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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
TINKER PLAYERS
READY FOR BIDS
List Includes Thirty-Three
Men Who Have Records;
Retains His Stars
Special to The Telegraph

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Tinker, it was
learned yesterday, has sent to each
American and National League mana
ger a list of 33 players he would be
willing to trade, providing the sale of
the Cubs goes through. Minus the
players listed, the combined squad
which will form the nucleus of his
team, includes % men, of whom IA
were Whales last year and eight were
Cubs. Tinker'S list did not include
Pitcher Lavender in either those he
expected to trade or sell or those he
wanted to keep, but some time ago he
was quoted as saying Lavender prob
ably would be retained. Williams will
be offered to Cincinnati in q trade for
Groh, it is said
Mr.. Weeghman said he would leave
for Cincinnati next Wednesday night
unless summoned in the meantime by
MIR. Taft. The players Manager Tin
ker would put on the market are:
Pitchers - Pierce, Humphries
Adams, Douglas. Schorr, Robbins
Wright, Standridge, Hogg (Cubs)
Misunderstanding Schultz, Nc
Larry. Phelan, Fisher (Cubs), Beck,
FarrelD, Hauser, Fritz, Westerzil
Pechons, Weiss and Jackson (WhaIes)
Outfielders-Williams, Good. Knise-
ley, 1llison. Murray (Cubs), Hanford
w naleS).
Catchers - Bresnahan, Hargrave
Wallace (Cubs). Those to be retained
are:
Pitchers-Vaughn, label (Cubs)
Brown, Mcconnell, Bailey, Prender-
CAST and Hendrix (Whales).
Infielders-Saier. Zimmerman. Null
ligan, Mccarthy (Cubs), Dolan, Zeider
and Tinker (Whales).
Outfielders-Schulte (Cubs), Flack
Zwilling and Mann (Whales).
Catchers-Archer (Cubs), Wilson
Fischer and Clemon (Whales).
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
Penn Wants Bob" FoIwell;
Expect Decision Today
Special to The Tclegrabh

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 4. Robert
C. Bob" Folwell, captain of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania 1907 football
team, wrestling champion and ham
mer thrower, who last season coach
ed the Washington and Jefferson
eleven, will probably be the new Red
and Blue head coach Of the football
team.
Folwell conferred with the mem
bers of the Football Committee last
night at the office of DR.. Francis w.
Sinkler, in Walnut street, west of
Sixteenth.
While no definite selection was
made, it was announced that the Foot
ball Committee will probably confer
this afternoon with the Faculty Com
mittee, and the announcement of the
football coach will likely be made ar
theN monthly meeting of the board of
directors of the Athletic Association,
to be held later in the afternoon.
1t is understood that "Bilr' Hollen-
back will be assistant coach.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
TO BOLSTER UP PHILLIEs
Special to The TclcgrdfI

Philadelphia, Jan. 4. - Plans for
next season were thoroughly gone over
in this city yesterday afternoon by
Manager Pat Moran and President
Baker of the Phillies. Moran coming
specially from Fitchburg, Mass, to at
tend the conference and also the an
nual meeting of the Phillies, when the
following officers were reelected:
President, William f. Baker: vice
president, Fred Il. Chandler; secretary,
Samuel NJ. Clement, and assistant sec
retary, Guy Constans. Moran and
Baker went over the matter of bolster
ing up the weak places in the Nation
al champions, and also whether it was
advisable to secure from the list of
Federal Leaguers or those who may
be put on the market by the major
league clubs to strengthen these weak
positions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
Guarantee For Players
Will Not Come This Year
Special to The Telegraph

New York, Jan. 4.-"Harry Sinclair,
owner of the Newark Federal League
franchise, will not guarantee all Fed
eral League contracts nor will he dis
pose of all the Federal League play
ers," said James A. Gilmore, president
of the Federal League last night.
There has been an erroneous opin-
ion ever since the peace meetings that
Mr. Sinclair will guarantee the salaries
of all Federal League plaeyrs, and 1t
seems time for me to deny it. ] have
received many letters from Federal
League players, asking if it were so
that Sinclair had guaranteed their sal
aries, and l replied it was not so. The
only contracts MIR. Sinclair garantees
are those of the Newark club"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
Independents Put Crimp
in Telegraph's Stride

The Independents last night de-
feated the Telegraph bowlers; margin,
ia pins. The game was a part of the
lnteroffice series and was played at
Holtzman's. "Chick" Baker was the
star, scoring 129 and 326 for high
honors. The scores and standing fol-
low.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
MINNESOTA COACH HOME
Special to The TeIcgrdPh

liams. University of Minnesota foot
ball coach. returned to Minneapolis
yesterday after two weeks visit in the
East. When questioned relative to a
report that the Yale committee ap-
pointed to select q coach for 1916 had
decided to name him for the work, he
said he believed the report premature,
as no agreement has been reached.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
RAILRoADERs START MONDAY

The third annual season of the
p. r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. basketball league
will start Monday next. Players for
the four teams will be selected at n
meeting to be held this evening. M. l..
Yoder will again captain the Giants.
The Athletics will have T. f. Colestock
as leader and Arthur Wynn will be
captain of the Cardinals. John Hoover
has been chosen by the Senator's.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
RURAL CREDITS
TO BE DISCUSSED
State Board of Agriculture
Meeting Will Have Famous
Men For Speakers

Rural credits. agricultural education
and marketing methods will be the
big subjects for discussion at the win
ter meeting of the State Board of Agri-
culture, which will be held here jan
uary 1927, the chief speakers to be
Congressman Ralph w. Moss, of In
diana, an authority on rural credits
and marketing; Congressman A. E.
Lever. of South Carolina, author of the
Smith-Lever law for national aid for
farm bureaus, and l.. ii. Dennis, State
expert in s'S"ationaI education.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
Totals ...... 4SO 551 SIS II
Standing OF the League
CENTRAL HIGH SCHEDULE

Central High tossers will play two
games this week. Friday night the
local five Will be the attraction at
Hazleton. On Saturday Central plays
the Reading High at Reading. Players
who will make the trip will be picked
after practice this afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
Academy Teams Resume;
BARRIERS Win Last Night

The Harrisburg Academy bowling
league resumed it's schedule last night.
The BARRIERS won from the Bakers,
margin 5 pins. ]. Sempels and Storm
tied up for individual honors, bowling
1874. Match honors went to ]. Sem
pels with a score of 357. The scores
and standing follow:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
KEYsToNEs WIN MATCH

In the p. r. K. Y. NJ. c. A. league
match last night the Keystones de-
feated the Senator's; scores, 2670 to
22S7. Diller. of the Senators, was high
single game scorer with 213. Thomp-
son had high total, 566.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04

Two games are on this weeks sched-
ule for the Harrisburg Independents.
on Friday night the local five will;
play at Shamokin. Saturday night the
Camden team of the Eastern League
will play in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
LOCAL INSTITUTE PLANNED
Special TO the Telegraph

Halifax, Pa. Jan. 4. A meeting
of teachers of public schools in the
townships of Middle Paxton, Halifax
and Reed and the boroughs of Dau-
phin and Halifax, will be held in the
Boyer Memorial school building, this
,lace on Saturday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
EoRNEY TOSsERS LOSE

Last night the Forney Grammar
School five was defeated by the Steel
ton Grammar School; score, 27 to 8.
The Harrisburg boys lacked team
work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
VALLEY RAILWAYS TO
ELECT JANUARY 10

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Valley Railways Com
pany VIII be held Wednesday, January
12, when directors will be elected for
, the year. Officers of the company
will be elected later in the month. No
date has been fixed for this meeting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04
FROGS WIN MATCH

At New Cumberland last night the
Frogs defeated the Tadpoles; scores,
1855 to 227S. This evening the Toads
will meet the Frogs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-04

TWO GAMES For INDEPENDENTS

Schedule for tonight Shippers VS..
Jolly Five.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
Worlds Strides In Temperance

Manitoba Goes Dry.
BY q lead of slightly more than two
TO one, the voters of the province of
Manitoba, Canada, on March 18 adopt
ed the provisional temperance act,
which closes all bars, wholesale liquor
houses and licensed clubs IN the prov.
ince after May 81 The total vote
was about 5000. ALI the cities of the
province voted dry. Winnipeg gave
q dry majority of 1900. Out of Al con-
stituencies 45voted dry, and the total
adverse majority in tfleeother two was
less than 100.
Beer knee-deep.
Bemidji. Minnesota. has had a very
interesting experience. A brewery
company in. that place failed to COM
ply with the treaty of 1856 with the
Chippewa Indians, as recently con-
strued by the supreme court of, the
United States. AS q consequence,
government agents. directed by Henry
A. Larson, chief special officer for the
suppression of the liquor traffic
among the Indians, seized the Bemidji
brewery, and emptied great yats con.
tanning seven carloads of beer into
the streets. The beer, valued at $4,000,
flowed down the cutters and into the
lake. Men in rubber boots waded in
beer one foot deep on the brewery
floors while policemen kept the
crowds back.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01

British Columbia May Go Dry.
An announcement made at Victoria
by Premier Bowser indicates that
British Columbia at the end of the
present year will be dry. The premier
some time ago prepared an amend.
ment to the existing liquor law, pro-
viding for the early closing of bars
and the prohibiting of treating dur
ing the period of the war. Now he
has gone further and agreed to pre-
sent a referendum on prohibition
which, If it passes the electors, will
put the liquor traffic out OF business
permanently In the province. 1t will
become effective January 1, 1917, if
offered. "a 49,. IT,. - .
Portland, Oregon. ! ...:.=.... -.
At the end of the second month of
prohibition in Portland, Oregon, the
new law was still accomplishing won
ders in the way Of decreased arrests
for drunkenness and other causes. POI
lice records show q total of 1915 ar
rests for December with only 241 for
January and 80 for February a -
Vancouver Barracks, Wash. ~
Prohibition has already done much
toward improving conditions among
enlisted men at the Vancouver bar
racks, according to the reports of
army officers having charge of these
men. The cases of intoxication have
been reduced to a minimum as have
also the number of cases of absent
without. leave" term frequently used
to tell of an over-indulgence IN liquor.
Prohibitions at Berkeley. g.. -. .. j:
= When the Question of prohibition
for Berkeley, Cal, was agitated, the
liquor clique held up warning finger.
Nevertheless, Berkeley took the risk
and ignored the direful predictions.
Mayor Irving Of Berkeley was asked
recently to, summarize the benefits
brought that city by its prohibition.
He replied Prohibition here effective
since 1907 Increase in population
from $4,000. to $1,000, or So per cent.
Arrests for drunkenness in 1907 were,
154; In 1915 but 4. Total arrests de-
creased from GAL to 291. Death rate
shows large decrease. Property val
ues increased from two to four-fold."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
MRS. DEANR. WICKES WRITES ABOUT
MISSION vt0RNI IN NORTHERN China

I Every evening there is preaching
ard once week lecture This win
ter station classes have been held
: the evenings for two months in sue
ceEsion and the experiment is prov
ing success.
Real progress is being made in
reaching the men of the city. AS
they are ready to 60 beyond study and
inquiry the men are passed on to the
church as probationers and finally as
full members. In the country we have
preachers in three places (only one is
.ordailedl. In one Of these, Precious
Island, we are using rented property
but land has been bought lately and
We plan to provide full equipment for
regular work as soon as we can get
the needed money. In three other
Places VIE have chapels and chapel
keepers who, with their wives, do
little informal work according to their
ability. There is seventh place that
has been visited few times, Canal.
mouth, where a most interesting work
seems to be starting spontaneously as
result of the work of our preacher
at the out-station nearest there, Fra
grant River. &.
This winter Mr.. Frame gave Y.
M. c. A. science lecture In these pla-
ces to large audiences, the lecture be-
ing given eight times in each of two
places and three or four times in
some of the others. Mr. Wilder, who
used to be in Tungchou but is in the
Theological Seminary in Picking now,
followed a week or so later and gave.
a good straight talk on religion; and
he was astonished and delighted to
see the change in the last few years
in the way the men came out and the
attentive hearing that was accorded
him. "..# i
Work Among Women.
The work for women is done larg-
ly by four Bible women in the city,
and by one regular and one or two
irregular helpers in the country be-
sides, the wives Of two of the preach
ers. They do visiting in homes
where they can. and help in the sta
ton classes and preach at the fairs
We try to have classes of three to
four weeks once a year in three or
four Of the country stations, and In
Tungchou there is succession OF
classes for four weeks each through
the fall and winter and into the
spring.
In the month before the chinese
New Year, January usually, little can
be done for the women as It 10 bad
luck to have woman not a member |
Of the family enter the door, and the
time Is used for class for the Bible |
women themselves, aiming to give
them fresh inspiration and little
more knowledge for the new years
work. /"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
SPECIAL LENTEN
..SERVICESBE|NG
GIVEN At c. j.

The Lenten mid-week services of
Central Union church are now CEN
tering about the general theme, The
Final Personal Messages of Jesus"
and the special topic for next Wednes-
day is Jesus Interview with Barti-
maeus,' that famous scene on which
artists and poets have loved to dwell.
Rev. A. A. Ebersole will lead the
meeting and here are the questions
which he puts out for those present
to answer:
1. What was there in the mental
attitude of Bartimaeus that made IL
easy for Jesus to help him? ..ry
2. How did his faith make him
whole? Did he by it effect his own
physical healing or did it make 1t
possible for Jesus to release healing
forces? (See Mark 6:5.) "
8. Will faith in Jesus still heal
physical ilise 80
4. In our effort to help the unfor-
tunate what should be our first aim?
5. What are some of the things to
which we of the twentieth century
need to have our eyes opened?
g.. What can we of this church DO
that we, are not doing, to awaken in
the people of this community sense
of their spiritual needs?
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
NEW religion
DEMANDED BY
NEW PROBLEMS
"SoCiety's CHALLENGE to Christ"
to Be Subject OF Address
BY Doctor SCudCer

Felix's VINO have passed the 53-year
limit have only to think back 70 their
childhood TO realize that they live in
a new world. The earth has been
mastered and its limits reached Men
have been forced iE:O the air which
viii soon lose all its terrors. New
sciences like hacteriOlocy have sprung
into life and recreated such hoary de-
partments of knowledge as medicine
and surgery.
Agriculture has been reborn. Chem
istry has left the laboratory and III
vaded the business world and con-
quered it. Boundaries between ma
items have changed. with Kaleidoscope
suddenness. Hostile religions forced
to live cheek by iowl have discovered
each that the other is by no means so
bad a fellow after all. The age of
man has been pushed back from 1904
years before Christ to anywhere from
up of old manuscripts in, mustyt mon
asteries, of ancient papyri in Egypt
and buried monuments in Bible
lands together with critical study of
Old and New Testaments have giveE
an entirely new conception of, Chris.
tian foundations. Men have been.
getting back to nature.
Meantime concentration of CAPITAL
forced Inv the rntl,Iessness. Of compe.
tition has created new industrial
world in which a bitter warfare OF
monev versus 8 manhood has been
waged relentlessly. New ideals have
come to the front. out of this fer.
mani have arisen certain great social
nroblems never known ON earth be.
fore They claIaor for solution. They
challenge the religion of Christ and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
BAKER is KILLED
~. IN A BREAD MIXER

Thomas Dunphy, a foreman baker
was dragged into an electrically driv'
en- bread mixer in a bakery at VII
liamsburg, n. Y, and killed. Dunpny
was directing other bakers in filling
the bread mixer with dough when his
right hand was caught between two
cog wheels. -. 49,. II. E.
He was dragged into the mixer be-
fore other men could shut off the
power. DR.. Rosenthal was called
from st. Johr's hospital, but when he
arrived Dunphy was dead.
Firemen from hook and ladder
company were summoned and took
the machine apart to release the body.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
SHOP Meetings
BY EVANGELIST
prove POPULAR
Corporations Assist in Bringing
Teachings Of Christ Before
Their Employees

lnto"2"t.1g nd weli-attcnded noon
day SHOP meetings are being held
throughout The city by Evangelist w
z. Pietsch, " no is in charge Of the re-
Gently opened Gospel Hall in Bere-
taniG. street.
Meetings OF particular interest are
those neld at the Honolulu Iron Works
each Thursday at the noon hour from
1910 until l9:39 o'cioci:. TIE men
gather G2d sing hymns, these being
followed by brief talk on a timely
subject by the evangelist.
Cation, Neill & Company have CO.
operated in the movement to the eX-
tent that meetin IS will be held at their
shops every Tuesday from ~: until
! O'Clock. Encouraging meetings, Mr..
Pietsch reports, also have been held
at the White Seal Laundry from II: 80
until l o'clock on Wednesdays.
Monday night meetings are being
held at the central fire station, and
are we'll attended, the men singing
with real spirit. These meetings have
been held continuously curing the last
six months, and the interest has in
creased as the services have taken
the form of questions and answers re-
garding the perplexing things Of time
and eternity. ~-~est s1.2~ ~e~es.
Evangelist Pietsch has had wide ex-
perieRee in shop meetings and open
air evangelistic work, and is tho
roughly at home in this sphere of &C.
tivity, as we'll as in rescue work. At
the Honolulu Iron Works the topic
Rescue Work IN Chicago will be one
Of the problems under discussion dur
ing the next few weeks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
NEXT TUESDAY WILL
BE EVENTFUL DAY AT
LOCAL UNION CHURCH

Tuesday, April 4, will be- an event.
full day at Central Union church. Be
ginning with the quarterly. business
meeting OF the Women,s SQciety at
1915 o'clock, where reports of the
work OF the various departments will
be given, the conference will continue.
through the noon hour, when basket
luncheon, with coffee furnished by the
society, will be served. to the Lenten
service OF the Woman's Board Of Mis-.
sions at q O'Clock. This will be
very beautiful service with deVo.
tional and musical program.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
PROBLEMSO Of
HUMANITY TO
BEEXPLAINED
ministers OF Central Union
Church to Present Topic
Sunday Evenings

Christ and Hungnity's Problems.
will be the title OF the Rsw series of
SUNDAY evening addresses to be given
by the ministers OF Central Union
church. sa
This second group OF talks viii deal
with the outworking in society of the
great fundamentals of faith considered
in the first series. Just completed.
These equally vital themes in the life
OF today ought to provoke earnest.
questions from the audience because
they are so many sided and men are
thinking deeply upon them. Follow
ing is the schedule:
April 2-"Humanity's New Chal-
lenge TO Christ" DR.. Seudder.
April 9-"Christ'ss Ideal for So.
ciety," Mr.. Ebersole.
April 16--"Christ and the Races
DIR. Scudder.
April 30-"Christ's Ideal for the
Family Mr.. Ebersole.
May 7-"Christ and Wealth" DR..
ScuGder.
May 14-schrist,s Ideal for the
State" Mr.. Ebersole.
May 21"Christ and Industry" DR..
Scudder.
May Christ's View Regarding
Crime and the Treatment Of Crimks
nails" Mr.. Ebersole.
June 4-"Christ and the Adjustment
Between One and All" Dr.. Scudder.
June 11-.Christ,s Attitude Toward
Pleasures, Mr.. Ebersole.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS
CHRIST OF LATTER DAY

Located on King street near Thom-
as Square.
Services viii be held on Sundays a.
follows:
s:45 g. m. Sunday school.
IL a. m. preaching. Hawaiian sery-
ice.
sp. m, zion's Religio Literary So
cIety's meeting.
1880 p. m. preaching, English sery-
Zee.
Visitors are invited to attend any
Of the services held in this church
and a welcome will be extended to
those who come.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,

Odd Fellows' building. King and
Fort streets, entrance on Fort street.
Sunday II q. m, Sunday school 9:45 ..
m, Wednesday evening meeting at 8
O'Clock. Free reading foom. Pantheon
building, corner Hotel and Fort
streets, rooms and 2, open daily from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m, except Sundays
and legal holidays. A cordial invita-
ton TO attend our services and visit
our reading room Is extended TO all
Lesson subject for Sunday. April 2.
"Unreality."