8 Finn IS LL IS PROMISED Manager Hopkins Goes to New York To-day to Book Club's Or pheum Show BELGIANS WILL BE BENEFITED Sotarians Trying to Make Charity Week at the Playhouse a Success So as to Help Relieve Suffering in Strick en Country To insure a really good vaudeville bill for the Orpheum theatre for next week, when the Rotarv Club will oper ate that playhouse for the benefit of the (Belgian relief, Manager Hopkins this morning went to New York City for t'he sole purpose of booking in a show that 'he thinks will strike the fancy of local vaudeville devotees. It is seldom that Manager Ho kins goes to New York City for the purpose of booking Orpheum programs, as he usually leaves the greater part of this responsibility to the Wilmer & Vincent booking agent, who is located in New- York City, and who has his watchful eye on the Wilmer & Yin ent interests there every day in the week. But Man ager Hopkins is especially anxious to see the Rotary Club have a Keith show ff'or next week that will strike the fancy of local vaudeville devotees from the opening to the close. Feeling that he knows pretty well the sort of amuse ment that Harrisburg enjoys most, .Manager Hopkins went this morning to look them over and see how many choice plums he could pluck. "For it is an actual fact," said paid Manager Hopkins, "that every tow*n serais to form a theatrical taste of its own. The fact that a show or a vaudeville act was an immense tri umph on Broadway, doesn't mean tuat its going to be a winner in Harrisoarg. There are possibilities that they will like it here just as well as they did over there, and there are just as many that they won't care very much for it. Xew York has its taste for the atricals and so has Harrisft>urg." It is said at the Orpheum box office that this is the second tri'p Manager Hopkins made to Xew York to book an Orpheum bill. And t'he fact that his selection at that time pra tieallv es tablished a record attendance for the week, speaks well for what he may tiring with him for next week. "An empty seat at the Orpheum means an empty stomach in Belgium." That s the slogan, and it tolls the pur pose of next week's undertaking in a nutshell. The Rotarians are out to do their part in relieving the suffering that is now so terrible in the stricken little country across the sea. The proceeds of Rotary week will be sent to Belgium by tlie Rotary Club tiiroHgh the Emergency Relief Commit tee of this city, and this relief com mittee co-operates to make the special charity week at the Orpheum a sue- There will be no increase in the price of tickets at any performance icxt week. Established Orpheum rates wiil prevail. Tickets will be sold out side the theatre, redeemable at the box office, but the regular box office sale will go on as usual. Persons having season orders for seats will have their scats saved for t hem, just like any other week. Persons who are awustome l to buying tickets at the window will a< - «'ominodated the same as ever. The free list wiU be absolutely sus pended for Rotary week. PATROLMAN'S WIFE BI'RIED Many Beautiful Floral Tributes for Mrs. Samuel A. Milligan The funeral serv ices of Mrs. Eliza beth K. Milligan, wife of Patrolman Samuel A. Milligan and daughter of the 'ate Irederick J. Gastrock, was held at hex late home, 108 C'ouoy street, yes terday afternoon, with the Rev. R. L. Meisenhelder officiating. Interment was made in the Harrisiburjj cemeterv. Many beautiful floral tributes were received among them being a pillow, from husband and son. Frederick; cross, frrm members of the Ha: risking police department; basket of lilies and roses. Mr. and Mrs. George .J. ( olovaris; gates ajar, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Andrinakis, Xew \ ork City; spray of chrysanthe mums, Miss Emma R. Gastrock, Car lisle; spray of roses and carnations, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Gastrock; .•pray of chrysanthemums, Miss Mary Oliver, Philadelphia; sprav of carna tions, Peter Magaro, sprav of chry santhemums, Mr. and Mrs.'William E. Hhertzer and daughters; sprav of carnations, Mr. and Mrs. B. E." Tav lor; spray of lilies, Harrv Malseed, ot Philadelphia, and Miss M'inuie Milli gan, of this city; spray of chrysanthe mums, George Foerster and son, Fred eric; spray of forty-four carnations, representing the years of her age, Mrs. Sol. Santo, Mrs.' Howard Shur. Mrs. George Hoerner, Mrs. Elwood Payne and Mrs. Harrv \Valkcmever. "The Girl and the Explorer" A marriage ceremony performed over the telephone is one of the decidedlv novel situations in Kalein's two-act ro mantic comedy, "The Girl and the Explorer." This highly entertaining production will be the feature at the Photoplay today. Tom Moore and Marguerite Courtot, two of the most popular Kalem stars, enact the leading roles. The explorer is Carlton, who. desiring to complete the story of his adventures undisturbed, slips into this country on his return from South America under an assumed name. Milli cent Beldon, daughter of a publisher, knows her father is desirous of securing •'urlton's story. An impulse leads Millicent to call at the explorer's home. There she is mistaken to be an applicant for the position of housemaid. A spirit of adventure impels Millicent lo accept the position. The situations leading up to h"T marriage by telephone with Carlton next morning make this ••omedv romance unusually amusing. Don't fail to see it. Adv. BTAR-INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. BRING RESULTS. POOR DIRECTORS WILL EXTEND CHARITY WORK Ask Various Local Societies to Lend Aid in Improving the Condition of Paupers Through a Co-Operation and Educational Campaign In letters sent out to the several ohari'table societies oi the city and county the Dauphin County Directors of the Poor late yesterday announced tentative plans for what they believe will reorganize conditions among the county *s indigent, prevent pauperism, cause families to observe rules ot sanitation and educate poorly ola*l boys ami girls to assist in home building. The societies receiving these letters have been informed that the move ment will be begun by the Directors of the Poor on or about .lanuary 1, next and that Miss Racbael F. Saples, social worker now connected with the Associated Charities, will 'be in charge. Requests are ma;> from his custody, was held by the court this afternoou be ginning at 2 o'clock. Treasury Report < larence K. Webber, one of the clerks in the City Treasury, to-day completed the monthly report showing tine balance on November 1 last, to be $804,129.36; receipts during the month, $60,131.20; expenditures. $92,300.43; baalnce, De cember 1, $771,960.13. Marriage Licenses John Rollings and Ellen Jones, Wico niseo. •lohn H. W out ridge and Verna M. Horley, Lykens. Curtis .1. Schwenk aad 'Mrs. Celia K. Christian, city. Scarlet ill Town •lames Scarlet, a Danville attorney, was in the city to-day on business. iHe also called on Judges Kunkel and Mc- C'arrell. Ask Golf House Bids Contractors have been asked to sub mit bids tor t'he erection of a ne-w golf house in Reservoir Park. Commissioner Taylor will receive bids until noon on Saturday of next week. Law Men to Meet December 30 The law committee of the League ot' Third Class Cities will meet in Har risburg on December 30 instead of De cember 17, as originally planned. The committee could not get its report ready in time for the early session. Apartment for Hill VV. A. Baptisti has taken out a buil 1- ing permit for the erection of a three storv brick house to be erected a' 1419 Vernon street. Th house is to be divid ed into apartments and will cost $6,000. Mr. Myers Retires H. B. Myers, of Lewistown, clerk of the Bureau of Corporations of the Auditor General's Department for the past year, has retited from his posi tion in the department. JOHN F. KKHR IS.DEAD For 45 Years He Was Connected With the Beetem Lumber Company Carlisle, I 3 a„ De\ B.—lohn F. Kerr, one of Carlisle's most widely known citizens aud a native o>f the town, died at his home at Penn and (Bedford streets yesterday tff a implication of diseases, aged 65 years. IV)r forty-five years he was connected with the Beetem Lium'ber and Manufacturing Company and was for many years its superintendent. Mr. Kerr was a son of the late Mr. and 'Mrs. Andrew Kerr, and is survived 'by a sister, IMrs. Saliie Goodyear, of Philadelphia. Miss Minnie Kerr who has made her home with 'him for many years, is a niece. TO GIVE CHRISTMAS BASKETS American Rescue Workers Ask for Aid Front Harrisburg People The American Re-c.ie Workers will give Christmas baskets to the poor and needy of the city on Christmas morning at the Broad street market house hall. They would like to have the aid of the citizens of Harrishurg in doing tlhis good work. Adjutant aud 'Mrs. L. Smith who have their headquarters at 1000 Cumberland street, will be in charge. Cotton Ginning Statistics Washington, Dec. S.—Cotton ginned pior to December 1 amounted to 13,- 066.105 bales, fhe Census Bureau an nounced to-day. Round bales included 3fi,195. Sea island, 62,991 bales. HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 8. 1914. LIQUOR LICENSE FIT IN COURT CMtlud From First Pag*. han, representing those opposing trans fer. Sullivan's witnesses said a hotel at Third and Dauphin street is a ne cessity. Witnesses for the other side included the Rev. B. H. Hart, pastor of the Fifth Street M. K. church; Professor F. R. Downes, superintendent of the city schools, aud half a dozen or more others who declared the proposed change is not necessary and that it would ue detri mental to public good. The Rev. Mr. Hart said: The Rev. Mr. Hart's Opposition '•The transfer would be dangerous in that it would place in a residential section a place where drunken men fre quent." He added: "I have never, in all my life, seen a hotel or saloon whrte at one tftne or another druuken men did not congregate." "You are opposed in all ways and at all time to the sale of liquor, arc you not 7"' asked Charles H. Bergncr, counsel for Sullivan. "No, I am not,'' said t'he witness. "Then why are you opposed to this transfer application!" "Be.uuse the new place is but two hundred feet from one of the city play grounds where hundreds of children congregate almost daily during the sum mer for amusement. It is not far from the Reily fire engine house and the same is true with respect to the Cam eron school building." , The minister ?dded that "it would be placing an evil before the eyes of the school children whose school text books teach tbeni not to use liquor." In response to a question from Bergner, the clergyman said he "ap ,reciates the tobacco and pool room evils." While he would urge his chil dren not to use tobacco or frequent pool rooms, he did not feel called upon to voice the same objections against them as against the hotel. Dr. Dowries said the unloading of beer in front of the hotel and the sight of men frequenting the hostelry would have a bad effect on the school chil dren. In response to a question from, Mr. Bergner, he said he could not tell why that would be the case, "except that it is my opinion and belief.'' Mr. Bergner Sums Up "Do you no* thing it beneficial to children to place 'before children as an object lesson the evils ot' the hotel!" asked the court. "No, I don't think that is advis aible,'' said Dr. Downes. "Then you evidently do not agree with the newspapers and magazines that take a different view of it," add ed the court. In summing up his side of the* case Mr. Bergner said that of the 1,679 signers to the remonstrance. 152 are registered voters whose addresses are given; 27S failed to give their ad dresses but their names are on the rolls of the registrar, and 300 names do not appear in the poll books. The rest, he said, are women. The attorney added that he does not think the court should decide the case "by the majority of the signers." He added, "and I don't think it fair that the women signers should be counted. I believe emotionally and naturailv women are opposed to liquor and if they had the say there would be no liquor sold.'' "The question here," said Judge Kunkel, " is the weight of the evidence and that may be determined by the number of witnesses aJid the weight of their opinions." KRISKRINCIEJiNC AGAIN Making His Annual Tour in His Latest Improved Aircraft, Which Makes It Easier Where i s the little girl or boy that does not know Old Kris Kringlef To be sure, some of them call him Santa Claus, but he s the same individual, nevertheless. He used to travel in a sieigh with gaily-caparisoned reindeers, BO the story books say. But how does he travel now? Why, in an air ma chine of some kind, of course. But what kindf Well, it has all of the latest improvements, and it's a biplane, or monoplane or perhaps a triplane. Do you know the difference< The Star-Independent's Bible makes just the nicest Christmas present ever offered to anvbody. The limp leather volume is stamped in gold and all boxed ready for delivery. It simply becomes a $S present and is offered for only one certificate and a small expense bon us amount that goes to defray the ex pense items of this educational distribu tion. Not only the "grownups," but girls and boys need this useful book. So it is a present that appeals to ev erybody. All you need to do is to present one certificate, as explained under the Bi ble coupon on another page of today's issue. I.ETTEIt I.IST toadies' List-—Mrs. Klsie Arnold. Miss Blanche Bowers. Harriet B. Boussen (DE), Mrs. Ida Brandt, Mrs. Harry Bretzman, Miss Mary Brown. Miss Ruth B.ver. Miss Myrtle Clapper, Miss Martha F. Clarke. Mrs. Fay Conklin, Miss Ra<> Conrad, Mrs. Conrad Crope. Mrs. Harry r>oile. Mrs. James Donnelly, Mrs. Mor ris Dubin. Mrs. Nettie Kvans. Mrs. E. S. Everhart, Mrs. A. Fackler. Mrs. Ella M. Fogel, Miss Edna Foreman, Mrs. Ed. Frear. Miss Ethel Mae Freet, Miss Amelia Gera, Phebe Griffith, Miss Cor nelia Hooper, Mrs. Albert Kins, Miss Pearl Holder, Mrs. Guy Manley, Mrs. Clara M. Markel, Mrs. J. A. Morton, Miss Anna N'euer, Laura Nicholas. Miss Alice Itaber, Mrs. Emma Seigle, Mrs. H. .Shea, Mrs. Geo. M. Smith. Mrs. Cathrlne Snyder, Mrs. Frank Stuart, Mrs. Grac<> Taylor, Mrs. C. C. -Warett, Mrs. David R. Wart. Mrs. Harry Whitman, Mrs. F. Everett Winslow. Gentleman'* Ust—Frank M. Baer, I* rank Barlough, Frank Ba'jghman, Geo. C. Behiins. X. y. Biilard, .(. B. Brennan, Chas. Brown. Chas. H. Bubb, Barney Burke. Max Calehufr. John Cas.», Jr., Ed. Christ, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Coales, C. C. Coble. Wm. Coleman, R. C. Craddock. Thorns J. Crider, G. E. Cros by, Shirley B. Cunningham, Raymond S. Ditlow. J. A. Drake, W. M. Earlv, H. A. Emeriek, R. G. Kiester, .1. J. Fitzger ald, Edward 11. Greaves. James Green (2), Joseph Hatchett, H. D. Helfrich, John Horton. M. B. Hill, W. S. Howell, Hon. A. 1* Hunter, Stanley Jackson, J. Jacobs, K. H. Jensen (DL), Kulcsar Kard.v, H. C. Koblin, Chas. V. Keims (2), Clark Kepner, Dr. David N. Kremer, Harry Laurie, C. C. Lentz, Ralph S. Long. Mack (DL), Robert Mackbee, W. . who recent]'' retired a? Collect or of the Port of Philadelphia, was at the Cai>itol to-day. LOWER TAX RATE IS NOW ASSURED Continued From First rage. and $-9.64 to pay benefits assessed against Benedict "Schlitzer, Barbara Koenig and Mary Miller, in connection with the same improvements. To these property owners recently were awarded verdicts of $l5O each as dafnages for the city having taken a strip of their ground for the opening of Front street to iron alley. . Mayor's Budget s<>!),lils The Mayor's departmental budget to tals $69,215, while other departments coming under his supervision as Public Affairs: Commissioner are as follows City clerk's department, $4,634.50; sealer of weights and measures, $3,600; printing, $5,600; law, Tt is estimated that the surplus in the printing fund at the close of the pres ent year wili total at least $1,500 and the appropriation to that department may be cut for the new year. Request is made by the Mayor for ■ one additional patrolman and live oth ers "if t'be city's financial condition warrants creating these new positions." NO less than a hundred lights are to be provided under the present tentative plans. Commissioner Taylor will ask for money to install tne lights on the pro tective wall along the river front and within a day or two will advertise for 'bids for the construction of fifty-two single light standards, fifteen of Which are to be placed in the Front street paik, between Paxton street and Irom alley; twenty-one along Front, between Reily and Maclav, and sixteen on the Twelfth street playground. ssl-1,108.75 for the Parks The park and playground lights are to be constructed oat of money which Commissioner Taylor to-day said will make uip the surplus fund in his de partment. at the close of the year. The maintenance and lighting of the laimps as well as those to be placed on the wall, will be provid-ed for in the an nual budget. For the Park Department Mr. Tay lor will ask for an appropriation of $34,108.75, whijh he declares is sl,- 682.9 8 less than was given to the de partment in 1913 and less "ov the same amount than was used during the pres ent nine months fis.-al "year." It will include the salary of oitv forester. sl,- 080 and a SIOO fund out of which the forester will obtain his equipment. In addition it will contain a park lighting fund of sfr32. The fire department budget, which also is ma le up b,y Mr. Taylor, contains requisition* for $40,116, or a propor tionate decrease of $4,233.32 over that of the present nine-month year, Highway Commi-ssioner Lyroeh ha« not yet announced the details of his bud get, although it is understood he will ask for approximately $117,000. At the meeting to-day Commission er Bowman introduced the ordinate reducing the rates of the milk, meat and food licenses. Commissioner Lynch offered a measure providing for a spwer in Geiffer street from Mifflin to Third, and one in a 180-foot section of Third street, extending north fros 4 ; Slav, 121 S B . Torn—December, 62ty; May. 88^4- Oats —December, i"%; May", :>]%. Pork—January, 18.1»; Mav, 18.55. I