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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

New York, Dec. 11.-Winter base
ball was caught in the grip of a cold
wave yesterday and got cold feet
The International League intended to
clear up its business at the Imper-
ial Hotel, but the cold and snow
stalled the representatives of two
clubs and after the other six club
owners had discussed the conditions
in the league and awarded the 1917
pennant to Toronto, the league ad-
journed until this afternoon at l
O'Clock. The absent members were
James ]. McCaffrey, of Toronto, and
Jack Dunn, of Baltimore. Dunn,
however, arrived soon after the lea
que adjourned.
Inasmuch as the league would not
enter into its important business
without a full representation of the
clubs, it was thought that the league
might make radical changes for next
year, if it decided to continue OPP
erations during the period of the
war.
There is no doubt that conditions
in the International League are on
the ragged edge. 1t has been inti-
mated that three of the clubs
Richmond, Rochester and Montreal
are ready to qSit. They no longer
can see a profit in baseball so long
as there is war.
Clubs For Sale
Charles T. Chaplin, of Rochester,
told the delegates in the informal
meeting, that his club is on the mar
ket. He distinctly told his con-
ferees that he was ready to quit and
if he fails to sell his club he may de-
eide to close his gates until the end
of the war.
p. w. Wilson asserted that he
could not see how his Richmond
club could operate without a prob
able loss.
Sol Lichtenheim, of Montreal sees
nothing but a deficit in minor league
baseball next year, but said he was
willing to stick if the others did, but
he was not very keen about it.
A problem that confronts the In
ternational League is that of trans
portation. Most of the clubs are in
the Trunk Line section of the East
and would be affected by the trans
portation of troops and ammunition
more than they were last season.
May Manage Boston
A rumor that has been floating
around and gathering strength the
older it gets is that Edward G.. Bar
row, president of the International
League, would go to Boston as pres
ident of the Red SoX. 1t is said that
II. II. Frazee, who purchased the
1916 world champions, realized that
he could not give up enough of his
theatrical duties to give any further
attention to baseball and would
either retire from the sport or pro-
cure an experienced baseball man,
such as Mr.. Barrow is, to take charge
of the club Jack Barry, who man
aged the cub last season, has entered
the war and is lost to the team. If
the International League drops out
of baseball this rumor would be
more plausible than it is now. Mr..
Barrow had nothing to say about the
matter yesterday.
Those present at the informal
meeting were l.. G. Barrow, presi-
dent; Sol Litchenheim, of Montreal;
C. T. Chaplin, Rochester; Mike
Lynch and James Gammons, of Pro-
vidence; James r. Price, of New
ark; ]. ]. Lennin and T. j. Dono-
van, of Buffalo.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Reading High School Plans
For Basketball Season;
to Play Penn Freshmen

Reading, Pa. Dec. 11.-Prospects
for winning five to represent Read
ing High school in the cage for the
coming season are excellent. Despite
the fact that Dick" Nyquist is the
only member of last seasons team
back, Coach Lightner has succeeded
in building n team around Nyquist.
Lightner made his first cut in the
squad, yesterday, when he ordered
twenty of the original candidates to
the training table. Nyquist, who will
be elected captain, vice Bin
Rhodes, declared ineligible owing to
the age limit adopted by the Central
Pennsylvania Scholastic League, will
play forward and do the foul goal
tossing. Frasso and Baumener are
battling for the other forward berth.
At forward Smell and Friedman are
both siX-footers.. Shell comes from
u family of Reading athletes and
looks like fixture as the pivot man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

a houseparty without Irritation
would hardly be interesting, where
those remaining over
Love a. Mike" the weekend are
Orpheum young and joyful, SO
Tomorrow there are six love-
inspired young men
and young girls who make lively the
over-Sunday stay at the home of Mrs.
Diana Marvin. at Bronxville, n. Y.
They afford the life of the musical
comedy, Love o. Mike" which will be
presented at the Orpheum tomorrow.
matinee and night This is the attrac-
tive Offering that remained in New
York for one solid year, only closing
its run in the early part of the pres
ent season.
The plot on which the play stands
tells of Captain Lord Michael Kildare.
recently in the British Army, who is
in this country to buy munitions of
war, and he is the hero of the girls at
the houseparty. The other men, envi-
Gus of the attention he is attracting,
plan to execute various measures to
circumvent this popularity. Some
times they succeed and sometimes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
CANADA AIDED
BIG WAR FILM
Dominion Government Gave
Men For Filming For the
Freedom of the World"

Never has a picture been produced
with such widespread interest In It's
making as For the Freedom OF tne
World" which will be shown to-mor-
row, Thursday and Friday at the Co
lonial Theater as a beneft motion
picture for the Harrisburg Chapter
Daughters CT 1917, Natl, nal War AID,
This film Is patriotic spectacle
produced primarily with the idea or
awakening Americans to the situation
caused by the great war ana brinKing
home to them the facts which already
have been realised by the public in
the countries of all our allies
The story of the film was written
by Captain Edwin Bower Hessor, an
officer of the American Legion OF tne
; Canadian Army. After arrangements
had been made to produce the NM ON
a tremendous scale, the producers on
Iained the cooperation OF the cana
dian Government in making it,
Recognizing Its tremendous value in
enlightening public sentiment in the
United States, and the fact that II
would aid recruiting here and so help
the great cause for which all were
lighting, the Canadian Government
authorized the use OF Its troops ana
training camps and gave every assist
unce in its power.
The American Legion OF the Cana
dian Army is the basis OF the soul
thrilling romance which leads through
New York to Canada and then 60 the
lire trenches where the enemy is but
u few yards away. Since reproduc-
tion of conditions on front lines
would be absolutely impossible to
mako realistically from an ordinary
movie standpoint, the aid of trained
officers back from the front was nee
essary.
The commanding generals in each
of the districts in Canada where the
1ilm was made were most kind in ex-
tending their. active cooperation.
Major General Logic, general officer
commanding Military District No. 2.
and commandant of the largest train
ing camp in the world-Camp Borden.
Ontario-assigned several officers to
help in making the film, and appeared
himself. with his entire stan, in the
picture.
Major Healey, u. \. \. & Q. NJ. G.,
also gave his active aid, as did Briga-
dier General FACES, Lieutenant-C Colo
mel =. J. Mccormick and Lieutenant
colonel William McBain. Colonel Nc
Cormick was the commander of the
Two Hundred and Thirteenth Over
seas Battalion, American Legion, and
was in charge of the entire American
Legion movement. Colonel McBain
was the officer who built the great
Camp Valcartier, Quebec.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

yesterday and last eyenin o. @,.hot
crowds witnessed
Man, mt the ing of safyt n wv
Victoria Theater rior fna.t w az
"Maciste," the Maciste ihs
worlds strongest
man. who Will also be remem bernd 60.
his feats of sthength in the na%ri3 GI
cent production, Cambria" Tboso
who braved the elements wero HvcII
paid, for there never was another ~
ture produced that could be cIassod
with 1t, for Maciste is certainIv in q
class of his own in performing sunarl
human feats, such as taking ono p,an
and knocking down two Others Irith
him-carrying three men on his hscit
up the steep in fact almost pernenN
dicular slopes of the Alps-carrying
massive pieces of artillery-breai,i,,S
down big tree with an Austria6
sniper at the top. and many Others
equally as wonderful. This is not a
battle picture, but a drama. Tba
scenes ere laid in the Alps. whare
right at this very date the Anstrian
and the invincible Italians are grin
pinga death struggle Admission.
Adults, matinees. Is cents; eveninps
25 cents; children, 10 cents to ali
shows.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

Though not William $. Harris first
release under his new affiliation ~"Tbe -
William y. Hart which annaorI.,
IN "Fhe silent Man" for the first
gent Theater yesterday, demonstrates
the work of Thomas ii. Ince as tba
director of the Art craft Pictures CO.
pJoration. The large crowds which
welcomed this picture were deIighte6
to find the renowned star i'm onothar
role than that of a deep-dyed viitair
The Silent Man" is mining can1n
story. which is highly dramafic and
contains plenty of lively gun nIsnrs
teats OF horsemanship and other mic
turesque frontier experiences.
Silent Bur Marr prospects In +h.
wilds, but finally finds gold and tbn,,
stakes his claim. only to lose -
through the Vaccinations of a dane
hall manager and its owner, Bn,I
then shoots up a stage.> incidentaIiS
starting MS romance, when he resctIes
dainty Vola Ware. playing the nart of
betty Brlce. Just as he is about to
begin anew, a ransom is placed unop
his head. UPON
THE Silent Man" will continuo 70
show at the Regent TODAY ard ~
morrow. Due to the great cost in nro-
curing this film for Production ~.
there is a slight advance in tha a,S' q
mission for the first three daVs ~
the week. In the afternoon the cho 80
are ten and fifteen cents, wbiia affes
9 o'clock, it is twenty cents witb -
war TAX charged at either time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

they do not. Another leading char
acter is strong comedy role, that of
the butler in the house, who was for
merly prizeIghter, and by reason
OF what he has seen In the MOVIES
turns amateur burglar, practicinB up
on the guests. He succeeds in steal
ing a hundred-dollar bill and conceals
1t in his cap, which he drops in the
boudoir. 1t is picked up and af-
fords the only clue to the marauder.
The hat is locked in q table drawer
and much fun is made of the buffers
attempts to secure its return.
Throughout the prologue and two
acts twenty musical numbers are in
troduced. They are by Jerome Kern,
the successful composer of "Oh Boy"
Very Good Eddie" "Have a Heart"
and Leave 1t to jane" Harry b.
Smith, the famous author of Robin
Hood contributing the lyrics.
A good variety show opened at the
Majestic yesterday, headed by a
miniature musical comedy.
At the Sherman Was Right" This
Majestic is one of those elaboratsly
staged affairs with girls in
profusion. who are not only good
looking, but who possess talent as
well. \ funny comedian keeps the
audience in an uproar with his bunch
OF nonsense. An act certain to please
the little folks is Norris Baboons.
who go through a routine of tricks
that are really wonderful. There is
also great deal of comedy brought
out during the course of the act. The
Klein Brothers are a popular number
on the bill with their comedy, songs
and parodies. Enough comedy IS
spEinkled throughout their Offering to
give the added amount of pep. Com
pleting the vaudeville list are Weiser
and Reeser, young couple, in a bright
song and patter skit. and kola, in a
novelty equilbristic offering.
The admirers of Harold Lockwood.
the popular screen star, will not want
to miss him in his
Harold Lockwood latest Metro play,
Mt the Colonial The Square De-
ceiver," which ap-
pearspears for the last time tonight
at the Colonial Theater. Unlimited
opportunity has been given for some
wonderful outdoor scenes, which are
always typical of Lockwood produce
tlons: The play is one of those de-
lightful comedy-dramas which tells
tne story of chauffeur and a pretty
slrl VINO meet and fall in love. The
chauleur isn't chauffeur at all, but
wealthy society chap, while the girl
Is posing as uch-Sought-after de-
putahte, whereas, in reality, she is a
poor girl. The picture furnishes
plehty or romance and will appeal
strongly to young people.
-. tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
the great war drama, For the Free
dom of the World" will be given as
benefit show for the wives. mothers
ana sisters of Harrisburg who have
loVed ones in the service of Uncle
sam. Probably never before has a
war, picture been seen which sets
forth in more effective manner a
pictorial exposition of the reasons
why the United States has gone into
the great world conhict-and gone in
70 win. Barbara Castleton, a beaIti-
ful and talented actress, will he seen
as the star of this great spectacle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
JOHNNY DUNDEE EASY WINNER

Bridgeport. Conn.,, Dec. IL
Johnny Dundee, of New York, teas
ed and toyed with Battling Kunz, of
this city. here last night and in the
fifth round knocked him out. 1t
was a one-sided bout with the New
Yorker in command of the situation
from the outset. A volley of hard
blows to the right side of his
body proved his undoing. In the
fourth round a stiff left hand hook
dropped Kunz for the count of nine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
ADJUSTMENTS
TRAINED ANIMAL
CIRCUS PLEASES
Monkeys, Dog and Pony En-
tertain Majestic Audience
With Novel Feats

The Norris Trained Animal Circus,
on the Niil at the Majestic for the first
half of the week, Is one of the best
In vaudeville, considering the fact
that there are only two monkeys, Il
pony and dog to do the entertain
Ing. An interesting feature Of the
circus is the training Of the animals
to perform part OF the time without u
trainer appearing before the foot
lights. This Is a difficult feat to per-
form, but the Norris animals know
their lines" and start tho act alone,
no one appearing to direct them until
several clever stunts wero performed
Car-on and Farnum, listed as COM
edy acrobats, give an exhibition OF
slap-stick tumbling, handsprings and
the like, Weiser and Reeser IN a
blaelkface comedian Offering, would
probably make a bigger hit II they
did a little more singing,
sherman Was Right" is the musi-
cal Offering on the program. and, to
say the least, it was Disappointing, 1t
is an attempt at NaudeNllle muSlcal
comedy with nine people, including
a chorus Of six, but the audience did
not seem to appreciate their work
probably because of the apparent lack
of spirit and enthusiasm. War, with
actual military service ana the work
of the Red Cross are not SUBJECTS Tor
a comedy, and no one would say this
skit Is one which would impress upon
an audience the true significance or
this nations part in the world con-
flict.
Klein Brothers, in a bit of foolish
ness and song, are good entertainers,
and keen the laughter going all the
time they are on. While Il few of the
jolIes have been heard repeatedly the
other ones were good and made hit.
MAX ROBERTSON.
ORPHEUM
Tonight - Patriotic Mass Meeting
Daughters of 1917-Countess De
TurcZynowicz.
Tomorrow. matinee and night-"Love
o. Mike"
MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
Tonight - Harold Lockwood in The
Square Deceiver."
To- morrow, Thursday and Friday -
Goldwyn's great war drama, For
the Freedom of the World" Benefit
show.
Mask of Life"
REGENT
To-day and tomorrow William :.
Hart in "The Silent Man"
Thursday Friday and Saturday-Mar-
guerite Clark in "Bab's Matinee
Idol"
Monday and Tuesday-Sessue Haya-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
kawa in The Secret Game"
VICTORIA

VICTORIA
To-day and to-morroy-"The War
rior." featuring Maciste, the giant
hero of Cambria"
Thursday Mrs. Vernon Castle in
THE Mark of Cain"
Friday and Saturday - Virginia Pear
son in "All For a Husband"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

There is contest on for the guard
position. Abrams, Sailer and Julian.
of the football squad. with Krebs, n
freshman. have displayed the best
In practice.
The team will open the season mt
Tamaqua, December IA, with Tama-
qua High. the coal region scholastic
champions, The local season will
open December u, with University OF
Pennsylvania Freshmen. over 1000
season tickets have been sold.
The award of the coveted "R" will
be held for boys, January 20, 1918.
Besides the award of tho letters earn
ed In baseball. track. football, ten
mis- and swimming the Reading High
Athletic Association will unveil a
roll of honor containing the names of
the Reading High students that have
answered the call to the colors and
also raise service flag with 6S stars,
the number OF the Red and Black
student body enlisted of whom at
least So are now in France with
the Rainbow Division (machine gun
companies), one of the commands
being from this city,.
Reading High is to organize a
rife club next Thursday. DIR. Charles
r. Errick, Horace b. Barr and Will
liam w. Miller, of the Reading Rifle
Club, have consented to coach the
squad. Matches with out-of-town
high school teams are being arrang-
ed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11
Hick-A-Thrift League
Has Two Big Games

In the IIick- -A-Thrift Basketball
League series last night. the Red
team defeated the Blues, score % to
2l; ana the White team won from
;ae Greens. score 40 to 4. The games
were played at Boyd Memorial hall.
The lineups and summaries follow:
RIuc Red
Weid.lan. +. Beck. :.
Gohn, f. (Captain)
~ Frank, C. Gingst, f.
r. Ellis. &. Meek, c.
(Captain) irwin, s.
carp, s. DAVIS s..
Reds scoring-Field goals: Beck,
5; Irwin, 5; Neck. 1.
Blue Team Scoring-Field goals:
n. Frank, 4 Gohn, 3; r. Ellis, 2.
Goals from fouls: Ellis, 3 out of Z.
Referee, E. e. Miller. Timer, E.
Rockefeller.
White Green
Goodiel, (. Gerhert, f.
Stouffer. f. Young, +.
n. Frank, c. G. Ellis, c.
Herring, e. Rose, 6.
(Captain) (Captain)
Smith. e. Anderson, e.
White Scoring-Field goals: n.
Frank, 8; Goodiel, 4; Herring, 4:
Stouffer, 1: Smith. 2.
Green Scoring: Field goals, Young,
/. Goals from fouls: G. Ellis, 9 out
Standing or the Teams
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

4 daintiness in production. tinkling
VERY Good Eddie" "Oh Boy" Have
roup of pretty and graceful girls. and
lgar, have brought Love o Mike,
ew York and will be seen at the Or
I. IA vogue which promises to become
musical comedy of q popularity inti-
girls, It's refined fun having captured
nee. The lyrics of this musical comedy
thor of Robin Hood" and Il score of
rms score Is acknowledged as written
Elm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

REGENT
To-day and tomorrow - William $.
Hart in "The Silent Man"
Thursday, Friday and Saturday-Mar-
guerite Clark in "Bab's Matinee
Idol"
Monday and Tuesday-Sessue Haya-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

COLONIAL
Tonight - Harold Lockwood in THE
Square Deceiver.
Tomorrow, Thursday and Friday -
Goldwyn's great war drama, For
the Freedom of the World" BENEFIT
show.
Saturday-"The Mask of Life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

ORPHEUM
Tonight - Patriotic Mass Meeting
Daughters of 1s17-Countess De
TurcZynowicZ.
Tomorrow, matinee and night-"Love
o. Mike"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-11

MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-25
WAR'SCOST TOU.S.
FOR YEAR FIXEDAT
S17,OOO,OOO,OOO

Figures on the cost OF the war to
America the first year SCARED to new
heights today.
Staggering a. were the totals given
to the Senate yesterday by Senator
Smoot. when he pointed out the an-
preparations for the current fiscal
year would run to over $4,000. 0O0.-
900. he piled them still higher in re-
Vised calculations this afternoon.
Senator Smoot informed the Senate
that the appropriations, chiefly for
war purposes, for the current fiscal
year. ~ould run up to the huge aSgrs-
gate Of 1000, oOo, 900.
It Is conceded that Senator Shoots
figures are accurate or approximately
so. No one has disputed them.
At the rate the United States Is
going 1t will, before many months,
have appropriated greater sums than
any Of the allies
The fact that Congress has been
surprised with demands for billions
OF dollars more in appropriations at
this time Is taken to mean that the
executive end Of the Government per-
eeives the preparations for the con-
f1ict must be speeded up.
Senate Finance Committee members
and Ways and Means members are
not yet able to say how the added
revenue will be raised. .t-r
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-25

S4O,OOO,OOO a Day
Soon To Be Cost
OF War to British

LONDON. July 25~Before many
more months have elapsed the
war will be costing England 34o.-
100000 a day.
This prediction was made to-
day by Reginald McKenna, former
chancellor Of the exchequer and
one OF the foremost experts In
England on financial AFFAIRS.
The newspapers comment at
some length today upon the revo-
lations made on Tuesday by
Chancellor Law In his speech
moving the new vote OF credit Of
$3.50, 0Oo, 900.
The war Is now costing Eng
land nearly $4,000. 900 daily. and
this sum Is mounting steadily.
Despite this staggering sum,
Chancellor Law declares that
England can never be beaten
financially by her enemies. espe-
cially as the United States has
come to her aid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-25
HOUSE SENDS FOOD BILL
FOR FINAL CONFERENCE

Republican House opposition TO
President Wilson's request that the
Congressional war committee amend,
ment be stricken from the food bill
failed to block the measure further to-
day. 1t was sent to conference by a
vote OF l6s 10 l0i. Republicans oppos,
ing the action.
Representative Garrett OF Tennes.
see said: THE country is disguised
with the delay in this bill. This is no
time for petty politics"
A lively fight now threatens with
tho bill in conference. The House re.
jected every amendment passed by the
Senate, and little sympathy is felt
for any OF the Senate provisions ex-
cept the Republican sanction of a war
committee.
The Senate devoted itself to attacks
on the f27 100000 river and harbor
bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-25
CABINET MEN TO PASS
ON EXEMPTION CASES

The case OF every Government en-
ploye for whom draft exemption is
claimed will be passed upon by the
Secretary OF his department.
The law provides that department
heads may gain exemption for EN-
ployes by making affidavit that their
services are needed.
The Cabinet has decided that the
secretary in charge shall pass upon
every claim for exemption.
Two local boards In the District
have compiled their lists and have
mailed notices for the first drafted
men to appear for physical examine
tiOn.
Division No. 5, OF which Clifford
Lanham is executive officer. mailed
its first lists last night
Postmaster Merritt o. Chance, ex-
ecutivs officer OF the third division,
notified Daniel ]. Donovan, In charge
OF the draft in Washington. that the
first notices had gone out at noon to-
day.