NEW YORK STATE LEAGUE TEAMS HOPE TO SHOW LOTS OF SPEED—AMUSEMENT! READING OUTCLASSES EASTON HIGH TEAM Reading, Pa., April 23.—The lirst 1 track meet of the Reading High School 191? season resulted in a victory for the locals, 82}- points, over Easton High School. 26 points. Roth teams showed the lack of practice. Summary: 106-yard dash—Won by Saylor. Reading; ICremp, Reading, second; Mull. Reading, third. Time. lis. 220-yard dash—"Won by Eieftcu 1 , Reading; Mull, Reading, second: Griffith, Easton, third. Time, 25 i 4 - ss. 440-yard run—"Won by Saylor, Reading;.- Claflin, Eastoa. second; 1 Miller, Reading, third. Time, 1-Ss. 880-yard run—Won by Schmclil, Reading: Claflin. Easton. second; Hill, Easton third. Time, 2m. 16 3-ss. Mile run—Won by Schmehl, Read ing; Hill. Easton, second; Lerch, Easton, third. Time, sm. 4 1-as. Two-mile run —Won by Sclutiuck UTAH PLAYER TO QUIT WITH RECORD Salt Lake, Utah, April 23.—"Biff" Schaller, left fielder of the San Fran cisco baseball team of the Pacific Coast League, who holds the \yorld's record for participation in consecu tive baseball games, took his first layoff Thursday, after having plaved in f>42 contests. His record for con- jORPHEUM To night] ? SEATS, 50c to $2.00 ? • wrwrr w. SAVGt _ * itVERYWOM^j * Her Pilgrimage !n Quest of I.ove? OPERA—DRAMA 1 MUSICAL COMEDY j jThe One and Only Company | • fj W7l Tjl r ■ The Theater of Courtesy, Re- • • Wa \JF F J J. >( |_ fllnement mid HIKII I'IOHX Kn- • | trrf.i innietat. • . , ? / \ To-day. To-morrow and • f / \ Wededay ? i.vniivßonvs FAVORITE f ' MARGUERITE ; CLARK | I N HER SEW TRII'MPH ; "The Fortunes i I&E1 c "Rifi *' i AVVNCTJCPM; CI.AFK JJ AAA ? THRNSPAY ASO FRIDAY THE SEASON'S SENSATION ? : THE TREMENDOI S DRAMATIC EXPOSE "THE PEOPLE vs. JOHN DOE" f KbTEXTLY EXHIBITED AT THE I'UNN A. STATE CAPITOL * O R P II E I M S V^dne^ay^^^^April23 All Matinee Seats, 25c. Night Prices. 25c, 50c, 75c and SI.OO Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1917, International News Service '■ V By McManus i DOHT "YOU DARE. LET ME I HEARD XOO 1 I HEARING tt> I ' ~ j CAnSF^i 1 THAT J | VER-f KEEM - i J{— J 9 ■ EFT MP 1 MlSb JOINED ACAINI HER - JUi-T A MNOTE „ Jw, Cws THKTS L't-J —?r- lA<; ° r > VE - a in. 1 Discus throw—Won by Chillson, Rending; Stoeber, Reading, second; sulkin, Easton, third. Distance ; So ft. 7>4 in. Running high jump—Won by Mc i Williams. Easton; Enck, Reading, second; Moser and Mull, both Read ing. tied left- third. Height, 5 ft. 4 in. Running broad jump—Won by Kremp, Heading: Miller, Reading, ■ i second. Distance, 20 ft. 4 in. secutive games began with the open ing of the season of 1914.' This sea son he has played in sixteen games and wound up Wednesday with a straight record of 642 games. Schal ler had not been hitting in good form recently hd Manager Harry Wolverton decided a brief vacation would benefit him. I SET SHOOTING DATES A meeting of the Four City trap- j .shooting league was held on Satur day night in this city and a schedule ! of four matches was adopted. A fifth or final shoot will be held the date and place of which will be de rided by officials cf the competing clubs alter the fourth shoot. The league season will be opened 1 at I.ancaster on Friday, June 20, and 'lie second evert is billed to be held in Harrisburg on Friday. July j 13. York's date was set for Friday, August 10. and the date given to West Fairview was September 21. The fifth shoot will be held within a few weeks after that at West • I Fairview. ================== i Elaine Hammerstein Plays Lead in "The Argyle Case" _-v' . . V. * ~ JV*,, "C it Y. A charming addition to the list of leading women of the screen is Elaine Hammerstein. granddaughter of the famous Oscar Hammerstein. the operatic impresario, who is making h ev tirst important appearance as a film actress In the role opposite Robert W arwiek in the Selznick-Picture produe- I lion of the great mystery story, "The Argyle Case.'' Miss Hammerstein is the daughter cf Arthur Hammerstein, who. al though engaged in the profession of theatrical producer, did his utmost to restrain th.> histrionic impulse whlc I". urged her toward the footlights. Her lirst stage experience was in "The Trap," which she followed by 1 playing a leading role in "High Jinks" Then for a while she hearkened jto the urging of her father to renounce the stage, but becoming inter i ested in motion pictures, she soon turned her footsteps toward the cinema studios. Aftor playing a few minor p arts she won recognition for her I beauty, grace end talent and out of a I 1 the available leading women in New York was selected by Harry Rapf. pre sident of Robert Warwick Film Cor poration. to play tho sympathetic pa rt of Mary Mazuret in "The Argyle I Case." which is showing at the Colon ial Theater to-day, to-morrow and j Wednesday l§SJLN3lijf3SriHvg wm mum J GEORGE SYDENHAM As "Nobody," in "Everywoman." at the Orpbeum to-night. ORPHEL'M To-night Henry YY". | Savage offers "Everywoman." Wednesday, matinee and night, April j I*s—"ThaaTrail of the lonesome , Pine." w CH KSTNIT STREET AUDITORIU M ! —Tuesday and Wednesday "The j Peerless Record Makers. MAJESTIC- — Vau dev ill e. COIJONI ALl —"The Argyle Case." REGENT—"The Fortunes of Fift." , "The Trull of the lonesome Pin<," which comes to t'.ie Orpheum. YY'ednes day. matinee and ••The Trail of the evening, holds th<* 1 l.uni'Honif lMne** breadth of the for est and the clear, 1 mountain breeze. It holds, 100, j 17ARRISBUHG tSSfff TELEGRAPH I the inspiration of strenuous human endeavor. The feuds of the primitive bill people are touched upon lightly and lefid virility through the tluilling scenes of Eugene Walter's great play. The dominant situation is that of romantic love, and every scene is made a rustic setting, and written in a manner delightful. Everybody will love Trice's June and admire Berkley, Jack Hale and Judd. "Experience," the modern morality play, will be pre. l en ted by William 101 - liott. F. Ray Com "Experlencc*' stock and Morris at the Orphe'.im week of May 14. Xo American play of re <. Nt years has created the profound i impression that "Experience' ha.* made. The phenomenal run of nine ' months in New York, followed hv its sensational BU'-ces-s in Boston. Chicago i and Philadelphia has made new the atrical history in these four big me- I tropoliscs. Renew old acquaintances to-mor row night. Go to trie Chestnut Street Auditorium and hear Record your old friends of the Mnkem records. Thev are all \Pl>oar coming and w ill posi- To-morron tivel" api ear in person. Niitht To be able to see such celehrities as Clllins and Harlan, Billy Murray, Henry Burr, i Albert Camplirll, John H. Meyer. Ves Ossman and Theodore Morse is. in deed. a treat that is rarely afforded. Previous to their appearance here they have voured the South and up the Hudson Valley and through Southern New England, and evervwhere they appeared they met with the greatest success. Henry , Burr, the second tenor, is well known in church and concert work as well as on records. Another member with a beautiful ; voice is John H. Meyers, a soloist at the Church of Incarnation. Arthur Collins and Byron O. Harlan com prise a team that are known from coast to coast. It would be difficult to tftid a team more popular than these funmakers. Billy Murrav. the well-known singer of comedy songs 'for the Victor Talking Machine Com ■ pany, does npt need any introduction to local music lovers. The tickets for I the Peerless Record Makers' concert are now selling at C. M. Sigler's. Xo. | 3ft Xorth Second street, and music lowers should make an early reserva tion for this great concert. ' Joe Wood's "Mimic World," which gives the entire performance at the Majestic Theater the first It the three days of the present tlnjrxtie week, has the distinction of beinjr the biggest musical comedy tabloid "on the road." This is tiie act that has been breaking i ecords everywhere, and is expected to prove one of the biggest drawintc cards of ! the season. It is a plav of youth, of | life, of happiness and mirth, filled with everything that goes to make the j stapre worth while. There are onlv j three men in the act. all the rest are visions of lovely femininity dressed in ' the height of fashion. The show has j a number of stars, anions: which are | two clever littlo cirls. Helen and Ola i Hudson, who will impersonate the i celebrated Doll** Sisters in n song: hit j of their show, "The Bridal Xight." K,I.MKIt DRAWBAI'GH DIES New Cumberland, Pa.. April 23. Elmer Drawbaugh, aged 52 years, a well-known contracting plasterer, j died at his home in Market street, \ early this morning, after an illness jof four weeks. Mr. Drawbaugh was i horn on the Drawbaugh farm in j Vork county, hut has lived in Xew Cumberland twenty-three years. He is survived by his wife, a stepson, | Oren Kaufman, four brothers, David, of Harrisburg; Chaises, Elijah and | Lee, of York county, and two sisters, j Mrs. Harry Fisher and Mrs. Holtz, 1 man, of York county. Funeral ser i vices will be held on Thursday morn ( ing at 9 o'clock at the home, with I-further services at Mt. Zion Luth eran Church, York county, conduct j ed by the Rev. A. G. Wolf, paslor of St. Paul's Lutheran V''" jrp h, Xew Cumberland. Burial will be made at 1 Mt. Zion Church. FORD-REESE ARE ARTISTS VICTORS Toko Two Exciting Matches yntl Advance to Final in Gen eral Managers Contest In two exciting matches on Satur day afternoon o ntlie tables at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania It. R. Y. , mMai ' ''"V ' ' f ' " " Our new building is now complete and fully equipped with machinery and facilities nec essary for first-class Welding, Brazing and Machine Work. Automobile machine work, toolsmithing, die-making and rewelding broken automobile frames and pieces of machinery to avoid expense and delay of sending for new parts. Brazing of aluminum crank cases. Cut ting and boring of girders and all steel work, including boilers, by portable apparatus. A. A. HAYWARD J. C. G^RVICK | Harrisburg Welding, Brazing & Machine Works 94-96 S. Cameron Street Bell 455-M \\ ; i - ~ I MAJESTIC M0 3 N^ws, S A¥ 2,o WED 7 NK r • MAJESTIC j I THE MIMIC WORLD OF 1917 • 25 PEOPLE [ THE IUUUEST ASU BUST MI SH AI. COHGHY O.\ THK VAI IIKVIIJ.K STAUK i • i r M. C. A., Gordon Ford and Walter E. Hoese, representing tho Motive i Power Athletic Association In the General Managers billiard contest, I advanced to the tinals in t,he event, j They captured both contests, • the ! lirst from tho Central Division team j by the score of 100 to 89, and the second from the Western Division I leant by the score of 100 to 96. lly winning tho contests they cap- ' tured the championship of the West - j ern District of the Pennsylvania rail- j road Grand Division and next Sat- i urday will meet the Eastern Division i champions to decide the title. Second Matli is Oft The second match on the pro-1 gram Saturday afternoon was to APRIL 2^ l 1017. have been between the Northern and Western Grand Division trams, but tho former failed to make Its i\ppcarance and the committee for feited the match. The grounds of the Philadelphia Division Gun Club, Sixth and Di vision streets, will he the scene of some spirited matches next Saturday afternoon when tho trapshooting championship of the entire Penn sylvania system will be edecided. POSTPONE BQJUNTS SHOW Manager Billy Mehring. of the Keystone Sporting Club announced on Saturday afternoon that the box . Ing show scheduled for the Chest^ nut Si root Auditorium tonight, has* liccn postponed until Wednesday night Mav 9. Efforts are being ma.le io secure that date. (iKttMANJ Ml S'T KEEP Ml'M Amsterdam. via I.odon, April In tho place of the frvmtliar Public notice in tlie German newspapers warning the people '> ot t ° l r ''ni™ military matters becauseotsplca there now appears a which leuds: 'Hnti/ons.yourdutyla not to talk of food < , ° dit '° n n / nl^ v ® r , > l word thereon helps the enemy and , endangers the Fatherland. Look to America For Freedom, Syrian Declares In a meeting at Philadelphia where many learned savants devot ed a considerable part of their time to telling of how America is hated, despised and looked down upon in foreign countries, It remained" for a woman to place an entirely different aspect on the situation. The wo man was I-ayaah A. Barakat, who is prominent in the Philadelphia Sunday school movement. A native of Syria, she was forced to flee from the country when a ydung girl. She declared the people of the old world are looking up to America and Americans and are looking to this country to establish the spirit of democracy throughout every nation American citizenship she defended as a priceless boon, but asserted thai "ten Per cent, of foreigners who come to these shores are not of good blood." Following U p this state ment, she declared* in ria and In Ettynt unci 1 am iTmv'viin? f hc >ftSt ,Ir °T> Moor) in m> veins for its defense Tlint America should hnv o th o h eß t sor , f i'iir;,' v:: y JESSM* at least 21 years in the country !>e u bullot is PUced in his hands." 11