4 jj Let Your Christmas Gift Be A Substantial One | L In These Days of Christmas Buying This Store Offers You a High F 1 Grade of Service, A High Grade of Quality at a Low Range of Prices & \M What would please your son, your husband, your father, grandpa or perhaps a good old uncle more V r than a good warm serviceable Overeoat. We are cuttingg prices this week in high-grade Overcoats, Bal- [ J ft ( many cases one-half off. All styles, up-to-date Coats but they must, all go before our Inventory, which is Jj *jT taken right after Christmas. V | ! Bovs' Overcoats, Mackinaws and Reefers that formerly sold for $6, d*Q (J? A 7ft and I y $7, $8 and $lO reduced to <O-±. I O tpt) Lft Men's satin faced lapel black Overcoats that formerly sold for sl7, $lB, s2l and $21 — 98 E*fi Special fur-lined Overcoat original A (I Balmacaans and Mackinaws as AO I'M price sl2, this week l| i ow as Lf? EVEN AT THESE DEDUCTIONS YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BILL CHARGED IF YOU WISH Would Nat Fnoihar, Sister, Wife or Sweolhaart | | Appreciate tha Gift ef a Sst ef Furs f Jf\ |l' 2 much more tliini two dozen American Beauty Roses and perhaps she could f jdgks \ k get more use and comfort out of them. We have some special values in f mBSajBO/L 1 IJ|! ;r genuine Furs that we must clean up. Prolits are forgotten. 1, i 4 |fj || Some Handsome Sets from $lO to S6O. II Worth One-Fourth More 111' you want the gift to be a Watch, a Diamond Ring or any piece of §§« tM Jewelry we can save you on the purchase and give you Credit if you want it. SO HE QSIEAT SPECIALS whjle they last II An Automobile for 29c Spasi&l A Large flS* "L'Tfoiff Si ( -• Coffee Percolator sortmsnt of |j 19C tQntnsS (4 This is a regular 75c Toy but wo only have a few Baßlg I|| ■lJafj Eternal" pure aluminum. Lftj left — w f arp closing thorn out for 29c. It runs; all r „ . IW U IV Eacli one packed in a nice |£~ (4 yon have to do is start it. DUG VaIUC. carton. Jjs» 3 A special lot of Children's Rockers being closed out. Rockers worth 75c and $1 —for pwT $1.25 values, |j OUR STORE WILL NOT BE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL THE 19TH 1- OATtLY § FITZGERALD SUPPLY CO. «. 1 b FURNISHERS 29-31-33-35 SOUTH SECOND STREET CLOTHIERS 31 JM Our Location Means a Great Saving To You < i(g%g | : jj _ RAT PROVES DEATH CHAIR Test Shows Resistance Just the Same as a Human Being's Beliefoll te, Dec. 15. —In a hun dredth of a second the State's death chair at the new Central penitentiary, near here, killed a big gray rat in a tost made by the board of prison in spectors yesterday. The death choir will be put into ac tual use with a human occupant .Janu ary 2, and rats weTe selected for the final te»ts because it hias been found that their resistance to the current is precisely equal to that of man. The rodents" were fitted to the chair with special appliances. The first was killed so suddenly that the frightened glitter| was frozen in his eyes. Delicate in- j srtrunients attached to his body showed | that his heart tod stopped midway in * jumping beat. "It's five times as quick as I ~ I thought." said the chief electrician, ''and 50 times quicker than feeling.j The rat didn't feel so much as a j twinge. Ho didn't have time. It wasn't] any more painful than—well, than the dlarkness is when you switch off the lilgthta.'' 'Several similar tests indicated mar velous efficiency and almost unthink able precision in tlhe management of the chair. READING LOSES SUIT Supreme Court Decides Against Rail road In Action for Damages Washington, Dec. 15. —The Supreme Court yesterday reversed the opinion of the United States District Court of | Eastern Pennsylvania refusing dam | ages to the nan-resident parent of an | alien lalberer killed on a railroad. This I is the first decision upholding the Fed | eral railroad liability act on this phase. Tho decision was. given in the case HARRTSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 15, 1914. of Bridget McXlovern vs. the Philadel phia and Reading railway upon an ap peal from the decision of Judge Thompson, who ruled that a foreign parent could not recover the death pay ment. The Supreme Court in reversing the j opinion, placed the costs on tho railway. HUMANITY VS. BUSINESS Former Wins in $1,500,000 Order to the Pullman Company Chicago, Dec. 15.—Yuietide good feeling won a race with strict business at the (Pullman Company offices when the recent order from the Northern Pa cific railroad for $1,500,000 worth of equipment was under consideration. And the spirit of YuJetide won. From an authoritative source it is learned that the order was accepted on practi cally a cost basis for the purpose of giving Pullman employes—there are 6,5'00 of them—a chtuice to bring Christmas good cheer into their homes. ' Maybe it wasn't good business and ma.Vbe it was," said a high official of the company. "We think it was. We feel that in times like these it is up to the big concerns to set a good exjimplo by looking on the humanitarian aide." Honesty the Best Policy Doubtless the sorest man in t)he Unit ed 'States to-day is the fellow who dropped his purse, containing S9O, while he was robbing a chicken coop, and who is afraid to c(ajm his property. Verily, honesty ia-the 'best policy.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Killed Sou; Now Gets Divorce Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 15. —Five years ago, Mrs. Mary Granger, of Ashland, while temporarily insane, cho'kod lier 6- : year-old son to dentil. She alleged that 'her husband's harrfh treatment was re | sponsible for her condition and yester day the court granted her a divorce. 7 KILLED IN MS EXPLOSION ( Eight Other Victims, Mostly Children, Injured, Some Fatally, and Several Are Missing Cleveland, Dec. 15. —Seven are dead, eight injured, some fatally, and half a dozen are missing as the result of a supposed gas explosion which de molished a two-story brick apartment ami business block at 11616 Madison avenue, at 6.10 last evening. Of fifteen dead and injured, dug from the burning ruins immediately after the Wast, eleven are children. Five of the dead are known to be chil dren. Henry Ha/ner, 40, 'proprietor of a photograph gallery on tfoe ground floor of the building; his wife, 35, a>nd one »on, Tony, 7, were taken out dead. Henry Haner, JT., 11, is missing., Mrs. Pertka and her daughters, Mar garet and Susie, who occupied the ground floor with t)he Hanes, are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hartnwun, with their tiwo daughters, Barbara, 8, and Elizabeth, 9, are at the German hos pital, believed to be fatally injured. John Engst, 38, ami his daughters, Mlay, 4 1-2, and Lizzie, 8, are also at the German hospital, and their injuries are said to be fatal. Engst's arms were blown off. Othens belioved to have been in the 'building wthcn the blast let go are not accounted for. L G. Sohooley, who had just passed the buildim* oai a weetilvound oar, said tho explosion almost lifted the car from the tracks. "I looked mound quickly," he said, | 'and saw a sheet of flames shoot out in all directions. We rushed froim the car, and by the time we reached the spot nothing remained but the ruins piled up in the basement, with walls ajul timbers thrown clear across the street.'' DGN'TPUT JFFSHOPPING Everybody Will Be Rushed From Now on Until tho Christmas Trade Ends If you've got any more Christmas shopping to do, do it now. The longer you put it off, tho harder it will be come. Crowds will be the rule until the holidays. Of course, if you want to avoid all worry and trouble, and at the same time make everybody '<appy that receives it, give tho Star independent 's Bibles as Christmas presents. And what delight ful presents they do make, too! It is a $5 volume, unless you present one cer tificate clipped from the Star-Independ ent, which entitles you to a copy o[ this magnificent Bi.ble for only the ex pense items of distribution. It's an easy way to get your Christ inas presents, and the saving certainly makes it worth your while. How many of these $5 volumes will you want? It wi'! be better to get one too many than not enough. Clip to day's Biible certificate from another page of this issue and got your Bibles as soon as possible. IN PLOT TO BLOW UP CHURCH Miscreants' Dynamite Is Found on I Lawn of Edifice Lebanon, I'a., Dec. 15.—The police! yesterday began an investigation into! the mystery surrounding the finding of several sticks of dynamite on the lawn of St. Luke's Episcopal church, tho handsomest edifice in the city. There are no evidences of an attempt to explode the charge, sufficient not only to destroy St. Luke's, but sur rounding church and school properties. BEEF CATTLE ON 810 SCALE Lancaster County Project Promises Lower Meat Prices Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 15. —A company is being organized in this county to raise cattle for beef. The intention is to purchase 500 acres of good grazing farm land, aud to secure options on 5,000 acres adjoining, for use when the business grows. Those interested say that extensive cattle-raising in this county will mean lower meat prices. Mail Parcels at New Office It has been announced by Postmas ter Sites that the postoflice desires per-1 sons mailing parcels to do so at the new station, which was opened yester day morning in the Donaldson building, 206 North Second street, in order to relieve the congestion of the temporary quarters, in the Boyd building. It was said that the sub-station was necessary to take care of the largely increasing business of the local postoffiee and pa- \ trons can be accommodated with lnore satisfaction at the new station. Gentle Reminder A gentleman on a visit to another city entered a restaurant ami on leav ing took away with (him 'by mistake a hat belonging to another man. The liatfi were so nearly identical that the mistake was not detected, and the sur prise of : ttbe gentleman may 'be imagined when, reaching home, he glanced at, the lining of the hat and found written thero the words, "You darned fool, what did you ta'ke this hat fort"— Lippincott's. New Band Organized at WrightsvHle Wrightsville, Dec. 15.—This place now has a band, an organization being effected by the election of the follow ing officers: ['resident, Paul Fitzkoe; leader, William Raymond; vice presi dent, Joseph McLain; secretary, Clar ence Staple; treasurer, Samuel Siple; trustees, James Hamur, Paul Kinard and George H. Fahringer. For Longer Council Terms Heading, Pa., Dec. 15. —Mayor Stratton, president of the League of Third Class Cities, will advocate the adoption of a resolution at the meeting of Bhe league in Harrisburg December 30 urging tho Legislature to amend the Clark ibill increasing the terms of Coun eilimen of commissiongoverned cities from two to four years. Carpenter Pluages to Death Philadelphia, Dec. 15. Plunging from a wall to a pile of stones, 30 feet below, William Byrnes, a carpenter, yes terday was killed at a building opera tion at 25 South Sixteenth street. He was superintending the placing of joists and stumihled while walking along the wall. Byrnes was 64 years t old and lived at Sharon Hill. It is given out that golf in the limit ed States costs $50,000,000 a year. Even so, it is cheaper than the Euro pean game of ultimatum. 111 yfiwwMiVu n&\ You'll Have to Hurry 1 : When you have photographs made you want the best that it is possible to produce. Nothing else will answer when it comes to giving them to your most intimate friends. And yet, twelve photographic portraits cost no more than one average Christ inas gift of other kinds. Hut we must have time to make them right if you want the best. Therefore, arrange at once for a sitting. STUDIO OPEN FROM 7.00 A. M. TO 6.00 P. M. AS LIGHT AS SUNSHINE THE DARKEST DAY Rain or shine, light or dark, we can make good negatives of | you with our superior lighting effects. A speakable likeness in a photograph is the rule, not the I exception, in our work. All that money can buy in modern ap- j paratus, all that skill and knowledge can do is here, and make f it possible for us to guarantee absolute satisfaction. , MUSSER j BARS WIDOW HE HAS NOT Queer Clause In Broker's Will Based On Friend's Experience Now York, Dec. 15. —"I hereby solemnly declare that 1 am mimferried j and have never becin married," read,, tho will of Robert L. Kee-ne, a broker, j which was filed yesterday in Moutclair, | N. J., where he 'had long resided at 31» South Ful'lerton avenue, "but having j observed cases where claims have been | made against estates by reason of al- j lciged marriages, I direct fh'at if imv i woman shall satisfactorily prove that she is my widow, she is to have the sum of SSO and no more." Robert M. Boyd, Jr., cousin of Mr. Keone, his lawyer, said yesterday j Keene had no cause to fear the claim ' of any woman, tat he dictated the j clause 'because tihat thing once happen j' ed to the estate of a bachelor friend. The will devised $50,000 to a broth-j er, Herbert, and the remainder to his! mother. A brother, James, of Tacoma.j Wash., is ignored. CONVICT WEEPS FOR LOCKS Cut Off "Medicine Bill's" Head With Mustache for Full Woe Columbus, 0., Dec. 15.—Tears of 1 real sorrow trickled down tilie cheeks of William Melvin, known as a inedi- | cine fakir throughout the Middle West I under the name of "Medicine Bill," as j his luxurious hair, falling well below 1 his shoulders, was (Topped close bv di- j , reetion of the superintendent of the | i Bertillon room when he was committed ' to the Ohio penitentiary yesterday on ! i an indeterminate sentence of from 3 to j ■ 20 years. ; Following this his cup of woe was ! ■ filled when his mustache was removed. 1 i "It took me 18 years to raise that | 111 "" & | 5i ABRAHAM LI NCOLN SAIbt^NO'LiBRARV Ui 2 £5 WITHOUT TWO CERTAIN DOCKS THE BIBLE AND r\ • ftjr 1 SHAKESPEARE} HARDLY A QUOTATION USED IN LITERATURE t 0 The above Certificate £ Entitles bearer to this $5.00 Illustrated Bible | 1 ► If preNnted at the office of tSis newspaper, together with the stated amount that i I i I covers the necetrary EXPENSE items of this great distribution— including clsrk hire, cost of packing, checking, express from factory, etc., etc. w f MAGNIFICENT (1 ijlustration in announcements from day to day) is ♦! I! ii i ncTDATrn bounc ! ' n fl c:: >kle limp leather, with overlapping covers * ~ ILLUSIKAI to and title stamped in gold, with numerous full-page plates { I > A{- Edltloa in color from the world famous Tissot collection, together ♦ Jt ol the with six hundred superb pictures graphically illustrating J 'BIBLE tna ' c ' n K plain the verse in.die light of modern Biblical $ I knowledge and research. The text conforms to the# J! authorized edition, is self-pronouncing, with copious ■ t , , marginal references, maos and helps: printed on thin I* - j/y Amount • U bible paper, Hat opetiing ml beautiful, I* 1* EXPENSE ♦ j J readable type. One Freo Certificate tnd the Items J J [ The $3 l* he e Vs C bloS e"r p e t " Ai so an Edition for Catholics t ( I ILLUSTRATED the style of bindiag, Through an exclusive arrangement we Z ' ' BIBLE which is in silk cloth: have been most fortunate in securing the • I I contains all of the illus- Catholic Bible, Douay Version, endorsed $ ' ' tratlon, and I a T - " b ' r Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop • II mipi «u fm I Ql*» fypfnVp (now Cardinal) Farley, as well a. by the • !' certificate and OIC JJirtwat various Archbishops ol the country. The# I I ■»" Item. illustrations consists of the full-page en- ♦ ' ' g-ravings approved by the Church, with- • ' I out the Tissot and text pictures. It will be distributed in the saftie bindings as the Prh- ♦ ; J lestant book, and at the snnje Amount Kxpense Items, with the necessary Free Certi6cate. J [ MAII. OKDKKM- Any b«--k by paro«l post, includs'EXTßA 7 cents within X . . ISt miles: 10 cents ISO to (00 mtlM; for traater distances ask your poatmutar T , ; amount to Inolude for • pounds. K X I I* hair," said he, "and I am worrying more about its loss now than 1* am about my prison term. He was convict ed of a wihite slave offense. TWICE IN JAIL FOR CONTEMPT Failure to Keep Promise This Time May Mean Long Term Pottsvijle, Pa., Dec. 15.—Fred Su per, a business man of Mt. Hope, was yesterday imprisoned for the second \ titno within a week by Judge Bechtel j for contempt of (Jourt in refusing to open an alley or street adjoining his property, which he has closed up. Last week Super was imprisoned for this offense, but when he paid the costs j and promised to open the street, he was | allowed to go. Hut when allowed his | liberty Super again refused to open the ( street, and his imprisonment term is j now indefinite, as Court declares the | order will not be denied again. 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