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JANUARY
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, Ist, ;50th; Last Quarter, Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 23d.
I jJ/iS JSSN * WEATHER FORECASTS
'<Vv v | Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
' (jty, I nipht and Saturday. Slightly colder
* to night with lowest temperature about
llwH Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight
an d Saturday, slightly colder to-night,
W* .. north and west portions. Gentle shift
ing winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISRURG
Highest, 42; lowest, 30; S a. m., 30; S p. m., 36.
WHERE CAN A PRIZE FIGHTER FIGHT?
Even Mexico is balking at prize fighting!
There was a time within the memory of man
that almost any one of the I'nited States would
permit a pugilistic encounter to a finish to be held j
on its territory. Fight promoters had merely to !
find a place with a hall large enough to seat the
crowds sure to attend a big fistic encounter and
turn the fighters loose to pummel each other till
one of them took the count. Recently, however,
sentiment has changed to such an extent that it is
doubtful if a championship fight for a "knock out"
could be "pulled off" anywhere in the I'nited
Slates.
Occasionally a "knock out" does occur, but it
in list. in most states, be within a prescribed and
very limited number of rounds and come as a
"surprise" both for the contestants and the police
authorities. New York state has even gone so far
as to have a boxing commission whose powers
extend even to barriug a tight if the commission
believes one of the would-be contestants stands a
chance of failing to survive a few brief rounds.
So closely have the restrictions on prize righting
been drawn in the I nited States that when it came
to arranging for the proposed mill between Jess
W iilard and Jack Johnson/ for the heavyweight
championship of the worlfffto be held on March 6,
the promoters found it necessary to select Juarez,
on Mexican soil, as the place for the encounter.
But there seems now to be some doubt whether it
will possible to hold it even in the territory of
the belligerent, fight-loving and not ©ver-civiliied
Mexicans.
Dispatches from El Paso state that if the Car
ranza faction of the Mexican revolutionists has
control of all the Mexican ports,—as it now is
reported to have,—at the time when Johnson at
tempts to land on Mexican soil, the big fighter
will be seized and held on the ground that he is a
fugitive from justice from the I'nited States.
But do not get the idea that it is any moral
awakening among the bull-fighting and man-fight
ing Mexicans that seems thus likely to interfere
with the fistic battle proposed for Juarez! It is
nothing of* the sort. The Carranza adherents
haven't any objection to the fight on the ground of
morality or on the theory that the bout might
develop into an exhibition of brutality. Their
plan to interfere simply is based on the theorv of
"military expediency." They don't want the
- • -fight simply because Juarez is in the territory con
trolled by the opposing or Villa faction of revolu
tionists and the box office receipts would swell the
Villa treasury.
As things stand now the fight will probably not
take place in Juarez unless the Villa crowd suc
ceeds in capturing a seaport between now and
March 6. Consequently the main issue between
the two revolutionary factions in the next few
weeks is likely to be whether or not there is to be
a prize fight.
THE QUEEN OP SHEBA'S GEMS
Since tie outbreak of the war diamond merchants
of Europe have been flocking to this country and
endeavoring to dispose of the gems in which Euro
' peans no longer are so much interested. Whether
they have found the I'nited States field
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HARRIStitTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 15, 1915.
at this time is not reported, but probably they
have, for they continue to come.
Two diamonds in possession of a speculator from
Constantinople were seized in New York yesterday
by customs officials because he had failed to declare
them upon his arrival there. They are not ordinary
diamonds by any means. They weigh 18.6 carats
each, and are of a shape never before seen at the
custom house. What is more, says the man from
Constantinople, they once belonged to the Queen
of Sheba.
It is this latter feature which is causing all the
trouble, for the owner asserts that he did not de
clare them for the reasos that they are art antiques,
being "more than a hundred years old," and there
fore. under the tariff law, are exempt from duty.
Pending further investigation the diamonds are
safe in a custom house vault where they can hold
forth no temptations to possible purchasers.
That these particular gems, as the owner asserts,
were included in the presents when Solomon "gave
to the Queen of Sheba all her desire," seems to be
open to question. It is a statement at least which
lacks proof, thus far, and perhaps nobody believes
it but the owner himself, if even he does.
Even though the work of cutting precious stones
in Amsterdam and Antwerp lias ceased because of
the war's interference, there is no necessity for
speculators to come Over to this enlightened coun
try these days and try to start a business in antique
gems having historical connections that are unusual
not to say open to suspicion.
USEFULNESS OF THE NOSE
Now that a New York doctor has called atten
tion"to the matter, it does seem somewhat as though
the nose were a maltreated part of the face. That
it is clamped with eye glasses and burdened with
heavy spectsyles, as he points out, is eertaiuly very
often the case. That it is seldom scrubbed like
other parti of the countenance, as he further
asserts, may also be true, —although this statement
cannot be generally proven and had better, be dis-
regarded in the present discussion.
The nose is abused, if at all, because of its use
fulness. It is employed to support eye-glasses and
spectacles because it is so convenient a projection
for that purpose. As the logical place for glasses
to rest, it has been utilized as such a resting place
because there is no alternative. When the eyes arc
weak the nose must help them by sacrificing
some of its own comfort, and in the case of specta
cles the ears too must take a share in the responsi
bilil v.
In the case of persons forced to aid their ab
normal visions with lenses, the nose on which the
lenses depend to be held in position, can hardly be
a thing of beauty, for the glasses invariably leave
their marks on it. Utility is so far preferable to
beauty, however, in a matter-of-fact way. that the
nose should have no sneeze coming because it is not
perfect so long as it is fulfilling what is probably
one of its intended purposes.
At any rate, a person who uses the nose with
which to support glasses is more estimable than one
who uses it through which to talk or sing.
Governor-elect Brumbaugh's popularity is not confined
to the hordes of office-seekers who are pursuing him.
They are trying to make it look now as though some
body bought "Uncle Joe" Cannon's re-election. Perhaps
his constituents were a bit too eager to give the old man
another lii.ng before he dies.
Cole Blease terminated his career as governor of South
Carolina by an act for which he deserves more credit than
for anything else he did during his entire administration.
Me refer to his decision to resign five days before the
expiration of the term for which he was elected.
Princeton is not likely to let the "string" attached to
Mrs. Sage's gift of $250,000 operate in a way to prevent
the university getting the money. The "string" is the
requirement that a like amount be raised by the university
by July 1, and already $75,000 of it has been produced.
At last Colonel "Bill" Fairman. of Punxsutawney, Pa.,
has "got there," —at least part way. His name has been
sent to the United States Senate to be postmaster of his
town, albeit it has been hung up in the Senate. When
President Wilson went into oflice two years ago Colonel
"Bill," posing as the Wilsonian champion in Pennsylvania,
set sail for appointment as Minister to Panama, Dahomey,
Bagdad or some other place on or off the map, but failed to
land. Two weeks ago the Colonel was in Harrisburg at
tired in his SI,OOO mink pelt overcoat on his way to
Washington to "get that job." He now has the appoint
ment, subject to confirmation, to hand out the mail in
Punxsutawney, and advices from that village are that half
a dozen aspirants for the place are just "hoppin' mad."
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
AS USUAL
True enough, but Mr. Huerta, who refused to fire +he
salute, was fired. —Life.
WOETH A TRIAL
Perhaps if Senator Lodge wouldn't worry so much about
Mexico's future he would have more time to give to sub
jects that are before the Senate for consideration.—lndi
anapolis Xews.
WHY HE SIGHED
Husband —"What has become of my meerschaum pipe!"
Wife—"Well, my dear, it was getting awfully discol
ored, so I gave it a coat of white enamel."—Exchange.
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
Mrs. Newlywed—"l want a cook, but she must be
capable."
Head of Employment Ageney—"Madam, I have several
on my books capable of anything."—Judge.
MAKING HIM
"Mr. Moneybags, what are you going to make of your
son?" v
"I can't make anything of him, but he's got a girl who's
making a monkey of him."—Buffalo Express.
FIRED, ALL RIGHT
The critics of President Wilson's withdrawal of the
troops from Mexico remind us the demanded salute which
was to wipe out the insult to the flag has never been fire.
"Yes," replied the man with the ancient silk hat. "I'm
ready to vote for it. But I can't help hoping that there'll
be a deadlock or an investigation or something to caused
the usual delay."—Washington Star.
CHILDREN STRONB
Saae children catch we aikaeat
after another, kare celds after colds,
while other children are seUaai sick
If yoar children are pale or frail,
if they catch caida easily, lack am.
bitioM or are backward in achool,
they need SCOTTS EMULSION
which is rich in the food dements
t* create food blood to strengthen
their bodies and brains—SCOTT'S
EMULSION is free from al- Ax
cohol or habit forming drags.
CHILDREN RELISH IT.
REFUSE SUBSTITUTE* A '//
| Tongue- End Topics |
When New York Banned Masquerades
One hundred and five years ago to
day the New York City Common Coun
cil parsed au ordinance prohibiting
mssked balls on the ground that they
would tend to a ' 'subversion of all
just and honorable discrimination of
character and wcro calculated to en
courage the profligate to seduce the
youth of both sexes and promote li
centiousness and disorder." The Com
mon Council was moved to this act be
cause a report had come to its ears
that a certain tavern was about to
give a masked ball—the first in the
citv.
In the Days of the "City Assembly"
There was at that time a celebrated
dancing club called the "City Assem
bly," which danced at the City hotel.
Broadway and Cedar street. A very
exclusive social organization, a remote
predecessor of the "Four Hundred,"
it expended its energies on the cotillion,
the "pigeon wing," the "double shuf
fle" and the ''Highland fling;" but
the now French influence that had be
gun to invade the staid Knickerbocker
spirit had put new ideas in the heads
of the "City Assembly." Of all oc
casions, a masked hall to be a success,
according to the Common Council
then, demanded a clever company so
cially. The participants should be
gifted in conversation and witty and
humorous oi there was great danger
that such an occasion would degenerate
into an "brgv. The Anglo-Saxon was
not by nature a conversationalist, it
was contended, and for that one reason
the masked ball would never be a so
cial success.
700 Dance Hails in New Yofk To-day
To-day the American people are the
greatest dancers in the world. Accord
ing to estimates by sociological investi
gators, 80 per cent, of the men and
women who get married are first at
tracted to e.ai-li other' through the
dance. In the winter of 1913-11 m®e
than 700 public dance halls were li-
censed in New York and 011 their floors
an nverage of 70,000 persons danced
every night. In every city, town and
hamlet in the country an almost equal
interest in dancing was manifested,
for more than a million people spend
their evenings on the dancing floor.
Trying to Standardize Dances
In C'le\ciand. Chicago, Detroit, St
Louis and Milwaukee .the licensed
dance hall has become a source of reve
nue to the cities. This dance craze is
attributed to the growth of cities with
their intense social hunger and to the
evolution of stage dancing as exempli
fied in half a dozen dancing stars of
genius. Within the last year co-opera
tive efforts have been made to stand
ardize the dance throughout the coun
try by means of moving pictures. The
etiquette of the dance, with all of its
proper evolutions, its clutch, the space
between the partners, as practiced in
West Point, Annapolis, Newport and in
many church societies, is being thrown
on the screen before the eyes of every
social class. In many places the danc
ing inspector has become a most re
sponsible officer of the law to see that
dancing is conducted with proper de
corum.
Special for January Only
A beautiful Hound Lace Table Cover
with your purchase of one pound of
Baking Powder for 50 cents. Free dem
onstration Saturday. Come in and en
joy a cup of the world's best mountain
grown coffee, Flarrona.
Grand Union Tea Co.,
208 N. Second St.
GETTYSBURG VS. MIHLEXBIRG
Former Initiates Basketball Season
With a Victory
Gettysburg, Jan. 15. —Gettysburg
opened her basketball season in her
home floor last night bv meeting the
conqueror of Penu, Muhlenburg. By
the score of 40 to 22 defeat was admin
istered to the Muhlenburg quintet. The
contest wad fast and ex.iting, many
fast play 9 being pulled ofT which
brought the house down. At the end
of the first half the score stood 22-8
in favor of Gettysburg, but Muhlen
burg came back strong and tried haTd
to overcome the lead, but unsuccess
fully. For Gettysburg, Campbell was
the shining lignt. while Hubbard was
the chief scorer for Muhlenburg. The
nert game at home will be with Al
bright on January 21. The line-up:
Gettysburg. Muhlenburg
Mabaffie F Hubbard
Williams P.,,. l>iffenbauch
Campbell <J Ritter
Turinbull G Gastin
Heler G . . Detling
Substitutions Montgomery for
Campbell, L. Steheffer for Williams, Bos
tock for Mehaflie, 'Hayes for Gastin.
Goals from floor—Mehaflie, 3; Wil
liams, 3; Campbell, 9; L. Scheffer,
Montgomery, 1; Bitter, Gasin, 2; Det
ling. Foul goals—iMehaffie, 6 out of
11; Hubbard, 14 out of 27. Referee,
McConnell, Time of halves,
'2O minute*.
EVANGELIST MILLER TELLS
HEARERS ABOUT 4EHEIIH
Exhorts Christian People to Imitate
Example Set By Biblical Hero in
Rebuilding Walls of Jerusalem in
Face of Opposition
Mechanicsburg, Jan, 15.—Again a
lajigo congregation gathored in the tab
ernacle last evening, the fourth night
of tho meetings. The opening prayer
was offered by W. F. Whiteonfb, ot
Harrisburg, and the Rev. F. B. Km
menheiser, of Shireuianstown, read the
scripture lesson. The special music in
cluded » trombone solo by Prof, lioh
gatt, a vocal solo, "When He Died
Foir Me," by Miss Oreo. Mr. Miller
preached on Nehemtah, likoujng his
great work in rebuilding the walls of
Jerusalem, in spite of indifference aud
opposition within and without, to the
work of the Christian in such a cam
paign as the present one. He urtged the
Christian people of Mechanicsburg,
when asked to do other things in place
of this work of leading the lost back
to God, to give Neliemiah's answer:
"I am doing a great work and 1 can
not come down.'' He said in part:
"You -will get the hundreds or thou
sands of sonlq you have been praying
tor when you have the spirit of Ne
hemiah, and of the people of Jerusalem
who 'had a mind to work.' The fact
that there were 7,500 churches in the
United States that did not have oue
convert last year is an insult to God. It
there were only one Christian in the
world to-day, and that Christian would
save one soul in one year, and caeh
soul so saved would save one other
soul in one year, and so on, in thirty
two years all the sinners would be
swept into the kingdom."
Evangelist Miller closed with the
story of the collie dog who, at her
master's word, left her babies and
went out to 'battle with the storm for
hours to And the one lost sheep, and
caine home to her babies at last to die
—but' bringimg the lost sheep home. In
the perfect silence which followed"tho
clijnax of this story, the evangelist a.p
pealed to all Christians who would go
out after the lost to rise and many te
spouded. The congregation was then
dismissed, and the Christians present
remained a few minutes, for a last
heart-to-heart talk from Mr. Miller.
Yesterday moruiiig Evangelist Miller
and party visited the high school. They
were accompanied by several clergymen
of the town. The chapel exercises were
Conducted by the visitors. After Scrip
ture reading and prayer by the local
IMr. Miller introduced his
assistants. Prof. Hohgatt played a solo
on the slide trombone, accompanied by
Miss L'ree on the piano. Prof. Hohgatt
and Miss Cree also sang with great
fervor and beauty, two sacred songs.
Mrs. Bowman recited a poem encourag
ing to high endeavor, iir. .Miller made
a short address. It was heard with
attention by the ctudents. He im
pressed the fact that our young people
are just entering upon life and that
an eternity of happiness or misery will
be theirs," as they shall choose.
He invited all to attend tiie taber
nacle meetings as frequently as uey
can and suggested that next Friday be
High school night when the s uool shall
attend in a body. He said they may
decorate in school colors, siug school
songs and give school yells. Prof. Hoh
gatt then taught the schawl a spocial
veil, during which there was some mer
riment. It is understood that the school
will accept the invitation to attend in
a body next Friday. They will prob
ably follow the suggestion that they
invite the Dills'burg High school to ac
company them to the tabernacle.
To-morrow afternoon a great chil
dren's meeting will be held in the tab
ernacle, preceded by a parade of the
children. To-morrow evening the chil
dren "booster chorus" will occupy the
places of the regular chorus choir and
lead the congregational singing.
WARSHIP GROUNDS. SAVES BOAT
Louisiana Runs Ashore to Avoid Strik
ing Crowded Ferry
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 15.—The battle
ship Louisiana stuck her nose in the
mud flats off Berkley in Norfolk har
bor early yesterday to avoid a collision
with the crowded ferryboat Kockawav.
The two vessels met almost in mid
stream in the Elizabeth rivA- and ex
changed signals. They were misunder
stood and passengers on the forward
end of the ferryboat rushed to the oth
ed end, believing a collision was immi
nent.
The Louisiana suddenly changed her
course and headed for the Berkley
shore. The Rockaway escaped unhurt.
The Louisiana struck bottom, but got
off without any damage with the assist
ance of one tug. She is now at the
Norfolk navv vard.
RAILROAD'S DEFICIT GROWS
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton's In-1
creases to $3,814,491
New York, Jan. 15. —The reiport oft
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton '
Railway Company, for the year ended !
June 30, 1914, shows that the deficit
of the company during the fiscal year ,
was increased from $1,643,066 to $3,-j
814,491.
Operating revenues for the year were
$ 10,0(84,217, as compared with $lO,-
071,297 in the year previous, with net
operating revenues of $346,376,
against $2,009,307 in 1913. The oper
ating deficit was $118,232, as compar
ed with an operating surplus of sl,-
578,887 in the year previous, while the
net income of the conitpeny was $94,-
260, against $1,736,324.
MRS. T. J. DILLON DEAD IN FIRE
Widow of Irish Leader in America
Perishes in Ireland
London, Jan. 15.—Mrs. Dillon,
widow Dr. Thomas J. Dilloh, of Bos
ton, who was a leader of the Irish Na
tional movement in the T'nited States,
was burned to deat'h Wednesday night
at her home in County Kildare, Ire
land.
Mrs. Dillon's eldest son found his
mother lying across the open kitchen
fire.
Morton to Oppose Lanuis
Harry G. Morton, a former member
of Common Council, has announced that
he will oppose Alderman A. M. Landis
of the Sixth ward, at the Republican
primaries this year.
Many People In This Town
never really enjoyed a meal until
,we advised them to take a
tablet' 3 |
before and after each meal. Sold only |
by us—2sc a box.
lieorge A. Gorgaa.
II UADIfC fL Cny Fourth and v
Vlb IvlAnlw ft vUll| Market Sts.
CLEARANCE SALE
$12.50 Balmaccan Overcoats. $8.75. (Only 2to sell.)
$16.50 English Model Suits, $lO. (25 to sell.) i
sls Black Silk Paced Overcoats, $9/50. (3 left to
sell.)
$25 Tartan Check Hail Scliaffner & Marx Suits. sls.
(4 patterns, 20 in all to sell.) . ,
S4O Marmot Lined Overcoats, Persian Lamb Col
lar. $23.50. (Only 2 left.) !
$lB Sunproof Blue Serge Suits, $11.50. (14 to sell.)
S3O Silk Yoke Double Breasted Hart Scliaffner &
Marx Overcoats, $16.50. (2 to sell.)
$5 to $7.50 Short Storm Pea Jackets, $1.50. (Only
7 left; sizes 35, 36.)
$75 Musk rat Lined Overcoat, Persian I jamb Col
lar, $37.50. (Only Ito sell.) !
S3O Braid Bound Suits (Hart Scliaffner & Marx),
$16.50. (Only 2to sell.)
S3O and $35 Quilted Satin Lined Persian Collar Over
coats. $18.50. (8 to sell.)
Any Shirt in the house including Full Dress Tango,
Plaited, 1 •> stiff fronts (silks excepted) 95^
Imported Silk Ties, very swell sjtvles; fomier price
SI.OO, now " 55^
$5 to $6.50 "Jumbo" Knit Sweaters, now $3.50. R
(Only 9 to sell.)
About 100 Fancy Vests, $2 to $5 values, at 99^
LADIES' FUR DEPARTMENT 1
1 Beaver Set; former 3 Red Fox Sets: former tj
price SOS, now . . .$35 price $25, now $12.50 ■
2 Black Wolf Sets; for- , Alolo Sot . fonnn . prit . o
mer price $lB, jimv SSO, now $28.50
1 Black Lynx Set; former 1 ~k Sot: fornipr l"" 1 '^
I price $75, now .. $45 u,nv S 4B §
1 Hudson Seal and Er- 1 Pointed Fox Set; for- E
mine Set; former price mer price $75, now
S7O, now $39.50 ?f5
13 Black Fox Sets: former | Many Sets to close out H
price $25. now $13.50 II regardless of cost.
BARGAINS ALL OVER THE STORE |
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RECEPTION ON HER 101 ST BIRTH DA Y
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JULIA A CONK LINO AND liEl? NEIGhBOKMOOD , DECORATED FOf? ''
HE IS lOI'J BIRTHDAY PASTY
Herewith is shown Mrs. Julia A. Conkling. of New York, who had a birth
day party recently. It was given by the immediate members of her family and
hundreds of the neighbors. One hundred and one candles were on the cake made
by Mrs. Conkling's great-granddaughter, Miss Edna \\ Colliding. Mrs. Conk
ling, in full possession of her faculties, had a smile for ail who went to shako
her hand and greet her. Iler husband and all her children are dead. There were
four generations at the home of Mrs. Adelina Conk ling. Mrs. Conkling's daugh
ter-in-law, where the birthday celebration was held. The houses in the neigh
borhood were decorated with the Stars and Stripes, the occupants anxious t<> pay
homage to the centenarian. All day a stream of callers paid their respects to
Mrs. Conkling, who, seated in an armchair, seemed less fatigued at the end of
the day than did others of her family.
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Shirt Reductions
sls.oo Pore Silk Shirts. . . . $7.50
$8 00 ) |
¥io.oo pure silk Shirts . . , .
$7.00 )
leZ | P*« Silk Shirts . . , . $3.50
¥4.50 | 1
¥4.00 pure sjn shirts . , ,
$3.50 )
Soft and Starched Cuff Shirts, $1.50
liiso} soft and Starched Guff Shirts,
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