YOUNG HITS OUT ABOUT POLITICS Thinks Legislature Should Be Told About Way State Insur ance Fund Is Passed By Hospitals and other charitable in ititutiuna receiving State aid. school lionrds and other public agencies re aching shares of appropriations by the ommonwealth were given a blast to-, day by State Treasurer Robert K, I Young, chairman of the State Work-' men's Compensation Insurance Fund Board, for insuring their employers' liability in stock or other companies instead of in the State fund. The State Treasurer said that the manner in which the State fund, which offers manifestly lower rates, had been ignored should be brought to the at tention of the next Legislature, which will hold the public purse strings. it. is understood that the action of, the Altoona school board in insuring j outside of the State fund was one of the actions which drew the remarks from the Treasurer. In his comments on the insuring out side of the State fund Mr. Young said: "The State Workmen's Insurance Board have been informed that various school districts and agencies of the State government, who are receiving contributions of public funds through appeppriations from the Legislature, are buying protection under the body of Workmen's Compensation laws which will go into effect on January first from stock insurance companies. "There is nothing in the laws re ferred to, preventing such action, but the board feel that the Legislature ought to bo advised of this course upon the part of the class of municipalities or semimunicipalities and other agen cies of the State government follow ,ng this course. "The State Workmen's Insurance Fund was created by legislative enact ment as a necessary part of the plan !>f Workmen's Compensation about to be inaugurated in this State. Insur ance in the Fund is cheaper than that In stock companies, and the rates of he Fund have been approved by the Commissioner of Insurance, as have been the rates of the stock companies. "In the light of these facts it is so obviously just and natural that insur ance purchased by any institution re ceiving State aid should be purchased In the State Workmen's Insurance Fund that a departure from such [■ourse must raise a suggestion in the mind of the public that some influence has crept into the consideration of the school directors, trustees, commission-l ers, or others charged with'the respon sibility of disbursing funds appropri ated from the State Treasury, other than the best Interest of the public which they represent. "This seems to the board to be ob vious in the light of the fact abovo stated that insurance can be purchased at a cheaper rate from the board than from stock companies: that it extends a guarantee of no assessment; com plete release from compensation liens, assumption of all liability by the State, and a return of dividends from undi vided surplus premiums at the end of the year/' Price of Crude Oils Takes Another 10 Cent Jump By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 30.—Another advance in the price of crude oils was announced by the South Penn Oil Company at the opening of the market to-day, Pennsylvania crude, the base of the list, being advanced 10 cents a barrel to $2.25. Ten cents also was added to Mercer Hlack Corning and Xew Castle, bringing the price up to $1.75. while 8 cents additional lifted Cabell to $1.78 and Somerset to $1.63. Itagland was advanced 3 cents to 75 cents. Oil authorities expressed some hope that this latest addition to the price would bring out stocks held by pro ducers, which are badly needed by the refineries because of the tremendous demand for oil for domestic and for eign use. A UNIQUE INDIAN SETTLEMENT Perhaps the most unique settlement in the United States is the Pueblo Indian illage, located in Arizona. This village comprises fifteen hun dred peaceable Indians, whose sole and almost only aim in life is to se cure a livelihood as easily as possible. This settlement is located in the hot test section of the State, but the ex cessive heat is not uncomfortable to these people, whose ancestors have lived in that desert section for un numbered generations. Wastes of burning Band stretch for miles and miles on every side of this village. A peculiar thing about this people is that they have two distinct villages. The summer village is located upon the floor of the valley, where the Pueblos occupy themselves in agri culture. The produce they raise, over what they need to eat during these hot months, is stored away for win ter use. There are only a few places in that section of the desert where water Is obtainable and in these places the Pueblos pursue their primitive agriculture. Seasons come and seasons go, hut as each goes by it sees these people living as they did during the preceding one. Since the white man first knew of this colony, which was back in the sixteenth cen tury, the habits of this tribe have not changed. They eat the same kind of food, do the same sort of fancy work, and live just as did their ancestors. So far as is known to historians this is the oldest colony of any kind in this country.—The Christian Herald. TIMES EXPLOSION CASE TO GO BEFORE JURY By Associated Press Los Angeles, Val.. Dec. 30.—The case of Matthew A. Schmidt, charged with the murder of Charles A. Hag erty, killed in the explosion of the Los Angeles Times building five years ago, probably will be in the hands of the jury by nightfall. Unless some unfore seen delay occurs, the attorneys will have finished their arguments by 4 o'clock this afternoon. Judge Frank H. Willis will then read his instruc tions and give the case to the jury. f WOMAN SERIOUSLY BURNED Special to the Telegraph Annvllle, Dec. 30.—Mary Stein, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. Thomas Stein, was horribly burned Tuesday night by an exploding kerosene lamp "hen she stumbled while ascending the stairs to her bedroom and fell upon the lamp, the flames communi cating to er clothing, causing fright -I'u! burns about the body and face. She is so seriously burned that little liope Is held out for her recovery. BAND REORGANIZES Special to the Telegraph Lemoyne, Dec. 30.—The Lemoyne band reorganized by electing the fol lowing officers: E. K. Witman, pres ident; Daniel Shumaker, vice-presi dent; Wayne McCormtck, secretary; J. A. Heckert, financial secretary; Ray mond Fettrow, treasurer; Raymond Shaffer, manager; Wayne McCormlck, leider; 11. A. Gordon, librarian, and W. H. Winter, iusaialuiiL THURSDAY EVENING, HARRXSBPKG IFIBFTL TELEGRAPH DECEMBER .TO, 1915 In the Amusement World Mary Plckford cherishes among her possessions a note of congratulations received from Tamaki Mlura, the first Japanese prima donna to sing "Madame Butterfly" In the United States. It was written after the little singer bad wit nessed the Famous flayers' star's In terpretation of the mute version of John Luther Long's famous heroine in the Paramount Picture which appeared at the Stanley Theater in Philadelphia at the same time that the prima donna was singing the role at the Metropolitan Opera House in the Quaker City. Mae Murray has gone away from New York to be absent for a long, long time. The famous beauty, and until re cently star in "Ziegfeld's Follies of 1915," has been engaged to appear exclu sively for a term of three years in pro ductions of the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company on the Paramount Pro gram. i ' '> / MRS. FISKE "ERSTWHILE SUSAN" Of more than ordinary interest is the coming engagement of Mrs.Fiske, count ed among our most famous American actresses at the Orplieum Theater, for one performance only, on Wednesday evening, January 5. Not only does Mrs. Fiske's present visit mark her return to theatrical activity after a season's rest, but she is seen in a brand new modern comedy, placing on the stage for the first time an environment at once novel and interesting. The comedy entitled "Erstwhile Susan" is from the pen of Marian de Forest, recalled for her "Lit tle Women," and is founded on Helen R. Martin s novel. "Barnabetta." It pic -1 tures life amid the quaint surroundings lof a Pennsylvania Dutch settlement, and Mrs. Flske has been supplied by Miss de Forest with one of the most dellghtfu] comedy roles she has had in recent seasons. Messr. Corey, Williams and Riter. un der whose management the actress is now appearing, have displayed admir able taste in the scenic production of "Erstwhile Susan" and painstaking care in choosing the surrounding players. I The latter includes John Cope, Madeline Delmar, Wylda Milllson, Robert Stowe Gill, Rockllffe Fellows, Owen Meech and John Daly Murphy. AT THE ORPHEI'H To-night—"The French Models." (Bur lesque). To-morrow and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee—"Her Price," with Emma Dunn. Wednesday, evening only, January E | Mrs. Fiske in "Erstwhile Susan. Just the story of a won an. her hap piness, her sorrow, and the man in the case, is "Her Price," a new three-act drama by Lottie M. Mganey, which will be the attraction at the Orpheum to morrow and Saturday and Saturday l matinee. New Year's Day. "ITer Price lias just completed a week of signal success at the Broad Street Theater, Philadelphia. In every woman's life there is one man who makes her world one of happiness or, makes her life a bitter reality. How such a bitter ex perience is handled by one woman. Is revealed In the characterization of the role of Doris Fenton in this play of the present day. AT THE WALNUT STREET THEATER It is doubtful If there is any kind of an act in all the range of vaudeville HUNTER SPE AKS" ON THE HIGHWAYS First Deputy Commissioner Makes an Address at Farmers Conference at College First Deputy State Highway Com missioner Joseph W. Hunter delivered a lengthy address at State College to day as a part of the course in high way construction being given at that institution. Mr. Hunter spoke on "Highway Organization." He review ed the development of highways in this country from the colonial days and brought out the changes which have been made in the centralization of power over the roads which ori iginally was possessed, under the old English law, by the supervisors. Me analyzed the laws under which the Pennsylvania State Highway Depart ment is organized and enumerated the duties of the various officials connect ed with the department. A consider able portion of his address dealt with the duties and powers of the bureau of township highways which is under his direct supervision. Mr. Hunter made the radical sug gestion that better results would be obtained if the board of township supervisors were to act solely as the executive or administrative body and were to appoint a superintendent for the road system to the township, liold- AMUSEMENTS I,nut day. I.nsky-Bclanco iii-mcnta "THE FIGHTING HOPE" feuturlnx the fnmoim emotional act reus, LAURA HOPE CREWS A drama of modern life thrills from Htart to flnlnb. Paramount. PARAMOUNT TRAVEL SERIES. FRIDAY—One Day Only, "THE BELOVED VAGABOND" A Pat lie Colored Gold Roontrr play, featuring EDWIN ARDEN AdmlnMloni Adullx. I for his money a man with whom she , later falls in love. i But in "The Best of Enemies" Joe • Weber and Lew Fields play all kinds 1 of practical jokes on each other. Their I experiences begin with their entry as f guests in a fashionable countr" house • where they quarrel over Mae Busch. Fields gets the best of Weber and • kicks him away, whenever he tries to ! get in the game. Joe plays a dark revenge. He noti ' ties the police that if he disappears lie t has been killed by Lew. He leaves his i clothes by a pond to confirm the Infor mation. Lew is arrested and after a ■ comical trial is sentenced to be hanged, i Mae Busch smuggles a tile and a sheet • to Lew and he makes his escape. Joe is f I captured and is going to be hanged In s I the place of Lew. so that the Governor • I won't be disappointed. Then Lew i breaks into the room and the Governor ! pardons both of the comedians, to the 1 disappointment of the bloody execu tioner. Mack Swain. We all know Weber and Fields—'nuft sed. AT THE REGENT 1 The Regent Theater has exclusive • j showing of Paramount Pictures, which are produced in this city. The character played by Laura Hope Crews In "The Fighting Hope," which is shown for the last time at the Re gent to-day. Is that of Anna Granger, a good wife and mother, whose dlsso ■ lute husband commits a fraud at the ® | bank where he works and is condemned ' ! to pay the penalty of a jail sentence. 1 In the hope of proving his innocence - she goes to work, under an assumed >; name, for the president of the closed bank. ' On Friday "The Beloved Vagabond," • a Pathe Colored Gold Rooster play, fea • tilling Edwin Arden. "The Beloved 1 | Vagabond" is an adaptation of the hook 1 i by the same name from the pen of Wil ' I liam J. Ixjcke. • Paragot, a rising young architect, is 5 betrothed to Joanna. Her father needs s a large sum of money to pull him through a business difficulty. Paragot signs a contract with a rival to give Joanna up for two years, and gives her the money to save her father. Then, 1 in despair, he takes up the life of an f itinerant musician, ragged of clothes e and down at the heel. ling this man responsible for the ex | penditure of the road funds and the I condition of the highways and au thorizlng him to employ sufficient men J and teams to maintain the roads. He t expressed his belief that under this system the work of maintaining the roads would cost less money and the highways would be in much better condition tHe year around. DR. DOWNKS FOR PRESIDENT? Dr. Frederick E. Downes, city school superintendent, who has gone to Scranton to attend the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association is men . tioned as a candidate for president of , jthe superintendents' section. " i AMUSEMENTS. | ORPHEUM ■ TO-NIGHT, ONE TIME |, FRENCH MODELS With MONTE CARTER c I Special Feature !! cMZr JANSEN r j ' v * el/ \ i Bra iwIHiMyTII r { SI jgLg | >'cw Mho« (ihljiy liended Itv LIV.LI AN JMWHM/S ; Miniature Review Four other Keith features 1 Charles Chaplin In "Ilia Musical Career" I SEE THE NEW YEAR IN AT THE Vaudeville Carnival BcKlnnlnK at toi3o tomorrow night Reserved Scut* X'mv Selling Hegulnr show with added features Prizes for brst Charles Chaplin I'rlses for most artistic costume Prises for most eomleal costume Prises for best artistic dancer Prlr.es for heavleat woman In uadl enee I'rlzes for tallest man In audience Other prises for holders of lucky seats. I.angh the Xew Year In BRING YOUR OWN HORN WE FURNISH CONFETTI New Your mat I nee after Mummera' parade. EMMA DUNN, STAR OF "HER PRICE" AT THE ORPHEVM FRIDAY AND SATURDAY £o^ wm ' ;j illil Miss Emma Dunn, who will be seen in the leading role of Dottle M. Meaney's three-act drama, "Her Price," at the Orpheum to-morrow and Saturday night with Saturday matinee. MRS. MONTKI.LK SERIOUSLY I 1.1. Special to the Telegraph Wormleysburg, Dec. 30. While : proparing for a dinner for a family 1 reunion, Christmas, Mrs. Nora Mon- ' telle, 64 years old, became ill and is in : a serious condition. She is under the care of two physicians. Front street between Market and Locust street, where the aged lady resides, is closed to traffic on account of the noise. MRS. EI.CETTU REMIT Special to the Telegraph Camp Hill, Dec. 30.—Mrs. Elcettu Hempt, aged 79 years, died at the home of her son, Clarence Hempt. She was a resident of this place nearly 20 years. Funeral services will be held at her late home Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The Rev. IS. D. Weigle, pas tor of the local Trinity Lutheran Church, will officiate. MACHINIST BADLY INJURED Special to the Telegraph Quarryville, Pa., Dec. 30. David I Herr, a machinist, employed at the l Quarryville shoe factory, was badly in- I .lured when he was struck on the head by a piece of Iron, severing an artery. He was rendered unconscious and it was some time before the flow of blood could be stopped. ■ 1 • m AMUSEMENTS ORPHEUM TOMORROW AND \ R* Q1 1 SATURDAY NIGHTS J LJec. 61 and Jan. 1 Matinee New Year's Day Direct From Broad Street Theater, Philadelphia By Special Arrangement With Klaw & Erlanger OLIVER D. BAILEY PRESENTS "Her Price" By LOTTIE M. MENEY |J WITH EMMA DUNN v.. * Surrounded by An All-Star Cast, Including Earl Browne Amelia Gardner Gertrude Dallas John Stokes Pauline Duffield Henry Harmon A New Theatrical Era Is Inaugurated by the GIGANTIC REVOLVING STAGE Whole Scenes Changed Quick as a Flash I aat "^ n P ar ' ance °f the street 'Her Price' is a rip Laßl snorter."—LEDGEß. w I "Excellent acting and ingenious novelties."— " eek PRESS. " 'Her Price' is in seven scenes, and every one has the a sensational punch."—NOßTH AMERICAN. "Decidedly interesting, with many a thrill."— Phila- I RECORD. " 'Her Price' is one round of delight."—lN delnhia QUIRER "Kicks the classic unities to smithereens."—TEL r . . EGRAPH. LritlCS «y\ n intricate and thrilling pIay."—BULLETIN, n ... "Brilliant company; decidedly novel play."— Said! EVENING LEDGER. DDIPCO Matinee— 50f, #I.OO. TnluCC Evenings— 50<-, 75<:, SI.OO, $1.50. COLONIAL THE HOMK OK TRIANGLE FEATURES DESSIE BARRISCALE: JOB LEW WKBKR FIELDS THE GOLDEN CLAW .. Theßest ; fEnemjes .. Five-reel noeletj drama of n ] young woman who marrlen for 1 Two-reel Keyatone comedy bj wealth anil ponltlon. popular ntar*. 11a. m. to 11 p. in. Orclieatra and Organ. ELECT NEW OFFICERS | Enola, Dec. 30.—Washington Camp iNo. 680, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America elected the following offi cers to serve for the next six months, at their regular business meeting held In Blttier's hall, Enola, on Tuesday night: Past president, W. K. Burkhold er; President, C. F. Bowman; vice president, J. W. Relgel, master of forms, CI. C. Eshelman; conductor, Grant Heckert; guard, M. E. Blouse, recording secretary, C. Z. Dice; finan cial secretary, H. H. Mlnnick; treas urer, J. B. Troup; trustee, G. Heckert. AMUSEMENTS. VICTORIA 2,200 Comfortable Seats. TO-DAY ONLY ROBERT WARWICK In ••THE SINS OF SOCIETY" A powerful and thrilling; melo drama tilled with MenMatlonal and exeltlnfc IneldentM, taking hn lln tlieme the dangera of gambling In Moelety life. See (he wonderful rxplomlon on aa oeean liner. Tomorrow-— I "The Bondswoman." 1 AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS y gy- €&*& . : jf"' ' m OARAMOUNT PICTURES are I • / ; * produced by four of the highest p§s 1$ class manufacturers in the motion I|£ $| i picture industry— mM 1 Famous Players Film Co. Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. *|f The Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. I|l and Pallas Pictures. B§ Associated with these producers are lp such distinguished theatrical man agers as m David Belasco, Daniel Frohman, Oliver Morosco and others. MM These men have brought to the Jp Paramount Program their expert fc knowledge and skill as well as their 1:1 stars and popular plays. g|: Featured in Paramount Pictures are *§ pi such stars as Geraldine Farrar (by | arrangement with Morris Gest), Mary XM Pickford, John Barrymore, Marguerite I| Clark, Blanche Sweet, Pauline Jp Frederick, Blanche Ring, Charlotte 11 M Walker, Lou-Tellegen, Hazel Dawn, 1$ | Donald Brian, Victor Moore and other Mi | celebrated players. Ij§ Paramount Pictures have won the M hearty support of the best theatres m. throughout the United States showing Jp photoplays to the best people. II ;f If Paramount Pictures are not shown in your m? ::J town ask your favorite theatre to get them. V:-: Send for This Motion Picture Magazine Bend 10 cants for a three months' trial offer of Picture Wt:'::V. Progrraa. a magazine filled with etories, photos, questions gi and answers and articles bv and about your favorite Motion v J Picture players. Address your letter to Department C 11. Li WM. j EIGHTY riVK <*/ FIFTH V . ' AVENUt ' NEW YORK.N.Y. W&"\ Regent Theater Paramount Pictures in City BASKETBALL CHESTNUT STREET AUDITORIUM GAMES START AT 8.00 P. M. To-night New Year's Night, January 1 READING ST. ELIZABETH Ea»tern lifiKiw of Philadelphia ra. v». Harrisburg Independents Harrisburg Independents DANCING BETWEEN HALVES AND AFTER GAMES. MISS SAHA LEMER'S SOCIETY STRING ORCHESTRA. ADMISSION 25 CENTS Try Telegraph Want Ads 11