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HIDDEN ASSASSIN KILLS 01RL
Fires Through Window in Grandmoth
er's Home
Millville, N. .T., Die. 29.—How and
why the life of ait innocent child of (>
years should have been taken by a
hidden assassin, who lired through a
window, is a mystery which the Cum
berland county authorities have started
to unravel. The little victim of the
tragedy was Beatrice, the 6- year-old
daughter of Mrs. William Bailey, of
this city. Ihe shooting occurred at
the home of her grandmother, Mrs.
(icorge Pettit, at Buckshutem, six miles
lielow the city
Beatrice had gone to spend the holi
days with her grandmother and had
fccen at the house several days. Thev
were sitting Ht supper last night, when,
without warning, the pistol shot came, a
linllet crashed through a window and
the child fell, with her head pierced.
Mrs. Pet tit was so horrilied that it was
Several minutes before she could move.
Then she gave an alarm and called a
physician, but the little girl was bevond
all help. Death, it was stated," had
lieen instantaneous.
County Prosecutor Miller was quick
ly apprised of the tragedy and detec
tives were put on the case. They ob- i
tained a good clue to the person who!
fired the allot, but were unwilling to
state upon what ti-.ey based their sus
picion. Search is being made for him
and they claim they will get him
shortly.
Mule's Kick Kills Her
York, Pa., Dec. i' 9 hip dislo
cate! by the kick of a mule, Mrs. An
ni.e Seible, of Railroad borough. York
county, died •Sunday night from after
effects of the injury.
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Guaranteed Sterling Silver Initial Glassware
This coupon when presented or mailed to
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0 11 1 OR
li ' i 5 with 73 cents, is Rood for One (1) Large Water
I \ss « Pitcher—to cents extra by mall;
| with IS conts, is Rood for'one (1) Sugar Bowl and
II 11. || 1 : One (1) Cream Pitcher—lo cents extra by mail;
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i I I r I' l - vou can « ct the entire set of Nine (9) Pieces with
; 1 .1 I | the amount specified above, or any two sets with the
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orLOOK! LOOK! LOOKiV
THE STAR-INDEPENDENT WILL GIVE AWAY
Two Reserved Seal Tickets to the Orpheum
EVERY DAY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON
We don't know who will get these tickets, but someone will get 2 every day. Perhaps YOU will be one of the lucky ones.
HFRF I THF PI AN 0 E J e 7, wee ? ad .y a y? un « lad y> an employe of % Star-Independent, will be blindfolded. She will open Boyd's Directory of Harrisburg
f ILAL IJ I fit. I Lfill • and canity and will make a mark on one of the pages. The person whose name is nearest the mark will be given absolutely free of charee
two reserve seats, which will be good at the Orpheum on a date which will be announced with the name of the person to whom they are awarded.
The announcements will be HIDDEN among the Want, Lost, Found, For Rent, For Sale, etc., ads, but will be so plain that any one can easily find them.
LOOK! LOOK! START TO-DAY. READ OVER THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS EVERY EVENING. PERHAPS YOURS WILL BE THERE
Someone was awarded two tickets to-day. Find out who got them. If you were not lucky this time perhaps your turn will come next. Jt will be a lot of fun following up the winners.
Th \Ol R NAME is announced don t hesitate to call for the tickets. The Star-Independent wants you to enjoy them.
, ITALIAN STABBED FATALLY
.' Notorious Settlement Near McAdoo Ii
Scene of Another Killing
Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 29.—James Bi
comiti was fatally stabbed in the chest
1 yesterday at Bunker Hill, an Italian
i settlement near McAdoo, which has
been the scene of numerous murders.
District Attorney Whitohouse and
County Coroner Dr. Q. H. Moore art
conducting an investigation, and mean
while Raphael Fuccn, Samuel Chatlainc
and Louis Traboti are in jail on suspi
cion.
Checks Croup Instantly
You know croup is dangerous. And
you should also kn.>w the sense of se
curity that comes from always having
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
the house. It cuts the thick mucus and
clears awav the phlegm, stops the
strangling cough and gives easy breath
ing and quiet sleep. Take* it for
coughs, colds, tickling throat, hoarse
ness and for bronchial and la grippe
coughs. Contains no opiates. Evea-y
user is a friend. George A. Gorgas, lii
j North Third street, and P. R. It. Sta-
I tion. Adv.
YEGGMEN HOB POSTOFFICE
Blow Safe at Emaus. Pa., and Secure
SSOO Casli and Stamps
Kmaus, Pa.. Dec. 29.—Yeggmen
Sunday night blew open the safe of the
postoffico her ( » and got away with about
s.">oo in cash and stamps. The job
was probably done at 2.45 o'clock, as
that was the hour when the clock
stopped.
From evidence left behind they
gained entrance by prying opeu the
rear door with a crowbar stolen from
the tool house of the Perkiomen rail
road on the outskirts of town.
IIARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1%14.
MADE REVENUE COLLECTOR
John Siney, St. Clair, Appointed Dep
uty by Congressman Lee
Pottsville, Pa., Dee. 29. —Congress-
man Uobert IS. announced yester
day that he had appointed Democratic
County Chairman .loliu Siney, of .St.
Clair, as Deputy Revenue Collector of
the Federal district between Pottsville
and Reading. Siney is the son of the
first lender of the organized miners of
this section, and has led the Demo
cratic organization for the last three
years.
.T. Collins Dewees, of Pottsville. has
been appointed stamp clerk at fhe Unit
e-ii States revenue office in this city. He
succeeds his father.
Plle« Curcil In R to 14 I)a,va
DnißKists refund money If PAZO OINT
MENT falls to cure Itching. Blind.
BleedlnK or Protruding Piles. lirst ap
plication irivcs relief. 50c.
YOUTH KILLED, THKxiE HURT
Coasting Accident Fatal to Edward Mil- j
ler, at Treverton
sJhamokin, Pa., Dec. 29.—Edward |
Miller, aged 19 years, of Treverton, was
killed yesterday in a coasting accident, 1
and .lames Taylor. Arthur 'Brown and .
Carl Rusk, three other youths, who were i
riding with him, were seriously injured,
when the huge bo>ij sled, flpon which j
they were riding, crashed, into the I
bridge.
Miller was steering the sled, and lost j
control of it. with the r»sult that it]
crashed into an iron span on the side]
of tthe 'bridge. Miller's head was liter-1
ally shattered.
Berwick, I'a., Dec. 29.—Rising con
trol of his sled on a steep hill yestor- j
day, Charles Lynn, 17 years old. son of i
befarus Lynn, of North Berwick, crash- 1
od head-first intrf a fence post. Ho sul - i
fered a fracture at the base of the
brain, a fractured nose, a fracture of'
the roof of the mouth and lacerations of
the head and body. He cannot live. j
CITY PLANS TO SEIZE LAND
| Pottsville Wants Part of Burned Dis- !
trict for Wider Street
Pottsville, PH., DC. 29.—Pottsville
City Council lias (ie.'iilcd to sei7.e a part j
| of the district burned in the mijliou
j dollar fire Which recently swept a por-1
j tion of the business swtion of this,
j town, to widen Norwegian street, be
tween Centre and 'Mahantongo streets, j
Viewers will be appointed, and the
land necessary for the improvement will !
|be condemned under eminent domain j
proceedings. Owing to t'he great ex-!
pense, it will i»e necessary to hold a i
special election to get the consent of I
the voters.
U.S. NOTE SHARPLY PROTESTS
BRITISH SEft INTERFERENCE
Washington. D. C., Dee. 29.—The
United States government yesterday
dispatched a long note to Great Britain,
insisting upon an early improvement in
the treatment of American commerce
by the British fleet. It gave warning
that much feeling has been aroused in
this country, and that public criticism
was general over unwarranted interfe
rence with the legitimate foreign trade
of the United States.
The document,constituting the strong
est representation ou this subject made
by the United States to any of the bel
ligerents since the outbreak of the war,
was cabled to Ambassador Page to be
formally presented to Sir Edward Lirey,
the British Foreign Secretary. Its
preparation was begun a month ago by
Solicitor Cone Johnson, Counsellor Rob
ert Lansing and Secretary Bryan, and
finally, during the last two weeks, had
the personal attention of President Wil
son himself, who I'ovised its phraseol
ogy with minute <arc.
A 9 the detailed point of view of the
United States in numerous specific cases
of detention and seizures of cargoes ha l
been set forth in a series of emphatic
piotests, yesterday's communication
was couched in general terms covering
the entire subject of the relations be
tween the L'uited States and Great Brit
ain as affected by the latter's naval
policy, considered highly objectionable
by this government.
The note declares at the outset that
the representations are made in a
friendly spirit, but that the United
States considers it best to speak in
terms of frankness, lest silence 'be con
strued as an acquiescence in a policy
on }he part of Great Britain which in
fringed the rights of American citizens
under the laws of nations.
Since France has adopted practically
the same decrees on contraband as has
Great Britain, yesterday's note is vir
tually a statemeut intended for all the
members of the Triple Entente.
The document points out that com
plaints on every side and public, criti
cism in the Unite! States hold the
British policy as directly responsible for
the depression in many American in
dustries, a situation the seriousness of
must be apparent to Great Brit
ain.
Feeling lias been aroused on the sub
ject. to such an extent, the communica
tion adds, that the American govern
ment feels compelled to ask for definite
information as to Great Britain's atti
tude, in order that it may take such
measures as will protect American citi
zens in their rights.
AGED RULER GRATEFUL FOR
IT.l T . S. GIFTS TO WAR ORPHANS
Washington. Dee. 29.—The State
Department has announced receipt
of the following telegram from Am
bassador Penlield, at Vienna:
"Emperor Francis Joseph has com
municated to me bis grateful thanks'
to the sympathetic friends in America]
who sent gifts of clothing and toys to
the war orphans by the ship Jason. ■
Half million gifts this week are be-1
ing distributed throughout Austria-
Humjury. The Emperor thanks every
donor and person taking part in the
work cf -sending Christmas cheer to;
his suffering people."
I It Is Impossible II
to be strong |
and robust if
handicapped §
by a weak
stomach or
H lazy liver; but
j you can help :Sj
i Nature conquer r
J them with the
| assistance of
HDSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
BLACK BREAD IS THE DIET I
DF CHILDREN IN BRUSSELS
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Paris, Deo. 10. —An attache of the
Belgian foreign office, who escaped
from the capital recently, says life |
thore is not as disagreeable as in other j
Belgian cities, langely on account of
the influential presence of the Ameri
can Minister.
"The price of food has not greatly
increased, and the j>eople who have
money to 'buy it are ncft suffering," he
said. "But the ibread, which is strictly
rationed, (300 grams a day for each
inhabitant), is black and indigestible.
Persons with weak stomachs like my
self cannot eat it. The bread question
is serious. The lower classes are ac
customed to eating large quantities of
bread. Soaked in milk or broth, it
forms the main article of the children's
diet. The regulation black bread is
doughy that it cannot be soaked, and
I know that a great many young chil
dren are dying every day from intes
tina 1 diseases brought on by improper |
feeding.
"The lack of fuel is another hard
ship. Nearly all the coal that comes
by canal from Oharleroi, is taken by
the Germans, who manufacture ben
zine for their automobiles from it in
large retorts that they have set up in
the suiburbs of Brussels, and it is very
difficult for the people to got oven the
small quantity they require for cook- |
ing purposes.
"Every week 2,300,000 francs
($500,000) war indemnity has to be
paid oyer to the German treasury of- I
fieials. This is a grevious burden to all j
classes and increases the already heavy j
taxes from 150 to 200 per cent."
KINC USES "INFLUENCE"
TO HELP A YflUflC WIFE
Correspondence of the Associated Press, j
Geneve, Dec, 1 o.—The .Lausanne
Gazette telJs the storv of how a young'
Parisian woman, recently married to a
Frenvh artillery officer, won her way I
to her husband's side at the front in
Flanders. She first tried to obtain a '
pass from French authorities. Failing j
in this she traveled in a peasant s !
country cart for several days to the j
Belgian headquarters. She met with n
polite reception and a polite refusal, j
A tall officer looked uip from a maip j
'he was studying and intervened. |
"Madame," he said, "a French I
woman could not have undertaken such j
a voyage for nothing." He took up
the telephone and after conversing!
it moment over the wire, said: "Your
husband will be here soon," He order-1
ed that lodgings be found for the |
young woman, who thanked the "tall, I
kind officer" and warmly shook both I
his haaids.
I Two hours later her husband, puzzled
| at his recall trom the trenches, was
' astonished to find himself in the em
;l brace of his young wife. Both were
' i further surprised to learn that it was
i the King of the Belgians wiho had ar
ranged the meeting.
Germans Need Castor Oil
Berne, Dec. 29.: —German agents are
j attempting to procure castor oil from
neutral countries, and even from
|l' rance. Germany requires this espo-
I for oiling the motors of aero-
I utiles and motor cars, which are used
i in very low temperatures.
Swedes Extend Moratorium
| London, Dec 29.—A dispatch to
j the "Morning Fos." from Stockholm
says: "The Swedish moratorium for
: foreign debts has been prolonged until
March 1, net, making an exception of
creditors living in America, Holland,
Norway and Spain Claims transferred
after August 4 to any country named
: are not payable." ,
AVALANCHE CRUSHES HOMiE
i One Fatally and Many Hurt in Colorado
Rock Slide
Georgetown, Col., Dec. 29.
Sarah O'Conncll, 26 years old, daughter
I of former State Senator Barney O'C'on
nel'l, was killed shortly after 8 o'clock
I yesterday morning by a rock slide which
! came down the mountain, demolishing
j t)he O'Connel! home and four other
j buildings. Miss O'Connell was asleep
in bed with her mother wben the slide
came. The rock crushed her head and
she died half an hour afterward.
The rock slide ran from the top of
Republican Mountain. There were sev
eral immense rocks in it, one of which
weighed over a ton. A numtoer of other
I houses wero damaged and several per-
I sons more or less injured.
The Woman Who Takes
the proper help to keep her digestion right and her system
iree trom poisonous accumulations, is not troubled
with headaches, backache, languid feelings, unnat
ural sufferings. All women who have tried
BEECHAM'S PILLS
thlS f ® mous , remedy to be the proper help for them A
cause "^MrrlLripn^' ,mme^late difference and occasional use will
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THE MAN OF THE HOUR IN EGYPT
u'El
Lieutenant General Sir J. G. Ma, well Is just now the man of the hour In
P lhe commander of the British forces is known and respected bv
Egyptians and Soudanese alike. Turkey's entry into the war field has foeussed
much attention on Egypt, but the British goverument is at ease with General
klaxwell at the helm to guard her interests.
! MAN SHOT CHRISTMAS DIES
1 One Victim of Double Luzerne Shoot
ing Succumbs to Wound
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 29.—frank
I 'Bover, w'ho was shot through the intos
| tines while a guont of Felix Stefnv, a
saloonkeeper at Luzerne, on Christmas
night, when Anthony iMartello is alleged
to have shot up the place because Stef
ny wouldn't open his barroom and sell
him a drink, died at a hospital horc j
yesterday. Ignatz Stefnv. who. the po
lice say was shot three times by 'Mar
tello, is in a serious condition and may
not recover.
Martello has disappeared and the bor
ough police, State troopers and county
! authorities are unable to find any trace
j of him.
INr TRED AT CROSSING
I Three Men in Wagon That Was Struck
by a Passenger Train
Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 29.—Cue man
was fatally injured and two others seri
ously hurt in a grade crossing accident
on the Beading and Columbia railroad,
half a mile north of East Petersburg,
at 1.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The men are employes of the Amer
ican Telephone Company. C. C. Eckert
was fatally injured.
Falls Kill Three in Week
Reading, Pa., Dec. 29. —The third
death here within a week resulting
from falls on the ice occurred yester
day, when Morris Hurvitz, a traveling
salesman of this city, died at St. Jo
seph's Hospital from a broken leg and
internal injuries, sustained in a fall at
Leinbach's Tavern, this county, on
Thursday, December 17.
Wheat $1.32 a Bushel in Portland
Portland, Ore., Dec. 29.—Yesterday
saw previous record prices on the Port
laud wheat exchange in the last few
weeks unsurpassed, when 5,0(10 bush
els of biuestem wheat for February,
sold at $ 1.112 a bushel, 3 cents above
the last previous sales.
Old-Fashioned Winter
How often we hear this
expression when Winter
opens early, freezing rivers
and streams and coverinir
streets and roads with last
ing snow and ice for sleigh
ing.
An old-fashioned Winter
is the severest kind of a test,
for coal, and if the fuel fails
to deliver the heat needed
something's wrong.
Don't take chances— burn
Kellers Coal and be comfortable
in any kind of winter weather.
Kelley's Hard Stove at
$6.70 is making many fur
naces give lasting and satis
factory heat.
H. M. KELLEY
1 N. Third Street
Tenth and State Streets