6 (JSftahlulud in JS7S) Published b • TN« ST AH PRINTING COMPANY, ' f Star.lndependent Building, M-aO-tt South Third 3tr*«t. Harrisburg. Pa. Kvary E *aniwg Knoept Sunday Offictr*: DirtcCrt Bbwamw F. MITIRI. J oßli L. ]_, Kchk. President. w*. W. Wallowek. _ „ ~ . Vfce President. K » WM. K Miters, Secretary and Treasurer. Wm. W. Wallowib. Wm H. Warner, V. Hrrnrn Buaitui, JR., Businaes Manager Editor. All communtca'ious should be addressed to Star-Independent, Buslnesc. Editorial. Job Pruning or Circulation Department Recording to the subject matter Bntered at the Post Office in Harrisburg as second class matter Benjamin £ Kentnor Company, New York and Chicago Representatives New York Olßet, Brunswick Building. 22 j Fifth ATsnue. Chicago Office, People's (ias Building. Michigan Avenue. Delivered by carriers at 6 cents a week. Mailed to subscriber: tor Three Dollars a year in advance THE STAR INDEPENDENT The paper with the largest Home Circulation in Harrisburg ana •earby towns. . Circulation Examined by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES; BELL~~ Private Branch Esohana*. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY PrWatß Branch Esohango. . _ No, >43-246 Tuesday, December 20, 1814. DECEMBER Bun. Moil. 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, loth; First Quarter, 24th. WEATHER FORECASTS j Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain and j warmer to-night, lowest temperature about ofi degrees. Wednesday partly W* \ SKv cloudy and colder. [ Eastern Pennsylvania: Rain and j warmer to night. Wednesday cloudy L/ and colder. Fresh southeast shifting to F northwest winds. p 'J YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest. 33; lowest, 12; 8 a. m., 13; 8 p. m., 28. TARDY COLLECTION OF ASHES Are certain sections of Harrisburg to experience ; the same inconvenience they experienced about a year ago, when snow was on the ground, as the ! result of delays in the matter of garbage eollec- j tion, or at least in the collection of ashes, by the company thai has the contract for that work in those sections* In another column is printed a letter to the editor complaining of annoyance from this source, and it can be said in addition that in at least one section of the West End the regular visit of the ash col lectors was omitted last week. The fact that the streets are icy or covered with snow is no excuse for being lax in the matter of the collection of ashes. The colder the weather the more important it is that the ashes should be re moved promptly, because the lower the temperature poes the greater is the accumulation of this kind of rubbish from furnaces and other stoves. If weather conditions make collections more dif ficult it is up to the contractors in the districts in which there is complaint, to redouble their efforts to have the work done, and if they fail to get it done it is up to the City authorities, upon whom the responsibility finally rests, to see that the con tractors are kept up to the mark in this matter that is of importance to every housekeeper in Har risburg. PUTTING CONVICTS ON THEIR HONOR Success even beyond his own expectations is meeting the efforts of Thomas Mott Osborne, the '"Golden Rule Warden of Sing Sing prison, to govern the inmates, —he objects to calling them convicts.—through kindness, common sense and ap plied Christianity. The course Warden Osborne is pursuing has not failed to meet with criticism from outside, but he answers the arguments of his critics something like this: Prison reform must begin inside the prison. The criticism that I am trying to make prison life attractive is based on iietion. I do not want to make it so attractive that men will want to break into it. The fact is that the great ma jority of the men in Sing Sing want to do right. All we need to do is to apply common sense and the fundamentals of Christianity in the treatment of those who want to be square. * Now well Warden Osborne's Golden Rule prin ciples have been working out in the great prison, the government of which in the past had been so grave a problem, can be gleaned from the fact there has not been a single case of punishment in Sing Sirig since December 11. Instead the men have worked in the shops with a new spirit. The foreman of the shoe department said that for two years under the old regime shoes had been stolen by prisoners out of every shipment that went out. Since December 7 not one pair of shoes has been stolen. I lie policy of the Golden Rule warden is proving that even convicted thieves can be put on their honor. It is proving that there is some good in every man and that there is a way of treating him that will bring that good to the surface. It is proving that the best way to protect society,— which is the fundamental purpose of penitentiaries, —is not to treat prisoners so that their brutal in stincts will be developed and so that they will only think of preying upon society when they are set free after having served out their terms, but rather HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1914. it is to build them up as men even while they are within the prison walls. VACATION TIME AT THE SHORE Advices from Atlantic City these days remind one that there all the time is vacation tinie, for Atlantic City has become an all-year-round resort, instead of particularly a summer resort. The ac ! couimodating gulf stream is said to have tempered the Atlantic City climate and to have made it a delightful winter retreat. Reports of life at the shore just now are very exhilarating. The pleasure-seekers there are plung ing into hot or cold sea water in their bath rooms or even making merry in their bathing suits along the beach. They are vigorously playing golf, or if oppositely inclined, are leisurely riding about the boardwalk in roller chairs. They are thronging the tango halls, the amusement piers, the music halls, the theatres and, of course, the moving pic ture show houses, and all are having a joyous va cation season. At Palm Beaeh and similar resorts, there is also luxurious idleness and happiness. There are out-of door activities in great variety, under the warm glow of the partial sun, while in this particular clime stoves and steam pipes are busily engaged in comforting shivering humanity. All the time is vacation time at the shore, yet only privileged persons can realize the fact fully. It must suffice for those whose only vacation is the summer vacation, to derive what enjoyment is pos sible from the accounts of the merrymaking which reach them at this time of year. HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES IN COLLEGES The first topic to be discussed at the State Edu cational Association convention now feeing held in the Technical High School, was that of "The Re duplication of High School Studies by Colleges.'' presented yesterday afternoon by Professor Gra ham, of Pittsburgh, it is fitting that this subject should take first place, at least so far as the pro gram arrangement is concerned, for it is one of much import among educators, and one that needs' to receive some attention from persons who plan to put children through college. I'hat there now exists unnecessary duplication in colleges and universities, in subjects such as chem istry, physics, trigonometry and English literature, is a condition well known to all who know anything | at all about educational matters. Students spend j time in high Schools on those subjects, then go to i colleges and are forced to repeat practically the J same elementary work. The result ot' this lack of proper arrangement ' and adaptation of courses is that a year or a sem- j ester of work is acutally lost for no other reason than that high schools and colleges have not co operated but have independently planned their curricula and left the students to suffer the conse quences of resulting duplications. A young man taking academic studies might be' graduated from the Harrisburg High School for example, and offer courses he there received in trigonometry, chemistry and English literature as college entrance requirements, yet be forced to repeat these subjects in essentially the same details during his freshman year at the higher institution, merely because they are prescribed in the college catalogue. In fact, he might during his first year at college study no more than one branch which j is absolutely new to him, all the others having been introduced during his high school course. The elimination from college curricula of pre scribed first year studies which are distinctly repe titions of high school work done by the students before they ever saw the colleges, would not neces sarily be a step in the shortening of college courses. Instead of the overlapping elementary studies, actual collegiate work could and should be given to the students. Young men and young women do not enter higher institutions of learning for the sake of reviewing work previously disposed of, but to acquire fresh knowledge and additional intellec tual power. Sit up and speak proper! The educators are iu town. And did Santa Claus have this weather in his pack? Shame! Some of those bomb-towers in Europe would never win a cheap cigar trying to "hit the babies" at a country fair. If you must swear at the weather get the profanity out of your system now, for next Friday is the time to turn over a new leaf! Governor 'l'ener has done a graceful act in appointing Walter Hugus Gaither, of Allegheny, his private secretary for the last four years, as a member of the Public Service Commission to succeed the late Judge Ewing. Mr. Gaither is qualified by years and experience in public life to enter upon the important duties devolving upon the Public Service Commission, and that he will succeed is the belief of his Harrisburg friends. His newspaper training has given biin a keen insight into human affairs, and his participation in public activities in Washington and Harrisburg has added to his valuable store of experience. TOLD IN LIGHTERVEIN A SHADOW ON IT "He simply refuses to throw any light on his past." "Perhaps he can't; it's so shady.";— Buffalo Express. MEAN NEIGHBORS "My wife was to give a rose tea, —everything scented with roses."* "A delicate conceit." "Yes; but things went wrong. The people in the next flat took that occasion to have onions and cabbage."— Kansas City Journal. ECONOMY "I'll give you something to eat if you'll chop wood for it." "Yes, lady, only it will be cheaper to feed me in advance. Choppin' wood gives me a terrible appetite."—Boston Becord. IMPROVEMENTS EXPECTED Financial encouragement to the railways is coupl«d with the expectation that some of the Boards of Directors will turn over new leaves.—Waslujigton Star. [Tongue-End Top ics] ' Snuff-Taking Dying Out p "Didn't have a call for a single ounce of snuff this year," said a cigar and tobacco dealer, "and that was something strange, for up to last year ' I always had a couple of calls for 1 snuff, that sweet-scented nose-tickler that once was used in such quantities. . On reason, I suppose, is that I stopped selling snuff during the year and that may have become known to those who 3 formerly patronized me, but as a mat f ! ter of fact there are few calls for ■ ! snuff, and it does not pay to keep it. . | It dries out after a short time and has to be thrown away. Time was when we • ! kept several caunisters of snuff on tap, ' I and sold a groat deal of it, but its . I use is gradually being discarded and we have few calls for it. Once in a great while somebody comes in and wants a package of rappee, but the in* ' quirers nre generally from out of tho • city. In fact snuff taking is dying out i everywhere, and snuff-dipping is cou . fined to the lower tier of counties, near Maryland and Virginia. In the North very little snuff is used and very few tobacco factories make it. There is a big snuff factory in Lancaster, but that is the only one I kuow of. Being , in the heart of the tobacco district, it is conveniently located to grind up scraps and tobacco fragments that could not otherwise be used." * » * Demand For Snuff in Old Days The late John Kepple, one of Har risbuTg s best known tobacconists, was an extensive dealer in snuff and other old-time manufactured bi-products of tobacco, and so was "Uncle" Davy J a uss, who kept a tobacco store on Market street, near the Square. Reg- ! ularly every week the snuff-takers i>b- , tained their weekly supply at these i , old-time tobacco emporiums, and the j | sale was quite extensive, ij * , » On Tap For the Law-makers There are men still residing in liar- J riaburj who remember the interior of the old Capitol back in the late fifties ! and uip into the sixties. For vears di-1 rectly inside of the Senate and House i | doors, ou either side were small shelves | on which rested small glass dishes con- 1 j taining snuff for the use of the Leg-j j islators. It was a common sight to sec , | a dignified Senator, after divesting j j himself of hat and coat and handing I 1 them to a page, to go into a room to ! the right of the Speaker, walk down ! the aisle to the snuff boxes, take a generous pinch between thumb and j forefinger, tilt back his head and pour ! the stuff —snuff —into his nostrils, and ' I then stand and await expectantly fori | the thunderous sneeze that was cer-: j tain to follow. And during a debate ! j it was no uncommon thing to see n I j Legislator stop in the middle of hi? j speech, sidle over to the snuff boxes] and take a pinch, going back to his; seat and resuming his "few re- 1 marks." ** " j Vanished From the Capitol Long ago the snuff boxes disappear-1 ed from the Capitol before the argu- j ment that keeping! them in such a pub- j | lie place was not dignified. With the j | coming of the first Senate Librarian, | who instituted numerous innovations i j in the Senate chamber,* the snuff dis j appeared, and nobody ever thought to j j inquire why the practice was discon ; tinued. It is said that one doughty ' j Senator, who was disbarred from smok- ; ' ing on the floor of the Senate, sought I ! o®t even by having the snuff boxes j j removed, on the ground that the State ' ! hjid no right to pay for snuff consumed j by the Senators. In these days, if those ! 1 old snuff boxes were there it would be j in order to have a Keeper of the Snufl Boxes at so much per day and in the' schedule of supplies would be the item of snuff. THOMAS M. .TOXES. PEOPLE'SCOLUMN' Tile Star-Independent does not ; make itself responsible for opinion* ! expressed in this column. , > New Sawdust For Meclianissburg Editor The Star-Independent: Dear Sir—l am a regular reader of j your paper ami have frequently been i in it lately the statement that the saw j dust used in the Stough tabernacle is i to be removed to this place and used ! in the tabernacle of the Miller cam paign here. This statement is not cor rect. Wo consider that to be much too unsanitary an act and will cover the floor pf our tabernacle with clean shavings never heretofore used. We feel that <»n justice to our people and for the success of our campaign that this error should be corrected. We therefore kindly ask you to give as prominent place in your paper to the refutation of the above statement as was given to the statement. Very Kespectfully, Lyman M. Dice, Secretary Executive Committee. ! Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 28, 1914. Wants Cornetist Rewarded Editor The Star-Independent: Dear Sir—l herewith ask you kind ly to publish this in your paper, as 1 think it requires attention of all the CATARRH LEADS TO CONSUMPTION Catarrh is as much a blood disease as scrofula or rheumatism. It may be relieved, but it cannot be removed by simply local treatment. It breaks dowii the general health, weakens the lung tissues, and leads to consumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla is so successful in the treatment of catarrh that it ia known as the best remedy for this disease. It purities the blood. Ask your druggist for it. Adv. citizens of Steelton. And such deeds should have encouragement. On Christinas morning, between the hours of midnight and 2 o'clock, a well-known citizen of Steelton took his 13-vear-old son, who is a cornet play er, and played that' well-known song, "Silent Night," from one end of the town to the other. I am sure that nil who heard it had a sensation within them that would be harorted, against relicensing the Mount llolly Inn. This hotel has been con ducted by D. Fred Souders for some time past". A transfer by which W. C. Gill becomes the owner is said to be pending and some opposition to the I change is being made in the form of a i remonstrance. With only n little more than a week ! remaining before the ".tpiration of the i time fixed by law for such action, only ! one application for the renewal of a i liquor license at the session of court I to toe held January 26 has been made- I January 5 is the last day for filing ap-j I plications, although remonstrants have ! until the 21st of the month to make ob- j Meet ion. Thomas A. Ijindsey, who con-| I ducts the hotel at Bowmansdale, has i ; filed his application. Death From Indigestion Chambersburg, Dec. 29. —Harvev W. Gladhill died suddenly at his home at Muncy yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. He was taken suddenly ill early Satur- j day evening with acute indigestion. His condition grew rapidly worse and yes- ' terdav mornii:g he became unconscious. I Besides his wife, these children survive: Harvey, Frank, Walter and Misses! Emma and Nellie. Mr. Gladhill was a j A RELIEV \ s rHE ff^HrfsTANTLY GORDONS Why suffer? Take Gordon's "BROMO SODUS". Quickest and surest relief for dull, splitting Headache. New Ef fervescing Headache Remedy, guaran teed absolutely pure. Much more pleasant to take than powders or tablets, (lives instant relief without depressing after effects. Ask your dealer for it and in sist upon getting Gordon's "BROMO SODUS" on sale at all first class drug gists, soda fountains and department stores. Ruy a bottle to-day, your dealer will refund purchase price to any dis satisfied customer. If unable to obtain quickly, send 25c for large bottle to BROMO DRUG CO.. Harrisburg. Pa. THE "HOUSTON CLUB" (AS ILLUSTRATED) '^k This latest of all derby erea- ;.' Jgj > tions is fashioned particularly J for men who demand style, dis- \ tinction, and "class" of the Vjf different kind. They're $3 and f j| , J every cent means intrinsic value. ( i<^ POULTO V[ 1 5 N. Third St my / \ ■|| "WHERE THE STYLES ORIGINATE" l ' ;|/ Don't Blame The Coal Dealer It's not always his fault if your coal will not give good results. Nine times out of ten you are burning the wrong kind and size. One size and kind of coal will not give good, satis factory results under every condition. ll' the kind you are now using does not burn as it should the thing to do is to try another size. We find people that 110 difference how many times they move, why they order the same kind of coal and then expect it to burn in one house just like il did where they lived before. It seldom does burn the same. Let us advise you the kind to buy. United Ice & Coal Co. Forstar & Cowden Third & Boas 15th & Chestnut Hummel & Muiberrj ALSO STEELTON, PA. member of the Chambersburg Lodge of Flks, the Chambersburg Club and had served as secretary of the Republican comity committee Burial will be made on Wednesday. The remains will leave Muncy that morning at S o'clock, arriving here at 1 -0, when they will be removed to the AVaynesboro branch train and taken to Waynesboro, where interment will be I made from the train. Injuries Pvcvc Fatal Gettysburg, Dec. 29. —Frank Taylor, 63 years old. of Middleborough, Mass.. employed at the Thoniasville Stone and [ hi me Company s plant, below Abbotts- I town, died at 2.30 o'clock Sunday aft ernoon from hemorrhage of the brain aud fracture of the skull, sustained on Friday at 5 p. m when, with Charles Able, who was pulling him aivay from a stove to prevent his clothes from ig | ulting, he tell through a door on the i second story of a shai k at Thomasville I to the ground, a distance of ten feet. SPORTS I c. Additional Sports on Page 5 TAMAQIIA HERE SATURDAY Central Pennsylvania League live at, Chestnut Street Auditorium I The Harrisburg Independents for [ their next attraction at Chestnut street j 'auditorium will be the Tamauqua team, iof the Central Pennsylvania league. ; The game will be played Saturday even i in s- This team has been playing excep ! tionally well all season and has a good | j chance to lead this league before long, i They have this year a strong combina ition of players composed of Fulmer, j • l.oewen and Sassaman, forwards; Dun- j kelberger, center; Fisher, Sharps and [ | Bredbenuer, guards. In view of the fact that the Inde- j j pendents have not lost a game on their ; I own floor the management of the Ta-; j mauqua team wiil bring the strongest I combination of players available in or | der to win this game. The game will be called promptly at 8 o'clock ami will be followed by the usual dance. The Independents will not' I play a game ou New Year's night on I [account of the various holiday dances which will be given on this night. I\ R. H. V. W. C. A. BASKETBALL Cardinals Win From Tigers and Sen ators Top Athletics In the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. basket i ha.ll. league games last evening the j Cardinals won from the Tigers by the score of 35 to 20, and the Senators won from the Athletics by the score of 30 to 23. The scores: First Game Cardinals. Tigers Thomas P Patton Ressing F Crane ! Burns C Frank j Fleck G Rapp Colestock G Anderson Field goals, Thomas, 3; Ressing, 3; I Burns, 3; Rapp, 2; Coles'ock, Patton, Crane, Frank. Foul goals, Thomas, 15 ol' 21; Rapp, 10 of 18. Referee, (ieisel. j Scorer, C. Frank. Timer, Gough. Time, I 20-minute halves. Socond Game Athletics. Senators j Zeigiler F Patton j Felker F Martin] Smith C Gregory j Waltz G Peters! Green G Hall j Field goals, Gregory, 7; Smith, 5; | Patton, 4; Felker, 3; Waltz, 2. Foul I goals, Peters, 8 of 15; Zpigler, 3 of 13. Referee, Gcisel. Scorer, C. Frank. Timer, Gough. Time, 20-minute halves. CHURCH FIVES PLAY St. Paul's Boys' Five and Covenant Girls' Team Win The St. Paul s bve wou from the Covenant team la't evening by the score of 45 to 29. Covenant* girls' tive won from the St. Paul's girls by the score of 28 to 7. The lineups: St. Paul's. Covenant. Swart:'. F Bueli 1 ' I Fair lamb F Aldinser i k"'P C Bvrem »\ 11 lough b v .... t; Win j Kwi »K • G ' Bortel | Field goals, Kulp, 7: Wi Hough by, ?• Byrem, ,>; I' 4: Buch, 3; Fairlainb, 2; Wirst, 2- Bortel Aldinger. Foul goals, Buch. 5: Kulp, 2; Kwing, 2; Fairlam'b. Referee, McCord. Timer, 'Harris. Scorer, Kwing. Time, 20- I minute periods. Covenant Girls. St. Paul's (iirls. j Velder F Sparver ' (Captain) (Captain) [ Rider F . . liev j .Smith C Hirsii ; Garland G Kroh i Bortel I (i Koch Field goals Yelder, 8, Filler, 3; | Smith, Sparver, Koch. Foul goals ! Smith, t; Sparver, 3. Referee, Mr j Cord. Timer. Harris. Scorer, ijwiiig. i Time, 20-minute periods. COLONIALS WIN MATCH Casino League Contest Won by Margin of 54 Pins The Colonials won from the Nation [ als in the Casino Ten Pin League last j night by 54 pins. Jacoby had high j match honors in this meet with a total !of 600 pins for the three games. Sec j ond match honor.- went to Basch with 1 a total of 580 pins. High game score | went to l.uek with 232 for his opening I game. The scores: COLONIALS Jacoby.... 175 211 2! 4 600 I Kruger .... 168 128 165 — 461 ! Kobb 17If 190 183— 552 : Trace IS2 156 213 551 j Black ..... 186 150 167 503 ! Totals .. 890 535 942—2667 NATIONALS : Basch 190 176 211— SSO I Thompson . 191 156 1 52 490 ! Chrismcr 153 133 181— 467 [Jones 173 139 1 90— 502 I Luck 232 169 164 — 565 Totals .. 939 773 901—2613 Now Year's Day in Marietta Marietta, Dec. 29. —Marietta is planning for a big time on New Year's Day in which several bands will par ticipate in the parade in the afternoon, together with hundreds of men from j surrounding places in costumes. There , will be prizes awarded. There will bo [ an electric illumination in the evening of Centre square and Market streets, | together with a band concert. Photoplay To-day Two feature productions are heaij ■ liners to-day at the Photoplay. "Tii» Bomb," a two-act Lubin, and "Tito j llato That Withers,!' a two-act Kaleni I drama dealing with the woman who has no soul. A Vitagraph comedy, "The Kgyptian Mummy," and George Ade fable complete Ihe show ing. Adv. * Jacob E. Glassbrenner Dies 'Mountville, Dec. 29.—Jacob F. Glass brenner, 61 years old, died from a com plication of diseases yesterday. He wa,s a carpenter and cabinetmaker and an expert wood worker. Ho was a mem ber and official of tho Lutheran church. His widow and several children sur vive. Marietta Masons Install Officers Marietta, Dec. 29.—Mount Horeb Lodge, No. 14, Free and Accepted Ma sons held their installation last even ing and immediately following the or der of business a lianquet was served at which Joseph M. Stafford, of Mari etta, was toastmaster. In addition the 62d anniversary was observed. A Little Different Miss Vane—l know ho was talking to you about me. Now, wasn't lief Miss Speitz—Well, yes. 'Miss Vane—T thought I heard him remark that I had a thick head of hair. Miss Speitz— Partly correct. He didn't mention your hair, however.—Exchange. Take Care of Your Eyes and They'll Take Care of You For advice, count It With 11. C. ttauter, 302 Market Street.