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Homt Circulation in Harrisburg and toearby towns. Circulation Examine* by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES ° BELL " Private Branch Exchange. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Exchange, . No. 545-24S Monday, November 30, 1914. NOVEMBER Sun. Mon. Tuos. Wed. Thnr. Frl. 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 3Q MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter, 10th; New Moon, 17th; First Quarter, 21th. WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg anrl vicinity: I'nsettled I.weather, probably light rain this after noon, to-night and Tuesday. Warmer P ~ itffi to-night with lowest temperature about Eastern Pennsylvania: Unsettled ■" '• weather to night and Tuesday with oc ciisional rain. Not much change in tem l v jiii/ perature. Moderate to fresh east to southeast winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBXJRO Highest, 49; lowest, 29; 8 a. m., 32; 8 p. m., 44. ILLINOIS' ONE-MAN SENATE TJie slate of Illinois has practically a one-man Senate, and the one man is a Bull Mooser. Senator George W. Harris was not elected this Fall. He is a hold-over and he is ihc only repre sentative ot' the Progressive party who has a seat in tin* upper branch of the Illinois Legislature. By strange accident or. perhaps, by an act of Provi dence. the rest of the Senate is equally divided between the other two parties, there being twenty live Republicans and twenty-five Democrats. That means 1 hat on all strictly party measures to lie voted on, the lone Bull Mooser will have the decid ing ballot. In other words Senator Harris, by his own vote, can pass or kill every bill that comes before the Senate with unbroken party backing. The circum stance of his odd position makes him practically the law-maker for the whole of the important state of Illinois. Naturally both parties already are curry ing the favor of Senator Harris. lie is being ban quetted and flattered and he can dictate the ap pointment of practically any official whose con firmation depends on the action of the Senate. But wisely Senator Harris thus far has given no indication that'he will side either with the Demo crats or the Republicans. What he should do is maintain an independent attitude. Pei-haps he is enjoying the situation and will keep both sides on pins and needles throughout the whole session. Doubtless great temptations will be cast in the way of the Bull M-ooser Senator to win his support for measures of one or the other of the leading parties, but if he lets his conscience and intelli gence govern his vote he can maintain a position of great power and of great good in the state of Illinois. Moreover, if lie has any sense of humor he can at the same time enjoy himself immensely. Illinois and, for that matter, the whole- country will watch the course of Senator Harris with a great deal of interest and will expect him to "make good" tyra strictly independent law-maker. WAR LACKS ESTABLISHED LAWS War knows no laws, it would seem. On the prin ciple that "all's fair" fighting has been carried on in all sorts of unrestricted ways, despite efforts at international legislation. In the present conflict it is evident that each contending nation is a law unto itself. The alleged seizure recently by British naval forces of neutral merchant vessels, for the purpose of taking German subjects found thereon as pris oners of war, provides an example of the im potency of sueh so-called international laws as exist, when they are put to the test they are now being put to. The German government complained about Great Britain's actions, on the basis of the Declaration of London. The attitude of the United States gov ernment, of course, was that since some of the powers now engaged in war had not ratified the Declaration of London in 1909, this country could not longer recognize that declaration as a code of naval warfare, deciding to rest its position on traditional American policy. Its own traditional policy is all that any country, contending or neutral, can rely upon as the founda tion of its plans or the justification of its actions, so long as international law is not regarded as abiding law. International law cannot be regarded as such until it can be established by unanimous agreement of nations, administered by a duly au- HABRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1914. thorieed tribunal and enforced by a fully empow ered joint agency. Even football haa its established rules, —binding, unbending rules, and players who break them are penalized. Supporters of opposing sides, as well as neutral spectators, uphold the enforcement of rules on the gridiron. Yet the game of war knows no laws, and has no penalties for violations of prin ciples and policies. > MR. BRYAN PLAYED SAPE Mr. Bryan, with characteristic caution, refused to let a woman embrace him. The spinster, declar ing herself to be a long lost cousin of the Secre tary of State, attempted to throw her arms around his neck at the end of his speech in the Auditorium, in Chicago, yesterday, but the wily diplomat would have none of it. He caught her arms, in his strong hands and said emphatically and determinedly something like this: "No, no, miss! It may be true, as you say, that you are a cousin of the Bryans, but you cannot hug me until the relationship is established." And then the square jaws of the Secretary closed firmly. Lucky Bryan! What a narrow escape you had! Roosevelt, perhaps, would have taken a chance, but Mr. Bryan is not so reckless. Perhaps the Secretary of State had in mind how the political aspirations of one Richmond Pearson Hobson were shattered by a policy of indiscrimi nate kissing which made him look ridiculous in the eyes of the great electorate. Peihaps the Secre tary of State has political aspirations for 1916. Perhaps he is willing to run again for President of the United States and that being the case, mustn't one be cautious? Well done, William, you have played safe! MARK TWAIN THE MASTER HUMORIST To-day is the birthday of Mark Twain. It is not being celebrated. It is remembered perhaps only by the master humorist's most ardent admir ers. Yet it is a day which might well call forth some slight tokens of esteem for "the Lincoln of our literature." Seventy-nine years ago to-day Mark Twain en tered the world which he has so wonderfully bright ened. He subsequently looked back upon his birth as quite an important event, since his arrival in the small Missouri town of a hundred inhabitants increased the population one per cent. That was his way of looking at it. The fact of the matter is that the entire world has gained for his having been in it, —gained far beyond any computations by percentages of population. Although three of Mark Twain's best books have their scene in the Mississippi valley, the versatile author was not rooted to a locality as is too often the case with average novelists. His first scene was Palestine, in "The Innocents Abroad," and subse quently he extended his territory very rapidly. There is a broadness in more ways than one throughout all of his works, —works which are for tunate posterity's certain heritage. As a humorist he is best known, yet it is, to some extent, as a humanist that he deserves his high rank. The philosopher in some respects surpasses the funster. Mark Twain is not to take his chief place 111 the world's regard with Artemus Ward, Josh Hillings and Mr. Dooley. He is rather of the make of Cer vantes, Molliere and Lamb. He, with Irving and Lowell, represents the richness of American humor and gives this country a place in that department of the world of letters of which it can be justly proud. , Born seventy-nine years ago under Ilalley's comet, Mark Twain died four years ago, by an 0(53 coincidence, when the ftomet made its next appear ance in the sky. His works live, and are ever growing in popular ity. He will he forgotten when Tom Sawyer's white washing contract ceases to be comical; when Mul berry Sellers' remarks about turnips become trite; when Huckleberry Finn's life story has no pathos; when the diaries of Adam and Eve are no longer interesting, and when the tale of Joan of Arc has no vigor. He will be forgottea then, —and only then. Nothing is so uncertain as football—gave war. not flip a coin and decide the European war just as effectively and without so much loss of life? The Democratic national organization already is decid ing on issues for the 1916 campaign; but it's a long, long way to Tipperary. Speaking of soft berths, we do not envy Seth Low, Charles W. Mills and Patrick Gilday theirs. These are the men selected by President Wilson to settle the Colorado strike. Twenty-four couples took out marriage licenses in this city on the day before Thanksgiving, and on Saturday a Hagerstown couple were married in this county. Is the Maryland city losing its attractions as a Gretna Green f TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN THE TEST OF RESEMBLANCE Knicker—"Whom doe* the baby look likef" Bocker—"Like the most money."—New York Sun. WHAT FATHER WORE The bride entorod the drawing-room on the arm of her father, who wore a gown of white charmeuse satin, trim med in Venetian point lace and with veil of the same.— Cherry (O.) Circle. NO NEW ONES "After all," said the editor's assistant, "the old jokes are the best." "Why shouldn't they be f" demanded the editor; "there's no competition."—Philadelphia Evening Ledger. ONLY ONCE IN A WTTTT.H! Her Husband —"I'm afraid our wedding trip will take all the cash I've saved up." Mrs. Beno-Freed (cheeringly)—"Never mind, dear. A wedding trip only happens once in three or fonr yeare." Kansas City Journal. / ■ \ | Tongue-End Top ics|| The Last Surveyor General The late General Robert B. Beath, who died in Philadelphia and was 'buried lost Saturday, was the last man to hold the position of Surveyor Gen eral in Pennsylvania. He was elected in 1871 and served uatil 1875, the office in the meantime merged witlh the Bureau of •Statistics into the now De partment of Internal Affairs. General Beath was a gallaiuit soldier. He served aa commander-in-chief of t'be Grand Army of the Republic. He was a fre quent visitor to Harrisburg, "being a member of various State boards, and was very active as a trustee of t'be Homo for Sokliers and Sailors estab lished by the State in Erie—a beauti ful home on the lake shore. General Beath "s last appearance in Harrisburg was on the Qfcasion of the transfer of the oM baltle flags from the flag room in the library building to the cases in the rotunda of the Capitol. On that occasion 'he sat boneait'h a tree in the [ark wijh a party of old comrades and seemed to enjoy the ceremonies very much. * * * Position Held by Veterans When the ■office of Surveyor General was abolished and merged with that of Secretary of Internal Affairs, the first head of the new department to be elect ed was General William MicCandless, of Philadelphia, a colonel in the Pennsyl vania Reserves, known as "Btickey" McOandless. It was McCandless who led tihe charge at Little Round Top in the Gettysburg tattle tiht succeeded in driving the Confederates from t'hait po sition and secured for Meade the key position to the gToat fight. The Penn sylvania Reserves won that honor after an awful struggle otj the fateful second day of the fight, when each army was playing lor position. Colonel Aaron K. Dunkel, another Civil war veteran, sue-' ceedell McOandless in the office of Sec retary of Internal Affairs, and other veterans who he'ld tille position are Gen eral Thomas J. Stewart, Major Isaac B. Brown and General James W. Laifcba, all of whom are living. ® * ,l Nothing Dry About the Library It was in a local option county, dur ing the time when local option pre vailed in a number of counties in the State and even treating friends to a so cial glass was tabooed. One man in a county adjoining this one invited a friend to pass a social evening and dur ing the pleasant converse inVited him to view his library. There was a line array of books, all of theni classics, —- volumes of poems and bound magazines, —and it certainly showed fine literary taste on the part of the hbst. Thp vis itor,, wishing to glance thror.gh one of the volumes, took it from the shelf and remarked that it was lig'it in weight for the sisse of the volume. When he opened it ho found that it was hollow, consisting only of the sides 'anil back, and the interior held a flash containing old rye whiskev. "It■» a way 1 have of concealing tho fact that J have any of the stuff in the house,'' explained tube host. "Have one wit'h mo!" And tjjev poured a li bation to literature as found in that particular library. Evidence of Ancient of Japs The occupation of the Son<th Sea Islands has greatly pleased the Jap anese, says a Tokio vorrespaiwlent of the Associated Press. One 'historian claims tha't Ualam or Kusaie Island in the East Carolines was inhabited by the Japanese in ancient days. In tho heart of the island forest, ihe says, may be seen the ruins of an old castle resem bling closely those seen in the more ancient parts of Japan. The remnants of the system of fortifications show it to be an exact copy of the type con structed in the early Tokugawa period. It was at this f;och that many Jap anese warriors and publicists went to the South Seas having been expelled from the Empire on account of their adoption of Christianity. OXYGEN GAS The Value of tho Eev. Josoph Priest ley's Momentous Discovery Oxygen was discovered in ths year 1774. Joseph Priestley, a dissenting English clergyman who had turned scientist, obtained the hitherto un known gas by igniting mercuric oxide. The oxygen he thus produced he called " dephlogisticated air." He and Benjamin 'Franklin had often discussed the mysterious composition of air and water. No one up to that time had determined what clement it was in both which so invigorated the physical energies of man. It is said that Priestley made his actual discovery of the oxygen while experimenting in a brewery near his home in England, fie spent the last ten years of his life in the Unitod States, a voluntary exile. To-day a monument stands in Eng land to commemorate Priestley's dis covery. AVere he alive, ho could read of thousands of lives saved by his work. Oxygen is the only gas capable of supporting respiration", and is re peatedly used in the sick chamber to pull a patient through a crisis. Hel mets equipped with oxygen attach ments enable the «diver to go to ocean depths, the aviator to ascend into rari fied air, the fireman to stand in dense smoke, and rescuers to descend into gas filled mines. So wide are its uses that some 4,000,000 cubic feet of this gas arc bottled in the United States every year. —New York Poet. At the Photoplay "Hope Foster's Mother," a special Vit&graph feature with Mary Maurice, the grand old mother of the Vitagraph Company in the leading role. Mrs. Mary Maurice has boen greatly misued by her many admirers, as she has been very ill for the past few months. She will be welcomed back by all. Wednes day we present "With Fire and Sword," a six-act feature production, showing ten acres in flame«. adv. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent. THE NEW SAXON CAR 10 BE A "SIX" IT IS ANNODNCEP Official Admits Also That It Will Be of Five-passenger Capacity Other Details to Remain Secret Until New Tork Show It can now be stated 6n the author ity of Lawrence Moore, director of sales, that the new car which the Sax on Motor Company has had on the road for the past six months and which will be exhibited at the New York show, is of six-cylinder construction Mr. Moore, when the question was put to him, also admitted that the new Saxon car will be a five-passenger model, but further than this no details are now obtainable. While several of the new Saxon mod els have (been built for more than seven months and have 'been in the hands of testing engineers for six months all over the country, the secret has been completely kept up to this time. The definite admission by Mr. Moore to the effect that the new Saxon will be a "six" has aroused even more inter est than ever before 'because of the success of the Saxon company with lightweight, low-priced cars of high efficiency. Since the rumor became current that the Saxon company would la/unch a new car of the touring type, application for distribution rights have poured in from dealers all over the country at the rate of hundreds a week. Along with the confirmation of the rumor albout the new car comes the word from Mr. Moore that the success of their four-cylinder roadster has prompted the Saxon company to arrange for greatly increased outiput of this model for the coming season. It had been foreseen that the present factory facilities would be inadequate to take care of production for the 1915 season, and plans have been completed which will give the Saxon company triple the factory space it now occupies. AMUSEMENTS MAJESTIC! To-morrow evening, "The Dummy." Friday afternoon and evening, Billy Watson's Orientals. ('Burlesque) ORPHEUM Every afternoon and evening, high class vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily continuous /audeville and pic tures. • "The Dummy" The most unique play of lihe New York season is "Tine Dummy," which monies to the (Majestic 'to morrow night. '' The 'Dummy'' has been furnishing au 'ddeinM?es wi'th all the thrill and mystery ■of a yellc-w-'back detective story, four acts of good laug'h and 'the hoart-thro'b thait .holds tihe public, for the past four OTvjr.i'ihs. "What krnd of a play is "The D.i i •?' " asks the theatregoer, puz zling over the title, curiously. The playwrig'lrtts who made it .-all it a "de tective comedy." People who see it isn't a melodrama, though it lias all the features of ope. One case'hardened theaitre manager insisted that "The Dummy " was a success because iit had "heart stufi " and " poetry" in it. The «ristSc» 'have been lavish of their praise of its shrewd good-humor, its clever lines anid exciting plo-t, its lively char acterizations and splendid acting. Adv."** Watson's Orientals Beef Trust Billy Wait .son's Orientals, with Billy Spencer, the original Grogan, Jules Jacobs and Gertrude Sommers, will 'be the burlesque attraction at the Majestic Friday matinee and nigthtt. The plots af the two little conic.lies have been constructed for the purpose of laughter only, and that Crwgau lias been most successful in the piling up laugh ter on top of laughter, will be easily reoogtnized in viewiug his new offer ing. Adv.*** At the Orpheum The world's champion deep sea diver will demonstrate many thrilling and decidedly interesting feats in under water Work as one of the pre-eminent •attractions of the new offering that will be uncovered at the L»ocust street play house to-day. This champion of the 'briny deep is no less tlhan Oaiptain Louis Sorcho, the man who was appointed 'by the United States government to bring the Maine to the water's surface, who invented the under water telephone sys tem, and who is considered an all round authority on all topics peitainimg to div ing and submarine work. MT. Sorcho practically brings a small ocean on the stage. He Shows how a pub marine mine is worked, 'how dangeT ous diving feats are performed and tells many wora'dwfully interesting things concerning a Tart, of the world that very few know anything of. The aot 'tlhat (Mr. Sorcho will presenlt at the Or pheiim this week is so precautious thait it requires two sixty-foot baggage cars to transport 'his paraphernalia. On this same 'bill, Bilty Waitsom, of musical comedy fame, will 'have excellent sup port in presenting a screeching comedy called "'Going Intto Vodv'il;" pretty Dolly Connelly, am Orpheum favorite, returns with new s rungs ami new gotwns; Hawthorne and Englis will present "ntrt" comedy act with singing; Ed win George will likely prove a laughing treat in a ski't called "Almost a Jug gler," and the O'DonneW Broth ere will offer something in the way of a com edy surprise stuntt, including some greaJt jumping feats. ' Adv.*** At the Colonial Ait the 'Colonial' during the first half of fho week, <- < Felix." t)he only miml remlLng duck in the world, will tell your past, present irad future. And the fun that ''Felix'' don't make, will 'be more than good by tlhe fine funsters, tlie Vandor Koors, who present him. The three American Trumpeters will offer a refined instrumental and vocal offering; J. J. IMorrison and company are slated to present an interesting protean playlet, and Fern and Zell are 'bonml to create unbounded mirth with theiT blackface comedy, songs and dances. "The Phanltom I>etetoftive/" a splendid feature film 5n three parts, will make a special appeal to admirers of moving picture "•fans." This attrac tion remains throughout tlbe first 'half of the week. Adv.*** Parental Severity The ch'iWren of two centuries ago fell on »torn times, if oni> may believe ttiat the spirit of family life was ac THE GLOBE THE GLOBE You Get More Individuality jCsL in GLOB£ Clothes than EtV in any other clothes fmade in America —and we can prove it. You get more value, more wear, more ser vice, more out and out goodness—and we can And we're "chafing at the bit" for a chance to substantiate those facts. For they are facts and not claims. Exceptional values in ready-tailored suits, Chesterfield overcoats and snappy Balmacaans at *ls v THE GLOBE SCENE FROM "THE DUMMY" AT MAJESTIC TO NIGHT, yjpt- W - vjHj jpfc VJbB eurately expressed toy an excellent mother of that clay who said, without humorous inltent, that her children "loved her as sinners dread death." There is little <>oii'Nt that parental con trol ait that date was as rigorous as this ineodwte indicates. It is said that when JUt'le Andrew Elliott, afterward Lieutenant Governor of New York, ob jected 'to boiled mutton his fa'theT, Sir 'Gilbert KUiot, frowned. "Jjnt Mr. Andrew have boiled mut ton for 'breakfast," commamded the stern parent, "eold jnu'tton for dinner and cold mutton for supper till lie lias learned to like it.'' ORIGIN OF STARS It May Be That the Nebular Hypothe sus Is All Wrong The nebular hypothesis is that the stars were formed by the cooling and cohering of the gaseous nebulae. These "filmy veils of luminous gas," which are visible to the naked eye in the Milky way, are supposed to be star stuff. Many of these clouds have in their centers tiny spots of bright light, the supposed beginnings of new stars and suns. In 1910 astronomers at Lick observ atory discovered that the older a star becomes the faster it travels through WHEN you think Christmas you naturally think about gifts. When you think about a gift for a la'y why not choose a La Valliere and solve your perplexing problem. Here you will find hundreds and hundreds to select from. The price range is from $1.50 to S2OO. I>a Vallieres, with cold filled mountings and chain, warranted for 10 years, set with Pearls, Amethysts, Sapphires and Garnets, at 92.00 Ija Vallieres with solid gold mountings and chain, some with black enamel ornamentation, set with Diamonds, Rubies. 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The director of the Lick observatory says: "The effect upon our ideas of the connection existing between planeta ry nebulae and the stars is revolution ary. Apparently the stars have been evolved from planetary nebulae. "What, then, arc the nebulae if they are not star stuff? That is what the as tronomers at Lick have set themselves to determine."—Exchango. Fishbone in the Throat To remove a fishbone from the throat swallow a raw egg and follow, if pos sible, by eating plenty of mushed po tatoes. The ogg will carry the bone into the stomach, and the 'potatoes wtill prevent it from doing any injury there.
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