NEW RULING IN COMPENSATION Important Precedents Estab lished by the State Compen sation Commissioners In a decision awarding compen sation to the widow of Dennis F. Eeary, who was killed by being thrown from a wagon while driving teams for a Philadelphia firm. Chair man Harry A. Mackey, of the State Compensation Board, says "The courts are Rapidly modifying the rigors of the old rules of evidence and are especially recognizing the fact that tribunals for the adminis tration of laws intended to establish social Justice must be given as wide latitude as may be consistent with the rights of the parties." In the case there was question as to the manner of death of the man, who was found dead In a dangerous place for driving, but the chairman finds that he was killed by being hurled from his seat In consequence of a front wheel of his waeon sinking Into a hole. He also finds that the widow while not living with the de ceased at the time of his death was dependent upon him and in weekly receipt of money from him for main tenance. In another opinion by the chair man It is found that parents of Frank Amexdroz are entitled to com pensation for the death of their son. who contributed to their support and who was killed while resting from his work in a Pittsburgh steel mill. The opinion holds that it Is the cus tom of men to rest when engaged in handling hot steel and that the de ceased placed a board on one of the railroad tracks not in use and the board was either struck by a passing engine or the man in some manner knocked from the board and killed. Referee Beetner is reversed in the case of Hegelin vs. I-ake Ariel Lum ber Company, in which it was found that the company was not the em ployer but that the deceased was en.ployed by a subcontractor for lessee. The board holds that the actual employer need never have been on the premises. AMUSEMENTS Conte and flare Your First Surf Dip of the Season THE BREAKERS A l.lvely Girl Act With a Heal Ocean of It* Own. A Surrounding Vaudeville mil of I iiusual Excellence. Recant Theater TO-DAY AXD TO-MORHOW WALLACE REID "THE PRISON WITHOUT WALLS" i The method of grafting In pris ons is graphically depicted In this production.) WEDNESDAY and Thursday "THE DUMMY" <From the faniou* ntagrc success) ■tarrlpc JACK PICKFORD j ORPHEUM—AII This Week Beginning To-night Matinee Wednesday and Saturday WILLIAM ELLIOTT, F. RAY COMSTOCi and MORRIS GEST, Present :-V\THE MOST WONDERFUL V LAY ,N AMERICA j V. HOBART^^ \ Love Story of Youth, His Trials and Temptations EN BIG SCENES - COMPANY OF 82 PEOPLE SEATS NOW FOR ALL PERFORMANCES ft saf'Maul 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00 | Wednesday Matinee—soc, 75c, SI.OO and $1.50 THIS IS NOT A MOVING PICTURE TO-DAY HQBOEIIIHB TO MORROW HEHHGHJQn The California Motion Pictures Corporation Presents BEATRIZ MICHELENA In a gripping story by C. N. and A. M. Williamson "The Woman Who Dared" A startling and sensational seven-part story Not a regular program feature, hut a big special attrac tion showing on the regular program, without any advance in the admission prices. Added Attraction—Chas. Murray and Louise Fazenda in a funny Keystone comedy—"Her Pride and Shame." MONDAY EVENING, NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE AGRICULTURE TO BE DISCUSSED Hills Relative to Administra ; tive Features of Department to Be Threshed Out Cliairtnen and influential members of the agricultural committees of the legislature will meet late to-day with I Secretary of Agriculture Patton and officials of his department to discuss | the bills in hand for the change of I administration of the department. These bills have been much discussed and would both increase the powers of the Commission of Agriculture and abolish it utterly. The general belief is that some agreement will be reach ed which would give the State Board of Agriculture more authority than it has had in the department. The commission was originally planned by the Grangers, but when it was passed it was repudiated by its sponsors and while members of the commission have been seeking more authority, men on the outside have been trying to have it abolished, while others would have the members se lected by the State Board of Agri culture instead of by the Governor. If it is decided to-day to make any change which will be acceptable to all three there will be no time lost in framing a bill or amending one of those now In hand. Conferences will also be held to-day and to-night about the contingent funds for the various departments. The manner in which these funds were disbursed in the last two years is being scanned and there will be some cutting down with a possibility that some men may be asked for explana tions in order to afford light to the Legislature in voting on the items. The funds for traveling in some de partments will be reduced until they represent what is needed for postage j and incidentals. JUSS SARAH OCKER DIKS Mechanicsburg-, Pa.. May 14. Miss Sarah Ocker, aged "8 years, died in the Polyclinic Hospital at Harrisburg on Saturday, l'rom a complication of diseases. She had ben ill for some time, but was taken 1 to the hospital on Friday. She was a member of the Church of God. , Funeral services will be held from j the home of her cousin. Mrs. James Trego, in South York street, to-mor- ! row afternoon at 2 o'clock, conduct-' ed bv the Rev. B. L. C. Baer. pastor . of the Church of God. Burial wlil 1 be made in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. Quality GORGAS Service Call 2244 on either phone and you will get prompt attention. Tell us what you want and we will have it at your door j in short order. Our Free messenger delivery anywhere in the city until 11 j p. m. makes shopping here j by phone convenient and sat isfactory. GORGAS' DRUG STORES 16 N. Third St. and Penna. Station WILL CURTAIL HIGHWAY WORK High Prices Will Cause Re duction in Appropriations as Matter of Good Business ' | A conference to determine whether ■ j it would be advisable for Pennsylva j nia to go ahead with its ambitious I read-building road program during | | the next two years, when pilces for material and labor bid fair to be the 1 highest known In the state is to be 1 held within a day or so and there are ; prospects that a substantial reduction may be made in the $18,000,000 state highway appropriation bill. The plan to add $2,000,000 to the state school appropria'tion so that it will be $lB,- 000.000, will go through. Chairman James F. Woodward, of ; the House appropriations committee, I 1 says lie will ask Governor Brum baugh and State Highway Commis sioner Black to meet with Chairman !Buokinan, of the Senate appropria tions committee, and himself to dis cuss the situation. "Materials and labor are so very high that I have serious doubts whether it would not )be well to give up some of the high way projects this year," said he. The idea of taking a reef In the appro priation for highways was much dis cussed among legislators here for the week-end, and whilo some feared it might affect highways which ought to be rebuilt the wisdom of studying the proposition from the standpoint of prices was admitted. I The general appropriation bill takes care of all overhead expenses In the State Highway Department, the con struction. state aid, township assist ance and toll-road purchase items be ing in a separate bill or budget. When the appropriation committee starts to send out appropriation bills for hospitals and homes aggregating several millions, attention will be turned to* the general appropriation bill, which is being studied in connec tion with the McNichol "salary desig nator" for the whole state" govern ment. This is the bill prepared by the Economy and Efficiency Commission j to put every job on the payroll and ] to take all off the contingent funds. ; Incidentally some f the contingent 1 funds for departments are being care- I fully scanned. The disposition of the House committee is to allow the Gov | ernor to have the same contingent | fund as last time and to allow him ' to expend it at his discretion. | The Senate will to-night receive i the bills to tax coal, oil and natural I j gas and the Woodward bill to take i manufacturing capital out of the ex- J I ompt class and tax it one mill. Thus i I far it' looks as though the direct in- j I heritance tax bill would be the only I revenue raiser to get through, as the I I heavy Federal taxes which are about 1 to be levied have caused legislators to I be wary about increasing? burdens. ; The curtailment of the road-building program because of high prices would also raise necessity for some of the revenue-raisers, whose production i ; would be devoted specifically to high- | j way uses. j The appropriations for the depart ments of labor and Industry and pub lic grounds and buildings will be taken up at a hearing by the Joint committee to-morrow. j^AMJSE^[MENTs|^ I ORPHEUM Entire week, beginning j to-night, with matinees Wednesday l and Saturday—"Experience." I >! .lOSTlC—"Vaudeville. ' COLONIAL. "ifte Woman Who 1 Dared." • I REGENT "The Prison Vf ithout Walls." Curiosity is a great human motive. ! People are fond of mysteries to which they know there is a Thurston solution. This is the ' Coming reason for the great popularity of Thurston. ! the magioian, who will appear at the lOrpheum three days, beginning next Monday with matinees Wednesday 'and Saturday. The appearance of this I celebrated artist whose name is fa j miliar throughout the civilized globe, ; will no doubt attract large and en thusiastic audiences. There never was l an exponent of necromancy more | popular than this skilled artist and jarch deceiver ot the public. | Tom Barry's pretentious musical i comedy, offering. "The Breakers," heads the list of attractions At the at the Majestic the first Majestic three days of the present week. Mr. Barry is respon j sible for the book and lyrics, while | the music was written by the well ! known composer, Harry Von Tiizer. The act is brimful of comedy, original ! dance numbers and beautiful girls. Grouped around this big production (are: Jack Gardner and Company, ex icellent comedy variety entertainers; ' Ben and Hazel Mann, young couple i presenting an artistic song and dance offering; Bell and Eva, comedy trampoline artists, and Jack lteddy, i popular monologist. When Beatriz Michelena appeared jon the screen in "The Unwritten Law," she set a ' Bentrl* Michelena standard which ut the Colonial film critics were unanimous in stating would he hard to live up to in any following productions, but in "The Woman \\ ho Dared," Is the attraction at the Colonial Theater i to-day and to-morrow. Miss Michelena proves conclusively that she can hold the standard set by her early releases, and adds new laurels to her already large supply. In the role of a grand opera singer she becomes the center of a political intrigue and a sensational love romance. The story is one of ihrills and rare sensations that will hold the interest throughout. Chas. Murray and I<ouise Fazenda. the two popular Keystone stars, will be on the same program in their biggest laugh getter. "Her Pride and Shame." Com | ing soon. Anita Stewart in "The Girl Philippa." Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman will be seen at the Regent to-day and to-morrow in a pro ! "The Prison duction ot Robert Without Walls** *E. MarAlarney's nt the Kesent thrilling story, "The Prison Without Walls." Mr. Reid is seen as a young prison reformer, who enters a prison ito investigate some grafting that is I going on. How a young visitor falls In love , 1 with him, and how he manages to 1 save her life is brought about in a| thrilling manner. The popular Lasky ' ! star (whose celebrated conflict with (the Ethiopian sextet In "The Birth of a Nation." is well remembered) has I remarkable opportunity In this plc- I ture, which contains several tre | mendous fight scenes. Wednesday and Thursday, Jack Pickford will be the attraction in "The Dummy." V. . TO VSK OERM.tV SHIPS Washington, D. C„ May 14. —Twelve j of the seized German vessels, fullv re [ paired, will he ready at the end of I this week to be pressed Into the trans jAilar.tlc service to carry supplies of all klr.da to the allies. The shipping ;board estimates that within nineteen jdava all of the SOD,OOO German tonimit" (and IS,OOO Austrian tonnage will be in use. • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH PARK TRANSFER BILL UP TONIGHT Important Local Measures Will Be Given Attention During Present Week The bill to transfer to the Depart- j ment of Public Grounds and Building* money in the hands of the Capitol i Park Commission and unexpended on June 1 will be on tinal pasage in 1 the House to-night and will be sent to the Senate to-morrow. The other Capitol Park bills will be acted upon this week in committees, the Bel dleman bills to be reported out by municipal corporations and the 'ap propriation bill to be considered by subcommittees. The chances are that $350,000 will be allowed, although this ' has not been determined. The calendars for both branches of the Legislature are loaded with bills. The time of the House may be occu ! pled part of to-night in considering the report of the committee on rules recomending a date for closing up business. There are reports that June 14 will be selected, but whether it will be adjournment or a recess depends on the conference in Philadelphia to day. The House is in favor of fixing ] that date. The Senate will hold up j the matter to see how things go. The House appropriations commit tee will start to report out appropria tion bills on Tuesday or Wednesday and will devote Itself to completing J the general appropriation bill carry ing the funds to conduct the state i government for two years from June I 1. as soon as It completes its action j on the charitable bills. Heavy reduc- | tions in many appropriations have i been necessary and unless revenue | raising measures are passed, say Leg- j islative leaders, more may have to be undertaking by the committees, j The revenue bills, except those to tax j capital invested in manufacturing' have passed the House. Both branches face heavy calendars. The House has 239 bills, of which 141 are on third reading alone. The Sen ate calendar contains over 100 bills. The bills on the calendars will be materially increased this week by the appropriation bills, which are to be put into lists and made special orders of business and by bills which com mittees will start to report out be cause of the approaching adjourn ment. There are over 1,200 bills in J House committees. Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore I Miss Carrie Simmons of Hersliey | visited relatives in Xew Cumberland j yesterday. Sirs. Roy Parthemore and son, Le- • roy. of Xew- Cumberland, spent Sat- \ urday at Shippensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Buttorff of Xew Cumberland, gave a dinner in honor ] of the christening of tlieir little daushter, Sara Ellen Buttorff. Miss ElizabeUi Gardner and Miss! Dorothy Gohn. of Xew Cumberland, j spent the week-end with friends at I York and Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Relff, son Robert. Miss Dorothy Heffleman and ! Miss Catherine Good, of Xew Cum- j berland, attended the May Day exercises at Lebanon Valley College. S. A. Williams, of Xew Cumber-) land, is recovering from ptomaine j poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spahr, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs.> Spahr's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John I W. Wolfe at Shiremanstown. Mrs. Howard C. Kraber, of Har-1 risburg, spent Sunday with Mr. and j Mrs. Jacob Slieely at their country 1 residence, Homestead Farm, near Shiremanstown. Mrs. Fannie Deckman, of Quincy. ! is spending several days with friends at Shiremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ebert, son' Stuart, of Mechanlcsburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Bbert's parents, j Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brinton at Shire manstown. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Gerber. | daughters, Arlene, Eleanore and' Margaretta Gerber, of Lewistown,! motored to Shiremanstown yester- j day, where they visited the former's \ relatives. David M. Rupp, and George Fran- 1 ois Rupp, sons, of S. S. Rupp, of I Shiremanstown, left Friday evening! foe Fort Xiagara, X*. Y., where they [ will receive military instructions ] preparatory to receiving officers' > commissions. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dull, Mrs.' Margaret Wertz. of Mechanicsburg.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheel.v, sons,! Robert and Herbert, of Lemoyne. j were entertained Sunday by Mr. and i Mrs. Benjamin Baker at Shiremans- | town. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fortney, son, ! Millard, daughter. Media, of Sid donsburg, motored to Shiremanstown I yesterday and were guests of Mr. | and Mrs. John H. Brenneman. Mrs. George K. Eshleman, son Kenneth, of Shiremanstown. are home from a visit with the former's j parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Bloom: Wentz at Plainfield. Miss Alice Wallace and sister, Clara Wallace of Shiremanstown, spent yesterday with their aunt, Mrs. Ella Haupt, at Enola. LANCASTER, COUNTY DEATHS ' Marietta, May 14. John H.' Kiiuffman, aged 80, the oldest man of Landlsville, died Saturday night, j He was a retired hardware merchant j and member of the Mennontte j church. One brother survives. Mrs. Anna M. Correll, of Green! Bank, aged "8, died Saturday even-1 ing. Four children, and ten grand children survive. Mrs. Levi Yost, aged 78, of Inter-; course, died Saturday evening. She! was a member of the Amish church. I Her husband, eight children and | twenty grandchildren survive. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets.—adv. 2"U SHOE i n ■ POLISHES J MI BLACK WHITE TAN KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT r. F. DALLEY CO. of NEW YORK. Inr ; N Y jl * "Experience,** the much-talked-of morality play, opens its engagement at the Orpheum to-night, where it will play for a week, with matinee per formances \\ ednesday and Saturday. The Eastern "Experience" organiza tion. with its of eighty-two vital characters, is the presenting com pany, and the ten spectacular scenes of tho play are host described by their 58i? " ln the Where Dreams Begin." ' The Street of Vacillation." £!P ir^? e p ath." "In the Corridors of Chance." "The Street of Dissolu iioll, „ T ! le .. n °H se of I - ast r £*°rt." "The Street of Remorse." "The House of Lost Souls. "The Street of Forgotten Days." and "In the I>and Where the Dreamer Awakens. The story of "Experience" is said to have the throb of young love and the high pulse of adventure. It is a vivid, human drama, telling or the adventures of Youth in his quest of fame and fortune. Johnny Gill to Quit Ring For Army Duty; Last Fight Wednesday York, May 12. Johnny Gill, sue- ' cessful young welterweight of this j city, told his friends to-day that he) will enter the ring for one more! fight and will then enlist In the regu lar army. He has decided to apply j for enlistment in the engineering! corps. Gill says he thinks that he| should "do his bit" for his country. Gill, who is York born and bred, has made an enviable record since | his entrance intothe pugilistic game! saveral years ago. At the present! time he is on a fair road to the wel- I terweiglit championship, a match! with Jack Britton, the American ti- j tie holder, having been arranged. I condltionall on his winning his nextj fight in this, city with Eddie Hanlon, i which will take place next Wednes-! day. The Yorker has made a name j for himself as being one of the 1 cleanest and most gentlemanly box era in the East, in all his fights. Be- j sides being an artist in the ring! game, Gill has played amateur bas- j ketball and baseball with several teams in this city recently.. At the i present time he is conducting a cigar store. THIRTY MILLION PERSONS TIM.IXi BACKYARD OARDEXS Washington, D. C.. May 14. Thirty million persons in the United States have Joined in the campaign for food gardens in backyards. This was an nounced here yesterday by the na tional emergency food garden commit tee, which two months ago began a campaign for 1,000.000 food gardens. "Many of the new gardeners are not only producing enough food for their own use, but are going to have some left over for t*ielr neighbors." It was stated by Charles Lathrop Pack, presi dent of the association. PROPERTY MAY HAS MICH TO WORRY HIM Handling; Paraphernalia of Rarnuni and Bailey's Circus a Mnn's Size Job at All Times The multifarious paraphernalia of a big circus provides one of the most serious problems in the handling of the show, and it is traditional among circus folks that the property man who superintends the appearance THOUSANDS TICK IN UNISON • Every hour, 65,000 clocks are set by Western Union Telegraph. Clocks that ring bells in schools; clocks that blow factory "whistles; clocks that flash signal lights; important clocks everywhere—all owe their accuracy to . WESTERN UNION THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. and disappearance of the many I "props" during the performance, is [ the busiest man auout the show. With the Barnum and Bailey cir cus, which will be here May 21st, j there is a man who directs an army I of assistants and is responsible for j the proper placing of every trapeze, wire, supports, chariot, rope, rigging, j and ail the special apparatus used by performers. The circus property man Is one | big machine in himself, but it re ■ quires a small army of these ma j chines to do the work of the big cir | cus. And he is quite as important Jas the highest paid performer in j the rings or aerial rigging. Experts I in efficiency say that it is largely due Ito the khaki army of canvasmen, j "razorbagks" and property men, | each working in a highly organized | department, that makes it possible j for such a stupendous organization ' as the Barnum and Bailey circus to j move from point to point, and give : two performances every day in a dif ! ferent city. The ivorkingmen are tlie most valuable and perhaps the least appreciated of all circus peo i Pie. ! It is the property man who makes the circus accident almost unknown jin these days. Teh property man j must be a professional. He must ! rehearse as diligently as any acrobat j or bareback rider. A ring bank must i be placed in position in the twinkling | of an eye, or a net or aerial appara ] tus swung into position in an instant. Moreover, he must see to it that every , rope and ladder and piece of apparatus is flawless so that the lives of the performers may not be , in danger. The property man on the march is tireless. Each man has many things to do to earn his dollar a day and "cakes." He has few hours for sleep when on the road; he is always busy putting up or taking down the i intricate circus paraphernalia, and he must always be keen and on the alert. General Arnold Graves, the boss property man of the Barnum i and Bailey show, has spent twenty I years in the business and has per j sonally trained each one of his army ' 1 of nimble-footed assistants. The Bar j num and Bailey circus this season ' is carrying more than 1,400 persons ; | in its various departments, and of II this number approximately 700 are i workingmen. MAY 14, 1917. •"00,000 JBWKL9 STO!,B\ FROM A COUNTRY HOCSH relham, N, Y., May H. Jewels valued at $200,000 were stolen from the country home of Frederick H. Al len at Pelham Manor, Friday, it be came known last night. The robbery occurred during the absence of the family. The Jewels liad been left out i of the safe in which they were usually kept. Mr. Allen Is a -'•ominent financier, clubman and political leader. lie is now interested in udministratitai of trench war velief funds. His wife is descended from a noted French fam ily. RED MEN IX CONVENTION Duncannon, Psi„ May £4. Twen ty-eight tribes were represented at the semiannual convention of the Trl-county Red Jlehl.s Association here on Saturday. Delegates were present from Perry, Dauphin and Cumberland counties. A big parade took place in the afternoon by mem bers of the association. The next semiannual convention will be held at Middletown, Pa., October 13. lUFTY JOIN RED CROSS New Cumberland, Pa., May 14. Over fifty have joined the Hed Cross Society, the ladies of town have been invited to meet every Wednesday afternoon in the liall of the Inde pendent America to sew. HOYS' BRIGADE EKSTIVAI; New Cumberland, Pa., May 14. The tioys' Brigade cleared fifty dol lars at their festival held in the base ment of the Methodist Church Fri day night. MOTHERS' DAY OBSERVANCE New Cumberland, Pa,, May 14. Mothers' Day was observed in all the churches yesterday. The services were well attended and the audi toriums were prettily decorated. Skekct Ijcuwflf Get the Round P.'ickago Ask For and GET .dSjEa, HO RUCK'S I trmm&te* THE ORIGINAL JHSBfiB MALTED MILK idSfei Made from clean, rich milk with the ex. f tract of select malted grain, malted in our own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions. I? Infanta and children thrive on it. Agree* with L ) the weake*! stomach of the inoalid or the aged. Need* no cooking nor addition of milk. \ACtDAi;DTBAyELfBSjr Nourishes and sustain* mo e than tea, coffee, etc. Should bo kept at home or when traveling. Anu tritious food-drink may be prepared in a moment. A glassful hot before retiring induces refreshing CQ sleep. Also in lunch tablet form for business men. ,ALTE .?J , L Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price For 26 Years We Have Been Making KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR the best we know how. We are making a bid for your patronage by giving you honest quality for "Value Received"—mother words, for your nickel. JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers ' —-—— - COMPENSATION ACT BLANKS For the convenience of lawyers and small corporations we have arranged in book form a quantity of Accident Blanks sufficient for a year's supply. Sent to any address on re ceipt of price, SI.OO. THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. HARRISBURG, PA. Printing—Rinding—Designing—Plioto Engraving —I)Je Stamping—l'lute Printing V I FOREST FIRE CO. IS ORGANIZED Blair County People Provide Means to Combat Blazes in the Woods In an effort to ntone for the for est lire record made by Blair county ■ last year, citizens of Lakemont have ! organized a forest lire company/the llrst of its kind in Pennsylvania. The organization starts with over 160 members enrolled, all of whom are : pledged to wage instant and ruth less warfare on all forest fires. The . following officers have been elected ed: President, Charles Dantz; vice -1 president, W. B. Seward: secretary j and treasurer, D. M. Snowberger; ; assistant secretary, John Miller; J chief tire director, James Degen i hardt. Meetings will be held in the town ; tlremen's hall on the second and I fourth Mondays of the months of Are danger. Fire alarms will be sent out through the town's Are signal sys tem, and a special nlarni of "6-6" will be used to give notice of a i forest lire. Money received from the Depart ment of Forestry for tire lighting will | not be used by the members for ! their own benefit, but will be paid over to a common fund for the pur i chase of equipment to be used in ] lire lighting. Officers of the Bureau of Forest i Protection to-day expressed the \ hope that other similar organizations may be formed, and will be glad to co-operate with the citizens of any | Pennsylvania community in forming 1 a forest lire company. 11
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