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Circulation Examine* by THB ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES i SELL Private Branch Esehan**. No. 3200 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Prlvato Branch Exohango. • No. 149-X4I Saturday, November 28, 1914. NOVEMBER Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. SaL 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 Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair this K-BJW afternoon and to night. Continued cool mSVSi with lowest temperature to-night $ about freezing. Sunday unsettled aud warmer, probably rain. \ Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair this . afternoon and to-night. Sunday un settled and warmer, probably" rain. " Light northeast winds becoming vari able. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 57; lowest, 48; 8 a. m., 54; 8 p. m., 48. WHAT AMERICANS OWE BRITISH Something of a stir was created in American financial centers by the publication yesterday of the statement made by David Llovd-George, Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in the British House of Commons, that the United States owes Great Brit ain $5,000,000,000, with the implication that the inability of Great Britain to collect this debt has tied up British business, caused a financial dead lock and placed a handicap on Great Britain in the matter of meeting the expenses of the war. Of course it must be assumed that in referring to a $5,000,000,000 debt of various American individ uals or corporations to British subjects, Lloyd- George had in mind chiefly the amount of British capital invested in American securities. The closing of the American stock exchanges, along with those of the rest of the world, at the start of the European jvar, of course, prevented British security holders from selling their Amer ican holdings and realizing cash on them; but it must be borne in mind that had not the American exchanges closed there would Certainly have been a tremendous crash in securities values due to the unloading by the British of their securities at any cash figure they could get for them. The dumping of $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000 of British-held American securities, along with bil lions of American securities held by investors in other parts of Europe, as would have occurred had the American exchanges not been closed promptly, would have meant tremendous losses not only to Americans but to the foreign holders of American securities as well. The protection to securities values, given by the action of the American stock exchanges in closing down, was therefore to the benefit of foreign hold ers of American securities as well as to the benefit of American investors, and so Lloyd-George has no real cause for complaint at the inability of British ers to liquidate their American holdings, if that was what he was driving at. / THE FORTUNATE FAT PERSONS * Hardly anybody objects to stoutness of body except the fat persons themselves. Most lean per sons are strongly in favor of it, and long for it as applying to their own frames, even in moderation. If stout persons would know how most of their thin associates envy them, they might be more apprecia tive of their corpulency. An actress, who knows from experience, advises stout persons not to worry, for tiiey cannot help themselves, but rather to smile. That does not mean "grin and bear it!" Pat persons should smile, not despite their stoutness but because of it. Most of them do one or the other; it Is hard sometimes to tell which. That this fortunate class of persons is in general a class of smilers is a well known fact. They need to beam with their spacious countenances. If they do not do it, nobody else will feel like attempting it. Lean persons do not often break into smiles except as they catch the contagion from their good natured opposites. Aside from all these considerations, it is well to call to mind the old German maxim: '"Fat gives dignity." RESUMPTION OF BOND SALES ON CHANGE The determination of the governors of the New York Stock Exchange to reopen to-day that great est securities market of the country for the sale of HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1914. bonds under sane restrictions, for the first time sinoe the Exchange was closed at the outbreak of the European war, may be regarded as a sort of experiment or "feeler" put out to see how the wind is blowing in the great Wall Street financial center. There undoubtedly has been a revival of confi dence among investors since the panicky days when the European hostilities upset the financial world and caused the securities markets of this country generally to close to prevent an unloading of for eign-held stocks and bonds which undoubtedly would have resulted in securities prices going to smash in this country with resultant tremendous losses'to American investors. While, of course, financial conditions have not reached the normal state of before the outbreak of the European war, the decision of the Stock Ex change authorities in reopening the bond depart ment under restrictions designed to provide safe guards against precipitate liquidation from abroad, is in line with the sane and conservative course that has been followed consistently by the Exchange's governors since the war started. The resumption of systematic dealings in bonds is justified by the course prices of securities have taken in recent private sales in this country and in sales made on the New York Curb market, and it paves the way for the gradual removal of restric tions from trading in other securities and for the consequent revival of great business enterprises de pendent upon the floating of loans. ODD THINGS IN THE WAR When war is being waged strange things some times occur, —things that are queer and inconsist ent. These occurrences receive incidental mention in the columns of the newspapers and the maga zines, and may of themselves be of little or no import, yet they are interesting. French and German soldiers recently established a postoffiee near their firing lines, we are told in the dispatches, where they exchange mail. The soldiers of the hostile armies gather there, if we may believe reports, and get their newspapers and letters as though they were not engaged the rest of the time in killing one another. This instance is merely another form of the cus tom, followed by Lnion and Confederate soldiers in the Civil War, of meeting at the pieket lines and exchanging tobacco, or gathering to get water for their wounded from a common source. This queer practice is on record here in our own state on a tablet at Spangler's Spring, on the battlefield of Gettysburg. There have been little incongruities and big ones since the opening of hostilities in Europe. The soldiers cannot quite adjust themselves to their changed environments. Consistency in small thing* cannot well be expected of men who kill the cows in a community to get meat, and let the babies starve for want of mik. Perhaps it does not matter so much that cash is scarce. .They are trading in stick pins on the New York Curb market. Beck, the star of Tech High School football team, will be graduated in the Spring, but we predict he will be hoard from on some college eleven next Fall. The new federal reserve bank notes have reached Harris burg, but they do not buy any more beef and beans than the old greenbacks of the same denominations. After today's football clash between the Army and Navy the sporting "fans" will begin to turn their attention to the Spring training plans of the baseball leagues. Reports from Petrograd state that 50,000 German sol diers were taken prisoners in Poland in one battle. Per-1 haps any one who saw the recent state firemen's parade in this city can get some conception of the size of the military operations going on in Europe when he is reminded that an army of 50,000 numbers about five times as many men as marched in that firemen's procession. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN NEW CONFIDENCE GAME Edgar Lewis, a moving-picture director, told a story of a confidence man with new ideas. He called the swindler Nat Pierce in telling the story. Mr. Lewis sai.l that he was sitting near a group of rich Westerners in the Waldorf when he heard a page calling "Mr. Nat Pierce, please." The Westerners became interested. One of them said: That is the name of the.clever, promoter we met to-day. Let's see who is calling on him." They stopped the page and took the card. It was that of Senator Elihu Root. "Ha, ha!" they said, "he mus» be all right. Here is Senator Root's card." Soon another page came through "Peacock alley," call ing, "Mr. Nat Pierce, please!" The Westerners stopped him and looked at the card. It was that of M. Jusserpnd, the French ambassador. "This is enough!" they chorused and went out to look for Nat Pierce and his glittering opportunity. They found him carelessly shuffling a collection of cards ranging from Governor elect Whitmau's to that of President Poincare of the Republic of France.—New York Sun. THE WAY TO CUBA At a dinner reference was made to the good old school days, and Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany leader in New York, was reminded of an incident along that line. One afternoon Mr. Murphy said the teacher in a public sdiool was hearing -the geography class, and after others had answered various questions, she turned to a small lad named Willie. "Willie," said she, "describe to me the route you would take if you were going to Cuba." "Yessura," responded the youngster, a little doubtfully. "I would go to New York, and then—and then —" "Well, Willie," interposed the teacher, as the boy paused, "what would you do then!" "Why, I would get on a steamer," replied Willie after another moment's thought, "and leave the rest to the captain."—Philadelphia Telegraph. HIS COURSE JUSTIFIED Beatley—"Heavens, man! that wasn't a collector you threw out then—he waa a customer." Waller "It was the second time I saw him here. A customer never comes here more than once."—Chicago News. * \ [T ongue-End Topics | Pennsylvania Day at 'Friaco At the next meeting of the Pennsyl vania Commission .of the Panama-Pa cific Exposition it is expected that a day will be set to be known as Penn sylvania Day at the big 'Frisco Show. The new state building is going up rapidly and will be ready by February, when the exposition will be finally opened. Pennsylvania Day will | ably be observed some time on June, and it is proposed to make it a gala occasion. Thousands of former Penn sylvanians now reside on the Pacific slope, and in states between Chicago aud San Francisco, and many of them will be present, while Pennsylvania | proper will send a big delegation. Gov ernor Tcner, as chairman of the State j Commission, will have charge of the ceremonies, and it is expected that Governor Brumbaugh and a number of other high state ofiicinls, with tho two legislative committees and the presid ing officers of both branches of the Legislature, will be present. There will be addresses on that occasion, and it is possible that the old Liberty Bell in the State House in Philadelphia will be shown. The Pennsylvania exhibits will be installed as rapidly as room can be made for them in the various buildings sot apart for exhibits at the exposition. The State Building will contain no ex hibits, but will be for the accommoda tion of Pennsylvanipns and their friends who visit the show. .* • * 1,000 Deer Killed This Year According to the reports and esti mates of Secretary Kalbfus, of the State Game Commission, there have been more than a thousand deer killed in Pennsylvania during the season just closed. State game wardens and of ficers of sportsmen's associations have been requested to send in reports of game killed, including deer, grouse, quail, rabbits and woodcock, as soon as possible in order that the total may be made up as nearly accurate as can be. Another of the big elk, brought from the Yellowstone Park for breeding pur poses more than a year ago, has been found dead near a hunting camp occu pied by a sportsmen's club in Clearfield county. The animal was killed with a round ball fired from a shot gun, and the person who killed it was evidently afraid to take the carcass as ho left it in the woods. It is supposed that a deer hunter, seeing the elk's horns, mis took it for a deer and fired. The car cass was in such condition that it could not ho used, but the head may be saved for mounting. The Game Commission has a report of the arrest of a hunter in Columbia county for killing a deer with a load of shot, which is forbidden by law, as only ball can be used. The hunter was fined. * « * Killed His Deer First Day One of the aggravating things about hunting deer in Pennsylvania is that after a hunter kills lvis deer ho cannot shoot another one. The law is that a hunter ean kill but one deer in a sea son Hnd after he has bagged hi 9 one he is barred from participating in the hunt, so far as shooting is concerned. Of course he can go out and hunt, if he wants to, but there isn't any fun in tramping the forests and seeing a big buck deer and letting it get by without taking a shot at it. And yet, if the hunter does this, and kills more than one deer, he is liable to a fine of SIOO. A young Pliiladelphian came up from his city at the beginning of the season this year and went camping with a par ty of Franklin county hunters in the vicinity of Mont Alto. On the very first day he went out with his trusty rifle he killed a fine buck* and that barred l»im from further participation in the sport. He had to sit arouud ea"nip during the rest of his vacation and see the other fellows go out to en joy the chase and in the evening lis ten to descriptions of the fun they had during the i!ay. He went home on the closing day of the season but he wat fortunate. He was the only fellow ia the camp to kill a deer. 0 O * The Power of Vodka, Much interest was taken in a bottle of vodka, or Kussian liquor, that was being shown by a man in a Market street cigar store last night. The own er was just from New York, and had bought the liquor as a curiosity, as lie believes, it has never been seen in this vicinity, at least has n«ver been offered for sale by any of the wholesale liquor stores or 'behind the bars. Vodka is a pure white liquor d'istilled from stale •bread, potatoes, or any other thing that you might think would not form the basis of whiskey, and it is said to be most potent as an intoxicant, albeit its qualities as a thirsrt-assuager are said to be nil, one drink creating a desire for another one until the man who par takes of it to any great extent is laid out flat. One drink will make a man wealthy, two will make him bellicose, threo will make him steal his own pockeftbook and four will induce him to stone his grandmother. The Czar of Rus sia has forbidden its manufacture and sale in Russia, and as the Russian gov ernment hold the manufacturing priv ileges, the Czar at one stroke of his pen created a condition of tewperance in the home country. Volka can't t>e made in thus country—at least the kind of vodka that was made in Russia— but a brand of white forty-rod whiskey much resembing 'it is made, but it lacks the potency of the Russian na tional beverage. Sarcasm "I'm sending this communication to an editor. Would you write him that if it is too long he might cut it down to suit himself " "Indeed, I should. If you didn't mention it such an idea would never occur to him."—Boston Transcript. BIG SALES OF PIG IRON FEATURE WEEK'S MARKET Announcement From Pittsburgh That a Lading Steel Company Will Sell at Present Prices for First Quarter of Next Tear New York, Nov. 28.-j-' 4 The Iron Age'' says sales of pig irofc fcv BulT-ilo furnaces amounting to 150,000 to 210,- 000 tons are the chief feature of tho iron market in a week that has brought little change in finished steel. A de velopment at Pittsburgh that may be come important is the announcement that a leading steel company will tell at present prices for the first quarter of next year and is authorizing its sales managers to meet the market. It has been found that the better sentiment of the past three weeks has not kept prices from yielding, and it is evident that the policy of important steel producers wilt now be to sell free ly for the first quarter of 1915 at the best prices that can be obtained, "his may result, as in the closing weeks of 1911, in a more active market and make December, as is being predicted, the best month for bookings in the final quarter. Prices are now close to the well-remembered level of those of three years ago. Tho sales of pig iron at Buffalo in two weeks have been close to 250,000 tons, and by some authorities those of the past week are put as high as 1;00,- 000 tons. The American Radiator Company alone took 108,000 tous for delivery in the first half of 1915. There were also two 15,000-ton lots, several of 10,000 tons and a consider able number of 5,000 tons. Most of the buying was for New England and New York State foundries, and sl2 for- No. 2 X was generally the basis, though this was not the minimum. Buffalo fur naces are generally sold up far into the first quarter, some well into the second quarter, aud asking prices of two inter ests are now sl3, with $12.50 as mini mum for early delivery. One furnace company will shortly blow in a furnace at Buffalo aud one at Detroit. Iu other districts Cincinnati, next to Buffalo, has been active in pig iron, sales there of both Northern and South ern iron being the largest in several months. There are indications that the buying by large foundry interests, who were attracted by recent low prices, will broaden into a considerable movement. Sales of Southern iron by the Steel Corporation were 30.000 tons last week, including 16,000 tons of basic to an Ohio river plant. Three lots of 5,000 tons of basic were placed in the Cen tral West by the American Steel Foundries for Alliance and Sharon works, 10.000 tons at $12.75, deliv ered, and 5,000 tons at $12.50 at fur nace. November orders in finished lines have been less than the October aver age with some producers. The Steel Corporation's bookings, including ex port business, have averuged ailwut the same as for last month and in the past week have ibeen slightly better. Its in* got production is now at 38 per cent, of capacity, after having been consid erably less early in the month. Out of its 119 blast furnaces, 74 are idle, the active capacity beiftg 40 per cent, of the whole. Since November 1 a num ber of furnaces have gone out, includ ing one Duquesne, one Ohio and one Central at Cleveland, in tho past week. Published, statements as to steal works and rolling mift" resumptions are misleading. There are alternating stops and starts, the latter being published and the former suppressed. In the in dustry as a whole it is doubtful if any real gain has been made in employ ment this month. Bars, plates and structural shapes show a shade more activity this week. In the Central West the first two have sold at 1.05 c, Pittsburgh, in ordinary business. The weakness of steel bars is due in part to the competition of iron bars, a sale of the latter, made at Buf falo, figuring back to .90c at Chicago district mill. The New York Central's 25,000-ton rail order has been placed with the Lackawanna Steel Company and large ly will ibe rolled before 1915. Some foreign rail business has been done of which details are not given out. Of t'he 25,000 tons of 60, 70 and 80-pound rails and 5,000 tons of track supplies for Norway, bids will be opened at Christiania on November 27. The length to which cast iron pipe makers have gone to get winter work is shown in a bid of $19.60 on 4,000 tons of 60-inch pipe at Boston this week, the next lowest bid being $20.75. Dayton, Ohio, is in the market for 5,500 tons of 3 to 36-inch pipe. Our London cable refers to the safe of ferro-manganese afloat at $62, c. i. if., Baltimore, although S6B was nomi nally the market before the British government embargo. No new ship ments from England have yet been ar ranged for, as the result of Washing ton negotiations. In the case of man ganese ore the Btate Department's ef forts released loaded vessels at Indian ports forthe Steel Corporation, but there is no promise of further shipments to this country from India- PURE RICH BLOOD PREVENTS DISEASE Bad blood is responsible for more ailments than anything else. It causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak, tired, languid feelings and worse troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla has been won derfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and building up the whole system. Take it—give it to all the family so as to avoid illness. Get it to-day. Adv. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OFFER No Time to LOM In Getting Bibles and First Dome First 3orv*i Will Be Rule Unknown to them there is now be ing formed among our readers a "'Too Late dub." While you may not know this, you are sure to be a member in good stand ing if you don't take immediate ad vantage of the Star-fn leiien lmit 'c of fer and get the Bib'.a tint, every bod v is talking about. A, the rate at -\hich they are now going they will not last long, so if you want to ke>)p out of the ''too-lates" you must act quickly. This is the Bible with the picturos printed in with the type. Haeh picture Cut Your Inventory Work in Half # 'My inventory took one afternoon this time, instead oi a week as for merly. I used a Bur roughs Bookkeeping Machine." Make your next inven tory on a Burroughs, Mr. Business Man. We will iurnisli the machine and show you how to use it, without cost, obligation, or risk. Write, phone, or wire. We go anywhere to show business men. Burroughs Adding Machine Co. R. W. 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FINANCE , WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS Bradstreet's Figures for Last Week in Harrisburg and Other Cities Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending November 26, as reported to Bradstreet's Journal, New York, aggregate $2,175,884,000, again $2,835,151,000 last week anil $2,723,513,000 in this week last year. Canadian clearings aggregate $140,- 718,000, as against $157,200,000 last week and $186,954,000 in this week last year. Following are the returns for this week-, with percentages of change from this week last vear; New York *1,084,414,000 D 28.4 Chicago 236.573.000 I> 6.5 Philadelphia 122,385,000 D 8.2 Boston 105,922,000 D 18.0 St. Louis 58,974,000 D 12.2 Pittsburgh 41,204,000 D 17.2 Kansas City 55,924,000 I 16.1 San Francisco, ... 41,570,000 I .3 Baltimore 26,080,000 D 16.6 AMUSEMENTS | AMUSEMENTS PHOTOPLAY TqpAY THE MAN OF IRON Two-act Kalem IF I WERE YOUNG AGAIN. Two-act Selig. BELOVED ADVENTURE SERIES, No. 11. Lubili. COUNTLESS SWEEDIE. Essanay. Next Saturday, December sth, Miss Alice Joyce in two-act Kalem "Theft of the Crown Jewels" Miss Joyce wears a $3,000 Lady Duff Gordon creation and $1,000,000 in real jewels in this picture. *- ———egg ■■ i ———- ———r— New Notes to Customers We believe in giving our customers money that's fit to handle. In fact this feature of our hanking service has won for us popular recognition as the bank that always has a supply of new one and five dollar notes. Even in payrolls we do not give torn bills. This service involves extra work and expense to sort out all the old torn notes and express them to Washington, but the satisfaction it gives our customers justifies it. 213 Market Street Q Capital, $300,000 Surplus, SUOO,OOO • Scran ton 2.93 V.OOO I 9.2 Heading *1,694,000 ( ' as, f. r 1.250,000 I s.s Wlikes-Barre 1,348,000 T 5.8 I S rie , 7&6.000 D 35.7 I \?>* 684,000 D 3.3 Chester 509,999 D 20.2 | Harrlsburg, J 1,284,000 Pbtladatalila '-r-incn Market Nov. 28.—Wheat steady; No. 2 red spot, export. 113@116; No. I northern, Duluth export. 124 V 4 ® 127 ',< i. Corn steady; No. 2 yellow local, 5-2f(,; 82 Is. Oats steady; No. 2 white, 54',4@55. Bran firmer; winter, per ton. $26 00 , 27.00; spring, 25.50 o ©lO-20; western extra firms, free case. 110.80; firsts. Tree case. $9.90® 10.220. I,ive poultry weaker! fowls, 121«' 14• old roosters, 10® 11; chickens, 12© 14; 'l3@l°| 8, 1:! ® 16: ducks - H©18; geese, Dressed poultry weaker; turkeys, fan. cy spring, 21@22; do., average, 18@20; fowls, heavy, 19@20; average receipts. 15@18; small, 13@14; old roosters. 14; broiling chickens, nearby, 16® 22; west ern, 12®17; roasting chickens, western, la@l9. , , Flour quiet; winter straight, s.o#® * 25; spring straight 5 35@5.60; do„ patent. 5.70©5.85. Hay steady; timothy No. 1 large bales. I 18.o0@19.00; medium bales, 18.50@19.00; No. 2 do., 16.50® 17.50; No. 3 do., 14.50® 1...00. Clover mixed, light mixed, IS.OO ®18..i0; No. 1 do., 17.00® 17.50; No. 2 do.. 14.50@16.00. Potatoes steady; New York, per bush el, 43 @SO. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago. Nov. B.—Hogs—Receipts, 14,000; slow. Bulk, 7.40®7.60; light, 1 i.00®7.55; mixed. 7.25®>7.65; heavy. 7.20 @7.65; rough, 7.20@7.30; pigs, 5.00@6.90. ! Cattle—Receipts, 200; steady. Native steers, 5.85@10.50; western, 5.40@9.0V; cows and heifers. 3.60@9.20; calves, 8.00 j @11.25. j Sheep—Receipts 10,000; strong. Sheep, ' 5.50®6.40; yearlings, 6.60@8.00; lambs, 6.40(^9.30. Chicago Board of Trado Chicago, Nov. 28.—Close: Wheat—December, 113; May, 118 si Com—December, 6314; May, 68* i. Oats—December, May, 4 7. Pork—January, 18.40; May, 18.70. 1 Lard—lanuary, 9.77; May, 10.00. Ribs—January, 9.80; May, 10.12,