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Mailed to subtcrtban for Threo Dollar, a /ear in *d<-aure THE STAR.IN DEPEN DENT The p»s>er with the larga.i Home Circulation in flarrisburg au< ■earhr tvnot Circulation E\amlnea bv THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN APVERTIS2RS. TELEPHONES BELL Privata llnancl. Kichan»aw No. 92SC CUMBERLAND VALLti t*rl»ata tlrencl' Eichawfa. • No. >45.241 Monday. November i«, I»t4. NOVEMBER Stin. Mots. Tues. Wed. Tbur. 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— Poll Moon, 'Jnd; List Quarter. U>th; >eew Moon, 17th; First Quarter, 2-itb. 'yy WEATHER FOBECASTS 'Sx ] Harrisbur;* and vicinity: Fair ami jTOa * i -older to nij: t and Tuesday w.th a eold ' 1 wave. Lowest temperature tonight Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair aud Hil* 4, j| colder tonsrht and Tuesday with a cold *■* wave. Diminishing northwest winds. Yl'-STEBDiAYS TEMPER ATTJRE IK HARRISBURQ Highest. SO; lowest, 41; g a. m.. 42; S p. m . t>o. mmxmxi ..tbi i ■■■- i USE OF MINES IN NAVAL WARFARE The sinking of the British superdreadnaught. Audacious, is the greatest material disaster thus far met br the British navv. and appears to have been accomplished without violation of the rules of warfare. Indications are that the ship was sent to the bottom either by a German torpedo or by a German mine. The vicinity of the disaster is said to have been full of mines. Mines are as much a part of the war as are cannon; the destruction they bring is part of the game. Yet it is well to remem ber that even in a time like the present iii Europe, there are usages in naval warfare, together with articles adopted by international conferences, which preveut belligerent nations from placing any kinds of mines they please wherever they please to piaee them. All the nations of the world are not at war. and the vessels of neutral countries must not be endan gered by the mines of the combatants. If there were no restrictions on the use of mines, particu larly floating mines, and these engines of destruc tion were io be let loose at a time like this in reck less lasfcion along many coasts, conditions would be horrible beyend conception. That there arc re strictions. however, cannot but be a source of satis faction to those who would have the horrors of war minimized. The Hague convention of IJH)7 reaffirmed the right o ' harmless navigation to be unmolested by hostilities, the right which the international law of naval warfare had long before recognized. If a belligerent warship were to tire on a harmless neutral vessel on the high seas, it would be guilty of a violation of the rules of war and subject to penalties. A floating mine has the same mission as a shell from a cannon and if it hits a neutral ship the violation of law is as evident. Among seven articles adopted by the Hague conference definite mention is made of floating mines restricting the employment of tlieni so as in some measure to protect harmless ships. It is for bidden in these articles to lay automatic mines of contact which are not moored uuless they become harmless by the nature of their construction an hour after control over them has been lost or. if they are moored, unless they become harmless when they break from their fastenings. It is further forbidden to lay such mines along an enemy's coast with the object of crippling i-ommerce. In addition to these articles, which been ratified by all nations now at war except Russia, propositions were supported at the convention by German. American and Japanese delegate, to re strict further the laying of automatic mines so that they eould be used by belligerents "only withfti their own territorial waters, and the territorial waters of their enemies, and in the an a of the bel ligerents' immediate activity." The Powers taking part in discussions of this subject certainly made it clear that mines should be allowed only in areas of actual hostilities. So long as the battling nations follow established usages of naval warfare and respect the provisions laiii down by the Hague conference disasters such as that which overtook the Audacious, sending to th* bottom of the sea one of Great Britain's prowd- IIARRfSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 16, 1914. est warships, will be eon lined to the belligerent warships aiul will uot eoine upon harmless vessels flying neutral flags. FOOTBALL AND COLLEGE SPIRIT There is something about the way the Princeton football team pullet! together in the last fifteen minutes of play in Palmer stadium on Saturday when, after the score stood 15) to 0 in Vale's favor, the Tiger athletes tallied 14 points mi hard, straight football, that inspires fresh admiration for the spirit that animates college athletics when they are stripped of the suspicion of professionalism. Princeton was beaten at the end of the third period, when Vale's scoring ended, but Princeton did not admit it; ih fact Princeton did not know it. The Tiger team, although outclassed in most de partments of the game up to the opening of the fourth period, started the tinal quarter with a reversal of foriu that astonished even her own loyal supporters who had all along eheetvd their grid iron warriors with just-as much spirit as if victory still was within easy grasp. Yale, through an error in generalship that almost cost her the game, withdrew about half of her veteran players, ""to save them for the Harvard game next Saturday," as it was explained, but Nassau began to plough through the line of Blue in a way that almost caused pauic in the ranks of the New llaven coaches, who hastily brought sev eral of the veterans back into the contest. By then Princeton had scored 14 points aud had at tained a position from which one more touchdown would have bPought victory. Not even the recall of the Yale regulars was able to check the progress of the Tigers once they had struck their stride and persons who say that wonderful eleventh-hour brace say that with a few more minutes to play there would have been a reasonable chance for a Prince ton victory. It detracts nothing from Yale'«• triumph to say that Princeton's wonderful rally, when it was prac tically certain the game was lost, took much of the >tiug out of the defeat. The Princeton spirit as disown on Saturday both by the players and the Orange and Black cheering sections in the blett It ers is the spirit that makes purely amateur college football the inspiring and character-building sport that it is. There -an he no stronger argument in support of this great college pastime than the loyalty and de termination to light to the last ditch that were dis played by the Princeton players and the Princeton rooters in tin Paluier stadium on Saturday. future _• !.<. rations ot' collegians nil! have no trouble reinciaberiug that tin- .914 Yale-Princeton football score was 19-14. AH is "dry" after to-day ami we shall see liow effective the Cossacks are as lighters without the iuspira tioa lent by vodka. "Why should shoppers worry about that extra $1 placed ou the round trip fare to Philadelphia v.t on they can buy practically anything they want in the stores of Harrisbergf The venerable soldier and beloved idol of the British people. Lord Roberts, died ar the scene of the military operations at the front in France. Had he willed it him self he would have willed it so. The anarchists who are reported to be plotting against Mayor Mite he! in New York and who have tried to blow up several of the courts in that eity, should go to Europe where they can tind a field for the operation of their bloodthirsty proclivities with n:t the danger of going to the electric chair. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN FIRST IMPRESSIONS It was the young woman's tir*t view of the sea. She was a servant, she had never seen the sea before, and her mig tiess, nodding towards the great, wind swept expanse of ocean, with its gulls and flying clouds and distant sails, said: "There. Mary, is the sea. What do you think of itf" "Oh, mum," Mary eried, "it smells just like ovsters."— Exchange. WIDELY READ A frivolous society girl, in a small town, made a daily trip to the town librarv, whore she would always get a book. This being the loafing place of the young men of the town, it was quite evident why she came. One of the young men, guessing that fact, asked her this question: "Miss Jones, have you ever read 'Scott's Emulsion."" "0! Yes. isn't it the sweetest book. I just love it."— National Monthly. THIS CAME FROM MISSOURI "See here, man." warned one. "don't mess wid me, 'cause when you do you sure is flirtin' wid d' hearse."' "Don't pesticate wid me.' replied the other, shaking his list. "Don't fo'ee me t' press diss upon yo'. 'canse if I does I'll hit yo' so ha'l I'll separate vo' ideas from yo' habits: I'll jes knock you fuui amazin' grace to a fluatia' opportunity." "If you mess wid me," continued the other, "I'll jees make one pass an dere'll be a man pattin' yo' in de face wid a lary, alter my mother." was the atern 1 reply.—National Monthly. 1 I- ■ s I Tongue-End Topics | Brinser Silenced Chinese Gun j The fact that Ned C. Kalbfus ami Harry L» Rrinser, two Marrisburg ; "boys," will bo on the flagship Wyom ing. tbut will load tho fleet of Unrte £>utn s sea fighters through tho Panama canal—one as chief navigator and tho other as chief engineer—recalls an in cident iu Brinser's service in the navy that is not generally known. He was with his step at Manila when the i Boxer war broke out and wa? among I those ordered to China to protect the • foreigners from Chinese rapacity and murder. It was at Tien Tsiug where tue first 'heavy lighting o.vurred that Brinser and his battalion of bluejack | ets got into the midst of the very hot | time. The Chinese on the eitv wall i ' lai ' 'fained a guu to command the ap | proach to the gste, one of the en | trances to the city, and we're doing 1 fearful execution with this guu. All ( at.empts to silence it had failed when j young Brinser, obtaining some guu cot | ton, crept up on the gun. scaled the ; wall and jammed the guu cotton, a I most powerful explosive, into the : mouth of the guu, just as tha Chinese j gunner pulled the lanyard. Brinser dropped over the wall to safety. When j the guu was tired the giincotton ex J ploded and the entire muzzle of the i 1 nnnon was blown ofl'. rendering •it useless for further mischief. The i bluejackets, bearing I'ucle Sam's flag. ' were tirst to storm the gate, followed bv the other allied troops, and the city was taken. It was a most daring .eat. in the face 4>f the greatest danger but Brinser had a reputation in the navy of being a fearless tighter, and he was only living up to bis reputa i tion. . . . • What About the Christmas Tree? Inquiry is made as to whether Har risburg is going to have a municipal Christmas tree? "Seems to me." said the man , about town, "that there ought to be ] sentiment enough to start somebody ;to work arranging for the rrxt\ The best place for it is where it was last year—at Front and .Market. Will ; somebody get busy ?'» * • * Introducing a Nestor i "This is a new business for me," ; whispered the chairman of a public meeting to a gray-haired gentleman who had been selected as t'he principal speaker of the evening, " says the Pitts , bnrgh • • Chronicle-Telegraph. " " What J shall t say in introducing you to the ■ audience 1" i "\ou might speak of me, if you choose." replied the speaker, "as the Xestor of the legai profession in this community. That is what I have been I caßed somot i mes.'' The chairman looked somewhat puz zled, but he rose bravely to the occa | sion. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, j "'it affords me no ordinary pieasure to j present to you Mr. Jabez Horuaday, the | nest egg of tiiie legal profession in tins I community." Novelties in Old Fleet Street Fleet street was formerly the won der place of London, where all that was novel, bizarre and marvelous was i exhibited by entet-prising showmen. ( Bon Johnson alludes to "a new notion of the city of N'inevah with .lona'u and the whale at Fleet bridge" and at the l"Kagle and Child" was exhibited a j collection of freaks and monstrosities ' that set the whole town agape. In j 1 • 10, too were advertised as one exhi i bition at Fleet bridge "two strange, i wonderful and remarkable monstrous I creatures, an old she dromedary, seven feet high and ten feet lon.', latelv ar rived from Tartary. with her young i one. beiug the greatest wonder, rarity i an l novelty ever seen in the three i kingdoms. —London Express. An Odd Problem '•■ SB you place ten lumps of sugar in j three teacups so that there is an odd number of lumps in each cup? A sta ! tistici&n to whom this problem was once propounded declared it was impossible to accomplish such a feat, but the fol •owing explanation shews that it is not only j-ossible, but very easy to accom plish: Put one lump in one cup, two jumps in another cup aud seven lumps in the third cup, and theu put tho cup with one lump in the cup with t«ie two lumps. By placing the cup that holds one lump inside the one that holds two lumps it can be correctly stated that every cup contains an odd number of lumps, for if a cup contains another cup it aiso contains the contents of that second cup. Triumph of Mutes It was but the other day when the | triumph of the deaf and dumb faced \ me. It was a ship just starting from ; Southampton to America. You knowi the unheard shouts during the last I i hour from the shore. There were two' | men. deaf and dumb, talking quietly j with their fingers to the brother on "board, who could repiv. They were | the only three that could talk freely | among the. unheard tumult! —London ; Chronicle. ' / 1 I Wouldn't Stand! INBISESTION for a single half hour, because it 1 isn't necessary. FORNEY'S DYSPEPSIA PANACEA Costs 50 centa and represents the finest remedy for dyspepsia and in- j digestion known. There is not a failure in hundreds of cases treated. Specially good thing to try. Forney's Drug Store i 430 MARKET STREET »• f 1 This May Happen to You. TO THE \ * i " Bal- I timore county. Bid of Cattle Disease Carlisle. Xov. 16.—'With tlie infect ! Ed herds having been cleared out, Cum berland eounty is at the present time l free from the effects of the foot and ! mouth disease, according to reports sent into the State Inve Stock Sanitary Board Saturday. While no new cases have been discovered since the early part of the week, the stri.-t quarantine lawj, which have caused some ''oniment among persons interested in the cat tle business, are being rigidly enforced. The Ber J. B. Sints Dead Chambersburg. Pa., Xov. IS.—The Rev. J. B. Shiuts. a well-known min ister of the Reformed C-hmrch. died here Saturday at an advanced age. He had served many different charges in Penn sylvania and was for many years secre tary of the Pen-Mar Reformed reunion. The Rev. Mr. Skint* vu a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Pennsylvania reserves. Killing Many Deer Carlisle, Xov. 16.—Two more kills are reported in the Pine Grove section, headquarters for a number of local hunters ami others from all parts of ad- i joining counties. fcVidav afternoon -mem- bers of the Taylor camp, an Adams county organization, got a I SO-pound j buck. \ Mr. Fortnov, of Harrisbnrg.j also killed a buck slightly smaller in siio. Deer are very plentiful reports sa.\ aud the season is re orted to be, to date, the best iu years. Friday morning 11. ! R. Douson received a telephone mes ' sage saying that the Philip six camp at Cold Springs had gotten a deer. Who! made the kill was not reported. Herman Wagner, of A street, this 1 place, with a party at or near King's 1 bap, on Thursday killed an o'uht prong od buck weighing ab.v.it 'JBS pounds and another of the party killed one.! Jaeob t>otnau and I'anl 80. nhart, of j this place, are in tiiis camp. Shoots at Rabbit, Hits Guuuer Elkton, Md.. \ov. 16.—Carroll j Quimbly, while gunning Saturday, was shot and painfully wounded by a fellow hunter who in firing at a rabbit failed ! to notice Quinrbly in his path. Adams County Man Robbed Gettysburg. Nov. 10. — liobbed of $l5O, his savings from seven months of hard work in the aj>r»le orchards of j New York State. Ernest Chapman, of i near Orrtanna, had to give up his re-1 turn home on the eve of his expected departure from Rochester, according to a dispatch just received here. Shortly after Chapman reached [ Rochester to take his train for home he 1 became acquainted with William Ho- ' gan. Chapman then had $164 iu cash, i A Timely Sale of the World's Best Watches old saying, a good one too. is A bout as good a Christinas gift as parents can give their boy or girl is a ■ V $ S"JiJ f'iney l>nt of useful service and a eon -4 J tinnous appreciation of your kindness, 'i ij -Several of these offerings are unredeeni- , ed pledges and are extraordinary bar- || gains. Pay a small deposit on any of L j! these and we'll hold it for you until Christmas. j| Gents' 20-veer gold-filled Elgin and Waltham T-jewel watches, open or dosed face: 1", 16. 18 sizes; worth $12.00 ©l2 VC !l to $15.00. Special at 9°'«« I Ladies' O bi>;e, same as abo\c, worth $15.00. !j|>cc.al yg qq 21-jewel Hamilton movement?: 16 vze, open face. 20 j, year gold filled cases, worth $30.00 to $35.00. Special at. j 21 jewel Sangamo Illinois movements; 16 size, open face, CIO || 20-vear gold-filled cases, worth $30.00 to $35.00. Special at ; || Howard movements in 25-year Crescent or Jas. Boss gold- ' '* ' PARK SIDE HOSPITAL 1900-02-04 Market Street Open to maternity eases of all reputable physicians. Trained nurses in attendance. Both phones. After in- ami Jlogan had visiteii several ; Koche.ster restaurants, the Orrtanua j resilient found he was penniless). Chapman tigures that ho spent only sl-1 ami consequently the remainder was stolen. Height of the Panama Canal i The middle section of the Manama I canal, thirty-four miles long, has a wa- I tcr le\el of eighty-flve feet higher than I the two end sections, which are sea levels. Vessels entering tlio caual from [ the ocean 011 either side are lifted to , the middle section, a height of eighty 1 five feet. by three sets of locks, ea. h {of which raises the vessel a fraction ; over twenty-eight feet, making a total .ol eighty-five feet. These locks are constructed side by side like a double t track railway, so that one ship may be : going up while the other is going down. Only one ship can be in a lock at the • same time, but as the locks are con ! strueted in pairs, side by side, two ships going in opposite directions, ono going up the incline and the other go i 'ng down, may pass each other within hailing distance. Vessels are towed j through the locks by electric ma j lihinery.—Philadelphia Press. To Nominate Officers To-night Members of the Associate Conclave of Harris-burg of the Improved Order of j Heptusophs will attend a business meet : iug of the Dauphin conclave to bo held I to-night at U2l Market street. Officers | will lie nominated for the next term.