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Mailed to subscriber; tor Three Dollars a yeai in ari v ance THE STAR INDEPENDENT The paper with tlie largest Home Circulation in Harrisburg and aearby towns Circulation Examined by THE ASSOCIATION OH AMERICAN APVERTIS3RS. [' TELEPHONES BELL [PHvat* Branch Eichan*a. No. 3280 f CUMBERLAND VALLEY ?*rivat» Branch Eicnange. No. 245-246 Wednesday, November 11, 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 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2S 29 30 MOON S PHASES— •FuII Moon, ynd: Last Quarter, 10th: " New Moou, 17th; First Quarter, 21tli. f WEATHER FORECASTS TFEIT , \ v ■ Harrisburg ami vicinity: Fair to ■ | and Thursday, uot much change T" . i in temperature. Lowest temperature to night about ;;ti degrees. Kastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night SK and Thursday. Moderate southwest t( i ' west winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 45; lowest. 28; Sa. m., oO; Sp. m., 41. DO IT NOW FOR BELGIANS! "Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaketh." ~ There is a text on which anv minister in Harris burg might preach an eloquent sermon, his tlieme being an appeal for help for the starving Belgians. This is a subject that is in the heart ol' almost every American citizen, ami it is something all Americans want to talk about; not that it is a pleasant sub ject, but they want to express their horror ol' the gfeat sorrow that, has befallen an innocent people, and the great reason there is for the people of the United States io take of their abundance lo bestow it upon these unhappy and afflicted folk. Aii American newspaperman in Europe—a real newspaper man. one trained as a reporter, one with the broad grasp and keen analytical mind of a newsgatherer of the finest type—sends the message to this country that the people of the United States must act quickly or whatever they uo may be too late. lli> words have a touch in them that goes to 'he heart. Help these starving, miserable, homeless people NOW. ho cries in words that burn deep into the hearts ot the American people, and they are responding in a way characteristic of their big heartedness. But what is being done now will not last during the entire period of these people's distress. They must be rami for until the end of the distress, or at least until they can take part in earing for them selves. and America, with its great stores of food, — the greatest in its history,— must act the part of the bigger brother in showing the unhappy nation that America does not propose io withhold its charity, but will be ready to do what can be done to help a starving people. Hut the help for Belgium must come .NOW. Food is needed NOW, and food should be sent NOW. W ill you give according to your ability to aid this miserably afflicted people? DO IT NOW. DUNDONALD S DREADFUL DEVICE hen we are told that the government of one of the battling nations in Europe possesses somewhere in concealment the plans of a device which if it were put iu operation to-day would annihilate all its enemies at a stroke and which if let loose could overcome the entire world, we may at first be inclined to think of Jules \ erne s tales and wink one eye. \\ hen we learn in more detail the facts about this mysterious thing, however, the awful ncss of it grips us. and we may rather blink with both eyes iu the terror of it. More than a century ago Dundonald s Destroyer •came into being as a mysterious suggestion, a nebu lous possibility. In the brain of the Earl of Dun donald in the year 1811 plans were forming, plans for a device to be used iu warfare which at a stroke would annihilate the enemy and bring victory be yond question for the operators of the thing. I he earl was a naval officer and a scientist of standing. He whispered his scheme to the govern ment of Great Britain and it won respect. It was manifestly no maniac's invention, for a secret com mittee reported to the government that it was all Dundonald claimed for it,—all powerful, all hor rible. Dundonald had said that his device afforded "iu iallible means of at once commencing and terminat ing a war by one conclusive victory. No power on earth could stand against this attack," and the „ committee of investigation reported that the in ventor was entirely right. The committee members did more than that. Thev HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11. 1914. I advised the British government under no eircum- j ! stances to put the scheme into practice, asserting | that its processes were too terrible for words, that | j its use would be cruel beyond human conception. ! | So the government ot' Great Britain did not: ; adopt Dundonald's destroyer, even against Xa-J poleou. It was strongly tempted to do so in the: i Crimean war. and the inventor was about to con-! I struct his device when the war ended. In 1860j Dundonakl died, and since then the British govern-] I ment has quietly kept its secret. It seems unlikely that the plans for the Destroyer perished with Dun-j donald. The probability is that Great Britiau couldi use them to-day if deemed expedient. What the dreadful device really is we have noj means ot" knowing. Mention of it made at various j ■ times by its originator indicate that its construe-1 tion is extremely simple and that it can be used on: both land and sea. An important point about it,: brought out by Dundon&ld himself, is that if it: were to be once used and revealed to the world, all ' ; nations could utilize it. That feature lessens the usefulness of the device! to any one nation and increases the dveadfulness| | of it. If all the world knew the secret of Dundon-j aid's Destroyer at this moment when the nations! are at one. another's throats, assuming that the device is as effective as affirmed, it is doubtful ; whether there would be a single human being left i alive on the globe to tell tlie tale of slaughter, nor ! would any records be necessary, since the race of i man would be extinct. Dundonnld's dreadful Destroyer may of course lie ineffective in this day of wonderful armaments. , it might be. in practice, the case of an alleged irre sistible force coming in contact with an avowedly immovable body. It was conceived of a century ago, but things military have changed greatly since then. Yet it may have a power which nothing can j resist, a power not yet brought to light and one for , which no defense lias been provided. I f John Bull lias such a force concealed in his secret pockets, may he keep it there safe from the clutch ot war crazed brutes,—keep it forever, for humanity's sake. "Who's who in Mexico" scents to be a question that will remain unanswered until there nre a couple of first class funeral?. Meantime President Wilson is keeping a straight path in that European affair, to the grcHt admiration of the American people. Reports state that the apple crop of the country this year is more than L'L'S.OOO.OOO bushels. That many ap pear to have rotted 011 the ground over in Adams county. Kind friends are picking out a nice berth in Wash ington for Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer after March 4. Mr. Palmer is a gentleman who can take care of himself under any circumstances. The claim of the Republican State Chairman that the next. Legislature will have J69 Republicans out of the -0 i members of the House and 08 Republicans out of the TiO Senators means that Democrats and Washington party people who held positions in the last Legislature need not apply in 1915. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN BREVITY .Judge—"Xanie!" Prisoner—"Smith." Judge—"Occupation?" Prisoner —"Locksmith." Judge—"Officer, lock Smith up."—Exchange. A TRUTHFUL WARRIOR Jesse R. Grant, the famous general's son, said the other day: "There's too much war talk in the papers. Turn to what page you will-—the religious news page, tiie woman's page—a kind of war flavor is given to all the items. It's getting to be a joke. It reminds me of Caff. Gaff, an old soldier, was so bored once bv war talk that he broke out into a war story on his own account. lie worked his story up in the conventional way, and at the climax he said: " 'Yes, gentlemen, men fell by the dozen on every side of me. Bullets pelted down like hailstones. The roar of i the big guns was deafening. Legs and arins v to say nothing j of heads and bodies, were flying through the air in all directions. -And then, by jingo, 1 saw we were cut off!' " 'Holy smoke, man, what did you dof asked a listener. " 'I did,' Gaff answered, 'six miles in 48 minutes.' " Washington Star. WHAT DID HE EXPECT? "Jones," said a hotel manager to a waiter, "what did 1 that gent from table Xo. 7 leave so suddenly for!" "Well, sir," said the waiter, "he sat down and asked for sausages, and I told him we were out of them; but if he would care to wait a few minutes I could get the cook to make some." "Well," said the manager, "what then?" "I went to the kitchen," resumed the waiter, "and accidentally trod upon the dog's tail, and of course it yelped. And suddenly the gent got up and left." Lon don Tit Bits. THE CLERGYMAN'S VICTORY A clergyman, while traveling, stopped at a hotel much frequented by wag? and jokers. During dinner these worthies opened fire on the clergyman, who, however, stood their gibes and sneers with a calm indifference. At len-'th a fellow diner said to bim: "Well, I wonder at your patience. Have you not heard all that has been said to you?" "Oh, yes; but I am used to it," replied the clergyman.! "I am chaplain of a lunatic as,vlum. Such remarks' have no effect upon me." —Exchange. j J HIS "NAME" A young spark, notorious for his conceit, was boastin" in the presence of several gentlemen about the conquests which he had gained over the female heart. "Look," said he, "here's a handsome present I had from my last inamorata," at the same time handing round a beautiful cigar case. All admired the article, which had an indorsement of its quality stamped upon it. "Very nice gift," remarked one of the company. "I perceive your lady-love even had your name put on the case." "Well, that's queer," answered the boaster. "I never I noticed it." "Look again," replied the candid one. "The case is dia- j tinctl.v marked 'Real calf.' " —Exchange. » \ [Tongue-End Top icsl Tracing Typhoid in University Even persons not apparently suffer ing from typhoid may carry the germs of that disease about them and in doinjf so spread the disease. A case in point is the epidemic of typhoid in Lehigh University in which u large number of students suffered and several died. Dr. C. J. Hunt, chief medical inspector of the State Department of Health, was called in on the appearance of the epi demic at the university, and made a long and careful investigation to ascer tain its origin. By a system of scien tific deductions he eliminated both milk and water as having been connected with tho disease's appearance, and he looked elsewhere for the cause. Mak ing careful inquiry, he discovered that one of the employes in the kitchen had suffered from typhoid years ago. and he found on thut person typhoid germs, still active. ( * « * Found Germs on Well Man The man had been employ Oil in the preparation of peaches which had been used to flavor ice cream served to stu dents, and it was by this means that the disease was communicated to the people who were taken ill. It was found that the original cream from the source whence the university obtained its supply was not contaminated, and in sifting the matter down the disease was found to have been communicated to the cream through the fruit pre pared by the man afflicted with typhoid years apo. It took a lot of research and investigation in sleuthing out the cause, but it was demonstrated beyond a doubt that Dr. Hunt was correct when typhoid germs were found 011 the man. The students at the university gave Dr. Hunt a splendid reception when he gave them a talk the other night on the causes of typhoid. * 3 # Baldwin Out for Speakership Richard <T. Baldwin, Representative from Delaware county, is going to be a candidate tor Speaker of the next House of Representatives. " Dick," as lie is familiarly known, is not an nouncing his intention to go after the Speakership for the sole purpose of get ting a chairmanship of a fat commit tee. No, indeed. He is a surc-enuf candidate, and he wants his friends to know it. Mr Baldwin tirst entered the House as a member in 1895, and served three; terms. Th >ll he was rele gated to the rear to make way for \ arious und sundry hungry Delaware countians who thought he had had enough. He took his setback good-na turedly, but in 1910 he was again in the Held tor Assembly and was elected to the session of 1911, being re-elected in 1912. This year he again came to the front and again will hold down a place in the House during the 1915 session. 0 <! * Baldwin aud His Voice But Baldwin wants to be Speaker, and lie points with pride to the fact that in the last iHouse—in 1913—he was regarded a:> the "whip" to keep Republicans into line and when the or ganization needed a mouthpiece "Dick" was sent to the front, and, as he has a voice of Bull of Baslian power, he was generally heard. He is an ac- ' eomplished parliamentarian and ever : ready to jump into an argument in fa : vor of organization measures. As the Republican House "whip"' he saw to | it that every Republican was on hand I when his vote was needed, and alto • gether he was regarded as one of the : most useful organization members on , the Republican side. If merit —ttiat I particular kind of merit possessed by ' Mr. Baldwin—is to be rewarded, then | he comes in for his share; but he will ! have to make the contest against a | dozen othei aspirants who are eager to lill the Speaker's ehair. r nonFsToumi The Star-Independent d«es not make itself responsible fcr opinion* expressed in this column, i J ON GYMNASTIC S IX THE FI LFIT : Wants to Know Whether Clergymen Will Follow the Stough Plan ! Editor of Star-Independent: Dear Sir:—ln my recent communi cation to your paper concerning the Stough campaign, I said that " a closed church is a sign of decay," and that the action of the minister in closing their churches at the demand of Mr. Stough was the hanging out of a "flag [of distress.'' Am I far wrong? Mr. Editor, when right in the face of the ministers pres ent Mr. Stough stated the other even ing that the churches are dying of dry rot, and that the churches are being run to-day "just to see the wheels go round.'' I am wondering how the preachers who are throwing all their energies into making his work a success like to be referred to as the "gang." Again have they learned their first lesson in making their churches as at tractive as the moving picture showf Are they all reauv to try floundering on their bellies in their respective churches as soon as they consent to open them again* I wonder will they do this! And if not, why not? If such gymnastic stunts till the tabernacle, won't they fill their churches. I imagine the Godly Moody flopping around on his belly, if you please. Mr. Editor I believe in preaehing. I be lieve it is God's ordained plan to reach men and turn them from sin to salva tion. I believe in men being imbued with powers from on high. I believe in a minister being indeed and in truth an ambassador for Christ; but when a man puts in his time at the show busi ness it is time to repeat that part of the episcopal service which reads "Good Lord Deliver Us." Respectfully, Mr. Harrisburger. "No Alum" I < * 1 £ ! must be the watchword when the housewife ► < buys baking powder. » < Alum is well known to be a powerful I 3 astringent, and should never be used in food. ► 9 Prof Geo. F. Barker, M. D., of the Univer- \ f sity of Pennsylvania, says: 4 * I consider the use of » \ I alum baking powder highly injurious to health.' * f J' Food economy now, more than ever, I * I demands the purchase and use of those food * 5 articles of known high quality and absolute |' | purity and healthfulness. £ | ROYAL i Is a Pure, Cream of Tartar f \ BAKING POWDER I * Contains No Alum 5 Perfectly leavens, leaves no unhcalthful residues,' makes the food more delicious and wholesome. £ * T I ALL FOR KRUOER FAMILY ' Estate of Late Transit President Goes to Widow and Children -Vorristown, Pa., Xov. 11.—The en tire estate of Charles O, Krugor, late | president of the Philadelphia Rapid j Transit Company, i s bequeathed by his I will, admitted to prcbato yesterday, to nis wife, who gets one-third of the' SIOO,OOO obsolutely, and to his chil-I dren, who receive the principal of the | ®H-S——SKB ——— — More Xmas Pianos Player=Pianos Have Already Been Store Than Ever Before Acting upon our suggestion Xmas piano buyers are NOW making investigations, comparisons and decisions, with the result that we already have more instruments in reserve than during any previous year. If this is to be the I i Xmas of a new musical ; f' ? home, its high-time AjL y<£ finding P y P here. To-morrow is Not Too Early—Stocks are Full Varieties of Styles are at Their Best y mrrT Why not have your Xmas f n ' " ctro^a or Edison Diamond Disc r Wt3ww' to enterta i n on Thanks l® j L s ivin * ? | You easily can. Our "Liberal Club Offer" gives you choice of any style Victrola or Edison, and a suitable number of records, de . | livered to your home at once, by I Paying Cash Only for Your Records ! Begin paying monthly 30 days later, and v the price is the same as if you paid all \J cash. SPECIAL THIS WEEK—Ten rebuilt Square Pianos, good makes in good condition, guaranteed, priced at sls, S2O, $25 and up to SSO. Terms; $3 monthly. L H. Troup M Troup Building 15 S. Market St. MNOnNOTPOMMI ! other two-thirds when they become of age. and the income thereof in the meantime; the Und Title and Trust Company, of Philadelphia, acting as trustee and executor, and their mother as their guardian. Loses CatUe in Lancaster Marietta, Nov 11.—This section of. the •county is suffering from heavy los ers of cattle due to the mouth and hoof ! disease. To-day 011 the 1). M. Kver ! farm, jus; west of town, :!!) head of I cattle and 12 hugs were buried in a j trench GO f>et long, nnd the others in this section who are heavy losers are Charles Stitley. 33 head; Henry llos ; tetter, 30 head, \iuos Karhnrt. j head; Jacob Hinder, 51; John Witmer, Nature pays her debts except per* ! haps to the man who t'cels that the j world owes him a living.
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