6 &tar-3nhrpen&eitt ( HHabiWir.l in IS7S) Published b* THK STAR PRINTING COMPANY. " f Star-lndopondont Building. IS MO M South Third Stroot. Hacrtaborc. Pa* '' Kwry l»«nin| E»c»pt Sunday Oftietr* ; Dincltrt : : TO>UMN F MN«L, JOBS L. L. KCHN. President. / W*. W. WAIXOWKK. «•«... X Vlee President K «""• 1 WM. K MITERS, Secretary and Treasmrer. WM. W WiLuwnt. WM U WARNER. V. HVMMIL BEROBAUI. JR . Business Manager Editor. All communications should be addressed to STAR IsnipssDrxT, Buslnes.-. Editorial. Job Printing or Circulation Department according to the subject matter Entered at the Pott Office in Harrisburj as aeoond clasa matter Benjamin & Kentnor Company. Sen York and Chicago Represeotatirei New York Office. Brunswick Building. Fifth ATanue \ Chicago Office. People's lias Building. Michigan Avenue. Delivered br carriers at 6 cents a week. Mailed to subscriber; tor Three Dollars a /eat in ad v »nee THE STAR INOEPENDENT The paper with the largest. Homt Circulation ID Hamsburg and Marby towns Circulation Examined by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. ~~ TELEPHONES BELL™ Private Branoh Eaehan#o- No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Eacnanga, . No. 245-246 Monday. December 21, 1914. DECEMBER Bon. Mon. 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, 10th; New Moon, 16th; First Quarter, 24th. f 'l'wem WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain this fIWTT, afterno. n. K»r and colder toniglit it — and Tuesday, l.owest temperature to night about 22 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and colder tonight and Tuesday. Fresh weft winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest. 39; lowest. 29; 8 a. m . 30; 8 p. m.. 30. PRACTICAL RELIEF WORK Although it was only in the latter part of last week that actual relief work was started by the Home and War Relief Association, practical results of this excellent enterprise already have come to light. This organization, with its several divisions of workers, aims to give relief in two directions at the same time. With funds placed at its disposal it I buys in Harrisburg materials which it gives to de serving poor people of this city—those who are I vouched for by the Associated Charities —and pays these poor people to make good, substantial cloth ing which will be shipped to the Belgian war suf ferers. Thus a double purpose is served. Work is given t« the poor of Harrisburg, who are enabled in this way to obtain needed assistance without becoming objects of charity, and the innocent war victims abroad are to become the recipients of much-needed warm apparel. By reason of the limited financial resources of j the association it has been decided that a limit of $3 will be placed on the amount to be paid out for work done by one person in a given week. This 1 does not mean, however, that a week is required to accomplish the work for which $3 is paid. One woman, who on Saturday received $3 worth of wDrk to do, went to the association's headquarters, 7 South Front street, this morning with all the work done. The association's plan has got a good start. It is the most practical sort of relief work that we know of. It is worthy of the financial support of all persons who can afford to give. SOME SELF-EVIDENT FACTS A reviewer of a recently published manual on "The Practical t se of Books and Libraries" good naturedly objects to the author's stubborn practice all through the volume of explaining self-evident facts. Although this author assumes that his read ers are high school students and would-be librarians, he insults their intelligence by informing them that "a dictionary is an alphabetical list of words of a language, with their derivations and meanings." He evidently takes nothing for granted. Going on the principle of the dictionary itself, which de fines in detail the commonest words, he demon strates everything carefully as he goes along. Un like many writers of text books, he leaves nothing fo the imagination. He is unrelentingly thorough. "To use an index," he explains, "look for the name of what is wanted in its alphabetical place, as in a dictionary or a telephone directory." In order to make this more clear, it should be added that if the name of what is wanted cannot be found in the dictionary the individual's spelling is manifestly defective and he ought to take a course in the subject. In case of the telephone directory, however, he can promptly call up the information clerk and worry her about it. Then too. in addition to the information that "the title of a book usually gives a hint of the book's contents," we are led to remark that the name of a book's author generally intimates who wrote the book. PATRIOTISM IN BRITISH WAR LOAN There is significance, beyond the emphasis it places on (he fact of the wealth and financial re- of the British people, in the announcement HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. MONDAY EVENING* DECEMBER 21, 1914. recently made that the new British war loan of $1,750,000,000 was oversubscribed by more than $100,000,000. It indicates the patriotism of the Brit ish subjects. While uo one, perhaps, would question the se curity of a British war loan or would regard it as anything except a safe investment, the rate of in terest on such an issue is for below what could be obtained on many other securities that are recog nized as "gilt edge." Indeed, as pointed out by a British financial authority, the $1,750,000,000 loan just floated was put out at an interest rate that is l l 2 per cent, lower than that paid on the bonds most recently issued in German to finance the war. Yet the English people are patriotic enough to go ilowu into their pockets ami produce $100,000,000 more than the amount asked for when they could have put all the amount ot\ the subscriptions in other securities that would have yielded them far more return. There are different kinds of patriotism than that displayed by brave soldiers on the field* of battle. One of these is that shown by the persons in Great Britain who provide the "sinews of war" in the form of British sovereigns. Rumors from some sources have been circulated, though of doubtful origin, that Great Britain, with her lack of a system of compulsory military service, has had sonic difficulty in obtaining all the recruits she needs for the army in the present conflict. The fact that the British people have so freely lent money to the government in the crisis of the war, when they could have invested it to so much more advantage elsewhere, —say in America where big rates of interest are offered now on high grade stocks and bonds. —may be taken as proof that, even if it is true that there has been*difficulty in getting enough British subjects to enlist in the fighting forces, it has not been through any lack of patriotism. CHEATING IN COLLEGE A sophomore and a freshman have been sus pended from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, ac cused of practicing dishonesty in class work. The one was dropped from the institution for a period of three weeks for "horsing" at an examination: that is for sneaking text books or perhaps some helpful notes into the, examination hall and using the same in answering the test questions. The other , was suspended for the rest of the school year be- j cause he submitted English themes not of his own composition and repeatedly denied that he was practicing the deception. It appears that the English professor who brought about the suspensions,—a new man on the faculty of the college,—has his own ideas about dishonesty in class work and has had the backbone to take nec essary action in this matter even at the risk of becoming unpopular with the student body. The other members of the faculty have thus far stood by him, according to accounts. The students seem to have been greatly agitated by the suspensions. Do they not have student gov ernment, and do they not have the honor system? Why should the faculty presume so far is to take into its own hands the punishing of the offending young men? The student body granted that the two men were guilty, ■"but lhat they were the only ones punished among many who have been guilty of similar offenses. - ' That was an unfortunate admission to make. If dishonesty is so prevalent at the college, it is about time that some of the guilty ones be punished, as examples. The law never reaches all violators, but those whom it does catch it punishes for the effect it will have on uncaught offenders. The interesting thing about the entire affair is that the students in their indignation meeting pro tested loudly against alleged injustice to two of their fellows, but said nothing, apparently, against the practice of cheating which started the trouble. Tf the students wanted to take any action following the suspensions, they should have got together and declared in one voice against the practice of "hors ing," thus upholding the faculty in its just action. That would have been the manly thing to do. If you didn't shop early do it as early as you can now! There will be a Christmas truce at least for dad who pays the bills. Mexicans always have been known to be excitable per sons, but it is too bad so many of them are losing their heads. If we don't see the sun again this year we hope at least it will come back in time for the Mummers' New Year's parade. m Judging from indications to-day it will be neither a white Christmas nor a green Christmas. It will be mud colored. TOLD IN LIGHTERVEIN THE TIGHT WAD'S ADVANTAGE Of course the tight-wad is awfully uncomfortable, but as a general thing he does not have to embarrass himself by asking his acquaintances to go on his note at the bank.— Galveston News. SOOTHING SILENCE If we lived in Oyster Bav we should attempt to inter view Colonel Hoosevelt every day, not to get a story, but just for the pleasure of having him reiterate, "Not one word, not » word!" His silence is so soothing anil restful. —Houston Post. NEW JOKE ON A GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN There's a fine bit of a story out on a well-known North Georgia Congressman, #ho has an agricultural bent of his own, and who dearly loves to send free seed to his con stituents. A woman wrote him recently asking for some garden seed. He sent back by return mail a generous sup ply of what she asked for, mailed in the regular official envelope. In a couple of weeks the seed went back to the Congressman The woman had read the cardan the comer of the envelope, which says: "Three hundred dollars'fine for private use." She wrote the following note to the Con gressman: "I am much obliged for the seeds, but I wanted them for private use and could not possibly afford to run the i risk of having to pay the S3OO fine."—National Monthly. I Tongue-End Topics Inauguration Weather Those who intend to participate in the inaugural festivities when Dr. Hrumbaugh is made Governor are wish ing for fair weather, but it is seldom that fair weather graces the occasion. Almost invariably it is a cloudy day, and very often great snow storms or very cold weather makes it very un comfortable. Of recent years it has not been so bad, but there were some inauguration days years ago that were | hummers. * . * Hard for the Marchers When Governor Stone was inaugu i rated the day was clear and the sun j shone beautifully. Governor Stuart j was greeted with cloudy weather and there were snow spits when Governor Peunypacker took office. When Governor Beaver went into office the weather was the coldest ever experienced on an inaugural day. The mercery was down to zero, and it caused intense suf fering among the men in the procession, many of whom had to be taken from the ranks of marchers. * * Snow Greeted Pattison It snowed on the day of Governor l'attison's first inaugural and he walked from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol, having expressed his determi nation to make his inaugural as simple as possible. 'He changed his mind when he was inaugurated the second time, and rode to the Capitol, and the weather was cold but clear. Snow flurries characterized the inaugural of Governor Tener, but there were evi dences of clear weathaj; later in the day. This year the inaugural ceremonies will be in the open on a platform in frout of the Capitol. DROPS DEAD AS HE JOKES Eugene Zimmerman, Railroad Financier Is Fatally Stricken Among Friends in Cincinnati Club Cincinnati, 0„ Dec. 21.—Eugene Zimmerman, former president of the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton rail road, and wealthy financier of this city, died suddenly at a club here late yesterday from hemorrhage of tho lungs. Mr. Zimmerman was the father of the Duchess of Manchester. He was 69 years old. The death of Mr. Zimmerman was unexpected, althou/h his health had not been good for the last few weeks. When he was seized by the fatal at tack he was engaged in studying rec ords of the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton railroad, preparatory, it is be lieved. to testifying before Commis sioner Hall, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who is conducting an in vestigation of the sale of that road and the Pere M.irquette to J. I'. Morgan & tympany. Vntii the D.ichess of Manchester can be heard from no arrangements for -the funeral will be made. At the time of hii-Jeath Mr. Zimmerman was joking with friends about the recent SIOO,OOO breach of promise suit filed against him by Miss ley Wareham, of New York. George F. Armstrong, Jr.. a member cf the club, had been chaffing him about the suit tiled bv the voting wom an of Blaekwell ls>le. Shortly afterward Mr. Zimmermen died. Mr. Zimmerman was one of the most widely known railroad men of the middle west. Through his efforts the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton railroad was built up and enlarged. Born in Vicksburg, Miss., on De cember 17. 1545, he left Kcnyon Col lege. Gambler, 0., at the outbreak of the Civil war and enliste-d in the Unit ed Mtates navy. In various engage ments he served with such distinction that he was honored as probably no other youth of his age during the war, attaining the rank of lieutenant com mander in 1863, at the age of IS years. to Ohio at the close of hostilities, Mr. Zimmerman interested himself in the lumber and oil indus tries. In 1874 he sold out to the Stand ard Oil Company, and entered railroad ing, first coming into prominence as president of the Cincinnati and River railroad. PEOF^TCOLUMN The Star-Independent doea not make itself responsible for opinion* expressed in this column. NOT RELATED TO MRS. HOHL O«org e M. Holtzman la Not of Family of Bandit's Widow Editor, the Star-Independent: Dear Sir:—l see in Frida/'s publi cation an article in which mention is made of my name in connection with Bertha Holuman, wife of the auto ban dit. I beg leave to state I am in no way related to this family. Mv father was only married once to Ellen Aman da Kline, sister to ex-Jury Commission er Kline, of Shellsville, Pa., D»uphin county. I have one sister, Agnes Bat dorf. of, Bethel, Pa., and one brother, Wilson T. HolUinan. who died in IS9B, August 15. You can kindly publish this item which is self explaining. Truly yours, Geo. M. Holtzman. Chilling Immersion for Converts Springville, Dec. 21.—A baptismal service in the icy waters of Trout run Saturday closed a revival of the Breth ren church. There were eighteen bap tized. The ice, several inches thick, was cut to administer this rite. The Rev. Mr. Kilhefner, of Ephrata, per formed the ceremony, assisted "by a number of others. r \ NOTICE Tbe Quality Shop's Ad On Page 7 C. v. NE WS BELIEVED DEAD SHE WRITES TO CLAIM PART Of ESTATE Alice Kohler Hooper, Now Mrs. John Ham. Was to Have Been Declared legally Dead by the Maryland Courts Waynesboro, Dec. 21.—Within a fortnight of tho day it was expected the Washington county, Maryland court, would make a decree declaring Alice Kohler Hooper, formerly of High field, to be legally dead, the (Hooper woman, whose whereabouts have been unknown to her kin for more than twen ty-one years, to-day wrote to relatives here, saying 4hat s<he now is the wife of Joihn Ham, of Baltimore, Md. The court action WHS begun as a means of dosing the estate of the late Barbara Hess, under whose will the Hooper woman is the beneficiary to something like SXOO. In her letter to the Hagerstown, M<t., Register of Wills, the Ham woman writes: "1 am the Alice Kohler Hooper mentioned in con nection with the estate of Barbara Hess. 1_ am not dead but living here in Bal timore. I left, Higlifield more than twenty years ago. Mr. Hoo-per died and I have married again." petition to have Mrs. (Hooper) Ham declared legally dead has been withdrawn and tho Hess estate will be closed as soon as possible. LEFT HUSBMTFOR COUNT Edward 0. Cook Told His Troubles to Adams County Court and Was Granted Divorce Gettysburg, Dec. 21.—After saying that she was going to leave hijn for a French count, Alma A. Cook, wife of Edward 0. Cook, now of Littlestown, deserted him at the Island of Jamaica. This was in 1902. Mr. Cook Saturday was given a divorce in Adams county court. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cook occurred on September 20, ISB9. They lived at Ijynn, Massachusetts, for two years and then went to the Republic of Colombia where they lived on a planta tion until May, 19027 About that time Mr. Cook had been on a trip to the United States and when he returned home his wife would have nothing to do witfh him. According to the report of the commissioner who took testimony in the case, her only reply, when he at tempted to reason with her, was to tell him to "shut up;" WAR VETERAN IS DEAD George H. Miller Succumbs After Illness > Covering Several Years Carlisle. Dee. 21.—After a protracted illness," George H. Miller, a veteran of the Civil war and a prominent resident of the town, died at his home on East I'omfre* street at 5 o'clock Friday even iug. He was 89 years of age. Death was due to a complication of dis eases from which he has been suffering for several years. Mr. Miller was a life-long resident of the town. 'He was a member of tha Se.ond Presbyterian church and also of the Cumberland 'Fire Company. He served also for a year as a member of Company G, 130 Pa. Vol. Surviving him are a son. George Mil ler, of Lancaster, and a daughter, Mrs. Sadie Durnin, Carlisle. Three grand children, James Durnin, Carlisle: Lillar S'heaffer, Harrisburg, and Mrs. William Leerer, Youngstown, with a great grandson, John Sfoeafter, of Harrisburg, also survive. Will Not Open Store Carlisle, Dec. 21.—iA rumor current here on Saturday had it that the Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart department store in Harrisburg intended opening a branch store in Carlisle, in the Mentzer building, which soon will tee vacated bv Bowman & Co. Officials of the 'Har risburg store this morning not only de nied the report 'but added that the firm has not recently even considered open ing a branch store in this town. Fatally Shot at Butchering Waynesboro, Dec. 21.—Harry L., the 10-year-old son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Charles •Brendle, five miles south of Mercers- Iburg, died at tJhe Chanrbersburg hos pital Friday nig<ht ai 8.30 as the re sult of receiving a shot in the brain Friday morning. He was operated upon at the hospital, 'but the bullet had torn the brain too much to permit the sur geon's knife to be of any avail. There was a butchering at the Bren dle home Friday, and Charles Hoover used tys rifle to shoot the hogs. One hog had been shot and then the gun was accidentally discharged and the bul let hit the lad. Child Took Poison, Dead Waynesboro, Dec. 21.—Glenn Eugene Morganthall, infant eon of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Morganthall, died Friday evening at 8.30 o'clock at the home of his par pints, 140 East Second street, from the effects of having eaten during the day , some strychnia, arsenic and iron tablets j used by his grandmother. He was aged 1 year, 1 month and 1 week. PATRONS' DAY IN SCHOOLS Subject to Be Discussed at Mating of Educators Plans for holding patrons' day in the county schools during the 1915-16 ternii at which time the twpils will be permit ted to exhibit fairii products and stage fruit slid grain contests, will be dis cussed at a meeting of Professor Frank E. Shambaugh, superintendent of Dau phin county schools; Lindley H. Dennis, agricultural expert of the State Educa tional Department, an 1 one. of the members of the State College faculty, to be in this city tluring the third week in January. The State Educational Department is planning to make it a .State-wide movement and the State College pro fessor will aid Professor Shambaugh to work out details of the plan. MILKMEN AID RED CROSS* Will Paste Seals on Bottles Ohrlßtmas Morning to Help Fight Tuberculosis The half a dozen or more milkmen who furnish milk for the State tubercu losis dispensary in this city have planned a little Christmas surprise in THE GLOBE—OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL XMAS. For Those Holiday Affairs After Six— a rpHE unquestionable ft Globe Full Dress peals to men who ' want conventional j Full Dress Suits $25 and $35 Tuxedo or Dinner Fur Collar Over- jfl H \ satin lining and genuine REI \ I'ersian lamb collar MB I $35 j£R-B**.<su. 'ipHE men who wear the accessories of correct * evening dress which we endorse, stand apart from the average—and know they arc properly attired. Full Dress Vests Full Dress Gloves Of washable Pique—Mercer- hi, f Ca P« G '° Vf » " f | grade Imported Cape that will wed and Silk. , : stand cleaning. Made by Fownes. $3.50, $5.00 and $7.50 _ $2.00 . Full Dress Neckwear The Reiser Handtide Tie for Full DreSS Shirts the man in a hurry—also the new white tie with black piping. Manhattans that are correct. 50c an( j 75c including the newest, latticed » soft , osom Full Dress Jewelry $1.50 tO $3.50 , . I f artor S«s-Studs and Cuff Links to match —in beautiful i plush boxes, at $2 to s!t Stud Sets, at 50c to K:t Full Dress Watch Chains—the Full Dress Reefers 1 famous Waldemar chains, at $1.50 to $3.50 The new accordion ribbed silk ji reefers fringed ends pearl Silk Hosiery gray, black and white striped or H Of heavy weight imported silk plain. ij with double sole and high spliced j heel. $2.00 to $5.00 50c and 75c Gift Suggestions for Motorists AUTO LUNCH KlT—complete for 6 persons, in handsome dustproof leather cases, at $37.50 LADIES LIMOUSINE TOILET SET —White Ivory Fittings l —in beautiful leather case * SIO.OO CHAUFFEUR'S CLEAN-UP SET—towels, soap and toilet articles, in elegant leather cases, at 00 CHAUFFEURS' GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS, at . . $2.00 to $s!oo FUR LINED GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS, at «3.SQ to $6.00 FUR CAPS, of highest grade furs, at $2.00 to $15.00 IMPORTED WOOLEN CAPS, at SI.OO to $3.50 RUBBER WATER BUCKETS, in leather cases, at $3.50 EMERGENCY CASES—containing all the necessarv "First-Aid" articles in case of accident, at $2.50 and $8.50 THE GLOBE the form of a boost for the Red Cross Christmas seal sale. Each dealer has promised to buy a couple of hundred stamps for use in his deliveries. In other words, the milk men will paste a Red Cross Christmas seal a-top of each ir.ilk bottle delivered Christmas morn ing as a Yule-tide greeting. To-morrow D. D. Hammelbaugh, sec retary of the School Board, expects a complete roport of the sales oY seals in ali the schools. The school sales closed Friday, but the returns will not be com piled by the teachers until Monday. In 1913 the school children sold 57,- 820 seats, but fehis year's sales will ex ceed this number by several thousand, according to Dr. C. R. Phillips, chairman | 1 What to Give "Him or Hor" jj I Hero's Your Answer | \WHAT to.give as a Christmas gift is the old, old question r 9" VV and is just as perplexing as ever. Many persons are & jj daily solving this question by selecting a diamond, a watch, 9? ni a piece of jewelry, or a piece of cut glass from the large and g varied Tausig stocks. Here women may choose gifts for T? men—and men may select appropriate gifts for women— & 4 gifts that are thoroughly reliable in every detail and at K % prices that are very moderate. irj li DIAMONDS l,n\ H lllrrrii, hunitrrdx to choose TL] IY, RltiKn. 1-H4 to 3 karat, from $3 front, *2- to <llll. to MOO. Watch llracelrt*. *7.,V1 to Vf; rv riuntrr Hlnß*. It to 91000. Solhl (iohl Bracelet', SI to *ls. J4 l.aValllerrn. *5 to S2OO. Srt l<rarrlel». 53.50 to 57.50. S 3 Bracrleta, *K to S2OO. Tang" Bracelet*, *1 to 9.1.00. IJgJ V 0 KarrlnßH. $0 to *550. Baby Bracelet*, *1 to HI. KTJ TV t'nfT Buttona, *.% to KW, LAJ 'J. Scarf I'lnx. S3 to J2IMI. Cl'T GI.ASS ji£ 3 fh Emblem llut tout antl I hnrnta, Ron In, 92 to *7.50. Ti *3 to WO. Jtitix, *2 to H7.no. J/Vj U Water Hot tie*, 92.50 to 94,00. fyj n Gold Killed Watebea, brat tnakea t'applea, 75c to 92. OTI H —l.adlea' or Gent*', 95 and up. Celery Dlahea, 92 to 90. Rq ijj Solid Gold Watebea, beat makea Tumblrra, per doc., 94 to 910. Kj J] —l.adlra' or Grnta', 912 and up. Compotea. 91-50 to 9*. f£| Tc Waldrmar Watch rhalna, 91 to Snsar and Crranta, per pr„ 92 ft. I rt 925. to 90.50. I « Slitnet, Plain and Set Ring*, Salt and l*cpper», per nr., 50c to K'i K 91.50 to 910. 91.75. PSiJ 1 JACOB TAUSIG'S SONS | It DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND JEWEI.EKS Kfl H Reliable Since ISO 7. 420 MARKET STREET Open Evenlaga. Pvfl of the school committee on school dis tribution. The Cameron building led last year with 7,700 geals sold. BOY WITH GIFT IN CRASH Skull Fractured by Auto as He Coasts With Mother's Present Pottsville, Pa., Dei'. 21.—While carrying a Christmas package home to his mother on a sled, Theodore Famt. yesterday crashed into an automobile owned by Adam Pfeiffer aud his skull was fractured. The boy's head struck the wheel of th e machine. Surgeons think he will recover.
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