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For many years past, the annual show was held in February and the an nouncement came as a surprise for many persous were under the impres sion there would be no entertainment this year, because it was not produced in February, as formerly. lu giving an outline of the program, Interlocutor Lynch stated that up-to date end songs and beautiful ballads will help make up a minstrel-tirst-part excelling all past efforts. Eight funny end men headed by Frank Brashears, Charlie Newbaker, Mike Daylor and Charlie Lynch, as principal ends, will keep the audience in good humor with new and original witticisms. Bentz O 'Donnell, a big local favorite, will play the lead part in the finale en titled "Night Time in Dixie Land.'' A big lancing act has been secured and the show will be the best the local fun makers have as yet presented. The geueral admission tickets will be out to-day anil will cost twenty five cents. These tickets can be re served at Max Frumin's jewelry store, North Front street. May 8, by paying ten cents additional. The next re hearsal will be held Thursday evening in the club hail at 8.30 p. m. PERSONAL H. H. Harlan. New Bloomfield. a for mer resident of the borough, spent to day with relatives and friends in the borough. Miss Anna Fetrow, Blaine, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ludwig, Pine street. W. H. Fortney and son. Joseph, South Front street, made a business tri>p to Duncannon yesterday. Albert Treher, Myers street, is con valescing from an ottack of grip. Assault and Battery Charged John Jukan was arrested last night on a charge of assault and battery pre ferred by Ii ia Jovanovic. Both" men board at 330 Christian street and the prosecutor'claimed that shortly after he had retired for the night, Jukan came into the sleeping room, picked uj> a chair and with this weapon hit the prosecutor over the head, inflicting painful wounds and lacerations. In de fault of bail Jukan was committed for a hearing before Squire Gardner. Funeral of Mrs. J. C. Atticks The funeral of Mrs. John C. At ticks. who died Saturday afternoon, will he held from the residence of Mrs. A. j B. Smith, North Second street, to-mor row afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev.] G. N. Lauffer will officiate and burial i will take place at Oberlin. Entertained Friends Miss Eva Hoerner entertained the Young La.lies' Bible < lass of St. Mark's Lutheran church at her home, 621 North Front street, last night. Follow ing the transaction of class business a social time was enjoyed and luncheon was served. • Funeral at Enhaut Funeral services over the body of Mr«. Jennie S. Me Kinney will be held in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zim merman, at Enhau?, to-morrow after noon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the llarrisburg cemetery. Funeral of Mrs. E. Collins Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Collins will be held in the First Meth odist church to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Burial will take place in Baldwin cemetery. CIVIC CLUB NURSE CAVE AN INTERESTING REPORT Ladies' Guild of Trinity Church and Central Baptist Sunday School Fur nished Donations of Clothing and Cash tq Associated Charities p The monthly report made by Miss • Wiseman, Civic Clul} nurse, at a we\»t --• ing of the Associated Charities last -1 i evening had two features of merit, con • i sisting of the aid the Charities body re- I I eeived during the month of March i and the assistance it rendered deserv- I I ing poor of the borough during the -1 same month. r Of the former, the Ladies' Guild of t Trinity P. E. church, contributed a 1 large quantity of clothing, made b'y the ladies during Lent and a cash do , nation of $lO from the Central Baptist Sunday school. • The committee from Steelton . Lodge. Knights of Pythias, which re cently gave au entertainment for char j itv, did not report last night. The, I j members of the Associated Charities t I committee turned SS2. the proceeds of ' tickets sold by them, into the treas -1! ur.v --| The demands for assistance made on I I the Charities committee during the j cold weather of March is outlined by j the nurse as follows: Sixty-three orders j for groceries. 62 order for coal and I j 16 pairs of shoes. Clothing was furnish led on six occasions and employment i was obtained for three men. During the mouth Miss Wiseman, the agent for the ' T Associated Charities, made 75 visits' to the homes of the poor. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES .! In Addition to Garden Plots and Gar dens for Adults and Children. Ar- ■ rangements Are Completed i Outdoor activities by the local Civic Clttb received considerable attention 1 yesterday afternoon at a meeting of ' the executive committee after details for a public lecture, to be delivered in the High school auditorium next Mon day evening, had been completed. This lecture will be given by the Rev. William B. Cooke, a former pastor of the local Presbyterian church, and will be a recital of his experiences, ac quired by a three years' residence in 1 the Philippine Islands since leaving I the borough. A report on the work of the com mittee in charge of the garden school and the free family gardens was made by Mrs. Vanier, chairman of the com- , mittee, yesterday. The plots on Cot-' tage Hill for adults have been opened ! and many families have started to raise ! vegetables. Thes? plots have not yet I : been all taken up and the remainder can be obtained through applying to the | chairman of the committee. The garden school for children has i not yet been put in 'proper shape for I planting and it is expected to ofen 1 these gardens some time during the !next two weeks. The committee has re ceived a large quantity of seeds from the Department of Agriculture and many of these will be planted. Wolfe, or The Capture of Quebec General Wolfe, appointed commander of the expedition against Quebec, comes to bid his mother good-bye. Before sailing, the general calls upon his sweet heart. Katherine Lowther. She presents ! him with a locket containing a minia ture of herself. Wolfe places the jewel on a chain about his neck. Mignon Mars and her brother, Hu bert. of a Canadian family, ure cap tured by a body of men attached to the Royal Americans. Lieutenant Arleigb, the officer in charge, secures their re j lease. Mignon lo«es her ln-art to the young officer. The thrilling incidents which happen before Wolfe and Mont calm are slain, are splendidly portrayed in five reels of moving pictures at tht Standard Theatre to-night.—Adv.* rTAKKTSBUKG STAB-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 13. 1915. BOSS COPS HERE: - CROOKS TO WOODS! prayer by the Rev. Harry Kelson Basi ler,'pastor of Second Reformed church. Mayor Royal welcomed the police chiefs to IHarrisburjf. J. N. Tillard, chief of police of Altoona, president of the association, responded. This even ing the sleuths will banquet in the Board of Trade hall. The sessions will j be continued te-im»rr«w morning, to be followed by an automobile ride over the city. Say* Politics Handicap Police In his opening address to the con vention this afternoon President Til lard dwelt at length on conditions in 1 polico departments under political ap pointment systems, contending it is practically useless to expect expert po lice sfervice when the force is changed with every change in the politics of the city administration. Working toward a uniform measure which would put de partments on a stable footing, he advo cated civil service and police pension funds. He said, in part: "There are now pending in the Leg islature bills that if enacted into law will put upon a more reasonable basis the police bureaus of the cities of the third clase in the State and create pen sion laws affecting all officers from the township to the city of the first class. The passage of these laws would create a (juiet and gradual evolution of the police service of the State that would mean much to the people thereof, to say nothing of what it would mean to the faithful guardians of the public peace, t sincerely hope that the mem bers of this association will rise to the occasion by calling the attention of their respective Representatives to the importance of the juatters involved. Asks for Public Support "We are gathered," he continued, "to confer with each other as to the best possible method of pulling together for the public good. The people should remember that we are but men like themselves, who need encourage ment by holding up our hands. If they deal with us niggardly and meanly, in dulge in captious criticisms, show a dis position to hinder rather than help, they will not get the best possible results. "They must remember that when they hire certain agents to perform dangerous, difficult and perplexing work they do not fully absolve them selves from the duty of rendering such assistance as they" alone can supply. We are willing to assume the dangers of the tiring line, but they must keep up the commissary and the ammuni tion. "If we give the best that is in us they must not play into the hands of the common enemy by hurling at us un just accusations or abusive ridicule. Au occasional knock may do us good, but we do not care to have it come in the bat-k of the head when we are grappling with a crook or facing a perplexing sit uation. Public Must Inform Police " Another phase of the situation that hampers and renders police work diffi cult and distasteful is tht attitude of those who refuse to exercise the duties of good citizenship by rendering the assistance essential to the conviction of offenders whose practices they so righteously condemn. The law, which is said to be 'the perfection of reasoning,' requires tangible proofs of all wrong doings. However, every good citizen owes it to himself and society to fur nish the proper authorities with any legal information in his possession con cerning violations of the laws. "I oelieve that the world is growing better, and notwithstaading all the evi dences to the contrary, the race is climbing toward a higher plane of purity and righteousness." POLICE CIVIL SERVICE PLAN TO HAVE PUBLIC HEARING Chances of passage by the Legisla ture of the police civil service bill for third class cities in Pennsylvania, of which Harrisburg is one. are considered much better since the Lackers of the bill have obtained promise that an open hearing on the measure will be granted to them before the Judiciary Special Committee of the Senate. This was arranged to-day by Senator Snvder, of Schuylkill The measure already has passed the Hcuse and has been sent to the Senate. It was referred to Snyder's committee ami was considered dead. Since that time the League of Third Class Cities has been plugging for the bill and, through the efforts of Ira W. Stratton, Mayor of Reading, "president of the league, the hearing has been granted. The hearing will be held to-morrow afternoon in the committee room and all of the chiefs of police from third class cities who are in the city attend ing the convention of the Pennsylvania State Association of Chiefs of Police will attenl the hearing. To-morrow afternoon the conventionists will take an automobile ride through Harrisburg, which will end at the Capitol in time for tho phiofs to attend the henring. Chief Hutchison said this morning that the chances of the bill passing the Senate are now good. The policemen will endeavor to impress the committoe with the importance of the measure, so that it will reach the floor of the Sen ate. Canal Locks Although the ancient* knew the val ue of canals, they failed to hit on the simple device of the lofk, which was not discovered till the fourteenth century. To this day the dispute has never been settled as to which country, Italy or Holland, is entitled to the credit of the invention. A Polite Threat "Why do you always ask that reg ular customer if the razor hurts him}" asked one barber. "Just as a gentle reminder," re plied the other,, "that if he forgets the tip it's liable to hurt him next time." —St. Louis Post-Oispatch. Not Particular '' I never feed tramps at the door.'' "That's all right,' ma'am; serve it in ►he dinning room. I ain't particular." —Exchange. v A Show of Action at the Standard Theatre To-night Wolfe, ot The Conquest of Quebec. Five-reel special. Kalem. The Diamond Broker. Featuring Orma Halley, the pirl Detective. Two reels. The Master of His Honse. Featuring Billy Quirk. One-reel Vitagraph. REAL EfITATB FOB BBNT. FOR RENT—Houses with all lnmproT*- ments, on & Pourth Bt-. Steelton. Not lit. $12.00; No. 323. *11.00; No*. 3St and ttt, 19.00 pee month. Apply SIS Fourth su. Stceltoa. 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Wat kins, of York, Is Elected District President At a meeting in the Stevens Me morial Methodist church of this city on Saturday afternoon of the Harris burg District Epworth League Cabinet, which represents sixty-nine Epworth League Chapters, the Rev. W. E. Wat kins, of York, was elected district president, succeeding the Rev. J. W. Long, formerly of Dillsburg, who was sent to West Clearfield in the Juninta District following the sessions of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist church at Shamokin sev eral weeks ago. The Rev. Mr. Long's transfer to another district necessitat ed the election of a successor, and this meeting of the District Cabinet was called by C. H. Clark, of Carlisle, the first vice president of the district, for that purpose. Besides Mr. Clark, those present were: A. H. Stover, second vice presi dent, of Harrisburg; R. K. Bergstres ser, fourth vice president, of liarris burg; Miss Jessie Spangler, correspond ing secretary, of Littlestown; Miss Mary Crane, recording secretary, of Harrisburg; the Rev. Allen C. Sbue, treasurer, of York; Miss Myrtle May berry, Junior League superintendent, of Dillsburg, and the Rev. W. E. Wat kins, the president-elect, of York. Following the election of the Rev. Mr. Watkins as president, plans for the district convention to be held in Chambersburg on June 17 and 18 were outlined, and the new president was authorized to arrange with speakers for that occasion. GARDENS FOR THE NEEDY Plowing Has Started on Lots Which Will Supply Many Families Plowing has been started on three lots in different sections of the city which are to be converted into work ers' gardens for the support of at least three hundred families, under the direction of the Benevolent Associ ation. The officers of the Harrisburg Be nevolent Association are George W. Reily, president; Donald McCormick, secretary, and Charles A. Kunkel, treas urer. The organization is co-operat ing with the directors of the poor. Many applications for the minia ture farms have already been regeived and sections will be allotted as soon as the land is marked off. The amount given will depend upon the size of the family, ranging from lots 25 by 100 feet to 100 by 100 feet. The average plot will be 50 by 100 feet. Seeds will be furnished by the Association, and the gardens will be cultivated un der its supervision. For the first time since 1908 these workers' gardens will be in operation here. At that time the Associated Charities let out small tracts of a total of about 10 acres to numerous poor families. The idea proved unusua'lly successful, the value of the truck products amounting to nearly $4,500. CHARLES F. PETERS Well-known Hill Resident Leaves Wife and Four Children * Charles F. Peters. 119 Hoerner street, died at his home last evening of a complication of diseases in his fifty-eighth year. He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Emma Peters; four chil dren, Charles P., Robert, John and Phoebe; three brothers, George T., John E.. J. Monroe, and one sister, Mrs. Anna H. Clark. He was a member of the Patriotic Order Sons-of Amer ica and John Harris Council, Junior O. U. A> M. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, pastor of Reformed Salem church, will offici ate. Burial will be in the East Hhr risburg cemetery. ' Delicate Children usually only need a food tonic to make them strong and healthy Emulsion | inunniM Hvpmkotp/uUi is not only the best food tonio but is : pleasant to take. Sold only by us. George A. Gorgas AWNINGS Place your order for Awnings j with us now, before the rush starts. Estimates Gladly Given General upholstery, slip covers and carpet work done. Jos. Coplinky Successor to H. A. 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