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Circulation Examines by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN APVBRTIS2RS. TELEPHONES- BELL~ Rrlvato Branch EaohanfO. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Eschamo. ■ _ No. *45.246 Tuesday. January 5, 1013. JANUARY Bun. 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, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter, Bth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, SBd. WEATHER FORECASTS > J ■> Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and fllw slightly warmer to night with lowest /C\s"3 ' I temperature about 25 degrees. Wednes- AWr r ' ! day cloudy and warmer. Lwl Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and wanner tonight. Wednesday increasing cloudiness and warmer. Gentle to mod- i. a I erate east to south winds. ___ YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 32; lowest. 20; 8 a. m., 20: 8 p. m., 27. WHEN RAILROADS BEGIN BUYING The railroads appear to be making good the im- ! plied promise made before the Interstate Commerce , Commission granted the increased freight rates so j earnestly sought by the Eastern roads, that if the ; increases were allowed the railroads would begin the long delayed purchases of much-needed equip- ! ment. The news has contained many indications > recently that the roads are beginning to enter the j market for steel rails, new rolling stock and other j equipment, and the following quotation from the financial page of the New York "Sun" this morn ing is a fair sample of this kind of gratifying in formation : Predictions that substantial improvement in demand for steel would be witnessed with the turn of the new year ha\e been fulfilled. Producers reported yesterday a much better inquiry from the railroads, and some fairly large orders were also placed. The tonnages purchased generally range from 30 per cent, to 50 per cent, below normal, but manufacturers express satisfaction over the appearance of better demand. Inquiries and orders for rails were esti mated at about 400,000 tons. There was also a vast im provement in the equipment market, where inquiry for about 12,000 cars was reported. The encouraging thing about this sort of news is that it means more than merely the railroads are looking forward to better business conditions. The placing of orders for rails, cars, locomotives, bridge materials and so forth means more work for the big steel mills and other plants. Such a condition of course means employment for idle men and it also means that investors, who have been keeping their money stuck away in their stockings will likely be led to gain confidence and be more in clined to invest their capital in places where it will make possible the revival of industry in many dif ferent directions. It is a theory commonly accepted in financial circles that when the railroads start buying it fore shadows general industrial revival. The accuracy of the theory often has been upheld by fact and there is no reason to believe it will be otherwise in the present case if the railroad buying reaches pro portions that there are reasonable grounds now for hoping it will. THE READING OP PREPARED PAPERS The reading of carefully prepared papers on as signed topics at conventions or a lesser gatherings is a cherished custom, perhaps because there is comparatively little difficulty undergone in writing out one's thoughts or tabulating statistics and then getting up in public and reading them. The smoothest way is followed, .so far as the readers of the papers are concerned, yet it seems that audi ences ought to be taken into consideration. Amoug the most tiresome occupations conceiv able is that of sitting through the reading of a paper in the accomplishment of which the reader speaks in but two or three' different tones of voice, seldom lifts his eyes from the manuscript and seems to take no livelier interest in the proceeding than that of correctly and perhaps clearly pronouncing the occasional big words which he appropriated from Websters in the writing of his weighty contri bution to the meeting. Many papers thus read are of course valuable for the facts which they present, and more is the pity that they should be read at all, in the conventions. When a person has vital things to say, why doesn't HARRISBURG BTAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5. 1915, he eome out in front of an audience and say them, without grasping at sheets of paper for support? An audience feels that it is actually being ad dressed when a speaker looks straight at it, says what he thinks and gets off his subject just enough to show that he knows a thing or two aside from his theme. If a man who is on the program of a meeting, large or small, cannot do all that he had better have his talk printed and distribute the copies. He would thus make it much more effective than by getting up and trying to read it. When a man comes from a distance to address a meeting and reads what he has to say. one cannot help feeling sometimes thai he should have mailed the manuscript for someone else to read, thus sav ing much time and carfare. m BLOOD MEN'S STRANGE BUSINESS The soldiers who spill their blood on fields of battle may be heroes, but New York's professional "blood donors" are the persons who are profiting by the business in cold cash. These donors make their livelihood by selling their blood for trans fusion. Their sacrifice is made not on a smoky battlefield but in a hospital operating mom; their blood flows not in unchecked streams, but with scientific supervision, and their reward is not vain glorious death but personal checks signed by the patients into whose veins their warm, life-sustain ing fluid is injected. The blood men have a profitable business and although a strange one there can be no reasonable objections made to it. Since blood-transfusion has become common there are repeatedly demands for blood donors and the willingness of the men who have entered the transfusion business to submit to operations may be the meaus of saving many lives. Their purposes are of course mercenary, yet that which prompts them to yield their blood does not govern the effectiveness of the fluid. Friends are often willing to give their blood to save the lives of patients requiring transfusion, but the blood offered in so fine a spirit is not always suitable for the operation. The professional donors are picked men and their blood, yielded not for love or for glory but for greenbacks or checks, will gen erally accomplish the purposes of the surgeons. Persons are too often inclined to be shocked at instances when acts of loving consideration are commercialized. —when money is accepted for serv ices which human kindness aloue is supposed to perform. Certainly the hired mourners at funerals, of which we have often heard, are worthy of our contempt, but that is because we are led to con sider them as frauds. The intentions of the blood men are honest, though mercenary, and their business cannot be considered other than legitimate. It does not be hoove persons to criticise them, at least, who are unable or unwilling to act as their substitutes. On the last lap Ambler just ambled in. Think of the wear and tear on the county's books with so much auditing'. A big stick bobbed up from somewhere between 4 p. m. yesterday and the time for the Republican caucus on the House Speakership in the evening. With song and rejoicing the bill's and bears resumed trading yesterday on the London Stock Exchange. Tears may come later for the shorn lambs. • There is a large "freshman class" in Schoolmaster Brum baugh's law making institute on Capitol Hill, and he may have to use the birch rather freely at first. TOLD IN LIGHTERVEIN BUT IT WASN'T The parson was preaching out of town and he went into a barber shop and got a shave. The porter brushed a hat and handed it to the parson, who donned it in a absent minded way. The parson dined at the home of a pillar at the church that evening, and the guests wcrp all strict church members. When the guests were leaving the host handed them their hats. The host looked inside one hat to see the name and seemed deeply shocked. "Is this your hat?" asked the host. "Yes," replied the parson. "That is mine." The host handed the hat to the parson, and he glanced at the inside of the band before donning it. And there, pasted into the crown of the hat, was a card bearing this legend: "No. you darned fool. This ain't your hat." —Exchange. HIS READY RETORT An Irishman visiting London for the first time noticed hanging on the door bell of a fine mansion a sign, reading: "Please ring the bell." Pat went up and rang the bell. Immediately a footman appeared and asked him what he wanted. Pat said he rang the bell because the sigm said to do so. The footman smiled and exclaimed: "Oh, I see; you come from the land where nanny goats grow on gooseberry bushes." Pat, angered, replied: "But in London von see more wonderful sights. You have only to ring a bell and a monkey pops out."—Ex change. THE LAST WORD Two Pullman porters, representing different railroads, met off duty and progressed from friendly gossip to heated argument. Their quarrel centered about which one worked for the better road. Their claims, figures and arguments came fast and furious. At last the tall, thin porter settled t&e dispute with these classic words: "Oo on, niggah! We kills mo' people den you fellahs tote."—San Francisco Dispatch. CRAMPED QUARTERS An Alaska pioneer was telling how crowded a certain ship was during the gold rush. One day a man came up to the captain and said: "You will have to get me some place to sleep." "Where have you been sleeping!" "Well." the passenger replied, "I have been sleeping on a sick man. but he's getting better now and won't stand for it."—St. James' Gazette. SOMETIMES THEY SLEEP ON The only knocker that men do not object to is Oppor tunity.—Florida Times-Union. If You are troubled with heartburn, gases and a distressed feeling after eating take a tess Hi rasf before and after each meal and you will obtain prompt relief. Sold only by us, 260 George A. Gorgas, * ■ \ IT ongue-End Topics | J Legislature Scribes Are Here The corps of newspaper correspond ents here at present to record the do ings of the Legislature is as large as pvcr. and as the session it will be added to, for there is prospect of lively tianes before the Ides of March, as Saui Hudson would say. Sam, by the way will not represent the Phila delphia "Item" this year, that news paper having gone out o* existence. Up to the present the following have reg istered and will be "in our midst" for the next four months, at lfi.ist, or until Governor Brumbaugh sees fit to an nounce that he is through with the Leg islature and the legislators mav go home. With them will flit the non resident correspondents. The big city dailies and news associations generally send men here who are well acquainted with public affairs and men in public life in the State and if anything es capes t4)em it must tie pretty subtle. *» * ' Some of the Correspondents This year the following active men are on the ground ready for the business of the session: E. J. Hart, Scrantou "Times;" Rosweil Phillips, Scranton "News;" Saul IJtibinow, Scranton '' Tribune-Republican;'' Edwin M. Giles, Philadelphia "Star;" Lee Ell nuikor. Philadelphia "Press;" George J. Brennen, Philadelphia "Inquirer;"' Thomas J. Walker. Philadelphia "Pub lic Ledger;" Franklin L. Knight, Phil adelphia "Bulletin;" Edward Taylor, Philadelphia "Evening Ledger;" Lee Solomon, Philadelphia '' Record;'' James H Lambert. Jr., Philadelphia "Telegraph:" Walter Darlington, Phil adelphia "North American;"' George M. Holmes, Philadelphia "North Amer ican:" John R. Ball. Pittsburgh "Post aud Sun;'" Joseph N. Mack rell, Pittsburgh "Chronicle-Telegraph;" Wtltcr J. Cririy, Pittsburgh "Gazette- Times;" L. K. Goshorn, Pittsburgh " Dispatch;" A. Bovd Hamilton, Har ri;ibiirg "Telegraph" and "Associated Press;" Thomas M. Jones, Harrisburg Star-Independent and "Tr:-State Bu reau: " Robert R. Free. Harrisburg Star- Independent; Frank Beil. '' United Press" and Harrisburg "Telegraph;" Charles G. Miller, Harris&unj' "Pa triot; W, ti. Newbold. Philadelphia "North American" and general cor respondent; William R. Doug-las, "Tri- State News Bureau.'" and John H. Keitiuger. " Associuit.i Press." 6 * * The Correspondents' Association The Legislative News-paper Corres pondents' Association, organized in 1895, of which George J. Brennan, of the Philadelphia "Inquirer," is presi-. dent, will meet shortly for the election of officers, its headquarters having been re-established in two large rooms at the Capitol on the entresol floor facing State street. This suite has been occu pied for several sessious and will be furnished with everything that the newspaper men use in their work, in cluding typewriters, stationery, lockers, metallic cases for documents, file cases, a Smull s handbook and a dictionary. It will be in charge of J competent man whose main duty will be to see that supplies are kept up aad the telegraph messenger boys are kept down. The as sociation is a recognized institution, and its members are entitled to the privileges of the reporter's desks in both Senate and House. In the Senate they are shoved back to a shelf away in the rear of the clumber where it is difficult to hear the proceedings, but the House has beautiful desks for each man. Breese Would Join Local Eot-arians The Harrisiburg Rotary Club will now receive an application for membership from a good actor, E.lmund Breese, the star in the company which played "To day" in the Majestic theatre on Satur- I day. Breese is a member of the New ; York Rotary Club and, moreover, he has the true Rotarian spirit. Hearing 1 that Howard C. Pry, secretary to the Harrisburg Rotary Club, was in the au dience, Saturday evening, Breese sent a little note of greeting to him. C. Floyd HopUins. who has under his wing the three Wilmer-Vinceut-Appell the atres, and Mr. Fry, tho producer of the Paxtang minstrels, are bcfrh full fledged Rotarians. BROOK-COGLEY WEDDING Married in Moravian Church at Lancas ter Willow Street, Jan. s.—Miss Hazel C. Cogley, of near Lancaster, and Wil liam A. Brook, of Annapolis, Md., were married yesterday morning in the Mo ravian church by the Rev. H. A. Gerd sen, D. D., in the presence of a num ber of relatives and friends. The cou ple was unattended. Walter Bahn pre sided at the organ. A reception fol lowed at the home of the bride. Returned From New York Joseph I. Claster, with H. C. Claster, jeweler, 302 Market street, returned from a social and business trip to Now York City this morning. While in New York he was entertained on New Year's day by friends. Kills Himself In Barn Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. s.—Ruiued through endorsing notes, Jacob Weaver, of Lizard Creek, took his life yesterday by hanging himself to a rafter in his l-arn. Weaver's wife and daughter dis- his body. PURE RICH BLOOD PREVENTS DISEASE Bad blood ia responsible for more ailments than anything else. It causes catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak, tired, languid feelings aud worse troubles. Hood's Sarsaparilla has been won derfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula and other humors, and building up the whole system. Take it—givo it to all the family so as to avoid illness. Get It to day. Adv. TAMAQUA Bl RtiESS OUSTED Court Also Orders Commissioners to Pay Non-Supported Wives Pottaville, Pa., .lan. s.—Court yester day issued an order ousting R. >ll. Harris as Chief Burgess of Tamilt)ua. Harris, who is publisher of the "Evening Cour ier," was appointed Burgess by Court live years ago ami was since elested for a full term. 'His opponents\maiirtained that the office of Burgess could not be held twice in succession and also charged that Harris had furnished the borough with printing from his own of fice. contrary to la.w'. The vacancy will again be filled by appointment l>v the Court. A mandamus was issued bv the Court yesterday on the County Commission ers compelling tfhem to pay to pris oners' wives 65 cents per day in non support. cases. It is expected that with this decision the wife <*f every man in jail for non-support will come on the county for this amount. The Tax payers' Association took an appeal from the decision, which may hold up the payments until Senator Snyder «\an get the law changed. The decision will cost this county J3.000 annually. This Is a Bad Month The indoor life of winter, with lack of outdoor exercise, puts a heavy load on the kidneys. Nearly everybody suf fers from rheumatism,' backache," pain in sides and back, kidney and bladder ailments. A backache may not mean anything serious, but it certainly does not mean anything good. It's better to be on the safe side and take Foley Kid ney Pills to strengthen and invigoiate the kidneys and help them do their work. They help rid the blood of acids and poisons. Sokl by Geo. A. Gorgas, ltj North Third street and P. R. R. Station.—Adv. RESCUED IX MIDATLANTIC Crew of Wrecked Vessel Swam to Sum moned Ship Kirkwall, Scotland, Jan. s.—(Seven teen persona, Jhe crew of the American bark Pilgrim, with the exception of the mess bov, who was drowned, were landed here yesterday by the Norwe gian steamship Thoima, having been rescued in mid-Atlantic three weeks ago. The Pilgrim was bound from Newport News for Buenos Aires, when she en countered heavy weather and was thrown on her beam ends through the shifting of ballast. Her masts were cut away, but this did not avail to right her. The mountainous seas also swept the bark's boats away. In response to the signals of distress sent up by the Pilgrim, the Thoima. which had left Mobile. Ala., December t>. for Copenhagen, steamed as close i»< she dared to venture, and the crew of the disabled vessel swam to the Nor wegian boat. WOMEN OF TRAGEDY, DEAD Honeymoon With Man Who Shot Hus band Ended by Death Los Angeles, Jan. 5. —-Telegrams re ceived yesterday reported the death at Nogalez, Ariz., of Mrs. Roy L. Glover, who was a principal in a Christmas tragedy here a year ago, in which Dan iel DeVilliers. a South African soldier, met death at the hands of Mr. Glover. DeVilliers was the woman's husband and came here from San Antonio to induce her to leave Glover. She re fused. and iu the "nsuing battle De- Villiers was killed. Glover was arrested and held in jail until a few weeks ago. when he was freed through the efforts of Mrs. De- Villiers. who soon afterward became his wife. They were on a second honey moon when death came to Mrs. Glover. Her three little children are here. Before she married DeVilliers, Mrs. Glover had been the wife of Vivian M. Leeds, a wealthy resident of Paterson, N. J. FLAG FAILS TO SAVE CATTLE Fanner Loses Infected Stock Despite Unfurling of Old Glory Lebanon, Pa.. Jan. o.—Standing be neath the folds of an American flag yesterday, Jacob Baum. a Ijondoodcrry townslirp farmer, was unsuccessful in preventing the destruction of his herd of cattle, w'hL h had been infected with foot and mouth disease and condemned by the State Sanitary Live Stock 'BoaWl. State constables were on hand to see Miat Baum did not interfere with the "killing" squad in its work. If you want a better job than you have do your best on the one you have. A Real Foe To Health Is a Weak Stomach From this source arises such ills as Poor Appe tite, Nausea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Consti pation. You can conquer and fortify the system against such foes by the timely use of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS Be Sure you get the Genuine. SUBURBAN MIDDLETOWN Borough Council Holda Special Session and Reorganises Corresponds ire Middletown, Jau. 6. —The Borough Council mot in special session last even ing for reorganisation. The following were elected: President, Harry Christ man; clerk, P. E. Irwin; treasurer, B. E. Longenecker, of the Farmers' bauk; supervisor, Harrv Pishburn; high con stable, Charles llouser; janitor, George Mansberger; light superintendent, John Boyer; borough solicitor, John K. Gey er. The retiring president is Grant Souders. The second Monday of the month has been fixed as the regular meeting night. The funeral of the late Aaron Poor man was held from the home of his son, Aaron Poorman, Jr., South Wood street, yesterday afternoon, with serv ices at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Joseph Weirich officiated. The pallbearers were David and George McCann, Aaron and Homer Poorman, D. Snyder and S. Brown. Those present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank and Mr. Shoop, Harrisburg; Abram Kope, Deodate; Harry Poorman, Union De posit; Mary Spidle, Hummelstown; Mrs. Philip Bover, Swatara Station; Mrs. Samuel Espenshade. Union De posit; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Snvder, Palmyra. Interment was made in the Middletown cemetery. Charles G. Campbell, of Lebanon, spent Sunday in town. Claude Wnre. Winfleld Sides, J. F. Park and Norman Hart man returned to their studies at Stata College to-day after spending the past two weeks in town, and Lloyd Lindemuth, Croll Nissley, William Wallace and Oliver Swartz, who spent the past two weeks here, returned to their studies at Phila delphia on "Monday. Miss Edna Beard has returned homo from a week's visit to relatives at Sharpsburg. She was accompanied by Miss Pearl Gotwalt, who also spent a week there. Miss Ethel McNair, who spent the past two weeks in town as the guest of her father, Alvin McNair, returned to her studies at West Chester Normal School on Monday. Harry Baumbacb, of Reading, spent Saturday and Sunday in town as the guest of his family on South Wood street. George Kipple. of Rovalton, was given a hearing before Squire C. E. Bowers yesterday morning on a serious charge and taken to Harrisburg jail for a further hearing some evening this week. Michael MeCann, of Saginaw. Mich is visiting relatives in town This is Mr. MeCann's first visit to Middletown for 50 years. Prior to that he was a resident of town. The moulding department of the Wineroft stove works will resume work on Wednesday morning, after being shut down for the past two weeks. The car shop and Liberty basketball teams and the Union and Tennis Club teams will play in the M. A. C. rooms this evening. Mrs. Benjamin Brandt, who died very suddenly on Sunday night, was sur vived bv three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Beckv and Mrs. Jpeob Palton, of Roy alton, and Mrs. Samuel Becky, of town. The union prayer services held in the Presbyterian church last evening were largely attended. The Rev. *W. R. Ridington. pastor of the M. E. church, preached a tine sermon. The services this evening will bo lield in the IT. B. church and will be in charge of the Rev. Puller Bergstr»*sser, of St. Peter's Lutheran church. Harry Moore has gone to York, where he was called on account of the serious illness of his mother. John Thomas and two children have returned home from a week's visit to relatives at Woodsboro, Md. Miss Tillie Sclioniberger. of Lingles town, is spending several days in town as the guest of friends. SHIREMANSTOWN Masouerade Party From Harrisburg En tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Bistline Cor-espondence. ShiremanstowTi Pa.. .lan. 5. —'Mr. and Mrs. A. \V. Bistline, Mr. and Mrs. .lohn Nestor, IMr. and IMrs. Reuben Ksblenian and Mrs. Yohe, of An Exclusive Style The "Houston Club" (as illus trated) is an exclusive Poulton style { —a hat with a striking individuality and just the sort of hat you would TI expect to tind in the country's best 1 stores. It sells for $3. POULTO \T T/yA SN. 3rd Street I\| »/ S \ \ "Where Styles Originate"JL WA/ 1 \ '■N Have Any Trouble With Coal? We have had considerable experience with various grades of coal and understand which kind is best adapted for local needs. If you have had any trouble keeping a hot lasting fire, with clinkers, etc., let us send our expert to advise you the best kind to use. 'We have two coal yards in this city— which enables us to carry many varieties. There is a kind of coal for every purpose and we can give you the kind that will suit you. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster ft Cowden Third ft Boas 15th * Chestnut Hummel ft Mulbtnr ALSO STEELTON, PA. this place; Alvin Realor, of Carlisle Springs; J. O. Bealor, 'Mr. William C«p«, Harry Bealor, of Harrisburg; H»Tvey Bretz, of Enola; Mrs. A4>e, Simmons, oif >Meehanics, J hurg, attended the Hitting of Mr. and 'Mrs. Joseph Bealor from Main to Locust street last week. Miss Evelyn Tawny hill, of l