Fk WT W|H W A IMfl Greatest Sale in the JEjL lli JH AIF H t History of Harrisburg Fine Diamonds, Jewelry, High Grade Watches, Rogers Silverware, Cut Glass, Opera and Field Glasses, Umbrellas, Leather Traveling Bags, Etc. Will Be Offered at Public Auction ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT ANY LIMIT OR RESERVE This auction is the result of several years accumulation of Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry. We have kept them as long as we could. There is a lot of money tied up in these pledges and it is neeessary fer us to get some of it hack, so under tbe hammer they go. Any reasonable offer will he accepted, so get busy and be on the scene early—you will get the higgest bargains ever known in this community. So begin ning to-morrow, Saturday, afternoon at 2.30 o'clock the cry of the Auctioneer will be heard " Going! Going! Gone," at This Great Stock Reduction Sale, At Public Auction COHEN & SON, Jewelers and Brokers 429-431 Market Street, At Subway GEIER & KUPERSMITH, Auctioneers SALES DAILY AT 2.30 and 7 P. M. SALE STARTS TO-MORROW, (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON 2.30 P. M. BE HERE EARLY - . _ 11 SOCIETY «SW Splendid Work Done Last Night by Chorus, Assisted by Capable Soloists WILFRED GLENN WINS APPLAUSE Director Wolle Has Perfect Control of Musicians Throughout Rendition of Handel's Oratorio—Stirring Music in Closing Part A most fitting observance of the Harrisburg Choral Society's twentieth anniversary was the organization's ren-j dition at the Majestic last night of 1 Handel'B oratorio, "Samson," assisted by the Russian Symphony orchestra and by Miss Marie Stoddard, soprano; Miss Marie Morrisey, contralto; George Har- | ris, Jr., tenor, and Wilfred Glenn, bass. The chorus work was splendid throughout. The big company of sing ers seemed to be at its best, and the opportunities for it to be heard were fortunately numerous. • As Israelites and as Philistines, the singers urged on their champio'ns, Samson and Harapha, with soul-inspiring melodies. The solo work of Wilfred Glenn was especially good. His singing of "Hon or and arms scorn sucn a foe'' was de cidedly the best solo of the evening, and it won hearty applause. The sing er's dramatic ability is pronounced, and his voice is one of wonderful clear ness and power. The singing of George Harris was effective. His duet with Mr. Glenn, "Go, baffled coward, go," was well sung. Special mention must also be made of his solo, "Total eclipse, no sun, no moon." Miss Marie Moirisey and Miss Ma rie Stoddart did excellent work, al though the latter s opportunities for ex hibiting her powers were limited. Director J. Fred Wolle hnd perfect control of the musicians at all times. Assistant Director Decevce accompa nied at the organ. The most stirring music of the ora torio was in the last half of the third Jiart, when a loud and confused noise indicates that Samson has pulled down 1 the temple of the Philistines and buried himself and his enemies under it, aft er having gone to the festival of the Philistine lords to exhibit before them his strength. "Unwounded of his enemies he fell, at. once he did destroy and was de stroyed. The edifice (where all were met to see), upon their heads and on Ms own he pulled." An address to t'he dead Samson bv J IManoah followed the report of the mes- i senger: "O lastly over-strong against I thyself. A dreadful way t'hou tookest 1 to thy revenge, glorious yet dearly r ibought," anil tJien came, the splendid r passage opening "Ye sons of Israel now lament.'' The words of Manoah brought the lamentations to a close however: "No cause for grief; Samson like Samson ' fell, both life and death heroic. To his foes ruin is left; to him eternal fame." The chorus, as Israelites, then closed the oratorio, with an exhortation directed to the cherubic host, "Let their celestial concerts all unite, ever to sound His praise in endless morn of j light.'' j The soloists of t'he evening also as sisted at the concert given in the after t noon by the Russian Symphony Orches , tra under the direction of Modest Alt ' schuler. RAILROADS SAY NEW ORDER WILL NOT LAY MEN OFF Continued From First Pnjtc. return to the road from which it start ed. This card will be in possession of 1 ; the conductor of the train and attached ,j to this will be the manifest showing i to what point it is consigned. No con ductor will be permitted to move the car unless he has the card, which he will turn over to the yardmasters at the end of his division. If a car leaves the Pennsy lines in Harrisburg consigned to some point in j the New England States, over a num j ber of different roads, when it reaches i its destination the car will immediate- i Iv be sent back to the Pennsy road at. i the nearest termiual point, the route card remaining with it. It was stated by Pennsylvania rail j road company officials that the system will at first ibe tried only as an experi ment as a number of roads are not in agreement with the plan. The system, it is contended, will mean a tremen dous saving annually by the railroads. It will save much time and unnecessary work in tracing lost cars. Under the present system it fre quently occurs that cars are stored on another road's branches for several months at a time. For this ta certain rate per diem must be paid. This cost will be eliminated, it is contended, for companies will be more careful in re turning cars. FLOWER GARDEN CONTEST The beautiful garden contest of the Civic Club of Harrisburg, will be started to-morrow, when any children over 8 years of age may enter ibv ap plying between the hours of 9 to 12 at the office of the "Patriot," 11 North Market square. Packets of five kinds of flower seeds will be distributed. Flowers will be grown in rear yards and an inspec tion will be made by a committee of the club. A number of prizes will be i awarded at the close of the summer. , These prizes have not yet been deeid- < ed upon. Alterations to Scottish Rite Temple , The building committee of Harris- : burg Consistory, Scottish Rite, at a meeting last evening, authorized Archi- i teet M. I. Kast, whose plans for re- t modeling the consistory recently were < approved, to proceed at once " toward . obtaining bids on the improvement i work. The alterations will cost in the ] neighborhood of $5,000. $25 for Industrial Home Four contributions totaling neady $25 have been received by Miss Ag- < nes E. Felix toward the SSOO fund to < be used in equipping the Children's < Industrial Home with electricity. Do i nations will be received through Hur- : risburg's three papers or Miss Felix. i HAKRISBURQ STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1915. ] BOOSTING TRADE ALONG '[ Great Booster Trimmed Hat Salei 3 11 Makes Business Lively J at Astrich's > In speaking of trade conditions the f manager or' Astrich's millinery depart-j ; ment said: ''lf only everybody wouldl boost, boost, boost." - The trouble is I - there are too many croakers in the -| business community. They say trade! -| is dull. Some go so far as to declare | you cannot give away gold dollars fori | a nickel. That kind of talk don't doI [ any good. It's the booster who get*! I there. Take Astrich's millinery depart-j J ment as an instance—it is never duii. [i There are lulls between busy times, and' i believe me they do have busy times n't j Astrich's—and off they go with a nig 1 sale. They believe in giving their cus tomers something for nothing once in awhile, and the. trade believes in the Astrich style of advertising and that they have the goods they advertise. The Great Booster Trimmed Hat 'Sale is a "corker" for all this week and the mil linery department will be crowded with buyers all day to-morrow." The 'busy manager also claims that never in the history of the 'business have t'hev been • able to give their customers such ex- I cellent values in trimmed hats. As this j is the height of the summer season thost> I w.io contemplate buying a hat will find I it to their interest to call and see the inducements in style, quality and prices offered during this important event. CHANGES IN REVENUE SERVICE Davis Becomes Collector To-morrow When Ninth District Is Divided Persons who failed to supply them selves with internal revenue stamps were disappointed to-day when they attempted to purchase the stickers, for the office in the Federal Building was , "closed." The deputy collectors were on hand as usual but no business was ' done, with the public, this being neces sary because of the change in dis tricts which takes effect to-morrow. Two revenue districts were made out of the Ninth, the new Twelfth dis- 1 trict being formed with headquarters 1 in Scranton. While th e business was . suspended the records were gone over and the accounts divided between the ' two districts. Fred C. Kirkendall, formerly eollec- ! tor for the Ninth district, will be sworn in as collector in the new Twelfth dis- ! trict in Scranton to-morrow morning |! by G. W. Trowbridge, revenue agent for Pennsylvania. B. F. Davis, of Lan- ' caster, who succeeds Mr. Kirkendall as collector in the Ninth district, will ' 'be sworn in to-morrow morning by ! Deputy Revenue Commissioner G. E. Fletcher, of Washington, 1). C., who to day effected the transfer of the busi- J ness. 'Mr. Kirkendall became collector In ' the Ninth district, January 19, 1914, * succeeding Harry L». Hersbey, of this city. Warren G. Van Dyke, of this city, secretary to the State Democratic Com mittee, becomes deputy collector in the Ninth district with headquarters in ( Lancaster. v j Four Women Fined In Police Court I Jean Salee, Almina Butler, Florence j Curtis and Marie Adams, colored worn- i en arrested yesterday afternoon at 14 v Oowiden street, by Sergeant Drabeu- s stadt and Policeman Brine, were fined b $5 on a disorderly practice charge this afternoon. ,i NEW YORK MAN WILL LECTURE Frank Draper to Speak at Board of j Trade Auditorium on Sunday fc" JL • FRANK DRAPER Frank Draper, of Now York City, I will lecture in this city on the su'bject, j "Thy Kingdom Come'," Sunday at 3 o vlock, in the Board of Trade audi- toriuni. The lecturer has boon speaking 011 Bible subjects for more than twenty years in the United /States, 'Canada and L/iirope. There will be no admission charged and no collections taken. THIS ROAD COST NOTHING Several Miles Are Built by the Va grants at the Almshouse Although the Directors of the Poor have rebuilt and resurfaced with lime stone several miles of Swatara town-, ship roadways, near the county alms house, the directors this morning de clared that the township supervisors now have refused to carry out an alleged promise to run a road rollfr over the rebuilt roads. The State Highway De partment has obtained use of the town ship s road roller, the directors said they have been informed. Because of this situation, Charles L. Boyer, representing the Poor Board, this morning sought ami obtained liar- J | risburg's road roller to complete the! ! road building. Highway Commissioner j | bynch gave assurance that the City will ; j roll a stretch of Paxton street, extend- j | ing from Nineteenth street to the alms- ! house, and, while it is out of the City's jurisdiction to roll the poor house lane i —that is, Melrose street, from the pres- I ent terminus of the Cameron parkway I to Deny street—he said he would take I the matter under consideration. These sections of highway have been i rebuilt without a cent of cost to the township, the material having been ob- I tained at the almshouse stone-crusher, I which furnishes work to vagrants. CLERGYMAN'S FATHER DIES Word was received here of the ! death of Thomas (1. Dallman, aged 71 years, father of the Rev. Walter H. Dallman, pastor of the Market Street Baptist, church, this city, at his home in Elmira, N. Y., Wednesday follow ing a four months' illness. He is sur vived by his wife, two sons and one sister. The funeral and interment will be held at Elmira to-morrow. The Rev. Mr. D.illinan left yester day for Elmira to attend the funefal. I COURT PER CAPITA JOT IS sl.lß : County Is Paying Off Obligations at Rate of $20,000 a Year, Bul letin Indicates A financial bulletin just issued by the Federal authorities and which has been received by local officials in the Court House indicates tiiat Dauphin county during tho last thirteen years has re ducoil its bonded debt from $559,173 to $167,977. The county now, this re |>ort indicates, is paying off its bonded indebtedness at the rate of $20,000 a year ami that the per capita indebted ness based upon an estimated popula tion cf 143,200 is sl.lß. In 1890 when the county's liabilities totaled $200,- 000, the per capita was about $2.06. | In 1902, when the county jail was ibuilt | and other improvements' made and the debt boosted to $559,173, the pe> I capita was correspondingly increased to $4.7 4. I Sits As King's Commissioner Frank J. Roth, one of the court J stenographers who was commissioned I I ''- v George V. to take testimony lt> ] j a civil case that is [>ending in t'he !Br;t-! | ish courts of Vancouver, B. C., to-day I i conducted his hrst 'hearing in York. The 1 j p nit invoives a contract for material. I , Charles C. Stroll, of this city, is ap \ | pearing for the defense, and William | 'M. 'Hardest for the plaintiff. An adjourned hearing in the case will be held in Mr. Stroll'g office in the Commonwealth Trust Company building, this city, to-morrow, beginning at 10 a. m. Fewer Marriage Licenses The Easter season failed to bring April's record for marriages up to the average, according to t'he last monthly report on marriage licenses just com- I piled in the Recorder's office. Tlier* I were 104 licenses granted in April, or jl4 fewer than the average, which in 1914 was 118 for the month. licenses | granted to-day were as follows: John j Petrin, IBulTalo, N. Y., and Katie Mal inger, Steelton; John J. Kastur and ! Mary A. Sours, Wiiconiseo. HIE PLANT RIDS OPEN Bids from the drawings and speciflca j tions prepared by C. Harry Kain, aa-ciii j tect for the Merchants' Ice Company's j plant, were opened at a meeting of the directors held yesterday afternoon. I The building committee is composed of | Ignatz iurber, W. A. Cartvvright, Albert j Koenig, >L. W. Kay and A. P. Kitchen, who will recommend the contractor at t'he next meeting. Ulollow tile with brick veneer will be used for the walls. The building is ap proximately 58 feet wide and 170 feet long, to be built on the property line facing Berrvhill street. Extra' large steel windows and doors will be In stalled to give plenty of side light, with I monitor skylights and ventilators over- I head. , In October the board of directors ot < ■the ice company visited Reading, where a Merchants' Ice Company is in opera ( tion. The merchants of 'Reading, it is said, are getting their ice at a very low rate, $ 2 per ton on the factory plat form. The Reading company has a plant of 200 ton capacity and is able to supply small dealers at a reduced rate. * FINANCE OEALINCS IN WAR SHARES RESUMED AT HIGHER PRICES Westinghouse Crossed Par With Gain of More Than Two Points, While General Electric and Pressed Steel Car Make Gains By Associated Press. New York, April 30. — Wall Street. —Speculation in the so-called war shares was resumed ut higher prices to day, Westinghouse crossing par with a; gain of over 2 points, while General i Electric. Pressed Steel Car and New I [ York Airbrake rose as much more. American can whose earnings are be I ing benefitted by the foreign conflict was again inactive. New York Central j was the only standard railway issue i gaining 1 3-8 but Missouri Pacific | and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas j shares reflected probable adjustment j of impending obligations. Rock Island, Local Tractions and the copper group ! manifested a tendency to yield. Standard stocks fell sharply soon I after 11 o'clock, foreign advices, par I ticularly the bombardment of Dunkirk Iby the German naval forces, being j viewed with concern. At any rate, it j furnished the short interest with an ex euse for making fresh commitments. Decline from maximum figures of the first hour ran from 1 to 2 points, the reversal embracing the war specialties, except Westinghouse, which steadily increased its lead on enormous trad ing and by noon showed a gain of over five points. Industrials as a whole were weaker than railway shares, ex cept Canadian Pacific, which fell 3 ■points, presumably on London selling. Bonds were irregular. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS^ New York, April 30. Open. Cloße. I Amal Copper 77>/ 3 77% I Amer Boot Sugar 50% 49% j American Can ........ 42% 43 Am Car and Foundry Co 56% 58 Am Cotton Oil .-. 52'/ 3 52Va |Am Ice Securities .... 34 34 | / S! I Amer Loco 59% 60'/ 2 , | Amer Smelting 74 73% j American Sugar 111% 112% ! Anaconda 37 36% Atchison 103% 103%. Baltimore and Ohio ... 78 77% Bethlehem Steel 145 146 " Brooklyn R T 91% 9114 Canadian Pacific. 165% 165% Central Leather 39% 39% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 47% 47'/ Chi, Mil aud St Paul . . 96 96 Chino Con Copper .... 48% 47% Col Fuel and Iron .... 33% 33 Corn Products 14% 14% Distilling Securities ... 15% 13% Krie 29% 29% Krie, Ist pfd 45% 44% General Klectric Co .. . 159% 160'/, Goodrich iB F 51% 5i% Great Xor pfd 121 120% Great Nor Ore subs ... 37% 37 Interboro Met 22% 23 Interboro Met pfd .... 73% 72% Lehigh Valley ..i... 146 143% Mex Petroleum 90 89 Missouri 'Pacific 14% 14% Naitonal Lead 67% 69% Nev Consol Copper .... 16% 16 N Y, N IH and H 67 67% 13 Norfolk and Western . . 105% 108% Northern Pac 110% 109% i Pacific Mail 22% 22% xPennsylvania R. R. .. 109% 109% Pittsburgh Coal 23% 23':, Press Steel <,'ar 59 57i/ a Ray Con. Copper 24% 24% ' Reading 152' 151% | Repub. Iron and Steel . 30% 31% I do pfd 88% 88% j Southern Pacific 93% 92% 1 Southern Ry 19 igy » Tennessee Copper .... 35% 35 * .1 Union Pacific 132% 131% U. S. Rubber 70% 71% U. S. Steel 59% 58% do pfd 109% 109% Utah Copper 70% 68% Vir.-Carolina Chem ... 25% 3;>y. .! W. U. Telegrah 70% 69 ■ Westinghouse Mfg. ... 98 106 J xEx-div. 1%. Chicago Board of Trade Closing By Associated Press. (• Chicago, April 30.—Close: ,f Wheat, May, 162; July, 135%. Corn—May, 76%; July, 80. | Oats—May, 54%; July, 54%. I Pork July, 18.12; September, : 18.57. Lard July, 10,35: September, i 10.60. Ribs July, 10.60; September. I 10.85. |