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DAUGHTERS OF LATE COPPER KINO BUILD PLAYHOUSE
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Ki&zi i : i£rf/ GRACE A
OWSWOID^
In the centre of t!<e oroxvdwl oast side
districts of ,\ow Vrk ity the Mioses
Alice and Irene I.ewisolw. daughters
•if the late Leonard i.ewisohn. the cop
per capita ist. have bui*t a handsome
theatre desipied to further their letter
nient work anions the |»>or of that dis
trict. to which they devote largely their
time and fortune.
Some time durine January this little
tlieatre. known a > the Neighborhood
Playhouse, will ot-en it s doors.
Miss Grace Griswo!d who in private
life is Mrs. Grace Griswold Uail aijil
DELICATESSEN BULLETIN NO. I
Ten Million Pounds of Her Ting Shipped
From 3ay of Islands
tit. John s. .V F.. Jan. 1. —Ten mil
lion pounds of herring have t«eeu ,
shipped from the Bay of Islands this
month aii-i <• number of American ves
sels still arc in the bay awaiting tiieir
cargoes. The lishiug has been favored
by comparatively mild weather.
There art- 1.020.000 pounds of cod
awaiting shipment at Bo::ne Bay. >cv-
BTEVMSHIPS.
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These Ckurmioz Inland* Are Mow
•t Their Best
S. S. "fcERMUSIAH" !
holds the record—4o hours— la the
newest and only twin-screw steam
ship sailing to Bermuda, and ths
only one land::. ft passengers at ths
dock at Haiuiltun without transfer
by tecrter.
Round Trip with mrals e 7c and
snd stateroom berth
tor full particulars apply to A. K.
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HARRTSBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 1, 1915.
who is an a.-tress, a dramatist and ai
. i*>t.-t, will mauitge the new theatre, She,
eral American s-hooners which put in
tn get it having been forced to leave
the bay and sail for the Bay of Islands
by drift ice coming down the coast.
Wants a National Musician
Pjttviiurgh, Jan. I.—The creation of
the office of official musician in nation.
>:a,t> an.| municipality was advocated
by i'eter . Dykema, professor of
sic iu the University of Wisconsin, a!
'•'lie convention of the Music Teachers'
National Association 'hare yesterday.
73,000,000 Cigars Made in Beading
Reading, Pa., Jan. 1. —Over 75,000,-
000 -igar.* have been manufacture*! in
Kea'i.ng thi- year, according to an es
timate of the union and non-union fac
tories anil the figures at the internal
revenue department. The receipts from
| the sa!e of cigar stan>|«s were about
j 5409,000.
Gas Fumes Cause Death
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.. Jan. I.—With his
head a few inches away from a tube
used 011 a small g&s h«ate*, Patrick Fa
gan, aged 63 years, was found yester
I j day in his boarding place at 78 -South
Washington street, this city, death
j having been caused by escaping gas
i 1 fume?. Officials believe death was ac
II tridental.
niiide her debut on the stn?e in 1 Si»4
with the iite Aujnistin Daly's com
pany and later played many rAies in
I'.nsland and America.
The dramatic scheme of the new
playhouse is to offer juvenile enter
tainuieut each afternoon and perform
ances for adults at night. Some of the
entertainers will he Miss Eldorn Stan
ford, soprano, and Mr. Peter Newton,
magician. Some of the plays will be
jof the order of "The Pipes of Pan." in
which fairies and simple beliefs of ra
| t ious kinds will be important factor*.
*30,000 FOR EMPLOYES
Reading Paper Mills Company Make
Generous Gifts
Reading, Pa.. Jan. I.—Following a
<-ustom started 30 vears ago by the
late George F. Baer. as president-own
er of the Reading Paper Mills Com
pany, th.> sum of $30,000 was dis
tributed to-day among the 165 em
ployes of the company's three ptants
in this city. Each employe received $1
for each year of his service, the maxi
mum. $35, going to two women, who
have be**n with the company since its
establishment in Reading.
This was possibly the largest holiday
distribution made among employes of
any concern in Reading.
Parade at Lebanon Last Night
Ijebanon, Ha., Jan. 1. —New Year's
Eve was celebrated with a large parade
here that started at It o'clock _last
uight. Large delegations from the
lielianon, Ann viHe-and Fredericksburg
tribes of Rc.l Men, all the city fire
companies, Company H, Fourth Infan
try, X. G. P., local lodges of Forest?!-*,
Owls and Mystic Chain, the Ijebanon
Athletic Association and other organi
zations participate"! in the parade,
which was followed by a war dance by
i the Red Men iu Market square.
TYPHOID FEVER ATA LOW
EBB IN STATE DURING 1914
Work and Education Improving the
Health Conditions In Pennsylvania,
According to Statement Issued by
Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon
There have %een 50,000 fewer cases
of Communicable diseases in Pennsyl
vania during the year 1914 than dur
ing the previous year, according to the
statement issued to-day by Dr. Samuel
li. l>ixou, Commissioner of Health, lu
summarising the work of his depart
ment for the past year'be said:
"The people of the Commonwealth
have cause to be thankful for the gen
eral freedom from disease during the
pa;i; year. Never iu the history of the
State h«s it been so free from typhoid
fever as during 1914. The result of
nine years work for the purification of
our water ways and the protection of
our public water sup, lies may be told
tersely by the comparison of figures of
the morbidity and mortality from ty
phoid fever iu Peuusvlvauia in 1906
and 1914.
"In the former year there was 24,-
471 cases of typfaoid fever reported in
this State and 3,971 deaths from the
same dause. In 1914 only 7,000 cast's
were reported up to XovenVber SI and
1 but 731 deaths. This means that there
was a decrease of over 70 per cent, iu
rvphoid fever iu the Commonwealth.
'" Considered from its economic
standpoint this means a saving of sev
eral millions of dollars annually, to say
nothing of the sorrow and swfferiug
, w in. h has been eliminated. If there
were uo other results this achievement
alQue would justify the general aetivii-
I tics of the State aud local authorities
and their expenditures for public health
work. T acre are however numerous
! other gratifying evidences.
I "The gene ml death late for Penn
j syivania during 1914 will be 14.1 per
| thousand inhabitants which in a State
| with the great urban population an.'.
1 tie vast nun Jer of manufacturing and
mining communities is evidence of gen
eral health conditions which while no*
j ideal are a decided improvement over
! those of a few years ago.
"Tuberculosis, which is tiie greatest!
foe to life, has been steadily declining!
as a result of the active campaign j
which has been waged by the Common- ;
wealth and supplemented by various!
philanthropic agencies. The State now j
maintains three grc.it sanatoria; one in
the eastern, one in the central and one
in the western portion of the State for j
the free trtatnient of indigent sufferers |
from this disease. The capacity of these
institutions is over 2,0t10 beds which '
are at the disposal of those residents of I
Pennsylvania who are in need of sana-!
toriani treatment. The ays.'em of free |
dispensaries which has been establish-:
ed brings kiis aid within the reach of i
every one of our eight million two him- '
dred thousand people.
"van.tr alone of aii the various re
portable dista-es has shown a slight
cut steady increa. c during the past few]
years. lp to the present time the
modi, a! profession has been unable to j
cipe with .his foe exee;vt through early !
surgicai aid to those afflicted. How- j
evc-fj many of our scientifi.' men are de
vot ug their energies to the iuvestign- i
tioi' of this disease an 1- we hope that
within .oni arative y few years some
wore lotent aid may be forthcoming ns
a re ait of their exhaustive iuves.iga- i
tions.
"The a rivities of the State has I
stimulate,l every sinew in the general j
1 ;.'ol'c health agencies in the Common
v. ealth. The educational work which !
has been carried on since the establish
ment of this department has borne ex-|
eelicr. fruit. The lo.al boards of health, :
the press, the philanthropic agencies and !
most important of all the general pub-j
lie has understood, appreciated and co- J
operated in the work of bettering eon- !
e .i:ns. T'Je ti:ne is rapidly at", reach
ing when eery individual will not oulv I
a.-t his own sani.ary jioli email but
will famiiia-i '.e hinuell with those prill- I
■ipl 's of personal hygiene and right liv
ing whi.-'h wi! serve more than all else j
to increase the span of human life and i
fiil to the brim the cup of individual
happiness.
AKBSiT FOLLOWS SHOOTING
DanviL-e Man Says He Mistook Iden
tity of Friend, Who Escaped Bullet |
Danville. Pa., Jan. I.—vunuel Sains-j
bury, a prominent resident o? Dan- I
ville, is under arrest for firing a re
volver at Ralph Fou k, a lifelong j
fr.en'J.
Kouik, iu company with several la
die.-. came out of a restaurant, when !
the party noticed a man lurking in a 1
doorway opposite. I'oulk went across 1
the street to investigate, lie was!
w thin a few yards of tb> sidewalk !
when the man tired at him. At that
iiist. lit they re-.-ognized each oilier. j
Sain«-bi;ry -aid: "Ralph. 1 made an
awful in is-, akL* ; i was not looking tor
you. t was hooking for a man who in
sulted my daughter." Sainsburv has;
wcived a hearing and eiiteret bail fyr
court.
BBAKEMAN IS HELD
Must Answer to Jury for Boyersford
Wreck That Killed Two
Xorristown. fa.. .lan. 1. —Magis-
trate Kgbert yesterday afternoon held
' for trial at the March term of Criminal
Court Clarence Snyder, r.f this city,
pursuant to the finding of the Coroner's
jury that his art in throwing I'ne
I switch which lei the freight train out
on to the main track at Royersford,
December 9, caused the wreck in which
i Charles Fisher and .Joseph Springer,
engineers, were killed.
Paul Reider. of I'hiladeiphia, con
! doctor of the freight train, who also
had been arrested bv Coroner Neville,
was aiacharged, as, according to Divis
ion Superintendent Keffer, a conductor
! is not solely responsible for acts of
: subordinates who may act at the in
; stance of an engineer, which Snyder
1 claims he did, for Engineer Fisher.
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AMUSEMENTS
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MAJESTIC
To-night only, David Bispham in a
concert recital.
To-morrow, afternoon ami evening,
Kdimind Breese in "To Day."
Three days, commencing Monday,
with matinee Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Chicago "Tribune's 1 ' Bel
gian \\ ar Pictures.
ORPHEUM
Every afternoon and evening, high
cla«« vaudeville.
COLONIAL
Daily continuous 'audoville and pic
tures.
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David Bispham To-night
The Majestic will open the New
War with a concert by the famous
baritone, David Bispham, this evening
at S.lo. Mr. Bispham, besides being
a great singer, with the power of mak
ing his auditors see the picture he : as
in mind, is an actor of great force. He
lias often considered going upon the
dramatic stage, and it may be that 'o
iiight will be the last opportunity for
the public to enjoy his concerts, for -tt
is his intention ere long to appear in
the play which has been written for
him around the career of Benjamin
I rnnklin. a character which has never
before been seen upon the stage. All
who desire to hear him in bis concert
should, therefore, seize the present < p
-1 ortunity, as it may be the last. Mr.
Bispham will be accompanied by frau
ds Kogers, pianist. Adv.*
"To-day"
The Manuscript 'Prodacting Company
will offer "To-Dav," the vital anil viv
id drama of New York life by George
Broadhurst and Abraham Schomer, at
the Majestic for a return engagement
to-morrow, matinee and evening. "To-
Day is said to present a vital phase of
contemporary life and to depict in all .
its seriousness one of the greatest prob- j
leins of married life. The four .lets
are laid in New York, and as the itoiv !
develops there is unfolded n condition. '
the existence of which h;i- never been !
denied, resulting from the feminine '
love for finery and the dangers att.'.id- j
ant thereto. In it is shown the gradual i
mental and moral dissolution of a yo.ivj
wife, buoyantly happy iu affluence, . it
unable to adjust herself' to reverses.
Lily Wagner had to have clothes—she
had had them and she would be Hits- !
erable without them. Thanks to the,
evil suggestions of a woman friend, - iie '
got them, and with them, finally, her
deserts. "To-Day"' will be in.erpret
ed by the original New York (,ist,
headed by Edmund Breese. Al\ .*
Belgian Battlefield Seems
At the Majestic for three 'uvs, con:-
niencing Monday, with matinee Tues
day and Wednesday, the Popidur .Mo
tion Picture Company will exhibit for
ihe lirsi time in this city the Belgian
Battlefield Motion Pictures, v.iii ii are
the first and onlv authentic films depict
ing lighting that have been ma 1 • dur
iii" the present European w:rv. Th»
pictures wire taken on the firing line
in Belgium by Edwin K. Weigln. staff
photographer of the Chicago "Tii
bune,'' which paper bv contract with
| the Belgian government received special
permission to secure motion pict'i es of
I scenes on the fighting line of the Bel
j gian army. Under the terms of the
contract, 50 per cent, of the sale of
j the pictures is giv?n to the Belgian
i Ked Cross Society. Sections cf th<» bat
tle of Termonde, .Most. Maiinos and
I Lierre are shown. The fall of A itc erp
I and the flight of the refugees to Hol
j land are remarkable features of the
: film. One of the most dramatic of
j the pictures is that showing th-j explo
j sion of a German shell, which tea:* to
j pieces a house located near s position
i defended bv the Belgians in vhe uattle
iof Termonife. Many pitiful «-e."ise aie
j revealed in the frantic exodus of the
I uou-combatants from Antwerp.
Adv.'
'•Twin Beds"
| This season has been productive t-f
no greater theatrical success than that
scored by "Twin Beds," Salisbury
Field's and Margaret Mavo's original
and refreshing new farce, which is the
popular laughing sensation in New
York, where for eight months ;-ast it
has been keeping crowds of metropoli
tan playgoers in paroxysms of merri
ment. "Twin Beds" is described as
an irresistibly funny story of life
! among the apartment dwellers. Sel-
I wvn &. Company, the firm that gave
t "Within the Law" to the stage, is also
sponsor for "Twin Beds" and is to of
fer its latest success at the Majestic
Saturday, January 9. Adv.*
At the Orpheum
The Orpheum's current offering is
the season's best bet. It is the con
census of opinion of those who have
witnessed this week's show that the real
hit of the Orpheum's whole career is
here this week. This is true not only
Wcause of tin- presence of the beauti
ful Kitty Gordon, but because slio is
supported by :i regulation metropolitan
vaudeville show. Keene and Window,
late stars ol' the New York Winter tiiir
den; Mary Kline and Kingdom Brown,
moving picture favorites, present a de
lightful kid playlet; Pippifax and l'an
lo, comedy acrobats, who do some great
tumbles and falls and inject tomfool
ery that is good for one long, loud
laugh, are some of the other tine hits
of the bill. This, however, does not
include all the choice plums, for the
truth ol' the matter is that every act
on the Orpheum bill is a winner and
there isn't? a dull minute 111 the least
of them. Adv.*
At the Colonial
Apdalc's Animal Circus of hears,
dogs, monkey, and anteater are ottering
i a comedy animal act at the Busy Cor
ner as the headline attraction of that
theatre's New Year greeting. The
show was uncovered for the tirst times
■ yesterday and it proved a veritable
. treat. There is something to be inter-
I csted in and amused at every minute
; this troupe is on view. Another act of
I merit is that of Mack Albright and
j Mack, who serve up something clever
'■ in the way of harmony singing and
I comedy; Ann Sutherland and company
j are offering a comedy playlet called
j " 1 0, 20, liO," while Harrington is the
best ventriloquist artist vet seen at the
I Colonial. "To Have and to IHold," a
| splendid two-part dramatic picture fen-
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i ture, and "Professor Bugs." comedy,
; comprise the picture entertainment for
! the last half of the week. Adv.*
HEAD OF COUNCIL ABHESTED
Louis Jacobs, Exeter Borough, Is
Charged With Talcing Funds
Wilkes-Barre Pa,, Jan. I.—Charged
I with keeping money which he had tit
| ken from the borough's funds with
which to pay .lames Ijiingan, a survey
or, for work done for the borough, Louis
Jacobs, president of the Council of tlx
! eter borough, was arrested here yes
| terday, and after a hearing before Al
derman M. J. Kuddy, of this city, was
held under SI,OOO bail for his appear
-1 ance at court.
lie secured a bondsman and was nj
lensod.
i PINCHOT INHERITS #587.tt1«
Share Made Known of Naw York Por
tion of Mother's Estate
New York. Jan. I.—'Mrs. M'urv K.
Piuchot mother ol' Gilford Pinchot,
i Amos R. E. Piuchot- and Ijady Alan
- Johnston, who died in Washington. F>.
1 recently, left taxable assets in this
State of more than SI,OOO.
The value of the decedent's entire es
i tate was not disclosed. Of the New York
property, which is in real estate, Mrs.
Pinchot's sons receive $537,ti11! each,
while Ijady Johnston receives sL'S,fi()ti.