NEW PRICES WILL NOT HURT WAGES Reduction in Steel and Iron Products Will Have Little Effect r>y Associated Press Washington, March 22.—Com plete schedules of new prices for steel and iron products agreed upon by representatives of the steel in dustry and the industrial board of the Department of Commerce were announced late yesterday after mem bers of the board had conferred with Attnrr>r— c— n . n j Palmer. The nouncement following the confer ence was maun u., alt indication that the board's efforts to reduce and stabilize prices through agreement with producers would not meet with opposition from the Department of Justice. Steel men, who in joint conference with the board framed the new schedule, before leaving Washington yesterday, said that it was understood that the question of price agreements was to be laid before the Attorney General. Chairman Peek, of the ORPHEUM TONIGHT AT 8.15 Charles Frohman Presents ETHELBARRYMORE j THE OFF CHANCE | By It. C. Carton Seats, to 5{52.00 *——m - "—' REGENT FINAL SHOWING DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In his crisp new eomeily which delighted hundreds of ilnrrU liurgers. "ARIZONA" SEN N ETT COM ED V "Rip and Stitch, Tailors" AdmlxNlon: lor and 20c und war | tux \ / I / x Winterdale Dances Banjo Saxo's llijt Ort*liotra Saturday Eve. t March 22m1. AdmiMMlon 40 and <lO cents. Private IcKxona by ap pointment. Hell I'lione ll.'R-H. \ / MAJESTIC _ MILO ?? ? ? EDDIE CARR AND CO. JIMMY HODGES PRETTY BABY MONDAY--TUESDAY—WEDNESDAY ORPHEUM Mar. 24-25 Two Nights and Matinees America's Greatest Colored Show The Smarter Set HEADED BY Salem Tutt Whitney and J. Homer Tutt Matinee and 50^ Night Wednesday & a m&t Mar. 26 Samuel Wallaek Announces the First Tour of Booth Tarkiiigton's Famous Comedy With Direct From Cast and ffTl New York Production City I mBL j Do You HLJIH Remember | D6n,t Miss Your "Seventeen" A^? V . e Ik I Are Human Aftairs Mat., to $1.00; Eve., to $1.50 T SATURDAY EVENINQ BMmsBTOO ttSSSt TEEEOKXPg MARCH 22,1919. Ford's Team Meets Star Rookwood Tonight The very toughest game of the season is expected to-night at Chestnut street when that battl ing bunch of veterans, Kookwood, Invades the big arena. The starry firmament of heaven is hardly more thickly dotted with stars than this basketball planet. There is Harry Frankel, the best tosser that Harrisburg has ever seen. He will be in a guard position with Van Osten, another old East ern Leaguer. Martin Tome, who used to jump center for the In dependents when the team play ed in the Armory will play the pivot job for the visiting quintet. • Kid" Dark and "Doc" Newman, both popular here as old Easter League players, will run at the forward positions. I board, however, after the visit to ! Mr. Palmer's office, said that the j board had "merely paid a social call I on the new Attorney General." I The new prices, which generally | represent reductions from ten to j fourteen per cent, become effective at once for the year 1919 and repre- I sent the first efforts of the industrial board at price stabilization and re duction to a peace time basis. Tn approving the schedules, the board, according to a statement issued last night, adopted a policy to be follow ed in agreements with producers of other basic commodities, to strike a balance that "while calling sooner or later for some sacrifice or ad justments on the part of all yet will not subject any of these interests to undue hardship." Judge E. H. Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation, said that the new rates were agreed upon to bring about a revival and stabiliza tion of business through prices fav orable to he consuming public and yet. yielding a moderate and reason able return to investors in the In dustry. He expressed the belief that the new prices would not disturb wage rates or interfere with wage agreements. Peace the First Steo, and That as Soon as Possible, Lloyd George Declares ! Paris, March 22.—"The first result Ito he obtained Is peace, and the j quickest peace possible," said David Lloyd George, the British Premier, | in a statement printed in to-day's Is : sue of the "Excelsior." I "AH internal events in every coun j try. Allied, or enemy," continued the j Premier, "are dependent upon that j peace, hich wo expect and desire to come at the earliest possible mo j ment. Pending this, every one is | living in a state of expectation and | uncertainty. Commerce and indus try are kept in a kind of stagnation, ! which can only engender disorders. 1 "I shall, then, remain in Paris, un i less something unexpected arises, un : til the text of the peace preliminar j ies is definitely drafted" and ready for submission to the German dele gation, not, let me say, for discussion, but simply for signature." |MENTS^J MAJESTIC High Class Vaudeville—Milo?. "Eddie" Carr and Company in "The Office Boy;" Harry and Anna Scranton," variety entertainers; Haywood and Mayfleld, singers and dancers; The Puppets, novel offering. Also "The Lure of the Circus." First three days of next week "Jimmy" Hodges in his greatest success, "Pretty Baby." ORPHEUM To-day Charles Frohman presents Ethel Barrymore in "The " Off Chance." Monday and Tuesday, with daily matinees, March 24 and 25 "The iiniurte: Set." Wednesday, matinee and night, March 26—Samuel Wallock offers Booth Tarkiiigton's comedy, "Seventeen." Thursday, night only, March 27. Jewish-American Stock Company. Fi ida.v, night only, March 28—Boxing Show. Saturday, matinee and night, March 29—Mr. and Mrs. Coburn present dames K. Uaekett in "The Better 'Ole." COLONIAL To-day Mildred Harris (Mrs. Char lie Chaplin) in "When a Girl Loves." Monday and Tuesday Tom Moore in "A Man and His Money." Wednesday and Thursday Alice Brady in "The World to Love In." REGENT To-dry Douglas Fairbanks in "Ari zona." VICTORIA To-day Gladys Brockwell in "The Call of the Soul." America's greatest aggregation of j Afro-American Thespians will be the attraction at the Orpheum "The Monday and Tuesday, Smarter with daily matinees. Tne Set" exalted standing and reputation of "The Smarter Set." better known as "The Smart Set," end the extraordinary ex cellence of the happy flock of singers, dancers and comedians, together with their phenomenal success of the per formances. makes the appearance of this remarkable company in this city an event of public interest. Salem Tutt Whitney and 11. Homer Tutt, who head the company, have been of mark ed Interest to the theatergoers wher ever they have played, and they have probably appeared before the largest and most distinguished audience that ever assembled to applaud a colored show, A comedy that turns all the veteran rules of theaterdom topsey-turvey is "Seventeen," the stage "Seventeen" version of Booth Tark ington's Willie Baxter stories which Samuel Wallaclc will present at the Orpheum, Wednesday, Matinee and night. Usually the vampire of a play is a sinuous, mauve-clad creature with red, red lips, and white, white cheeks and blue, black eyes. Behold the dangerous woman ill "Seventeen" she wears gingham and talks baby talk. When Miss Leal Davis, in the character of Lola Pratt, the. siren, murmurs "icltle hoy. don't oo fordlt tins Lois"—audiences to a man vow eternal remembrance. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn will shortly present in Harrisburg the big London success, "The Rotter .lames K. 'Ole," hv Captain Ilnokott Bruce Rairnsfather, In "The the English cartoon- Better "Ole" Ist, and Captain Ar thur Eliot. The play has been running for sixteen months at the Oxford Thenter, in London, n success that promises to be duplicated In New York, where Mr. and Mrs. Co burn are presenting it to crowded houses nightly at the Cort Theater. The authors call their play, which is a comedy with music, "a fragment from France in two explosions, seven splinters and a short gas attack." However, while "The Better 'Ole'' Treats of the recent war, It makes you forget its horrors in a barrage of laughter. Every explosion in "The Better "Ole" is said to rock the thea ter with laughter, every splinter of the seve Is a shaft of fun. and the short gas attack is made with laugh ing gas. This unique wartime play, with music, is based upon Captain Bairns father's famous hook. "Fragments From France." Tn it nnpears the fa miliar ti-| O , "Old Bill," "Bert" and "Alf." The plnv takes its name from a picture in the Balrnsfather book, where a soldier is squatting in a shell hole, bombs bursting a'l around li'm. A comrade looks in and criticises the shell hole. "If you know where there's a better 'ole, go to it!" replies! the first man. The play has a large chorus and there are maiy musical numbers. I [ The MniesMc's variety show, the lat ter half of this week, consists of such choice attractions as "Ed \t the die" Carr and Company, in Majestic ♦ amusing farce comedy, "The Office Boy;" Milo? a clever artist who has won nn enviable success at the Palace Theater New York: Harry and Anna Bcranton in an entoysh'e variety offering; TTavwood and Mas-field, two givls. presenting a series of lively songs and dances and the Puppets a funny eomedv act. Also another episode of "The Lure of the Cirrus." featuring the renown ed circus acrobat,. "Eddie" Polo. Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week everybody's favorite "Jimmy" Hodges, and a eomnnnv of twenty-five clever entertainers, in the hig musical comedy success. "Pretty Baby." Don't miss this attraction. To-day will bp your last opportunity to see Mildred Harris, now the wife of Charlie Chaplin, in At the "When a Girl Loves." The Colonial star is fitted for just the sort of role she plays in the; picture, and makes the most of every opportunity given her. Her support ing cast is well balanced and every members gives a pleasing perform ance. Patrons who enjoy highly dramatic offerings will thrill to the incidents throughout this photoplay. Monda.t and Tuesday Tom Moore will bo seen in "A Man und His Money." Unusually strong Is the program [colonial TONIGHT LAST TIME MRS. CHARLIE CHAPLIN Mildred Harris, in "WHEN A GIRL LOVES" MONDAY TUESDAY TOM MOORE The Happy-go-lucky I "A Man and His Money" ETHEL BARRYMORE AT THE ORPHEUM TONIGHT IN CARTON'S "THE OFF CHANCE" SB ,1 V : I -C-ngM. jdrtH •••/. jjgfM -& • " m m Jm ' Mcf BE I L s£jsL . * ; v: ' v ] This engagement marks Miss Barrymorn's first appearance in this city in several seasons. She comes with the same comedy in whieh she and an incomparable company were seen the larger part of last season at the New York Empire Theater. That long engagement was little less than a series of ovations for Miss Barrymore, Mr. Carton's comedy and the superb com pany. Leo Houck to Be Big Attraction at Orpheum Boxing Show Frankie Krne, the Lancaster promoter who will stage a big tive-bout boxing show at the Cr phcum, March 28, started his box ing career in Harrisburg, and lias a great many friends hero; indeed, Frank calls this his "home town," and so he is very keen to put on an exhibition de luxe. It was this desire which urged aim to j stage Loo Houck, the Lancaster i lion, who lights Mike Gibbons at ' St. Louis. March 25, and then meets I Frank Carbono. at Lancaster on ' March 31. Houck must be made I of iron to take on all these hard frays within such short time. In I the Orpheum he will encounter | Larry Williams, of Bridgeport, | Conn., who is as tough as they j make them. Manager Erne's complete roster ! includes: Frank Magulre and Jack An drews, of Baltimore, who met "Jule" Ritchey, at Lancaster, and who had previously stayed ten rounds with Maguirc, in the semi final. Lew Scliupp and Sam Looker , will appear in a return match, j and the New Holland boy wants j to even up for the reverse he sus- [ tained in the first meeting. Frankie Smith, of Baltimore, ! and "Nate" Isuacman, Harris- j burg's coming battler, will meet. ] iJal Furlow will open the show with Billy Morton, a Capitol City • boxer, and Furlow showed so good > against Max Koenlg that his J friends predict a win for the Lan-t caster boy. scheduled for the Ilegont Theater's j patrons next week. The j Strong HIH week opens with the i at Urgent presentation of Bryant Next Week Washburn, Monday and Tuesday in "The Way of a Man With a Maid." It is a clev erly written. Cleverly played narra tive, depicting the trials and troubles of a young man with a $2l a week in come. He's in the same shape as many other young men nowadays, for ho tries to "live at a $5O per week pace. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew, in their new comedy, "Romance and Kings," will also be shown. Douglas Fairbanks appears at the Regent for the last times to-day in his breezy new picture, "Arizona," adapted from the famous Augustus] Thomas stage success. The picture' portrays the great outdoors. It is a splendid production, artistically pre sented. The latest Mack Bennett com edy, "Rip and Stitch, Tailors," will also be shown to-day for the last times. "Old Bill," the central figure In the great comedy, "The Better 'Ole," which is coming "The Iletter'Ole" on Monday, Tues nt tlic Victoria day and Wednes day to the Vic toria Theater, is the every day sort of a pel son everybody knows. "The Better 'Ole" Is typical of the rtiugh-and-ready and rough-and tumble soldiers of the old "Little Con temptible" army of Great Britain which fought and stemmed the Ger mans in the first great rush of the lluns over Belgium and France and attempt, to override the world. It is a corking good picture—a peach of a production. It is so jammed with laughs and sentiment that it keeps you interested and entertained from start to finish without a single let-up.. "Old Bill" is the chief character 'n this picture, but he is ably seconded by Bert and Alf, his two cronies, and by Vietolre, a charming and enthusi astically patriotic French girl, and by Maggie, "Old Bill's" wife. There are a lot of other important characters in tlie production, all of whom are por trayed by accomplished screen play ers, The part of "Old Bili" is played hy Charles Rook, who played the role in the original production. "The Better 'Ole" is now plaving to capacity business at the Cort Theater in New York City, and five touring companies are presenting the play in the larger cities throughout the laud. It is everywhere being greeted with the most tumultuous enthusiasm and is meeting with big success. Lancaster's Brewers Are Very Much at Sea Lancaster, Pa., March 22.—The lo cal brewers are all at sea over the question of brewing near-beer. Sev eral of the concerns have been mak ing it with but one-half of one per cent, alcohol, hut they have not yet summoned up courage to Increase the content. The brewers meet with the complaint that the beer that Is being served is not good, and there has been a consequent falling oft' in , trade. TRAPSHOOTING AT NEW YORK Gotham Will Put It on the Map For Fair With Victory Week Peter B. Carney and Tom Marshall, the prophets of trapshooting must "know something," as the saying goes. Each, with his own style and arguments, has striven for years to make trapshooting nation wide, and news, sent specially to the Telegraph from Gotham to-day proves that this sport Is rapidly assuming national favor. The message informs: The trapshooters of New York State have set aside the week of April 28 as Victory Week, with two big tour naments at Travers Island as the at traction and celebration. Beginning on Monday the 28tli, and lasting four days, will be held the New York St£ te Trapshooting Tournament, when the New York State champion will be decided. The following two days, Friday and Saturday, will be given over to the annual amateur cham pionship at clay targets, which is open to the world. Ralph L. Spotts, president of the New York State Sportsmen's Asso ciation, is confident that the com bined events will draw the biggest field of shooters of any tournament of the season, only excepting the Grand American, which is visited annually hy seven or eight hundred cotest ants. He bases his prediction on the attractiveness of a full week's shoot ing over the Travers Island traps, the opportunity afforded shooters from all parts of the country to visit New York, and on the program of the shoot Itself. The program Is not yet out. but Mr. Spotts says that it contains many attractive and novel features. For one thing the prizes and trophies will have a cash value of more than $5,000, and they will be divided among four classes. This assures all shoot ers a fair run for their money, 'as they will he pitted against men of their own ability as target busters. VICTORIA THEATER ~T Monday^ and World - "Excellent big attendance." ' ' New York Globe - "One of the mos* delicious comeiKe* over New York American Constant enjoyment—record patron- filmed." M \7 a i g ,j . ... „ New York Commercial "No better entertainment." New York Herald Filled the house with fun." New York Tribune "Attracts big crowds " New York Evening Telegram "Thoroughly enjoyed by all." New York Morning Telegraph "Admirably done " New York Evening Mail ' A sure success." New York Times "Thoroughly enjoyable." New York Evening World "Lovcable." New York Sun "Artistic sincerity." These are criticisms of my MOVIE. Did "Shoulder Arms" get any better? It only goes to prove what I predicted to you right along! "THE BETTER 'OLE" is a great audience picture. Yours For Laughter, " BILL" are back in Pictures Here's joy enough and plenty. Here's news to warm the cockles of your hearts. The Drews are back in laughland. Fact is they've never really been away. Just sort of resting up —to get ready to make their new and better pictures— Paramount-Drew Comedies. They are with us again—conceiving new chuckles -—inventing new laughs—devising cunning ways to -catch grouches off guard and make pessimists wonder what on earth makes the sun shine. Qomedies You've laughed and lived with Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew before. Come and take them to your bosoms again—in their first new laugh-mixture •" Romance and Rings" —an unscientific whimsy on wedding bells and grooms and rings—an* everything. FEATURING Mr,and Mrs, SIDNEY DREW "Romance and Rings* By Emm* Anderson Whitman Produced by V. B. K. Film Corporation Under pertonal tupervition of Mr. and Mrt. Drew The Program For Next Week Feature Comedy Monday and Tucnduy . I Monday. TurNday, Wcdneaday Bryant Washburn Mr. & Mrs. Sidney "The Way of a Man Drew With a Maid" 4(r> , Wednesday and Thwrnday .KOXIIcLIICC cLXICi. Lina Cavaleri Rings" "The Two Brides" „ x *— a FH... ... ! Sennett Comedy Fred Stone "East Lynne with "Under the Top" Variations" DEGEN'T 'Y THEATER ® 9
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