Baking
Powder
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MAGIC POWDER TOWN
IN HEAP OF ASHES
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ty-flv® thousand persons hardly a
building remained, though the great
explosives plant nearby and company
villages at either end of the town
escaped undamaged. The loss is put
at $1,000,000.
Thousands of refugees who through
out the afternoon had stood helpless
as their homes and places of business
mimed were housed during the night
in Petersburg and Richmond. Many
of those who saved their household
goods stood guard over their effects
with repeating rifles all night. Mili
tiamen from Richmond and special
guards from inside the DuPoint plant
helped the Hopewell police force to
keep order.
looter is Hanged
Although many were injured, only
»ne death is reported. A negro, caught
looting, was said to have been strung
up to a tree at the edge of tow n.
The fire started in a restaurant when
in oil stove toppled from a box in the
kitchen. A hotel caught fire next and i
noon the flames, driven by a stiff wind, j
were eating their way through banks, 1
stores, hotels and dwellings. The only j
hurch in the town was one of the!
irst buildings to go.
An eleven-year-old boy was the hero j
nf the flre. Twice he rushed into a.
building and each time reappeared!
with a baby in his arms.
The explosives plant, which works;
•lay and night at top speed, ceased i
• perations only long enough to make
sure none of its buildings would burn. |
'nee when the fire got close all the
iiands were turned out to pour water
>n the building, but a shift of the
wind turned the flames in another di
ection and the plant started up again.
There was little insurance, it wasj
said, on the buildings, which were
lammed together, wpod and brick, in
a space covering about sixty acres.
Department of Justice
Is Investigating Fire
Washington, Dec. 10.—Chief Ble
laskl, of the Department of Justice, ,
Bureau of Investigation, to-day in
structed his agent at Norfolk to pro
eed to Hopewell. Va., and make a
horOugh Investigation of yesterday's
disastrous fire. A report within a
few days is expected.
Federal .agents investigating fires
n powder plants and munitions works
have failed to find basis for govern
mental porsecutlon and officials doubt
ed if the Hopewell Investigation would
-eveal anything upon which the fed
;ral government could take action.
TO SKXD RELIEF
Richmond. Va., Dec. 10.—Governor
Stuart Is awaiting reports from agents
he has sent to Hopewell to Investi
gate the necessity for State relief
measures. A joint session of the city
•ouncll here will tske up the subject
o-day and the Richmond Chamber of
'ommerce will meet for the same pur
pose. Newspaper relief funds have
been opened and Richmond expects
to halve organized aid In Hopewell be
fore night. Petersburg and Norfolk
<re taking similar measures.
WILL REBUILD AT ONCE i
Norfolk. Va., Dec. 10.—Advices to
lay direct from Hopewell say the work
•f rebuilding will start at oonce.!
Businessmen met this afternoon and
determine to put up a better character
>f structure. Tents are being sent
by the State military authorities to
are for the homeless and sheds have
:>eeti built in which they can prepare
;helr food.
Battalion of Troops
Guard Smoking Ruins
Petersburg, Va., Dec. 10.—A bat
talion of Virginia troops is guarding
the. ruins of Hopeless and no dis
order of any character is reported.
A meeting of citizens to-day began ef
forts to have all new buildings of
brick. Three fire insurance men es
timated the total loss at $2,000,000.
The Du Pont po-.vder plant is op
erating as usual and there have been
no developments In the case of the
man arrested Wednesday afternoon
with nitroglycerine In his possession.
The arrest was confirmed today by
the Du Pont police force, although
officials of the company refuse to talk.
The city council of Petersburg has ap-
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FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 10, 1915.
I propriated $5,000 for relief purposes.
| The Petersburg Chamber of Com
: merce and Retail Merchants' Asso
ciation have contributed about $2,000
| and a committee representing those
bodies is at Hopewell Issuing food and
clothing. Churches have ben opened
here to refugees who may use their,
for sleeping quarters. Work of erect
ing temporary buildings in Hopewell
has begun. ,
No Word From Gebhardt's
in Destroyed Powder Town
No word has been received at a late
hour to-day concerning Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Gebhardt, formerly of this
city, and residents in Hopewell for
eight months. No fears are felt for
their sufety. however. Mr. Gebhardt
I was superintendent in one of the che-
I mical plants of the Du Pont Powder
•Company, ai Hopewell. As a metal
lurgist. Mr. Gebhardt has held several
positions, one in Canada and another
with the Lackawanna Steel Company,
in Buffalo. He is a graduate of the
High school, class of 1907.
His wife was Miss Mary Bennethum
before her marriage and is also a
graduate of the 1907 class. Both are
I widely krfown in the city. Miss Benne
thum is the daughter "of William H.
| Bennethum, Sr., manager of Dives,
| Pomeroy and Stewart.
J Efforts were made to communicate
• with them, but word was received
from Richmond that no telegraphic
wires are open to the town destroved
| by Are.
AUTO DEALERS
ARE UP IN ARMS
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and "an imposition." There lias been
a generally mistaken impression that
the tax on gasoline would be 1 cent
per gallon. The rate as actually given
by the President was 1 per cent., which
is infinitely lower, but still an enor
mous burden in the course of a year,
particularly with the gradual increase j
iin the cost of "gas." The price was
[ raised 1 cent per gallon Just this week.
The consensus of opinion of men in
i a position to know seems to be that
I the passage of this revenue act will
j mean a tremendous drop in the auto
mobile industry. One dealer in the
[city has figured It out on the basis of
I past sales and future Indications and
j estimates that the business will fall off
about 33 per cent. Another prominent
| dealer and salesman gives It as his
opinion that the decrease in sales will
act in such a way that it will be a loss
to the government in the end through
the falling off of revenue from dealers'
licenses, drivers' and state licenses,
etc.. and that the revenue obtained
through this new act will not com
pensate for the loss to the countrv's
prosperity caused by the depression in
this particular industry.
E. H. Mauk, president of the Uni
versal Motor Car Oompanv, said this
morning: "The law would be an im
position. not only on dealers, but like
wise on the purchasers o. cars. It is a
double tax, and the condition of the
industry at the present time does not
justify such discrimination."
Manufacturers of cars all over the
country have sent to their representa
tives petitions, which are to be kept in
confidence and returned with informa
tion and estimates on the probable
effect of the law in their particular
community. The headquarters of the
manufacturers' association are located
in Detroit and it is likely that orders
will be given from this source in an
i effort to create public sentiment and
j endeavor to prevent the passage of the
I law.
Andrew Redmond. the automobile
i dealer, in discussing the proposed tax
| recalled an attempt several years ago
to put the same sort of law through
1 both as a federal act and a state act.
It was defeated, however, in both
• cases. It is Mr. Redmond's opinion,
j as well as that of many other.-whohave
j made a close study of conditions, that
this is merely another attempt on the
i part of the Democratic administration
' to get around the question of tariff
| revenue and protection of home in
-1 dustries by seizing upon the first thing
| at hand that looks as though it might
i produce revenue with the least crlti
| cism. without the least consideration
j of equity.
i There will be a meeting of a large
J number of local dealers of this city
! some time next week, at which time
j definite action will follow a discussion
of the proposed law and a decision
will be reached as to how best to meet
its exactions equitably In case it should
• go through.
GARRISON HINTS
AT CONSCRIPTION
.Secretary or War in Report
Emphasizes Need For Big
Reserve Armv
j
W ANTS 500,000 MEN
(Declares Preparedness Is
Needed "So Long as Right
and Wrong Exist
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Dec. 10.—Sec
retary of War Garrison declares in his
annual report to th« President, made
public last night, that if the adminis
tration plan for a continental army
fails, the United States will face some
form of compulsory military service.
In what many men in official life
characterize as the most remarkable
report ever made by a Secretary of
War, Mr. Garrison passes quickly
over the widespread routine activities
of the War Department and devotes
practically all his words to the sub
ject of mlltary preparedness, the need
for which he sums up by saying:
"So long as right and wrong exist
in the world there will be an in
evitable conflict between them. The
rightdoers must be prepared to protect
and defend the right as against the
wrong."
Answers All Arguments
Unsparing in his arguments in an
swers to those who would have no
increase in the country's military
preparedness. Secretary Garrison de
clares that the American people must
view their responsibilities and meas
ure up to them.
500.000 Soldiers Needed
"If the determination arrived at by
those whose knowledge, skill, and ex
perience makes their judgment prac
tically exclusive is accepted," the re
port says in part, "we should have in
this country a force of at least 500,-
000 men ready for instant response
to a call in the event of war or the
imminence of war. It is surely not
necessary to state the many reasons
why this force may not be supplied by
a regular standing army of that num
ber constantly under arms. There is
no legal way that the National Guard
can in time of peace, be governed, of
ficered, or trained by the National
Government; and there is no legal
way, excepting by volunteering, that
it can be made available to the nation
in time of war to any greater extent
than specified in the Constitution,
which confessedly fulls short of the
necessary uses to which an army may
have to be put in the event of a war
with a foreign nation.
"It becomes necessary, therefore, to
devise some method of m. king avail
able for the use of the Nation in time
of war a national force in supplement
of that part of the national force, to
wit, the regular army, which is con
stantly under arms; a part of the
army, in other words, to be raised and
maintained by Congress and governed
in all respects in accordance with its
directions."
Commercial Men to Be
Guests of Commerce Body
The next luncheon meeting of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
will be held on Tuesday, December
21. in the banquet room of the Har
risburg Club. It will be given in
honor of the commercial traveling
men, sales managers, district manag
ers. general agents, etc., who travel
out of Harrisburg or make this city
their headquarters.
Flavel L. Wright will address the
meeting. Mr. Wright is not only an
eloquent and stimulating speaker, but
is a salesman himself and in acting
as the chamber's spokesman to the J
salesmen present will speak to them
from knowledge gainpd through actual
selling operations.
Every traveling man, general and
district agent, etc., who makes head
quarters in Harrisburg, is expected to
tile his name with the secretary of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
in order that an invitation may be
mailed to him.
The date selected for the meeting
was selected by the United Commer
cial Travelers as they believe that
more salesmen would be in the
city at that time than any other day
in the year.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce desire to have as many of those
men present as possible in order that
they may be tolil how much the city
of Harrisburg appreciates their ef
forts 1n building up the city as a com
mercial center and in acting as per
sonal boosters and missionaries for
Harrisburg.
McMillan Expedition is
Good For Another Year
Clinton. La., Dec. 10.—Word that
the McMillan arctic expedition in
North Greenland was in good condi
tion in April and amply provisioned
I for another year, is contained in a
letter received to-day by Mrs. Je
rome Lee Allen, of Maquoketa, near
here, fror.* her husband, a wireless
operator with the expedition. The let
ter dated April 6, was carried out of
the North by an Eskimo who sledged
four hundred miles to South Greon
; land.
The party had just received news
of the European war. the letter sakl,
and were anxiously awaiting the arri
val of a ship. Every one was well
save Professor Tanquary of Illinois,
who was suffering with frozen feet.
Should the party be unable to return
to the United States by Fall, Mr. Al
len writes, they would be well able to
make out for another year.
To Hold William Penn
Highway Conference in Jan.
The Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce Is in correspondence with a
number of William Penn highway
enthusiasts, along the route, with a
view to holding a meeting in Harris
j burg. It is proposed to have a one
'or two-day conference between the
representatives of various cities and
i the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce,
sometime in January.
City and county officials and every
body interested in the William Penn
highway will be Invited to come to
Harrisburg. The purpose is to dis
cuss plans to give the new route
through Pennsylvania a national rep
utation by showing Its advantages,
and giving publicity to the list of
prominent cities touched by this high
way, throughout the United States.
LLOYD TAKFS OATH
Carlisle. Pa., Dec. 10.—George E.
Lloyd, district attorney-elect of Cum
berland county, (his morning took tnc
oath of office before Prothonotary
Weary In the courthouse here. Mr.
.Lloyd resides in Mechauiuaburg.
BOYD MEMORIAL WILL MEET
NEEDS OF 1,000
, Will Be Ready For Occupancy
Shortly After Christinas;
Music, Lounging and Banquet
Rooms Provided; Facilities
»
For Club Athletes and Gym-]
nasium Training Is of Very
Best
Judging from present activities and
the expectation of the contractor, the
John Y. Boyd Memorial will be ready
for occupancy shortly after the Christ
mas holidays. Work on the building
is progressing rapidly and plans are
being laid by the directors to have a
housewarniing early In January.
It is estimated that the structure
will meet the needs of more than
a thousand men ( and boys, members
of the Pine Street 1 Presbyterian church
and Sunday school, and of the Beth
any Chapel and Division Street Mls
jsion. The gymnasium, readingrooms,
! lockers, stage, and bowling alleys are
the last word in building construction,
and will furnish pleasure to thousands
for generations to come.
When completed this clean, well
built structure will be flanked on
either side of tho entrance in South
street by two bronze lamps. The win
dow ledges will be decorated with
(lower boxes, of the same nature as
those which the Civic Club will this
winter endeavor to have located in
front windows and on porches all over
the city. The first object that will
strike the eye of the visitor will be a
bronze memorial tablet to the founder
presented by the men and boys ol
Pine Street Church and Sunday
school, which will be set up in the,
vestibule. The first room is to be the
lobby, which will lend itself to the use
of ti»e members as a rending and
lounglngroom, where newspapers,
magazines and library books may be
enjoyed. A large fireplace will in
crease its cozlness and one section of
the lobby may be converted into a
committee room by the use of "ac
cordion" door?. An additional fea
ture of this room will be a piano and
a Victrola, from which it is evident
that music is to be a consideration.
Hoys Well Provided For
Next comes the boys' clubroom,
well equipped with games and boys'
books. On the same floor, likewise.
Is found the boys' locker-room, with
120 modern lockers, and across the
hall therefrom, the boys' shower
room. The entire first floor is to be
covered with battleship linoleum.
The semi-indirect lighting system Is
to lie used ail over the buidling.
Stepping downstairs into the base
ment for a few seconds, we find a
combination bowling and billiard
room, with four regulation Bruns
wick Balke-Collendar alleys and two
tables, one a combination billiard and
pocket billiard table and the other
merely a pocket billiard table. Here
also is the grill and kitchen, which
will be absolutely up-to-date. The
grill will be capable of accommodat
ing about one hundred men, but will
be peculiarly well adapted to class
meetings.
Here, also in the basement is an
other committee room.
"Shorty" Miller In Charge
Eugene E. Miller, the famous local
athlete who led the football team of
Pennsylvania State College and who
has attained fame In other sports
will act as physical director and will
have entire charge of gym classes. He
wil co-operate with Charles B. Thomp
son. who will have direct manage
ment of the building. The responsi
bility of managing the affairs of the
hall will rest upon the shoulders of
these two men.
On the second floor tho main room
ALLIES TARGET FOR
NEW ATTACK
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conflict is assuming that the major!
part of the Bulgarian army has di- i
verted its attention to the allies. The I
outcome of the battle now in progress ;
is awaited with great anxiety in Eng
land, as it will determine in great
measure the immediate future of the
entente powers in the Balkans.
Numerical superiority of the Bul
garian forces already has been dem
onstrated, in the initial encounters
with the British. Grave doubts are
voiced here as to the ability of the
British forces to repell the increas- i
ing momentum of the Bulgarian at-1
tack. There is no indication, how
ever, that the British or French have
yet found it necessary to withdraw ]
further than the positions mentioned
in recent official communications.!,
With the Bulgarians in their posi-!
tions at Demir-Kapu and advancing)
west of the Vardar in the neighbor- :
hood of Petrovo, south of Strumitsa
station, the French wedge in Mace
donia is threatened from both sides.
The allied retreat toward the Greek ■
border thus far has been accom
plished in good order without seri
ous losses.
Montenegrins Resist
The resistance of the Montenegrins!
has lost nothing of its stubbornness t
and the plight of the Serbians flee- j
ing into Albania is said to be grow- |
ing less serious. But military affairs i
in these sections have become of com- |
paratlvely small Importance, and have
little bearing on the main situation !
which, since the Serbian retreat, has
shifted southward.
Hard lighting continues on the
western front, where the Germans,
have been compelled to relinquish all
but a small part of the advanced
trench captured by them east of Butte j
de Soualn. There have been no im- !
portant developments on the other!
fronts.
Situation Grave
London press comment indicates!
that the British capital considers the j
situation of the allied armies in tho j
Balkans as grave following the re
cent clashes with the Bulgarians
which have resulted in the with
drawal of both French and British
lines.
Direct advices from Vienna are that
the central powers, according to ex
pressions in authoritative circles, are
confident o* being able to meet suc
cessfully any moves made by the en
tente allies in the Balkans.
Vienna announces the successful
continuance of operations against both
the Serbians and the Montenegrins
with the capture of more than 1,000
prisoners.
Sorties Repulsed
Austrian troops have been heavily
counter attacking the Italians and
have captured part of the Italian po- !
sitlon near Dolje, northwest of Tol
mlno, Vienna reports. Renewed at
tacks by 2 General Cadorna's forces
against the defenses of Gorlzla havs
been fruitless it is declared. Constan
tinople announces that the British ex
peditionary force in Mesopotamia is
offering less vigorous resistance to the
Turkish attacks. British sorties have
been repulsed with heavy losses. It is
claimed. A recent British official an
nouncement was made that reinforce
ments were arriving at the front for i
General Townsend's army, which re-1
treated down the Tigris from Bagdad
I after the battle of Ctesiphon.
! Sinking of the Danish steamer
! Minsk, of 1,292 tons is reported by
j London. Her crew was saved.
In the recent engagements in South
[Serbia. Uic Bulgarians took ten guns
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EUGENE E. MII.LER
"Shorty" Will Be Physical Director of
Boyd Memorial
Is the large and well-lighted gym
nasium, which is undoubtedly one of
the finest, if not the finest in the city.
It is 20 feet high, 70 feet long and
35 feet wide. A winding Rtalrway at
one end leads up to tho gallery from
which spotlights may be thrown on
the stage at the other end, com-
I pletely fitted outw ith footlights and
all the other necessary paraphernalia
to satisfy a real theatergoer. It is
planned to give numerous perform
ances on this stage, probably by
classes. To one side of the gym
nasium there is a little anteroom into
which the gym apparatus may be
moved when it Is desired to convert
the room into a banquet hall, where
fully 300 men can be seated com
fortably, and easily served by means
of a dumb waiter that connects with
the kitchen.
Basketball will be one of the fea
tures of the gym work, and black
boards will be installed that may be
pulled up against the ceiling and out
of the way when not in use.
The Roof Garden
Last, you come to the roof garden,
which will be an undoubted feature
in the summer time.
The building, starting In January,
will be open every day from It In
the morning until 11 at night, with
the exception of Saturday, when it
will be opened two hours earlier in
the morning for selected boys under
twelve years. It will also open at that
hour on legal holidays. Boys' classes
will be held In the afternoons and
men's in the evening. On Sunday it
will be devoted to Sunday school serv
ices from one to three in the after
noon and from then on till 6:30 for
social purposes. The time from B:3ft
to 10 on Sunday evening will be re
served for men only.
The cost of building and the ex
pense of Installing all the equipment
was provided for in the will or the
donator, but the current expenses and
the upkeep of the hall will be taken
care of henceforth in the church
budget. In every way it is a com
plete, modern structure, well-lighted
and heated by city steam, and cal
culated to meet a long-felt need which
is in this way filled for at least one of
the churches of the city.
| from the British Berlin reports. Cap-
I ture of 1,200 prisoners by the army
jof General Von Koevess, in Eastern
Montenegro is announced.
The Montenegrin war office reports
. a setback for the Austrians on De
cember 8 near Dubotchitza, the Aus
trian forces being compelled to re
tire after a repulse of their attack.
| On the western front, Berlin de
clares a French hand grenade attack
on the position recently taken by the
Germans northwest of Souain, in the
Champagne, was repulsed. Paris as
serts that progress was made in driv
ing back the Germans south of Saint
Souplet, in the Champagne region
where they had advanced.
The Italians are declared, in a wire
less dispatch from Berlin, to have
, sustained serious reverses in Tripoli
in engagements with tribesmen. They
are reported to have lost 6,000 men
| killed, the advices state.
ELE V ATORSWITH
WHEAT ARE BURNED
[Continued From First Page.]
shipment to Great Britain and her
allies.
The fire which started at 2 o'clock
this morning was virtually under con
trol four hours later although the two
elevators were still blazing. The blaze
, had its origin in the shaft of the main
i elevator and was driven by a strong
| northeast wind into the grain bins
| below. The firemen were handicapped
iby a maze of railroad tracks on
I which were many freight cars,
i Although the elevators stood on the
•shore of Erie Bay it was impossible
owing to lack of marine apparatus to
I fight the lire from the water.
! One company ot firemen saved the
third elevator by dllmbing into it and
| fighting back the blaze,
j An investigation of the origin of the
I fire will be requested. No other cause
I than spontaneous combustion lins yet
I been assigned.
B. F. Nead's Boy to Gallop
on Famous Hobby-horse
The 3-year-old son of B. Frank
Nead, a member of the Dauphin
county bar, is due to receive an heir
loom from Santa Claus that may be
come quite a hobby with him; cer
tainly it was a hobby for years of his
father and grandfather before him.
Nor is this a figure of speech.
The "hobby" is an old-fashioned
wooden rocking-horse and has hauled
youngsters of the Nead family since
1863. Recently the horse has been
painted and otherwise given a little
more of skittish, up-to-date appear
ance. It is carved from a solid piece
of wood, Is three and a half feet long
and two feet high. The names of Its i
tiny riders for years and years back
are painted on its—er —well, where
| the girth strap goes round.
rORJiEUI'S DOYLE
Cornelius Doyle, veteran of the Civil
War and a resident of this city for
more than forty years, died suddenly
last evening at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. William Beidleman, 218 Cres
cent street, from a stroke. He was 69
years old. Mr. Doyle was born in Bal
timore. April 15. 1846. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he enlisted In the
Union army, serving two years. Later
he removed to this place and for the
last twenty years was an engineer for
the Harrisburg Silk Mills. A year ago
he retired because of his health.
Funeral services will be held Monday
afternoon, at 2 o'clocV. at the home of
his daughter. The Kev. Thomas Fleisch,
pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, will
officiate. Burial will be made at Pax
tang Cemetery. Mr. Doyle Is survived
by Ills daughtter and one son. J. L.
. I
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Popular Singer at the Majestic Says It
Is Now Being Adopted by the Schools
'Most every vaudeville fan in Harris
liurg has grown to like Ed Morton, the
popular singer, who Is again warbling
his way into favor at the Majestic dur
ing the last half of the week.
Tt is interesting to note that Mr. Mor
ton Is Including in his songs a number
that lie says is going to be adopted as
DANSEUSE NEEDS
REAL LIVE SNAKE
Miss Xoland, Baltimore, Insists
on Writhing Serpent For
Dance
Before Miss Katherine Noland, of
Baltimore, can do the weird Egyptian
"dance of the vases" at the charity
ball she says she must have a real
live snake!
This wasn't to have been publicly
known until it was definitely settled
whether or not a papier-mache snake
wouldn't do as well: somehow the fact
leaked out.
The "dance of the vases" is to be
the opening number of the gorgeous
pageant of dancing that is to precede
the big ball in Chestnut. Street Audi
torium Thursday evening, January 20.
Tlic Dance of the Vases
The story Miss Noland wishes to
portray is that of a captive maiden —
so the synopsis has it, anyway—who
wishes to obtain her release from
bondage when she dances before one
of the old Pharaohs of Egypt. It's a
very snakey-like, weird enough dance.
One can scarcely help associating it
with creepy thoughts of tiger skin cov
ered courtyards and a lot of coal-black
slaves and an only seemingly inter
ested king lolling lazily back on his
couch and the languorous swaying
rhythm of the "dance of tho vases."
The orchestra adds Its share to the pic
ture with some of that "Salome"-llke
variety of music.
However, to tell the story properly,
Miss Noland Insists that she must have
a real live snake.
Down to the Fox-trot
Tho "dance of the vases" Is only
one of a whole lot of numbers which
will make up tho most colorful spec
tacle of its kind ever seen in this city.
For just forty minutes scores of Ilar
risburg's prettiest girls and best danc
ing youths will tell the tale of the
years by the (lances of the various
periods. And the history will cover
from the days of old Egypt all the way
day to these nights of the foje-trot.
Every period will be realistically inter
preted in costume of the time as well
as in the way the dancers step. The
tale, period by period, will be unfolded
in rhythm across the big floor with all
the vividness of a moving picture film.
After the pageant, of course, there
will be the big dance, in which every
body can join. The bir*» will bo twit
tering a greeting to another day before
the "home waltz" is finished. Nor
will the dancing be all; the decorations
will be something to make tho hun
dreds of guests sit up and gasp about.
The great hall will resemble a real tea
garden of old Japan. And when you're
through with the dance you can step
Into the adjoining hall for supper.
And Still the Snake!
The proceeds of the bl? ball, as you
probably know, are to boost the fund
of the Associated Aid Society to per
mit the continuance of this excellent
work among the needy. The Aid So
ciety includes the jurisdiction of the
Children's Aid work and the social
service bureau formerly handled by
the Associated Charities. Mrs. Lyman
D. Gilbert Is president of the Asso
ciated Aid; Mrs. Marlln E. Olmsted is
chairman of the finance committee,
which is arranging the ball, and serv
ing with her arc Miss Anne McCor
mlck. E. S. Herman. Frank J. Brady
and Carl B. Ely. Incidentally, if Miss
Noland MUST have a snake, It will be
for the committee on arrangements to
produce the snake.
Aren't you going to the charity ball?
WAI.TER GEK
Funeral services for Walter Gee, who
died yesterday morning at the County
Almshouse, will be held to-morrow af
ternoon at the Hooper funeral parlors,
(501 Forster street. Burial will be made
iat Lincoln Cemetery.
(i national air. At the present time lie
declares tnnt the schools are tnking up
the number in New York State and
that it is also being popularized in
Other places. It's a tuneful SOUK with
clever lines and is written mostly along'
the lines of America's growth.—Adver
tisement.
j Theaters Do Their Part
in Red Cross Seal Sale
| Pretty girls who will feature a
I vaudeville act in the Majestic next
j week will do their share in boosting
j Harrlsburg's Red Cross Christmas seal
! campaign for 1015 by selling the tiny
! Yuletido "stickers" in the audience.
At the Colonial and at the Regent
moving picture playhouses pretty
booths, presided over by just as pretty
girls garbed ns Red Cross nurses, will
sell you all the seals you want. And
stories of the fight against the white
plague will be thrown upon the screen
so realistically that you Just can't help
stopping at the booth in the lobby anil
purchasing lied Cross seals.
The moving pictures and tlio booths
will be part of next week's program at.
the theaters —December 13 to 18 are
the dates. This display has been ar
ranged through the co-operation of
Manager C. Floyd Hopkins and Peter
Magaro.
While arrangements are being made
for the theater demonstration tlio se
cret societies, business houses, manu
facturing concerns, department stores,
etc., are selling the seals by the thou
sands. More than 11,00 ft have already
been distributed among the fraternal
orders by Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city
director of health. Another 4,000 hav«
been taken by Shirley B. Watts, local
manager of the Bell Telephone Com
pany, for distribution among the vari
ous departments.
ERIK WILD DROP
STEAMSHIP HOLDINGS
New York, Dec. 10.—The Erie rail
road. it was announced to-day by
President Underwood, has taken steps
to comply with the Interstate Com
merce Commission's ruling that rail
roads must not operate steamships on
the Great Lakes. The ruling, made
last summer, goes into effect this
month.
TRUCK HIT? THOLI.KY
An Adams Express Company truck
collided with a second strtet trolley car
at Second and Locust streets, eariv this
afternoon, fortunately with no resulting
damage to either, with the exception
of a broken Window In the car and >«,.
twisted axle for the truck. The driver
of the machine attempted to cross in
front of the street car in order to turn
up Locust Htreet and was struck In the
rear and whirled around so that tile
front of the truck smashed the window
of the car.
SOUR STOMACH
When vegetable food ferments it
causes sour rlsinff in the throat, the
formation oC gas in the stomach whtcli
distends It and causes pain often ex
tending to tho region of the heart and
arousing a fear of heart disease. Thin
condition is called acid dyspepsia.
Heartburn, a name applied to a
pain In the pit of the stomach, with
palpitation of the heart, results from
acid dyspepsia.
It is a condition that can be cor
rected by the use of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills to tone up the digestive
organs and by a proper selection of
food. Send to-day to the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
Y„ for the diet book "What to Eat
and How to Eat." It contains infor
mation about the diet In health and
sickness and is free on request. It
gives complete information regarding
the tonic treatment of many forms
of stomach trouble with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. There cannot be perfect
digestion without a sufficient supply
of red blood and there Is nothing bet -
ter than Dr. Williams' Pink Pillt to
enrich the blood and tone up tl.e
stomach.
Your own druggist sells Dr.' Wil
i Hams' Pink Pills or they will b* sent
by mall, postpaid, on receipt of price,
50 cents per box, si* boxes for $2.50,
by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady. N. Y. —Advei tisement.
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