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Circulation in Harrisburg ana •earby towns. Circulation Exaialnm by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL Private Branch Exchange. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Exchange, - No. 245-246 Thursday, November 19, 1914. NOVEMBER Sun. Mod. 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, 2nd; Last Quarter. 10th; New Moon, 17th; First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FORECASTS f Harrisburg and vicinity: Unsettled weather to-night and Friday, probably rain. Colder Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Tiain to night *7 and Friday, snow in north portion. Colder Friday. Fresh northeast winds ** increasing. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, o"; lowest, 26; 8 a. m., 27; S p. m., So. SANE ATTITUDE ON SMYRNA INCIDENT It is noticed that even the jingo press of this country is not treating too seriously the situation that has arisen between United States and Turkey as the result of the action of the Turkish garrison at Smyrna in tiring 011 a launch from the American cruiser, Tennessee. Even the yellow journals, or most of them, arc displaying enough patriotism to restrain themselves from shouting'""War" at a time when war with Turkey would bring with it the pos sibility of the United States being plunged head long into the whole of the European muss. It is hardly likely that when the Turkish authori ties have responded to what is practically a demand of the State Department in Washington for an apol ogy, there will be any grounds remaining for I'ncle Sam to declare war on the Ottoman Empire. In the first place it is altogether improbable that the shots fired at the Tennessee's launch were meant for anything more than a warning of the possible presence of mines in the harbor. At worst the act could have amounted to nothing save an outrage on the part, of a reckless garrison whose attitude will be repudiated by the Turkish government. Turkey lias enough trouble on her hands wifhout courting a war with Uncle Sain, and the American people are taking the wise course in determining to wait calmly for Turkey's explanation which is practically certain to remove all basis for contro versy between that country and this. SAFETY IN CROSSING STREETS Self-preservation may be an instinct, but reck lessness often gets the better of it. The crossing of streets provides an instance. Some persons do not seem to heed anything, not even their own danger, when they are intent upon getting to the other side of a busy city street. Pedestrians need to con sider carefully "Safety First." New York City has been having trouble at its street crossings. It seems to be giving the matter more attention now than it has in the past. For one thing its street cars have recently adopted the near-side stop. Harrisburg is not New York, yet the exercising of care in this city at crossings where -is heavy is of proportionate importance. llarrisburg's traffic regnlations are most favor able to the safety of pedestrians and its traffic po licemen are energetic and capable. A person need not experience difficulty in crossing at a busy cor ner so long as he knows the traffic regulations, keeps one eye 011 the traffic policeman and uses average common sense. A pedestrian has no right to cross a street except at a corner. At corners motormen and chauffeurs must exercise care. Between corners, however, ac cording to the decision of a Philadelphia judge and to the dictates of common sense, drivers of vehicles are not responsible if persons get in front of them anil get damaged. Even though Market street, in its recent torn up condition, has been an inconvenience in some re spects, it has served to force some contrary persons (o cross the street at the places where they are in tended to cross, which is something of a gaiu. THE SIX-DAY BICYCLEGRIND Over in New \ ork, in the Madison Square War den, they are holding this week the annual six-day bicycle race, a variety of so-called sport that has in it little if anything that actually appeals to true sportsmanship. In it a dozen or more pairs of bicyclists arc riding around ami around a bowl HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1914. shaped board track while a few hundred "fans" are dozing away in an atmosphere tilled with to-v bacco fumes, willing to be awakened only when the word is passed tliat the riders have brokeu into a sprint after half a day's lethargic pedaling to no effect so far as the relative positions of the con testants are concerned. Each team is composed of two men who relieve each other at will, so thai there is not even the ele ment of brutal interest thvre used to be in the old days when individuals instead of teams.-were pitted against each other in a contest to determine which rider could stave off insanity for the greatest period. In the present contest one team, barring an accident of good or bad luck, is sure, through most of the week, to keep even with the others in the score, and the only element of uncertainty is in the final few hours when all teams strive to capture the cash prizes by pulling a lap or a fraction of a lap ahead of their rivals. The race has no glory and little if any physical benetit for the contestants and the bulk of the box office receipts go to the management which usually is far from efficient. But what of the spectators who pass most of their time slumbering in many hours' accumulation of foul air? At a baseball or h football game even those persons who go to look on without taking any part in the contest benetit to the extent of getting their lungs full of fresh oxygen, but as to the benetit that comes to the spectators at a six days' bicycle grind,—well, there is none. ANCIENT CRACOW THREATENED That the main body of the Russians is proceed ing unmolested lo the attack of Cracow in Austrian Gaiieia, as reported in to-day's' dispatches, does not look promising for ancient Cracow. The city with its mighty fortress is considered as impregnable as Berlin or Paris, yet tire is said to be spreading in the. northern section and the bombardment is cer tain to do irreparable damage. Cracow was the capital of Poland's glory when Poland was a leading nation and was glorious. The national life centered about the city and it was one of the most important municipalities in Europe. It is an old town, with its origin, like that of Rome, lost in tradition. It has suffered its share of the hardships of Wars which have swept over Europe. On four occasions it has been in the hands of foreign invaders, anil its present experience, al though new to its present inhabitants, has 110 nov elty in the city's annals. Cracow of to-day, iu a peaceful state, lias been the most characteristically Polish of any of the towns of the former kingdom. With its partial de struction many relics of the Poland of the past are 110 doubt perishing. It has paid the price of being an important military outpost in the military scheme of Austria, a position which it has filled through no choosing of its own. The one-time capital of one-time Poland lias been noted for its many churches, with their treasures of gold, silver fcpd rare marble. The fate of these shrines and thair precious contents in the city's present condition can be imagined. One cannot help wondering whether the custom of posting in front of the churches announcements' of all deaths occurring in the city will be adhered to in these days when the inhabitants of the place are. perhaps, perishing in multitudes. Meantime, what are we going to do about a new High School building? Who has started a fund for the relief of the innocent war sufferers in Poland? If those Turkish shots were actually meant to hit that launchful of American soldiers the Turks ar# very poor marksmen. , Toothache is no excuse for getting drunk according to a ruling of a New York Magistrate who sentenced an offender to have the tooth pulled. This is .justice not tempered by mercy. If Captain Decker, of the Tennessee, hud regarded the Smyrna incident as of a very serious nature, his first report following the occurence would have contained some refer ence to it. Captain Decker made no report of the shooting until he was called upon to do so by the State Department in Washington. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN CALL THE FIREMEN An old worthy who was in the habit of calling each evening at the village inn for a "drop o' the best," found the landlord one night polishing the taps. After a few remarks about the weather he received his nightly dram. After he had gone the landlord discovered to his horror that he had supplied Donald with a half-gill out of the bottle of sulphuric acid which he had been using for clean ing the taps. Every moment, he expected to hear of old Donald's death, and his relief was great when the old worthy arrived the next evening. "Donald, what did you think of that whiskey you "ot last night?" "It was a fine dram, a warming dram, but it had wan fault. Every time I coughed it set fire to my whiskers." National Monthly. THE MINISTER STUTTERED Rawkins —"Why do you sign your name 'J. John B. B. B. Brown?' " Brown —"Because it is my name, I was christened by a minister who stuttered."—Music Trades. TRUELY FEMININE De Crop—"Gwendolyn is an intensely feminine girl." Miss Ryder—"More so than the rest of us?" De Crop—"Well, she asked a blacksmith the other day if her horse couldn't wear shoes a size smaller."—Kansas City Star. HENRY SLOW ABOUT IT Henry—"My, my, how you've grown since I've been call ing on your sister Mae." Johnnie—"Sure, Sis says she guesses I'll be a voter be fore you git around to propose."—Boston Record. CRITICS "Our new neighbors seem pretty weak in th' use o' grammar, don't you think?" "Yes, I seen they was 's soon's they beginned to talk." Cleveland Plain-Dealer. * \ [Tongue-End Top icsj Gettysburg Speech 51 Years Ago Fifty-one years ago to day Lincoln delivered his address at Gettysburg that is regarded now as one of the masterpieces of American oratory. The address itself did* not seem to impress the American people to an unusual de gree until a long time afterward—in deed, not until after Lincoln's death did its full import as a wonder-word production strike them with any force. Then its virile beauty, its tenderness, its veiled and its patriot ism dawned on them. This, perhaps, may be accounted for i« the fact that at the time this country was more in terested in news from the front and the fortunes of war than iu oratory, and it had uot stopped to consider the great speech. Time revealed its great beauty and it is now referred to as 0110 of the oratorical gems from this great President. • * * Heard the Lincoln Speech There are several persons in Har risburg who heiird Lincoln deliver lii 9 address ou that memorable occasion, and throughout the eouutrv somebody who was present occasionally makes it known, but the hearers are growing fewer in number and in but a few years all will have disappeared. Among those who went from Harrisburg to Gettysburg on the oci-asiou of the dedication of the cemetery in Gettys burg, was Thomas T. Wierman, special real estate agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, who accompanied his father to the battle town on that day aud was fortunate enough to get near to the great President as he made his famous address. Mr. Wierman has a very distinct remembrance of Lin coln on that day and the scene at the dedication. * * * 6 Cents Awarded in Damage Suit When Mary Pajrich and 'Paul Lov ran itch, the principals in a damage suit brought by the Pajrich woman, which was tried in common pleas co irt, make settlement with their witnesses, counsel and the court in that proceed ing both will find that their bank accounts have been depleted 'by some thing like s."> and that neither has gained anything iu a material way. The Pajrich woman sued Lovraniteh for damages to reputation, and to her was awarded a 6-cent verdict. V* hen the case was called at the Ootobr:- ,erm of common pleas court counsel for the plaintiff inadvertently and contrary to practice told the jurymen tjhat his client deserved $5,000 damages. Thereupon the case was dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff. * * * When "Hughey" Played Bail Here When Hugh Jennings was here yes terday in his capacity as a lawyer, at tending a meeting of the Board of Pardons, he met several Harrisburgers who knew him when he played ball here almost a quarter of a century ago. '■l was under contract to Jim Far rington," said Mr. Jennings, "and played with the Harrisburg team in IS9O. The grounds were 011 the island then, and they were the most beautiful baseball grounds I have ever seen. The liver on both sides and the mountains in the distance made as han Isome a setting for recreation grounds as can be found in the country." PLAN MOVIE CONVENTION Eepreseutatives of Exhibitors' League and the Association Discuss Pre liminaries of Consolidation A "get-together" meeting of stato officers of the Motion Picture Exhibi tors' League, of Pennsylvania, and a representative of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' Association of Pennsylva nia, with a view to amalgamation and the formation of a state-wide organi zation to include also exhibitors not now atiiliated with either body, was held in the Commonwealth Hotel late yesterday afternoon. It is proposed to consolidate at the.invention uf all in terests to he held in this city on Jan uary 4, 5 and 6. It is the plan to have the organization, to be formed in Jan uary, become a Pennsylvania branch of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America. The Pennsylvania branch, it is understood, will tight for the re peal by the next Legislature of the stato censorship law and will look out for the interests of exhibitors general ly in the Legislature. Prior to the joint session the execu tive committee of the Exhibitors' league convened. Those attending in cluded: Benjamin H. Zerr, Reading, first vice president; Frances E. Devlin, second vice president, Wilkes-Barre; Gilbert (J. Miller, national vice presi dent, Plymouth; J. G. Hansen, secre tary, Reading; E. F. McAtee, treasurer, Mahanoy City; Frank A. Gould, public ity representative, Heading. The Association was represented by Fred J. Herrington, of Pittsburgh, who has been in the city making arrange ment for the holding of the convention. The following committee of Harrisburg exhibitors was appointed to make tho local arrangements for the gathering: 1. Silverman, Anthonj' George, Peter Magaro, Clyde D. Kiinger, C. Floyd Hopkins, John M. Lenney and I. Mar cus. A COOD COMPLEXION MEANS PURE 6LOOD Everybody that wants a fine, glow ing, youthful skin, should take old re liable Hood's Sarsaparilla, a physician's prescription, which gives a clear, healthy color. When your blood is made pure, pimples, boils, hives, eczema dis appear. Languor, loss of appetite, 1 feel ing, weakness are symptoms of impure, unhealthy blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood. Get a bottle to-day. Adv. G V. A LAD STARTED BIC FIRE His Playing With Matches Caused Fire Which Destroyed Barn and Dam aged Two Houses Waynesboro, Nov. 19.—A boy of 4 years started a fire in the village of Qiiiucy late Tuesday afternoon, whitfh required t'ho hardest kind of work by a bucket brigade of aibout 100 men and women to extinguish. As a result of the fire the stable of W. B. Zody, on the main street, was de stroyed; together with a buggy, some straw and liav and several barrels of corn and the Zody residence and the B. P. Burger house and wash house, on the opposite side of the street were dam aged. The loss to Mr. Zody is about SSOO, insured, and to Mr. Burger about $25. To Rebuild Baldwin Hotel Hagerstown, Nov. 19.—Hotel Staf ford, a modern and up-to-date hostelry, will be build on the site of the Bald din here, recently destroyed by fire. Hotel Hamilton, according to pres ent plans, will be modernized and from sixty to eighty more rooms added to this well known hostelry. The Hamil ton estate, w'hich owns 'both of these hotels, has decided to erect on the site of the Baldwin, a modern fireproof con crete building, the name of the new house to be Hotel Stafford to contain from 100 to 150 rooms. Had Foot Amputated Carlisle. Nov. 19. —Disston Parker, Jr., son of Mr. aud Mts. Disston Par ker, North West street, was taken to the Todd hospital where his left foot was amputated 'by Dr. A. R. Allen. The lad, who is 12 years oJd, met with an ai?cide»t last spring while coming home from school in which he fractured an ankle. Unveiling on Appomattox Day Gettysburg. Nov. 19.—General H. S. Huidekoper. charrmau of tihe Pennsyl vania Gettysburg Monuments Commis sion, was in Gettysburg yesterday in connection with the arrangements for 'the erection of the three new statues to Generals 'Humphreys, Hays aud Geary. During his stay at the Eagle ihotel he discussed the probability of the monuments being dediated next spring. He said: "We expect two of t'he statues to be hero in Decemlber and the other in 'Marc'h. It is possible that t'hey may all be dedicated on April 9, 1915. This is Appomattox Day and the fiftieth an niversary of Lee's surrender. Door Open, Prisoner Flees EaSton, >M<f, Nov. 19.—Elmer Stan ford, w'ho had been convicted of lar ceny and sentenced to ono year in the Ilouso of Correction, escaped from the Kastou jail yesterday afternoon. The jail door had been left ajar by the Sheriff, w'ho was removing coal ashes. Stanford saw it, and, when the Sheriff was out of sight, made his dash for lib erty. baling the high fence t'hat sur rounds the jail, he ran down West street across fields to the 'big woods be yond, in whicl\he lost his pursuers. 250,000 OX SUSPENDED ROLL Presbyterian Clergyman's Report to General Assembly Committee Philadelphia. Nov. 19.—More than 250.000 memibers of the Presbyterian < liureii in the United States'have l.eea placed on the ''suspended roll" within the last live years, according to the re port of the Jtcv. William Fulton to the General Assembly Committee on Edu cational Policy, now in session in this city. The clergyman gives as the came "the growing love of pleasure, disre gard for the Lord's Day and the Word of God, the increasing craze for aMI I: se nt en t a and the influence of worldly company—in short, the modern new of life which is preached in many secular organizations." Presbyterian records show that in 1910 48,956 were placed on the 'sus pended roil;" in 1911, ">4,14 1, IHI2, 51,266; 1913. 50,927; 1914, 50,484. '' They sliipiped 'back into the world, fell away, were relegated to the ec- SAFETY j WELFARE EFFICIENCY | EXHIBIT YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS SHOW IF YOU ARE INTER ESTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL ADVANCEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Chestnut St. Auditorium : November 16-20 Admission 10c 10 A. M.-10 P. M. Carving At Exceptional Prices For that Thanksgiving lurkev and for roasts at future times you'll need a good f carving set. Don't have your guests think the turkey is tough just because you don't, have a good carving knife. We are sell ing carving sets consisting of knife, fork and sharpening steel, with genuine stag horn handles, with or without ferrules—knife has French slicing blade—put up in a leatherette case—at the exceptionally low price of $3 and $4 Other sets with fancy sterling- silver mountings at $5 and $6 Jacob Tausigs Son s DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND JEWELERS Reliable since iB«7. 420 Market Street Evenings. An Individual as the Executor of your Will is subject to sudden illness, he may through inexperience make serious mistakes, he may prove dishonest and he may die perhaps before your estate is settled. This company, however, is empowered by law to act in any capacity of trust, such as Executor, Trustee, Guardian, and it is free from the above uncertainties which limit the efficiency of the service of any human being. clesiastical scrap heap," sdil Dr. Ful ton. With all except two of its mjiibcrs present, the committee spent many hours yesterday wrestling with the problem of merging the cducatioual in terests of Presbyterian ism. The de bates were long, and at times spicy, but without definite results. Late in the afternoon adjournment wa; taken, without comiug to an agreement upon any definite recommendation to bo made to the General Assembly when it meets in Rochester next Mav. Three propositions were presented and debated yesterday. The first was to merge the Presbyterian Board oc Education and the College Board. The second, which was vigorously urged by a minority, was to merge these two boards with the educational and Sab bath school work of the Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sa.bbat,h School Work. The third was to abstain from recommending any merger. INDIANA ELECTION RAID 18 Held for Fraud in Senatorial and Congressional Ballot Indianapolis, Nov. 19. Eighteen men, arrested in Terro Haute yester day on charges of conspiracy to de fraud the United States government in the recent election for Senator and Con gressmen, were brought hero by United States marshals. The United States Commissioner bohl them in $2,500 each for the Grand Jury. Auto's Flop Dislocates Elbow Bioomsburg, Pa., Nov. 19.—When the automobile of C. VV. Snyder, of Catawvssa, overturend in climbing a hill, Snyder and Robert Levan were caught in the wreckage of tho cat. Snyder's left arm was fractured and his left elbow dislocated and Ijevan suffered contused wounds.
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