ROOKIE RULE SAID TO BE BIG JOKE WITH FARRELL MANAGERS-PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP
JUNIORS WIN OUT
IN TECH SERIES
Take Final Game From Sophs;
Good Material Found on
Teams
Interclass basketball honors at Tech
went to the Juniors yesterday. In their
post-season contest with the Sopho
mores the third year lads won by a
score of 38 to 11. As a result the
numerals "1918" will be awarded to
Manager T. Willis Patterson, Captain
Holland, H. Miller, Huston, Frock,
Lloyd and Cook. Yesterday's contest
was a walkover.
At the end of the first half the win
ners had run up a total of 22 points to
the second year lads' 3. During this
half every one of the Juniors had scor
ed from the field, while Prank secured
the lone field goal during the first 20
minutes of play.
According to Faculty Director P. I*
Grubb more material has been devel
oped by the class league this season
than ever before. For the first halt
of the season the Freshmen led the
race; then the Sophs took the lead;
finally the Juniors headed the proces
sion, and yesterday capped the climax
by winning the pennant for the sea
son. The line-up and summary follow:
Sophomores Juniors
Bthl, f. Holland, f.
Fortna, f. Miller, f.
Ebert Huston, c.
Frank, c. Lloyd, g. .
Moore, g. Cook.
Frank, g. Frock, g.
Summary: Goals from field—Hol
land, 4; Miller, 3; Huston, 1; Lloyd, 3;
Frock, 5; Frank, 1: Blhl, 2; Beck. 1.
Fouls—Bihl 0 out of 8; Holland 6 out
of 8; Beck 3 out of 8.
Referee—Prof. Grubb; scorer, Mc-
Gann; tinier, Ramey.
RKADIKG HAS DKi LIST
Reading. April 10.—The following
list of players signed for the Reading
Club, In the New York State Baseball
league, was announced yesterday by
Manager George Wiltse: Catchers,
John Haddock, Leo Kelly, Frank Fo
ley. James Corcoran. Pitchers, Harold
Devinney, William Donohoe, Sal Davis,
John Clifford, Edward Thompson, Lyle
Stringer. Inflelders, Richard Breen,
A 1 Holt, Herbert Armstrong, Edward
Barry, George Diener, Walter Sullivan.
Outfielders, Fred Oakes, C. S. Breckin
ridge, Timothy Ahearn, Glenn Wash
burne.
AMVSKMKNTS
ORPHEUM
Tonight at 8:15
TUK NATIONAL YIDDISH
PLAYERS
In the Historical Opera
Joseph A is* Brethren
I'nder the l'ernonal Direction
of the Celebrated Author-Actor
MR. JACOH SHIEKOWITZ
Seats, 33c to fI.OO
Thursday EVE.* April 12
The Wonder Show of Burlesque,
Girls
From the
Follies
With FRED BINDER
See the moat perfect and hand
somest chorus In burlesque on the
ILLUMINATED RUNWAY
Saturday ??VE.' April 14
HENRY W. SAVAGE
Offer*
THE MUSICAL COMEDY HIT
Have
A
Heart
With the Entire Original
Cast and Production
PDirTC Mat.—-Tic to 91.00.
' MLtiJ live 30c to r- 00.
j Royal & National j
Theaters
• •
SHOWING TO-DAY
1 An Edison Feature 111 Five I'arta I
• Featuring VIOLA DANA In ?
2 "THE COSSACK WHIP" |
. anil also MIIS. VERNON CASTLE I
In the Tenth Episode of
"PATRIA"
I l)on'; miss seeing; this monderfuli
| show. A production like "The Cos-?
j suck Whip" is not produced every J
i day. It la positively ■ treat. i
mi. nm .
• .
j Regent Theater j
i TO-D.W AND TO-MORROW !
• The lire ii of Munition |
i Pauline FREDERICK!
• in tlir celebrated drama *
"SAPHO"
? A masterpiece of dramatic acting. |
? Added Attraction—Mutual Weekly
J of Current Events. 4 |
I outing April 10-17-18
T MARY PICKFOItU In •
T "A POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL" | j
"joiiT THE" ARMY"
Of vaudeville enthuslasta
AND SHOOT
around to the Majestic to-day to see
The Naughty Princess
|'A musical comedy iclrl net that will
soothe your war worried brain.
Coming; Thurs., Frl. and Sat.
TRILBY
In "THE MIRACLE"
You thlnh of a selection and Trilby
will play it. See If you can
trip Trilby.
TUESDAY EVENING,
KELCHNER FAVORS
SPORT ACTIVITY
Myerstown, April 10.—Prof. Charles
S. Kelchner, in charge of athletics at
Albright College, who is scout for the
St. Louis American league team, is not
in favor of the abandonment by col
leges of athletic sports on account of
the war.
Coach Kelchner views with regret
the action 6f some of the larger col
leges, followed by many of the smaller
institutions, in canceling all athletic
contests because of the declaration of
war between America and Germany.
In a statement yesterday Coach
Kelchner declared college athletic
sports should be encouraged rather
Kitty Gordon in "Vera, the Medium" at the Colonial
I Br
Ivitty Gordon will be seen in the first of the photoplay features produced
by her own film corporation at the Colonial Theater to-morrow and Thurs
day.
The subject chosen for the first of Mis? Gordon-'s new ventures is a spright
ly and thrilling novel, "Vera the Medium." by the late Richard Harding Davis.
In "Vera the Medium." Miss Gordon essays a role that affords her every op
portunity to make the most of her rich and exotic beauty as well as to adorn
herself in a bewildering array of startling costumes. The story deals in a
highly dramatic fashion with the lure of woman and the folly of man.
OAMUSE^MENTS^|
ORPHEUM To-night Jack Stern's
Yiddish players presenting "Joseph
and Hia Jjrethren."
WednesdayTiight, April 11 Municipal
Band Concert.
Friday night, April 13 War Relief
Fund.
Saturday, matinee and night, April 14
—Henry W. Savage offers "Have a
Heart."
COLONIAL—"The More Excellent Way."
REGENT—"Sapho."
I At the Orpheum on Saturday, matinee
and night, April 14, the attraction ex
traordinary will be Henry W.
i "Have a Savage's surpassing success.
I Heart" "Have a Heart," the brilliant
and tuneful musical comedy
| triumph that scored one of the biggest
hits of recent years and enjoyed a pros
perous run at the Liberty Theater, New
l I'ork. The entire original company ana
production comes here direct from a
| prosperous engagement at the Forrest.
I Theater. Philadelphia, where capacity
> attendancse marked every presentation
j of the pfece from the opening perform
ance. Not in many years has a musical
comedy offering scored such an instan
taneous success or achieved so large
a measure of critical and popular ap
proval as has been accorded "Have a
Heart" by the theatrical reviewers and
the playgoing public of New York and
Philadelphia. This up-to-the-minute
combination of brilliant humor, tuneful
music and strikingly original plot and
I story is the joint production of Guy
Bolton. P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome
Kern, that distinguished trio of master
! musical playmakers who have collabor-
I ated in the contriving of several of the
j most notable musical comedy successes
| of the past few years.
| Henry W. Savage Is sending here the
I
j AiresKMENTS
j TO I) MLA ST IIMES
I America'* Fo rem out Screen Star la
"The More
, Excellent Way"
t llow n Klrl found fulfillment of
j hep heart'n denlre In the lire* of
| love'* crucible.
| Tlie nlory URN written by Cyru*
tTownneiid Itraily and IK nnld to be
f one of the enKOii*n bent photoplay N.
ADDED ATTRACTION
(FORD STERLING in
["STARS AND BARS" 1
| f A two-reel Keyntone comedy that
f IN n riot of laugliM nod thrill*.
• WEDNESDAY anil THIRSOAY
j KITTY GORDON.
Tin Richard Harding Darin' Popular
| ! Story,
j"Vera, The Medium":
j Depicting the lure of woman and
t the folly of man.
The Royal Gwent Welsh Male Singers
Camp Curtin Methodist Episcopal Church
SIXTH, NEAR CAMP STREET
Monday Night, April 16th, 8 p. m.
General Admission, 50c. Reserved Seats, 75c and SI.OO
Tickets on sale at—
UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., 25 North Third St.
I). COTTEREL BOOK STORE, Market Square.
Al/THOUSE DRUG STORE, 13th and Market Stfl.
than discontinued, more particularly at
this time than any other, because of
the fact that athletics develop the
moral stamina, physical manhood and
valor, quick thinking and strategy;
hence, his conviction that the college
boys should be encouraged to. go in
for athletics more so how than ever
before. The combining of college ath
letics with military training can but
mean better fighting men, he added.
Albright has already felt the action
of some of the colleges In abandoning
baseball for the season on account of
the war. Syracuse was to have been
here for the opening game of. the sea
son next Friday, but canceled.
tremendous dramatic spectacle, "Every
woman," which cre
"Everywomnn,'' ated such a furore in
New York, Boston.
Chicago and other large American
cities. It will be seen at the Orpheuhi,
Monday evening, April 2S. There have
been, sinfe the flrst production of this
modern (jiorality play, changes in the
cast from time to time, but this city is
fortunate in having, according to Mr.
Savage, an opportflmity to witness the
best all-around organization he has
ever sponsored. It is the only com
pany playing "Everywoman" in
America. There has never been a No.
2 jDompany.
The mere fact that William B. Fried
lander and Will M. Hough's names are
mentioned in
"The Naughty Princess" conn ection
at the Majestic Theater with "The
"Naughty
Princess." playing the Majestic Thea
ter the flrst half of the current week.
Is proof to local theatergoers that they
are going to be given something worth
while in the way of high-class musical
comedy entertainment. Mr. Hough has
long been recognized as a lyrical
writer and playright, his most familial
work being done perhaps in "The Time,
the Place and the Girl," while Mr.
Frledlander has not only contributed
well to musical comedy, but In the past
few seasons has furnished such well
known vaudeville stars as Nan Hal
perin, Muriel Window and Reine Davies
with their best song numbers. "The
Naughty Princess" is something new
and up-to-the-minute, and promises to
outshine any musical comedy tabloid
seen at the Majestic this season.
A story of a girl who finds fulfill
ment of her heart's desire in the fires of
. love's crucible is the
Anita Stewart new Vitagraph Blue
at the Colonial Ribbon feature. "Tho
More Excellent
Way," with Anita Stewart in the fad
ing role, showing at the Colonial Thea
ter for the last times to-day. Anita
Stewart is shown to good advantage,
is more beautiful than ever and wears
a number ot stunning gowns. Ford
Sterling, it* a two-reel Keystone com
edy, "Stars and Bars," adds thirty min
utes of laughs and thrills to the pro
gram.
The big audiences at the Regent both
yesterday afternoon and evening were
thrilled by the
Ppiillne Frederick In remarkable
"Sapho" at the Resent acting of Pau
line Frederick
In a plcturization of Daudet's famous
story, "Sapho." When Olga Nethersole
appeared in this great drama, some
years ago, she created the greatest
furore ever experienced in New York
theatricals. The play ran for several
continuous seasons; seats selling at a
high premium. To say she is creating a
sensation in this dramatic masterpiece
is putting it mildly. The management
of the Regent announces that "Sapho"
will be shown for only two more days,
to-day and to-morrow.
One of the season's biggest attrac
tions, Mary Pickford in "A Poor Little
Rich Girl,' 1 will have Its first presenta
tion at this theater next Monday. This
engagement will be limited to three
days.
MUNICIPAL
CONCERT
ORPHUEM
Wednesday, Eve. April 11
Assisteß by
Mrs. C. R. Hoffman
Mr. A. W. Hartman
Prices 10c, 25c and 50c
HARRISBURG GfiSftg TELEGRAPH
"ROOKIE" RULE
ONE BIG JOKE
Elmira Is Farm For Phillies
According to Reports; Do
ings in Other Towns
"Rookies" are being rushed to New
York State League managers by major
leaders. The new rule adopted at Syr
acuse prohibiting the farming of play
ers is being laughed at.
From the manner in which New York
State League managers are taking the
"excess baggage" of the major leagues
it Is very evident that tho rule is an
other one of the jokes that are fre
quently classed as Btate League laws.
Rule Not Effective
The enforcement of this rule would
mean that none of the players turned
back from the major leagues could
find a berth in the State League. The
plan was to encourage the development
of young baseball material.
However, it happens that the Elmira
Club Is a farm of the Phillies and
then Manager Pat Moran is turning
over a number of his players to Jimmy
Jackson, who was chosen to lead the
Elmira Colonels partly on the promise
of Moran to help out with some of his
youngsters. So far Jackson has re
ceived five players from the Phllies
and the presumption is that they are
turned back on an option to get more
experience.
HINGOES START THURSDAY
Binghamton. N. Y., April 10.—Chic
Hartman, leader of the Binghamton
team, of the New York State League,
has set next Thursday as first report
ing day for the Bingo squad, and on
that day the catchers and pitchers
meet Hartman at Johnson Park.
Among the candidates for places are:
Catchers, Wheat, Murphy, Holmes and
Pleiger; pitchers. Caporal, Bernhardt.
Braithwood, Mltjus, Ancker, Frock,
Williams, Qmnn and Rapp; first base!
Shields or Walter Shannon; Hartman
himself will probably play second, but
will give a thorough trial to Gilmore,
a local boy; shortstop, Joe Pepe; third
base, Gonzales or Dietrich; outfielders.
Bill Kay, Gene Foley, Senno and Will
Buckley.
TELLS HOW FLAG
PROTECTED 20,000
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recently and has been spending a few
days in Harrisburg as the guest of
Samuel W. Fleming, 104 South street.
Wants to Stay Neutral
j Dr. Coan said:
Persia at the beginning of the war
Land ever since has done all it could to
j remain neutral, in spite of every effort
! on the part of Germany with its money
i and emissaries to stir up trouble there
j and draw her into the great war.
Disturbances along the western bor
| der of Persia began in October, 1914,
when a determined attach; was made
jon Urumia, ostensibly by Kurds, but
! w as afterwards proved that the force
[ was made up of Turkish troops. The
timely arrival of Russian reinforce
ments saved Urumia. The Turks were
I driven back. About one month later
war was declared between Russia and
Turkey. In the month of December
two engagements took place about 20
I miles south of Urumia between Kurd
ish and Russian soldiers in which the
; latter were successful; tho other at
Meanduab, at the southern end of the
lake of Urumia resulted in the defeat
of tho Russians at the hands of the
and Kurds. At the same time
Enver Pasha invaded Trans-Caucasia
from Armenia at Sarikamish in the
Kars region.
Buss Ordered to Withdraw
As this threatened to cut off Rus
sia's communication -with Persia, or
ders were given for the withdrawal of
all Russian troops In Northwestern
Persia. The Russian forces withdrew
in January, 1915, and on the follow
ing day over twenty thousand Syrian
I Christians in the plain of Urumia fled
to the compounds of the American and
French mission, about seventeen thou
sand of these being in the American
compounds. The next day the Tnrkish
and Kucdish hords poured Into the
plain, coming from the west and
south. The local Mohammendan popu
lation was aroused and for live months
the plain and its villages were plund
ered and looted, property and build
ings were destroyed. About one thou
sand of the Christians who were un
able to reach the mission yards were
massacred and many women and girls
were outraged and a large number of
them were carried off into captivity.
For nearly five months the small
force recruited from the eighteen
American missions, stood between the
twenty thousand helpless Christians
who had sought protection and their
wild, cruel enemies who thirsted for
their blood outside.
The American flag was raised over
the mission gate and over the gates
of other Christian yards that had been
annexed to the mission yard, and
there it floated for Ave months, back
ed by the moral force and courage' of
that small band, who risked all to
save the people they loved.
We thanked God that the flag was
respected, and while there was always
the danger that a fanaticism and rage
might prevail, and the yards would be
invaded, the flag was respected. At
one time the French mission was in
vaded and six men were taken out, and
after being tortured were shot down
For five months the mission had the
care of feeding, housing and protect
ing this large number of helpless na
tives, besieged and cut off from all
communication with the outer world.
i Started North
After remaining a few davs in
Urumia, the Turkish and Kurdish
forces went on further north against
Salmas and Klioi, joining Turkish
forces under the cruel Djevdet Pasha,
the instigator of the massacres. Tne
campaign lasted until the flrst of
March and the Russian forces finally
drove the Turks out of that region.
The Turkish forces were finally
withdrawn from Urumia in May and
the Russians returned a week later
With this the reign of terror ceased!
the poor people who had been crowd
ed into those narrow quarters, where
over four thousand died from the
epidemic that was inevitable after
such conditions, were able to return to
their villages again. But everywhere
they saw only the ruins of their former
homes. Every thing of value had been
taken and all that could not be taken
was ruthlessly destroyed, including
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of food. But they were glad to
sit in the ruins of their homes rather
than endure longer the terrors and
sufferings of the past, and only pray
ed that the Turks and Kurds would !
not come back again.
More than ton thousand of the 35 -
000 Christians of Urumia unci Raima's
perished by massacre and disease dur
ing the five months of Turkish occu
pation. Sixty thousand Christian Syri
ans living in the mountains have ulao
been driven down to Urumia and Sal
mas by massacre and are dependent
on American help to keep from starv
ing. The American missionaries, worn
out by disease, peril and the suffering
all about them are at their posts doing
everything they can to save this rem
nant of persecuted Christrlans.
1,000 Murdered
To sum up, in Urumia alone the to
tal losses of this period, from the
first of January, 1915, to the first of
June, of that year, were th murder
of over 1,000 people who, could not
reach the mission yards; the outrage
ing of hundreds, and possibly thou
sands, of women and girls of every
age, from the tender girl of eight to
the old woman of eighty; the robbing
of over five-sixths of the population;
and the total destruction of about the
same proportion of their houses. Hun
dreds of women and girls were carried
off into a captivity—captivity that is
worse than death; and many were
forced to embrace Islam and accept
Moslem husbands. In Salmas 800 peo
ple who had been unable to escape
with the younger people to Russia,
were gathered together by Djevdet
Pasha before his withdrawal from
Salmas and -were hacked to pieces
with sabers and hatchets.
Here then are over sixty thousand
destitute, many of them homeless, peo
ple who are to be cared for and fed
I
Men who smoke Helmar
- Turkish Cigarettes delight IJ
in them. > 1 j
|1 Recommend them. 1|"
! e Advise their friends to smoke them. ys,
J J M t ',Jf
Q E Never change from Helmar to any other ||
gsf brand, because few cigarettes at any price J 3
cq H are better. s\
ST®, sJJ
Can you keep a secret?—Helmar is made of I §f
n Pure Turkish Tobaccos, Put together right. |4 si
o >v V \F\
Friendif you will once, you will many times. fj|
The Mildest tobacco for cigarettes is Turkish.
The Best tobacco for* cigarettes is Turkish.
' Htfl
i filii ITiTSaar MSU mHUmKL
APRIL 10, 1917,
. and clothed. Will not America, who
did not in the first place Tiy protesting
save them from the awful fate that
has overtaken them and their Arme
nian neighbors do what it can to
help those who are there to admin
ister relief?
All funds for this purpose can be
sent to the Armenian Syrian Relief
Committee, No. 1 Madison avenue,
New York City, where they will be
promptly transmitted to the field for
the relief of tltose wretched people.
Program Ready For Dorcas
Society Experience Meeting
Marysville, Pa., April 10. —To-
morrow evening the annual experi
ence meeting of the Dorcas Society of
the Zlon Lutheran Church will be held.
An attractive program has been ar
ranged as follows: Selection on pipe
organ, Miss Azalea Wigfleld, of Steel
ton; vocal solo, Mrs. D. D. Fisher;
reading, Miss Adaline Bycrs; piano
duet. Miss Victoria Hippie and Miss
Leah Beers; violin solo, Miss Hazel
Hain; recitation, Miss Jeanette Ans
pach; vocal solo. Miss Nina ltuth, of
Highspire; piano duet, Miss Ema Bolze
and Miss Margaret Deckard; read
ing, Miss Marguerite Weaver; selec
tion on pipe organ, Mrs. Pearl B.
Hippie; piano solo, Miss Katherine
Kench; vocal duet, Mrs. Chester
Sheaffer and Miss Elva Tracy.
Elihu Root Calls For All
Men to Forget Politics
For Duration of the War
By Associated Press
New York, April 10. Elihu Root,
addressing a meeting of the Republi
can Club last'night called upon afl
Republicans to support President Wil
son and "to submergo all partisan feel
ing, forget they are Republicans until
the war is over, and to bo Americans
only."
%Tho club passed resolutions declar
ing it to bo "the duty of all Americans
to abjure partisanship and sectional
ism and personal advantages and all
petty jealousies and dissensions, and to
unite in common loyalty and devotion
to the support of the government of
the United States, in the most vigorous
and effective prosecution of the war."
OLD BUTCHER HAKES RECORD
Waynesboro, Pa., April 10.— B. F.
Kyfer, a butcher, aged 73, of Guilford
township, has made an exceptional
record for a man of his age during
the last butchering eason. In forty
one days he killed 114 hogs and two
beeves, the largest hog cleaning 480
pounds.
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