, Minister of War
and at one tinw chief of the genera!
stafi' in the China campaign, has tem
porarily taken the place of General
Von Moltke.
" "Lieutenant Weddigen. the famous
commander of the German submarine
U 9, which sunk the British cruisers
Aboultir, Hogue, Cressy and Hawke.
has been decorated with the order Pour
Le Merite.
"Statements published in Italian
newspapers to the effect that officers
of the German general staff have visit
ed the Trent district in Austria with
the view of arranging for the move
ment of troops and war material from
Germany to attack Italy 011 account of
her neutrality have been officially de
nied in Berlin and characterized as ab
solute inventions.
"Reports received from Madrid say
that the French have had over 400,-
000 men wounded and incapacitated on
account of illness.''
REPORT GERMANS EVACUATED
IMPORTANT ARRAS POSITIONS
London. Oct. 27, 2.0j A. <M.—The
"Daily Telegraph*"' Dieppe corre
spondent says the Germans have evacu
ated several important positions near
Arras and also along the center aud at
Rheims.
The correspondent declares that
many villages 111 which there has been
lighting, including Givenchy, Frotuelles,
Warneton and Radinghem, have been
partly burned. At Beilechappelle, he
says, there was a furious encounter in
the cemetery between the French and
the Germans, during which the church
tower was destroyed and the walls of
the edifice were wrecked. In Riche
borg not a single house is left standing,
according to the correspondent.
Poetry and Punctuation
In his poem "Narcissus" Robert
Bridges, the English poet laureate, has
banished the comma entirely, so that
a procession of adjectives may be ta
ken. at the reader's option, as separate
qualities or as qualifying each other.
Thus one may call his hero "almighty
wondrous" or regard him as being
both. Mr. Bridges' principles of punc
tuation are not obvious. He loves the
exclamation mark, using it five times
in the twenty-eight lines of the poem,
and sprinkles dashes about with prod
igality. He adopts the colon and does
not slight the interrogation mark,
while using now and then a full stop.
—Chicago News.
The Retort Courteous
Nell —That girl has a finger in everv ■
thing. Belle—Yes, she's had it in some
engagement rings you'd like to have. —
Baltimore American.
The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary
will be open daily except Sunday at
3 m., at its new location. 1702
North Second street, for the free treat
ment of tlm worthy l>oor
CREEK SOLDIERS ARRIVE
AT VASARI AND ATTACK
TDE MUSSULMAN POSITION
London, Oct. 27, 10.25 A. M. —Ac-
cording to a message reaching Home 1
from Avlona, Albania, telegraphs the;
correspondent of the Exchange -Cele- j
graph Company in the Italian capital, j
600 regular Greek soldiers with one |
battery of artillery, has arrived at
Vasnri and attacked the Mussulman
position at Ghegiii, forcing them to re
treat. The Greeks then started for j
Kereiovo.
Advices from the interior declare
that Greek epirots have bombarded,
burned and occupied the villages of
Scialisi, Busi, Tepeleni, Rub/.i and Pre
medix. These towns are in Albania, not
far from the Grecian frontier.
Loudon. Oct. 27, 1.4 0 P. M.—The
Greek diplomatic representatives at the
capitals of the great powers have giv
en official notice of the decision of the
Helenic government to reoccupy Epirus.
from which the Greek army was with
drawn in March in pursuance of the .de
cision reached at the Ambassador 's con
ference fixing the status of that coun
try.
Greece claims that this decision is
based upon the necessity of re-estab
lishing order and security in a country
adjacent to her territory now riddled
with anarchy, but at the same time she
declares that this reoccupation is ' a
purely provisional measure and that she
has no intention of intervening in the
Avlona district.
SURGICAL SHOCK
Only in a Vague Way Does Science
Know What Causes It
Shock is still one of the great mys
teries of surgery. Many theories have
been put forward to explain just what
it is. Each of these has seemed at
tractive until its inherent defects were
discovered by experience.
In a lecture before the British Royal
College of Surgery, Dr. A. Rend Is
Shore reviewed these successive theo
ries aud described the experiments of
himself and others by which they
were disproved. But researches by
Dr. ('rile, of Cleveland. Professor Shcr- 1
l'ington, of Knglaiul, and Dr. P. H.i
Pike, of Columbia University, New
York, seemed to him to offer at least!
a clew to the real nature of shock.
Professor Short did not formulate a,
definite theory, but suggested that sur-i
gical shock was due to an inhibiting
or paralyzing of the important uncled
in the regions of the fourth ventricle
of the brain and perhaps in the cere
bellum. These are "continually send
ing impulses down the spinal cord,
maiiftaining its functional activity and
increasing muscufirr' tone." The effect
of this paralysis i 9 to cut off these im
pulses, whereupon the functions of
the spinal cord are greatly reduced,
muscular tone is abolished, and as Ji
result the blood pressure
may fail. The respiratory center and
perhaps also the vasomotor center
share in this inhibition or paralysis.
"Death,'' said Dr. Short, "is due to
the accumulation of blood in the great
veins," so that the flow does not pro
vide p proper filling for the heart.—
New York World.
" JAPAN'S FAT WRESTLERS.
Outiide of the Arena Eating Is Their
Most Important Task.
T'he most envied Diet) in Japan arc
the wrestlers, who are fat and bulky
The first requisite of a Japanese wres
tier is that he be fat. Their stomachs
are their proudest possessions. The fat
ter the man the more money they will
bet on him. even though a bodslat can
throw biui clear out of the ring. As a
fat wrestler walks down the street a
crowd gathers around him, hoping that
he will turn Into some restaurant. II
he does they gather in the doorway tc
watch him eat. The.v would rather heai
a Japanese wrestler ett that go to :
three rinv A wrestler never disap
points tUeio pSvws through as
founding i|U>'ii*:tii s of food turning ev
erything under except :f few radish
skins ami turnip lops. It's uubelieve
able how much noise they make when
eating, by smacking their lips, sucking
up their tea with the open exhaust and
picking their teeth with the cutout on
'The champion eaters of them all —
the wrestlers—have long hair, but in
stead of letting it hang down on their
shoulders, as one would naturally ex
pect. they do it up in knots until they
look like u gigantic kewpie. Whenevet
you see a man in Japan going around
with a large sized walnut on his head
you may know that he follows the an
cient and honorable profession ol
wrestling. Their wrestling consists ol
the men standing upright in the ring
making a rush at each other and try
Ing to push each other out. Every time
two wrestlers come together they givt
a prodigious grunt. When one of them
finally succeeds in pushing the othet
out the crowd bursts forth into miglny.
applause, while the victor modestly
pats his stomach to show where tin
praise is due.—Homer Croy in Leslie's.
The Critic Scored.
'T have just sold that picture foi
$2,000!" said the jubilant artist.
"1 congratulate you on your ability."
replied the critic.
"Thank yon. It makes a difference
doesn't it?"
"Makes a difference? 1 don't under
•stand you." \
"1 mean tltft it makes a difference
when a man succeeds. Up to this timo
you have never uttered a word of
praise or encouragement to me. Two
or three times yon have made slight
ing references to my ability as a paint
er. Now that 1 have sold a picture
for a good price you begin to see that
I have artistic talent."
"Ob, I'm not congratulating yon on
your artistic talent, but on your ability
•a a salesman."—Chicago New*.
Sir Galahad.
The most conspicuous of the Knight'
of the IJound Table was Sir Gnlahad
the son of Launcelot and Elaine. Tin
familiar words, "There Galnlind sat
with manly face, yet maiden tneeknest
In his face." sufficiently indicate the
qualities for which tilt- knight was Ta
uioiis—to wit. lion hearted courage
combined with humility and meekness
of spirit, the strength of the oak with
the soft beauty of the lily.
COMPETITION HAS '
LOWERED PRICES
Counsel for Steel Cor
poration Refutes the
Charge That It Con
trols Production
PAY HIGH WAGES
. AS PRICES FALL
U. S. Steel Corporation Did Not Organ
ize Pools in Which tho Gompany
Participated and Did Not Coerce
Competitors to Join
Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—David A.
Head, Pittsburgh, concluded his argu
ment for the defense to-day in the fed-
I era! government s dissolution suit
j against the United States Steel Corpo-
I ration brought under the Sherinan anti
trust law. He devoted the clnwng part
: ul his address to the trend of pries
1 since the steel corporation was orgaui'.-
! ed and submitted charts tending to
■ show that the purchasing power of iron
| and steel as compared with other coin
| modifies has st eaillv fallen, with tiie
exception of two or three years, since
. 1809. This showing he argued, refutes
tihe,government-'s charge that the steel
' corporation controlled prices. The st.vl
| trade is bigger than the steel corpora-
I tiou, Mr. Reed said and competition has
j steadily forced' down prices.
High Wages While Prices Fell
| Speaking of the cost of production,
1 Mr. Reed concluded bv saying that ir
! is a high tribute to the steel companies
( that they continue to remain prospcr
i ous ami pay high wages while prices are
[ steadily falling.
Cordenio Severance, of St. Paul,
i followed Mr. Heed, also on behalf of
| the steel corporation. He spoke on what
j the defense contends is the fairness
and extent of competition bv the steel
, corporation, its lack of power to con
; trol prices and its lack of power to ex
j elude competitor* of the steel trade.
Mr. Severance touched on the pools
i in which the steel corporation was a
participant for a number of years aftc
the concern was organi/.ed. He sai.l t ie
steel corporation did not organize t'hem
I as tlhe.v were in existence before the
i corporation was formed. After the con
i cern was chartered ii never coerced com
i petitoi's to come into the pooMy he sftitil
j and they were 'broken up by the steel
j'corporation when it withdrew from
i them.
Control of Prices and Output
Mr. Severance wanted to know bow
the court could punish t'he steel cor
poration for 'having been a member of
f ools and let tiie other members go
tree. One of the many allegations made
by the government in support ot it<
charges that the steel corporation wa-i
monopolistic iu its tendencies was t'iia'
it hail been a member of pools to con
trol prices ami output, since the abo
lition of the pools in 190 1. Mr. Sever
ance said, competition iu t'he steel trade
has been open and uninstrueted. and iie
called the attention of the court to the
testimony of more than 201) witnesses
in the case to that effect.
"Counsel for the defense combated
the government charge tliat meetings
of steel manufacturers which included
both the steel corporation and independ
ents were held to control prices. Noth
ing was done at these meetings in the
way of controlling prices, he said, and
there is nothing iu the law to prevent
business men from getting together and
talking over business conditions.
Growth Between 19©l and 191:1
Severance presented figures to
show the growth between ISO! ami
1!M 3ot coinjretitors of the corporation.
The statistics Showed that the percent
aj;e of increased business of competi
tors ranged from 4.75 per cent, to
3779.7 per cent.
Taking up interlocking dire-tors, NTr.
Severance said ttbat it was ridiculous
for the government to charge that steel
corporation directors who were also rail
road directors, used their influence to
throw railroad iron and steel 'business
to the steel corporation. He presented
figures to show that concerns which had
steel directors on their hoards gave
their iron and steel business, as the rc
suit of competitive bidding, to com pa
nies other than those identified with
the corporation.
Competitors Cut the Prices
Answering the complaint of the gov
ernment that the steel corporation held
up prices, Mr. Severance reviewed the
evidence of witnesses to the effect that:
when competitors cut prices the steel
corporation was compelled to meet the
cut or lose business in the products re
duced. With the steel corporation hav
ing but 40 per cent, ol' the iron and
steel business of the country it is like
the tail wagging dog to say that the
corporation could control prices or put
competitors out of business.
Mr. Severance also discussed the
prayer that the Duluth and Iron Rajigc
Hail road Company and the Duluth, Mis
sabe and Northern Railroad Company
be made independent of tho steel cor
poration. Jle said that it was to the
interest of the steel industry of the
country that these railroads remain in
the control of the corporation. He cit
ed witnesses to show that the two roads
give a better service than other roads
that tape ore mines in the Lake S:i
perior region because of better equip
ment of the two ore carrying railroads.
There is no evidence to show that com
petition steel corporations steel shipped
over the two roads have ever been' <l's
criminated against in the matter o f
freight rates to the advantage of the
steel corporation was.
LOANS FROM NATIONAL BANKS
U. S. to Announce Attitude Toward
Value of Securities Offered
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 27.—The Comp
troller of tlie ( urgency, John Skelton
Williams, has uiulor consideration a
definite announcement of the Treasury
Department's attitude toward values of
securities offered for loans J'l •o in Na
tional banks.
He said to-day that no hard and fa«t
rule had been made but that verbal in
structions hnve been given to National
bank examiners to recognize the price*
obtaining on the New York Stock Ex
change July :!Q less the usual 20 per
cent, margin.