8 &tnr-3nbtptnbtnt ( BrtaNuhed in 1876) Published b« TMK STAR PRINTING COMPANY. ' Star-Independent Building. IMO-22 South Third Street, Herrtebw*. Ihk. N K»ery Kventwg K»oept Sunday Officer* t Pint tort s BUM AKIN F. MITBKS. JOIN L. L. KCHN. 4 President. W* W WALLOWIR. _ Vlee Pr.Md.nt, w " *■ WM K METERS. Secretary ami Treasurer. Wa. W WALLOWER. W U U WARNER. V. HI MM EL BERQHAVS. JR., Bimnes* Manager Editor. All rommutilca'ion* should be * Fifth Arenue. Chicago Office, People's Gas Building. Michigan Arenue. Delivered br earners a? 6 ccnta a week. MaUed to subscriber; for Three Dollars a ft at in -*tl v auce THE STAR-INDEPENDENT The paper with t'ae largasi Home Circulation in Harrisburg and aearbr towns Circulation Examinee b* THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES SELL ' Private Branch Eschnnae. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Esctiange. ■ No. 345-246 Wednesday, December 23, IBM. DECEMBER Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frt. 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, 10th; First Quarter, 24th. f I.U4JW| WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to a|,< l Thursday. Not much change ' n temperature. Lowest temperature to- V 4 Tt>ii night about 20 degrees. sS?\ Eastern Pennsylvnuia: Kair to-night and Thursday. Xot much change in temperature. Moderate west winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest. 33: lowest. 22; 8 a. in.. 23; S p. m.. 27. *' COLONIALIZING ' INDEPENDENCE SQUARE At a meeting yesterday of the committee on preservation of historic monuments, of the Philadel phia chapter. American Institute of' Architects, •with Philadelphia city officials, the first steps were taken for making contemplated improvements in the immediate vicinity of Independence Hall, and the first contract was awarded for such altera tions. The idea is not merely to beautify Independence Square, but rather to dignify it. The result may be ornamental enough, but there is to be nothing gaudy about it. Independence Square is to be "colonialized,"—that is the word the architects used. The old birthplace of American Independence is at present in rather ordinary environment. The life of a great city flows about it and the approach to it is ot a twentieth century aspect. The plan now is to surround it with a square that will be per vaded with the atmosphere of colonial days,—that will give it an approach 'which will suggest to the visitor at first glance the spirit of the eighteenth century. The erection around the square of a brick wall four feet highT recognized as a distinctive feature of colonial architecture; the layiug of brick pave ments. and the placing of low. wooden posts with round tops, such as once surrounded the hall, will decidedly change the external appearance of the historic building, and will convey it back to the colonial days in which it had its origin. Independence Hall, the shrine which all Amer icans want to visit at least once in their lives, does not belong to the present age and its immediate environs must not be those of to-day, from a purely sentimental no less than from a really artistic point of view. Independence Hall is a relic of the past: it belongs to colonial days. Improvements frc to be welcomed which give it fitting colonial surroundings. ARE WE A "NOISY JELLYFISH?" George Haven Putnam, in a speech in New Yr,rk City yesterday before the National Security League which believes the f'nited States imperatively re quires an increased navy and army reserve for its own protection and to hold its place as a wo'rld power, compared this country with a " noisy jelly fish." I'nfortunately the Xew York "World." whicii reported this part of Mr. Putnam's speech, did not explain just what Mr. Putnam meant by a "noisy jellyfish." So far as we know the jellyfish is an aealepse of not very boisterous characteristics. We never heard of one getting up in meeting and mak ing a real racket. Our idea of a jellyfish is that it is an inoffensive sort of creature, incapable of mak ing any noise that could be heard any material distance from its abode in the bottom of the sea:— certainly not the kind of a noise that would draw a country into international complications or keep it out of them. We as a nation do not relish being called a *'jellyfish," for it is a spineless, backboneless sort of a thing,—but what Mr. Putnam meant by call ing us a "noisy jellyfish" needs a little more ex planation than was given in the newspaper story to which we have made reference. Perhaps Mr. Putnam meant to say something real unkind about the nation and the administra tion. but until more light carl be thrown on just HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 23, 1914. what he did mean we can only conclude that the distinguished speechmaker did not make a very happy selection of a simile. LESS PUBLICITY FOR CHORUS GIRLS A' movement "for a better understanding of the chorus girl" has been started by girls playing in a New York theatre, according to a newsifiper story which, —unlike most stories about girls of the chorus,—is not a press agent yarn. The girls are telling about the press agents this time, instead of the press agents telling about them. They object strenuously to the press agents, these girls do. Now would you believe it? They come out openly against the men who load'news paper columns with tales about them, and declare that none of the tales is true. They say that the sensational publicity given to tl}em has been re sponsible for misunderstandings about them which exist in the public mind. ' Really, we're quite nice girls and we're not a bit out of the ordinary," said one of them to an interviewer. "The case with us comes to .just this: We are tired of reading foolish things about our selves in print that we never do, and foolish inter views that we never give. We are going to demand the right to put our official O. K. on any press mat ter that goes out with our names in it." The girls in demanding that their feelings be considered in the matter of newspaper public:^.. assert that they talce their work as seriously as do "girls of the same age in other walks of life." There are, as they say, plenty of nice girls in the choruses, yet they can hardly blame the newspapers if their feelings are not regarded when it comes to writing stories about them. Such stories in the big cities come from the theatre people,—not the newspaper people,—and the stories are for the pur pose of increasing box office receipts. PROUD THAT THEY WERE "NEWSIES ' Forty or tifty successful and prosperous business men in a western city, who began their money making careers by selling newspapers on the streets, have volunteered to sell papers again for tlie benefit of a Christmas charity fund, and their action must be regarded as characteristic of the unassuming western folk. There are lots and lots of men in every city who at one time or another in their youth made a few cents daily through the sales of newspapers but, unfortunately, not all of them are willing to admit it. Not that there is anything against a man who started a successful business career as a "newsie,"' but there seems to be an absurd idea among some who have climbed the ladder of success from such a modest beginning that it detracts from their dignity to have it known that they have not always enjoyed affluence. The plan adopted by the rich former-newsies in the western city will accomplish more than merely to raise a big fund for a worthy Christmas charity. It will show that they are not ashamed of the fact that they began life in a humble way and pushed to the front through their own efforts. Such frank acknowledgments will do the country a lot ot' good. It will teach the true spirit of American democracy and encourage others to take pride in accomplish ment through real hard work and increase the nation's respect for the self-made man. The turkey is hanging high.—very high for those who are struggling with the increased cost of living. At the meeting of the Central Democratic Club last night arrangements were not made to march in the inaugural procession. Kven with the City Commissioners' salaries to pay it seems the City can be run cheaper under the commission form of government than under the old plan. We are reliably informed that bv Christmas, 1915. there will be a City Forester to make that long, cold journey nine miles beyond Dauphin to chop the municipal Christmas tree. City Commissioner Bowman has devised a way to run the Water Department with less expense and at the same time to increase the pay of a dozen of the department's employes. All he needs is cotton whiskers and a team of reindeer to be a regular Santa Clans. TOLDN LIGHTER VEIN REPUTATION BLASTED When the season was almost oxer a storekeeper in a small Southern town put a lot of dollar shirtwaists in the window at 75 cents. "Say, what kind of bizness you call dis?" asked an old colored woman. "Is dat de way you try to make a liar out of yo' customers? After I been telling all de culled folks in de neighborhood dat T paid a dollar for this shirt waist, you come an' spoil my reputation for veracity Las' time I ever gwine to do bizness here."—Exchange. BREAKING A HOODOO Although this is considered an enlightened age. the ranks of those who believe in pet superstitions still are pretty large. This is especially true of the imagined hoodoo that clings to Friday, the 13th. A man walked into a jewelry store on a recent Friday, the 13th, and deposited a heavy gold wedding ring on the showcase. "How much for this?" he asked the jeweler. "Give you a dollar," was the answer, after an exam ination of the ring. "You're on," said the man, "on condition that you lend me your hammer for a minute or two." The hammer fell mercilessly on the gold band, reducing it to junk. After receiving the dollar note from the jew eler the vandal lit a match and the note was soon reduced to smoke and ashes. The amazement of the jeweler was dissipated by the explanation of the customer that he had been married on Friday, the 13th, just thirteen years ago. "I think I have closed the chapter now, though," he announced.—Columbus Dispatch. THE CAVIAR BIRD Two ultrasophiiticated New Yorkers admired the wainscoting in a certain Philadelphia hotel and got to argu ing over the name of the wood used. Finally they asked a waiter. He didn't know, and asked the bartender. "Whatta yuh call that wood?" he asked. "That wood?" said the bartender. "That stuffl costs a lot of money. It's Russian caviar." "Piffle." snorted the New Yorkers, "caviar's not wood;' it's a bird."—Philadelphia Ledger. IT ongue-End Topics | t Troubles of the Rotartans Now that the Rotary Club week at the Orphoum theatre is over and has proved a great success it is violating no confidence to tell a little story oif a meeting of the club's committee that IMS given the members of that com mittee plenty of laughs since. It was a big proposition, taking over tho the atre au>i guaranteeing $2,700 ex penses before the Rotary Club began getting money for the Belgian fund, — and there was seme appreheusiou as to the outcome, —this is before the week started. The committee began a long discussion 011 what to do in case the af fair was not a success anil in case a deficit would have to be met at the 0114 of the week. There were many long faces until one of the members said: "Let it go until we really face that condition! Fhen we can tackle the problem."' That put a stop to the argument but the very next thing the committee went, to discussing was what in the world the club would do if tickets were sold to more persons than the theatre would accommodate. That was a horse of another color but it caused just as much worry for the time. There was plenty of amusement when the mem bers began thinking that meeting over after its close. * * * Kelley, Speedy Kelley, Is Goue ''Kelley has went." The diminutive messenger boy at tin Postal office has departed from the city to take up his occupation of "deliver ing" in Williamsport. Maryland. Kel ley had ambitions, and delivering mes sages in Hairisburg did not further them. He sought for higher things, and the Southern city offered them. Hence his going. When the Legisla ture meets the members of the Legis lative Correspondents' Assoeiation will look in vain for Kelley, and there will be bets offered that no messenger dur ing the coming session will be able to beat Kelley s record of an hour and seven minutes from the newspaper room to the telegraph operators' room on the second floor, or up and down one flight of stairs. Feeding East Indian Soldiers The East Indian troops are giving uo end of trouble because of their fast idiousness in eating, says a story from London. In the Xetley hospital, near Southampton, Hindus and Mohamme dan wounded almost came to blows over the question of how their goat and sheep should be served. It has been necessary to separate them to avoid fighting. The Mohammedan wants the animals' heads cut off: the Hindu in sists that the throat shall be cut and the beast allowed to bleed to death after custom immemorial. At first the British in charge of the hospital were inclined fo weigh the matter lightly, but they found that it was of serious concern to the Indians. After two or three classes between the factions, they were placed in different parts of the hospital and their respective requests in the matter of how goat or sheep should be despatched are being care fully observed. BIHGLARIZE LEBANON STORE Cheese and Cigarettes Among Loot of the Bobbers Lebanon. Dec. 23. Burglars gained entrance to the grocery store of Gamber Brothers, Twelfth and Lchmau streets, this city, early yesterday .morning and made a big haul of edibles. The robbers took with them a cake of cheese, fifteen packages of cigar ettes, a box of oranges, bread and cocoa. •lohn R. Dissinger, blacksmith, while locking up his shop Monday night, hail an unpleasant experience when he was attacked hv a holdup man who de manded that lie turn over $65. which he ha.i on his person as the day's re ceipts. Mr. Dissinger is a man of pow erful physique and he succeeded in besting his man. Dissinger was unable to identify his assailant. THE FRENCH ZOUAVES A Picturesque Corps Whose Fame Be came World wide Among the most interesting classes of soldiers of modern times is the French corps called the zouaves. The body of daring and picturesquely at tired warriors reached the height of its fame during the Crimean war. The zouave corps nt that time was supposed to consist of Frenchmen, but it was in reality quite international, since its rar.ks contained many daring young for eigners. In this corps served many men from Oxford, fiottingen and other universities, and it is probable that the greater part of its members had .joined more for the love of fighting than for love of country. Tts fame as a fighting body soon spread throughout the world. When our own war between the States broke out several corps of zou a\es. wearing the splendid oriental uni forms of the French corps, or a modifi cation of them, were formed on both sides. On the Federal side the best known was that corps commanded by Elmer Ellsworth, a young officer from New York, the first man, it is said, to be killed on the Union side. In the Confederacy the most famous corps of zouaves was that called,the Louisiana Tigers. While in American military life the zouave uniform has practically disap peared, it still persists in France.—Ex change. Col. John Barry Taylor Dies Cincinnati, 0., Deo, 23.—Colonel •lolin Barry Taylor died yesterday in the old Taylor mansion, Newport, Ky., in which lie was born 78 years ago. His grandfather, General James Taylor, owned the land on which New|»ort now stands. The estate was at one time valued at several million dollarg. His wife was Miss Bettie Washington, great, grandniece of the first President. Col onel Taylor's great grandfather, Wil liam T. Barry, of Lexington, Kv., was Postmaster General under President An drew Jackson. C. V.NEWS TO BLOW FLUTE AT CRAVE Aged Lawrence Dielman Will Play in Mountain Cemetery Where His Father' Is Buried Gettysburg, Dec. 23.—When the church bells of Enunitsburg ring out the joyous tidings of another Christmas morning, Ua\vTem*e Dielman, nearly 70 years of age, will trudge from his home near M"t. St. Mary's College, to the grave of his father, Professor Henry Casper Dielman, and there show his rev erence by playing Christinas carols on a flute. This will be "La.rry" Dielman's thirty-first consecutive visit .to the grave of his father, in the little ceme tery in "the mountains." Regardless of weather '' I^arrv" always makes this pilgrimage. It is his idea of showing reverence to the memory of his father, who was the first to receive the title of musical director in this country. WIDOW SUES FOR *20,000 Claims Husband's Death Was Due to Company's Negligence Chambersburg, Dec. 23. —»Mrs. H. Etta Brake, widow of the late Charles C. Brake, a Western 'Maryland railway conductor, through Attorney Alexander Armstrong, ,lr„ and Frank O. Waga man, yesterday filed a suit against the Western Maryland for damages to the extent of $20,000. She alleges that the W. M.. t'hrougli the failure of its agent at Pearre to de liver orders to Mr. Brake as conductor of a train which he was running, per mitted his train to collide with another. Mr. Brake sustained an injured eye, his face was scalded, his collarbone broken and his nerves shattered. The wreck oc curred on May 28, 1913, and he linger ed until death came ou April 24, 1914. INDIAN MARRIES NEGRESS Disappearance of Ward of Carlisle School Explained by Record Carlisle, Dec. 23.—The mysterious disappearance from the Indian school of Justin Will Head, a ward of the insti tution, a fe\V days ago was found yes terday to have culminated in the mar riage of the man in Trenton, X. J., on December 15, to Daisy Edna Voorhees, colored, of Calhoun street. An investigator from the institution looked up the records of the ceremony at the city hall, but would not commit himself on the matter. He returned to the school late yesterday after failing to meet the Indian bridegroom, who was at work in the New Jersey city. SEE FIERY SKY TRAVELER Meteor's Flight and Explosion Witness ed by Thrilled Hundreds Hagerstown, Md., Dee. 23.—A meteor or fireball of unusually large size passed over Washington county, traveling from west to east last evening. It left in its path a long travel of tire, which was visible for some time after the jassage of the meteor. The flight of the meteor, which traveled low, was witnessed by hundreds of people as it passed over Hagerstown. At Eakle's Cross Roads it exploded with a tremendous report. OH Acre Farm Sold Mehanicsburg, Dec. 2:).—Sporting Green farm, near Hogestown, has been sold by Mrs. Robert H. Mofiitt, Jr., 1705 North Front street, Harrisburg. to A. J. Gross. The farm contains 93 acres and the consideration was not announced. It is understood, however, that the price was aibout $l4O an acre. Add $5 to City's Conscience Fund 'Pricked bv his conscience, a Har risburger has sent a $5 bill to City Treasurer O. M. Copelin, advising the latter to apply it ts the city's con science fund. No name is signed to the note. Besides asking the Treasurer to acknowledge receipt of the money, the writer adds: "This money belongs to the city. It was wrongfully held from the city." Ideal Gifts For Men GIVE a man some thing really desir able—something he can wear. Such a gift makes greater the joy of giv ing, for appreciation in creases with continued use. We've hundreds of such gift-things here, among them these: Beautiful Matched Sets Silk Shirts Bath Robes Sweaters Hosiery Reefers Gloves Handkerchiefs Pajamas Jewelry Leather Novelties Dress Vests Dress Accessories Underwear Stetson Hats Knox Hats Umbrellas A wonderful line of Neck j wear at 50c the greatest ! values possible to give. OPEN EVENINGS McFALLS THIRD and MARKET THE GLOBE OPEN EVENINGS ■ LcLST > z™ (Tjftptrhas All Holiday Goods Reduced Every department comes forward with great price reductions on useful and sensible Christ mas gifts—the kind of gift-things inun and hoys ap preciate. The savings are worth while. SI.OO Neckwear in beautiful gift boxes 75£ $6.50 and $7.50 House Coats -handsomely tailored $5.00 ss.oo.Bath Robes -the different kind, $3.50 $3.50 Manhattan Silk Shirts beautiful patterns $2.50 $6.50 Pur Lined Gloves— MHVIICS' and Dents $5.00 $2.00 Gray Mocha Gloves—t xeeptioual quality, $1.50 I $1.50 Gift Sets —in pretty holiday boxes SI.OO $6.50 Bags and Suit Cases—thoroughly guaranteed $5.00 $7.50 Trunks—made to stand the bumps $5.95 $6.50 Leather Toilet Sets—unusual values $5.00 $3.50 Shaker Sweaters—slightly soiled $2.50 $2.50 Angora Wool Shawls—warm and •'eumfy," $2.00 $3.50 Fancy Angora Vests—very pretty patterns $2.50 SIO.OO Men's Mackinaw Coats —college style, $8.50 $7.50 Men's Raincoats -guaranteed in every respect... .$6.95 I $6.50 Boys'Mackinaws—great for school wear $5.00 $8.50 and SIO.OO Boys' Overcoats- extraordinary values, $8.85 $4.00 Children's Overcoats—for boys 'J to S years $2.95 50c Children's Bearskin Mits—exceptional quality 25^ 69c Boys' Mocha Gloves -acceptable gifts 50f 75c Boys' Hockey Caps—variety of colors I $2.00 Boys' Fur Caps—needed right now $1.50 SI.OO Boys' Blouse Waists—percale and madras G9r THE'GLOBE CITY RESCUE MISSIONS BUSY Recent Addition to Harrisburg Provides 1 Food and Shelter for Destitute The work of the City Rescue Mis sion, 5 North Fifth street, was dis cussed at a meeting held last night in the office ot' James \V. Barker in the Masonic Temple. The meeting was at tended by James W. Barker, president; W. G. Ilean, secretary, and Fred Kel ker, treasurer, with Luther Minter and I'llilij> Reed, all members of the board of managers. Griffith .lones, if Scrantou, is in charge of the work to aid "down and outers" both spiritually and physically. The mission is the forty-ninth of a chain extending f'om Boston to San Francisco, headed by Mell Trotter, an evangelist. Meetings are being held every night and to the destitute food and lodging are provided. Although there are not sufficient funds now to supply those at the mission, it is the aim of the managers to effect this later. Photoplay Theatre For Christmas Day we present .1 Broadway-Star Vitagraph production in thiee acts, 4 '411?.*' This feature deals with the detection and arrest of a famous gang of diamond smugglers who work from Europe to America and are under the lead of an unknown head, who goes by the name of "413.'' This leader is no other than a famous jewel er, whose daughter, Klaine, is portrayed bv clever Anita Stewart. She is ably su ] ported by' Harry Morey, Hairy Northrup and Julia Swayne Gordon. On Thursday we ntesent Francis X. Bushman, famous Kssanav star, in a two-act drama, "Every Inch a King." Adv.*** CAPTAIN UNDER s4<>o BAIL West E. Blain, Chester, Charged With Threats to Kill Chester, Do?. 23. —Charged with assault anphi»n Girard, who die I December 2(5, I MI!*1, a wreath, the gift of the nliiimii of Girard Gollooro. was placed upon his toip-b yesterday meriting. Nearly 1,(100 students took part in the exercises. This custom of marking the anniver sary of the death of the rounder of tho institution was inaugurated in* I!>I I. An address in the chapel by Walter (J. Gold preceded yesterday's exerci-Ts. Co incident witii the ceremonies at f.li" college, a similar wreath was placed' upon the statute of Girard on t'lie west plaza of City Hall. It was marked "From ore ot the boys.'/' 20 SHOCKED BY METEOR Falls Half Mile Away—Men Are in Peril From Explosion Greensbtirg, I'.i., Dec. 23. -Twentv men, slaiig'htcrin-t pigs on an adjoin ing farm, were shocked yesterday after nocm at •! o'clock, when a large inet"or like body fell and exploited with n ter rific report on the Harry Patty farm, near here. The nieteoi buried itself several feet in the earth about half a mile from thn men in an open field and the explosion tore up the giound for nrmy feet. Lebanon Tax Rate to Remain Same Lebanon, Dec. 23. —City Council in session yesterday, the last, of the year 1914. assured its constituents and the city at large that the tax rate for 1015 shall not be raised but shall remain at seven mills. This was decided in the passage of the budget of $122,000, the amount necessary to conduct the city in lit 15. | Our Trail*- Mark \i>. » l» |lf|l«|j I X llminliTPil 111 tho I . S. S (>nli-iil Olllc Hi v «'• | -iii.aco. ' Playing against odds | is risky, and the man i \ who knows will call for ; Original Mo. 6 §|l; Extra Rye Whiskey W i "■ the neck of each bot- MMOgj i . tie of which is now I equipped with a New Silvered |||* ; i Non-Refillable » ] Device permitting an absolutely J free flow without ir any t 8 way affecting the color 1 I )r purity of the contents. •'yMj « | Pailerson & Coane 5 | PHILADELPHIA J