AMUSEMENTS / . i MAJESTIC Friday evening (Njw Year's) Jan- | uarv 1, David Bispham in a con cert recital. Saturday, matinee and night, Janu ary i, "To-day," with Edwin . Breese. ORPHEUM Every afternoon and evening, higb class vaudeville. COLONIAL Daily continuous saudeville and pic tures. v David Bispham Coming The famous baritone, David Bis I'liam, a singer who possesses the [tow er of winning the plaudits of all class es of people—from the eonnoiseurs, with a soul for music, to the plain homespun, with little music in their composition, will give a concert at the Majestic Theatre on New Year's night. Be will be assisted by Francis Kogers, pianist. Bispham is a star of the first magni tude in that tinert of all firmaments — the human voice and lovers of tine sing ing will undoubtedly turn out in big crowds to greet him on New Year's night. The sale of seats opens to-moi l row morning. Adv. * "To-day" Coming to the Majestic for a return engagement Saturday matinee and night is 'To day." the vital and vivid drama of New York life by George Broad hurst and Abraham Schomer. j "To-day' is described as a dramatic [ ami somewhat startling exposition of a certain phase of New York life, the ex istence of which has never been de liied. It is not a white slave drama, nor is it a "redlight" play. It is an j intensely human document, as true as it is human, and one which' has com ; mamled the attention and aroused the | interest ot' the various individuals and j societies working for the betterment | hi society in general. Woman's love I of luxury and personal adornment, and j the craze for vulgar display aud out doing one's neighbors, form the founda i tion upon which the authors have ; bnijdt'd a realistically gripping story of modern family life, which has no , counterpart, on the stage. "To-day" will be interpreted by Edmund Breese. and the same cast which appeared with him in New York, Boston aii.l Phila delphia. -Supporting Mr. Breese are Kthel Yalentine, Margaret Robinson,! Louise Sydmeth. Grace Thorne I'onlte, j and Bernard A. Reinold. Adv. * At the Orpheum Kitty Gordon, whose wondrous back has received whole pages in the Sunday newspaper magazine section, who re ceives a salary as high as the Presi dent of the United States, came to! launch Baby 1915 at the Orpheum and who simply captivated capacity audi faces at both of yesterday's perform ances at that ' theatre. It is : doubtful if in all the realm of star dom, the Orpheum management could have selected a more interesting ori more glittering star than Miss Gor- 1 don. And strange to say that while •'very theatre-goer in llarrisburg has heard the name of Kitty Gordon, aud has come to learn nnich about iier | beauty, the Orpheum is the first local p avhouse to really give the local pub lic a glimpse of the fair Kitty. The production is dazzling, it js a "sight ' act of the first water, and! they who go to the Orpheum this week ' expecting to see a good deal, will be; aijiply repaid for doing so. L,ittle I Mary, better known as the "Than-' houser Kid" and the most love I I youngster of the "screen," is at thei Orpheum also in a very pleasing "kid sketch: also Kobert Kmmott | Keeiie an-i Muriel Window, late stars of the New York Winter Garden, scor-i i I a substantial success with their 1 bright tomfoolery and songs, and Nan! I ' ll 'l scored as an original singingi <■' iiicdienne, and in fact the Orpheum's! lull is replete with talent without a i nil moment from start to finish. At the Colonial A cleverly balance,l bill of Keith' •ict- came to the "Busy Corner" yes terday and the holiday crowds seetnel id revel in the layout of talent from beginning to end. The attractions em brace such hits as Reeves and Kldon, present ins a screeching comedy called "His Aw ml Nightmare;'' Eldon and <'!ifton. are a pair of clever song and j latter entertainers; The Milaaders, serve up something interesting and entirely new in the way of a noval art net. an l Major hewin, xylophone ar tist, aud member of the United States Marine Band at Washington, D. Ce i-elia I .of tus in a three-part moving pic ture film entitled "The City of Prom ise is a very interesting attraction in moving pictures. Adv. * NEW OFFICERS ELECTED E. M. Householder Chosen Head of Har risbitrg Republican Club With the exception of the board of trustees, there was no contest in the election of officers at the llarrisburg Re publican Club last night. A total of 143 votes was polled. The result on trustees was as follows, the first three named being elected: Charles A. Tress. 11S; Herman Gciger, IDS; George B. Nebinger, 112: James Thornton, 53. The other oflicers elected without op position were K. M. Householder, presi dent; Unarles K. Hess, vice president; I red M. Tritle. treasurer: Ashton I). IVace, secretary; William A.Adams, W. I>. Bio, k, Joseph Baumgardner, George W. \ int, Norman C'allender, member ship committee. TO HOLD OPEN MEETING Kuights of St. George Will Initiate Members To-morrow Evening The German Roman Catholic Knights of St. George, Branch No. lfiS, will hold an open meeting to-morrow even ing at 8 o'clock in the basement of St. J'rands' church, to which the ladies and men of the parish are invited to attend. The program for the evening will be initiation of new members toy the presi dent, .lo'.in "zerniski; installation of new ofti-'ers by the spiritual adviser, the Kev. Father Carey; address on the workings of the order by the district deputy organizer, Aug. j. Sell mitt, of Heading; lecture on "European Trav eis." bv Bernard Schmidt. The knigr.ts assure a very pleasant evening to all. NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD I WANT HARRISBURC ELKS IN BIG BILLIARD LEAGUE / Organizing An Additional Circuit to Include This City—Social Features Outside of Actual Match Add to Enjoyment The Inter-Elks Billiard League lias proven a phenomenal success and as yet is in its infancy having been or ganized January 22, 1914, by Rudolph I'. L>omsvhke, of Brooklyn Lodge No. 22, and the success of the league is due to his enthusiastic methods and his being exceptionally well known as an advertising man. The league is now composed of two circuits in which tournaments are be ing played and the membership of the same is restricted to amateurs only. The New York circuit is composed ot New York, Brooklyn, Freeport, Yonk ers. Monte lair, Newark ami Long Is land City ami the Philadelphia circuit his four cities namely Philadelphia, Chester, Norristown and Camden. Schedule are so arranged that four games are played each evening, two games of 15.2 iialk line and two games of pocket billiards which gives four players ot each Elk lodge an oppor tunity of showing his ability of manipulating the ivories. After the games are concluded a banquet is held thereby making it a memorial evening and establishing good fellowship between the various lodges. After the scheduled tournament games ha\e been played in each cir cuit, the winner of each circuit will meet in a post-series championship tournament to be hold in New York about April 1 ? in No. I's club house, and the winner of the post-season •series will have possession of the Hentherton trophy which is valued at and donated by James M. Heath er!on, of Brooklyn Lodge No. 22, one ot the best known cluib men in America and prominently associated in amateur athletics. K(Torts are being made to enlarge the league and three more circuits are now being established to be known as the Pennsylvania circuit, the New- York State circuit and the.New Em •I'd circuit and this city has been se lected as one of the cities in the above named circuit. At the present time the Brooklyn lolge is leading in the league and every evening that the games have been played in the various club houses, have been witnessed by hundreds of Elks and it is not an exception to have an attendance ot' 500 in the New York club house to witness these games. All games for the Heatherton trophv are being played under the rules of the National Association of Amateur Bil liard Players. At this time an endeavor is being made to interest the Elks in this « itv to enter the league and should the en terprise meet with success a number ot enjoyable social sessions can be looked forward to this season. MAY rHAXHE THE RULES American League Fails to Follow the Nationals Two rules recently adopted by the Na tional League may be revised or re scinded at the schedule meeting to be held iu I'Vbruarv. I„ an effort to follow economical policies the league passed one rule which set March 1 as the earl iest date at wliicil spring training would !' e aI. owed; the other the 21 roster lim it between May 1 and Septenrber 1. Both these amendeincnts met with op position from a small minority during tiie meeting, but were carried on the wave o! popular economical tendencies which had organized baseball in its clutches at that time. Probafolv tlhev would remain on the books had the American U'agu<\ seen fir to vote the same changes. The American League will not limit its training period and I proposes a roster of 22 instead of 211 players. The White Sox plan to leave for the ! Pa>itic coast as early as February 12. : Other American League teams will S o j South the middle of February. Spring exhibition games among teams of the rival leagues have become popular dur ing the past few years. Often these exhibitions are played earlv in the train- i ing season when rival camps happen to be within easy reach. An earlv start by the American League clubs' would ! give the Johnson circuit a big advan tage in these trials. It would not be surprising if the National league should .eto the limit to spring training for this sea,on at least. < . S. DAVIS REPORTS Says Fifty-Six High Schools Are In State Association Charles S. Davis, principal o£ the' >teeiton High school, and chairman of j the e: vutive committee of the Penn »y .\ aina inter-cholastic Athletic Asso ciation, reported at the opening session , ot the High School Department of the i i ennsylvania State Educational 'Asso-! ciation that forty-six Hig-h schools! have aHi hated themselves with the or ganization which will control all Utah i school athletics in the State. There is interest in the new associa-! tion and it will rapidly increase from , this start. None of the local schools are affiliated with the association. The hteelton High school is a member. ! P. R. R \. M. C. A. Match I he hagles won from the Athletics ■•• the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. Bowling | League last night bv a margin of 108 ! pins, tireen had high jrame score for! this match with a mark of 220 for the ! second game and second honors went I to Hitner with 212 Bifner 's mark of I .100 for match total was high in the match. The scores: ATHLETICS Mimma ... 156 174 163—,- 493 Hoffman .. 156 145 124 425 *»"' 119 84 126 329 Green 134 220 143 497 Alathias ... 190 5^9 Totals .. 757 812 704—2273 EAGLES Hart/.ell ... 171 IS6 157 511 DiefTenbach. 120 14 1 130 371 Bitner .... 154 21 2 IS9 55r>; Diller 143 170 141— 45 4 i Pauli 127 IGR 174 467 I Totals .. 715 575 791 —2 3SI ! Tuesday 's schedule: Federals vs. | Senators. I HARRISRURO STAR-INDEPENDENT. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29. 1914. JUST READ THIS CODE OF ETHICS FOR AMATEURS Bad Form to Bite Opponents' Ear, He Is a Friend—Do Not Play to the Qrandstand for Applause or Pub licity—Others Too Chicago, Dec. 23. —An amateur ath lete should pay 110 attention to applause i i from the grandstand, according to ft ! , code of ethical ruies laid down here! yesterday by a special committee of the t | Athletic Research Society, in annual! session here. The rules say: "Contestants will not attempt to play to the grandstand for publicity or applause. Appreciation from the spec tators will lie 'alien for granted but uut acknowledged." Further ideals of conduct were laid ) ilow 11 as follows: "Opponents will be treated as 1 friends and honored guests even if they do not reciprocate. \o unfair advan tage will ever lie taken of them. UooJ plays wilt be suitably acknowledged. "Official* will be considered as im partial and competent arbiters. Decis- j ions will be accepted without dispute, j even when tliey apparently are unfair. | Advantage will not be taken of lax ! rule enforcement. 111-feeling of an\ . kind will not be publicly manifesto.! | even when an official is palpably incom potent or dishonest. "Athletic rules will be considered as mutual agreements between con testants lor the pur|H)se of providing a basis of honorablo competition be j tween gentlemen. The letter or spirit Jot' the rule will no more be ignored or ; evaded than will a gentleman's word ' of honor. ] '' Kvery honest and earnest effort will be made to win a contest, but ft I dishonorable victory will not( be a | cepted. "An amateur will always be loyal jto his teammates in every concoiv- I able endeavor and will do his utmost j to prove a worthy representative ot | j his institution or club." Concerning amateurism, the code i istated: "A true amateur athlete will never . intentionally make any misrepresen | tation regardiug his eligibility, abil- j' 1 itv or intentions, nor will lie continue i ' : competing as such after he lias ceas | i ed to be in sympathy with the spirit I of amateurism." \\ illiam Ball, of New ork City, was | chairman pt' the committee of ethics which drafted the code. A n MITS PROK ESS 10 X A LIS M Robert Mi Lean International Skating; Champion Owns Up Ohicago. Dec. 29.—Robert M-cLenn. | international ice skating champion. I ''older of all amateur records from --'0 yards up to two miles, last night acknowledged that he no longer was an amateur. McLean admitted t'hat he re- I ceived $75 a week and other perquisites ' for exhibition skating on an artificial j pond in a downtown cafe. McLean's announcement preceded by I one day a meeting of the Western Skat ing Association, w-hich has investigated his standing as an amateur. The skater recently was pronounced a professional by the International Skating Union, which 'asked the association to suspend McLean. The officers of the association held that .'McLean's professionalism had not been proved and declined to suspend him pending an investigation. A report j o!' the investigation will lie made to day. TOI'UISTS PLAYKb 50 NAMES All-Nationals Won -!> of That Number : From Al!-Americans San Francisco, l>cc. 29. —Willi the I laying of Sjnday's game at San Diego,! Cal.. tlie baseball tour of the All-Na-j tionals and All-Americans came to an end. The tour, which was arranged toy Prank Bancroft, business manager of: 'he T T T T TTT T T V W T V ▼ G^|L ! : ~ ~ s CALL 1991-ANY "PHONE. IMPORTANT ' i : st ;; A °r /P / ™ : : Closes, 5.30 P. M. J3X}LL'7LLU4L4 "SEE" J :i v- HARRISBURf'S POPULAR DBPAMTIICIIT STOW < j ► \ ——— # !► The Last Two Days in the Year—Wednesday and - ; Thursday, Will Mean a Great Saving to You on I ORIENTAL RUGS !j> Every rag in our entire stock-a large stock, by the way—has been i !; remarked just about ONE-HALF THE REGULAR PRICES. -HW It Will You to Purchase <| : From This Sale • | ' '•*'''' ; IX,iV " ii ". j _ _ , Kermanshah Rugs—average size, 4.3x6.7 ft.; regular price, < |[ Lots of Fresh Air and j r\ •* ■*"> j r\ • $50.00. Sale price, $29.50 k VJOOQ JSCCL V/OV6riH9!! Mahal Rugs—Skc7.loxll.fi ft.; regular price $198.18. Snlc i ' ► O price, 8112.00 A k Is a good recipe for a healthtul sleep. This kind of weather Mahal Rugs- size li.SxIO.I ft.; regular price $147.88 Sale 4 j k Ihe covering cannot be too warm, and we suggest a pair ot' price SB2 50 < ► good heavy blankets. Kermanshah Rugs—size 8.9x11.7 ft.; regular price $450.10. 4 \\ DOI .Nap Blankets in grey with pink or nine border; null Sale price $253 00 hurts; regular $2.50 value. Special at $2.25. Kermanshah Rugs size 9.7 xi i .!) ft.';' regular 'price $450 42 ' Homespun Blankets in brown with brown and dark blue y H j P price $255 00 i I k borders; heavy weight; $1.50 pair. Sarook Rugs—size 8.7x11.6 ft.; regular price $475.00. Sale < | ► Cotton Plaid Blankets in bine, pink and grey; large bed price $255 00 4 ► s' zp = gooil" heavy quality; regular $2.00 value, at $1.49 pair. Sarook Rugs—size 8.7x12.0 ft. • 'regular price $475.00. Sale < ► Real Indian Blankets in beautiful colors; all wool; at. price, $257 50 ► $6.00, $7.50 and SIO.OO. Guenji Rugs—average size 11x4 ft.; regular price, sl6*oo. Main FIoor— BOWMAN'S. Sale price, $8.98 f V Fourth FIoor—BOWMAN'S. i To the First-Born A „ New Year's Baby • ® UgS ► We will present, free of charge, either a pretty little j Being genuine Oriental Rugs, you'll no doubt be interested t dress, Parisian Ivory toilet set or knit coach robe, accord- ! in knowing of the locality in which they were made. Kach < inir to choice. j one has its own story, whether from Oriental Turkey, Persia, 4 This is following our custom of former years. Report or any of the other famous rug markets. * * all births and the exact time to the Infants' Wear Dept. « L ZIL B U < r \ - About the Patterns — i m« OI X TT7 1 iTV J beaut - v ancl design as only the true Oriental taste : ► 1116 bdl6 01 W OXH'SXI S LO&tS eau °, ri K inak '' l ; :v,,ry one is an example of art for which these people are noted. 1 Offers von this season's styles at a fraction of the regular r 4 * prices. To-day was the first day, and quite a number disap- "* < ► peared. We advise you to select yours to-morrow. NOTE: As this sale lasts Olllv two days, i ► Coats at $5.98 —regularly SIO.OO to sl*2. >O. \\ ednesdav and Thursday, no rug may leave < ► Coats at §9.98 —regularly $12.50 to $25.00. the floor except by direct purchase. < Second FIoor—BOWMAN'S. m < ► m j*- A *A A A iA_A_A _A __A A AAAAA AA A A AAA A A AAAAAAAAAA^ij^ BILL mm BAD TO PAY FOR CHARLEY MILLER Scranton Manager Wanted to Get Local Catcher In Trade But Sen ators Would Not Listen—Will Re lease Bergen Svranton, Dee. 29. Bill Coughlin, | leader of the local New Vork State [ league team, activity engaged in build-1 ing a winning team lor this city iu j 1910, nude what ho considers a ten-j strike when lie succeeded iu landing l Catcher Charlie Miller from the Har risburg champions of the Tri-State League. Coughlin tried to make a desirable I trade for Miller, but the Harrisburg bosses would not hear of it, and Coughlin had to offer a tidy bunch of cash before he prevailed upon them to let Miller go. It is likely with the, acquisition of Miller, that Bill Bergen, the vetergan big league receiver, will be surely traded or released. In the event that the deal with the j Klmira team for the services of Pitch-. er "Sweet" Caporal for Bergen goes through, Bergen may be retained as 1 second catcher. Miller broke in with Harrisburg iujj 1912, the Hist year the local clui> landed the pennant in the Tri-State league. Miller was drafted by Pitts" burgh and sent later to Toledo. During the 1913 campaign he went to Mil waukee. He was dissatisfied there and when Harrisburg needed a catcher last season it did not take a lot of dicker ing to g'et him back here. Miller was a valuable man to the team, his inside knowledge of the game standing the team in good stead. He has always been a heavy hitter and luis won more than one game with his stick work. This is the third star of the Harris burg nine to leave since the season closed. Chabek was drafted by Brook lyn, Adams by Pittsburgh and now Miller goes to Scranton. Miller will get a higher salary in Scranton. Man ager Cockill believes that the players deserve higher salaries and if they can get it he is sure not to stand in their way. Myers and O'Connor went to the New York State League circuit from Harrisburg. Additional Sports on Page 0 I Place Names In England England can boast that no other country possesses so many Scriptural place names as it does. The name of UI SIDES & SIDES MID- WINTER SALE All Suits and Overcoats OFF >ES & SIDES \LTH HOTEL BUILDING, HARRISBURG, PA. B _ 111 ii iiin I ASK FOR-, # $ Lancaster's Favorite Brew RIEKER'S BEER JNO. G. WALL, Agt. Harrisburg, Pa. Frank J. Rieker, Mgr. Jericho occurs six times on the ord nance maps, Paradise five times and Nineveh, 'Mount Zion, Mount Ararat and Mount Hphraim tliree tiroes eacili. 5 Tn Bedfordshire there is a Calvary wood and in Dorsetshire a Jordan hill. Artistic Printing at Star-Independent