VINCOME FIVE TO PLAY LOCAL INDEPENDENTS-DOINGS IN AMUSEMENT WORLD
VINCOME CHAMPS
HERE SATURDAY
Independents Expect Hard
Game; Locals Ha . c Had
Bnsv Week
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The Vlncome team, of Philadelphia,
will be the attraction in Chestnut
Street Auditorium Saturday night. One
of the best games of the season is
looked for. Tho Vlncome team won
the independent championship of
Philadelphia and defeated the locals
earlier in the season.
The big improvement in the team
work and passing in the Trenton game
■was a pleasing feature to the local
fans and with two games on foreign
floors this week the locals will be in
the best of condition for a hard battle
Saturday night.
Plan for Next Season
The Independent Basketball Asso
riation is making plans for next season
find In the three remaining games
eome of the best players of the local
city league will work out with the
Independents. Another big feature
that is talked of is the placing of a
cage in the auditorium.
To-morrow night tho Independents
■will line up against the crack Motive
Power Athletic Association live of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. The game will
lie played on the association gym
nasium floor. Seventh and Reily
ptreets. Play will start at 8 o'clock
end Mike Yoder will referee.
HREXXEMAN* ISSUES CIIAMiEXGE
"Izy" Hoffman, Philadelphia, pres
ent holder of the State livebird cham
pionship, has received a challenge
from Joseph Brcnncman, president of
the Eancaste> Gun Club, to a match
for the title. Hoffman has accepted
the challenge and a twenty-five bird
shoot will be held in the Quaker City
on April 5, 6 or 7, the date to be set
by Brenneman. David Paul. Phila
delphia, has challenged the winner of
the event. Hoffman won the title
from C. E. Mummer, Marietta, sev
eral weeks ago after the latter had
v on it at the big meet here in Febru
ary.
RIFLE CLUB MEETING
A special session of the Harrisburg
Jtitle Club has been called by order of
the president for the puprose of dis
cussing and adopting by-laws of the
organization. The meeting will be held
on Monday evening, April 2, at 8
o'clock, on the third lloor of th©
"Wyeth Building, corner Market and
Court streets. Notices have been sent
to all members by the secretary, w. R.
Eutz.
The average man's ideas
of motor car satisfaction
change when he owns his first
What before was unusual is jjj
now commonplace—and the day
in-and-day-out service of your new
Cadillac seems truly remarkable
if you were once accustomed to
an ordinary car.
CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO.
311-815 S. Cameron Street
HARRISBURG, PA. ___£j
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oven burners are not working properly and it
might mean a vexatious delay until the re
pair man arrives.
We would like to avoid this possibility, so
please try the oven burners of your gas range
today. Are they all right? Do the top burn
ers burn clear and strong? Is the gas water
heater working properly? Is anything
wrong?
Telephone or write and our ''good service"
man will call and make the adjustment free
of charge. If new parts arc required they
will be furnished at regular retail prices. We
are glad to do it for you.
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THURSDAY EVENING,
JACOBY'S MIRACLE
SHOT WINS DAY
Atlanta, Gu., March 29. One of
those once-in-a-lifetime shots, play
ed by Louis Jacoby, of New Orleans,
the golfer who beat Jerome D. Tra
vers recently, ended the carer of Bobby
Jones, Atlanta's boy wonder, in the
invitation tournament at th Druid
Hills Golf Club yesterday aftternoon.
Jacoby and Jones were playing the
home hole, with the match all square,
when the former hooked his second
into the woods. A moment later
Bobby played his third to the green,
tlio ball stopping about fifteen or
eighteen feet from tho pin and Jaco
by's prospects looked pretty slim.
Taking his mushie, the New Orleans
golfer sized the situation carefully.
GREYSTOCKS ARE
AGAIN CHAMPIONS
Philadelphia, Pa., March 29. ln
ono of tho most thrilling games ever
played in the Kastern Basketball
League, Greystock won the champion
ship in the play-off with Jasper last
night at the Camden Armory, winning
23 to 21.
The Jewels made a gallant stand,
especially in the last half, but the
Greys' early lead, accumulated in the
iirst half, won for them.
At the conclusion of thff first half
the churchmen were leading, 10.40 5,
but the Kensingtonians rallied won
derfully in the second half and took
the load at 14-13, but were unable to
keep up their superhuman pace, and
the Greys who still had a little in re
serve, won out. The summary:
PI, A X PATRIOTIC DEMOXSTRATIOX
By Associated Press
New York. March 29.—Telegrams to
the governors of forty-two states ask- |
ing them to take the initiative in or
ganizing a series of preparedness mass
meetings throughout the country were
sent from here last night by the Amer
ican Defense Society and the National
Security League.
LEONARD WITH RED SOX
Boston, March 29.: —Hubert "Dutch"
Leonard, the crack left-handed pitcher
of the Boston Americans, agreed to
terms with President H. H. Frazee to
day. according to advices received here
from Memphis, Tenn. The terms were
not announced, but it has been under
stood that Leonard was offered $5,000.
There was a gap in the trees just
ahead of him that ho could got the
ball through if he played a perfect
shot. A perfect shot it was, for it
landed on the green and stopped only
two feet from the pin. That shot
changed the whole situation so sud
denly that the big gallery hardly real
ized what had happened. Bobby tried
hard to hole his long downhill putt,
but it was an almost hopeless chance.
His ball rolled by the cup and when
he missed coming back Jacoby did not
even have to try his easy one, the re
sult ©# the great shot from among
the trees.
It was a bad day for the northern
golfer, and when all was over, not
one of them was left In the running.
GREYSTOCK
Fd.G. FI.G. A. Pts.
Fogarty, f. 1 15 2 17
Sugarman, f 1 0 1 2
Lawrence, c 1 0 0 2
McWilliams, g. . . 0 0 1 0
Cross, g 1 0 0 2
Totals 4 15 4 23
JASPER
Fd.G. FI.G. A. Pts.
Hough, f 0 15 2 15
Sedran, f 0 0 1 0
Kerr, c 1 0 0 2
Fox, g. . . 0 0 0 0
Friedman, g 2 0 1 4
t Totals 3 15 4 21
Fouls committed Greystock, 25:
Jasper, 2. Referee Kelly. Time of
halves—2o minutes.
Prominent Athletes
to Become Aviators
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♦♦HALO UIPPIWCOTT
Many prominent athletes have sig
nified their desire to enlist in the
United States aviation corps for pos
sible war with Germany. Donald Lip
plncott, former Penn track star, has
offered his services to his country, as
has James E. ("Ted") Meredith,
holder of the world's quarter and halt
mile running records.
INDEPENDENTS I.OSE
With two regulars out of the game
last night the Harrisburg Independents
dropped a one-sided content to the
York Butcher Ave, at York. The final
score was 24 to 9. The local tossers
were held to a lone goal from the field.
All of the White Rose tossers figured
in the scoring.
940,000 IX JEWRI.S GONE
By Associated Press
Pasadena, Calif., March 29.—The
theft of jewels valued by William
Wrigley, Jr., Chicago manufacturer, at
about $40,000, was reported to-day by
him to the police here.
Heir to $30,000, He
Embezzleis $3,000
Eos Angeles, Cal., March 29.
Thomas Wilson, alies Thomas Hay,
38 years old, was arrested here on a
warrant charging him with embez
zling $3,000 from a Chicago publish
ing house.
Wilson worked for the Chicago firm
as bookkeeper, he told the detectives.
He said he had an estate of $30,000,
but as It was tied up in the Eastern
courts he needed funds Immediately,
so, the officers declare he said, ho Jug
gled the accounts of his employers.
Your eyes ore worthy of tha
attention you can give them. Del.
■lnfer glasses can be had as low
aa $2.
Optometrists
Op p. Orpheum Theater
Ryes Examined do Drops
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Captain Philip J. Martin
Helps in Many Victories;
Season Is Near the Finish
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PHILIP J. MARTIN
Captain Philip J. Martin has been
much in evidence in piloting his team
successfully through the 1916-17 series
of the P. O. S. of A. Quoit League
of lower Dauphin county. It has held
the lead since the beginning of the
race and has the pennant cinched
unless the impossible should happen.
Captain Martin's good judgment help
ed in a great degree to shut out the
York boys on their own floor last
Thursday evening when the quoit
team representing Washington Camp
P. O. S. of A., accompanied by
25 rooters, journeyed to York and
defeated the team of Camp 309 of
that place by the score of 7 to 0.
Charles A. Martin and George Mun- j
dorff both pitched a wonderful game
for the Harrisburg boys.
Refreshments were served after the
game and speeches were made by the
captains of both teams and others.
All camps of York were represented
at this meeting. In January the York
boys lost the series played In this
city, by the score of 5 to 2. Camp
700 of Lancaster is now after a series
of games with the Camp 8 team.
SCHOOL NOTES
CENTRAL
The Junior class election was held in
chapel late this afternoon. Following
the election the class picture was
taken in front of the building.
Leslie Minnich entertained the H. A.
society last evening at his home, 431
Crescent street. The following mem
bers enjoyed music and refreshments:
Marlin Geiger, Harold Kckert, George
Spangler, Paul Selsam, Edward Hilton,
Thomas Senseman, Ben Wolfe, Wilbur
Dimm, Allison Skinner, William
Rodgers, Kenneth Wingeard, Clem
Kelly, James Daugherty, Harold
Martz, Wilbcr Ober, Harry Good,
Clyde Hocker, Stuart Wagner, Charles
Mutzabaugh and Charles Wagner. At
1612 Reily street, Tuesday evening,
April 3, the Philonian Debating So
ciety will meet with Dwight Gregory.
SOCTH AMERICAN YEAR BOOK
As a result of the war, the "South
American Year Book," the standard
reference work on South America, is
hereafter to be edited and published
in the United States by the Americas
Publishing and Printing Corporation,
with offices in the Evening Post build
ing, 20 Vesey Street, New York City.
Heretofore this work has been pub
lished by The Louis Cassier Company,
Ltd., of London, whose publications,
especially in the engineering field,
have had for many years a large sale
in this country. Jt is the intention of
the new owners to increase the value
of the Year Book for the people of this
country by editing it front an Ameri
can standpoint. In furtherance of this
idea, special attention will be given to
information helpful to the extension
of American commercial and financial
interests in South America.
The 1917 edition, which will appear
In September, will contain the latest
obtainable information pertaining to
the industrial, commercial, agricul
tural, financial, and political develop
ment of every South American coun
try, as well as historical and geograph
ical data. Latest reports of South
American railroads, industrial, and
public utility companies, and especial
ly those whose securities have a mar
ket in this country, will be given.
There is to be published with the
book and inserted in a special cover
packet, the most complete map of
South America now printed. This map,
which is 30x40 inches in size, in full
color, lias been compiled by Alexander
Gross, F. R. G. S., from the most ac
curate government material.
WAGE INCREASED FOR 30,000
Youngstown, 0., March 29.—More
than 30,000 puddlers and sheet mill
workers will receive wage increases
within the next two months as a re
sult of tne examination of bar Iron
sale sheets by the Western Bar Iron
Association. Sales were on a $2.35
card, entitling puddlers to $11.30 a
ton, the highest wages paid in the
history of the iron industry. The in
crease Is $1 a ton.
Bar mill workers will receive an
increase of about ten per cent, over
existing rates. Sheet and ttnplat
workers will ulso be given an increase.
TYPHI S KILLS 80 BELGIANS
Amsterdam. March 2 9.—The I-.es
Nouvellesvelles of Maastricht learns
that distress in Belgium has Increased
so greatly thant an epidemic of typhus
has broken out.
In the commune of Bree, province
of Limbourg. alone eighty deaths In
the population of 4,000 have occurred
In the last two months, the newspa
per adds.'
AMUSEMENTS
HAMLET LIVES
AGAIN--MANTELL
Shakespeare's Most Quoted
Tragedy Feasted Upon by
Enthusiastic Audience
The eminent, critic, the careful stu
dent, the casual reader, yea, even the
few who found their way into the Or
pheum Theater last evening expecting
to see a musical comedy, all witnessed
a mind-feast on the never-too-oft
repeated tragedy of "Hamlet." Hobert
Mantell, the distinguished, although
fast ageing interpreter of Shake
spearean roles, was in rare voice, and
his refined cast, obviously wrapped up
in their work, rounded out with credit
the setting for the display of the
"Melancholy Dane's" talents.
It was a rare treat. Perhaps the
more discriminating adhere to Mans
field, or Sothern, but few there are
who did not rest content with Mantell's
presentation of the gloomy heir to the
Danish throne. What matter if the
critics still argue that Hamlet was
really not insane at all: what matter
if the mad Ophelia sang not accord
ing to rote—Shakespeare lived again
last evening in the most tragic of his
tragedies and an enthusiastic audience
bore testimony to his reincarnation.
The powerful, all-pervading voice of
Mr. Mantell had Its counterpart in the
rich, sweet tones of the girl Ophelia,
played as it is seldom played by Miss
Genevieve Hamper, who has in the
past few years gained an enviable
reputation as a participator in Man
tell's repertoire. The mad scene was
unrivaled; the two scenes In which the
apparition of the king of Denmark
walks and talks with its erstwhile son;
the classic soliloqtiys that every school
boy and girl knows by heart; Jhe scene
in the graveyard, and finally the
wholesale destruction in the last scene;
by this and much more was vividly
reproduced the story of Hamlet and
the memory of his devotees freshened
in an,entirely satisfactory manner.
The work of Miss Hamper as
Ophelia, Fritz Lieber as Laertes, her
brother, Albert Barrett as the ghost,
John Wray as the grave-digger, Frank
Peters as Polonius, and Miss Genevieve
Reynolds as the faithless queen, was
especially noteworthy.
MAX ROBERTSON.
ORPHEUM Friday evening David
Belasco presents "Seven Chances."
Saturday, ftiatinee and night, March
31—The Messrs. Shubert offer "The
Blue Paradise."
MAJESTIC —Vaudeville.
COLONIAL.—"Arsene Lupin."
REGENT—"His Sweetheart."
Following its half-year run in New
York, David Belasco will present his
new comedy success,
"SeTcn "Seven Chances," at the
Chanees'' Orplieum Theater to-mor
row night, with the origi
nal Belasco Theater production and
cast intact.
"Seven Chances" is a thoroughly hu
man comedy that Rppcals to all classes
of theatergoers. Its corned'- is bright",
clean and wholesome and laughter per
vades the entire action iroin beginning
to end.
Written by Roi Cooper Megrue, au
thor of "Under Cover" and "Under
Fire," and co-author of "It Pays to Ad
vertise," the story concerns a continued
young bachelor and woman-hater, who,
by the terms of his grandfather's will,
rtnds himself obliged to choose a wife
within twenty-four hours, or else for
feit a large fortune.
Seven eligible girls are invited to a
party especially arranged for the occa
sion, and after dinner the young man
proposes to them all. He is refused by
each for a different reason and is al
most on the verge-of losing the money,
when he and a girl, with whom he has
fallen in love and who refused his
previous offer of marriage because it
was a business proposition, find hap
piness together.
Judging from the large number of
tickets that have already been bought
for the forthcoming en
"Tlie Blue gagenient of "The Blue
I'nradlne" Paradise," which the
Messrs. Shubert will pre
sent at the. Orpheum, Saturday, mati
nee and night, this newest and most
melodious of Viennese operettas is in
for a prosperous local presentation.
The glowing reports carried home by
the hundreds of thousands of out-of
town visitors who saw "The Blue Para
dise" in the metropolis, have caused
the fame of this delightful operetta to
spread to all parts of the. country and
to insure large audiences in every place
it is presented. In the cait the Messrs.
Shubert have provided Paul Nich
olson, Miss Norton, Charles Bowers,
•Juliette Ijantre, Gustav Bad. Gypsy
Pale, Charles Derickson. Robert Lee
Allen and other players of equal promi
nence. There Is a laige chorus of sing
ing and dancing beauties from Broad
way.
One of the attractive features on the
Majestlc's new bill the last half of this
week is the Melody Six, a
The sextet of charming young
Mn.festle'* girls who will present, for
New Bill local approval, one of vau
deville's best musical of
ferings. It is said that each girl pos
sesses an abundance of talent, and they
present a prpgram of vocal and instru
mental numbers that cannot fail to
nlease. John and Mae Burke, in a
laughable comedy skit. "How Patsy
Went to War." are an added attraction
on the bill. Rounding out the vaude
ville list are: Madison and Winchester,
In a novel song and dance turn; the
Oklahoma Four, introducing some ex
cellent dancing, singing and comedy,
and Johnson Brothers and Johnson, in
a comedy blackface act.
In all the annals of stage ami screen,
ithere is no star who has vvon distinc
tion in the portrayal
George Beliuii at of a racial type in
Itcxcut To-day ciuite the degree that
George Beban iias
as an interpreter of the Italian. "His
Sweetheart" is a tender, quaint, pu
thetic photo-drama showing the real
heart and soul of the Italian, with the
added interest of American environment
i Vive Excellent Vaudeville i
Acta Headed by
| John and Mae Burke in 1
How Patsy Went
to War
I Royal and National J
Theaters
SHOWING TO-DAY
Brady-madr feature In Ave parts I
1 FEATURING I
ROBERTWARWICKj
"The Man Who Forgot"!
MARCH 29, 1917,
and a strong story of politics and love.
This production will he shown at the
Regent Theater for the last time to
day.
Marguerite Clark will be presented
to-morrow only in a return engagement
or that screamingly funny farce, "Miss
George Washington," in which the lit
tle star plays the part of a girl who
cannot tell the truth, but who is re
puted never to have told a lio in her
life. It is one of the cleverest roles in
which she has appeared. The funny
part of it was that she had such a pious
and innocent expression on her pretty
fane that she completely fooled every
body except her Immediate friends.
A gripping detective story with many
delightful love situations Is "Arsene
Eupin," the powerful six-part
At the Vitagraph play, featuring
Colonial Karle Williams, that Is show
ing at the Colonial Theater
for the last times to-day. From the
very first scene until the laßt you will
be held in its grip by the clever, mys
terious situations, and will be pleased
more than ever with Karle Williams.
Charles Murray, the funny Keystone
star, will bo on the same program In
a screaming funny two-part Keystone
comedy, "Maggie's First False Step."
Friday and Saturday. Dorothy Dal ton
and Charles Ray will bo the attraction
in a splendid Triangle feature, "Back
of the .Man," the story of a girl who as
sists a man to success, only to be cast
aside in the end that he can further
his ambitions. Francis X. Bushman
| and Beverly Bayne will be the added
; attraction of the program. Fridav only,
lin the eighth episode of "The Great
I Secret," called "A Clue From Klon
dike."
Settlement of Matter Case
Practically Closes Up
Capitol Park Controversies
There has been considerable interest
in legal circles over the decision of the
Supreme Court in the matter of the
appeal of H. Homer Matter, of this
city, from the decision of the Dauphin
County Court In the matter of the
award of the Capitol Park Extension
Commission in the matter of the prop
erty on Fourth street. It was the one
case which has been fought over for
several months and practically closed
up the legal controversies over the
Capitol Park properties. The Supreme
Court's opinion, which was filed last
Friday, Is as follows:
"Tills appeal ought to be quashed
j for flagrant disregard of our rules re-
I lating to the statement of questions
i involved and assignments of error, but
that there may be an end to the liti
gation the judgment is affirmed on the
opinion of the learned court below, in
pursuance of which it was entered."
AMUSEMENTS
p..,. ..... .
jREGENT THEATER!
• Tn-ilnv
• CKOnE 111-:ll\\ In
• "HIS SWEETHEART"
• Added Attraction—Frank Daniels!
I in "Captain -link's Alibi" and Hughiel
• Mack in "Cops and Cussedness." I
j To-morrow Only i
• Return KiißuKenient, by Request i
! MARGUERITE Cl,Alllv i
1* —ln I
"MISS GEORGE WASHINGTON" i
The Story of a Girl Who Could Not*
Toll the Truth. i
f Coming Pauline Frederick in I
| "Sapho." 1
ORPHEUM
TG-DAY ALIGHT To-morrow Night Only
r pj.| A HKI.ASCO SUCCESS
DAVID BELASCO
TEMPTERS
tAt t A "P" s even Chances
II Hy ROI COOPER JIKGRI'R
AXD T.IK SPEEDIEST Orll„I C.. and Production
CHOltl'S I.V 111 ItI.KSIU E SEATS—2Sc to $2.00.
SATURDAY L" &SS MAR. 31
SEATS TO-DAY
THE MESSRS. Sll ( DIIKT OFFER
The l'liciiomcually, JU.VOUN Tuneful Operetta
The Blue Paradise
MV 'l'llE AUTHOR OK '-THE MIOHHY WIDOW"
Youth, Hrauty. Slrlody. llrrrlincnt, t'hnriu, II nil Jov
< 111 I.V GALAXY OK GORGEOUSLY GOWNED BEAUTIES
She's a Stage General Now;
But Ready to Be a Regular
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Majestic Theater Come-
The orilor i niiii s from General f '
Mae lturke, commander-in-chief '! > - ■ V
of the tiny army of John and Mae
Gloom during u three-day engage- SK '
But when she gave the above f
command, General Mae was not fwW&.\. -<-f'
posing In front of the footlights. _ \ V
She was in her dressing room, > ISBflflpH •'% '•
talking seriously about the duty of >p •"* v
American women in the crifeis at
"I am general on the '' :§
stage," said Miss Burke, "but I j§
could be n real commander in ac
tual service too, and fill the job f|^
O. K. And I would tackle the task ffe
in a minute if I had the chance. .1. 'wfj
American women are loyal and ~4j£ #
they're ready to help when o*fa- *wfi> M ||j
sion requires. You read how'worn- | ' 5 -v
en In the European countries now lli
at war are working in shops and
ploughing the fields while their jUriji,- til
husbands are fighting the battles.,, -V fg
If this country gets Into the thick t; tjHI _ P
of fight you will find the women
going their cous'.ns across tho At- 1 /'■' M
lantic one better—they will shoul- $ . K J„
der arms and go Into the fray with S
the men. If you doubt it, you can ■ 3B
tf*ll vour Uncle Samuel that Gener
al Mae Burke Is ready to enlist as '*
■oon as ULC call comes."
Woman Pulls House
For Husband; Likes It
V'.ukeegan, 111., March 29.—When
Fred Johnson, of this city, wanted to
move a house, Mrs. Johnson and a
hired man became the motive power.
The house was moved several blocks
In three days' time.
"Why, I wanted to do it," said Mrs.
Johnson, none the worse for her ex
perience, when authorities Investi
gated. "For years I have eben making
concrete blocks with which my hus
band has just completed a house."
VISITING OX WAY HOME
.T. Horace Nitnemaker, a student at
Colgate College. Hamilton, N. Y„ is
visiting in Albany, Columbia, New
York City and Philadelphia en route
to his home to spend the Easter va
cation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
John Nunemaker, of 332 M Crescent
street.
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AMUSEMENTS
s I.nt Times To-day
I EARLE
WILLIAMSI
t m to o
• I ln " * Bnurnph
Special feature,,
idHlka
j "Arsene Lupin"
' Thentory of the regeneration of
| master criminal through love.
i Added attraction, Charlea Murray ~
• ln
I 'Maggie's First False Step'
t A Screaming Two-Reel Keystone
j Comedy.
Friday nud Saturday
•J J
i Dorothy Dalton and Chas.j
Ray in
"Back of the Man" I
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Added Attraction Friday, j
I Francis X. Bushman and j
Beverly Bayne in
i"A Clue From Klondike":
• Eighth Episode of
j"THE GREAT SECRET":
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