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Muled to subscriber? tor Throe Dollars a /oar In advance TWESTAHINDSPENOfNT Tha paper with the largoo< Horn- Circulation ia Hanisbnrg and aaorhy towns Clrcaiattoa Esamlac* bj TMB ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN APVERTIS2RS. mCPNONES BKLL N«ste Branch Cachan*a. No. 3280 CUMBEMI.AND VALLEY Private Branoh Eickmir . No. Saturday. November 31. 1914. NOVEMBER Sun. MM:. 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 VOOWfi PHASES— Full Moca. Sad; Last Quarter. HUh: Now Moon. 17th; First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FORECASTS f 11 ■' U-Lfgl Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and continued oold to-n ; .ght with lowest tem- J? \JC Mr perature about 25 degrees Sunday t'.iir ; with rising temperature. \ J Eastern Pennsylvania: Parti v cloudy V? (jy~j/ to-night and Sundav with slowly rising temperature. Moderate south to south- "O ** west winds. YESTERDAY*S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest. 39: lowest, -6: S a. m.. 34: 8 p. m., 26. HOW COLD WEATHER HELPS Nature often accomplishes good where neither the government nor the politicians caD. We quote the following from Bun's weekly trade review: Cooler weather throughout the wide areas has helped the coal trade, enlarged retail trade in wearing apparel, favor ably influenced soine lines of jobbing trade: and in con junct:on with easier money and freer marketing of commodities, especially grain and cotton, has helped collec tions somewhat. It might he added that cold weather tends to drive out the foot and mouth disease as well as certain ailments of the human race. It makes game more palatable, gives pumpkin pie a better flavor and takes the mouth-puckering qualities out of the persimmon. Even politicians who want to head off prosperity for their own selfish ends cannot prevent cold weather from bringing us some good things. For that, at least, we can be thankful next Thursday. A FRENCH PLAYWRIGHT S VISIT There was a significance in the presence of Eugene Brieux. French poet and playwright, at the opening session in New York the other day of the annual joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in addition to that appearing in the message which he brought. Besides coming to this country as the representative of the French Acad emy. he bore greetings from President Poincaire to President Wilson, and demonstrated that there are bonds other than formal treaties which connect nations. Despite the war. in whieh France has its impor tant part, that nation has not forgotten that it has a place to maintain in the world of arts and letters. The visit of "the ambassador of art from France," as the chairman introduced him at the New York meeting, showed that France has not abandoned itself entirely to the ghastly game of war. that it still has an interest in the wholesome, subsantial things ol life. The principal idea advanced by M. Brieux before the Alfierican men of arts and letters cannot be Thrertooked. The distinguished playwright asserted that he looks upon the theatre not as a goal but as a means to an end hoping through it not only to make people think and modify their habits, but also to cause the enactment of desirable laws. Two of his plays, he said, have helped to save some lives and lighten the burdens of others. In one sentence he embodied the motive which might to advantage be adopted by more American authors of plays and novels who give the world their products: "I have wished that the amount of suffering upon the earth might have diminished a little be- i cause I have lived." DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ALIENS froiltfwing the protest of labor organizations against the employment of alien labor on the new subway work in New York, in violation of a state . law. the General Contractors' Association has de cided to comply with the law. calling the attention of the City, however, to the difficulty of construct ing the great public works without the aid of alien | labor, and asserting that it intends to test the con stitutionality of the law in the courts as speedily as possible. We are told that technically there is. iu the use oi unnaturalized foreigners on the subway job, a | IIARRISRURG STAR-IN DEPEND EXT. SATTKDAY EVENING. ypVEMBEB 21, 1914. violation of the provision of the New York labor laws against the employment on public work of men not citizens of the United States. That pro vision, however, has been a dead letter because the restriction would greatly handicap work of exca vation on canals, tunnels and subways, most of which falls to the lot of the aliens. If there are enough Americans to do the public work in America they should have the preference, undoubtedly, but it is a question whether it is wise to retard great public improvements by barring alien workmen if Americans cannot be obtained in sufficient numbers. HELP THE HOSPITAL! Notwithstanding.thc exceptional demands ou the citizens of Harrisburg to give according to their ability to help relieve the terrible suffering in the European war /one. they should not and will not overlook the requirements of local charitable insti tutions. Just now an appeal is being made for the annual Thanksgiving Day contributions to the Har risburg: hospital, an institution whose usefulness in the community is so well known that it is not neoes sary to dwell here upon how deserving it is of pub lie support. All that is necessary to insure a gen erous response to the appeal is to call it to the public mind. Bags for Thanksgiving contributions arc now being distributed and can be obtained by phoning to the hospital. The gifts that are most needed are jellies, eauned goods, linens ami soap. Money, of course, is even more acceptable. The charitable people* of Harrisburg should re member that if the requests for their assistance both from at home and abroad are far greater than usual this fall and winter it is because the need of their assistance is far greater. It may take more than the usual amount of self-sacrifice to respond to the exceptionally large number of requests this year, but Harrisburgers who give have never failed to act on the principle that the greater the need the greater is their willingness to aid. Vnd Prtirhot beat Palmer! The aspirants for rumination for county offices have got their lightning rods up earl v. — If we were to go to war the 315.000 hunters who have taken out licenses iu Pennsylvania could be made tbe nucleus of a right formidable array. A regiment of lancers escorted Mr. Fletcher, the first I . S. Ambassador to Chile, upon his formally assuming. that important post. Must have been a bit embarrassing for the modest Franklin county man! ■ t The will of the Rev. Washington Frotbinghaiu. late of' Fonda, X. \ ~ provides that a trusted servant shall have ! the use oi the family bathtub. We wonder if this lamented ; advocate ot' cieanliness-akin-to-godliness intended to in- ) sinuate anything. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN WHAT DISTINGUISHES AB AD KINS Ab Adkins is distinguished by t'ue fact that he doesu't claim to be a financial genius who could have made vast fortunes had he had the capital: in tact, Ab goes further and admits he probably would have lost more monev iu his time had he not inherited poverty from liis parents. — Atchison Globe. ONE WORBY LESS At all events Europe will shortly have something to worry about besides overpopulat ; on.—Washington Post. BELGIUM'S DISTINCTION Belgium, at least, does not have to explain to the world what it is fighting for.—Springfield Republican. ABT IN CLEVELAND We went up to the Claxton Building the other day to call on an artistic fnend. Perhaps we have expressed ourselves badly, we do not refer to a person who makes an art out of friendship, but to one who by his painting gains friends. Anyhow, we called on this fellow aud found him doing a war dance about his studio. "What on earth has happened!" we asked. "I've sold that paintingl" he cried. "Fine!" said we. "What are you going to paint uext?" "The town." And he did.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A NEW CHINESE PORT The Vicar's Wife (inquiring after black sheep>— "And how i« your son doing «ince he went to Xew York?" Hodge t whose son has written to him from the famous Xew York prison ! —" 'E's gone on to China, apparently, ' mum. 'E writes to me from Sing Sing."—London Sketch. MUST OMIT THE WOBDS The painstaking artist, eager to please, remarked to a prospective customer: "I can paint you a portrait of your wife which will be a speaking likeness." "H'm! Couldn't you do it in what they call still lifef" —Lippincott's Magazine. CLEVEB PASSENGER Mrs. A.—"While I was going down town on the car this morning the conductor came along and looked at me as if I had not paid my fare." Mr. A.—"Well, what did you do!" M.-s. A.—"l looked at bim as if I had."—Stray Stories. AND CLEVER. TOO Binks Timmins seems like a very unassuming little fellow." Jinks—"Yes. Timmins is the sort of chap who digs trenches for other men to fight in."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. WHICH IS SWITCH" I can't deny that Rose is fair. She is a winning witch; But she wears so much purchased hair You can't tell which is switch. —Cincinnati Enquirer. REAL TEST Willie—"Paw. what is a business womanf" fa" One who can receive and open a telegram with out getting told feet, my son."—Washington Star. PREFERS THE TAX "Don't you object to paying this war tax?" Well, I don t know. But 1 reckon I'd much rather have the tax than the war." —Detroit Free Prow. [Tongue-End Top ics| Babcock and U. S. Senatonhip A tall, handsome man, apparently in the prime of life, walked down Third street one day this week with insur ance Commissioner Johnson, the two having been in consultation at the Cap itol. It was E. V. Babcock, the Pitts burgh lumber king, one of the most widely known men in Pennsylvania ami one who has been known in the inside circles of t:ie Republican F*rty for a long time. Mr. Babcock is getting bet ter acquainted with the people in the East, for it is said that he will be a candidate for the Republican uomina tion tor United States Senator in the primary election jn 1916, and that the powers that be regarded his candidacy with a great deal ot' favor. The term of George T. Oliver, of Pittsburgh, as V nited States Senator, will expire on March 3, 1917, making necessary the election of his successor iu 191t>. f-houll Mr, Oliver again !>e a candidate despite his reported intention to quit politics, there is promise of a very live ly contesit between him and Mr. Bab cock, as the latte- is known as a man who does tilings and generally gets what he goes after. Should Philander t. Knox also decide that he would like to go again to the United States Seu ate, it would make the contest the more interesting, but, from the hints that are being dropped by rhose ' in the know." 'Mr. 'Bibcock at present has the inside track. And yet. in tiie held of politics nobody knows what will happen in two or three years from now. 'Mr. Babcock is credited with not only haviug the sinews of war. but with seeing that his political party is well supplied when cash is needed at State headquarters. Farquahaar a Conference Visitors A. B. Farquahaar, York manufactur er. who presided at one of the meetings of the Welfare Confe rente this week, always takes an interest in State af fairs, especially those relating to con servation. lie was Pennsylvania's Caief commissioner at rue Columbian Ex position in Chicago, and tiirougii his ef forts succeeded in placing before the world the fines! exhibit of Pennsylva nia products ever gotten together. * . * "Long Way to Tipperary ' A novelty was introduced in an edu- j lational talk in this city recently that j developed a new use for the musical and tafking machine, and one that j struck a yopular chord. Mrs. Mabel j v'ronise Jones, in her Tuesday afternoon | talk at the Women's Christiau Association on "Current Events," mentioned the fact that the now fa mous marching song of the British sol diers, one that has spread like wild lire all over Eugland aud is just now gaining popularity in this country, al though written toy a Xew Yorker, was the song of "It's a Long Way to Tip- j cerary." Many of those who heard the I lecturer wanted for information on the j subject, as but few had heard of it.! At her next talk Mrs. Jones had ready j a music machine and at the close re- j lated a further history of the song and j then placed on the musical machine two separate re-or is, one of a quartet which t rendered the song in fine style, and the other of a full military band which played it in a way that set cverybodv on the jump. It was a most pleasant in novation. and as the machine was bor rowed for the occasion it is now up to some friend of the association to pre sent it with a machine that can be used for the constant pleasure of those who oelong to or visit the new home. * * * Cartoon Gets a Bide A copy of the "Safety First" car-1 toon that appeared in the Star-Indepen dent Wednesday afternoon has been having a good time riding up and down in a model elevator in the show window of the Otis Elevator Company, 2S South Third street. Realizing the advertising value of it, the elevator people clipped ! the cartoon, pasted it on a card anil' placed it in the model elevator where it emphasizes the "Safety First" slo gan. It attracted a great deal of at tention as persons visiting the Welfare and Efficiency Exhibit passed through i Third street. WHAT'S IN A NAME? A Plea for Correctly Designating Places and Celebrities Frederick Upham Adams objects in | his "Conquest of tho Tropics" to the j name usually given to the discoverer j of America. Speaking of the immortal Columbus, why do we call him by that name! He never bore while living any such name. He was born of the Italian family of "Colombo." When he en tered the Spanish service he changed , his name to "Cristobal Colon." And; we insist on calling him "Columbus.'' ! In Spain. Mexico, Central America j and all Spanish speaking countries the ! natives never heard of the "United States." They translate it into "Es tados Unidos." and they have as much right to call it that as we have to call Espana by the title of "Spain" or Boma by the title of "Rome." I hold that we should call countries and cities and celebrities by their true names, and not stick to the clumsy derivations which have lazily been substituted. There is no such city as "Vienna" unless it happens to be some village in the United States. The great Austrian capital is named "Wien," and only those who speak the English language eall it anything else. There is no such city as " Brus sels," but the beautiful capital of Bel gium is really named " Bruxelles." It is time that we called the great discoverer by the name tinker which he achieved immortal fame, Cristobal • olon. We would not like it if the Russians insisted that the father of ; our country was named "Wauheski- I vicfc." FIREMEN DINE AT THE PLAZA Howard O. Holstein Gives Banquet for Members of Firemen's Union and City Officials •Howard O. Holstein. who was chief marshal of the State firemen's parade, last night was the donor of a banquet given to the city officials and members of the local Firemen's Uuiou in the Plaza hotel. Mr. Holstein recently re fused to accept payment for the use by the Union of the O. U. A. M. headquar ters, 420 Market street, and the money was used to pay for the banquet. In tSie absence of Colonel H. C. Hem ming, iMr. Holstein occupied the chair and acted as toastmaster. Toasts were as follows: "Our Oity," Mayor John K. Royal; "Our Fire Alarm System," Clark E. Diehl; '-Our Fire Depart ment." M. Harvey Taylor; "Our Ap propriation," William K Congas; ''The Convention," William H. Lynch; "The Parade," William S. Tunis; '"Our Un ion," Mr. Holstein. Among those present were the follow ing: Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor. A. L Patton, William L» JUH, thief J. C. Kindler. H. D. Hilton, .T. A. Snv der, Commissions W. 1/. Gorgas. Com missioner W. H. Lynch, former Assist ant Chief C. A. Spicer, E. L. Tittle, L. H. Lickel. Assistant Chief Edward llol bert, W. D. Franklin, Ray Avars, Ed ward Wert, W. E. Vallercliamp. Ut. Q. Black, J. 11. Williams*n, UMOV Eckels, 11. D. Long, William McßrUle, W. <■ . Roberts. F. T. Ellis. F. F. Gardner, E. F. Hiney, T. S. (.'less. H. A. Boyd. J. E. Fagen, Jncoo Kohler, W. li. Windsor, Charles Schmidt, Adam Rolipbach, (I. H. Anderson, E. b. Whitmoyer, C. E. Boy er, Jesse Smith. N. l>. Peteirs, J. F. Smith. E. F. Eisely, M. it. Tawney. Wil liam Bowers, G. W. Palmer. PEOPLE'SCOLUMN The Star-Independent does no! make Itself responsible for opinion! expressed in this column. SI HI / THANKS FOR CHURCH REPAIRSj E. A. M. Writes About Reopening of ! Church of God of Shireinanstown Editor tihe Star-Independent: Pear Sir—For seme time the people j of Shiresmanstown had iu mind to re ! [ air their church. Recently .they put words into notion with the result that they now have a tine house of worship. The whole ot' the interior and the ex terior received attention. Paint, pave ments, ceiling and pulpit have i.ade riling? as good as new. The repairs! have not been extravagant, but they are made for comfort and beauty. The ! cost was something-more than 51.200. The reopening took place on Sunday, September 7. 1914. At the close of the day's exercises t"ne whole amount was canceled and the house of God rededi eated to him. The pastor, the Rev. E. Aurice '\lell. anil his official board, desire through the press, by the insertion of this item, to thank the members and all the friends of the church who helped to make these services a success. Very truly yours. • ' £. A. AC Shiremanstown. Pa.. Xor. 21, 1914. CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY j Members of Keystone Lodge No. 4a En joy Evening at Headquarters , Members of Keystone Lodge Xo. 42, : Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; their wives and families, celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the organize- j I tion last night at headquarters, Ver- i | beke and James streets The principal i speaker for the evening was the Com ! misaioner of the State Department of ; Labor and Industry, John Price Jack son. He talked on the safety first move ment among railroad men and also spoke of the Welfare and Efficiency convention exhibition here duririg this week. Mayor Royal gave a short talk. Among the other speakers were A. G. Blair, president of the organization; W. H. CSJhull, of Lodge 459, Brotherhood i of Locomotive Engineers; H. <'. Young, cf the Order of Railroad Conductors; i W. F. Burgoon. of Lodge 353, B. R. T.: X. A. Cree and the Rev. Pr. J. Bradley j Markward. A history of the organiza tion since its foundation in 18S4 was given by P. A. Smith, who said that since its founding $-$1,250 had been expended for deaths and disabilities of members. Vocal solos ibv the Trainmen's band, together wifh refreshments and dan cing. were features of tho night. The committee having charge con sisted of the following: P. A. Smith. J. R. Wilson, W. H. Patrick, Walter Johns and A. C. Blair. WOMAN IN HISTORY She Appears to Have Got Herself on a Good Many Pages Some advocates of equal suffrage and feminine progress seem to think that woman has not been given her proper place and due credit in history. And yet, don't you know, we had not observed the historic discrimination againat woman! On the contrary, the place of woman in history has looked prettv good to us. W?iat about Joan of Arc 1 And Char lotte Cordayf And Rebecca the Jewesa? Anything nanvhy pantby in them! Who said Martha Washington and Florence | Xight-ingaief Then there are—don't I let ever}" body speak at once—'Ruth and j I Rachel and Potiphar's wife, not to ! mention Lot's. You bet Caudle had no contempt for Mrs. Caudle, nor Montalini for the inadame. We need not go so far hack as Cleo patra and Astasia except to remark that in their day they cut a rather wide swath around Alexandria and Athens, ami appear no small 'hunch of radishes on both the dramatic stage and the his toric page. 'Moll Pitaher was a 'hummer GET RID OF HUMORS AND AVOID SICKNESS Humors fa the blood cause internal derangements that affect the whole sys tem, as well as pimples, boils and other eruptions, and are responsible for the readiness with which many people con ! tract disease. For forty years Hood's Nirsaparilla j has been more successful than any j other medicine in expelling humors and removing their inward and outward j effects. Get Hood's. Xo other medicine acts like it. Adv. BFor Your Comfort For your health's sake —to get rid of I the headaches, low spirits, and suffer _ ings caused by indigestion or bilious ness, you should take promptly the IHL one remedy specially adapted FHI to relieve these troubles. H Experience,—the safest of H .li guides—proves that Ji^l 1 Beechams- Pills de ■ serve their un ja/ffi e( l ua^e d and As well H IS world-wide from indigestion and biliousness for your safe- lEMaa ty's sake. Modern author- J ities agree that most serious Psicknesses begin in disor ders of the digestive organs, and Beechams Pills are *W universally recognized as IP best corrective. Gentle, ||| ■ their action is tonic, largest Special Value Sale of any %. Igl to Women Medicine in the World with Every Box For Indigestion and Biliousness -4/ all Druggists, 10e., 25c. in .American history and Sal Jennings a loller in Knglish history: Meg ;Mer rilies was no slouch. l>oes Catharine | of Russia fount for nothing, nor Maria Theresa of Austria, nor Elizabeth and Victoria of Britain, among feminine sovereigns! Gracious, here come troofing in at j The New Stamp Act Under the new "War Revenue Bill all taxable items must be stamped eomniewing December 1. If you want to know what these items include, and the "whys and wherefores" of this new stamp act. we will be pleased to furnish you with a copy of the bill that, will explain "the matter thoroughly. This is just another instance of onr efficient service that is at the command of everybody. * Notes are the only taxable banking item. 213 Market Street Q Capital, #3OO,(MM) Surplus, $; jJV® ol lh« with six hundred superb pictures graphically illustrating ' ' < > RIRTF an< * ma king plain the verse in.tfte light of modern Biblical j > f knowledge and research. The text conforms to the <' J [ authorized edition, is self-pronouncing, with copious ■ ] 1 Z marginal references, maos and helps; printed on thin [ t «>% . J j • bible paper. Hat opening at all pages; «beautiful, I* EXPENSE j j readable type. One Freo Certificate and tb« * !t««ns ] J j;™*** AUo an Edition forCathoU«|! i t ILLvSTKAiED the style of binding. Through an exclusive arrangement we < ► ;; bible whic i is in silk cloth; I have been noit fortunate in securing the SI • ' contains all of the illus- Catholic Bible, Douay Version, endorsed I ' ' ' tratlon, and I I by Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop < I ' 1 maps. One tr*r > Qt« rfp?J, c (now Cardinal) Farley, as well as by the < » eertlflt-ate and OXC Tarioui Archbishops oi the country. The ( » I ' 1 lleB " llluatration, consists of the full page en- < > ! ! . . . , „ . , flxavings approved by the Church, with < I H out the Tissot *nd text pictures. It will be distributed in the same bindings as the Pro-< 1 ' ' itwant boola and at the saiqe Amount Expense Item,, with the necessary Free Certificate. HAlf. OBDEfM—Any b«"->k by parcel post. Include"BXTßA 7 cents within I > It* miles: 10 cent* tS# to t»n miles; (ar greater distances uk your postmaster ' ' I ; , amount to Include for > pound,. f. ' ' : the door, their bright eyes shlnin.™ ami I their rosy cheeks glowing. Jessie 'Brown i of Lucknow and Jeanie Deans of Mid lothian, and Kt'hel New»'ome and liucv Font&in and Florence Domibey, God bless their sweet souls, each and every jone!—Louisville Courier Journal.