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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24

all the empty rooms and vacant hans
and passages. Burglars had opened
the door and looked at him.
Stopl Had they only looked at hinf
Had one of them come In the room
when the door opened? Was he there
pow?
Or was 1t the old manf
That finished Penrod.
With SCATTERING yell Of terror he
sprang from the bed clutching all his
armory somehow and anyhow got the
door open. plunged blindly through the
hall and down the front stairs to the
landing. where he tripped over the
stock of his gun and fell all the rest OF
the way. believing outrageously and
accompanied by the rife, the camphor
bottle and the carving knife and the
ak. -
1t sounded like the Eiffel tower fall
ing downstairs.
He came to pause in sitting pos
ture at the foot of the newell. The
hall was brightly lighted SO were
the rooms opening from II, and out OF
these rooms issued sounds of sudden
confusion and disturbance. His moth
er rushed to him through the near
est door.
"Penrod What on earth"
Then through the open front door
came Margaret and four young men
who had been spending the evening
with her on the front porch.
Then, following Periods mother,
came three of Periods aunts, one
uncle, and eleven other alarmed ladies'
and gentlemen, most of them holding
cards in their hands.
Then through the door of another
room came Periods father, three OF
Penrod's uncles, one aunt and the
eleven remaining members of the
Thursday Evening Bridge club. the
hospitable superintendent of which
organization had occupied most of
Mrs. Schofields time that evening aft
err her return, with her husband and
daughter, from dining with an elderly
relative.
Over the banister above leaned
Della Gin extreme negligee), and Della
likewise demanded to know, What OBJ
earth Then, by means of the back
hall and the back stairs, Katie and
an alleged cousin, who had been sit
ting quietly on the back porch, Joined
Della. Katie also wanted to know,
What on earth
'What is the matter Penrod?" his
mother walled.
Penrod coughed, gulped, and an
swered feebly:
"Just-playing !"
''But what made you get up?" his
mother cried.
"Get up-where?"
"Out of bed I slipped away and
looked in your room awhile ago and
you were sound asleep. What did you
get up and dress for and
81 was just pretending"
pretending what?"
"Just pretending"
He answered absently and in q pre-
occupied tone, his mind having some
what conferred upon the number of
human beings in the circle about him.
AS his mother remarked afteward,
there were more people in the house
that evening than she had entertained
for years. Including the family and
Margaret's callers there were 33, she
said.
At that she forgot to count Penrod
and Della and Katie, and Katle's
cousin.
Altogether there were 81.
"Mom-muh?" Penrod began as he
rose from the floor.
"You put those things away |" COM
manded his father.
"Mom-muh ?"
"And then you go straight to bed 10
his father concluded sternly.
"Mom-muh, aren't you going to-
have ice cream?"
Girl Rims HSHINE pARl nRw
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
Exercise.

Don't you think every man should
devote some time to physical culture 2"
mot in my particular field of ac-
tivity." replied Senator Sorghum. 'If
all legislators went in for physical cul-
ture as well as intellectual develop
ment some of these debates might end
in a personal encounter that really
hurt somebody"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
War Economy.

Sandy and Pat were discussing the
economies Of their respective land
ladies. "Indade," said Pat, "the other
day 1 saw that wumman O'Grady
countin' the peas to put in the broth"
"Och," replied Sandy, where 1 am
the landlady melts the margarine an
paints 1t on yer bread wi brush I"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
Bad Marksman.

"What is the chief aim of Joblings
existeneeT
Making money"
'But he's always hard up"
"Quite true. His aim is poor"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
Vcrv Much So

THAT singers voice has great carry
ing power, hasn't 1T"
ut ought 10 have. He supports his
swn and his rtfe's fnmfiy, too, on IT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Beidleman Goes to
Western Countie:

Senator Edward E. Beidleman,
candidate for lieutenant governor.
left to-day on tour or the western
part cf the state and will be in that
section, with headquarters in Pitts
burgh, all week. The Senator Will
visi- number of the western coun-
ties. His dates will not conflict with
Senator Sproul, who will be in the
western end of the state after We'd
nesday for a fortnight.
II am very we'll satisfied with the
outlook and with what have heard"
said the Dauphin Senator this morn
ing. II have been iE eastern coun-
ties and from what l hear the west
is all right"
The Senator on Saturday closed q
campaign among the Republican
electors of Schuylkill for their sup
port of him as a candidate for the
nomination of lieutenant governor
He mingled among the delegates of
the Travellers Protective Association
in session in Pottsville. He was
accompanied by James Lentz, regis
ter of wills and recorder of deeds in
Dauphin county, who, for a number
of years as a commercial traveller
frequently visited the county and be-
came familiar with hundreds of III
fiuential citizens. Senator Beidie-
man expressed great satisfaction at
the cordial greetings given him
everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Coal Shortage to Be
Felt Severely Next Winter
Unless Conditions Improve

The coal shortage this winter will
be worse than last year unless the
car shortage is alleviated, according
to statements given to the National
Coal Association to-day by operators
in the eastern producing fields,
where more than 90 per cent. of the
nations coal supply is mined.
In the opinion of the operators it
is time for the war industries board
to readjust the traffic so coal may be
moved in sufficient proportion in the
summer to prevent famine in the
winter.
The local situation at the present
time is not encouraging. While there
is coal coming into the city every
day. and the dealers have no trouble
supplying present needs. they have
been unable to do anything toward
supplying the needs of the consum-
ers for next winter. At the central
coal Office there are many hundreds
of orders for next winters coal
which the dealers are unable to fill.
Dealers are hopeful that the sup
ply arriving in the city will increase
as the summer advances, in order
that the needs for next winter may
be supplied before the cold weather
arrives
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
100000 ARMY
PROGRAM READY,
HOUSE EXPECTS
Secretary Baker Due Before
Committee This Week With
Estimate of Nations Needs

Washington, April 29.-Secretary
Baker is expected to appear before
the House military committee this
week to furnish long delayed esti-
mates for the support Of the Army
during the next fiscal year. The
House committee is inclined to be
lieve that it will be asked to appro-
pirate for an Army of approximate
ly 5000. 900 men, and that the Secre-
tary will go into detail concernlns
plans for the speedy training OF ad-
ditional forces and their dlspatch 10
France.
When Secretary Baker recently ap-
peared before the Senate and House
military committees he informed
them that he was not ready then to
present estimates for the Army, nor
to reveal the size of the Army want
ed by the War Department These
matters, he said, were pending with
the general staff. Much OF Mr.. Ba-
ker's testimony was devoted to a
description of his visit to the battle
front. He promised to return to The
Capitol "in a few days" and furnish
definite figures.
The paramount question to be de-
cided this week is the size of the
Army for the next year of operation.
There will also be raised the ques-
ton whether it " necessary to raise
the draft age hmit. Representative
Shallenberger (Neb.) of the House
committee has announced that he
will seek introduction in the bill or
a provision for the registration and
drafting OF men up to forty years old.
Should Secretary Baker declare such
an amendment unnecessary at this
time he will not press it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
SHOVES TRADE
ASIDE TO RUSH
TROOPS TO WAR
Ships Will Be Used TO Last
Ton For Troops and
Supplies

Washington April 20. - The most
important announcement of the war
was made here to-day. The United
States is to furnish the last re-
serves that will give the final de-
cision against the military machine
of Germany.
Men, men. more men" on the
western front in the present crisis
of the war is the cry from all quar-
ters that has been ringing in the
ears of the American people.
Ships, ships, more ships.' for the
transportation and maintenance of
American troops abroad is the echo
of that appeal that has stirred the
United States shipping board from
day to day. -.
The decision has now been reach
ed. The supreme effort is to be made
to get troops abroad. Considerations
of commerce and trade have been
definitely put aside. The business of
winning the war is the only business
that will be recognized from this
time on.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Want to Hear a Lewis
Machine Gun in Action?
Demonstration Tonight

II you want to see-and hear--a
Lewis machine gun in action. as it is
at the front, so to the illustrated war
lecture to be given by members Of
Company A, Three Hundred and
T.wenty-sixth Battalion, Light Tank
Corps, at the Technical High School
Auditorium this evening, at Sis
o'clock.
real Lewis gun has been brought
from Gettysburg and the men who
have been drilled in handling it and
who will use it in France against the
Huns, will put it through its PAGES
and will fire enough blank cartridges
to make the auditorium of the High
School sound like the interior of a
French trench during a Hun attack.
This will be only one of the features
of the illustrated war lecture to be
delivered by Sergeant-M Major Robert
Bowman, of the Light Tank Corps,
who was formerly a lieutenant in the
French field ambulance service and
was in many of the big actions before
America went into the war. He has
some remarkable moving pictures OF
the war zone and an interesting war
story to tell
The money raised will all go toward
the athletic recreation fund of the
Three Hundred and Twenty sixth Bat
talon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

The Colonial Theater to-day will
show Mary Garden in "The Splendid
Sinner" by Kate Jordan.
The story depicts life as we see it
to-day. and the locale ranges from
New York and its environs to the
battlefront of France. Miss Garden is
smaFtest set of Bohemia and as a
Red Cross nurse. AS Dolores Fargis
she is a woman who puts behind her
the hectic, hollow life she has led for
years and, against the promptings of
her better judgment, marries Hugh
Maxwell, a young physician, who is
ignorant of her past But her happi-
ness is short-lived. for the man who
had protected her appears without
warning and urges her to renew their
tie. Nor does disaster stop here, for
her husband interrupts them and in
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

his philosophy. the result being
series of mirth-provokinG develop
ments. which afford amusement to all
who behold them.
An exciting scene in the picture is
battle between Mr.. FiX-It" and sew
eral gangsters in the slums. Mr.. Fair
banks climbs down the side of a
house on clothesline and swings
across street on an election banner.
This is said to be one of the most
thrilling stunts Mr.. Fairbanks ever
has performed
1t is said that no musical comedy
of the Broadway season has been more
persistently hummed
"F1O-FIO" nt and whistled into
the Orphcum fame than "Flo-Flo," "
John Cort's latest
musical comedy, which he is bringing
and WednesdaSsand Wednesday matt
nee, next week. "FIo- Flo" is now the
attraction at the Cort Theater, New
York, where it has been running for
81 Don't Know What You See In
Me" has been sung everywhere this
season. 1t is one of the features in
which Mr.. Corts perfect thirty-siX"
lish it's claim to being the only comedy
chorus in captivity. The eccentric
dancing of the girls in this number
captivated New York. The chorus
supports an excellent cast, which In
cludes: Louise Kelley. Hal Skelley.
Harry Firsh. Ben Hendricks. Bert
Gardner, Blanche Bellaire. Mildred
Beverly. Anna Sands, Joseph Holland,
Innis Brothers, C. Hickinger. Lou
Leathers, and the Perfect Thirty-six
Chorus.
In "The Splendid Sinner" Goldwyn's S
elaborate screen production starring
the magnificent
Mary Garden Mary Garden, it
in ..The is interesting to
Splendid sinner" note that the play
Mt the Colonial chosen for the
famous + m a
donna's second appearance in motion
pictures, is in no sense an echo of
"Thais," which scored nation wide
success "The Splendid Sinner" will
be shown at the Colonial Theater to-
day and tomorrow. Critics say that
the role assumed by Miss Garden en-
ables her to express the vivid. electric
quality of her unique personality, and
also gives the thousands of people
everywhere, who want to know what
Mary Garden looks like shorn of the
robes and mantles of her operate
heroines, a chance to see her dressed
i'm modern clothes. One of the scenes
in this production Is a banquet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
GIVE EVERYTHING,
URGED BY SINGER
Nine. Schumann-Heink Moves
Big Audience at Patri-
otic Rally

GIVE them every thing we have.
What is money compared to our chill
dren? Nothing! They are making
the sacrifice. not we! We must sacri-
fee! The quicker we send; the quick
er we give; the quicker we do every
thing, the sooner will we have those
brave boys back home again. In
these words Madame Ernestine SchI-
mann, Heink, known as one of the
worlds greatest contralto singers.urg-
ed the 1000 people who heard her, TO
buy Liberty Bonds and to put heart
and soul into the war" Nine. Schu-
big patriotic rally in Chestnut street
Auditorium Saturday night.
We never realize what is in our
boys the great singer continued.
have their mothers religion. If any
one wins, it will be our boys. For
everything l possess thank the
United States. It's my time to pay
back, even at terrible sacrifice. I've
spent twenty years of my life here
and | owe everything to your United
States and mine.
The singers voice trembled as she
tcld of her. boys, some of them in the
uniform of Uncle Sam. and one fight
ing with the Kaiser. I'VE never
thought there would be war with Ger
any or he would have been mere
cried.
Crowds began to gather for the big
meeting at o'clock, Saturday even
ing. To avoid congestion of traffic,
the. doors were thrown open at $50
and the throng Logan to pour into the
big building. a 80, the announced
time for the doors to open, the build
ing was comfortably filled, and by 8
o'clock, virtually every seat was oc-
cupied. Henderson Gilbert. chairman
of the meeting, introduced the Rev. ].
Bradley Markward, pastor of the
fered a short prayer.
Mime. Schumann- Heink was next i'm
troduced. When she stepped to the
front of the stage she was greeted
by volleys of applause. She sang as
said. announcing that she would sing
Danny Boy" an old Irish folksong.
There was infinite tenderness in her
voice as she sang the song of an
Irish maiden whose lover had gone to
war. She's. thinking of her own
audience. When the Boys Come
Home" was her next number. follow
ed by a brief address, and the sing
ing of THE Star Spangled Banner
The Rev. j. Bradley Markward, pas
tor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in
chase Liberty Bonds. Don't be a
Stacker; dream Liberty Bonds" he
cried.
Sergeant Major Robert Bowman, OF
the Light Tank Corps at Camp Colt
Gettysburg, spoke of his experiences
German position by allied troops. The
meeting was closed with the singing
of America" under the leadership
OF Mrs. Wilbur +. Harris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
DEMOCRACY OR
HUN MUST DIE,
PREMIER WARNS
Lloyd George Says Autocracy
and Freedom Are in
Grip of Death

London, April 90. - In a special
preface to a volume containing eN-
tracts from the Prime Minister'S war
speeches. Mr.. Lloyd George says:
II never believed that the war
would be a short war or that in some
mysterious way. by negotiation or
compromise. we could free Europe
from the malignant military auto
cracy which is endeavorng to tram
pie it into submission and moral
death.
Il always believe that the ma
chine which has established it's des-
potic control over the minds and
bodies of its victims and has then
organized and driven them to slaugh-
ter, in order to extend that control
TO the rest of the world, would only
be destroyed if free peoples proved
themselves strong and steadfast
enough to defeat it's attempt in arms.
The events of the last few weeks
must have made it plain TO every
thinking man that there is no longer
room for compromise between the
ideals for which we and our enemies
stand. Democracy and autocracy
have come to the death grip; one or
the other will fasten its hold on man
kind.
1t is a clear reaIlZatlon on tnlS
issue which will be our strength in
trials to come. l have no doubt that
freedom will triumph. But whether
it will triumph soon or late, after a
final supreme effort in the next few
months. or long drawn agony, de-
pends on the vigor and self-sacrilice
with which the children of liberty,
especially those behind the lines, de-
dicate themselves to the struggle.
There is no time for ease, delay
or debate. The call is imperative;
the choice is clear. 1t is for each
free citizen to do. his part"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

Dancers entertain the guests on a
glass topped table and Miss Garden
herself. as guest of honor at this brill
liant revel. stands above the light
plays a violin. Throughout the pro-
duction she moves--or rather dashes
"a gorgeous figure, dancing, loving,
hating, cheating, fighting and finally
rising to noble martyrdom.
Rocky Pass" the Majestic's head
liner the early half of the present
week is described as as, a
Majestic ing. roping and dancing,
and tells of life among the
cowboys and the manner in which
pretty girl from the Fest is weleom-
cd when she visits her cattleman
brother. With special stage setting
showing mountain valley, with its
waterfalls and stream, and with the
ranch house nesting in a clump of
trees at the foot of the valley, the act
is said to have the real western as
pect Grouped around this attraction
arc: Sidney and Townley, clever duo,
in songs. dances and nonsense; Lamb $
Manikins. a novelty oHering; Harry
Breen. clever nut comedian. and Mr..
and Mrs. Mel Bourne, presenting a
laughable sketch.
A picture which is notable for the
huge amount of that much abused as q
William Farnum, In Is william
"ROugh and Ready" Farnum de
ut the NI"eoria luxe luxe prrpoduG,, r.p,
and Ready" which will be shown for
the first time at the Victoria Theater
to-day and tomorrow. Rough and
Ready" Is the Hrst photoplay in more
than year. with the possible eXcep-
ton of "Thc Heart of a Lion" in
" hich the famous William Fox star
has had "blue-shirt role" almost
from the beginning of the story. 1t is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Driver Woodward
Wants on Ballot

Mandamus proceedings to compel
the Secretary of the Commonwealth
to certify a nominating petition for
George Woodward, n driver, 1898
Bonitz street Philadelphia, for Re-
publican nomination for senator in
the Sixth CPhiladelphia) district were
instituted in the Dauphin county
court to-day. The. hearing will be
held May 2. The petition charges
that the secretary's department ac-
cepted his nomination petition, but
has not certified it to Philadelphia.
The Secretary will file an answer
through the Attorney Generals De-
partment
At the Capitol it is said that while
the Woodward paper was received
it was accepted conditionally. being
subject to examination and that when
examination was made it was found
short of signers. DR.. George Wood
ward is also a candidate in this dis
trict.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

burst of fury and shattered hopes
he leaves Dolores.
They meet again, Dolores as nurse
in a French hospital captured by the
enemy her husband as a wounded
soldier taken prisoner in a dash across
the front. The old love surges on
! them and Dolores resolves to atone
for the wrong done the man she
worships. She enables him to escape,
the precious documents stolen from
the German officer Eext his heart.
Willingly she pays the penalty for her
devotion. and critics say that in a
poignant scene Mary Garden as Do
lores achieves triumph of acting.
Miss Garden is enthusiastic over the
production, declaring 1t to be in every
respect a. worthy successor to her
"Tyhais," with the added advantage of
allowing her to be herself-a woman
of to-day as her friends know her.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
PICTURES OF RUINED FRENCH
CHURCHES SHOWN ON SCREEN

At Westminster Presbyterian
Church last evening pictures of
churches ruined by the shelling of
the Germans were shown on a
screen, among these being the mo-
table cathedral of Rheims. The pas
tor, the Rev. Edwin Il. Curtis. deliv-
cred lecture in connection with the
pictures. The audience sang "The
Star SpaRgled Banner" and Amer
ica," and. with Augustus G. Shantz
singing the verse of Keep the
Home Fires Burning" the large au-
dience sang the chorus. the words
being thrown on the screen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

in this type of work that Mr.. Farnum
won his earliest fame on the screen,
because of his rugged characterize
tions of heroic figures Is always so
vividly strong and good.
Mr.. Farnum's newest vehicle Is sure
to receive the same splendid reception
given TO every drama in which he ap-
pears. There are many unusuaiiS
fine touches in the building OF tne
dramatic situations and DIRECTOR
Richard Stanton has provided the dls
tinguished star with an admirapie
supporting company.