ATHLETES ACTIVE AT HIGH SCHOOL AND HARRISBURG ACADEMY-AMUSEMENTS ATHLETES ACTIVE IN TRACK WORK Not Likely That Pcnn Relay Carnival Will Be Called Off; Tech Probabilities v > Until official word is received here, that the bite Pennsylvania Relay Race Carnival, at Philadelphia, set for Fri day and Saturday, April 27 and 28, will be called oft track athletes at Central, Tech and Steelton high schools will continue training for this event. Much has been said or written about whether the war situation will affect the event. Pennsylvania authorities have looked over the situation very carefully and they are nearly n unit in thinking that there wilL be no real reason for not holding the carnival as planned. Technical and Central High schools have sent relay teams to the Penn carnival for many years and have al ways made a good showing. Both schools will be represented by strong teams this season and expect to win the events in which they are entered. Coaches Working Squads Hard Coaches Hill and Peet, of the Tech nical High school, have had a large squad working daily since the begin ning of February and during the last week outside work has been started. The team is composed entirely of vet erans this year and is_fast developing. Captain Sutch, .EysTer, Demming, Oippey are the men who will no doubt represent Tech in the relay race and Hahnlon will be the fifth man. Coach Kunkle has been working his Central High school candidates hard for some time and expects to have a championship team this season. The squad has been doing gym work for several months and since the weather opened up has been out on the road daily. Twenty-Third Carnival This will be the twenty-third relay I race carnival held by the University of Pennsylvania and this year it will bring together the finest and most rep resentative host of college athletes ever to assemble on any field. All the larger colleges and universities in the United States will be repsented as will many of the smaller ones and this season's games promise to eclipse any of the previous brilliant ijieets that have made this event famous the ■world over. The greatest interest will center, a? J usual about the great relay champion- J ships, in which college and high school i teams will battle over the cinder rath for supremacy. This year there will be a real battle for suprefacy between the east and west for this event. Stars in Special Kvents V ! The special events will bring togeth- j er the highest class lot of athletes that have been in competition since the last * Olympic games in Stockholm, in 1912. j Simpson, of Missouri, world's re or, , —— : . . May 29. 30 A.M. May 31. June 1. 2. June 3, 4, 5. May 8. 9. 10. May 11, 12. 13. July 6. , 7. May 24.'28, 26. Uc . LIVP June 30. July I*4 P.M. July 11. 12. 13. July 14. 15. 16, ,l une jg. 19 . p. June 21, 22, 2S. Aug. 14. 15. 1- J U 'V 9, 10. 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A.M. and P.M. • SW SlMitu is '!!?!>:'}': SS; 21.&&&£ bept ' ' ' Sept. 3.'AIM. and P.M. Kfod, " B £x 5. H- u! $"9 £ V'" 7; it & \f % il'i it % H? " uiy23i - 4 m Daily " •' sept! 7. 8. 9'. i Sept " l - 2 • \ KNOX DECLARES U. S. MUST FIGHT Pennsylvania Senator Will Support President in the National Ci'isis Pittsburgh, April I.—ln a patriotic mass meeting Saturday of 10.000 citi zens in Exposition Music Hall, as cheer ing shook the rafters, Pittsburgh took its stand squarely for a declaration of war upon the German Empire. Senator Philander C. Knox made the principal address and told his fellow townsmen that the war America is go ing into is a war between democracy and autocracy. Senator Knox said: "I am well satisfied that pending the delivery by the President to Congress of his message of information and rec ommendation, it is not judicious for me to advocate any particular line of ac tion by him in a public meeting called to comment upon our duty as patriotic citizens in the present international situation. "By no wrongful act of our own we have been drawn to the rim of the vor tex of uar, that with whirlpool mad ness is wrecking the manhood, the re sources and the civilization of mighty nations. \ "Seemingly secure in the sanctions that the world has so long conceded to peaceful neutral nations, we have pur sued our avocations, conducted our commerce and besowed our charity with no thought of being embroiled in the differences of other peoples or restrain ed in the exercise of our undoubted neutral immunities. "But this was a fool's paradise, from which there has been a rude awaken ing. Our rights upon the high seas have been denied and defied. Our peo ple have been wantonly murdered in cold blood and our ships and our flag have been ignominiously effaced from the common highway of mankind. "Within less than two years seven teen American ships have been sunk on the high seas by the torpedoes, shells, or gunfire of German submarines. Be sides this, many foreign ships have met a similar fate, entailing a total loss of 225 American lives and the lives of twenty-four children born of foreign parents on American soil. "These facts, as I have said, place us to-day upon the rim of the vortex of war and we await with breathless expectancy the nation's decision. Whether we are to prosecute a merely de facto war of defense such as was employed against the French spoliators of our commerce in the early part of the last century; whether we shall seek to punish the aggressor and if so whether by an independent war or in full alliance with the enemies of Ger many; whether the means we employ shall be men and women or money or ships or all combined; whatever the precise measures may be of offense or defense that will soon be adopted, there is one thing about which there can be no doubt, we should speedily prepare, and the measure of that preparedness should be gauged by the maximum pos sibilities of the situation. "Believing, as I do. that the Presi dent's recommendation to the Congress will be that it should declare that the acts of Germany In attacking American ships and destroying American lives are acts of war. iti consequence of which we should either assume the de fensive attitude of armed neutrality, or that they constitute such a grave of fense against our rights that It de mands a war of aggression to redress the wrongs we have sustained, I intend to support him In either choice, but with the certainty that if he presently recommends the former that the latter must inevitably follow, and that our instant duty is to prepare for the larg er event." * More New Swimming Marks by Francis Cowells of West By Associated Press Oakland. Calif., April 2. Frances Cowells. San Francisco girl who ia the holder of many water records, set three American marks here yesterday In a 440-yard swimming race In a 25-yard tank. For the full distance Miss Cow ells broke her own record of six min utes and 69 seconds, cutting the time to 6:44 4-6; she made three hundred yards in 4:34, the best previous record being 4:43 4-5 made in New York by- Miss Clair® Oallaghen, and was caught at 200 yards at 2:55. also a new record. The races were sanctioned by the A. A. U. LITTLE GIRL'S BIRTHDAY Halifax, Pa., April 2.—Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Epler gave a birthday sur prise party at her home on Armstrong street Saturday evening in honor of their little daughter Helen's fifth birth day. Games and music and refresh ments were served to her many little friend* AMUSEMENTS "BLUE PARADISE" LACKED VOICES An Otherwise Good Production Spoiled by Lack of Singers Notably in Cast "The Blue Paradise," an operetta in a prologue and two acts Uy Edgar Smith, was the bill at the Orpheum Saturday, matinee and evening. The play had a pretty little plot, more in tense than the average plot which com prises the make-up of a musical com edy, and withal a welome relief from the impossible, hurriedly concluded plot with which most shows of the type arc drawn in whirlwind fashion to a close. And "The Blue Paradise" had music, strains of rare beauty and order, which, unfortunately, in manv instances, were almost lost through the inadequacy of singers with good voices. Noticeably was the lack of voice felt in the cast of principals, for in spots the chorus showed that it could rise to the occasion and really do good work. But, with a few instances the music received but poor consldera t'on from the company. The comedy, while not of a truly unusual nature, was clever and well done, although at times It was most suggestive and of a low order. Staging and costuming were mightily well caried out, two fea tures which had not a little to do with the entertainment the show provided. MAX ROBERTSON. ORPHEUM Coming, Saturday, April 14 Henry W. Savage offers "Have a Heart." MAJESTlC—Vaudeville. COLiONlAL—"Bridges Burned." REGENT—"The Wax Model." , At the Orpheum, on Saturday, April 14, the attraction extraordinary will be Henry W. Savage's sur "Have a passing success, "Have a Heart" Heart." the brilliant and tuneful musical comedv triumph that scored one of the biggest hits of recent years and enjoved a pros perous run at the Liberty Theater. New ork. The entire original company and production comes here direct from a prosperous engagement at the For rest Theater, Philadelphia, where ca pacity attendance marked every pre sentation of the piece from the opening performance. Not in many vears has a musical comedy offering scored such an instantaneous success or achieved so large a measure of critical and pooular approval as has been accorded "Have a Heart" by the theatrical reviewers and the playgoing public of New York and Philadelphia. This up-to-thr-min ute combination of brilliant humor, tuneful music and strikinglv original Plot and story is the Joint production of Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern, that distinguished trio of master musical play-makers who nave collaborated in the contriving of several of the most notable comedy successes of the past few years. The reigning feature of the Majes ties new bill the first half of the cur rent week is Tom Mlnatrrl Act Brown's Minstrels, an at Majestic aggregation of excel _ lent singers and come dians. During the course of the act they introduce some instrumental music played on various brass instru ments. An attraction of much interest on the same bill is Hugh Blaney, the well-known singer of popular songs, who became such a favorite with local vaudeville devotees during his engage ment here near the close of last sea son. Mr. Blaney will be on hand with a renertoire of new songs which he will sing in his usual delightful man ner. Completing the bill are Ed Far rell and Company, presenting a farce comedy skit entitled "Suspicious of Hubhv; the Vernons, in a comedy ven triloquial novelty. and Stone" and Hayes, rube character actors. A photoplay which brings out the piquancy and charm which have made ... }l' via, V Martin one of ivfnn Martin the most popular stars at the Resent on the screen, will be seen at the Regent to day and to-morrow when she appears In "The Wax Model." a thrilling drama of studio life. A young Englishman falls in love first with the wax figure and then with the original, but seeing her enjoving the gav Bohemian life which he does Yonr eyes are worthy of the beat attention yon can yl*e them. Del glasses can be had as low Optometrist* Ojip. Orpheum Theater Kftm Examined No Drops "ot understand, turns him against her. Ihe young Englishman is the first of her many admirers with whom she Is sincerely in love. She writes manv notes of explanation after he has lost faith in her, but they are returned un opened. How she saves his sister from the clutches of a married man, how her love leads her to abandon her pro fession and into poverty, and how the tangled threads are finally unraveled and she is restored to the man she loves, are brought about In an inter esting and gripping manner. Mme. Petrova, the peerless Metro star, will be the attraction at the Colo nial Theater to-day and Mme. Petrova to-morrow In a power at the Colonial ful story of love and adventure, "Bridges Burned." The scenes of the play are laid in Ireland and the heroine is a girl of advanced idpas, who falls in love with a young Englishman. After her lover leaves for England she finds her good name in danger unless there is a speedy marriage. This takes place, but a misunderstanding makes the girl leave her husband immediately follow ing the ceremony, but after a series of gripping situations they are again hap pily united. An all-star cast in a screaming two-reel Keystone comedy, called "Villa of the Movies," will be the added attraction of the program. AVed nesda.v, one day only, Lillian Walker in "Kittv MacK- a picturization of gladness. THE GENTLE ART OF NAGGING Have you ever lain awake in the middle of the night and listened to a dog howling hideously, with wailing reiteration of two long-drawn notes? Have you ever sought the quiet of your own apartment only to have your rest or attempt at concentration broken up by the incessant thud of one and the same tune on a neigh bor's piano? Either experience probably drove you almost crazy. And yet you. whoever you are, are capable of whining out the same old tune over and over again in the pro cess of begging for something you want or protesting against something you don't want! The nagger is as pleasant to listen to as the whining of an E string when an amateur prac tices on the violin. The other day I was riding down in a car and my next door neighbor was a girl who wanted a new suit which her mother didn't seem to think she could afford. The girl was whining out her complaints against people who were stingy, and didn't understand anything about a girl's feelings! Of course, I might have changed my seat, but the mother had no way of changing her daughter! She kept up a weary, creaking, sing song drone, and when the car wheels squeaked, she began complaining about the noise. Most of. her neigh bors found the situation funny. What she had been doing was exactly as nerve-racking a performance as the screech of the rail. And 411 nagging is like that. It gets on the nerves of the listener and unless it Is directed to a weakling, who will do anything to l-ave peace, it accomplishes nothing beyond mak ing the nagger a hideously discordant note in life. Next time you are tempted to harp on a subject or nag away In your de sire to get what you want, just re member the creak of the rail, the caterwauling of tabby on the back fence, the nerv.e-racking force of the steam drill when building is going on next door and don't add your un pleasant and popularity-destroying bit to the discord of life. f \ The Finest Hyacinths you'y And come from the East End Greenhouse. To My Customers Kvery day this week I will bo in the Second Market House (Chest nut St.) at my usual stand in the Broad St. Market and In the Hill .Market. • Plants on sale also at the greed house 910 S. 20th St F. W. MILLER, Florist News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Shsiiaiulouli. —Stephen WiKofsky, 2 5 years old, and .Joseph Puscavige, 39 year sold, contract miners, were hor ribly burned about the head and cheet and hands in a gas explosion at Shenandoah City colliery. Kutztown. Worrying over family troubles, Mrs. David Heist, a wdlow, made an attempt to end her life by cutting her wrist with a paring Knife. She is expected to recover. Red Lion. —After leaving for school last Monday Alverta Feltenberger, 13 years old, of Red Lion, mysteriously disappeared. Every effort by the po lice and detectives to find her has been futile. I Amitwille. The members of the Amityville and New Hanover Re formed Churches, the Rev. H. J. Mil ler. pastor, have contributed SI,OOO to pay for furnishing a room in the dormitory Of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church at Lancaster. Straiisstowii. —State Game Protector Fenstermacher has liberated ten wild turkeys on the Blue Mountains between here and Schubert. Years ago wild turkeys were numerous on these mountains. Columbia. Burgess Betwiler has designated Tuesday as flag day for Co lumbia. He has requested all citizens to show their patriotism and loyalty to the United States and display flags and bunting on business houses, fac tories and residences. Hazloton. —The Tidewater Pipe Com pany, handling oil from the West to the seaboard towns, has issued orders to all its foremen to till all the com pany's land fit for agricultural pur poses and grow oats, potatoes, barley and other food products. Lehighton. The members of Le highton lire company have received a check for $25 from the citizens of East Weissport in appreciation of the serv ice during a recent fire there. Mauch Cliunk—Relatives and friends of Allen Knouse, who left his home here several years ago. yesterday re ceived photographs, showing him in the kilts of a Scotch Highlander with the British army. . ............ • To-day and To-morrow ; 1 A Splendid Five-Part Story of a J Secret Brldc'a Siicrlflce. i Added Attraction 4 iVilla of the Moviesi J A Hour I liur To-Keel Keyatone I Comedy. i * Wednesday, One Ilay Only j ♦ Lillian Walker In "Kitty Mackay" 1 Don't Mia* Tlila Excellent Dill HEADED BY I Tom Brown's Minstrels t and Four Other Keith Dranlng | < nrda, Including j HUGH BI.ANKY, BAI.I.AD SINGEII j THURSDAY— | The Man Off the Ice Wagon IA Fellow Who Actually Dropped I the Ice Ton** to Earn m Large Sal t ary in Vaudeville. r ■ ■ ,. y REGENT THEATER To-day and To-morrow PARAMOUNT PRESENTS Pretty, Popular, Piquant VIVIAN MARTIN With THOMAS HOLDING In "THE WAX MODEL" The aerlo-comlc tale of a Freneh model In EnKland who nearly atarvea for love. Added Attracton Mutual Week ly—Current Events. Wrdneaday and Thuraday SESSUE HAYAKAWA In •EACH TO HIS KIND" Coming Pauline Frederick in "BAPHO." TIMELY HINTS FOR THE HOME GARDENER Soil Tips to the Home Gardener Washington, D. C.i March 00. Prac tically all truck crops do better on a sandy loam soil than on one that is sticky and heavy. L,arger-sized crops, however, such as cabbage, tomatoes, beans, and peas, will do well on heavy soil provided it contains the necessary vegetable matter. The soil in most backyard gardens is distinctly heavy. It will help the soil greatly if the owner works into it a good amount of finely sifted coal ashes free from all cinders. Coal ashes are used largely for the physical ef fect in breaking up a compact, heavy soil. Such ashes do not take the place of fertilizer. Plentiful use. of well-rotted manure is still more beneficial in breaking up heavy soil .because this improves the texture and adds fertilizing material. Many garden soils are sour. To offset acidity and also to improve the physical properties of the soil the garden spec ialists. recommend the use of lime. Burnt lime should be applied at the rate of 1,000 pounds to the acre or slak ed lime at the rate of about 1,500 pounds per acre. A garden plot 50 by 100 feet is approximately one-ninth of an acre. To apply the lime, broadcast it and mix it freely with the surface soil by harrowing or raking. Lime should be applied before the crops arc set out or planted and should not be applied at the same time that fertilizer or manure is put on. Manure will greatly improve land. "Wire Your Home Time" April Ist—May 15 th Campaign Starts Today Every woman wants her home to look modern. No housewife is contented with a home that is not fitted out with every modern method of getting- the most out of life. The man who really wants his wife to enjoy the home in which'she spends . most of her time, sees to it that it is properly Wired For Electricity During "Wire Your Home Time" we will wire eight light outlets in any home along our existing lines not now using electricity for $14.75. You can also ob tain fixtures and take a whole year to pay for them. Phone 4000 today and have a sales man call. Harrisburg Light and Power Co. V 15 If well-rotted manure is not available, it may be advisable to use a complete chemical fertilizer. Apply at the rate of SOO to 1,000 pounds per acre a mix ture containing 2 to 4 per cent, nitro gen, 8 per cent, phosphoric acid, 1 to 2 per cent, potash. The-amateur gar dener will find it to use ready mixed fertilizer, which can be obtain ed from any reliable dealer. Sunlight XfPOnry For a Garden No amount of fertilizer, watering, and cultivation will make up for the absence of sunlight in a garden. Home gardeners before attempting for the first time to use a backyard other space should consider carefully how many hours a day any part of the yard is in shadow from buildings, fences, or trees. At leas five hours of sunlight a day is necessary for a successful garden. The more sunlight they get the better it is for most vegetables. For this reason it is bad practice to put plants of low habit between tall-growing plants which will shade them for the greater part of the day. As a rule, foilago crops such as lettuce, spinach and kale do fairly well in partial shade, but even these must have sunshino two or three hours a da_y. In laying out the gar den. therefore, use shadier parts for such plants and reserve the sunny spaces for those whfeh must have plenty of sunlight to grow and fruit properly.