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NOVEMBER
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, 2nd: Last Quarter, 10th;
New Moon, 17th; First Quarter, 24th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Mm Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and
' tiTT*? colaer tonight with lowest temperature
about OS degrees. Saturday cloudy and
r-fc. colder, probnblv rain in the afternoon.
Fresh westerly winds becoming vari
k. y Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and
nSSjSjSELiWt much colder to-night. Saturday cloudy
j and cohier, probably rain late in the
afternoon. Fresh westerly winds be
coming variable.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 6-1; lowest, 43; 8 a. in., 46: S p. m., 57.
A PURELY AMERICAN BRIDE
If any person ever held the idea that Richard
Croker, the former ruler of the destinies of the
Democratic party iti New York City, had practi
cally expatriated himself by devoting so much of
his time in recent years to residence in and the di
versions of Europe, that person must amend his
views now that the erstwhile Tammany chieftain
tyas taken as his hride an Indian princess, Miss
xiula Benton Edmoudson. a descendant of a chief
{if the Cherokee tribe of American redskins.
The wedding, which was performed in New York
yesterday, was set for a distinctly American holi
day,—Thanksgiving,.—and incidentally it attracted
more attention and aroused more public interest
than even is the case when a Fifth avenue multi
millionaire s daughter becomes the bride of a mem
ber of the European nobility. Many persons, we
are told by the New York morning newspapers,
actually believed that the wedding was to be per
forated according to the ceremonies prescribed by
the Cherokees for when a big chief takes the hand
of a princess of the tribe.
IJut. of course, the wedding of Mr. Croker, who
is 1 1 years old. and Miss Edmoudson, who is 23, was
performed with as little display as possible, and in
conformity with tlie conventions of civilization. Per
sons who know the bride say she is a most cultured
young woman and that she wears neither eagle
feathers as her headdress nor beaded moccasins on
her dainty feet.
WAR AT $14,000,000,000 A YEAR
The loss of lives and property and the crippling
of industry and commerce are the big items in the
present war, and the cost in actual cash is by no
means small. Within the last week official esti
mates of the daily expenditure of money necessary
lo maintain the armies have come from several of
the belligerent nations. Persons who are wont to
deal with figures are now in a position to speak
authoritatively on the extravagance of war.
Minister of Finance puts the cost of
the war to France at an average of $7,000,000 a
day, up to the present month during which it has
approximated $6,000,000 each twenty-four hours.
Premier Asquith declares that the expenditures
of Great Britain have been about $5,000,000 a day,
and Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
forecasts a rapid increase in that amount.
Statistics are not quite so definite for Germany,
Austria and Russia, but estimates place the expenses
of the Kaiser's armies at $7,000,000, with Austria
and Russia each averaging $5,000,000 a day.
Taking into consideration the lesser expenses of
Belgium, Japan, Servia and Turkey, the estimated
total cost of the whole war. for one year of
$14,000,000,000 should not be too high.
The immensity of this symbol of billions would
challenge our credulity, perhaps, if we could com
prehend it. But it is only a figure to us, a symbol
of something beyond our conception.
♦ BLEASE AT IT AGAIN
Governor Cole Blease at least is consistent in
maintaining his policy of upsetting the South Caro
lina machinery for the maintenance of law and
order. Despite the recent campaign in which the
people of his state so emphatically indicated their
disapproval of the wholesale way in which he has
pardoned criminals without reason or justification,
and thereby put him in line to walk the political
HARRISBUBG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1914.
plank at the end of his administration which closes
on December 31, next, the news comes from Colum
bia that Blease gave freedom to 101 more convicts
as Thanksgiving presents. This swells the total of
criminals who have been set free before the expira
tion of their terms in South Carolina since Blease
became governor, to 1,430, and it is hinted that be
fore his term expires he will liberate the 200 odd
.prisoners who are now all that remain in the state
penitentiary.
Even if anybody believes that Governor Blease s
distorted mental vision statistics him in his own
mind that the course he has persisteutly pursued in
the matter of indiscriminate turning loose of men
sentenced to jail terms for committing various
crime in South Carolina; even if he honestly believes
that the ends of justice are served by this course,
he has absolutely no right to do what he has been
doing in this direction. He may, perhaps, be hon
estly convinced that imprisonment for crooks is all
wrong, but that does not justify his course in set
ting them free. One man, even if he is governor of
a state, has no right to take the law in his own
hands and upset all the law's decrees. In doing so
Governor Blease sets himself up as above the Legis
lature that made the laws, above the people who
elected the Legislature and in fact above the law
itself.
But what is the use of trying in a logical way
to account for the actions of Blease? The people
of South Carolina have relegated him to the dump
and he will not again be heard from after the end
of the year.
HEALTH OF OUR ARMY NEVER BETTER
The general health of the soldiers in Uncle Sam's
army has never been better than now. A report
of Surgeon General W. C. Gorgas affirms it. The
country is most thankful for it.
Pour soldiers out of the total of 90,752 in the !
army, scattered in the United States. Alaska. Pan
ama, the Philippines, Porto Jlico, Hawaii and China,!
had typhoid fever during the year. The report j
makes excuses for even those four.
Two of the men. we are told, were recruits of
only five days' service, who had not as yet received
the benefit of the enforced anti-tvphoid prophylac
tic : one had gotten but a single dose of the prevent
ative instead of the customary three, and the other 1
had not been dosed for two years, having been in j
China.
The health of our army is assuredly good. Science
has all but perfected the prevention of typhoid. Pre-;
cautions are constantly being taken which are de- i
feating death by disease, prolonging life. Our sol- 1
diers, constituents of our standing arm. representa- j
tives of our mailed power, are in the best of health.
May Uncle Sam's army long continue so!
If you belong to a Christmas saving club you are on
Easy street.
This old world would be happier if everybody could give
as much as he would like to.
The New York "Sun" announces that "skunks have an
economic value." One scent, possibiv.
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Now that you have enjoyed your Thanksgiving dinner,
shell out something for the Belgian sufferers!
That low murmur you heard from the direction of Ofrster
Bay was the Colonel. Giving thanks} Guess again!
Uncle Sam is feeling right comfortable with a trade
balance of J46.000.000 in his favor this month. War
isn't so much that sort of thing as General Sherman thought
it was, when you look at it from the financial viewpoint of
a neutral nation.
The Germans and French are so near each other in the
trenches between the Sonime and the Oise that they ex
change newspapers. Recalls that during the Civil War the
Yankees and Johnny Rebs were so close to each other in
front of Petersburg that they exchanged hard tack for
tobacco. There isn't anything new in human nature to be
brought out by war.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
PRESCRIPTION FOR OPTIMISM
"Alius step lively, lak' you seen a big roun' silver dfillar
shinin' lak' de noonday sun just ahead er you, an' de worl'
'll take note er you an' give you mos' anything you ax for."
—Atlanta Constitution.
HIS BEST REMARK
"He's a great talker. Says a lot of bright things."
"Yes. I remember one saying of his that pleased me
greatly."
"What was it?"
"Good night."—Detroit Free Press.
MATCHING THE FURNITURE
The head stenographer was a blonde again.
"She had to do it," explained the office boy; "dark hair
looks flat against this new mahogany office furniture."
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
LUCKY KIDS
We heard a story the other day about a Cleveland min
ister of the Gospel who was giving the small son of a
neighbor an elementary lesson in ethics, relates the Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
"My boy," he said, "I am no longer young. I have
lived 45 years, and I have never used alcohol or tobacco in
any form. I have never indulged in profane language, and
I have never allowed myself to tell an untruth. When I
was a boy like you I never ran away from school and I
never gave my dear mother a minute's worry. And I "
"Have you got any kidsf"
"Children, do you mean? No. I have no boys of my
own, but "
"Gee!"
"What is the matter?"
"Nothin', parson. I was just thinkin' how lucky those
kids is that you ain't got!"
NEED SOMETHING TO WORK ON
Willis—"ls your church going to send missionaries to the
Far East to teach the heathen the Christian religion?"
Gillie—"No, we've got to wait till the heathen get back
from this war that the European nations have called them
to."—Puck.
HOSTILITIES AT HOME
"What's the trouble at Wombat's house?"
"Wombat accuses his wife of using dumdum biscuit."—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
| Tongue-End Topics
Boggs Lost on Deer Hunt
William H. Boggs, night wire chief
at the Western Union office, has been at
his Fayetteville home in Franklin coun
ty for the last week doing some deer
hunting. Ho met with quite an adven
ture. He was hunting on the mountain
near Mont Alto and got a shot at a
big buck deer, which he wounded but
which got awav. He followed the deer
for some time and kept up the chase
until he came to a spot where the
wounded animal had laid down. It was
badly hurt, as could be seen from the
blood pool where it had rested, aud
Mr. Boggs kept up the chase but fiually
had to stop. On retracing his steps he
became bewildered aud then realized
that he was lost. He wandered about
for several hours in the dark, falling
over logs and tumbling into ruts, and
after he had about made up his mind
that he was doomed to remain in the
forest all night he heard his companions
searching for him. Firing his gun he
attracted their attention and was res
cued. The wounded deer was found the
next day by a party of hunters who
kept it. 'Hard luck.
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Keeping In Touch With Commerce
Through close co-operation with de
partments of the federal government in
Washington, the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States is keeping virtu
ally the entire business community of
the country fully informed of all de
velopments of the European war thwt
reflect directly upon the commerce of
the United States, domestic or foreign.
The national alliance of more than 600
commercial organizations was created
early in 1912. The membership of the
chamber stretches into every nook and
corner of the country. Included in its
000 allied organizations are great and
small chambers of commerce in every
State and every commercially important
city of the union. Their total individual
membership passes the quarter million
mark and every line of industry in
the country is represented.
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Clearing House of Information
\\ ith the outbreak of the European
war the need of specific information as
to its probable ami actual influence on
business conditions was very urgent.
Under the direction of Elliott H. Good
win, general secretary of the national
chamber, the clerical force already or
ganized in Washington to form a clear
ing house of national and international
information on business conditions, was
augmented and its energies directed to
meeting the emergency. The bi-weekly
bulletins sent out to members were in
creased in scope. They took up subject
by subject problems of neutrality reg
ulations, contraband proclamations by
warring powers, congressional enact
ments to meet war emergencies as they
developed, the banking situatiou, the
cotton crisis and every new factor af
fecting business, brought up by the war.
Twice a week members were advised
especially of developments iu each case.
The chamber has a force ol' trained
men at work among the departmei ts
.following up every clue to information
and they are meeting with ready assist
ance from department otncials. Some
of the information sent out is of a very
confidential character and to protect it,
publication of the bulletins is forbid
den,
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Systematic Study Made
Now a systematic study of the for
eign commerce of the belligerent powers
to determine just where openings lie
for increasing American foreign trade
has been begun. Additional bulletins
are being prepared, country by country,
showing, for instance, just what articles
comprised Germany's trade with her
preseut enemies or with neutral coun
tries now cut off from her markets.
Exhaustive investigation of American,
British, German and other statistics for
preceding years is being made and
lengthy comparative tables have been
issued. The work is still going on and
as it progresses manufacturers of any
article will be able to see at a glance
just what opportunities await them in
any country. Paralleled almost day to
day with presentations of the financial
situation in foreign countries, showing
where moratoria exist and their dura
tion, what embargoes on exportation
have been declared and to what extent
war operations have interfered with
commerce in any direction, the eharts
are said to have proved of a most illu
mination character to the American
'business world. They bring down to
specific details the broad inquiries of
i the government. «.
MAY FREE AL 1. (CM'ICTS
Blease's Pardoning of 101 Expected to
Be Followed by ISO More
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 27.—0n1y six
of the 101 convicts pardoned by Gov
ernor Blease, Wednesday were confined
within the wails of the State peniten
tiary. One was laboring on the State
farm and one was incarcerated in the
State reformatory. The remaining 93
were distributed throughout the vari
ous counties in which they were tried
and were laboring on chain gangs in
public highway construction.
There are now between ISO and
190 prisoners in the State penitentiary
and it is probable that all of these will
gain their freedom in a general jaid
delivery Christmas. Blease's admin
istration concludes with the ending ot
the present year. Wednesday's action
occasioned little surprise, as it was en
tirely consistent with the administra
tion 's policy and persistent threats
were made to this effect during the re
cent campaign in which the Governor
was relegated to private life. Since his
induction into office in January, 1911,
Blase has extended clemency in 1,430
cases. i
C.V.N£VyS
FU CO. 10 mi
IOIC DIVIDEND
Will Allow Seven Per
Cent, on Its Million
and a Half Capital
Stock
WILL AMOUNT TO
ABOUT $105,00.0
Company Has Regularly Employed tKH»
Men and Officials Say Outlook for
New Year Is Bright—Depression
Is Not Felt
Wayn«rt>oro, Nov. 27.—There will
be divided among the stockholders of
Frick Co. on January 1 next, the sum
of $105,000 in dividends. The direct
ors of the company have declared the
usual seven per ce»t. dividend on the
capital stock of $1,500,000, payable
January 1, 1915, to all stockholders of
record December 24.
The dividend is the same as paid by
the company for the past eight or ten
years and it will be especially appre
ciated this year because of the general
business depression. The business of
Frick Co., the past year, proved to
be very good, considering the general
industrial situation.
The sales were only a little less than
in 1913. There are at present em
ployed in the slices aibout 800 men and
in both the shops and offices about 900.
This is the number that has been busy
there all year.
The outlook for next year is good.
The Frick Co. looks for a large business
because the wheat area sown is greater
than customary. However, there is some
hesitancy in the business world in or
dering ice-making and refrigerating ma
chinery.
BOYS SHOT BUOMPANIONS
Max Boward Is in Hospital While Ellis
Carpenter Was Not
Badly Hurt
Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 27.—Two
boys were victims yesterday of small
calibre rifles in the hands of their
friends. One is in a serious condition,
the other is said to be in no danger.
>lax Boward, aged 13, shot with a rifle
that "was not loaded" yesterday aft
ernoon, it is said by Frank Xorris, aged
15, a coniipanion, is in a serious condi
tion at the Washington county hospital.
Ellis Lie Roy Carpenter, aged 15
years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Car
penter, was accidentally shot by Calvin
Hartle, a companion, son of former Po
lice Magistrate Elias B. Hartle. The
wouud is not serious.
WOMAN SUESJOR $15,000
Claims That Amount as Damages for
Her Husband's Death on
Railroad
Hagerstowu. Md., Nov. 27.—Invok
ing the aid of the liability law of com
mon carriers as passed 'by Congress,
Mrs. Mary E. King, administratrix of
Stanley F. King, through Attorney Al
bert J. Long, filed in the Circuit Court
here a suit against the W. Md. Ry. Co.
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Beautiful
Ivory Goods
Ivory, for thousands of
years has been used in the fine
arts and considered next to
gold in beauty—and like gold
scientists have ,tried for years
to imitate it, but until recent
ly all efforts have failed. Now
we can offer and guarantee our
line of French and American
ivory to be equal and in some
respects better than the genu
ine article.
We wish to call your atten
tion to a few firticles we carry
in this beautiful line and wo
| believe the largest ever shown
' in Harrisburg.
Hair Brushes
Cloth Brushes
Military Brushes
Mirrors, various sizes
Puff Boxes
Hair Receivers
Scissors
Shoe Horns
Salve Jars
Trays
Combs
Tooth Powder Boxes
Manicure Articles
Shaving Sets
Jewel Cases
Desk Sets
Clocks
Traveling Sets, Etc.,
in gTeat variety.
j In fact almost any article
| you can think of is made up in
this exquisite ware.
H. C. CLASTER
GEMS, JEWELS and
SILVERWARE
302 Market Street
a
Burroughs Service
#A preliminary study
of your business in con
nection with handling '
your figure work is an
important phase of Bur
roughs Service.
We have trained a Burroughs
Brain to do your kind of figure
work 1 . There are many different
kinds of Burroughs, especially
adapted to a particular business
need —of smallest merchant or big
gest manufacturer.
Let us study your business.' We
■will recommend a Burroughs which
will take hold of your work with
the specialized intelligence of a
highly trained clerk.
We prove what a Burroughs
Adding Machine will do before we
try to sell you.
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
R. W. Dowdell, Sales Mgr.,
UO3 Oaliler Bldg.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
for $15,000 damages. The case is a
rare one and is the first ever filed here
in which the suit is based entirely upon
the federal liability law.
Mrs. King, in her petition, alleges
that hej husband was a brakeman, and
that in the discharge of his duties he
worked on the railroad in several States
and, therefore, was an interstate em
ploye. Mr. King about a year ago was
struck by an overhead bridge at Ber
lin Junction, Pa., and instantly killed.
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
Lad Pressed Rifle Against Temple and
Pulled Trigger
Chambersburg. Nov. 27.—Coroner
Maclay Wednesday investigated the
death of Elliott Pensinger, aged 20,
who shot himself at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Fred Brandt, Mercersburg,
about 7.30 o'clock Tuesday evening.
An inquest was not necessary, so it was
decided.
Pensiager recently returned from
Ohio, where he had been employed. He
had been despondent since then and on
Saturday evening said to a friend: ''l
won't be here long."
Early Tuesday evening he went up
stairs and soon after Mrs. Brandt heard
a shot. She hurried upstairs and
found him with a bullet wound in bis
temple. A 22-calibre rifle had accom
plished the threatened end. He died
within half an hour.
CARLISLE SENDS SI,OOO
Will Continue to Raise Funds to Aid
Stricken Belgians
Carlisle, Nov. 27. —Having sent a
draft of SI,OOO, Carlisle's contribution
to the aid of the suffering Belgians, iu
order to help fill the relief Ship Orn,
which sailed at noon Wednesday, mem
bers of the Carlisle Ministerial Associa
tion now plan to continue the move
ment and send other contributions
from time to time.
It was found that almost SI,OOO had
been received as a result of the canvass
and it was decided to make this the
even sum and a telegram was sent to
the Philadelphia committee, followed by
a draft.
COBBLER FELL OVER DEAD
Aged Bachelor Fatally Stricken as He
Conversed With Friend
Gettysburg, Nov. 27.—Falling over
at the work bench in his shop at East
YOUR FUTURE YEARS
Every man and woman, young and old, should save
money for the future. The young man who wishes to
rise in the world needs capital to start him and this can
easily be acquired by a few years of consistent saving
of small sums.
The middle-aged man or woman can make independ
ence and comfort for old age by laying aside a few
dollars each week.
We can be of service to you by affording you a safe
depositary for your savings and paying you 3 per cent,
interest.
Berlin, Samuel Wisler, a lifelong resi
dent of the town, died suddenly Tues
day evening. He was albout 60 years
of age.
Mr. Wisler, who was unmarried,
made his home with Howard Myers. He
ate supper as usual and apparently was
in good health as he dined and chatte I
with members of t'he family; After
ward ho went to his shocmaking sliu >
and there engaged in conversation with
Joel Hupp, a caller. While there talk
ing, Wisler suddenly gave a gasp and
fell over on his bench.
To Build New Fire House
Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 27. —Hagers-
town will have another tire hall, two
story building, devoted exclusively to
fire purposes, as the result of an agree
ment made between the Pioneer Hook
and Ladder Company and the Mayor
and Council. The 1 proposed new struc
ture will be erected ujon the Oak
Spring site on West Franklin street,
which although it has been the property
of the city for many years, has never
been utilized.
$25,0(H) Mansion Burns
Chestertown, Mil., Nov. 2 7. —An
overheated furnace caused a lire shortly
after Wednesday midnight that de
stroyed the mansion of Clifton R. .lar
rell at Chestertown. The family es
caped from the second-storv by a fire
man's ladder. The loss is estimated at
$25,000.
.Waynesboro Hunters Lucky
Waynesboro, Nov. 27.—The half
dozen hunting clubs from this section
broke camp last night. All were in the
mountains close to the State reserva
tion. The (Monterey Club, composed of
Waynesboro men, "got five deer. The
Rouzerville Ciub and the Mont Alto
Club killed three eaieh. A number of
individual hunters were successful iu
bringing down a buck. The number of
deer killed in this section this year
was larger than for several years.
Shot Through Both Legs
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 27.—John C.
Shoupe, of Cumberland, orchardist and
retired merchant and brother-in-law of
ex-Congressman George A. Pearre, .was
accidentally shot through both legs yes
terday morning while rabbit hunting
near Wappacomo, a short distance from
Romney, W. Va. Malcolm H&rmisou
fired at a rabbit with a rifle and the
ball glance<l, striking Mr. Shoupe, who
lost considerable blood. Mr. Shoupe'»
condition is serious. /