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Circulation .n Uarrieburg ana %earhy towns. Circulation Examlnro fev THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELL~* Private Branch Exchange. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Excnanto, ■ ■ . . No. 243-246 ___ Tuesday, January 38, 10IS. JANUARY Sun. 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. aoth; Last Quarter, ,xth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 3:M. WEATHER FORECASTS H:irr -hii-j and vicinity: Fair to- Wfw 'Jwn| night and Wodnesdav, sliphtlv colder VQKS 'A\ • to-night with lowest temperature About 18 egrees. Kastern Pennsylvania: Fair and - somewhat colder to-night. Wednesday partly cloudy. Gentle to moderate north TB" .. and northeast winds. / YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG . Highest. 36; lowest, .4; S a. m., 30; 8 p. m., 35. IS A HYDROAEROPLANE A WAR VESSEL? There is a good deal to ho said in support of the attitude taken by Count Bernstorff. the Herman Ambassador, in his protest made .to the I njted states Government that Ameriean-made hydroaero planes. such as have been shipped to turopean bel ligerents. are war vessels afid therefore should not be shipped from a neutral country. The German Ambassador points out in effect that while tiiese airships, which he alleges have been sent to Kurope from the Curtiss works in Hain mondsport. New York, are not specifically referred to in the Hague agreement, drawn up on October ]">. I!X>7. in the list of articles which a neutral nation may not send to a belligerent nation in time of war. the failure of the agreement to specify hydroaeroplanes as war vessels was due to the "simple reason that thistkind of war vessel did not exist at that time." The German soldiers themselves, together with those of most of the other warring nations, have demonstrated since the outbreak of the present Euro pean struggle, that airships of one kind or auother have been used with deadly effect for making attacks on the enemy. While the German Zeppelins that were used to drop bombs on English soil, where they wrought considerable destruction, cannot of course be classed as hydroaeroplanes, there is 110 doubt that some of the airships that have done damage during the war have been of the hydro aeroplane type. Count Bernstorff's protest certainly is worthy of careful consideration by this Government. It may he contended that hydroaeroplanes shipped from this country may not, when shipped, be equipped with apparatus for use in discharging bombs or with any other armament, and therefore cannot be classed as warships any more than can a merchant vessel of the seagoing type be so classed, though both the hydroaeroplane and the purely-seagoing vessel may be capable of'being equipped with arm ament atter they arrive in the belligerent country to which they are consigned by the neutral manu facturers. Yet at the same time it must'be borne in mind that the hydroaeroplanes and the ordinary merchant vessel of the purely-seagoing type vary in niany essentiAl features with relation to their usefulness in warfare. Practically no rebuilding would be necessary in the case of the water-air craft to equip it for bomb-dropping, whereas the ordinary mer chant ship would have to be practically rebuilt by the country receiving it in order to be useful as a vessel of war. At any rate Count Bernstorff s protest raises a delicate question that needs to be decided with the utmost eare so that justice may be done to all con cerned. THE READING OF DRAMAS The New \ ork Public Library plans to distribute among its branches lists of the latest plays which may be amusing and interesting to readers as well as to theatre-goers. Commenting favorably on the plan, the English dramatist, Henry Arthur Jones, tells how for twenty-five years he has been entreat ing Knglish and American ueople to read in their homes the current plays that amuse and instruct in the theatre. Ife asserts that perusal of the printed plays, particularly by persons who occupy the seats HARRTSIffTRfI ST A R-INDEPENDENT; TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1915, in the theatres, will go a long way toward improv ing the drama in his country and in ours. There are not many current plays, of course, which can be expected to take their place in this country's permanent literature. U must be remem bered that the works of dramatists are not intended to please readers of printed pages, but to enter tain theatregoers through the interpretations of actors and actresses. Histrionic conditions of ne cessity limit the literary value of dramas, and as a result dramas, as pieces of literature, have been of less interest to average readers than have novels. The very fact, however, that the reading of plays has its difficulties gives such reading its advantages. In the perusal of pointed drama one is required To use much imagination, not only to picture the sur roundings in the different scenes, but also to visual ize the various characters. For, —excepting in dramas such as Ibsen's in which the settings of scenes and so forth are generally given iu detail, — there are in printed plays no explanatory or de scriptive passages between dialogues for the read er's enlightenment, as there are in novels. The reader of a drama, whether it be one of Shake speare's works or n popular production of the pres ent day, must, with the lack of stage interpretation, be himself both actor and auditor. GERMANY 'S BIG GUNS AND OURS Just as we in I'nited States were beginning to feel a bit elated because the Watervleit arsenal near Boston had turned out a gun capable of hurl ing a missile weighing 2.4()0 pounds for 21 miles, — that is a shell weighing more than a ton hurled as far as from a point three.miles the other side of Carlisle into Market Square, Harrisburg,—along come two dispatches stating that the German gun makei'S have produced shooting-irons that can do even better than that. A cablegram from Amsterdam announces the Germans have created a new naval gun with a range of 25 miles, and another dispatch.—from Berlin, — says a writer in the "Artilleristische Montas Welte tells of a naval gun that the Krupps are manufacturing which hurls a one-ttm projectile three miles turther than the best British weapon anil which would permit the Germans to command the English coast from Calais, to a distance six ihiles inland. Purely from the viewpoint of scientific achieve ment it is a bit disappointing to us to learn that the Germans have produced sinns that shoot further than our newest and best. Maybe, however, if we keep at it. we ultimately can produce one better than theirs. Then the temporary satisfaction would be ours until the Kaiser in turn raised the limit again. However that may be, it is gratifying for us to know that the only way in which we are likelv to have to try out the relative merits of our guns and Germany's is on paper. More useless than the fifth wheel of a wagon is the man at a party who cannot fox trot. Ha? any other town a suspect it wants pinched) Just call on Colonel Hutchison's "finest!" They say that women's skirts are to be wider. Well, the styles must keep changing and they couldn't make them any narrower without something giving wav. After all, girls, when you are looking for a husband it is far less important to get one who can taugo than to cap ture one who can keep the coal bin from going empty. The man whom the court sent to penitentiary yesterday for using a hatchet on the head of a friend who failed to invite him to a tea party, can hardly expect to be present the next time his friend entertains. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN ROUGH RIDERS "Rough riders appear to have gone out of fashion." \es, replied the statesman: "except in connection with the impromptu legislation they sometimes try to tack onto an appropriation bilt."—-Washington .Star. A SMALL BOY'S AFFLICTIONS A schoolmaster shows me a mother's list of the afflic tions that have already overtaken her ten-year-old son: "Measels, .whooping couph, pneumonia, chicken-pox, gastric catarrh, symphadenitis, influenza ami tonsilitis." This may be a record, and there is something to add, for the mother gives as yet another illness —"Swallowed Mid." —London Chronicle. REVISED PROVERBS Any umbrella in a storm. Consistency doesn't buy jewels. A patient waiter is no refuser of tips. Wedlock is paved with good intentions. When the cat is away the night is quiet. You'll never miss the water till the stock goes down. It's a wise son who knows when to strike his father for money. Even people who do not live in glass houses should not throw stones. A little learning is a dangerous thing, but the same amount of ignorance beats it. —Boston Transcript. SURE "It may seem queer," said Mr. Burke, "But you can bet it's so; An idle rumor does more work Than anything I know." —Cincinnati Enquirer. "It may seem queer," said Mr. Binks, "But if is so, you bet, A lot of coin a fellow sinks Into a floating debt." —Detroit .Free Press. N "It may seem queer," said Mr. Binrt, "But there's not any doubt That when collectors find me in I'm almost always out." —Houston Post. "It may seem queer," said Mr. Hull, "But ever it aligns, The bootblack may be very dull But his work always shines." —Sharon Herald. "It may seem queer," said Mr. Hall, (One the idle s«rt) "Although I'm very big and tall I am most always short." —Broadford Er». CATARRH LEADS TO CORSUIHPTION Catarrh is as much a blood disease as scrofula or rheumatism. It may l>e ! relieved, but it caunot be removed by 1 simply local treatment. It breaks down 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 purifies the blood. Ask your druggist for it. Adv. t V | Tongue-End Top ics| y> i His View of the Capitol "Can you tell me where I i 4 an find [ the hall of the House of Representa [ livesf" asked a well-dressed stranger of a newspaperman at the Capitol one day this week. He was given the prop er directions, and then remarked, as he toot the elevator: ''This is the first time I have ever been in this Capitol, and I ought to be ashamed to tell it, for I live in an ad joining county. I have seen some of the 1 handsomest buildings in the world, and have traveled extensively, 'but this is mv first,visit to Harrisburg in ten years and 1 am here expressly to go through this building at my leisure. From what I have seen of it thus far I am inclined to believe that it far surpasses many that are more famous, for to me it is a jewel of a building. Everything is so beautiful and it is built so solidly." Then the stranger got off to go through the hall ot the llouse, and the man to whom he was talking thought: "This man in Pennsylvania, near to Harrisburg; he has been all over the world, and he makes a special ty of looking for handsome buildings, lie seems to havea wakened for the first time to the fact that the Pennsylvania Capitol building is one of the finest in the worid." * » * Ms, Parks, Clever Musician ! Among the Senate otticia.s who will remain in Harrisburg during the entire session—practically making his homo here—is P. Montgomery Parks, a well known citizen ot Oil City. Mr. I'arks has been made secretary of the Com mittee on Corporations. He is prominent in Elk circles in Oil City, being at the I head of the entertainment committee | of his lodge, and is noted for the the atric:;! and other entertainments he ar ranges for the amusement of the Oil City lolks. Likewise he is recognized as one of the sweet singers of the oil rcgious, beiu* possessed of a fine tenor voice and is otherwise quite accomplish ed musically. 4 « * Fired First Shot at Gettysburg? A dispatch from Rutland, Vermont, announces the death there of Colonel T. Benton Kellev, 7ti yeap old, who it is clainiej," fired the first shot at Gettysburg. He was in eighty-two en gagements and skirmishes and was sev en "times wounded. There are many claimants to the honor of having fired, the first shot at Gettysburg, but one well authenticated story is that a cit izen of Gettysburg, who had an idea that he could lick ,« e outire Confeder ate army, single handed and alone, was the first to go out beyond the tiring line on the outskirts of the town and bang away at the approaching foe. Then he skedaddle* for home before they could catch him. • • * A Democratic Crown Prince Though already known throughout Germany as a most democratic sort of young miln, the German Crown Prince's reputation in that respect hal become more general since the outbreak of the war. Teiegrams he has sent home to various newspapers, asking them to make collections of cigars, rum and many other things for "his" soldiers, are scores in number, nor has he omit ted in a single instance to thank the public and publisher for their efforts. ** * , Took Cakes to the Prince Fritz Schmidt, grandmaster of the lierlin Master Bakers' Association, who has just returned to Berlin from the western theatre of war where he went to deliver three ear loads of Christmas "stollen,"' which had been donated by the Berlin bakers, also pre sented the Crown Prince with six bas kets of Christmas cakes and other prod ucts of the baker's oven. He tells how he was received by the Crown Prince shortly after his arrival at head quarters. "I was taken to a large room, where I unpacked my baskets, putting their contents on a large table covered with a clean tablecloth," said the master baker. "I was hardly through with this when the Crown Priiwc came in. There was nobody with him, and he looked quite healthy and fit. I conveyed to him the greetings of the Berlin master bakers, and thanked him for having accepted our present. I also told him that we had sent three car loads of 'stollen' to the army. Determined to Win "The C'Town Prince was very pleas ant, and we came to talk on some of the losses whieh certain regiments had sustained. "'I know that,' remarked the Crown Prince. 'Some of them have lost heavily. But that can't be helped. We've got to win.' " Sarcastic Mr. Softlv—Here's somebody pro poses to kill all idiots in their child hood. Pert—Dreadful idea. Thero are not enough men to go around as it is.—Exchange. Of course it is all right for ignorance to be bliss, but we dislike to have our J doctor enjoy himself that way. —Gal-1 veeton New*. ' PHONES WBQLE WAY FROIH NEW YORK Ti PACIFIC Dr. Bell Shouts "Can You Hear Me?" and His Voice Is Distinctly Recog nised in San Francisco—Belt of Copper Wires Is 8,400 Miles Long Now York, Jan. 26.—1n a littlo roem off Broadway in lower New York there was enacted yesterday afternoon a scene which will go down in history as one of the most important events in the closer union of this country—the ; binding of the East and West with a copper talk cana'. The formal open ing of ocean-tdf-oeean telephone service, the spanning of the continent by this 3,400 miles ot line is a triumph of telephone engineers. In the office of the president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. a group of one hundred persons surround ed Dr. Bell, inventor of the telephone and the first to use the ocean-to-ocoan line. They included Mayor Mitwhel, of Netf York; other city officials and prominent persoas, J. J. Cnrty, chief engineer of the Bell System, under whose direction tho line was built: B. Gherardi, another telephone engiheer, and Thomas B. Doolittle, who developed hard-drawn copper wire, so important in the building of this new line. THEODORE N. VAIL President of the American Telegraph & Telephone Company l>r. Bell. tall, white-haired man, with a full white beard jind dark eyes that still have in them the fire of youth, picked up the little wizard instrument and sent the first Word vibrating from ocean to ocean. The instrument which he used was the same crude little telephone which had served that day, close to forty years ago, when sound first traveled over a wire. An. added touch of senti ment was given by the fact that a small piece of the wire first used in long-distance telephoning in those days, many-years ago, was also spliced to the line. "Ahoy! Ahoy! Can you hear me?" asked Dr. Bell, and instantly there was AMOLGX THE ' NEW DISCOVERY Many Cures Reported Daily in Towns Where It Is Known The wonderful cures that are being made by this remarkable new remedy are almost beyond relief. A young ladv from Ottumwa, la., for many years suffered from a bad case of eczema, ller face was a sight to behold; all covered with red blotches, pustules and pimples. So unsightly was her appearance she gave up all social life. Failing to find relief with doctors and remedies, she became despondent and discouraged. After a few weeks' treatment with liquid ointment the scaly redness dis appeared, pustules healed and she was entirely ei""d. A few months follow ing her mother wrote that Amolox had done wonders for her daughter, and she was married last week. Seems like a fairy tale, doesn't it? Yet this is the truth. This is only one of the many cases that are being reported in towns where Amolox has been introduced and its merits have become known. Amo lox is invaluable for eczema, psoriasis, acne, tetter, barher's itch, red nose or any skin affliction. Recommended and guaranteed by Geo. A. Gorgas and H. C. Kennedy. Your money back if it fails to do what we claim for it. Trial size 50c.—Adv. What We Say It Is; IT Is Now Is the Tims to Buy Diamonds The war has stopped Dia mond production. The mines have been closed since August 1. No "rough" stones have been sold since that date. .Stocks of neither "rough" nor cut stones are not accumulating. Every shipment of stones from the mines in the past 20 years has brought a better price than the previous shipment. This constant advance in values will continue when the war is over. You'll never be able to buy Diamonds so cheaply as you can now at Diener's. Our Diamonds bought direct from the cutters no middlemen's profits for you to pay—afford excellent selections in all size stones, both mounted and loose. You can save money here and secure a Diamond guaranteed as to weight, color and quality. You|ll profit greatly by invest ing in a Diener Diamond now. DIENER, L,„ 408 Market St. Out of High-Bent District 1 r roo PIANO and | 1 riBB ORGAN "W I | Answers w " » wa * Mail your 2 @ must all be Absolutely FREE answers ® |in by Fri- lid Beauiifa! Upright 80 0 " J » to* 6 pm" 4 P,,1,r *■» ""rV* • *» k* "• See them In our window. DelaV @ ® Ist Prize r."7. nsaMgg- 2nd Prize » 4 Piano 1"1 jfcl £? rlor 8 »n. |rj| , -JM| Organ z To party send- ; a rfrrr- —gS£gS=i|~r? To party send- X 2 ing in the mont l ]X^' n t ' le sec ' 2 words formed 1 ' '!Lls9 ° nd 1r » * 6 8 J 5 iyf - . sSt"' ' M«i2 number of @ @ from the words we«=| Hw words formed Mt "LesterPiano." »£Sj [ I 11 from "Lester £ All words must 1131 I -J H R Piano." All Jg; bo numbered I3|i -J *33* word " ">««* b ® ® H, 'I | 'l "" J ■' n I numbered and __ and on one side „„ o ne side of H of paper. paper. Imr LESTER PIANO * A In the event of a tie judges will award prizes to Y most correct and neatest answers. Fifty factory y bonds good for SBO.OO credit on any new piano in ® our salesroom. One bond allowed on the purchase *| |f of each piano. Every person answering this ad- | @ vertisement Will receive a Lester March and Two- ® ® step written especially for us by Will Hardy by ® ® calling at the store. Piano dealers and piano ® X agents barred from contest, only one answer from |? a family considered. # Anyone winning piano who owns one will be given credit, for value of piano given away in exchange for Player Piano. @ Winners will he notified Saturday, January 30, 1915. Judges 0 of contest will be F. K. KitzmiUer. druggist; C. G. Miller, Citizen's Bank; E. S. Hess, Cigar Merchant, Thirteenth and Derry streets. 2 ® Address all answers to ® | H. G. DAY J @ Factory Representative Lester Piano & 1319 Derry Street g Out of High-Rent District a murmur in the receiver audible to ev ery one in the room. Out in Snn Francisco in the offices of the Pacific Telephone it Telegraph Company, Thomas A. Watson had heard the voice of his old-time associate sig nalling in the manner they had em ployed in their earliest -experiments, and had answeud: "I can hear perfectly." The man to whorf Dr. Bell talked in San Francisco was his former assist ant, who, in 1875, was Hie first man to listen to words that had traveled across a wire. Mr. Watson, surrounded by a small group of Pacific coast peo ple in the offices of the Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Co., heard Dr. Bell's message quite distinctly and replied to it. Practically all of the other persons in both cities were given an opportun ity to talk and listen over the new line. The president of the American Tele phone & Telegraph Company, T. X. Vail, was unable to be present. How ever, another feat was accomplished when, by special arrangement, his stop ping place at Jekvll Tslaod, off the coast of Florida, was connected to the line. At the White House President Wil son spoke into the mouthpiece of his telephone and his voice was whirled across thirteen States to the shores of the 'Pacific. SAYR.E BABY IS SHOE KING White Houss Infant Gets Big Collection of Footwear Washington, -Tan. 26. —Francis Sayre, the White House 'ba,by, probably has the greatest collection of fotwear in the United States. Although only ten days old, Master Sayre hns been presented with samples of every variety of shoes. Shoe manufacturers from every sec tion of the country have shipped the baby samples of their finest product. Some of the letters accompanying the gifts explain their particular merits in phrases that would make the oldest salesman blush with jealousy. WILSON MEETS LEE'S DAUGHTER Washington, Jan. 26,—President Wilson snook hands yesterday with Miss Mary tJurtis Lee, daughter of Gen eral Robert K. Miss Lee said that it was her first opportunity to make the acquaintance of a President. « "It is a double honor,'' said she, "to shake hands with a President who is also a Southerner.'' Yes, Our Coal Is All Screened This is the one thing we are particular about—to see that you get good clean coal from us. We have a man at each of our yards whose business it is to see that the right kjnd of coal is put into the wagons and also to see that the coal is nice and clean. If you should at any time get something from us that is not exactly as you expected —let us know about it at once and we will immediately fix the matter up satisfactorily for you. It is only by sending good coal, and clean coal that we can expect a continuation of your orders. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster and Cowden Third and Boas Fifteenth and Chestnut Hummel and Mulberry Also STEELTON, PA. 40 YEAES OE MORE FOR DUNN He Pleads Guilty to His Second Kill lng in Brooklyn New York, Jan. 26.—Christopher Dunn, 24, under sentence of twenty to forty years in State prison for killing Policeman Patrick Kiley. of the Otassou Avenue precinct, Brooklyn, was taken yesterday before Supreme Court Justice Jaycox, Brooklyn, to be tried for mur der in the first degree for slaying Athanasiiis Bassibosis, a Greek res taurant keeper, the same night Kiley was killed. Dunn promptly pleaded guilty to inurd«r in the second degree for causing Basnobosis' death and was sentenced by Judge Jaycox to twenty years to life, which sentence she defendant is to be gin to s#rve afteT completing the pre vious sentence. MB. GAY WAS TOO GAY So Says Mrs. Gay, Who Gets a Divorce and Alimony Worcester, Mass., Jan. 26.—Mrs. i Marguerite M. Gay, of Worcester, got | a divorce yesterday from Robert M. Gay, of New York, on the ground of desertion and was also awarded sl,- 500 annual alimony by the Superior ! Court here. Mr. Gay is the head of a j large mining engineering concern in I New York City. (Mrs. Gay in her suit alleged that her husband spent, on the average of SB,OOO annually upon himself and that he pre ferred a life of gaiety to the quiet of his home. The custody of a daughter, who is a minor, was awarded to Mrs. Gay. IFOR ROUQH, CHAPPED HANDS Whnt Parisian Women I'lf to Make Their Manila neautlful, Soft Hid White The best preparation for softening:, whitening and beautifying the hands is a famous French formula composed of Japora Concentrate, 2 ozs.; alcohol, 2% ozs.; rose water, 1 oz.; witch hazel, % oz. This product will also quickly re move freckles, yellow or dark spots on the skin, overcome enlarged skin pores, blackheads and unnatural red ness of the skin. It is most refresh ing for gentlemen to use after shaving as it is exceptionally healing to a sore or tender skin. In reply to an inquiry Croll Keller, druggist, No. 405 Market street, of this city, says that they keep all tho ingredients required for compounding the above prescription and that they are prepared to (111 it Just as well as a Paris pharmaclen.—Adv.
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