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Mailed to subscriber* far Three Dollars s /ear in advance THE STARJNDEPSNDBNT Tbe paper with tlie largest Home Circulation in Hanrtsbnrg and •aarby towns Circulation Examlara by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES: BELL" Nvais Branoh Eiohan**. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY M»aU Branch Eaohango, . No. >45.244 Saturday. December 12, 1914. DECEMBER Sun. MOD. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, 2nd: Last Quarter, IOth: New Moon, lflth; First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FORECASTS I*"'?** Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to- . night with lowest temperature slightly below freezing. Sunday increasing ; cloudiness probably becoming unsettled Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night. Sundav increasing cloudiness probably S"\>ouJv beconiing unsettled by night. Moderate westerly winds. YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBTJRG Highest, o7; lowest, 33: Ba. in., 35; Bp. m., 36. LET THE LAMBS BEWARE! With the plan of resuming floor trading in eer- j tain specified storks on the New York Stock Ex change put into effect to-day, a step was taken in . the direction of increasing the activities of the i banking and commercial interests that have neces sarily been hampered ever since the Exchange closed its doors at the start of the European war. The closing of the Exchange at the opening of i hostilities was wise and constituted a safeguard for the market values of American securities which un doubtedly would have dwindled to points far below their intrinsic worth as a result of the unloading thai would have come from abroad. But. at least in the judgment of the conservative governors of the Sto-k Exchange, the crisis in financial affairs that the war brought about has in some measure passed, and it is safe now to remove many of the restrictions that were put on trading in stocks. At the same time the cautious investor will re double his caution when it comes to a question of making purely speculative commitments. The Wall Street wolfs, as represented by the professional Stock Market gamblers, so long deprived of the means of support, are hungry and may be counted ou to be lying in wait for the innocent lambs. In other words speculative buyers will be wise if they retrain from placing too much confidence in the permanency of any decided change, up or down, in the prices of securities. They should remember that the professionals are always ready to manipu late prices to their own advantage and that arti ficial price movements are often disastrous to those who are too strongly committed to a prospective movement of prices in any given direction. The effect of the war on the world of finance is by no means entirely eliminated and may be re fleeted at any time in a big jump upward or down ward in the prices of stocks and bonds. GIVE USEFUL PRESENTS! Resplendent stores in their holiday dress are at tracting crowds of shoppers these days and will continue to be filled until the last belated buyers leave the counters at the eleventh hour. People seem to be learning the advantages of early Christ mas buying and advice in that matter has become more or less unnecessary. Stress needs to be placed at this time, however, on the good of liberal buying and the wisdom of selecting useful gifts. There are those who would have the giving of Christmas presents lessened in extent, or even en tirely abolished. Sentimental considerations, of course, call for active opposition to such proposals, but there is a very practical side to the matter as well, and sound common sense demands that this year, if ever, Americans should exchange useful Christmas gifts with the greatest liberality that reasonable prudence will permit. The buying of holiday goods in abundance during the next two weeks will mean wonderful encourage ment for this country's prosperity, for the gifts to be exchanged on Christmas merning are the products of industry,—to a large extern of this na tion's industry. Liberality this season in giving will not only gladden the recipients and gratify the givers, but will also cheer men and women who will earn needed money in stores and factories because of a lively holiday business. There can be no waste and no hardship in Christ mas giving if the givers are careful to select use ful presents. There are plenty of things that every body needs and givers should use care in ascertain- HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1914. ing just what articles their friends actually require. Let the slogan this year, more than ever, be: GIVE USEFUL PRESENTS! DEATH OF OANFIELD, THE GAMBLER The death in New York yesterday of Richard Canlield, most widely known for the fact that he made the gambling of others a business a* carefully conducted as that of any great banking house or industrial concern, removed a picturesque figure from the whirl of cosmopolitan life. It is said that Canfield's gambling house in Sara toga, in the palmy days of racing at that famous resort, was conducted on a more elaborate scale even than Monte Carlo, but that Canfield himself never tasted liquor and never engaged in a game of chance. His house was open only to the rich and no beverage less costly than champagne was ever sold there. So careful was he of the quality of his patronage that, through commercial agencies, he kept in close touch with the financial standing of all the persons who visited his house for gaming, and he always barred the man who could not pay. That Canfield wSs a man of strong personality is admitted by all who knew him. He was silent, de termined and methodical in his "business' methods. It was only after the most determined fight that District Attorney Jerome at one time succeeded in having the courts of the State of New York fine Canfield a paltry $1,0(X) for being a "common gam bler." Canfield had many of the finer instincts. He was a lover of art and had a wonderful collection of art treasures. His friends, —and they were many,— professed to have a high regard for him and de scribed him as loyal and generous toward those he esteemed. He often would advance large sums of money to men who lost heavily at the gaming table, —but it must be said that he had to be satisfied of the financial status of those to whom he made loans, j There may have been retribution in the fact that j Canfield met a violent death, —it was from injuries he received in a fall in the subway. If his relatives! ever undertake to collect damages from the subway i company it will be interesting to learn what value! a jury will place on the life of a man like Canfield. I THE GERMAN UNIVERSITIES It is not likely that any great number of Ger-1 mans take seriously the contention of a few that j students of nations now at war with the Fatherland j ought not to be permitted, in coming years, to enter j German universities and derive benefits therefrom.; Those who favor the admittance of former foes! to the German institutions of learning point out the German people as a whole are not so selfish as to desire that nation to isolate itself from the others in the matter of educational advantages which the German universities possess, in many instances, over the universities of other nations., There is knowledge to be had in German univer sities.—knowledge which students from other coun , tries have sought for years. Germany as a nation is liberal-minded enough to recognize that by mak | ing its educational advantages available to the en tire world it is benefitting Germany as well as the other countries. Those few Germans who would bar English, French and Russian students from the Fatherland's educational centers at the close of the war are. per haps. momentarily too strongly prejudiced against their nation s foes, but they are so few as compared with the great mass of liberal-minded subjects of the Kaiser that their contention will hardly prevail. Yesterday was the darkest day Philadelphia has seen since 1523. Hope it was due to the smoke of increased industry. Half a mill lopped off the tax rate is the promised Christmas gift of the City Commissioners to the people of Harrisburg. Pennsylvania will not be without some new laws, judging from the number of organizations framing legislative rec ommendations. Postmaster Sites will have 30 extra men to help him at the postoffire in the Christmas season and that means Santa Claus will arrive on time. Colonel Boosevelt says parrot meat he ate when in Brazil was not so bad, but he did not care much for the monkey chops. We might add that despite the efforts of some folks to discredit the Colonel's South American stories none of them so far has succeeded in makfng him eat crow. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN SONG OF THE TICKER The idle days at last have fled, Construction time is here instead. Though wars destroy and nations bleed, I pledge a better day and creed. I buzz and whir and jerk and stop. Then chase quotations to the top. And men may buy and men may sell, For I perform my mission well. I run my happy course with zest. And glad the secrets in my breast. Of mines and ships and wealth to be And wide flung signs of industry. Ta ra, tarum, like kettle drum, I beat quick step for joys to come, The past is dead. Long live to-day! I'm off again, hip, hip hooray! —H. S. Haakins, in New York Sun. MORE MERCIFUL Producer—"The comedians seemed nervous. What they needed was life." Critic—"You're too severe! Twenty years would be enough."—Judge. CHANGES WITH THE SEASONS See, here, said Mrs. Gabb, "I got out your last winter's suit to-day and I found a lot of long, blonde hairs on the vest." "Well," replied Mr. Gabb, "you seem to forget that you were a blonde laat winter."—Cincinnati Enquirer. HAS THE HABIT When a man aays I don t want to complain," it means that ha complains most of the time.—Atchison Glob*. (Tongue-End Top ks) Mr. Nead'i Gtvtl WM Pictures B. M. Ne««l, of this city, has a most interesting collection of pbotograpbß and other relics of the Oivil war, somo of which he showed by means of lan tern sli.ies during his talk before the l>auphin County Historioal Society the other evening, exciting much interest : among those who e>sw them. Mr. Xead s talk took his audience away i back to the (lays of the John Brown I raid, and he showed a picture of Old I (Wnwatamie ftini some of the men con- I uected with him in the raid at Har j per's Ferry, when the j>oor, misguided Kansan thought he could fight the j Sterto of Virginia and the United States government and set the negroes free. There was a picture of the OhambersbiiTg house in which Brown stopped when perfecting his plans; one of the old quarry near Chainbersrtwrg where the conspirators met; pictures of Harper's Ferry and houses that were occupied during the raiailiea a.nil the Pennsfylvania State Editorial Association, held in the Manufacturers' Club. No definite ac tion was taken. Following the meeting George A. Gorgas, Edw. F. Doehne, President. Vice President. Security Trust Co. TO ALL OUR FRIENDS: * , Our 1914 HOLIDAY SAVINGS CLUB checks are now coming to you. Watch the mails. THE 1915 CLUB is already open and you can join now. EVERYONE should join. WONDERFUL how much is saved in this way. EVERY CUSTOMER WELL PLEASED AND HAPPY. We want our FRIENDS, NEW and OLD, to join. YOU CAN SAVE with a bank account. We make it easy for you. MAKE THIS BANK YOUR BANK. Security Trust Co. J. 0. S. Poorman, Treasurer. 36-38 N. Third Street. EAST END BANK Thirteenth and Howard Streets WILL OPEN A CHRISTMAS SAVINGS SOCIETY First regular payments begin Monday, Decem ber 28, 1914, at 9 o'clock A. M. OBSERVE HOW IT IS DONE One Cent Deposited Firßt Week, Two Cents Second Week and Thrte Cents Third Week and so on for Fifty Weeks, will give (t 1 *7 C y°u •plx.yd Two Cents Deposited First Week, Four Cents Second Week and Six Cents Third Week and so on for Fifty Weeks, will give CA you •pzd.du Five Cents Deposited First Week, Ten Cents Second Week and Fifteen Cents Third Week and so on for Fifty Weeks, will give r you *p03.75 One Dollar Deposited First Week, One Dollar Second Week cA AA and so on for Fifty Weeks, will give you 4)*SU.UU Or you may begin with the highest amount and reduce your paymcntH for the same amount each week so that your last payment' at the end of fifty weeks will be lc, 2c or sc. We have added another plan which is a separate payment of the. same amount each week, 25c, 50c and $1 weekly. INTEREST WILL BE ADDED to all accounts paid in full at the end of fifty weeks—just in time for Christmas. OPEN EVERY SATURDAY EVENING You can call and open your account anytime between December 18, 1914, and January 2, 1915. E. A. HEFFEX.FINGER, President JOHN K. MAY, Vice President AL, K. THOMAS, Cashier it was announced the matter would be referred by the executive committee to the general organizations. That the proposition will be pressed hard was intimated after the meeting, although it was apparent that many favored a plan whereby the increase in price should affect only communities outside of the citv or town in which the papers are published. Various questions of legislation af fecting newspaper publishers were dis cussed, and plans were outlined for the repeal of burdensome legislation and for opposing legislation to be consider ed at the next session. Philadelphia newspaper men not members of the association were pres ent as guests. J. H. Zerbey. editor of the Pottsville " Republic an, ' presided at the meeting anil luncheon which fol lowed, in place of E. J. Stack pole, of the Ha-rrisburg "Telegraph," presi dent of.the association,'who could not be present on account of illness. SADDER HOLIDAY SURPRISE ' York, P«., Dec. 12.—Coming home to surprise her mother with a Christ mas visit atter an a'bsence of more than a year, Miss Minnie Storage found her parent had died a week ago at her home in Dover, York county. Miss Storage had been living in Cleveland, and efforts to communicate with her at the time of her mother's death failed. J?he is prostrated with grief.