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Delivered by carriers AF 6 cents A week, MaUed to subscriber: for Three Dollars a fear in ad"ance THE STAR INDEPENDENT The paper with the largest; Honu Circulation in Harrisburg and Marby towns Circulation Examlneo by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL Private Brand. E.ohang* CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Exchange. - No. 145-246 Wednesday. November 18, 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 2cj 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MOON'fc PHASES— \ Villi Moon, 'Jud; Last Quarter, 10th; New Moon, J7th; First Quarter, 21th. WEATHER FORECASTS f Vlarrisimrjj :>ml vicinity: Fair, con- lQ|fe tinifc'd '-old to-night with lowest torn perature ;iboiit 2S degrees. Thursday ' Knstern Pennsylvania: Fair to and Thursday, warmer Tlmvsday. Light Sy>N>owu " variable wind? becoming south. YESTERDAY S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 37; lowest, 27; S a. m., 2"; 8 p. m., li 2. THE PLIGHT OF POOR POLAND Cracow, capital of Austrian Galicia, is reported 1o be in flames and about to fall before a Russian bombardment. Galicia was formerly part of Poland aud Cracow was the residence of the Polish kings. In the neighboring territory which was once part of Poland and now belongs nominally to Germany and to Russia, villages have been destroyed in great numbers by instruments of war and natives are now without shelter and without food. Poland has no manifest part in the great conflict abroad, because there is no Poland. The great nation, for it once was great and was a nation, has had its identity absorbed by the three Powers which have overlapped it. The greatest power in central Europe at one time was Poland, —then a proud, glorious, spacious Po land. Perhaps the nation's nobles were too reckless and its ladies too frivolous. At any rate, the gay court one day disappeared. After eight hundred years in the family of nations, Poland dropped out completely so far as national identity was con cerned. When Poland's tale was settled at the Congress of Vienna almost a century ago, Russia, Germany and Austria, each of which got a slice, hoped no doubt that the arrangement would be permanent. It is only temporary, however. A plan by which a patriotic people like the Poles are torn apart may seem all right to diplomats representing everybody but the Poles yet it is not a plan which will work out. The spirit of liberty has again been aroused in these people by the outbreak of war, and while they are being trampled upon by the armies of the Powers, they are yet thinking of their country which once was and of their country which is to be. Poland cau not declare its neutrality, for two parts of it arc governed by Austria and Germany, and the other part is under the iron rule of Russia. It cannot speak, because it has 110 voice in the diet o£ nations. It has been a battleground since the outbreak of the war and its people have suffered untold miseries. great battle between Russians and Germans is now developing 011 its soil. The* capital of its kings is being destroyed. It can only suffer in silence, hoping that future treaties may right past wrongs. Poor Poland! A DETECTIVE WHO HAS MADE GOOD Joseph Ibach, a city detective, according to iu formation contained in a petition signed by seventy tive responsible citizens who are asking the City Commissioners to establish a detective bureau in Harrisburg with Ibach as the chief, has recovered stolen property valued at $32,025.78 in the last three years; he has made 275 arrests and helped in 137 others; he is on duty an average of fifteen hours a day; in ihree years he has had but four days vacation, and it should be recalled in this connection that a policeman works every day in the week, having no regular day off on Sunday or at any other time. It might have been added to the petition that Ibach does a great amount of clerical work in con nection with the city detectives' duties, attends personally to a great amount of correspondence, "mugs and measures" all the criminals for the "Rogues' Gallery" and takes the finger-prints and other data for the Bertillon system. His yearly salary is slightly more than SI,OOO. Whether there is actually need in Harrisburg just now of a separately organized detective bu- HARRIfVBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 18, 1914. reau is a question that the City Commissioners must discuss and decide. Involved in the discus sion must be consideration of the economical ex penditure of the City's money. There is, however, no question about the fact Detective Ibacli deterves an increase in pay to make his saUry commensurate with the amount of service he renders the City. There is no economy in underpaying a detective like Ibach. It has been demonstrated that he has saved in actual cash for Harrisburg property-own ers many times more than the amount of his salary. If Harrisburg does not pay Ibach what he is worth some other city will. SELF-GOVERNMENT IN SING SING Sing Sing will soon be quite select. That the gentlemen who dwell in the institution should have a voice in the selection of a warden is the suggestion of a man to whom appointment to the office has been offered. His words, as quoted in the New York papers, are: "1 would not go to Sing Sing unless 1 knew tho prisoners there wanted me to come. 1 am jut'eer tain how their preference would be expressed." What fine consideration for the rights of the op pressed! No respectable convict could well desire more. The prisoners in Sing Sing should at once, assemble and unanimously elect the candidate. After the election, all would be harmony and hap piness. The warden could call a meeting of all in mates interested in the welfare of the institution, whenever a new member should apply for admit tance. They could then pass on the qualifications of the applicant and if they should conclude that his presence would lower the moral tone of the institution they could refuse to admit him. Then too, the residents of this self-governing com munity might convene sometime Avhen they grow tired of their quiet mode of living, and carry a reso lution to the effect that whereas they deem such a move most conducive to their own well-being, Sin<sr Sing be abolished. FOR A LASTING SETTLEMENT OF THE WAR The present struggle involving all Europe will be the last great war, in the opinion of Professor •T. P. Lichtenberger, expressed in an address to the I'hilomathean Club in Philadelphia yesterday. Pro fessor Lichtenberger added: After the present struggle there will be a reaction which will raise industrialism to the point where war will involve a useless waste and expense not to be borne. Certainly the prediction of the professor em bodies the hopes of the entire world, but whether there is a chance of its fulfillment depends on the basis of settlement finally agreed upon by the na tions now at each other's throat. In the last analy sis of the causes of the present almost world-wide strife the basis of it all is shown to be racial hatred. This hatred is bound to reappear in form of future hostilities unless the war is adjusted in a way that will eliminate to the greatest possible extent the hostile feeling among races that has remained dor mant since previous encounters. The war must be settled'in a spirit of true mag nanimity shown by the group of nations that finally triumphs toward that group that ultimately is de feated. There must be a willingness on the part of the victors to make concessions to the vanquished that will eliminate the sting of defeat. If whole sale indemnities and unjust reprisals are to be de manded it would result only in leaving sore spots ♦ hat would lead to fresh outbreaks of hostilities at a future time. Reference to recent past warfares in Europe is all that is needed to convince one of the truth of this assertion, for the present conflict is largely the result of dissatisfaction with the terms of settlements of racial wars that have gone before. Professor Lichtenberger's prediction can come true only if the victorious nations can, in the inter est of world-wide welfare,—in the interest of hu manity,—subjugate the right of might to the right of right in agreeing to the terms of settlement. * The DRW sleeveless ball gowns arc probably not popular in Saskatchewan where the mercury dropped yesterday to 18 below zero. It is a pretty safe prediction that the war tax imposed on the brokers of the New York Curb market will ulti mately fall on the Wall Street lambs. Now that election is over the business interests of the country seem inclined to give the new laws, designed by the Washington administration to help them, a fair chauee to do so. Kven if it is true, as the superintendent of the Auburn, N. V., public schools snvs, that the dress of the Auburn school girls constitutes a moral menace, it is likely that the menace will not, last long now that 7«ro weather is in prospect. The Turks, as evidenced by the report that they have tired on the flag of Uncle Sam, are becoming a bit reckless. United States, howover, will not become hysterical about the incident and will suspend judgment until the facts are officially ascertained. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN UP AGAINST IT "Tough neighborhood I live in. People steal everything I leave in my shed." "Why don't you put a padlock on the door!" "I put on a fine one and somebody got it the first night." —Kansas City Journal. THE BLOW-OUT "What happened to Babylonf" asked the teacher of her Bible class. "It fell!" cried the pupil. "And what became of Nineveh?" "It was destroyed." "And what of Tyre!" "Punctured."—Exchange. A REGULAR CUSTOMER A clergyman, having performed the marriage ceremony for a couple, undertook to write out the usual certificate, but being in doubt as to the day of the month, he asked: "This is the niuth, is it not*" "Why, parson," said the blushing bride, "you do all my marrying, and you ought to remember that this is only the third."—National Monthlv. | Tongue-End Top icsjl To Start the Senate Bight Two Harrisburgers who will again ! hold positions of prominence in the State Senate are Herman P. Miller and W. Harry Baker, their selection hav ing been agreed upon at a meeting of the Republican Senate leaders in Phila delphia last week. Both have been con nected with the Senate so long that they are regarded as fixtures, and ineed it would be rather embarrassing for a new Senate to organize without these two officials to see that things were i in apple pie order for the grand open ing. Mr. Miller as Senate librarian, with the preliminary preparations un der his care, and Mr. Baker, as Senate secretary, to see that everything is done just so in accordance with prece dent. Thirty-seven Years in Senate ! Mr. Miller haa beeu iu the Senate for thirty-seven years. He was a page at first, a little fellow in short trous ers with an obliging disposition that gained him many friends and kept him in his place until he became chief page. In 1887 he was made Senate Li brarian, and he has held the place ever since. When a Senator wants some thing he never thinks of going to any body but Herman Miller, aud he gen erally gets what he wants. He has been •a competent, earnest worker all the time, and he never makes mistakes. Nothing is too difficult for Mr. Miller to do for the comfort or welfare of a Senator. He keeps the run of legisla tion and lends a hand wherever re quired, and when the time conies to compile and edit a new edition of Sniull's Legislative Hand-Book he un dertakes the task cheerfully, and it is 1 not a light one. When Mr. Miller is not looking after the Senate he baa a side line in real estate, insurance, etc., and he seems to be doing quite well, thank you. * * * Baker Sets Things Moving W. Harry Baker—cut that W—also went into the Senate as a page, and lie was one of the brightest lads that ever filled the .job. You couldn't keep a boy like Harry Baker in the back ground, and ho was always around the clerk's desk doing little things to make the work of the others easier, so he was made assistant Senate Librarian, and by and by* he was placed at the desk and made assistant to the chief elerk. Then a new place was made for him, Senate secretary, and ho was at home. Without Harry Baker the Senate couldn't begin business. He prepares all of the resolutions for the opening, has them placed in proper hands, sees that the men holding them are recognized and he starts the wheel* j of legislation iu the Senate to moving so smoothly that there is never a creak. He has the details of Senate procedure at his finger ends. # » » Arranges All the Business Baker arranges all business for each Senate session, sees that everything [ is in its proper place for the work to I go ahead smoothly, and when ho says} the word the chaplain steps to the j front and opens the session with prayer. But he wouldn't do it unless' Mr. Baker told him to go ahead. There j isn't a bill introduced in the Senate that he doesn't know where it is, and ! he coaches the President pro tem. in t all parliamentary routine. When the 1 Lieutenant Governor is in the chair! Mr. Baker does the same kindness for 1 I him. Some-body has to do it in order j to keep things straight, and Harry j Raker is the man. He has friends' j among statesmen and politicians of all j parties, and he, perhaps, knows more j them personally than any other man. Mr. Baker is secretary of the! | Republican State Committee, He is' interested in the Harrisburg Athletic! | Club, is a Mason of high degree, and j j he loves to gpt to his cottage at Mt. I i Gretna. His diversion in Philadelphia while at Republican State headquar- j i ters is talking over tje long distance j telephone to a small son in this city! | who is just learning big words. # » Dr. Mullowney's Book on China "Made iu Ilarrisburg," is rather a ; good label. Many things come from l this city, from sun bonnets to type-! | writers. One of the latest as well as 1 one of the best things to emanate j I from here is a book bv Dr. John .J. j , Mullowney, assistant chief medical in- 1 I spector in the State Department of | [H«alth. His book is entitled "A; Revelation of the Chinese Revolution,"! and as Dr. Mullowney lived for many \ years in China and knows his subject thoroughly, he writes with convincing energy. He lias no use for the present \ President-Dictator— Yuan Shi-kai — whose history he reviews in scathing,; merciless terms, but he pays hig'h trib-i ute to General Hwang Using whom he terms the brains of the Chinese rovo- \ lution. And, by the way, General Hwang Hsing expects to roach Phila delphia this week and to remain there; a year at least, studying some of our i governmental problems. Dr. Mullowney ! does not think that patriotism is dead j in China. One day China will come in to her own and be in truth as well as in name a Democracy. The book is just j from the press. Incidentally Berlin; publishers seem to be quite active dc-! spite conditions engendered there by 1 the war, for a leading publishing house [ of Berlin has asked Dr. Mullowney for! permission to translate and publish his book. Dance at Country Club Mr. find Mrs. Robert M. Rutherford,! of Steelton, gave a dance at the Coun try Club, last evening, in compliment to Miss Louise CarneV and the debu tantes of the season. -Music was fur nished by the Cpdegrovy orchestra. ■ in mi maum THE QLOBE THE GLOBE The North Winds Do Blow Now For Overcoats— f We're Prepared—Are You? Remember Thanksgiving Day is but one week off —and remember, too, that your apparel on that day will be closely scrutinized. Those Chesty Double Breasted Overcoats A Lively New Overcoat Idea— An* overcoat with class and distinction tai lored into its every stitch—note the lon# roll ing lapels—the semi-form fitting style—velvet piped cuffs—the narrow shoulders. The right kind of an overcoat —at the right time. *2O and 5 25 THE ~GLQBE BAD MISTER CROW KILLS LITTLE DUCKAND ROBINS Hearing of This, Dr. Surface Tejls How to Kill the Crows By Feeding the Destructive Birds With Poison ed Corn An observant bird lover in the northern part of Pennsylvania wrote to State Zoologist H. A. Surface, asking "What shall we Jo about the crows? We have such a multiplicity of them, that we can count them by hundreds iu one small neighborhood. We have a line chance to raise ducks, but it is im possible as the crows take the little ducks right out of the creek. It is a constant warfare with us to save our little chickens when they run at large. The real tragedy was when t'hey took young robins from nests in trees not over eight feet from the house. Two nests were thus broken up last, sum mer. I saw this done, but too late to save the young birds. We love the robins, and to see them destroyed by ! crows is hard to bear. 1 want the sop'g birds especially." To this appeal. Prot. i Surface replied as follows: "The crow is not protected by law, although there is no bounty offered for it. It can be shot, trapped, poisoned or , killed in any way possible, and yet be legal. I recognize its depredations as i destroyer of poultry and birds, and the longer I live and the more I learn about it, the less do I think of the bird that is famous for not being as 'black as its feathers.' "I believe it would be possible to destroy them in great numbers by poi soning them. Grains of corn could be soaked in water without poison aud placed where the crow could find them and feed there, and get accustomed to coming to that place to feed. Then corn could be soaked in strychnine so lution, or after having been soaked in water alone the skirt of ttie grain could be raised with the blade of a pen knife and the tiniest bit of strychnine intro duced under it. This would overcome the bitter taste that would come from soaking the corn in the strychnine so lution, About one grain of this poi soned corn can be used in the propor tion of five grains of corn soaked but not poisoned. The crows would eat it This May Happen to You. rHE SUM OF THOUSAND DOLLARS rrSt*- £s» ~ • —••• * ——: NPAYMENT <>, Q*I.I W <O(C>, A *V<3 A IIJ^ | . /..- -/ V. . , 'F, FN THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK VJJL«D\^YLCJ( NEW YORK. N.Y. # "«»"R«LA& 3 ~ CHIEF ACCOUNTANT Mr. Kinser was among those who perished in the fire which entirely de stroyed the Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, resulting in the loss of 33 lives. He was insured under the GENERAL Accident's Utopia Policy paying 'double in demnity for injuries caused by burning buildings. ACCIDENT INSURANCE IN THE GENERAL ACCIDENT Is the Maximum of Protection tQ Your Family I. MILLER, Gen. Agt. 103 N. Second St. and soon be finished. Of course, it would be necessary to guard against killing poultry by this means ot' poi | soning. It would be illegal to put it ! out ior long use, but it would be legal to place such poisoned corn where i crows could obtain it, and watch it, and remove what the crows do not take away. The point is that if properly safe guarded and all remnants later collected, it would be proper and legal to use poison. "There is no doubt but that crows are increasing in numbers and in de structiveness when they become so abundant as they evidently are -in your region. Where they are less abundant they do perform a valuable service in nature as destroyers of in sects; even though at a certain time of year they are liable to pull corn and otherwise attack the farmers' crops." STEIGEL DESCENDANT DIES ! Aged Woman to Be Buried on Spot Where Old Church Stood Marietta, Nov. 18.—Word reached here to-day announcing the death at Newport of Miss Mary M. Horning whic'h occurred from infirmities of ap,e. •She was S4 years of age, and a nat'.ve of Manheim, and for many years, at tended the Feast of Roses ceremony at that place, she being a direct deatend aut of Aaron Steigel, who gave- the church to the people of that place Her body will 'be buried on the spot w'here the old church stood in 1770. 2,850 Hunters' Licenses in Lebanon Lebanon, Xov. 18.—Up to noon to day 2,850 hunters' licenses liad been I issued by County Treasure); John E. I Hartman to the gunners cf Lebanon i county. This lacks only 2t> of equaling | last year's record mark. The, cold weath | er and the proximity of Thanksgiving Day is expected to bring the mark up to 2,900 'by the time the holiday ar j rives. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. Two Injured in Quarry Mishaps Marietta, Nov. 18.-—'George 11. «ohn son, employed at th.j Baker quarries, was seriously injure! yesterday when a stone fell from a distance of thirty feet and struek him on the head. The scalp was laid open about six inches. Isaiah K. Parley, employed at t'he same place, was run dqfffn by a cart and badly cut and 'bruised. _ STEAMSHIPS. BERMUDA Theme C'burmlnK laifimln Art Now •1 Their Beat S. S. "BERMUDIAN" | ho da tile record—4o hours—ls th« newest and only twin-screw steam i ship sailing to Bermuda, and the j only onp landing: passengers at the doelc at Hamilton without transfer ! by tenrter. i 'lound Trip with meals • )Ka ia ! imtl stateroom berth #■"«* u p For tuil particulars apply to A. K. OtT Kit lilt m<;K A tO. ( Asfali Use* li'*'■ S. S, Co., 1.14., 2ft Broadway, New I Verki P. I.OK.VK HHIUMIIL, ltia Ma*, k !» St.. Mnrrlabura, Fa., *r lajr Tick* el A sent. NET WEIGHT IN FOOD LAW Will Bo Applied to Bags of Green Cof fee Prom Abroad By Associated Press. Washington Nov. 18. —Opinions re ; lating to the operation of the net weight amendment to the fooil law, an nounced to day by the Bureau of Chenv istrv, stated that l'or the present it would be applied to bags of green cof fee received from abroad. Contents > of cans of oysters, clams and shrimps, it was announced, had , been stated iu terms of the weight ot' drained meat they contain. Contents of packages of fresh oysters should bo stated in terms of measure, or, if there is a trade custom to the effect in terms of weight, according to preference of the shipper. In view of the decision of the referee board of consulting scientific, experts, the bureau, it was stated, would not ob ject to the use of a small amount of alum in the preservation of pickles. It was announced that so-called tama rind sirup, which owes its flavor to citric, or tartaric acid, its color to caramel, and contains only an imma ' terial amount of tamarind, should be labeled ''immitation Tamarind sirup.'' B. R. T. Elects Officers The following officers were elected last night at a meeting of the Blue Mountain Lodge No. 694, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen: W. M. Speely, president; P. M. Miller, vice president; 1 W. P. McNeal, secretary; George H. Horning, treasurer.
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