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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
At the Victoria

The hardships and perils of life in
Alaska, mingled with thrilling escapes
and daring feats, comprise the special
feature, "The Lure of the Yukon,'
masterpiece in three reels, which tops
an excellent bill at the Victoria theatre,
223 Market street, for to-day only. 1t
is the story of two brothers who suffer
the terrible dangers of the Arctic to
win a fortune that, by lucky chance,
comes within their grasp as the long
winter breaks. On their way back to
the States they meet a girl, whose fa'
ther has instructed her to rob them,
Later she falls in love with one of thu
brothers and rescues them from banditi
who are captured in battle with tn,
Yukon police The story is full OF
thrills and action Is intense throughout
every foot of the three-reel film.
Another headliner at the Victoria to.
day is "Out of the Darkness" an ex-
traordinarv tworeeler featuring WV
ian Rich, William Garwood, Louise Les
ter, Harry Won Meter and Jack Rich
ardson. Adv.
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Tongue-End Topics
Mr.. MaeAlarnsy in New Post

The Sibar- Independent having an
nouneed that Robert E. McAlarney,
formerly of this city, has been made
city editor of the New York "Trib-
une, he having assumed the position
ON Monday of this week, the "Tnb-
une" come 10 the front and prints a
sketch of "The Tribune's New City
Editor, After recitimg Mr.. MacAl-
'aTney's success as newspaper man,
maganzinist and lecturer of the jour
nalistic eult, the Tribune" says:
Mr. MacAlarney was born in Har-
risbung, Pa, December so, 1878. After
being graduated from Dickinson Col
lege, in 1898, he became reporter on
the Harrisburg Telegraph but two
years later went to Harvard University
to specialize in postgraduate work.
Newspaper work, however, called to
him again, and he joined the staff of
the Newark Daily Advertiser in
1896, and then, to use the colloquial
phrase, broke into New York news
paper work in 1897, with the New
York Evening Journal.
"While with the Evening journal
Mr. Mac Alarney served an all-around
pprentieeship, soon becoming one OF
the paper s star men, and handling
among other important assignments,
the celebrated Jennie Bosseheiter mur-
der in New Jersey and the coal strikes
in Pennsylvania. During his connec
tion with TIL Evening Journal Mr..
MacAlarney did much political work,
and his efforts in that direction at
tracted the attention of the New York
Evening Post which offered him a
staff appointment in 1903.
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AN elaborate EfLOWERSHOW
The Holmes Seed Company Is Showing
Everything in Flowers and
Christmas Greens This Season

The flower lover, and his name is
legion, will have the opportunity to
crafty his taste, be it ever so critical,
by making call at the new address
of the Holmes Seed Company.
Beautiful Towering plants are there
in great variety and large assortment
of auracarias, dracaenas, cocos, palms,
scottii, w. X. Harris and new single
crested ferns vie with handsome palms,
Lorraine Begonias and the like to form
a display excelling even the previous
holiday exhibits of Holmes Seed Com
pany, who have always led the van.
The showing of Christmas trees,
laurel, lycopodium, foxtail roping,
wreaths, Southern smilax, not forget
ting superb mistletoe, is fully up, If
not superior, to former years and will
ably maintain the reputation of this re-
liable store.
Committees in charge of church and
Sunday school decorations will do we'll
to place their orders early as it is
doubtful if some of these can be dupl-
Gated.
The public in general is cordially
invited to call and see the display and
will be made welcome by corps of
experienced and courteous statesmen.
The Holmes Seed Company owing
to the serious interruption to their
business resulting from the subway
has been compelled to move and are
now located in the Adams building at
1O6-1OS South Second street.
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ADJUSTMENTS
At the Orpheum

There s a worthy vaudeville bill on
view at the Orpheum this week, so
worthy in fact that its a regulation
metropolitan program served up at the
Locust street play house at the usual
admission prices. So the reason why
Harrisburg should turn out in big num-
bers this week to view the Offering are
two fold. In the first place it is Ro-
tary Week there and the profits 60 to
a. worthy cause, that of aiding the
stricken Belgians. If this is no incen-
tive, then the fine bill is there, and
that should appeal to every lover OF
excellent and clean entertainment.
Bessie Wynn is there with fine roper
toire of songs and none of them have
ever been heard at the Orpheum be-
fore. But some of them will after
Bessie leaves, for Harrisburg seems to
be singing some of them now. "When
You re Long, Long Way From
Home is one of her best and one of
the catchiest. She sings a Japanese
song with costume and setting appTo-
pirate to the song, and in it she is
given an opportunity to inject little
acting. And ism t Miss Wynn a dream
in her Jap kimOnO gown, and pink
flowers in her hair!
About four Or five interesting crea-
tions she dons at each performance and
all of them are lovely. And then for
those who like to laugh, there is Joe
jackson, who has the whole comedy
market cornered. Joe is programmed
as the European Vagabond and for
thirteen minutes he has so many trou-
bles with his ragged clothes and his
bicycle parts that he keeps the audi
ence every minute he is on view. The
Farber Girls and wealth of other
clever Keith hits round out the an
star bill. adv. ##&
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according to his statement was to use appropriate
dynamic suggestions, impusations to right
thought and action, offered to the subconseious
mind''
There is sometimes tendency for persons who
know less than nothing about psychology and its
mysteries to treat such testimonials lightly. Yet
they have no right to doubt the word of psycholo
gist until they know something of the science
This science, for it is not witchcraft or magic,
needs to receive more attention from the general
public, particularly if it has the power claimed for
it, of preventing divorces and of interfering with
proposed marriages which would be likely to result
in separation.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
GOOD USE FOR PSYCHOLOGY

Psychologist, speaking from New York church
pulpit, asserts that divorces can be prevented, or
even engagements and marriages which might ulti
matey lead to the divorce courts by the silent
Influence of specifically directed suggestion given
with look and thought or through the magnetic
force of expressed superior quality that recalls to
sense and duty and rivets the affections -
By means of this psychic intervention he says, he
has been able not only to restore harmony and hap
pness to discordant ves but also to prevent disas-
trous unions at times of doubt the part Of young
persons as to the wisdom of engagements and mar
rlages.
All that he did to arrive at these splendid results,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Went to the Pulitzer School

While with the Evening Mall Mr..
MacAlarney was picked out as one of
the men TO conduct the deytinies of
that interesting experiment, the School
of journalism at Columbia. He was
appointed associate professor of the
school, and continued in that capacity
until March last, when he resigned to
devote more of his time to fiction.
Since then he has been giving course
OF lectures on the technical side of
newspaper work at the school, as Dean
Talcott Williams was unwilling to re-
linquish his services entirely.
''The Tribune IS new city editor is
a member of the Harvard and Faculty
clubs, the Mexican Society and the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity. In addition
to the many contributions he has made
to contemporary magazine work he has
also collaborated on two plays. His
many talents make him the one man
who can probably fill the big shoes that
Governor-elect Whitman's new secre.
tary will leave behind him"
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Went to the Evening Post"

g He secured the position, and took
charge of the City Hall and the in
volved politics radiating from that CEN
ter. In 1906 the Evening Post was
so sure of Mr.. MacAlarney's s ability
that he was promoted to the city ed
itor's desk, where he~remained until
1911, when he went to the New York
Evening Mail'' as city editor For
much of his time with the Evening
Posi- Mr.. Mac cAlaney served as act
ing managing editor.
ellis stay with the Evening Mail ;
was only about a year, but during that
period he met one task that strained
the energy and endurance of every city
editor in New York-the handling of
the great Titanic disaster story. The
city editor s desk is the staff headquar-
tiers in the battle of newspaper work,
and the editor-in depends largely
upon its effectiveness for the success
or failure of each day s issue.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

At the court of Elizabeth the wide
topped Spanish boot, handsome and,
to our eyes, theatrical, became popular
among the rival courtiers, each en-
deavoring to outvie the other in the
queen s eyes. The Most handsome and
admired of all were made of white
Cordova leather, edged with costly lace
and having gold spurs. Sometimes buff
and red and much more rarely the now
prevalent black leather was the ma
terial. Boots for men seem to have gone
out of fashion during the Stuart era, so
far as the upper classes went Your
plain citizen always adhered to more
or less substantial shoe when at home
and seldom drew on boots save when
on a journey.-London Saturday Re-
Wow
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
INTER. SCHOOL DEBATES NEEDED HERE

Interest in debating is naturally revived in high
schools and colleges about this time of the year, and
more attention than usual is now being paid to it in
many places. The great questions brought up by
the war are tempting young men to match their
talents in formal argument. Debating leagues have
selected timely subjects for this seasons contests
and members of the teams busily engaged in
gathering material for their briefs
Activity of this sort is prevailing not only in col
leges and universities but in high schools as we'll
In the larger cities the high schools oppose an
other and in the smaller communities the schools
of several towns form league and each team rep
resents the entire debating skill of its locality.
1t is to be deplored that Harrisburg has no inter
school debates There have been inter-class con-
tests in the separate local high schools but such
affairs lack the requisite spirit of rivalry They
too tame. Only inter-school debates arouse the
proper amount Of enthusiasm
In case Central and Tech would not be satisfied
with a debating league of but two teams they
nearby places to join in the enterprise. The ques
ton of expense is negligible. Debating teams need
no equipment as do football and basketball teams.
Considering the ease with which schools can ar
range debates and the manifest benefits afforded by
such ,-interscholastic contests which de-
veop purely the intellectual side of the participants
and of those in attendance-it seems strange that
the local high schools, conspicuous as they are in
so many other lines Of activity should be unable or
unwilling to put forth teams and fight for honors
in the extensive field of formal debate.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Flynn, the Father of the House"

Representative John NJ. Flynn, of
Elk county, the father of the House,
in years of service, was in Harrisburg
last night on his way home to Ridgway
from Philadelphia where he had been to
see Senator James X. P. Hall off to
Tampa, Florida, where the latter will
spend the winter, after having recov-
erel from a severe illness followed by
critical operation in Cleveland hos
pital. Mr.. Flynn is a Democrat of the
Old Guard school and was reelected
at the last election by the biggest ma
jority ever given candidate in Elk
county, having been nominated on both
the Republican and Democratic, tickets.
Speaking of the coming session of the
Legislature, Mr.. Flynn, who will be the
Democratic floor leader, expressed the
opinion that the business of the ses-
sion will be conducted with dignity
and dispatch. He anticipates no flood
of crank legislation such as character
lECu bHp ldSI SCoSlUh ne lOUkS IOF all
early adjournment. In the last session,
because of the difficulty in organizing
the House, all of the parties were
recognized in the selection of the of
ficers, and Republican, Washington and
Democratic members each had the cleo
tion of some of the men on the pay
roll.
81 do not anticipate any thing like
that during the coming session." said
Mr.. Flynn, "for the reason that the
Republicans have an overwhelming ma
jority and there will be such demand
for offices from Republicans all over the
State that none of the other parties
viii be recognized. +"
1t is said that the Democrats in the
House will put up Mr.. Flynn as their
candidate for Speaker.
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At the Colonial

est. Elmo" the beautiful drama.
tization of Augusta Evans novel of
that title, that has been delighting
patrons at the Colonial theatre, will be
presented there for the last time to-
day. "St. Elmo" is masterpiece in
moving picture art, is in six parts and
calls in superb scenery and splendid
acting. OF the four Keiths acts that
combine into a fine vaudeville Offering,
the Six Little Honey Bees, rafting
juvenile singing act, is probably the
most popular. Hallen Fuller and com
pany, presenting screeching comedy,
will head the vaudeville festivities for
the last half of the week. adv. MA
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Committee in Lunacy Appointed

Lebanon, Dee. ia petition has
been flied by Bertha Elliott, sister Of
Wilbur Reese, of Syner, North Ann
vile township, for the appointment Of
a commission to adjudge the young
man, who is "a years of age, luna
tic. Judge Henry has appointed Roy
s. Light, DR.. W. R. Roedel and H. s.
Light, as commission. Reese is the
young man who was mixed up in the
fatal auto accident west of Annville
last July, when Claude Writers, of Pal
myra, was instantly killed and the
other four young men in the Stauffer
car were more or less injured. Reese
was driving buggy and was thrown
to the ground.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

No group of persons worked harder good
than the actors and actresses in the Opheum this
working to swell the Belgian fund receipts It's rafting
good bill all the way through and would be well worth the
price of admittance if the money destined
fill the stomachs of the starving refugees
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
employees Get Christmas checks

Lebanon, Dee. ia. K. Ketter-
ing, as treasurer, has paid out the sum
of $3,500 to the employees of the A. S.
Kreider shoe factory at Annville, as
their share of the Christmas savings
club.
At the Middletown plant of the
Kreider shoe factory, checks were re
ceived by the employees who were mem
bers of the Christmas savings fund to
the amount of $4,916.35.
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Caution :

A Pennsylvania farmer was the own
er of good Alderney COW. stranger,
having admired the animal asked the
farmer, "What will you take for your
cow9'
The farmer scratched his head for a
moment, and then said, "Look a-here;
be you the tax assessor or has she been
killed by the railroad P'-Argonaut.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

only Lubin films can be made. A Vita
graph drama. "The Man Who Might
Have Been;' Hearst -Selig Weekly of
Current Events and a Snakeville come
dry, "Sophie S Fatal Wedding, complete
the program. Friday the big feature
production, "The Naked Truth in
five acts, will be shown. This is the
story of real woman and taken from
the French novel of that name.
ADVISES
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Mrs. Shook Thanks the Firemen

Editor, the StarIndependent:
Dear Sir:-I want to thank the fire
men for their prompt and good service
rendered for me at my house on Mon
day when it was on fire. Also | want
to thank the neighbors for their kind
ness toward me in sending in the alarm
Mrs. j. NJ. Shook,
1870 Christian street.
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Miss Bessie Wynne, the actress whose clever perform
the Orpheum stage doing great deal to help
swell the box office receipts that theatre during Belgian
week. enters into the spirit of the thing do the
big audiences. There is something about her name that
to fit her well in the estimation of the Harrisburg
theatre goers.
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81 guess L I'll get job," said Plod-
ding Pete.
"Great guns exclaimed Meandering
Mike, "you amt going to work."
N"Not much. | jes' feel kind o.
naughty ami independent. / want the
pleasure of gettin one o. these task
masters in line where kin say what
/ like to him an then resign. Wash
ington Star.
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At the PhotnnIau

To present a good program to-day
with a two-act Lu'bin drama for the
headliner "The Grip of the Past ("
is modern society drama produced as
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

The man who grumbles at the sight of his coal pile
growing rapidly smaller in this kind of weather should let
his mind rest that long period of bay weather before
Thanksgiving Day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

Two men froze to death in Philadelphia. That how
nothing compared with the distress that
is causing in the European zone.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

Buy your Red Cross seals early and help fight the plague
of tuberculosis!
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theatre-g -goers

EVEN DOGS LIFE HAS ITS ADVANTAGES
II understand Smiths wife leads him regular dogs
life"
well, she has money wonder he don't have to
do anything but sit around the house all day"-Boston
Record.
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WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair, con-
tinued cold tonight and Thursday.
Lowest temperature tonight about 10
degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight
and Thursday, not much change in TEN.
perature. Moderate westerly winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE n
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-08-15
STORY OF CAILLAUX CASE
Shooting of Editor calmette Due to

Shooting of Editor Calmette Due to
His Campaign Against Ex Premier.
The Cailaux case. the most celebrat
ed French trial since the Dreyfus case
and which resulted in the acquittal Of
Nine. Henriette Caillaux, wife of 10
seph CaillauX, the eX-premier and ex
minister of finance, began on the even
ing of March 16, when CASTOR Cal
mette, editor of the Paris Figaro. was
shot in his Office by Nine. CaillauX
He died a few hours later The shoot
ing was the consequence of newspa
per campaign waged by Calmette
against Caillaux.
CaillauX was premier in 1911, holding
office during the Morocco crisis. ana
resigning in January, 1912, on account
of popular dissatisfaction at 1be set
tlement made with Germany at that
time
Calmette's attacks charged, among
other things, that Caillaux had used
his influence to delay the trial of the
swindler Henri Rochette. in 1908, so
as to give him time to escape to Mexico
and that as minister of finance he had
promised TO certain claimants against
the government S1.200.0O0 on condition
that they subscribe so per cent of that
sum to the Radical campaign fund. 1t
is said that Calmette had various let
ters in his possession charging that
Caillaux was tool of Germany in the
Morocco crisis which he had not vet
published at the time of his death.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-08-15
New Potterx WiII EmpIoy zoo.

Carrollton, O., Aug. 13.-Plans are
being worked out for the erection of a
six-kiln pottery here this year by A. u.
and NJ. F. Albright, who were formerly
engaged in the pottery business in
East Liverpool, Sebring and this place.
More than 200 workmen will be en-
ployed, with a monthly payroll of not
less than $4,000. A public subscription
of $4,000 has been made to insure the
erection of the pottery, which will be
the second built here.
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AUSTRIANS TO TAKE POISON.
Officers Will Use Walls of Deadly Fluid
If Captured by Servians.

Count Alexander Salm- -Hoogstraeten.
lieutenant in the Thirteenth dragons.
an Austrian cavalry regiment, on the
eve of leaving New York for Austria
to join his regiment, said that the of
fcers of the Austrian army are to be
supplied with small walls of poison.
which. if they are captured by the
Servians, will be used to destroy them
selves rather than undergo the indig
mites which they will suffer at the
hands of their enemies.
Austria has 100000 men ready for
field duty before issuing a second call
TO arms. If other foreign powers are
involved in the war the Austrians i'll
America will charter steamships and
leave to fight for their country
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-08-15
The Big Policeman

I'm very tired" said Uncle Sam
The way | see things so.
Here for an age I've been on post
In fighting Mexico,
To keep il from war with us,
And, should cause come TO pass,
To warn all Europe that it must
Keep off the Monroe grass,
''Then when I'm pushed 10 mind all this
Comes news that more's 10 do;
That Haitis yelling for the cop
To stop a coup or two
And then, the climax swift to cap,
l plunge in more distress-
From San Domingo speeds the call
OF police S 0. s.
with these small nations l have times
My patience sore they rub.
l feel I'd like to take a stand
And let 'em have my club.
But 1 am here to keep the peace,
These nations work TO do,
For I'm the big and kindly cop
They bring their troubles to-"
Baltimore American.
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Germans Organize League.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. u. = "Tne
League of 1914" an organization of
German-Americans, was completed
here today. It's purpose is 'for the OBJ
ject of obtaining fair and unbiased
presentation in the press of facts as
they develop from time to time il
connection with the terrible war now
raging in Europe and of obtaining
funds to be used in helping the SUI
ferers living in Germany"
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ranneries Affected by Conflict.

Kane, Pa, Aug. 13.-Sheffield is the
effects of the European war. The three
large tanne~ies there owned by the
Elk Tanning company started operat-
ing on half time owing to the scarcity
of hides caused by the placing of an
embargo upon foreign shipments.
Word also was received of an advance
of cents pound on sole leather.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-08-15
Reather In Babes Mack.

For days the baby boy Of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hamilton of Norwich. ". Y.
refused TO eat and acted strangely
Physicians were unable TO discover the
trouble Mrs. Hamilton finally noticed
a bunch on the baby's neck. She
lanced IL and pulled ont feather. II
evidently had been swallowed by the
child and caught in the throat; finally
working itself ont through the tissues
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-08-15
Dinner Is Postponed.

Paris, Aug. 13.-The Matin states
that Kaiser Wilhelm was so confident
of the success of the German army
marching against the French that he
dine with him on Aug. IL in a we'll
known restaurant here. 1t is unnec-
essary to comment that the dinner
party has been indefinitely postponed.