2
• \
Have You Considered as a Gift
to Your Own Household the
Uprights SSOO to S6OO Grands $650 to $1550
Terms: Cash or Partial Payments
All in Strict Confidence
Pianos of Scarcely Less Player Pianos of
Fame at Lower Prices Acknowledged Leadership
: Makes that liave passed the ex-
Whose quality is sure, and whose perimental stage and have stood the
reputation is established. The test of time. The
Everett, SSOO to SBSO Chickering-Angelus, $ 1050
Hardman $425 to SSOO Knabe-Angelus,
Bush & Lane, S4OO to SSOO Emerson-Angelus $825
P oo i e to 5547 B » Janssen-Angelus, S7OO
Merrill $350 to $450 Autotone, $550 to $650
Kimball, !'.'.!!!!!! $325 to $450 Au topiano, Playatone and Pianista^
SJUS to ssoo
Any of which you may be justly A practical demonstration will
proud to own, and can now choose easily convince you of their merit,
and have set by for Xmas by mak- Come in any day or evening,
ing the required cash deposit, which Be sure to ask about our music
is quite nominal; balance monthly, roll library privileges and let us ex
quarterly or otherwise. plain our Liberal Payment Plan.
Order Your Xmas Victrola
Another large shipment of the latest improved models has just arrived.
Come in and hear them demonstrated side-by-sidc. All prices, sls to $275 ;
Cash, or liberal Xmas terms.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK
J. H. TROUP MUSIC HOUSE
Troup Building 15 South Market Square
-
HAIRPINt AID IN SURtiEKY
Strangling Girl's Throat is Held Open
Just in Time to Save Her
Pittsburgh', Dee. 2. —Four hairpins,
in lieu of a silver tube, saved the life
of Blanche Bost, aged 15, of No. 307
C'opeland avenue, North Braddoek,
when two physicians as a last desper
ate resort made an incision in her
throat after she had ceased breathing,
and to all appearances was dead.
Early last week the girl developed
signs of quinsy. Dr. Clarence Bair, of
Braddoek, was called and treated her.
§ I STAR-INDEPENDENT. f \\
H > ABRAHAM LI N&VIN ±Alfl: '*NOMJE}AaRV |& Uj !!
i, p WITHOUT TWO CERTAIN BOOKS —THE BIBLE AND Fif (I
! | {££ ?H AT E | S^NO R T E L r O «S^° TAT,ON USEO IN LTERATURC SB
■s not taken FR Pr aaafite fflt
I | The above Certificate 1 '
;; Entitles bearer to this $5.00 Illustrated Bible!|
pres«nt«d at th« office of tSii newspaper, together with the stated amount *k-» I I
!» c< "* c u r L h Mr n r;r rr f Ex P ENsE k i> T . sjc ::
, i $ 11
j I MAGNIFICENT (l&e illustration in announcements from day to day) is !!
0 111 IICTDATrn H n .! n flexible limp leather, with overlapping covers * 1
< ► ILLUoIKAI tli and title stamped in gold, with numerous full-page plates i!
II OtZ Edltlo® m color from the world famous Tissot collection, together < '
{) Ol the with six hundred superb pictures graphically illustrating {1
818 L E ? nd "? a j ing pla , m the verse injfie light of modern Biblical J1
< | « • « j# .knowledge and research. The text conforms to the * 1
j authorized edition, is self-pronouncing, with copious 1
marginal references, maos and helos: printed on thin L. ** . !
f bible paper, flat opening at all pages; beautiful, |9]*iZ ' >
( > readable type. One Free Certificate and the *
! 1 $ ® S AJwanEdiHonfor Catholic.;;
! £• t t3^,c : of V Th ' ou * h an e*du«ive arrangement we < >
! i BIBLE which is in silk cloth; have been moot fortunate in securing the j )
contains all of the illus- Catholic Bible, Douay Version, endorsed < »
( | tratlons and I oy Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop I I
[ maps. One free I Q1 r EXPFN<IF ' now Cardinal) Farley, as well a> by the < >
.. certiorate and °*** ft™. yarioui Archbishops of the country. The ( I
, , illustrations consists of the full-page en- < '
J » out the Tijsot and text pictures. It will be distribution p'r'o ! 1
1 I *"**"* b °° k * an<l at the * an l e A< n°unt Expense Itema. with the necessary Free Certificate. I I
' > M * IL ?, RDK J W T7^ ny bolt by pareol poat. Include EXTRA 1 cants within ! '
I ™ oenta It# to 100 mllaa; tor imltr di.tancas uk your trostmaat* ' 1
, , amount to Include for I pounds. v < i
Friday night she suffered a setback,
and early Saturday morning Dr. Blair
( was called, and, seeing the serious con
dition of the girl, called a throat spe
cialist, Dr. D. A. Metzgar, of Brad
i dock, into consultation. On discover
s ing the stage the disease had reached,
Dr. Metzgar said the child was beyond
human aid, but that an operation could
be performed to lessen her suffering,
as she was slowly strangling.
Realizing the necessity of immediate
. action, and 'fearing to delay until they
could secure a silver tube, the doctors
I made an incision in the child's throat,
and Dr. Metzgar held the cut' open
. with four hairpins while Dr. Bair
HARRTSBTTRG ST A K-TNDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1914.
, rushed to his office, where he pro
f cured the tube.
No anesthetics were used in the op
eration, which was a complete success.
- The girl was taken to the Braddoek
- General Hospital and is now on the
i road to recovery.
' "nly One "BROMO QUININE"
I 75.. , nev V you feel a cold coming on.
tnlnk of the full name. L*AX \TTW
> Look for signature
; hj. W. GROVE on box. 25c.
, NAVAL AUTHORITY DEAD
I Admiral's Writings ou Sea Power Modi
fled Policies of Nations
Washington, Dec. 2.—Rear Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan, U. S. N., retired,
who was admitted to have had a
greater influence upon the naval policy
of the world than any other man of hii's
time, died here yesterday.
Admiral Mahan had been a patient
in the Naval Hospital. He and Mrs.
Mahan came to Washington several
weeks ago from their home at Quogue,
N. Y., to spend the winter. About a
week ago the Admiral suffered an at
tack of heart trouble and was taken to
the hospital, wher e ho remained until
his death.
f *,
NEW
First Glass Up-to-Date
BARBER
SHOP
' NO. 208 STRAWBERRY AVE.
Bear of Bolton House
| The patronage of the
| general public as well as
my friends and former i
patrons is respectfully I
solicited.
i Chas. F. Kuhn
Proprietor
THE PLANTING OF TREES
Can Be Set Out Any Time in Fall and
Winter when (Hound la Not
Frozen, Saya Surface
A correspondent from the northern
part of Pennsylvania wrote to State
Zoologist H. A. Surface, asking for in
formation as to the proper time to
plant trees. The raply may interest
many persons who wish to plant one or
more trees about their premises before
the next growing season. It in based
upon experience in planting thousands
of trees, and is a« follows:
''You can transplant trees at any
time in ~the fall or winter when the
ground is not frozen. I would just as
soon plant in the fall as in the spring
as far as future growing is concerned,
and, in fact, I during recent yenrs have
been doing most of my planting in the
fall of the year. Trees that are hard
to get to grow, like cherry, are much
better planted in the fall. The main
point is that if you have the trees at
hand for very early spring planting,
and they have been wintered properly
and in good condition, thalt, on the
whole may prove to bo the best time
for planting; but between planting late
in the spring and at any time during
the fall or early winter, I very much
prefer the latter. The poorest time of
the year to plant trees is late in the
spring. I am frequently asked, ' How
'ate can I plant f There is but one re
ply to this, and that is, ' The earlier the
'better.''
"You should bear in mind that at
the time of planting the tops should be
<rut back in proportion to the root cut
ting that was done in digging the tree.
This means in most cases that three
fourths of the top should be cut off.
Leave some twigs with buds, as growth
starts quicker and surer if the buds are
there than though the tree must push
forth new shoots from latent or unde
veloped buds."
SCHOLARS LEAVE TO MUSIC
Even Teachers Did Not Know Class
room Was Ablaze
Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—With a live
ly march record on the school phono
graph and a teacher playing an accom
paniment on a piano, 460 pupils of the
William S. Pierce Public School, Twen
ty-fourth and Christian streets, march
ed out of the building in perfect or
der, unaware of the fact that fire had
broken out in one of the classrooms.
Not until the arrival of fire engines did
the children and most of the teachers
know of their danger.
The smoke from the fire was discov
ered coming from behind a cooking
range by the teacher of a cooking class.
She informed the principal, Miss Mary
Wallace, who told the pupils that they
were to bo dismissed early and started
the music. An overheated pipe prob
ably caused the fire, which was ex
tinguished before much damage was
done.
TO HANG ONR AT A TIME
Arizone Board of Control Overrules
Governor's "Bee" Plan
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 2. —"Hang
them one ait a time," was the word
sent by the board of control yesterday
to R. B. Sims, warden of the peniten
tiary. The board refused to grant a
permit for a special scaffold for the
hanging bee on December 19, and re
jected an offer foom J. F. Kudian, ot
Cheyenne, Wyo., to construct a scaf
fold on which all the men would spring
their own traps at the same moment.
Governor Hunt had said that the
i scaffold in the jail yard, the only
where it could be placed under the
j law would have an undesirable effect
j on the other prisoners.
The list to baji>g 6n Deceunber 1!)
; was reduced yesterday to six, when
| the Governor was notified that W. W.
j Kermeen, Francisco Garcia, Atha M.
! Leonard, John Tomlin and Kichard
j had succeeded in get-
I ting applications for new trials before
I the Supreme Court.
The governor h'as practically decid
j ed to test in court the law taking from
! him the pardoning, reprieving and
I commuting power and placing it in the
! hands of the board. This law was pass
j ed by the Legislature and upheld by
the voters last month.
Plunges 30 Feet With Wheelbarrow
Wilkes-Barre, Doc. 2.—As he was
running a wheelbarrow loaded with con
crete over the scaffolding at the top
of the second floor of the now Nanti
coke High school building yesterday,
Pasquale Deserte, aged 35 years, ran
the .barroW into a snag and "it pitched
over the side, carrying Deserte along.
Deserte and the barrow fell fifty feet
amd 'he sustained a bad scalp wound
and several broken bones, besides in
ternal injuries which may cause his
death.
Oregon Abolished Death Penalty
Salem, Oro., Dec. 2. —Official returns
from the recent election yesterday
showed that, the amendment to abolish
capital punishment in Oregon was car
ried by a majority of 157. The affirm
ative vote was 160,552 and the nega
tive 100,395.
Lebanon Jury Wheel Filled
Lebanon, Dec. 2.—Judge 0. V. Hen
ry and Jury Commissioners Adolphus F.
Lohse and William Miller, with their
clerk, W. L. Brunner, deputy sheriff,
yesterday filled the jury wheel for next
year. Six hundred and fifty names were
placed in the wheel.
Entertainment to Boost Playgrounds
Lebanon, Dec. 2.—The Lebanon Ath
letic Association will give an entertain
ment in the Academy of Music on Sat
urday afternoon and evening for the
purpose of raising some part of a fund
necessary for the prnper equipment of
the children's playground which will be
opened to the children of the city in the
spring of 4915.
Size of an Atom
"Radium emanations," said Profes
sor William Crookes in a lecture in Lon
don, '' are due to the breaking down of
th« atom of radium, and electricians
are constantly flying off with about
two-thirds the speed of light (182,000
miles per second). These electrons are
now looked upon as being absolute
units of negative electricity. To try
to illustrate their size is difficult. Im
agine on e drop of water magni<fle<l to
the size of the earth (8,000 miles in di
ameter). An atom would then be about
the size of a walnut or a cricket ball.
Now magnify the cricket ball or atom
to a cube of about 100 feet each side.
The electron would be about the size
of this dot (.) —one one-hundredths of
an inch in diameter. The mind cannotl
conceive such figures."
___ (eeoham's^v
Woham's Pilbtv
/Pills>«tfohaa' B Pft^-*feeoham' B Pil
/5 Bo#oham^8 Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's PiJ
I JJ-ll" Besohaa's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham'B pill
. f ESS The Boon |!i|
/• »fj of Every Woman |s\
b i 8 * 8 £°° d health and there must naturally dwell a Pills)
Ym's Pills t0 feel> and to be > as well a s to look her Pill/
jjjjt g piiig best; but in the life of every woman certain condi- Pily
A am* s Pills tions cause suffering unless Nature is given help.
»8 Pills * Beecham ' B Pi llß have proved they are the best help pi:L (
jeoham's Pills any woman can obtain. This matchless and thor
poham' s Pills oughly tried remedy will tone your stomach, stimu- p H"i\
Wiam's Pills late your kidneys and liver, regulate your bowels and puiA
pham | s Pills remove the impurities which cause headaches, back- P ill a)
Jo 1 s pills a o * l68 ' lassitude, extreme nervousness or irritability. P illi'
a few doses and see how Beecham's Pills will Pilf
feeeoham'l Pill! help y° utoesca P e unnatural suffering and how with PiU.
Be eo Imm'a Pills P urer > richer blood will come brighter spirits, better PillV
\eeoham's Pills health, a skin free from blemishes or sallowness.
Seoham's Pills " vwt
HSi Is Beeepanfc pais sgf
joham's Pills „ J w
Boham's Pills ie* Pill
/•oham's Pills Dir.cti<m, of apocial polo, to with Mry box JVIV
leoham's Pills Beecham* B Pills Jeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pi]/
(eoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pi/
|eoham s Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pi
Xoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pi
"*Ws Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's Pi\
xs Pills Beeoham's Pills Be eo lam's Pi)
Yarn's Pills Beeoham's Pills Beeoham's pi*
Pills Beeoham's Pills Beech
Pills Beeohr
£jjl 3
RUSH OF VIOLENT DEATHS
Twenty-eight of Them in Isolated Cases
In County in a Month
Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 2.—Cororaer <3.
H. Moore, of Schuylkill county, reports
a record number of tragic cases of death
for last month, surpassing all former
monWis of the year. There were 28 in
all, and of this numiber seven were
deaths from mine accidents, seven on
t'ho railroads and one from a premature
dynamite explosion.
Included in his report was the killing
of Patrick Rigney, on a trolley bridge,
and tJhat of Stiney' Porcilaitis, who lost
his life in the rec'ent Girardville fire.
Out-of-town customers need not wait
until they come here personally. Our
Catalog (free on request) explains why.
Price printed on every article. We buy
from manufacturers and, can save you
the middle-man's profit.
H. C. Claster, s.
Gems, Jewels, Silverware,
302 Market Street. Adv.
Child Palls and Scalds to Death
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 2.—Bertha
Dianski, aged 2 years, daughter o£
John Dianski, of Glen Lyon, fell into
a bub of scalding water thait her moth
er had placed on the floor yesterday,
and was so badly scalded that there is
no hope of the child's recovery. Mrs.
Dianski had left the house to hang
clothes on the line and when she re
turned the baby was in the water.
Tried to Stop Belt, Nearly Killed
Nazareth, Dec. 2. —Trying to stop
a moving belt, as a test of his strength
almost proved fatal at the Fiery flour
•mill to Paul Yotter. The young man
boasted of his strength to companions
■and grabbed hold of a belt attached to
a line shaft. The next instant he was
flying through the afr. An arm was
broken.
fviyJs'C \\ \>\ fla y or * The P ul P was dry t
r*"" stringy and the juice—well, there /
«j/J / :.; ! ;' 1 wasn t much of it but what there was you found
jy ( KC I to be flat and sour. Not much pleasure in eating *
« 1 I ? ran^ es that! The fruit was insipid and taste
(V \ "P, J less because it didn't ripen on the trees. V
/ Again you have eaten the other kind of Florida oranges— \
Ys. " 7 '- / thin-skinned fruit filled with sweet, delightful juice. These \
"?*<■< / oranges tasted so good— um! How you smacked vour \
te at ?u Clr deUghtfu l flavor! They were so fine, simply \
/ because the growers had left them on the trees until fully ripe \
/ miners of the fruit, progressive th ° Se of the con ' \
I co-operative organization. The members Are nl#><Wri t u r° r, da some years ago formed a \
/ handled with extreme care tP V*® fruit * that *»* been \
J for market—it never isSuchSby hu^h^dl' T pare *2* fruit 1
I This mark in JWB M MWBL A
and wrappers Jj Z""hu/,
I ■ HHH VHP |
\i. the Pan™ Brown—named alter L «Sd old SLffct '3 "??• Th \«"»'s r P»« °< tie /
\ preacher who had a fine orange crove Th«* Ct Produced by members of the Florida m
\ Parson Brown oranges ma3n KbrrTnH £"" Exchan 6.<\ When you buy Parson /
\ November, and often \S£ S, gCa that <*"* the Ex- /
\ inside before tluy have become altogether tmeTnlmt SUre .! hey are /
2ss " u /
/^ > / \ Bo ? k,rt •* citn » *™t recipes, telling how te use and
I WTe ' m,i ** ' our centl " *timpi by jpj|ppp ft jji I
f
11l HUNTERS ABE KTT.T.F.D
Reports Compiled for Hunting Season
Just Ended
Chicago, Dec. 2.—On© hundred and
eleven dead and 162 injured is tlhe
'hunting toll in 17 States for the sea
son just ended, as comparer! with 135
dead and 125 injured a year ago, ac
cording to reports received Ihere. Last
year's statistics came from, twenty-one
States.
Accidental discharges of guns claim
ed 35 victims, 24 men were shot for
dragged guns accounted for 12,
and tlhe remainder sli'fiped and fell,
were cleaning guns or were drowmed,
eight meeting death toy drowning.
CHRISTMAS TREES 0 CENTS
Farmer Gets That Sum While Ultimate
Consumer Pays 50c
Rutland, Vt., Dec. 2.—Shipment of
1,000,000 Christmas 'trees from .this
State to city markets j n other parts of
the country has 'begun. Within the past
two or three days several carloads of
evergreens hatfe been started on their
way.
The farmer has received six or seven
cents a tree from shippers this year.
In the retail markets the trees may
bring fifty cents ami upwards. New
York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and 'Bal
timore are the chief cities to which
trees are shipped from Vermont.
Two Entombed Miners Rescued
Hazleton, Dec. 2.—William Judge
and Joseph Jat&de, McAdoo miners,
employed in the Beaver Brook slope
of the C. M. Dodson Coal Company,
were rescued alive after having been
buried by a fall of coal, and are con
valescing in the Ilazleton State hos
pital.
ACCUSES MAN OF ATTACK
Woman of 80 Points Out Alleged As
sallant In Court
Williamaport, Pa., Dec. 2.—"That's
the man," exclaimed 'Mrs. Christiana
'Le'hman, 82 years old, as she pointed to
Christ Schilling, who was arraigned in
•court yesterday on a charge of attack
ing t'he aged woman in her home near
Hepbumville, where she lived alone.
While telling her story on the witness
stand the aged woman Collapsed and
•had 'bo 'be carried from tlhe room.
Schilling denies his guilt and wit
nesses were called to establish an alibi.
AUTO DEALS DEATH TO DODGER
Confusion Leads Him to Step Directly
in Its Way
Potfcsville, Pa., Dec. 2.—While driv.
iiig his automobile near Sit. 'Clair, Jef
ferson Crow, a prominent 'contractor,
struck 'Charles Pavela, who ibecame 'be
wildered and stepped rigiht in the way
of the machine. Pavela sustained a five
inch ga-Sh in the right temple and many
lacerations, 'besides internal 'hurts.
He died at the local 'hospital. Wit
nesses exonerate Crow from blame.
Fined for Taking Coal
Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 2.—Nineteen
persons, all but one of whom were wom
en, each paid a fine of $lO and $3.50
costs for the alleged taking of coal aiti
the plant of the Eastern Steel Company
here. It is alleged that, t'hey had about
forty tons stored in their cellars.
Train Kills Brakeman
York, Pa., .Dec. 2.—Henry M. Wil
liams, Baltimore, a freight brakeman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, was instant
ly killed in the local yards here yester
day 'by 'being struck by a special train.
There were no witnesses to the acci
dent.