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STATE TOSSERS
HERE SATURDAY
Wilkes-Barre Five Will Play
Independents; Locals Lose
to Lancaster, 68-18
Wilkes-Barre State League tossers
•will be the attraction at Chestnut
Street Auditorium Saturday night,
when they will play the Independents
team. The local five will practice to
morrow afternoon in preparation for
the game, as it is one of the hardest
on the season's schedule. The Wilkes-
Barre team is tie for first place with
Carbondale in the State League.
Last night with two regular play
ers out of the line-up the Independents
lost to the Lancaster Professionals,
68 to 18. The summary:
INDEPENDENTS
Fd.G. FI.G. Totals
Crane, forward 1 0 2
McCord, forward .... 2 4 8
Gerdes, center 2 0 4
G. Ford, guard 1 0 2
Colestock, guard 1 0 2
Totals 7 4 18
LANCASTER
Fd.G. FI.G. Totals
Evans, forward 6 0 12
Buckius, forward .... 0 0 0
Hoover, forward 8 0 16
Ranck, center 4 12 20
Butler, guard 3 0 6
Shaub, guard 7 0 14
Totals 28 12 68
Fouls called on Harrisburg, 18; on
Lancaster, 20. Referee. Deal.
Bowlers Kept Busy;
Lively Duckpin Games
Casino Tcnpin League
Electrics 2 595
Rovers 2438
Montgomery (Electrics) 214
Berkmeyer (Rovers) 595
Casino Duckpin League
Readings 1343
Audlons 1285
Kozel (Readings) 123
Kozel (Readings) 295
Allison llill league
Wolves 2206
Rabbits 2181
Stringer (Rabbits) 190
Stringer (Rabbits) 517
Academy Duckpin
Officers 1555
New Ideas 1518
Harmon (Officers) 149
Harmon (Officers) 386
F.nola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.
Emeralds 1423
Sapphires 1385
Snyder (Sapphires) 191
Fardney (Emeralds) 517
Solvay League
Team No. 1 2091
Team No. 3 1774
Butcher (No. 1) 193
Schriver (No. 1) 450
M i socllaiieous
(Fickes alleys.)
Academy Stars 2372
Lemoyne 2243
Speaker (Academy) 205
Speaker (Academy) 571
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
Casino Duckpin League
Won. Lost. P. C.
Majesties 7 2 .777
Strollers 5 4 .55 5
Pennsys 6 6 .500
Audions 4 5 .444
Nobies • 4 5 .4 4 4
Readings 4 8 .333
Allison Hill League
Won. Lost. P. C.
Wolves 1 4 .733
Lions S 4 .666
Rabbits 9 6 .600
Cubs 6 9 .400
Tigers 4 8 .733
Leopards '. 4 1 .266
Academy Duckpin League
Won. Lost. P. C.
Officers 22 11 .667
Barbers 18 12 .600
Bakers 14 13 .520
Bitters 17 11 .515
Factors 10 20 .333
New Ideas 9 18 .333
Schedule for Friday Bakers vs.
Barbers.
Enola P. R. R. V. M. C. A.
Won. Lost. P. C.
Emeralds 6 3 .667
Rubies , . . 5 4 .555
Sapphires 4 5 .445
Diamonds 3 0 .333
Solvay League
Won. Lost. P. C,
Team No. 1 12 6 .667
Team No. 4 9 6 .600
Team No. 2 5 7 .417
Team No. 3, 4 1 .267
Schedule for Friday evening. De
cember B—Team No. 1 vs. Team No. 2.
CENTRAL GIRLS HAVE FIVE
VARSITY PLAYERS IX SQL*AD
Five members of last season's var
•ity squad of the girls' basketball
team at the Central High School will
be among the candidates for the five
this year. The members who will re
turn are Helen Rote, captain; Bertha
Mumma. Ruth Richards. Susan Hep
ford and Helen Smith. Practice will
be held on Tuesday and on Friday each
week. "Ike" McCord will coach the
team again. Games are being ar
ranged with girls' teams from Cham
bersburg High, Lebanon Valley College,
Williamsport, Hanover and Tyrone
high schools.
Bringing (Jp FCither (jj) Copyright, 1916, International News Service ||| gy McMdnilS
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K^ PHIW " ' 5
THURSDAY EVENING,
Academy Five to Open
Season With York Team
Harrisburg Academy basketball
players will start practice in a day or
two to prepare for the opening game
of the season against the York County
Academy.
The season schedule as announced by
Manager Shreiner includes two games
with Central High and two games with j
Technical High School fives. Bruce is '
captain of the team this season, and !
Coach Schlichter with Froellch and j
Phillips of last year's team expects to
bu.ild up a fast combination. All home '
games will be played on the Cathedral I
floor. The schedule follows:
January 6. York County Academy at !
York; January 12, Central High School, 1
Chestnut Street Hall; January 20,
Mlnersville Normal School, away;'
January 26. Technical High School at |
home: February 2. Camp Hill at Camp j
Hill; February 10, York County Aca- j
demy at home; February 17, Camp j
Hill High School at home; February
23, Technical High School Armory j
floor: March 3. open: March 7, Cen- !
tral at home; March 10, F. and M. Aca
demy at home; March 17, Minersville
Normal School at home.
Tech High Tossers to
Open Season Tomorrow
Tech High School's basketball toss- |
ers will open their season to-morrow j
night, when they will play the Alumni j
in an annual contest. The graduates ;
will have a team on the floor that will 1
make the Maroon extend itself to the
limit.
"Pa" Tittle is in charge of the
Alumni squad and will place 011 the
floor "Pete" Steward, "Dope" Trump
and Sourbier as forwards; the Kil
linger brothers will take care of the
defense, while Tittle himself will be at j
center. If Tech can take the measure
of these players,, there can be no:
doubt of their being assured of a sue- I
cessful season. Ira Arthurs will likely |
handle the indicator during the game. 1
Those who are likely to break Into
the game for-Tech are Harris. McFar- |
land. Ebner, Holland. H. Miller and |
Lloyd; at center. Walker and Crist |
look promising. "Muzz" Miller, "Bud"
Bell. Pollock and Davies have been j
playing strong games. While all of j
these players may not get the oppor
tunity to play against the Alumni, the j
competition among them is keen.
Bits From Sportland
—Richard Robinson. Central High j
Freshman, won the Boys' singles in 1
the school tennis tourney, defeating I
Seymour Nlssley. 12-10, 10-8.
—Moorhead Knitting tossers won
from the Uptown All-Stars 37 to 26. j
—A call has been made for candidates j
for the Middletown High basketball 1
team.
—The P. R. R. Apprentice eleven won |
seven and lost one game this year. The |
Apprentices scored 129 points and their j
opponents 25.
—Principal H. G. Dibble of Central i
High School will announce the "H"
men to-night at the banquet to be given j
in honor of the football squad.
—Harold Fast, former Central High ;
athlete is looming up for a regular j
position as guard on the Penn State j
basketball team.
—Technical High School "T" men of
the 1916 football squad were announced
late to-day.
—College teams are electing cap- j
tains. A. L. Gates has been selected to
lead the Yale eleven next year; C. C. 1
Smith will head the Michigan team;
John Zian has been selected captain of
Albright's squad.
—A dispatch from Ann Arbor brings
prospects of a game between Michigan
and Princeton next year.
—Officers of the National Trotting i
Association said to-day that the plan to
revise rules of harness racing may not I
succeed.
Welly's Corner
Local schools are getting in shape for
their basketball games. Tech opens
to-morrow night: Academy <and Central l
In January. Steelton and Middletown I
fives are being organized and some
good games are expected.
Talk from Ann Arbor points to a
game between Princeton and Michigan
next year. Northwestern served notice
also, that it Is after eastern games for
the 1917 schedule.
Many stories are coming in from
deer camps in Mifflin and adjoining
counties. Some big bucks have been
bagged In the last few days.
Hershey and Eiizabethtown will have
teams in a bi-county league to be
organized to-night according to re
ports from Lancaster.
PLAN THIKU MAJOR LEAGUE
Chicago. Dec. 7.—A plan to form a
tliird major baseball league out of the
| International League and the American
| Association may be taken up at the an
|nual meeting of the club owners of
! the latter organization in Indianapolis
| to-morrow, according to the Herald to
, day.
I SHOOT FOUR-PRONGED BUCK
' Charter Oak, Pa., Dec. 7. Mem
bers of the Irving Hunting Club, lo
; cated at Charter Oak, Huntingdon
! county, shot a four-pronged buck.
[ Those in the party are David Cad
-1 walader, Harry Whltmoyef, B. F.
\ Langlotz, James Wallace and S. F!
| Mentzer, of Harrisburg; Mark Mum
ma, John P. Croll, T. J. Bittner, Nor
■ man Helf of Steelton, and Russell
! Ewing of Charter Oak.
URGE SWEEPING
RATE CHANGES
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Wants Methods of Es
tablishing Charges Altered
Washington, Dec. 7. The Inter-1
state Commerce Commission In Its j
annual report to-day to Congress rec- |
ommended a sweeping change in j
methods of establishing freight and
passenger rates so that shippers would J
not longer be compelled to show a.
proposed rate unreasonable or see it j
become effective. Carriers seeking to j
alter a rate would be compelled to j
show the change was reasonable.
The recommendation is "that by
statute Congress fix the interstate
rates, fares, charges, classifications,
rules and regulations existing at a
specific date, prior to that of enact-1
ment, as Just and reasonable for the
past and provide that no change there
in after that specified date may be
made except upon order of the com
mission; with provision that such
statute shall not affect the proceedings
pending at the time of enactment."
The purpose of the suggestion is
said to be mainly to correct flaws in
the present method by which an in
jured shipper seeks reparation for
payment of a higher rate than subse- |
quently is approved by the commis- 1
sion.
It was said, however, that the effect j
of such legislation would be radical!
upon methods of rate establishment. (
At present tariffs proposing rate
changes filed by the railroads become j
operative on a fixed date unless BUS- j
pended by the commission and shown I
011 hearing to be unreasonable, un
just or discriminatory. If existing rates j
are declared by statute to be just and
reasonable, it was pointed out, the
burden will be on those who wish to
change them.
The commission further recom
mends that unless the suggestion for
fixing existing rates by statute is fol
lowed, the law be changed to curtail
the present period of suspension and i
resuspension of a filed rate from 141
months to a year and that railroads,
be required to give sixty instead of the
present thirty days' notice of proposed \
rate changes.
It also asks for legislation to permit j
punishment of any attempt to Intimi
date witnesses before it or disorderly ,
conduct or contumacy by a witness. !
The physical valuation of railroads, |
the report declares, has gone far,
enough to predict that the same rate !
of progress in the future will see road j
and track surveys completed byi
January J, 1920.
Under investigation of accidents the 1
Commission savs the year has demon- 1
strated the imperative need of a re- j
vision of rules for the observance of 1
caution signal indications on lines,
where automatic block signals con
trol.
The recommendations made last I
year for an increase in the commis-1
sion's membership, for its control j
over railroad securities' issues, to in-!
sure access to the correspondence of:
carriers and to require use of steel j
passenger cars, are renewed.
Recommends Abandonment
of Present System of
Naming West Pointers
Dec. 7. Efficient,
military organization of the nation de- |
mands abandonment of the present j
system of selecting candidates for ad- I
mission to the Military Academy, Sec- j
retary Baker declares In his annual
report, made public to-day. Instead
of having the President and members j
of Congress designate students to take
the entrance examinations, the Secre- |
tary urges that preparatory schools be j
established by the government and
graduates of these institutions who
show the greatest fitness be further I
trained at West Point or Annapolis.
"It seems likely," Mr. Baker says. 1
"that schools of this sort would spread
the field of selection ideally over the
country and make tha cadets at West j
Point and midshipmen at Annapolis l
bodies of young men selected by a
demonstration of their special atti- 1
tude for the pursuit of military serv
-1 Ice." •
Mr. Baker calls attention to the fact |
that he did not take office until March j
| 9, 1916, suceeding General Scott who
was secretary-ad interim after the 1
: resignation of Secretary Garrison. He j
j reviews briefly the history of affairs]
! on the Mexican border beginning with :
the raid of Columbus. N. M., and
carrying it forward to November 20, •
the date of the report. On that day, 1
| he says, there are still 110,000 officers
; and men of the National Guard on the ,
j border in addition to approximately
I 48.000 members of the regular army.
Under the sub-heading "The pre -
] cnt situation," the report continues:
"The mere presence of this enlarged
j force has served to preserve peace
j and protect life and property. Dis
| turbances by outlaws and bandits in
Northern Mexico have continued and
1 roving bands of various members have
i moved through the territory, harrass
| ing Mexican forces and raiding Mex
j irun communities, but they have not
j ventured on attack upon the people of
the United States. In the meantime
j the militia forces on the border have
been drilled and their organizations
: perfected and their personnel accus
tomed to life in camp in the perform
ance of this defensive duty."
The report shows that on June 30.
' 1916, the authorized total strength of
'the regular army was 5,013 officers
J and 122,693 enlisted men. an increase
lof 184 officers and 25,445 men over
j the preceding year. The actual
strength on that date Vas 4,843 offi
cers and 97,013 enlisted men. or a net
gain during the year of 227 officers
and 1.248 m<yi.
Analyzing the National Defense Actj
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
the report finds that the maximum en
listed peace strength authorized Is
223,580, while the war strength would
reach a total of 298,000. The strength
of the National Guard contemplated
by the bill is fixed at 17,000 officers
and 4 40,000 men, but the report says
nothing as t#the prospect of enlisting
enough men to till up either service.
Public Lands Nearly All
Taken by Homesteaders
Washington, Dec. 7. Public lands
In the United States are being taken
up by homesteaders in rapidly In
creasing quantities as shown in the
annual report of Secretary of the
Interior l>ane made public to-day.
Twenty million acres were claimed by
private owners in the year ending with
June 30,„ as against seventeen mil
lions for each of the preceding two
years and a still smaller average for
previous years.
Of the two hundred and fifty mil
lion acres of public land still left in
the United States much is in the arid
region. The Reclamation Service
carried on construction work on 24
irrigation projects, completing ten
and adding 5,000 farms to territory
for which irrigation water is avail
able. Irrigation water is actually
going now to nearly 20,000 farms.
A section of the report dealing with
the pension office shows 709,572 names
on the pension rolls at the end of the
year, a decrease of 38,575 for twelve
months. Civil War soldiers on the
rolls numbered 362,277. Deaths of
Civil War soldiers during the year
numbered 34,252. The amount paid
for pensions for the year was $159,-
155,000- aginst $165,518,000 for the
previous year.
A patent office report gives the
number of applications for patents
during the year is 70.000. Forty-eight
thousand were granted.
Warn Against Threatened
Migration of Japs and
Chinese Here After War
Washington, Dec. 7. Warning
against a threatened migration of the
populations of Western Asia to the
United States is contained in the an
nual report of Commissioner General
Anthony Caininetti of the Imnrigra
tion Service, made public to-day. The
war and conditions immediately after
its close will stay the stream for a
time, but steps to head it off, must
be taken before transportation inter
ests begin to cull the field for their
business, the report says.
Immigration from the far Orient,
too, is a problem still unsolved, the
report sets forth. The systems here
tofore devised to deal with it do not
promise much improvement and ma
chinery for enforcement of the Chin
ese exclusion act is not adequate or
well adapted, it says. Arrangements
for the admission of Japanese, it is
declared, should be amended to fit
conditions better.
Smuggling of Chinese, the report
says, has been eombatted vigorously
with the result that amateur smug
gling has been stamped out to a large
degree. Higher prices that Chinese
are willing to pay therefore, it is said,
has attracted to the business an expert
class of criminals who use more 'scien
tific methods. A bigger appropria
tion is asked to meet the problem.
The war situation, the report says,
has presented many difficult legal and
administrative questions at seaports
and along the Canadian border.
Recommends Expansion
of Government's Public
Employment Service
Washington. Dec. 7. Expansion
of the government's public employ
ment service by creation of a separate
bureau of employment within the De
partment of Labor is the chief rec
ommendation of Secretary Wilson's
annual report made public to-day.
The work, it is declared, has out
grown the facilities of tlu- bureau of
immigration, from where it has been
directed. Beginning in a small way in
1907 it now covers the country
through the post office and other de
partments.
One feature of the employment
work emphasized in the report 'is the
Department of Labor's co-operation
with State and city public employ
ment work. The department's aim. "it
is declared, is to make the work "so
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tj §S Entire Week of Dec. It
| J mm Tickets Now on Sale
at following places: Bowman's
IB . AK m Dept. Store, Sigler's Music Store,
j^—liJjßg Golden Seal Drug Store, Harry's
K M Two Shows Daily—2.ls and 8.15
HWCHMS General Admission, 25c and 50c
extensive as to comprise the whole
country and to em
brace all Its, industries, yet so Inten
sive as to discover every opportunity
for work, however obscure, and to
reach with a helping hand every
wage-earner needing employment or
wanting better employment."
I The department's attitude towards
! strike-breaking is set forth In con
| nection with its public employment
| policy in these worsts:
"The Department of I,abor should
not make Itself a medium for conve>-
; ing information of demands for wage
earners where labor disputes are the
cause of the demand. That there Is
{ already a sufficient supply of labor
l there Is as true if It is unemployed
! on account of a dispute over terms
las If it were unemployed from lack
lof employment opportunities from
I the other causes."
Extension of the service Is urged to
i provide for the employment of the
aged. Modern it is de
clared, Condemns to the scrap heap
I too many able-bodied and active-
I brained men, whose only defect Is
their having passed an arbitrary age
limit.
Complete Divorcement of
Transportation Lines From
Production Is Wanted
Washington, Dec. 7. Complete
divorcement of transportation from
production by amending the com
modities clause of the Interstate Com
merce law; authority to sue corpora
tions wherever they transact business;
perfection of neutrality laws and ex
tension of the right of search war
rant in criminal cases are among the
recommendations of Attorney General
Gregory in his annual report to Con
j gress, made public to-day.
Employment for federal prisoners
! and 'an amendment to the criminal
I code to prohibit the false labeling of
' packages which contain arms and am
munition are among other recom
mendations. The last is to meet eva
sions of the embargo on arms to
Mexico.
The report says considerable pro
gress has been made in the govern
ment suits against the Southern Pacific
Railroad affecting title to oil lands.
The lands Involved in the litigation,
Mr. Gregory says aggregate over 150,-
: 000 acres said to be worth $500,-
; 000,000.
Enforcement of the white slave
j traflic law led to 494 indictments, 334
[convictions, 54 cases nolle prossed, 45
; acquittals and 400 cases still pending.
I Since the law was passed there have
! been 1537 convictions, sentences ag
! gregating 2,468 years and tines total
| lng $172,060. Legislation is urged to
I enable wives to testify against their
j husbands.
Despite country-wide investigation
of reported breaches ot neutrality and
other criminal acts arising from the
war, many of the cases were found to
have violated State rather than fed
eral laws. Most of the plots involved
difficulty in obtaining evidence. The
Mexican situation has led to 13 in
dictments, affecting (50 persons, of
whom 25 have been convicted.
"Mere plotting alone," says the re
port, "is not criminal. Planning or
preparation in this country of a mili
tary expedition designed to start
from a point outside this country
seems not to be forbidden by law
Hence many activities which produce
constant friction cannot at present
be reached."
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TO-DAY ONLY
LENORE ULRICH
In a thrlllluff drama,
THB INTRIGUE."
TO-MOHHOW AMI SATURDAY
JESSE F. liASKY prencutn
FA.\'MK WARD In the Columbia
Lniverxlty prle photoplay,
"WITCHfRAFT."
C'omlnK >1 on., Tuea., aud Wed.
The Seaon*M Ileal SenMatlon,
••PURITY,"
featuring AUDREY MUNSOtf, the
world'* faiiiouM artlnt** model.
Special AdinlHlon Price
10 A. M. till il P. M.
Loner Floor—Adults. 15cj Children,
lOo: llnl cony, 10c.
EvenliiK—AdultM, 25c; Children, 15c;
llnleony, 15c.
AlmlNMlon, AdulU, Kk'j Children, sc.
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DECEMBER 7, 1916.
IISUAI, HOI.II)AV CONCERT I
The Camp Hill Music Club announces I
Its annual Christmas concert. Tuesday j
evening, December 12, at 8 o'clock. In !
the Fire Company's Hall, Camp Hill.
All classes of members will be admitted
by membershlyp cAJ and a silver oftei
ingr will be taken.
c Mvv Arrow
JcrmJit COLLARS
are curve cut to fit the shoiMas
perfectly. 15" cents each, 6Jorq<y
CLUETT. PEA BODY &00; INCjUattrt ;
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To-day, To-morrow and □
U Saturday D i
ES Shown every two hours i
Ml beginning at 9.30 A. M. H
EB Last show 9.30 P. M. gg|
fcg ADMISSION
Ifflt First Floor 20c M
Bj Balcony 10c w
| Children 10c !
M EIIEHEQEIZ3 On
/ V
Royal & National
Theaters
SHOWING TO-DAY
Ilradye-mude Feature la 5 Porta,
featuring
Clara Kimball Young
la
"THE DARK SII.ENCE"
AdmlaaUni Adults 10o( Children Sc.
DOX'T MISS IT.
J V—— mmmmmmS
W mwm | SHOWS DAILY
AKSlssmlSAsse,
[WILMER & VINCENT VAUDEVILLfc
Hello! Honolulu!
A Die Olrl Act With a Rich Hawaiian Flavor anil That Means Sonffa,
Danrra, Mimic and Fun.
4 Other Standard Keith Vaudeville Features
1
I HUHH
Hi
Leopold Godowsky Miss Belle Story
The World's Greatest Pianist Prima Donna Soprano
The Two Great Artists Appear at the Orpheum Theater
To-morrow Evening as the Third Number of the
Orpheum Musical Course.
Reservations of Seats Are Now on Sale at the Box Office.
Prices, 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50 and $2.00.
Choice Seats in all Divisions Can Now Be Obtained.
Keystone Concert Course p?"
THIRD CONCERT OF COURSE. THURSDAY EVE., DEC. 14, 8 P. M.
Ethel Leginska I Paul Reimers
Tho Pndorowska of l.aly Pianists j America's Foremost IjCidor Tenor
Special Student Tickets. 75c for choice seats. Seats on sale at Sigler's
Music Store, 30 N. Second Street.
No Pianist before the public this season has been received with the
enthusiasm and unanimous praise which has attended Miss Leginska.
Her appearance at Carnegie Hall, New York, Dec. Ist, was the sensation
FRENCH IVORY
Hrosli, Mirror ami Comb SoW,
Mirrors, Brushes, Toilet Articles
GORGAS
10 N. Third St. Penna. Station
*- J
AMXJ SEMENTS
COLONIAL
LAST TIMES TO-DAY
Douglas
Fairbanks
with nil lilm "pep" and personality
in
"American Aristocracy"
A love story with a punch.
Added Attructloni
CIIANE WII.UEK
In
A NATION'S PERU,"
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
FRANK KEENAN
lu
"JIM GRIMSBY'S UOY"
I V
IORPHEU M
TO-INIC3MT
IIEIIII, KELLY A DAMSEL
announce
Pacemakers
Special Feature:
LA BERGERE
AND TIIE ALL-STAII CAST.
SAT. DEC. 9
A DRILIANT REVIVAL
The Prince
of Pilsen
PIXLEY A LIJDER'S FAMOUS
INTKitNATIONAL TRIUMPH.
Flr*t time here lit these prices:
MAT., 25c, 50c, 75c.
EVE., 25c to SI.OO.