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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-01
SEEKS CHILD AFTER 4S YEARS
Wisconsin Man Became Embittered
When Wife Died

Menominee, Wis.,, Dee. When
Baby Moore was born As years ago his
mother died. Embittered BY the death
of his young wife, the husband. Peter
Moore, placed the baby in his sister Is
arms and resolutely walked away. From
that day to this he has not seen his
child. He is now "A years old. and is
known as 1.-THE Hermit of Menomi-
nee -
For years the old man has buried
himself in the woods. He spent his time
hunting and trapping. For months at a
time he did not see human being.
Often as he sat staring at his camp ire
he dreamed of the little daughter he
deserted so many Years ago. He won
dered what kind of woman she had
grown to be. His heart softened by
the passage of time, and he determined
to find his little one and make up for
years of neglect.
With this in view the old man stalk
ed into Menominee, his pack containing
his belongings ON his back So far he
has been unable to find a trace of her.
All he knows is that some of his rel
atives moved to Detroit, and there he
has gone in search of the daughter now
nearly so years old.
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STATISTICS IN PROFESSIONS
Large Gains reported Engaged in Pro-
fessional Pursuits In the United
States Since 1910

Washington, Dec. IA total of l.
Sa5,127 persons over 10 years of age
was reported as being engaged in pro-
fessional pursuits in the United States
in 1910, according to table making
comparison of the figures for 1910
and for 1900 in report on occupa-
tions, recently issued by William j..
Harris, director of the bureau of the
census, department of commerce. or
these 1,Se5,1 ,1s7 persons of both sexes
engaged in professional occupations in
1910, 1,151,70s were males and 673,-
AIS females, the males constituting
63.1 per cent. of the total number aud
the females S6.9 per cent.
The comparable census figures for
1900 show that there were 1,25S,53S
persons of both sexes over 10 years
of age engaged in professional pursuits
in that year, of whom S27,941 were
males and 4S0,597 females. The male
Constituted 65.S per cent. of the total
number and the females S4.2 per
cent.
In the decade 1900-1910 the pro-
portion of the males decreased in the
professions from cas- per cent. to 63.1
per cent, while the proportion of the
females increased from S4.2 per cent
to S6.s per cent. In actual numbers the
males increased 323,76S and the fe,
males 242,S21. In professional service
in 1910 there were four women to
every seven men, a large proportion OF
the women being teachers.
For all occupations shown in the
census report for the United States in
1910, the males constituted 7S.S pei
cent. and the females 21.2 per cent
The comparable figures for the year
1900 were SIT per cent. for the
males and 1873 per cent. for the fe
males, showing decrease during the
decade for the males of 20 per cent
and corresponding increase for the
females.
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TILYou, FuNMAKER, PASSES

The death In his Brooklyn home yesterday of
George c. nlyou, 53 years old, took from America
another of her famous showmen While Tilyou's
methods of entertaining the people far differ
ent from those of the late P 7. Barnum they con-
tanned many features of originality that viii recall
his to the funloving public for years to come.
The circus was not the medium through which
Tlyou amused the mutitudes but it is safe asser-
ton that the form of entertainment he did provide
reached almost as many persons as the peerless
Bamum reached. Anybody who ever has gone to
the distinctly original ''Steeplechase Park" in
Coney Island, the more recently established
'Steeplechases" in other big eastern resorts, will
connect the name of Tyou with the thrills he has
received through the medium of the Human
Bowl, F" "Razzle Dazzle - Mystic Maze, Down
and Out, and scores of other devices that have
given real sensations to pleasure-seekers
Tlyous ''Steeplechase Park of course, pro-
vides only part of the fun of the great play
grounds at Coney Island, but any one of the mil
lions of persons who have gone to the park will
not fail to recall the riotous merriment created
when he suddenly saw the hats torn from the heads
of score or more of men and women and hurled
seaward by concealed artificial breeze produced
by Glyou device, or by the intensely amusing
spectacle of scores of people struggling valiantly
to walk floor oseillating in three four dree
tions almost at the same time.
Tlyou made and lost several fortunes in the
amusement game, but he is reported to have died
a rich man. He was the inventor of many fun
giving machines that will live after him. That
part of the great American public that has red
blood in its veins cannot but experience feeling
of regret at the passing of this man who has done
so much to drive dull care away.
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TENNYS0N CALLS TO ARMS

There is new poem getting wide crcula-
ton in Great Britain which promises to live and be
loved when the has passed. despite the eonten-
ton that wartime literature has little chance to
survive the times which inspire it. The poem is
new only in the sense that it is becoming public
property for the first time. 1t was written many.
many years ago, hence was not inspired by this
particular war anyway, and cannot be considered
product of it.
There is something uncanny about this poem 1t
is one of Tennyson which had been discarded.
For an unknown reason,-perhaps because of some
what faulty technique,-the former poet laureate
had not published it. The manuscript was found
recently by his and it has now wide distribu-
tion in print. "a Call to Arms" is the title as
well as the substance of the lyric.
voice from the grave has furnished England
with Its first contemporary war poem Tennyson,
whose poem Britons Guard Yor, Own exerted
great influence in recruiting soldiers for the Brit
1sh army in the Crimean war; has by his ''Call to
Arms served to arouse British patriotism anew in
the present European conflict. The spirit of the
dead Tennyson, mysterious but thrilling force is
to-day urging Englishmen to fight, impeing them
as klpling, Watson and Bridges have failed to do.
1t was an indirect inspiration that brought forth
Tennyson's "A Call to Arms The words fit
present condition which the author could not have
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AMOLOX CURES
SKIN DISEASES

Stops itching instantly, drives out all
skin eruptions. Do not suffer unbear-
able tortures of eczema and other skin
diseases. Amolox is the prescription of
a well-known doctor who has used it
with remarkable success in his private
practice and now for the first time is
offered to all sufferers from eczema, tet-
ter, psoriasis, ringworm. acne, pimples
and all skin eruptions. Geo. A. Gorgas
and II. c. Kennedy and dealers every
where sell Amolox on a guarantee to
refund your money if it fails to give
satisfaction. Just wash the skin with
few drops of this remarkable clean
prescription; all itch and burning stops
instantly. 1t softens and soothes the
skin, so you can rest and sleep. Trial
size so cents. In chronic cases best
results are obtained when both liquid
and ointment are used. Adv.
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POSSE KILLS BANDIT LEADER
End Of Horse-stealing Activities Follow
Battle in Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wve., Dec. Word was
received here yesterday of battle be-
tween Sheriff S posse and band of
eight horse thieves who were cornerel
near Mountain View, in the southwest
ern part of the State.
The horse thieves, led by ''Bud "
Aalley, had been stealing horses in
large numbers, and in addition to their
thefts kidnapped man and threatened
to olom up general store at Burnt
h'SFk II they were not provided with
food. Sheriff Lohan. of Evanston, was
notified. and with posse of ten men
started in pursuit. The raiders were
found encampei and they opened fire on
the posse. general battle ensued. with
The result that Malley was killed and
his seven followers made prisoners.
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Topics
Cares for roo capitol olocks

There are seven hundred clocks be-
meath the oapisol roof and in other
buildings occupied by State depart
ments and bureaus in the city, and each
one must be wound frequently, for they
are not eight-day clocks and require
constant attention. This is given to
them by Joseph Pyne, of West Fair.
view, the official clock repairman at
the Capitol. 1t takes an average of four
days cash week to wind the clocks and
give them that attention that will in.
sure their keeping perfect time, and
Mr., Pyne 10 on the job all the time.
From the clocks in the basement 10
the clocks on the ffth floor, Including
those carried by the night watchmen,
all come under his care. The task may
seem to the uninitiated to be an easy
one, bat 1T involves travelling over the
entire building, and visit TO each
room, no matter where located, at least
once a week, and an inspection of the
official time piece. The clocks are reg
ulated and set to Washington time, and
they are generally correct to the Sec
ond.
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Finger Prints Never Fail

That finger prints are an unfailing
means of Identification was demon
strated again when City Detective
Joseph W. lbaeh recently ,.'muggedn a
prisoner for the second time. The first
time the prisoner went through the or.
deal ne was but boy II years odd
and now, two years later, he has grown
to be a man S size. Every physical
measurement except the length of the
ear has changed IN those two years but
the finger prints are identical. At the
time of the second mugging'' the
prisoner had grown bigger and broader
and is now aoove the average as to
weight and height, but at his former
appearance in the private office of the
detectives he was what might be called
small boy. His hands have increased
In size, but the nneal markings OF the
finger tips have not changed an iota.
Every loop" in the various finger
prints is the same and even to the un.
practieed eye the same lines can be
made out.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-01
FOOTBALL AGAIN AT COLUMBIA?

The New York World says to-day that the
Columbia University students will meet tomorrow
to discuss the reinstatement of football at the
Morningside Heights institution where the game
has been banned for number of years, largely, it
is understood, because of the opposition of Pres
dent Nicholas Murray Butler President Butler is
to attend the meeting and from this the Nv erld !"
concludes that he will yield to the pressing de
mand of the students and let them resume the grid
iron sport
1t win be rather remarkable if DIR. Butler weak
ems In the determined attitude he has maintained
against football, but it is not surprising that the
students eager for the reinstatement of the
game. Football played to-day is not as dan
gerous as In years gone by when almost everything
was massed plays, and perhaps the greater element
of safety that the new rules provide gives Dr. But
ler an excuse to yield gracefully
And then, too, perhaps DR.. Butler has come to
see that the advertising football brings college
is not to be sneezed at He could never be accused
OF failing to take advantage of any medium for
bringing to Columbia that desirable sort of public
lty that swells the university treasury balance
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ROLLED BY AUTO. UNHURT
Waynesboro Man Smiled After Wheels
of Machine Passed. Over His
Head and Chest

Wayneshoro, Dec. 1.-George w.
("Sherd'O Cressler, north of town,
was practically unhurt in an accident,
that probably no other man in this com
munity would have gone through with
out serious injuries.
He was rolled around three or four
times under an automobile. Two wheels
of the machine, in which were three
people, passed over him and when the
rear wheel had cleared him he arose to
bis feet smiling and unharmed except
for some minor bruises.
Cressler started across Main street in
front of L. j. Weikert's jewelry store
and had gone only few feet when he
saw Ford taxi, driven by Roy Gonder,
approaching. He endeavored to turn
and hurry back to the sidewalk when
he slipped.
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TOLD INLIGHTER VEIN
NO COOPERATION

Cooperation apparently is not only essential progress
but test of humanity AT least that to be the
tention of s B. Moxley, Shelbyvle fire man.
who attended conference local agents in Louis
VILE visitor at an insane asylum he said wanted to
know of husky guard il he afraid of being at
tackled by some of the more violent inmates.
L should say not. answered the lf-eonfdent indi
vidaaL L can handle any in institution with
ease"
But suppose they should co-operatei suggested the
visitor.
IF they could cooperate" airly answered the guard
they would not be here."-Louisvilie Times
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c. Y. NE WS
MORCENTHAU Says ne Is
READY TO Give HIS LIFE
Murderer Of John Rupp Il Optimistic
and Tells Friends st Haven { Long
to Live Anyway Attack
of Indigestion

Carlisle, Dee. 1.-Apparently resign
ed to the decision in tho case, although
maintaining that he shot John Rupp in
self-defense, Max Morgenthau sentenced
to die in the electric chair at the new
State death House, through an ap-
plication for new trial has yet one
chance of his life being spared.
am an old man and haven t long
to live anyway so guess it don Z mat
ter, the condemned man said in dis
cussing the case yesterday. He seems
to take an optimistic view OF the mat,
ter and apparently is ready to die He
has asked that he be not locked up all
of the while but he allowed to be out
in the main corridors. al won t do any
harm to myself or try to get out" he
told the sheriff.
Morgenthau was under the care of n
physician yesterday. He ate some
dainties given him by friends and suf.
fered an attack of indigestion.
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Farmer in Tilt with Hunters

Lebanon, Dee. George ]. Fortna,
a North Annville township farmer, may
lose his left eye as the result of con
troversy with three hunters whom he
found yesterday morning trespassing on
his land. When Mr.. Fortna sought to
secure the hunter s license number worn
by one Of the man, it is, claimed, the
mazzle of 3 gum in the hands of the
hunter was thrust into his left eye. He
most crazed with pain iFortna was un-
able to prevent the fight of the hunt
ers, but claims to have been successful
in learning the license number on the
arm of his assailsnt and it has been
given to the authorities.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-01
PARTED ON WEDDING DAY
Bride, Then 10 Years Old, Starts Ac
tion for Divorce

Scranton, Pa. Dec. 1.-Starting ac-
tion for divorce yesterday, Mrs. Anna
Barton, q years old, told how she was
separated from her husband within an
hour after their wedding in Kingston,
Luzerne county, on August 20, 1912.
With her husband, she was driving
home in a carriage, when, according to
Mrs. Barton, the mothers of the couple
met the carriage. Barton s mother
took him by the arm and led him home
and the brides mother did likewise
She never saw her husband after that,
she says. She moved to this city a few
days after the wedding.
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To Avoid orowding Capitol

What is worrying superintendent
kambo, of the Board of Public Build.
ings and Grounds, is where to put a
number of divisions and bureaus from
the big departments doing business un.
der the Capitol roof when the Legisla-
ture meets. At present almost every
committee room is occupied by these
subdivisions, and they must move to
make room for the legislators who are
very jealous of their prerogatives and
demand every accommodation, as they
have perfect right to do, but to make
room for the legislative committees re-
quires that there shall be room secured
elsewhere. The Public Service Commits
sion and the Department of Labor and
Industry both at present occupy quar-
ters that are very much crowded, and
some of the workers are in committee
rooms. Superintendent Rambo says
that a hunt for Office room in the city
has resulted in his finding but one build
ing containing suitable apartments for
the people who will have to go outside
of the Capitol until tine adjournment
of the Legislature.
"of course said Superintendent
hameo, 1--WE must have offices with
modern conveniences. Any old thing
viii not do, and we want the best we
can get. / have hopes of being sue
eessful in my hunt"
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Masons Elect and Have BANQUET

Marietta, Dec. 1.-Ashara Lodge
No. 3sS, Free and Accepted Masons,
held the annual election of officers last
evening and were banqueted at the
Pauies homestead Speeches were made
with Henry s. Rich as the toastmaster.
Krodel's s orchestra, of Columbia, fur
nished the music. The deeorations we're
of blue.
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SAVINGS AMOUNT TO $37.O 900
Banks Soon Will Distribute Funds to
Its Many Depositors

Gettysburg, Dee. Within the next
two weeks more than $37 600 will be
distributed among Gettysburgers by 10
cal banks, as the result of savings of
the past twelve months.
This is over fifty per cent. more
than was distributed last year in the
same way and almost twice as many
persons are taking advantage of this
means of saving money for their holi-
day shopping. Last December the two
institutions distributed $4,000 among
$50 persons This year it is to be
$4,000 among 1900 persons. With
anything but prosperity and thrift in
and about the town this would be an
impossibihty.
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cATAQRD leads
TO CONSUMPTION

Catarrh is as much 4 blood disease
as scrofula OF rheumatism. It may be
relieved. but it cannot be removed by
simply local treatment. 1t breaks down
the general health. weakens the lung
tissues. and leads TO consumption.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is so successful
in the treatment Of catarrh that it is
known as the best remedy for this
disease. 1t purifies the blood. Ask your
druggist for it. Adv.
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Describes Situation as "Fiercs"

Marietta, Dee. Charles johnson,
of West Marietta. has received a letter
from a personal friend in France, say
ing that the situation in that country is
fierce and that the depredations being
committed by the Germans cannot be
told in words. One of Mr.. johnson s
friends was killed and two others are
serving in the French army.
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Pastor in a Sanatorium

Chambersburg, Dec. 1.-The Rev.
George A, McAlister, pastor of Central
Presbyterian church since last April.
was taken to a sanatorium near Phila.
delphia yesterday. His congregation
gave him three months furlough.
Studying to win several college degrees
is blamed for his mental collapse. His
wife goes to her home in Galena. III.
They were married early this year.
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FIRST MEETING IN 80 YEARS
Brothers Greet Bach Other After BEING
Long Separated

Marietta, Dec. George Spiece.
who for the past thirty-six years has
hved in Missouri, arrived here Sunday
night, and when told that his brother,
Silas, was employed at the hotel oppe-
site the station he eeuld not at first
believe it, as he thought Silas was dead.
George walked over to his brother
and the two began talking, but Slas,
not knowing of his brothers. appear
ance, talked for some time without reg
ognizing his brother. After convincing
each other they were brothers, many
handshakes and kisses were exchanged.
They had not heard from one another
in 25 years.
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who for number of years was a prac.
ticing physician in Hanover. When a
young man Mr.. Eckert was employed
IN the Snively drug store and there be-
came specially interested in the flavor
ing extract business, which he later de-
veloped. At the time of his death he
was proprietor of the Acme Extract
and Chemical Works, Hanover.
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CUMBERLAND INSTITUTE
Teachers Gather at Carlisle for Sixty
first Annual Session

Carlisle, Pa, Dee. 1.-The sixty first
annual sessions of the Cumberland
County Teachers Institute opened here
in the Opera House yesterday under
the presidency of J. Kelso Green, of
Carlisle. Clara NJ. Kast, of Mechanics
burg, is secretary and Professor Jerry
March, of Philadelphia, director of mu-
sic.
The leading instructors at the insti-
tute swill be Drs. Payson Smith, late
State Superintendent of Schools, Maine;
Arthur Holmes, dean of State College;
Ambrose L. Suhrie, West Chester State
Normal School; Ezra Lehman, Cumber-
land Valley Normal School, and David
j. Carver, of Dickinson College.
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foreseen, condition to which he did not mean his
appeal particularly to apply.
1t may be question whether, if Lord Tennyson
were poet laureate of Great Britain to-day, he
would issue call to such as that which is
circulating under his honored name.
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Former Postmaster Dead

Gettysburg, Dec. Edwin G. Eek
ert, former Hanover postmaster, promi
nent in Masonic circles, and we'll known
in this place, died at midnight Sunday
convulsions, aged 56 years.
He was the son of DIR. E. G.. Eckert,
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Gets CAN From Church

ohambersburg, Dec. 1.-The Rev.
Henry w. Snyder, of Mercersburp. has
oeen extended call to become pastor
OF the Shippensburg Memorial Lmth-
eran church.
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Washington, Dee. About $4,000
flowers, raised in the White House con-
servatories to be used at social func-
tions now Abandoned, will blossom in
the homes of the poor and in hospitals
this year. Miss Margaret Wilson will
distribute them.
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LIBERAL DIVORCE LAWS

And are the divorce laws very liberal in your Sec
tioni"
'Llberaf Say! They are liberal that nobody ever
heard Of woman crying at wedding here-Detrot
Journal
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SAVING GRACE

PA, what is meant by the saving grace of humorf"
1T means quite eften. my that when rascal gets
caught in deviment can escape punishment bv
making joke out Of it"-Brmingham Age eHerald.
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The kind of peace that Mexico having reminds us of
the Democratic party in Pennsylvania since the Re
organizers took hold
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Fire Companies Up in the Air." reads headline in
the Frederick tMd) POST. This suggests the possbil
ity of aeroplane fire engines in the near future And
why mott
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WELL DEFINED

He-"You understand what margin in stocks is dent
youf
she-"oh. yes That's the money you put up and loose
Boston Transcript.
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The president of the Newark N j. Board of Education
wants to put the school teachers in uniforms Another
indication of the growth of miltarsm in this eountryi
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The war tax is all right when the other fellow has to
pay it.
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1t will be too late to do your Christmas shoppns
early.
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WEATHER FORECASTS

YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, As; lowest. AZ; a. M. 4S; p. M. As.
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MOONS PHASES
Full Moon, 2nd; Last Quarter. 10th;
New Noon, 10th; First Quarter, .4th.