The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, November 07, 1914, Page 6, Image 6
6 SHf* &tar-3nfc*p*w&ettt ( EttaUvihcd in 1876) Published b * THE STAR PRINTING COMPANY, Star-lndope-ident Building. NJO 22 South Third Street, Harris burg. Pa, Every Evening Exoapt Sunday Officer*; Direct*rt. F - Jobn l l KuhKi President. Wm. W. Wsllowir. _ ~ Vtce President. Wm k Wm. K Mentis, Secretary and Treasurer. Wm. W Wallow sr. Wm H. Warner. V. Hummel Bekohacs. Jr , Bustneas Manager. Editor. All communk-a'.tous should be addressed to Star Independent, Business. Editorial, Job Printing or Circulation Department according to the subject matter Entered at the Post Office in Harrisburg as second-class matter. Banjamin & Kentnor Company. New Vork ami Chicago Representatives. New York Office, Brunswick Building. 225 Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office, People's Has Building. Michigan Avenue, Delivered bv carriers at S cents a week. Mailed to subscriber; (or Three Dollars s year in advance THE STAR-INDEPENDENT The paper with the largest Home Circulation in Harrlaburg and nearby towns. Circulation Examlncu by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES 5 BELL Privata Sranoh Exchange, No. 3250 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Exchange. . No. 345-24S <B^ l Saturday, November 7, 1014. NOVEMBER Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MOON S PHASES— Full Moon, liiicl: Last Quarter, Kith; New Moon. 17th; First Quarter, U4th. WEATHER FORECASTS '' Harrisburg and vicinity: Generally . j fair to-night and Sunday. Warmer to night, colder Sunday afternoon or night. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and warmer to-night. Sunday fair, colder in north portion. Moderate southeast m J winds becoming southwest. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 52; lowest, 42; 8 a. m., 43-; S p. m., -13. THE JACKIES AND THE PRESS AGENT Secretary Daniels, of the Navy Department, has. we fear, unwittingly played into the hands of a clever press agent, just as many a good man has done before him. In his commendable zeal to uphold the dignity of the uniform of Uncle Sam and to get a square deal for the American blue jacket, he has instructed the commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard to detail au officer to he pres ent to-d»y at a New York City police court where four bluejackets have been summoned as complain ants against a Broadway theatre proprietor who refused to admit the boys to his theatre because they were in uniform. The officer is instructed to give advice and other assistance to the blue jackets. Action was begun against the theatre under a section of the Penal Code dealing with discrimina tion against sailors in uniform. In most cases of this kind the public sympathy is with the boys in blue. In fact the public usually grows quite indig nant when I ncle Sam 's sailor boys are barred from theatres and other public places just because they wear the uniform of this country. This sympathy is not misplaced and we are glad Secretary Daniels is loyal to the youngsters, but, unfortunately, his 'interest in the case will only benefit the theatre concerned. In the present, instance the theatre management contends that at least two of the bluejackets were not in proper condition to enter the theatre. That is possible and the court will decide whether it is true; but even if the court finds against the theatre people and prescribes whatever sort of punishment the law provides in such a case, the theatre is only too glad that it has become involved in the contro versy, for it is the gainer by a material margin as the result of the publicity obtained through draw ing Secretary Daniels into the argument. It is a clever press agent who can involve a Cabi net officer in a theatre "story." Just think of the increased box office receipts if all the newspapers were to print the name of the theatre! RESPECT THE ' NUMBER-PLEASE ' GIRLS! Telephones to-day occupy a place in the business and social life of cities and rural districts that is foremost among the places of importance occupied by public utilities, and the "hello"' girls.—or more strictly speaking, the "number-please" girls,—arc inseparably a part of the great telephone systems. Modern America could not do without its telephone operators. At first only men were employed as operators. 1 hat was when the telephone was in a somewhat experimental stage. The men were tried out and found wanting, i hey did not seem to tit in very well with telephone exchanges. The business, it soon became apparent, was one for girls. The men. as is so often the case, did tilings all wrong. They bellowed in bass tones over the wires and scared the subscribers. They were not courteous and con- siderate enough. So the vocation has been turned over to the girls, and how well they are doing their work! Of course there are snappy operators heard from oc casionally, but the trouble, if there is any. generally ■.tarts with the patrons. Operators who make a custom of discourtesy do not long remain opera tors. rhey soon leave the telephone service and get employment elsewhere. The '•number-please" girls in city "centrals" are not selected at random for their important po sitions. There are to-day training schools for tele HARRIBBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 7, 1914. phone operators just as there are for school teach ers. The course is short, including little more than a month, but it is thorough. The girls who are chosen to occupy chairs at the switchboards must meet the qualifications of good health, good sight, good hearing, good education and good temper. ' The treatment these girls receive from the pub lic, especially from men, is not always what it should be. Appreciation of their services is en tirely too meager. The companies pay their oper ators I'or their work, of course, but the girls have many opportunities to do more than earn their money, and they take these opportunities gladly. Emergencies arise occasionally when time means the saving of life or of property, and quick work on the part of telephone girls has met many of these emergencies. These girls are in a position at times to be of inestimable service, beyond the limits of their usual routine. Patrons should bear in mind when they speak to the girls that they are dealing with human beings. Telephone girls have on occasion shown wonder ful fortitude. They have stuck to their posts fac ing: floods and braving flames, that they might send frenzied calls over the wire warning families of danger or calling for help from nearby places. Such occasions are rare, perhaps, but what the telephone girls do face every day, in this city and elsewhere, are floods - of uncalled-for reproaches and flames of inexcusable wrath, coming from patrons who ought to know better. Persons who lose their tempers over the tele phone are addressing their superiors when they talk to patient, unruffled "number-please" girls, whether they realize it or not. The patrons should learn to treat with respect the owners of the pleas ant. voices that come through the receivers from day to day. If wc had thought of it in time we might have quaran , tiiio.l the/spell binders who were suffering from "mouth disease" before election. Mercury has got safely across the face of the sun and even with his winged feet lie will not bo back to undergo the scorching again for thirty-nine years. 1 \ "Steel Mills Employing 200,000 Men to Resume in l'itts burgh District." say headlines in the "Harrisburg Tele graph." And think of it. under a Democratic tariff! Sonic of our erstwhile law-makers will be missed in the next session or the Legislature, not so much because of their statesmanlike qualities as because of the noise they made. The Carlisle Indian School bandmen who thought tlicy marched fourteen and one-half miles during the recent lire men's parade in Harrisburg. must have an exaggerated idea of the size of this city. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN HE HAD A "YOB" Ole wandered into the revival u little late and sat in a rear pew. A "worker," reaching him, inquired: "My fiicnd, don't you feel like going to work to-night in the vineyard of the Lord?" ' "No, Ay tank not; Ay yust got a yob in the foundry." —Ginger. CHAMBERLAIN AS AN ORATOR At one time the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain used to rehearse some of his oratorical efforts in private before hand, declaiming his speeches aloud and waving his arm emphatically. One day he was much annoyed to find that a valuable orchid in one of his greenhouses had been dam aged. and he at once gave orders to his head gardener that strangers were not to be shown through the houses. "I will not have my orchids exposed to danger," he said. "I suppose you didn't happen to see this one broken?" "Yes, I did," replied the gardener. "Vou did!" exclaimed Mr. Chamberlain. "You saw somebody break this orchid and you nothing!" "I—l didn't like to," replied the gardener, hesitating. Mr. Chamberlain could scarcely believe his own ears. "I insist on knowing who it was," he exclaimed angrily. "Well, sir," replied the man, "it was while you was speechifying and wavin' your arms about yesterday. You broke it yourself!"—Pearson's Weekly. EXPLANATION WAS EASY When the conversation at a social affair in Washington turned to anecdotes of the schoolroom, Senator Bevoridge, of Indiana, was reminded of an incident along that line. Some time ago the supervising principal of a school in the suburbs paid a visit to the fifth grade, and, in speaking to the youngsters, he gave them some instruction on the circulation of blood. "Now, children," said he, trying to make the point clearer, "if I should stand on my head the blood would run into it, as you know, and I would turn red in the face." "Yes, sir," responded a youngster in one of the front rows. "Then," continued the principal, "why is it that when I am standing in the ordinary position the blood doe«n't run into my feet?" "Because," was the quick rejoinder of the aforesaid boy, "your feet ain't holler." —Philadelphia Telegraph. AFTER HIS DINNER The last minstrel stopped at a back door and said to the housewife who greeted him: "Give me something to eat", fair dame, and I will tickle your ears with a merry tale of romance." "But why not tell me the tale first?" the dame sug- ! gested. "No, I must have the food and drink before 1 talk." Thereupon the dame slammed the door with the tart retort: "You're not a merry minstrel. You're only an after dinner speaker."—Exchange. THE ONLY ONE POSSIBLE Pat had an argument with his wife's mother over do mestic affairs, and the conversation became so heated that ! Pat was haled into court on a charge of disturbing the quiet of the county. "It pains me to think," said the magistrate, in repri- j manding Pat, "that you should say an unkind word to your mother-in-law! I know a man who never disagreed with his mother-in-law in word, thought or deed! Never did be speak to her uukindlv! Never did he —" "Beggin' Yer Honor's pardon," suddenly interrupted Pat, "might Oi be askin' a question?" "Certainly,", responded the obliging magistrate. "What would you like to know?" "Shure, yer honor," smiled Pat, "au' it's mesilf thot would be likin' to know it' the name of the gentleman yez referred to was Mr. Adam!"— Exchange. f Tongue-End Topics] One Democratic Senator Re-elected The only Democratic State Senator re-elected lust Tuesday was Henry Wasbers, of York, who seems to have retained his popularity iu his home county. His neighbor, as the Senators were seated, was Senator .lames A. Miller, of Lehigh, who was a candidate for re-election on the Democratic tick et and suffered defeat. For the first time in its history, Lehigh will be rep resented by a Republican Senator. An other Democratic Senator who went down iu the craali was Senator Nulty, of Philadelphia. By the way, every Senator aud member of the House elected iu Philadelphia on Tuesday is a Republican. * « • Prizes For Engineer Students l'o students of the leading engineer ing schools has been offered an oppor tunity to compete for SI,OOO in prizes for essays on highway construction. The subjects suggested cover a wide range, including: factors which should giver the choice of types of pavements and roads and the materials used therein; an ideal paviug program for a city of 25.000; economies of high way construction, and half a dozen re lated topics. The prizes are offered by the Barber Asphalt Paviug Company to promote investigation of highway problem by engineering students and to encourage them to enter a Held of work whore there is great need for trained men. University of Pennsylva nia students are among those who will compete for the prizes. 9 • # Focht Never Quit Fighting The ever belligerent and bellicose '"Ben ' l\. Focht, of Lewisburg, after an absence of two years from Congress, again goes to that body having gained a signal triumph in the "shoestring'' district over the mihi who defeated him two years ago, Frank L. Dershem, a fellow-townsman. Just as soon as the count was announced two years ago de claring his defeat, Mr. Focht began a canvass for renomination and re-elec tion this year, and he has "kept ever lastingly at it until his reelection is now announced, and he is getting ready to go back to Washington, something that involves his temporary retirement from the editorship of one of the best newspapers iu the Susquehanna valley, the Lewisburg "Saturday News." Mr. Focht. was appointed to membership on the State Water Supply Commission some time ago bv Governor Tener, a position he will resign in a short time. The Race Not to the Swift The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Swift, of Beaver, who served one term in the Legislature, as a Bull Mooser from Beaver, was up against a hard proposi tion in the last election. Although a leader in the Anti-Saloon League and , a pronounced opponent of the sale of ' liquor, the Prohibitionists declined to i endorse him and put up two candidates oi' their own. Dr. Swift had but the 1 cue endorsement, that of the Washing ton party, aud he went down in the , general ruck. All of which goes to prove the old saw that "the race is not | always to the Swift." No cards. DK. KKEII TO QUIT CHARM Former President of Dickinson College ta Take Up Platform Work Wilmington, Del., Nov. 7.—The Rev. Dr. George Edward Reed, the pj'es.mt pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church of this place, has announced his inteutio.i to retire from the pastorate of the church at the close of the current , conference year in March. Dr. Reed, who retired from the presi dency of Dickinson College after twen ty-two years of service in July, 10 It, came to Wilmington in the September lollowing under engagement to supply the pulpit of Grace church for a month, and with no idea of longer service, lie responded, however, to an invitation to continue his services for a second month, then for another, and finally accepted a call to become the perma nent pastor. moving to the city in De cember, 1911. By the close of the conference year Dr. Reed will have served as pastor of the church for near ly four years. It is hardly probable that Dr. Reed, though in vigorous health, will accept the pastorate of another chur-h. Whether, after retirement in March, he will continue to live in Wilmington or return to his home in Harrisburg is a question upon which he has not as yet reached decision. In either event. ho\V ever, his expectation is to engage in [Utfonn work, to be in a position to s-rve as a preaehcr on special occa sions. Three Centuries of Opera Siuce 1597 careful estimate puts it that more than 30,000 operas have been staged in Kurope and America. By a liberal estimate of all the operas ever composed not more than seventy-five are now alive and more or less popu lar. —Argonaut. STEAMSHIPS. Winter Trips and Cruises HAVANA Interesting and restful, because of the fascinating charms of tropica', life and climate. Excellent hotels. Sailing* from New York each Thursday and Saturday at noon. Through rate* to Ule of Pine®, Santiago, etc. NASSAU In the. Bahama*, offer* many attraction* a* a Winter Resort. Balmv climate, charming social lite, polf, bathing, boating, tennis, polo, motor ing, etc. Olhsr attractive sho* trip and crulset ml late rate*. Writ* far kaoirM. NEW YORK * CUBA MAILS.S. CO. (Wsrd Line) General Officee, Pier 14, E.R.. New York Or any Railroad Ticket Office or ! Authorized Tourist Agency OLD-TIME REMEDY MAKES PURE BLOOD Purify your blood by taking Hood's Sarsap&rilla. This medicine has been and still is the people's medicine be cause of its reliable character and its wonderful success in the treatment of the common diseases and ailments— scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, dyspep sia, loss of appetite, that tired feeling, general debility. . Hood's Sarsaparilla has been tested forty years. Get it to-day. Adv. ~CKPITOL HILL 10 PROSECUTE VIOLATORS OF THE PURE FOOD LAWS Ordered by the Dairy and Food Divis ion of the State Department of Agriculture During the Month of October During October the Dairy and Food Division of the State Department of Agriculture ordered the prosecution of 41 violators of the pure food laws. In the list of prosecutions are those for selliug sausage uufit for food, imitation lard, cold storage pork, fish and eggs not property marked, cream and milk low in butter fat,' non-alcoholic drinks sweetened with saccaharine, artificially flavored and colored with analine dves, raspberry extract that never saw a ber ry, olive oil made of cotton seed, fruit, corn meal and fish unfit for food, stale eggs and eggs unfit for food purposes. The total receipts of the Dairy and Food Bureau since January 1 were $218,873.06, of which $5,221.49 was taken in October from oleomargarine licenses and fines. Commissioner Johnson Back Insurance Commissioner Johnson, who had just tiuis'hed his campaign work as treasurer of the Republican State_ Committee, came iip from Phila delphia on Thursday and was very busy all day. His county of Montgomery swung back into the Republican col umn, and h e is very happy over the re sult. To Appoint Judge Governor Tencr will shortly appoint a judge to succeed the late Judge Mel lon. in Philadelphia. It is thought that Raymond McNeill will »et the place as he is backed by the Vares. Must Repair the Road The Public Service Commission has ordered the West Kishaeoquillas Turn pike Road Company to make certain im provements on its road, which is locate 1 in Mifflin county. The complaint was hied by S. Herman Zouk. who alleged that the tolls were unjust and that the road was not properly maintained. The Commission holds that, while the tolls are not excessive, the condition of the load is such as to require attention. The company will have to remove the breakers which now cross the road and substitute cross dnius under the road surface, ami must keep ui> a systematic and regular annual repair to the sur face of the road bv the addition of brokeu wtone. This is the first turn pike complaint which the Commission has considered. The Commission will hold a meeting in Philadelphia to-morrow to hear argu ment in the matter of the New York Central merger. Alderman Appointed Walter t. Isentierg was yesterday ap pointed alderman of the Seventh ward, Altoona, to (ill a vacancy caused by death. A Guide For Supervisors The liureau of Township Highways of the State Highway Department has just issued bulletin No. $ of its series for the guidance of township super visors. This bulletin outlines the work and purpose of the bureau, giving n summary of its operations and show ing in a concrete way how system may advance the interests of their town ship bv taking advantage of the op portunities afforded by the law under which the bureau is operating. THE LYNBROOK TRAGEDY | A Two-act Drama of the Alice Joyce ; Series, at Photoplay To-day Ruth Malloy. whose father has be-! come a human derelict because of Vi.'- I | ian Gregg, a theatrical star, loves j | Mitchell, a young playwright. Ruth | learns that Vivian is enslaving Mitch ell. Despite her efforts, the girl is helpless to save him. Malloy drifts into town. He is filled with a determination to slay the human vampire and avenge his wrongs. Ruth I comes upon her father just as he is in ' the act of aiming his pistol at the act - 1 rest). Mitchell's eyes are opened. He | sees in Malloy the. fate which must lie his unless l.e conquers his infatuation for Vivian Gregg. Ruth's love helps the boy. For the first time, Vivian Gregg, who has really grown to love Mitchell, roalizes the depths of her infamy as she gazes upon the wreck that one# was Malloy. Ruth, Mitchell and Malloy hear a shot. Rush- j ing into the library, they find Vivian | Greg" dead. ~i For Warmer Homes Burn Kelley's Coal and be comfort- ! able this Winter. Kelley's Coal is. first of all, rich j in carbon, uniform!)' sized and burns i with lasting heat intensity—and sec- I ondly, its goodness has free sway be cause all the dirt is removed before it i is delivered. Good coal—clean coal —that's Kel- j ley's. i Kelley's Hard, Stove at $6.701 is the best fuel for the average l furnace. H.M. KELLEY 0 CO. 1 N. Third Street Tenth and State Streets THREE EXPERTS APPOINTED Will Have Charge of Divisions in tho Bureau Working Along Their Special Lines Washington, D. C., Nov. 7. —An- nouncement has just been made of tlie appointment of three experts on the staft' of the Children's Bureau of the Department of They arc desig nated us expert on sanitation, statis tical expert and social service expert, and are to have charge of divisions in the* Bureau working along these lari ous lines. The expert on sanitation. Dr. tirace L. Meigs, is a native of Illinois, a graduate of Brvn Mawr College and of Rush Medical School (University of Chicago, and has done post-graduate work in foreign hospitals under such children s specialists as Professor V. Pirquet of Vienna; Professor Fiukel steiu, ot Berlin, and Professor A'. Bo kay, of Budapest, Dr. Meigs comes to the Children's Bureau from Cook County Hospital, of Chicago, where she has been an attending physician in children's diseases. She will a ct in a general advisory capacity to the Bu reau in matters of child health and hv giene. Frank S. Drown, the new statistical expert, a graduate of Dartmouth Col lege, has been connected since 1304 with the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, having been for the last tive years chief statistician and in charge of all the Massachusetts Bu reau's activities in the field of labor. He is a member of the American Statis tical Association, the American Asso ciation for Labor legislation, the American Economic Association, and the International Association on Un employment. His work in the Chil dren's Bureau will be to take charge of the tabulation of material gathered in the various field inquiries of the Bureau, and in part to do the prelimi nary work in the preparation of such Held studies. Thus his immediate work will be to determine upon a series of localities in which the inquiry into in fant mortality will be carried forward and to precede the Bureau's field agents in such localities with a statement of the purposes of the inquiry. AGED MAN4S ME P GUILTY IN CONSPIRACY CHARGE ■■ ■•• •• ■ '■■' 1.-AI r ■;.■ ' W/LLIAM ROCKEFELLER. Mr. William Rockefeller has been indicted with other .New Haven Railroad directors in connection with the conspiracy charges brought by the federal government. lie appeared before Judge Ktifus Foster, in the United Slates District Court. New York city, and entered a plea of not guilty. The accom panying snapshot shows Mr. Hoekefelier leaving the Federal Building after making bis plea. W- rrr ————rr & * nARRISBVRG LIGHT 1 &POWERQO. 1 Now Is the Most Opportune Time to have your house wired for Electric Light. Be prepared to spend the long Winter evenings most enjoyably. Electric Light in your home will in crease its cheerfulness—will make it a more pleasant place to live in and to entertain your guests. Electric Light is tke most healthful of illuminants — the most congenial for eyes of all ages. But in addition, you will find that it is the most economical, every thing considered. * ' i &AKIN<S POWDER Absolutely Pure Made from Grape Cream of Tartar NO ALUM A Joke of Mark Twain's The theatrical godfather of William liillotte was Mark Twiin. who was 11 fellow townsman and a friend of his father. Mark Twain in referring to the matter said that when he used his influence to get young OUlottn on the stage he thought lie was playing a great joke on the management, for he did not thing Gillette had the slightest aptitude for acting. But it turned out to be 110 joke after all. '•! don't know," said Mark Twain, "which I like better—having Gillette make u tre mendous success or seeing one of 111. jokes go wrong." Myrtle Wedding Wreaths On her wedding day the Danish peas ant girl wears ;> simple crown of myrtle with her national costume—varying vith the district, but always charming --and [lots of myrtle are carefully cher" islied by girlish hands through tlie long winters in anticipation of the great event. By one good deed we uproot mauv a. useless weed.