12 Profits Plan Is Up to Supreme Court Washington, Jan. 14.—0n advice of the Department of Justice, the Bureau of Internal Revenue yester day decided to leave to the Supreme Court determination of whether, in figuring income and excessive profits for the last year, inventories may be made on the basis of either original cost or present market value, which ever is lower. Income and excess profits tax re turn forms were accordingly changed and will be issued next week with provision for reporting on both bases Tax eventually will be collected un der the optional system if the Su preme Court sustains it, or on cost if the court decides against the op tional plan. Returns must be filed by March 1, but the court will not hear argument until March 4 on a case in volving the disputed point. This case known as Mitchell vs. Doyle, was brought originally in the District Court in Michigan. 50 More Belgians Are Executed by Germans London. Jan. 14.—Word has been received here at the Belgian official quarters of fifty-eight more official executions in Belgium. This brings the number of Belgians executed January, 1917, to 170, among whom were at least two women, three girls from 14 to 16 years old, and several youths under twenty. All the executed Belgians were as sumed by the Germans to be guilty of spying, and in many cases arrest, condemnation and execution took place within three to four days, and. therefore, no serious inquiry could have been made. Under the rule of the late Gov ernftr General Von Bissing, 100 exe cutions took place in one year, ac cording to the German official re ports. Governor General Von Falken hausen has increased this record three-fold and he ceased publishing the names of the victims in order that they could not be identified as by their compatriots. As a further precaution, the executed per sons have been buried inside the pris on walls. OFFICIAL PRICE RANGE FOR 1917 NEW YORK CURB 213 INDUSTRIAL STOCKS 31 STANDARD OIL STOCKS 108 INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS 233 MINING STOCKS 56 BONDS You will find this booklet a vulu able source of information dur ing the advancing markets we be lieve will feature 1918. Copies free upon application. --1 Market St., Harribarg;, Pa. Telephones! Hell Phone 34UK; Automatic 2230. \ev York Reading Philadelphia Allentown Direct private wires connecting all offices with principal markets. I FRANK R. LEHT & SON General Insurance and Real Estate 18 N. Third Street FOR SALE \o. 1607 Chestnut street, 3-story brick dwelling. 8 rooms and bath. Front and rear porches. Furnace and gas. Must be sold to close an estate. Price for quick sale, $2500 HENRY GILBERT & SON WE ARE NOW LOCATED IN OUR NEW BUILDING 400 SOUTH SECOND STREET, WHERE"WE OCCUPY THE ENTIRE BLOCK. BOTH OUR RETAIL A$D WHOLE SALE BUSINESS WILL BE CON DUCTED UPON A LARGER SCALE, FACILITATED BY THE ARRANGE MENT OF OUR VARIOUS BUILD INGS AND SIDINGS LESSENING THE COST OF LOADING AND UN LOADING CARS AS WELL AS SMALL FREIGHT SHIPMENTS. 3/,300 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDINGS— NEARLY ALL ON ONE FLOOR. ' ALL MAIL AND TELEPHONE ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT * ATTENTION AND DELIVERY HENRY GILBERT & SON 400 South Second Street JUST 4 BLOCKS SOUTH OF MARKET SQUARE ON SECOND STREET WHOLESALE HARDWARE RETAIL j MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TANUARY 14, 191?. RAILROAD WORK STARTS ON FREIGHT STATION Reading's Increased Business at Palmyra Necessitates More Room Active work has been started on the erection of a new freight sta tion, by the Philadelphia and Read ing Railway Company, at Palmyra. The Reading station there has long been overtaxed, owing to the fact that Palmyra is the shipping and re ceiving point for a territory within a radius of six or seven miles, and i enlargements were necessary. New Station Cost The new freight station is to be located about 200 yards east of the eld place, and just opposite the Kreider shoe factory. There are about fifteen laborers now at work digging for the founda- { tions for the structure and it will be complete in the early spring. Sev eral years ago the Reading company gave the community an SIB,OOO pas senger station, and the new freight station will cost from $7,500 to $lO,- 000, and will be modern in every retpect. Harrisburg Athletes Take Two Elimination Victories Athletes representing the Motive Power Athletic Association of the Pennsylvania railroad on Saturday added two victories in the system elimination contests. In the tug-of war match Harrisburg won by for feit, Altoona failing to appear. The local team was also winner in in-j door baseball, score 8 to 7. Harrisburg outbatted their oppon ents. Gough's pitching was a fea ture. He was given good support. Altoona played a fast and errorless game. The teams lined up as fol lows: Altoona —Calhoun, cf.; Burry, ss.; Stevens, 2b.; Holmsberg, c.; McCoy, lb.; Wilson, If.; Gearhart, 3b.; Smith, rf.; Elder, p. Harrisburg—Walker, 3b.; Hender son, ss.; Colesfock, c.; Wrightstone, lb.; Alcorn, cf.; Kulp, 2b.; McClain, If.; Felas, rf.; Gough, p. The score by innings: R. H. E. Altoona 001 102 011—7 7 0 ( Harrisburg ....000 111 311—8 14 0 SEVBRtI. DKAI) l.\ WRECK WHI'.N TRAIN SPLITS SWITCH | By Associated Press Houston, Tex., Jan. 14. Several persons were killed and many others injured when a Houston and Texas central, northbound passenger train] from Houston to Dallas split a switch | at Hammon early to-day. "Ten, twetve or fourteen dead, and possibly twenty injured." was a re port received by the Southern Pacific general offices from its dispatcher at Hearne. BAD BREATH Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets Get ! at the Cause and Remove It Dr. Edwards* Olive Tablets, the sub- j stitute for calomel, act gently on the bowels and positively do the work. People afflicted with bad breath find | quick relief through Dr. Edwards' Olive | Tablets. The pleasant, sugar-coated tablets are taken for bad breath by all who know them. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act gently but firmly on the bowels and liver, stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and gently purifying the entire system. They do that which dangerous calomel does without any of the bad after effects. All the benefits of nasty, sickening, griping cathartics are derived from Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets without griping, pain or any disagreeable effects. Dr. F. M. Edwards discovered the formula after seventeen years of prac- I tice among patients afflicted with bowel and liver complaint, with the attendant bad breath. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are pure ly a vegetable compound mixed with olive oil; you will know them by their olive color. Take one or two every . night for a week and note the effect. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists. RECOGNIZE VETS' LONG SERVICE "Tim" Heckcrt on Special Duty; First Transportation Man to Be Appointed With the appointment of E. E. Heekert, flagman on the Middle di vision, Pennsylvania Railroad, to special duty, X. W. Smith, superin tendent, has given recognition for the first time to the transportation department. It is understood that other divisions will take up a sim ilar course. With the congestion in the freight movement and with many new men not familiar with either duties work ing, it is the belief that Mr. Heekert will give valuable instructions to these men and keep them on the job. bringing good results. Flagman Heekert. who resides at 408 'Reily street, has been long in service. Much favorable comment lias been heard regarding this appointment, and the following letter was sent to the Harrisburg Telegraph by a well known railroad man with a request that it be printed: Favorable Comment "While these kind of appointments are looked upon by the union men with more or less criticism, it is the belief of many men that owing to the fact that Mr. Heekert. with long served services as the chairman of their local grievance board of lodge No. 174, Brotherhood of ftail road Trainmen, that the many fa vorable conditions he secured for them will be looked upon from a anKle - a d that the men do all that lays in their power in assisting him with his work in order to relieve the congestion and keep all the men under him at the wheel. "This is the first appointment for SOI ? e .„ irn „ e com 'ng from the rank and tile of the men in the 'M. T.' de partment, and it is the opinion if Mr. Heekert s work proves success ful there will be more of these ap pointments to follow. It has been the opinion of some of Mr. Heck ®rt®sl°sf friends that he will prove a valuable man to the company in COnditions that "re ham sn „n^| COmpany and lluve all sucn conditions remedied. said°" W^ f m r ' H< ? ckort ' s friends get nnnftfo,. " 0t know wher * to * another man to fill 'Tim's' nlace in" °° al boar <l. and we regret t) °!f a - v to see him leave us but It wifl bl m friend must part, and for ,L be " P us to scll °ol another oi the vacancy. Tim.' as l*e l work n 'r 0 h r aS , bee " VerV act,Ve in ~nlon known L y years ' and is well known from our rank and manv weresurprised to hear of him leav es? success." We W '. S " h,m tl,e B,cat - Railroad Notes Hiram MrGowan Simmers of th a bureau of employment of the Penn rai,road ' located at Phila- Fed P er£ c'oVt" the City "•& William D. Bowers, special dutv engineer on the Middle division, who has been on the sick list, continues hL h P,OVe ' . is sti " confined to street. at H ' 47 No,th Seventh John Fisher, engineer on the Mid. die division, is instructing new men on the Middle division, as part of his special duty program. New schedules in effect on tlie Kead'ng yesterday, are out to-dav! In addition to the time changes last ou ek o n T°t tr £ ins lave1 ave been'take" on one to Gettysburg leaving at p. m and the other to Ship- Ptn-sburg, leaving in the afternoon. Employes of the Baltimore divi on"Saturday. PennSy,Van ' a We '° " uid n *1- Sclnvei eert, conductor, and ,V,; D eeney ', brakeman, employed en the Pennsylvania railroad, are on the sick list. ~> ir l ' a P t ai of Police p - K - Barclav and his lieutenant, Edward J. Cran ford, will go to Washington to-mor row It , s understood that all rail roal officers will in the near future be given authority to make Federal In the new schedule in effect yes terday on Philadelphia and Reading °'s y lraiMS we re eliminat ed. This does not include the hourly trains between Philadelphia and nnT k ' but trains on the main I K. is u "<*?. rßtood that no employes on the Middle division of the Pennsv Will lose his position or demoted be cause of the elimination of passen ger trains. They will be kept busv. l ive crews fro Northern Central are now running- between Harrisburg ana Altoona. order to get out the repair work all shop employes of the Phil adelphia and Reading Railway worked yesterday. Freight congestions on the Read ing have necessitated the cutting of t reight trains almost one-half. This .Hows speed and prevents road tioubles according to the officials. Six more engines being built for abroad have been assigned to the ' Reading. Four will be run on the 1 larrisburg and Reading dixisions. This takes fifteen in all given over to the Reading. Arthur A. Wells, a passenger con ductor on the Lebanon Valley and Fast Penn branch of the Reading, reached the age limit and will be placed on the pension roll. Mr. Wells entered the service as an ap prentice at the Reading shops in 1864. He became a passenger brake man in 1870 and an extra passenger conductor in April 1880, and a regu lar conductor In January 1884. Four passenger firemen have been promoted to freight engineers on, the Middlfc division and will run between Harrisburg and Altoona. They are C. Ij. I,oper and W. E. McMurtie, Harrisburg; C. W. Beward, Mifflin, and R. M. Clark, Altoona. These promotions will also bring four young engineers now on freight into the passenger department. It is also said that changes will shortly bo announced in the yard pools. JOHN S. KROH Funeral services for John S. Kroli, 89, will be held from the home of his son. S. J. Kroh. Sunimerdale, Wednes day. Burial will be iriade at Newport Wednesday afternoon. MISS SAVILLA K. 9M81.T7.KR Funeral services for Miss Savllla E. Smeltzer, 53, will be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the under taking parlors of S. S. Spee.se, the Rev. 1/r. William S. Harris, officiating. Burial will be made in Hhoop's Church Cemetery. STEAMER TEXAN CALLS FOR AID; SINKS, IS REPORT (Location of Vessel Not Given; R&mmed Amidships in Collision By Associated I'ress An Atlantic Port, Jan. 14.—Agents of the American steamship Texan, a vessel of 14,000 tons, to-day re ceived advices from naval authori ties that she was sinking at sea. The location of the ship was not given. She was rammed amidships in col lision with another vessel. It was learned that a steamship arriving to-day at another Atlantic port reported that at 4 a. m. she picked up a.n "S. O. S." from the Texan, reporting she had been struck amidships and was sinking. Lifeboats had been lowered. The last message fro in the Texan said "Goodby—no more." Meanwhile the crew of fortv-thre* had taken to the boats. The Texan's wireless eperator re ported that the starboard boats had been lowered, that the aft boat was lost and that an attempt was being made to lower the forward boat. Oil from the chip's hold was poured on the starboard side in an effort to make sea conditions better for launching the life boats. Inabel to Reach Vessel In the absence of definite word regarding the accident shipping men expressed the opinion that the lexan may have encountered an ice berg. HICKOK LOOKS FOR U. S. TO TAKE FUEL [Continued from First Pne.] them all nearly depleted. The Unit thJnVr Coal , Com pany said that their only supply of coal is a few tons of buckwheat coal. m ~J° Wit Hoarders • „ j am , er of Commerce has . nnounced plans for the co-opera with th dealers and consumers with the coal commission. All emer are, bein S investigated bv Hi? Police and turned over to the !,'? ambcr of Hoe to-day. A man to t?al nffl arße , the cards at the cen tral office and turn them over to dealers after the statements on them hoiXf- " ln y es tig a ted by police, is wnF? 0 S T° U i r f i by - the Clla mber, and will beg n his duties during the week !, cellar containing half a ton will not be considered urgent, it is said. rh?n ™ agent of the Philadel phia and Reading railroad Saturday took an accurate list of the amount i*n •? e bands ot the dealers in the city, and what had been re ceived and delivered during Janu ary. The list is for Assistant Di rector General of Railroads Smith, f-ffi 8 !?" 1 t0 ArcAcio ° Mr. Hickok said this morning that it is his opin ion that the activity is the fore runner of government control of the coal supply. Hr. Hickok said this morning that he is of the opinion that government controlled coal will i>e the next step by the government, tor the conservation of the fuel sup- Theaters to I tenia in Open Mr. Hickok announced no special leg.slation before the meeting of the fuel commission this afternoon. He said that he has received no inti mation that saloons, theaters, mov ing picture houses and manufactur ers whose products are not neces sury for the conduct of the war, will be closed three days a week, as had been stated in a news story this morning. Officials of the various coal com panies in the city this morning ex pressed the hope that the new sys tem for investigating coal yards, de vised by the mayor and fuel control ler, will prevent hoarding by con sumers. The officials of the United Ice and Coal Company this morning made a statement setting it forth as a patriotic duty that people who see two or three coal wagons visiting one house in a week, report such in stances to the coal commission. ' C. M. Kaltwasser, manager of the Harrisburg Light and Rower Com pany, said that he had received four cars of coal from Steelton, for tem porary relief until his supply of bi tuminous coal arrives. The stock of river coal is practically exhausted, and it was necessary to secure the relief to avoid shutting down. The supply at the power plant is now enough to last for six days. JISSEKAJVD SEES THE DAWK New York. Jan. 14. Jules J. Jus serand, the French Ambassador to the nnited States, said In a speech. Satur day night, that It was no* the word "peace," but the word "conditions," to which attention should be paid at this time, for it is the conditions which must be won by Germany's enemies. He said: "Conditions will not be offered us as a gift. The day's work is not fin ished. though the dawn of the to morrow is not far off. From Belfort to the sea the watch is kept; the Bel gian, the British, the French, the American armies are not only unde feated, but on the move. While the Pnemy flatters himself, in his lust of destruction, that ho may have bled white one or the other of us, it turns out that we have extra divisions to spare and we can offer a helping hand to a dear friend south of us under going temporary troubles. But we have to finish our work, and to finish it we'l, so that it need never be done again." KIRI.S' MOIIAI.S MENACED New York, Jan. 14. Morals of girls of tender years are endangered if they work as messengers, in the opinion of the Women's Trade Union League. A resolution was adopted at a meeting yesterday asserting that it was the belief of the organization that no woman less than 25 years old should be employed in this service. AMUSEMENTS * *"}.' r\S ORPHEUM -- 2 Days - Starting Today frY, ' V THE I THE STORY OF A SOUil •. N MARRIAGE ? fl KfilY H ' QUESTION • II y M m Matinee Daily Fop Ladies, 25c ™ Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c, SI.OQ RAILS LOWER AT OPENING Trading at Outset of Today's Stock Market Session Continued to Reflect Divergent Opinions; Liberty Bonds Steady SEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and. Phlladel- Kxchanges— 3 North Mar ket street, Harrisburg; 1338 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P.M. American Can 37 36% American Car and Fdy. . 68% 68% American Smelting 78% 79% American Sugar 100% 100% Anaconda 61 % 62 Atchison . 84 84 Baldwin Locomotive ... 58% 58% Baltimore and Ohio .... 52 51 % Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 75% 75% Butte Copper 18 18% | Canadian Pacific 137% 138% Central Leather 62% 63% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 51 51% Chi., Mil. and St. Paul.. 44 & -44% Chi., R. I. and Pacific... 20 f9 Colorado Fuel and Iron. 35% 35% Crucible Steel 35% 35% Distilling Securities .... 36% 26% Krie 15 15 General Motors 113 113 Great Northern pfd 88% 8S Hide and Leather 12% 12% International Paper .... 26% 26% Kennecott Copper 31% 32 Kansas City Southern .. 16% 16% L,acka\vanna Steel 73% 74 Lehigh Valley 56 56 Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 92% 91 'Merc. Marine Ctfs. ..... 23 22% Mexican Petroleum .... 82% 84% Miami Copper 31 31 Midvale Steel 45% 46 New York Central 69% 69% N. Y„ N. H. and H 29% 29 N. Y. t O. and W 19 19 Norfolk and Western .. lU3 102% Northern Pacific 83% 83% Pacific Mail 24 24 Pennsylvania R. R 46% 4 6 Ray Con. Copper 22% 22% Reading Railway 72% 72% Republic Iron and Steel. 75% 76 Southern Pacific 82% 82% Southern Railway 22% 22% Studebaker 49% 49% Union Pacific 112 112% U. S. 1. Alcohol 117% HB% U. S. Steel 91% 92% U. S. Steel pfd 109 109 Virginia-Carolina Chem. 35% 38 Westinghouse Mfg 39% 40 Willys-Overland 17% 16% CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated Press I Chicago. Jan. 14. Cattle Re ceipts. 20,000; firm. Native beef steers, $8.20® 13.60; stockers and feed ers. $6.80® 10.85; cows and heifers, $5.80® 11.75; calves. $8.75® 16.00. Hheep Receipts, 2,000; strong. Wethers, $9.60@13.25; lambs. $14.00 ® 17.40. DRY AMENDMENT PLANS OUTLINED [Continued from First I'age.] "dry" amendment by sufficient states to make it a part of the national constitution, but that the question now before the voters of this state is, will Pennsylvania be listed on the roll of honor as a leader in the pro hibition cause as it has in statft leadership along other lines. Pennsylvania's Part Pennsylvania, he said, is the head quarters of more religious organiza tions than any other state of the union. It is a leader in the prosecu tion of the war—in men enlisted for active service, in Liberty bonds, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Co lumbus and other wartime activities, and now, he said, it must decide whether or not it is going to main tain its leadership in the great cause of temperance. Dr. Claypool said it is not the pur pose of the Anti-Saloon League to endorse any party or faction of a party. It is not its purpose, first hand, to endorse even individuals. It is the duty of all men to line up with one or another of the political parties and to vote at the primaries. He is a party man himself, he said, and while he has not always voted the straight ticket, has never found it necessary to forsake that party. What the Anti-Saloon League means to do is to ask all parties to place big. strong "dry" candidates in the field in every district for the Legisla ture before the primaries. He warned his audience, however, that the league does not mean to support weaklings or scoundrels H.ving to creep into office merely by pledging themselves to vote "dry." Party polities means nothing to the league Dr. Claypool said, for the reason that he sees no great is sue in sight upon which party di vision might hinge at this time which is more important than the prohibition. Whether men are qual ified for office and are pledged to vote "dry" is the big question before the league, he said, and their party politics is of secondary considera tion. Dr. Claypool said he did not need to argue the virtues of prohibition, for the reason that the liquor peo ple in their papers admit the saloon as at present constituted is an evil and they have always sa'id thAt if the prohibition resolution got through Congress the end of the liquor busi ness was in sight. The league needs the support of men and money in the campaign, the speaker said, but principally of men who will give their time and their energies to the prohibition cause. JACOII OBERHOI/TZBR Funeral services for Jacob Ober holtzer, 35, were held at 2 o'clock this ' afternoon from the home of his mother, 342 North Third street, Co lumbia. He died at the Harrisburg Hospital, Friday, after an illness of six weeks. He was a member of the Typographical Union and was em ployed in the composing- room of the Harrisburg Telegraph. Mr. Oberholtzer is survived by his wife, Rosie Oberholtzer, and four chil dren, William Oberholtzer, Leon Ober holtzer, Harry Oberholtzer and Mar- I garet Oberholtzer. ' AMUSEMENTS • i phii,aiui:m>iii.% pnouuciis By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 14. Wheat Steady; No. 1, red, <2.27: No. 1, soft, red, $2.25; No. 2, red, $2.24; No. 2, soft, ltd. $2.22; No. 3. red, $2.21; No. 3, soft, red, $2.19: No. 4. red. s2*l7; No. 4. soft, red, $2.15. Corn Market nominal; No. 2, yellow, $2.35®2.40; No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5, yellow, nominal. Oats Scarce and firm; No. 2, white. 93"/4@94c; No. 3, white, 92%®) 93c. Bran The market is steady; soft winter, per ton. $46.50®47.00; spring per ton, $44.00@45.00. Butter Market firm and higher; I western, creamery, extras, 53cr near by prints, fancy, 57c. Kggs—Firm, higher; Pennsylvania, and other nearby firsts, free cases, $19.20® 19.50 per case; do., current re ceipts, free cases, $18.90 per case western. extra, firsts, free cases, $19.20®19.50 per case; do., firsts, free cases, $18.90 per case. Cheese Quiet, but firm; New York, full cream, 22@25Hc. Live Poultry—Firm, fair demand; fowls. 264f)29c; ro< sters, 20®21c; young roosters, 24®25c; spring chickens, 265>29c; ducks, Peking, 2X @3oc; do., Indian Runner, 26@28c; turkeys, 26®>28c; geese, nearby, 25® Dressed Poultry Quiet, with a fair demand; turkeys, nearby, choice to fancy, 33®34c; do.! fair to good, 30@32c; do., old, 31@36c; do., western, choice to fancy, 33@34c; do., fair to good, 30@32c; do., old toms, 31@32c; do., old, common, 24@26c; fowls, fancy, 30@31c; good to choice, £B®29c; do., small sizes, 22®)27c; old roosters, 23c; broiling chickens, nearby, 30®37c; do., west ern, 30®32c; roasting chickens, 23® 30c; ducks, nearby, 25@30c; do., west ern. 24®29c; geese, nearby. 23@25c; do., western. 21® 23c. Tallow Steady; city prime In tierces, 17c; special loose. prime country, 16',6c; dark. 15%@16c; edible, in tierces, 18% Ca> 19 vfce. Potatoes Market steady; New Jersey, No. 1, per basket, 76@90c (33 lbs.); New Jersey, No. 2, per basket. 40®60c; New Jersey, per 100 tbs., SI.BO ®2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 Tbs., |2.25®2.65; New York, per 100 lbs., $2.15®2.40; western, per 100 lbs., $2,15 ® 2.40. Uefined Sugars Firm, but quiet powdered, 8.45 c; fine gtanulaied, 7.4 5® 8.35 c. Flour The market Is steady with a good demand; winter straight $10.10<g) 10.25; Kansas, clear, $9.75® 10.00; do., patents, sll.oo® 11.50; spring, firsts, clear, spot. $10.45® 10.60, spring firsts, clear, mill shipment. $9.75@10.00; spring bakers, patent, spot. $11.40®11.60; spring, patent, mill shipment, t10.65@11.05; spring family brands, spot, tH.00@11.25. Hay Firm, gopd demand; tim othy (according to location); No. 1, large bales, t28.50@29.00; No. 1, small bales, t28.50@29.00, No 2 $27.00@28.00; No. !!. $24.00@25.00; samples, $19.00@21.00; no grade $15.00® 17.00. Clover mixed—l-ight, mixed, $27.00 ®28.00; No. 1. $25.50@26.50; No. 2. | ?22.50@23.50. KREIDER PLANS TO AID SOLDIERS' MOTHERS [Continued from First Page.] to the same consideration as a "de pendent widowed mother," who un der the law is given a pension of S2O per month, provided she was dependent on the soldier for sup port. The allotment of S2O, therefore, under Congressman Kreider's bill, will be payable to either the depend ent fiather, the dependent mother, or if both are living and dependent, the S2O shall be payable to them jointly. Congressman Kreider's bill also provides that if a soldier is dis abled and unable to earn his living, then he shall, if his father or moth er, or both parents are dependent on him, be allowed $lO for their sup port in addition to any other allow ance made him. In the event Congressman Kreid er can not get action on this bill he will endeavor to have a speciai bill passed granting relief for the parents of Earl Aurand The section of the bill applying to cases of this kind follows: If the deceased leaves a widow or child, or if he leaves a father or mother or both parents dependent upon him for support, the monthly compensation shall be the following amounts; "(a) For a widow alone, t25. "(b) For a widow and one child, $35. "(c) For a widow and two children t47.50, with t5 for each additional child up to two. "(d) If there be no widow, then for one child, t2O. "(e) For two children, S3O. "(f) For three children, S4O, with $5 for each additional child up to two dependent. "(g) For a father or mother or both parents. S2O. The amount paya ble under this eubdivision shall not be greater than a sum which, when added to the total amount payable to the widow and children, does not ex ceed $75. AMUSEMENTS HHHHCTnHH HPllimfflnElD! The mere announcement that if is at the Colonial means that it is good. If it isn't good we don't book it. TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW WEDNESDAY nnd THURSDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ETHEL CONSTANCE MAE BARRYMORE TALMADGE MARSH —IV— —IN— —IN— "An American Widow" "THE HONEYMOON" "The Cinderella Man" Keep Your Eye Open For the Pictures Presenting Mary Garden and Eva Tanguay. lAMusefflerrcsi ORPHEUM | To-night and to-morrow, matinee and night—"The Marriage Question." •Monday night, January 21—Marbury i and Comstock piesrnt "Very Good Eddie," with tlio oi <ginai company. Coming coon—John Drew and Mar garet llllngton In "The Gay L<ord Wuex." COLONIAL I To-day and to-morrow Ethel Bar rymore In "An American Widow" Wednesday and Thursday—Constance lalmadge in "The Honeymoon." I Friday and Saturday Mae Marsh in "The Cinderella Man." MAJESTIC High Grade of Vaudeville. KEG 10 NT To-day and to-morrow—Charles Ray in "The Son of His Father." Wednesday and Thursday Fannie Ward in "On the Level." Friday and Saturday Blllie iiurkc in "The Land of Promise." VICTORIA To-day and to-morrow William Farnum in "The Heart of a Lion." Wednesday and Thursday Herbert Rawlinson in "Come Through." Friday and Saturday—Virginia Pear son in "The Stolen Honor." Every girl is reared with the thought in mind that marriage is her ultimate triumph, and "The truly it must be so, for Marriage were it not, this old Question" world of ours would bo devoid of population. Right now, over in Europe, the Gov ernments are in a quandary as to a fu ture marital system. With thousands of soldiers going into the trenches and being exterminated, there will be, after the great war, a hundred wo men to each man. Whether this will lead to polygamy or some other re organization of the marriage system is a great query of the hour. Thus, regeneration is of the greatest inter est to the whole wide world. Taking this as a basis for their story, Ralph T. Kettering and Lorin Howard have written a play, called "The Marriage Question," which delves deep into the very heart of the subject. Ed W. Rowland and Lorin J. Howard have produced "The Marriage Question," and are bringing it to the Orpheum to-night and to-morrow, matinee and night. A real Broadway show, with a real Broadway cast, is the promise held forth in the coming of "Very "Very Good Eddie," which Gooil will appear at the Orpheum Eddie" next Monday night. The show has but recently clos ed a four months' run at the Adelphia Theater, Philadelphia, which followed a solid year in New York. The com pany has been kept intact, as it has just played a return engagement in New York, when it duplicated its ori ginal success. There is scarcely a change since the first Broadway showing, and it still contains every member of the swagger fashion chorus. In the company will be seen Denman Maley, Georgie Mack. Harry Meyers, Helen Raymond, Florence Earle, Theodra Warfield, Lavinm Winn. Harry Linkey, Jean Deßriae. Elaine Ford, Ralph O'Rrien and many others. The music; of "Very Good Eddie" is already popular here, but a treat is in store for those who hear "Babes In the Woods," "If I Find the Girl," "On the Beach at Le Lei Wi," and the other numbers as they are sung by the singers who first made them famous. One of the best comedy offerings seen at the Majestic this season is that presented by the Max- At the well Quintet, entitled "A MnjeKtie Night at the Club." These five men are exceptionally clever, and they have a line of bright dialog that is a sure cure for the blues. Throughout the entire act. it is said, the audience is kept in con tinuous laughter. A very attractive stage setting adds much to the suc cess of the offering. Harris and Ly man, the comedy variety entertainers, have a lively act. They sing some songs and dance, and inject a bunch of nonsense that is exhilarating. Frank Dobson, in an eccentric com edy offering, and two other acts, complete the vaudeville program. A picturization of Kellet Cham bers' delightful comedy, "An' Ameri can Widow," Ethel Barrymore will be shown iin "An at the Colonial American Widow" Theater to-day and to-morrow. The star of this production is the celebrated Ethel Barrymore, whose splendid work on the screen has won her countless admirers. Many of the features in which this star has been presented called for intense emotional acting, but in "An American Widow" Miss Barrymore will have an oppor- I tunity to display her versatility as an j actress of light comedy roles. Sup porting the distinguished star in this play is Irving Cummings, a favorite screen player, and a well-balanced cast. Charming Constance Talmadge will j be the attraction Wednessday and Thursday in her newest Selznick Pic ture, "The Honeymoon." Five years ago Charles Ray. who will be seen at the Regent to-day and to-morrow in "The Charlea Hay Son of His Father," In "The Son was a member of an u( III* Father" unimportant musical comedy in the Far West. To-day he is one of the recog- 1 nized stars of the cinema world. His newest photodrama gives to AMUSEMENTS ..-c star splendid opportunity for elToctlvo porlruyul of u trie re fl ing character. He is seen tho son of a New York railroad magnate, who. with $5,000, sets out to prove to liw father that he possesses enough in herent business ability to make SIOO.- 000 in six months, lie makes KOOII. defeating his father in a contest of business wits, and linding happiness in the love of a very charming B"'l of the West. In fact, he pi >ves In every way that he is the "so i of his father." . It is a role very much to Ray's lik ing, and he brings to it the pleasing personality, the boyish enthusiasm, and the recognised genius for screen acting that have made him a favor ite everywhere. Ralph Connol-'s famous story, "The Doctor," which has been read by mil lions. and which William Farnum has been one of in "The Heart the best-selling of a I,Ion" books for the past decade, will be tile attraction at tfie Victoria Theater for to-day and to-morrow. No belter star could have been selected for the stel lar role than William Farnum, for since "all the world loves a lighter" he is seen at his very best in this re markable dramatization of the well known Connor story. All of Connor's books have been written in a most unusual strain, and deal with tlie rugged life of Western Canada and are the sort of novels that one cannot lay down when once you commence reading them. But still more inter esting than the story is the film pre sentation of "The Doctor," and which is called "The Heart of a Lion," for the original version of the stirring tale of the Canadian Rockies has been followed very closely in every detail, in fact, almost religiously, by Direc tor Frank Lloyd. TO PROBE AGE PENSIONS Investigation of the question of old age pensions will be made by the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Com merce. Alba B. Johnson, has announc ed. Members of the investigating committee are: E. W. Smith, Pitts burgh; A. L. Humphrey, Wilmerding; John McLeod, Pittsburgh; William McClellan, Philadelphia; J. Howell Cummings, Philadelphia; John E. Baker, York; Paul D. Wright, Erie. AMUSEMENTS VICTORIA To-day and To-morrow Standard Fox picture, William l itritiiin in "The Heart of a Lion.*' RuHfil on Ralph Con nor'N faniouN novel, "The Doc tor." The moat beloved wtar of motion picture* appear* in one of hIM fainouM, favorite roleM of the Kreat North woods. A drama depleting ntmorhinK love aad latcase hatred. The ISeat Picture of the Year. Wednesday and Thursday ••Come Through." Friday aad Saturday, Virginia l'earnon In a powerful modern drama, "The Stolen Honor." ADMISSION TO AM, SHOWS: Adult*, 15c. Children, 10c. orphe inr THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 Matinee nnd Kveninic BII.IJY VAIL rrcwent* The Grown Up Babies SPECIAL FEATURE . ORA ENTAL IN CLASSICAL DANCES MAJESTIC THEATER Wllmer and Vincent Vaudeville A Special mil With Two Head liners For These Three Days. Maxwell Quintette —In— "A NIGHT AT THE CLUB" FRED ARDATH & CO. In His ti real eat l.aiigh Produeer. "THE VIM.AGE THINKER" j _ other Excellent Features :i REGENT Three Stellar Paramount Attraction* Thin Week TO-DAY AND TO-MOHHOW Charles Ray in 'The Son oi His Father' Double Attraction WEDNESDAY and Till IISDAY FANNIE WARD In '* On the Level' 1 and CHARLIE CHAPI.IN In a return of 'The Adventurer' FRIDAY and SATURDAY 1111.1.1E 111 KKE In 'The Land of Promise'
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