CHANGE HIGH SCHOOL RELAY CLASSIFICATION—GOSSIP ABOUT PLAYHOUSES CHANGE CLASSES AT PENN FOR HIGH SCHOOL FAST TEAMS AGAINST LOCALS The classification of the local high schools in the Perm relays has again been changed. Johnstown, Altoona, Peabody of Pittsburgh, and Williams port have been moved out of the lo * * cals' class. In their stead will be placed Binghainton, N. Y„ Trenton, N. J., and McKlnley Manual Training school, of Washington, D. C. in addition to these schools there will be Heading, Steelton, Tech and Central. All three of the schools from the States of New York, New Jersey and Washington, are of a fast caliber, and represent larger student bodies than any of the local runners. Track candidates from the four local schools are out dally, and are preparing for the first meet at Philadelphia the lat ter part of this month. Harrisburg Academy runners will compete in Class 8 for preparatory schools. Local athletes will be pitted against Pennsylvania Institute For Deaf, Brown Prep., Central Prep, of Philadelphia, Wardlow school, Wil mington Conference Academy. Record Entry List Many new schools are on the list. A new class race was necessary for the . high schools, and two new races for ' the preparatory schools. The list is a record-breaker for both classes. . In all there are 56 preparatory schools and 113 high schools entered. Real training for these hundreds of school boys started in earnest this week and will be continued until the day of the races. The high school championship race has received the best entry in the his tory of the sport and the team winning will have every right to call them selves the champions of America. It should take a fine performance to win this event. The preparatory school champion ship will be another great race, with Lawrenceville here to dispute supre macy with Mercersburg and Exeter, the two schools that have accounted for this race for the last live years. The large number of schools entered compelled the management to till all the classes to the top, and this should mean even better racing than was seen last year. The fact that five preparatory school races and seven high school races were won in 3 minutes 40 sec onds or better last year indicates what a large number of high class young quarter-milers the schools are de veloping. The entries follow: Preparatory Schools One-mile preparatory school cham pionship of America—Mercersburg Lawrenceville, Exeter. Class 1 Philadelphia Interacade mic A. A. championship—Penn Char ter, Epicopal, Germantown, Friends' Central. Class 2—Havcrford, George, Tome Penn Charter, Episcopal, Brooklyn! Poly, Institute, Peddie. Class 3 —Bethlehem Prep., Blair Academy, Conway Hall, Wyoming Seminary, Manlius School. Class 4—Roman Catholic School championship St. John's Prep., (Brooklyn), Brooklyn Prep., Roman German's Anti-War Talk Causes Smiles r By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ April 4.—When Secretary Lansing's attention was di rected to-day to an apparently inspired statement from Berlin that a state of war would effect no change in Ger main's treatment of Americans in Ger many he thought a moment, smiled broadly and exclaimed: "I am sorry to hear that." Apparently officials here think the only change could be one for the bettor. The only comment on the further statement that Germany would not go to war with the United States even if the United States went to war with her was that that would make it much easier for this country. If Germany does not consider bomb plots in this country, the Zimmermann note and her ruthless submarine campaign acts of war, officials here are at a loss to know what she would do If she actually de clared war in her own terms. PURCHASE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Countv Commissioners to-day de cided to purchase at least twenty-five small hand fire extinguishers. These will be distributed in the various rooms and corridors of the court house. While practically all the rec ords are kept in fireproof cases, ad ditional protection is needed, it was said, to prevent small blazes which be started. TO OPEN PAVING BIDS Bids for paving Oak street, Seventh to Elizabeth; Oxford, Sixth to Jeffer son; Elizabeth aley, Emerald to Cur tin; Orange alley, Woodbine to Emer ald, will be opened by Commissioner IV. H. Lynch next Monday. Proposals for reconstructing sewers in Jefferson and Geary streets will be opened at the same time. fljj w Sty*#*— ' ' T Nature's Way Is Best Nature's laxative is bile. If your liver is sending the bile on its way as it should, you'll never be constipated. v Keep the liver tuned right up to its work. Take one pill regularly ; (more only if necessary) until your bowels act reg ularly, freely, naturally. Vmrtf fIVER , | | ;£ bears S/gnOtur* £ || |3s I Colorless face* often show the absence of Iron in the blood. | | Carter's Iron Pills will Np this condition. WEDNESDAY EVENING, Catholic High, Villanova Prep., La Salle Prep., Newark St. Benedict's Prep., Fordham Prep., St. John's Prep. (.Danvers, Mass.). Class u —Germantown, Swarthmore, Wenonah Military, Friends' Central, Girard, McKenzie, Horace Mann, St. Luke's. Class 6—Pennington, Williamson, Perkiomen, Cheney Training, West Virginia Prep., Hamilton. Class 7—Boys' Latin of Baltimore. Newark Academy, Wilmington Friends', Franklin and Marshall Acad emy, Allentown Prep., Westtown, Kingsley school. Class B—Pennsylvania Institute for Deaf, Brown Prep., Central Prep, of Philadelphia, Wardlow School, Wil mington Conference Academy .Harris burg Academy. Class 9—John Wanamaker, Com mercial Institute of New York City, John Wanamaker Commercial Insti tute of Philadelphia. Jligli (Schools One-mile high school relay cham pionship of America —Dickinson High, of Jersey City; Philadelphia North east, Washington Central, Hyde Park, of Chicago; DeWitt Clinton, of New York City; Newark Central, East Or ange, Harrisburg Tech. Class I—Morris High, of N. Y. C.; Stuyresant, of N. Y. C.; Lafayette, of Buffalo; West Philadelphia, Philadel phia Central, Englewood, Atlantic City. Class 2 —Harrisburg Tech., Harris burg Central, Reading, Steelton. Bing hainton, Trenton, McKinley Manual, of Washington. Class 3—Flushing, Richmond Hill, of N. Y. C.; Bryant, of Brooklyn; Plainfleld, Yonkers, Orange, White Plains. Class 4—West Chester, Cheltenham, Wilmington, Germantown, Camden, Newark, South Side, Newark, East Side. Hartford, of Connecticut. Class s—Radnor,5 —Radnor, Lower Merion, Norristown, Downingtown, Media, Philadelphia Southern. Class 6—Montclair, Cape May Court House, Frankfoid, Chester, Baltimore Poly., Chattle. Class 7 —Vineland, Salem, Haddon field, Woodbury, Collingswood, Nep tune, Asbury Park, Moorestown. Class B—Glassboro, Mt. Holy, Pal myra, Wildwood, Burlington, Cape May City, Millville, Hammonton. Class 9—Altoona, Lancaster, Eas ton, York, Allentown, South Bethle hem, Columbia, Bloomsburg. Class 10 Kingston, Dunmorc, Mauch Chunk, Pottsville, Lebanon, Bethlehem, Coatesville. Class 11 Abington, Tredyffrin- Easttown, Haverford, Upper Darby, Conshohocken, Spring City, Ridley Park, Bristol, Lansdowne. Class 12—Darby, Swarthmore, Roy ersford, Bel Air, Lansdale, Schwenk ville, Kennett Square, Rockledge. Class 13—Hatboro, Sellersville, Port Norris, West Grove, Collegeville, Mt. Joy, Perkasie, Cresson. Class 14.—Ambler, Parksburg, Jen kintown, Boyertown, DuPont, Maple Newtown, Honeybrook, Vocational School, Avondale Vocational School. Applicants Eager For Active Service; Throng Recruiting Offices While yesterday was a slack day In local recruiting' circles, matters took ■ a new turn to-day and the army re-' cruiting office was thronged with ap-! plicants. The navy office was also ! kept busy. During the last three days j Captain Harrell, of the army recruit- j ing office, has sent forty men to Fort Slocum and fifteen or twenty more will be sent to-day. Quartermaster Quirk in charge of the naval recruiting station announced this morning that seven have been sent to Philadelphia during the last three days and that several more will be sent to-day. ' Captain Harrell announced this morning that the offices in the Berg ner building were too small and that after next Monday, April 9. the army recruiting offices will occupy the sec ond and third floors of the Strouse building, in Market street. Award Contract For New Plant of Sunday Courier The contract for the construction | work on the new plant of the Courier, l to be erected at 210 North Third street, | was let to-day to Strayer and Eshel-! man. by Harry and Leon Lowengard, j of the Courier Publishing Company, j Work will be started at once. The new building will be four stories high, and will be constructed of buff brick and buff stone. The cost will be $25,000 in addition to the ground purchase.. Frank G. Fahnestock will be the supervising architect. AITO LICENSE FEES WOI'I.D BE DOI'BLED BY THIS BILL The minimum fee of an automobile license in Pennsylvania will hereafter be $lO, instead of $5, if a bill read in place by Senator Bucknian this fore noon becomes a law. The fee for the dealer's license was Increased from $lO to sls. The bill has other features, but does not change the speed regu lations nor other provisions in the I present laws. . WATER DEPT. CLERK RETURN'S Frank N. Temple, chief clerk of the Water Department, has returned from Philadelphia where he attended the j fiftieth anniversary celebration of 1 ltobert Vaux Lodge. No. 384 F. and A. I M., which was held in the Masonic .Temple, Broad and Filbert streets, 1 Philadelphia. The ceremonies were held In the Grand Lodge room and the I banquet in the Grand Lodge Banquet I Hall. Deaths and Funerals HIES AT AGE OF 88 | Michael Sullivan, aged 88, died early i yesterday morning at the home of his i 'laughter, Mrs. T. J. McCarvel, 226 ; Uroad street. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, from his late residence, with burial in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. He is sur vived by Mrs. Harrison Hippie and Mrs. Catherine Sullivan, Atlantic City; Mrs. T. J. McCarvel, this city, and Mrs. Mary Flanigan, Columbia. MRS. MII.LER DIES Mrs. Florence Miller, aged 50, 511 Kelker street, died yesterday morning jat the Harrisburg Hospital. Funeral , services will bo held Thursday after noon at 2.30 o'clock, from the chapel of Hoover and Son. 1413 North Second ; street. The Rev. Joseph Daugherty, pastor of the Sixth Street United Breth ren Church, will officiate. Burial will be made In the Churchtown cemtery, Lancaster county, Friday afternoon. Mrs. Miller Is survived by six chil dren, "William, Nelson, Ralph, Grace, Sarah and Jessie, and two brothers, N. F. Relghter and J. M. Reigliter. She was a member of the Shepherds of Bethlehem, Patriotic Order of Amer ica and Improved Order Ladles' Moose circle. q yporilighi ratom-made Shirt*. * ■ l,,n THOMAS I*. IIURAN 814 JV. Third St. APRIL 4, 1917. AMUSEMENTS QRPHEUM Coming. Saturday, April 14 Henry W. Savage oilers "Have a Heart." Tuesday night, April 10 The National Yiddish Stock Co. Wednesday night, April 11 Municipal Band Concert. MAJ ESTlC—Vaudeville. COLONIAL—"Kitty Mnckay." REGENT—"Each to Ills Kind." On Saturday, April 14, for an engage ment of one day only, the attraction extraordinary will be "Have "Have a a Heart," one of the really Henri"' big hits of the New York sea son. The advent of any Henry W. Savage offering is invariably a notable occasion in focal theatricals, but the forthcoming presentation of that always dependable producing man ager s newest success will be awaited with unusual Interest. "Have a Heart" Is said to be distinctly different from the usual run of musical comedy con coctions. Having as a theme the love adventures of a young married couple, who have agreed to disagree and are about to be divorced, when the action of the play begins, the story is ingeni ously contrived with many surprising ly novel and highly dramatic episodes and originality of construction that is only too rarely encountered in the or dinary musical comedy plot. During the long run of the play at the Liberty Theater, New York, the theatrical re viewers were lavish in their praise of the piece, and, according to all advance reports, "Have a Heart" undoubtedly scored the signal success' of the season insofar as musical comedy offerings were concerned. The enthusiastic ap proval of the play by the New York critics was unanimously endorsed by Philadelphia. The company comes here direct from a brilliant engagement at the Forrest Theater in the latter city, where capacity crowds filled the play house to overflowing at every perform ance of the piece. The show at the Majestic the first half of this week was built for laugh ing purposes only and it 1 A; the serves its purpose well for Majeatle from the first act to the last I there isn't a dull moment. | Tom Brown's Minstrels occupy the headline position and with their sing ing, playing, dancing and comedy they furnish just the kind of entertainment that meets with local approval. Four other excellent acts, Including Hugh Blaney, the popular singing comedian, round out the bill. The last three days of the week Billie Burke, producer of a number of vaudeville novelties, will present two of his offerings—one of which is a big comedy act entitled "Motor Boating, while the other is the "Man Off the Ice Waeon," who, not so long ago. delivered ice in that part of New York City known as the East Side. Olga. dancing violinist; Moore and Ger ald, comedy acrobats, and one other Keith attraction completes the bill. Sessue Hayakawa will be seen at the Regent Theater to-day and to-morrow in "Each to His Sessile Hayaknwa at Kind." a powor- Itcgent Two Dnya fill racial drama. The story was especially written for the star by Paul West. Rhandah, lieir to the Mahara jah, is sent to Oxford to be educated and then returning marries his be trothed, the Princess Nada. Before he leaves she gives him an amulet to bring him back in safety. At the col lege, Rhandah. although popular with the men, has nothing to do with tile women. Finally, Amy Dawe flirts with AMUSEMENTS Doa't IIIM Till* Excellent Bill I HEADED BY | jTom Brown's Minstrels! and Four Other Keith Drawing | Card*, Including ! HUGH BLANEY, BALLAD SINGER I COMING THURSDAY— J The Man Off the Ice Wagon t A Fellow Who Actually Dropped! the lee Tonn to Earn a Large Sal-? i nry In Vaudeville. f I j QRPHEUM] TO-MORROW Anight j WATSON'S 'United States! Beauties —With— | HI 1,1, V SPENCER nail a t'horua of 1—BABY Gini.S—l# ! : Royal and National \ Theaters | i Showing To-day i Fox Feature In Five Part* • I I "THE PRIMITIVE CA1,1." i i Featuring GLADYS COHUHN I The cigar with a personality KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR lias been making new friends and hold ing the old ones for more than a quar ter of a century by being "always the same" and always good. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers him and secures the amulet. Rhandan realizes the joke and returns to India and at the deathbed of his father, vows to rebel against ihe English. He captures Pick Larrlnier, an Eng lish officer vo wnom the English girl is engaged, ana how an inevitable out break Is prevented and he eventually returns to his betrothed. Is brought about in a startling and unusual man ner. The Lasky Company has main tained a wonderful contrasting atmos phere of English society and the Orien tal. In the cast supporting Mr. Haya kawa is Tsuru Aokl, nis wife. Friday only, Marguerite Clark re turns to the screen in "The Pretty Sis teis of Jose." Lillian Walker, the dainty and dimpled Vitagraph star, will be th| attraction at the Co- I.llltan Walker lonia! Theater to-da> at the Colonial in a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon feature, "Kitty MacKay," a play of gladness and beautiful settings that gives excep tional opportunities to this winning star, and shows her in a part which calls for a number of beautiful gowns. "Kitty MacKay" deals with a little Scotch lassie, who will not let unhap piness enter Into her life. "One Round O'Brien," a screaming comedy, with Fred Mace in the leading role, will be the added attraction. To-morrow, one day only, Ethel Barrymore will be seer |in a requested return engagement of [her greatest motion picture. "The White ! Raven." a play that takes the audience I from the bright lights of Broadway to i the dance halls of Alaska. "The White ! Raven" is considered one of the best | pictures that was ever shown at the Colonial. The story tells of a girl who sells herself to satisfy her ambitions. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Marietta— Mrs. Sarah Rice, aged St, the oldest woman of Wiota, died Mon day night. Seven children and twenty grandchildren survive. I Mnrletta —Adam Crumbling, a prom inent resident of East Prospect, died last Monday night. He was 83 years old. Seven children, thirteen grand children, three sisters and a brother survive. Marietta —Mrs. Mary Dreisch, aged 84, the oldest woman of Leacoclt, died Monday. She was a daughter of the late Emanuel Powell, who was among the first residents of Leacock town ship. A sister and a brother sur vive. AMUSEMENTS mmmmi { TO-DAY ONLY • i Lillian Walker j lln a Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Play '■ { Kitty MacKay { j A Plctnrlcatlon of Happiness • I I Added Attraction f FRED MACE In ? f "ONE HOUND O'BRIEN" ? j A I.augh From Start to Finish J i To-Monnow ONLY I i Special Requested Return • • Engagement • BETHEL RS ARRYMORM ! In the Seaaon'a Beat Photoplay, f j "The White Raven"; [ Regent Theater j !* To-day and To-morrow Jfr L. Laxity Present* the ( Famous Japanese Actor SESSUE HAYAKAWA ? In a Powerful Racial Drama " "EACH TO HIS KIND" I* Added Attraction Frank Dan-f iels in "Captain Jinks, the Plum-f ber" and "Masks and Mishaps." Friday Only Betnrn FngaKcuient of MARGUERITE CLARK In the Celebrated Romance of T i Old Spain. "THE PRETTV SISTER OF JOSE"! I Saturday Only DOI'HLE ATTRACTION Return EnKHgeinent, by Requeat 1 GEItALDINE FARRAR The .Voted tirand Opera Prima > Dunna In "MARIA ROSA" I —and— I CHARLIE CHAPLIN • In His Funnies! Slde-Spllttlng I I Comedy, I "EASY STREET" i Mundny, Tuesday and Wedaeadar I I PAULINE FREDERICK I | In a Plcturlmatlon of Dnndet'a I i Immortal I i T "SAI'HO" I The Best In Which She Ever I Appeared. j COMING MARY PICKFORD int "A POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL." I