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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
MINSTRELSHAVE
FINE OFFERINGS
Gus Hills Entertainers Make
Hit With Orpheum
Audiences

Gus Hills Minstrels with snappy
jokes and new songs and a comfort
able variety of oldtime favorites,
pleased large audience at the Or
pheum theater last night. Comedy
patter and good music. both vocal
and instrumental, kept the audience
in a continual uproar.
With William Hallett in the inter-
locutor's chair. the show opened.
Carl Graves sang The Land of My
Dreams" and ]. Francis Brennan,
Barefoot Boy" The first comic
touch came in Arthur Deming's sing
ing of the popular Il Can't Be Both
cred With No Mule" Rags Leighton
singing "Oh, Belinda" and Jimmy
Walls presentation of Don't Worry"
brought rousing rounds of applause.
George Wilson. possessed of a beau
tiful bass voice, sang I'm the
Depths" A grand patriotic finale
closed the first half of the show. Pic
lures of Lincoln, Wilson, Pershing
the Goddess of Liberty and kindred
subjects, were flashed upon the
screen while the minstrels sang pa
triotic numbers.
James Wall and company in Enc
mics Friendly" opening the second
half of the program, sang and
danced, introducing among other IA
vorites old Black Joe" and Roll
Dem Cotton Bales. A feature was
the playing of a big variety of pop
ular and patriotic numbers by a sax
ophone sextet. The full strength of
the company was introduced in the
closing number, THE Judges First
Day in Court" a travesty on a col
ored court room at Bowling Green,
Kentucky. A potpourri of songs sung
by the jury, the judge and the pris-
oners while the court crier acted as
comedian, closed the show.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
Threatens 10 Stop
Operating Car Line

New Yori<y, Sept. IS. = George A.
Stanley. president of the New York
and North Shore Traction Company,
which operates a trolley line between
Flushing and Hicksville and Flushing
and Whitestone, declared last night
that operation would cease one minute
after midnight September 80 unless
the city grants the company financial
relief or positively signifies intention
to do so at an early date.
Some time ago the company asked
for seven-cent fare, and the Public
Service Commission reported in favor
of it,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
Questionnaires Being
Mailed to Registrars

Questionnaires were mailed to 10
per cent. of the registrants between
the ages of 19 and SO. inclusive, of
morning.
Approximately 425 questionnaires
were mailed to the registrants of the
city boards, and about as many to the
county registrants. The cards have
been numbered and those of the 10 to
36-year-old men separated. Ten per
cent. of these men will receive Army
quiaZes every day. There are ap-
proXimately $500 of them in the city
and a few less in the county.
They must be filled in, sworn to-
and returned to the local boards with
in seven days after the registrants
receive them Attorneys will be in
the Courthouse from 10 a. m. until
p. m. every day to aid the regis
trants, and notarys public will be
there to administer oaths free of
charge. The legal advice also will be
free.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
John w. Davis, Virginian,
Succeeds PAGE at London

Washington, Sept. 1S.-John w.
Davis, of West Virginia, now solicitor
general of the United States. has been
selected by President Wilson to sue
ceed Walter Hines Page as ambassa-
dor to Great Britain.
The announcement of Mr.. Davis
selection to-day disclosed that he had
arrived safely in Switzerland, where
he is 20 head the American delega-
ton at the Berne conference betweSN
American and German missions OH
the treatment and exchange of pris-
oners of war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
Farm Work Bores
Sing Sing Prisoner on
Parole; Wants Back

Ossining. N. Y, Sept. 1S.-Paroled
for good conduct, but bored with life
on farm, August Christotolis, a
former inmate of Sing Sing. yester-
day formally applied to the prison
authorities for permission to serve
out the balance of his ten-year term.
The parole board had previously re-
fused the same request, on the ground
that Christotolis had not violated the
terms of his parole.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
z Killed, 7 Injured
2 When Train Hits Auto

st. Mary's Pa. Sept. 1S.-Andrew
Lunger, aged sixteen years, and
Rachel Dandois, aged two years,
were killed and seven persons were
injured, five probably fatally. when
the autom obile in which they were
riding was struck on the main street
crossing by the eastbound milk train
of the Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
Radio Aerial
in New York Navy Yard

Washington. Sept. 1S.-The high
est radio aerial in the world, The
cables of captive balloon. is IN use
at the New York Navy Yard.
1t was announced yesterday that
the yard has heen in communication
with the wireless station at Arcadia
Cal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
HE'S READYFOR SERVICE. TOO

Probably this sturdy young.
ster will not grow up fast
enough to get into the present
war but If health and strength
count he certainly has the
makings of a good soldier His
mother is Mrs. ]. RathJen, 355
Prospect Avenue, Pawtucket,
r. l., and she says that for
over two years she has used
Father Johns Medicine in her
family both for the youngster
and the other members of the
family with excellent results.
Mrs. Rathjen says she thinks
there is nothing better" and
a few of her friends to whom
she has recommended the
medicine have, had the same
experience. This pure, old
fashioned, family medicine is
nourishing, wholesome and
strengthening. 1t has superior
food value and is rich in the
very elements which make
flesh and strength. 1t is guar
Snteed free f2om alcohol or
dangerous drugs in any form.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
Moose or Firing Squad
For Hun, Says Edmunds

New York, Sept. is. - Favoring a
moose or firing squad for the Kaiser
and his counsellors. Richard II. Ed
monds, editor of the Manufacturers
Record. in a strong telegram sent to-
day to President Wilson. goes on rec
ord as beirs Internationally against
a negotiated" petce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

soft as fresh putty. Has no effect on
saltrates is sold by Kellers Drug
store. G. y. Gorgas, Clark's Medicine
store, II. G. Kennedy. or most other
ent sizes and at Very low prices. Get
Il trial supply tonight. Save the
guarantee enclosed. If you are dis
satisfied in any way with the results,
the empty box is returnable for a full
and immediate refund of your money.
No questions. No red tape.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
AlAJ ESTlC
High Glass Vaudeville.

M+AJ ESTlC
High Class Vaudeville.
ORPHEUM
lies. =,
Three days. commencing tomorrow.
with daily matinees 1.-The Unmar-
ried Mother"
Tuesday. night only, September "a -
Selwyn and COMPANY offer Fair
and Warmer"
Wednesday and Thursday and Thurs
day matinee. September 25 and 70 -
Eyes of Youth"
COLONIAL
To-day. tomorrow and Friday -
Norma Talmadge in Her Only
Saturday only-"The House OF Mirth."
REGENT
To-day and o-morrow-Billie Burke
in Pursuit of Polly"
Friday and Saturday-Sessue Haya-
kawa in The City of Dim Faces"
VICTORIA
To-day and to-morrow-Theda Bara
in cleopatra"
Friday Jewel Carmen in "Lawless
Love-"
Saturday = William s. Hart in The
Disciple"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18
To Take Corns Out So They
Stay AWAY

Pick them right out, roots and all.
Soften callouses so they are easily
knife. The medicated and oXygenat-
ed foot bath produced by a handful
o: ,Rodell saltrates in gallon of
plain hot water is all you need. This
and sebaceous matter from hardened
Calloused and 'Corny" skin, leaving II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

piece. Manaeer Imes George. of the
Victoria. had the forethought to book
the production for four days. This
VIII give an opportunity to persons
VINO nave been unable to see the MIN
so far. to view il to-day or to-mor-
row. Tomorrow will be positively
the last showing. The picture por-
trys the wonders of ancient Rome. the
luxury and glitter of the Orient, and
the weird fascination of Egypt. that
have been skilfully depictel in this
screen dramatization of the beautiful
siren queen of the Nile.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

Polly Marsden is the beautiful
daughter of New York cotton
broker, who is loved
"In Pursuit by two men. one a
the Regent nified broker. Com
PEELED by her father to
make choice between the two. she
announces she will start for parts un-
known and that the first man to catch
her may claim her as his bride. A
merry chase follows; Polly. after
reaching a secluded part of Long Is
land, changes her clothes and dresses
as her maid. Enroute to a station
she meets a Secret Service agent and
On the train she attracts the atten-
tion of a stranger. who the Secret
Service agent knows Is a German
spy. He thinks that Polly is a con-
federate of this spy and intends to
keep an eye on her.
Meanwhile the poet and the broker
are searching for Polly and trace her
to New York. Here complications
swiftly ensue. The spy. thinking she
is a confederate, tells her to meet him
at certain wireless station. The
Secret Service agent watches them
both, and when Polly exposes the spy
plot. she is arrested by this agent. She
refers them to the two men who were
searching for her, who have come on
the scene at this time. What happens
the story and is vividly shown in the
latest Paramount picture. I'm Pursuit
of Polly" in which dainty little Billie
Burke takes the lea lg part. 1t is
showing to-day and tomorrow at the
Regent Theater.
Friday and Saturday, a double at
traction is booked for the Regent
Sessue Hayakawa, in the city of Dim
Faces a story of the famous China
town of San Francisco. and Mack
Sennet comedy. Ladies First" Most of
these pictures are masterpieces and
no doubt will prove interesting to
every movie fan.
So large have been the crowds at
the Victoria Theater to see Cleo
patra," the William
Fox super-produc-
nt the Victoria tion. that even the
unusually large ca
pacity of the theater has been taxed.
Anticipating a great demand for
seats at this historical film MASTER
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

row and Friday the film success, Her
Only Way" fea-
Normal TalmndEe turing Norma
In "Her Only Way" Talmadge and
Eugene O'Brien.
The scenario writer. author and di-
rector have all combined to Civ Miss
Talmadge one of her best photoplay
attractions in this offering. The star
is always the central attraction
point too often overlooked in the big
photoplays of to-day. The star calls
into action ell her ability as she
moves from comedy to tragedy. and
back again. always registering
eclipses her previous efforts. this be-
ing particularly true of the dream
tragedy, one of the strongest scenes
ever filmed. Saturday only, THE
House of Mirth" will be shown with
an all-star cast.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

The countless thousands of theater-
goers who saw every Woman" and
Experience" throughout
eyes of the United States. will
Youth" want to see the new and
successful play by Max
MARGIN and Charles Guernon. entitled
Eyes of Youth" For there is much
in common between this latest dra-
matte fantasy. Eyes of Youth"
which comes to the Orphcum Theater
for brief engagement of two nights,
with a matinee Thursday. commencing
Wednesday, September %. and its
earlier successful prototypes.
For Eyes of Youth" too. depicts
"the story of a woman's SOUL" of a
woman's fight for success and happi-
ness through the various doors. or
courses. open to her through the two
chief portals of Love and Duty.
Eyes of Youth" is not a musical
play. nor. strictly speaking. a moral
ity" play Gin the sense in which
Every Woman" was). but it's back
ground and dramatic proposition is
much the same. Also it is similar in
it's succession of swiftly moving and
highly contrasted scenes, all of which
depict in somewhat universal way
the common chord" experience of the
eternal feminine in it's quest of peace
and happiness.
But here all resemblance ends. For
eyes of Youth" is an entirely mod
ern play and representative of the last
word in up-to-date playmaking.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-18

1t is a well-recognized fact that
everyone is delighted with the new
syncopated melodies
"Dnrktown which are now so popu-
Follics" lar throughout this
country and are called
Jazz This music is said to have
originated in Louisiana, where col
ored bor, on sugar plantation. was
most proficient dancer. He enter
tained his fellow workers at the noon
hour with his dancing pranks and
played his own accompaniment on u
mouth harp. This younT lads nick
name was Jazz" and the popular
style of melody he extracted from his
mouth harp soon had everyone around
the plantation swaying to it's most
fascinating rhythm. The syncopation
was named Jazz, after its originator.
and II has taken the country by storm.
The famous "Darktown Follies," the
largest colored show in the world,
viii appear at the Orpheum tonight
in broadway Rastus." One of the
features of the entertainment is the
posed of regular down-South boys,
who play. jazz in that never-to- be for
gotten plantation style. Any one who
enjoys good singing and dancing. and
splendid comedy. cannot afford to miss
the "Follies."
Selwyn and Company will present
Fair and Warmer" the farce, by
Avery Hopwood. which
"Fnir ard was made famous all over
Warmer the country before one
half of it's run at the Ell
! tinge Theater. New York. was com
pleted, at the Ornreum on Tuesday
evening. See Fair and Warmer
gets here was the admonition OF
nearly every New York visitor as
soon as he reached his home town Its
success, measured in terms of dollars
and cents, was unprecedented in New
| York. is theater was so filled t.
overf1owing at every performance
| that before 1t was four months old IL
had bettered the brilliant record OF
within the Law" In Chicago, il
| stayed for eight months and left ther
only to fulfill previous contracts
| Avery Hopwood has never writ er
anything so necessarily amusing. sc
adroit, so witty and so sympathetic
as this tale of two innocents, who
| tried to revenge themselves on two
giddy marriage partners. Selwyn anG
! Company are said to have selected ar
admirable cast of farceurs for its To-
cal presentation.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
ACCUSE RUSSIANS
OF ASSISTING HUNS

reirogrnd March 3.--The Maxima-
list news agency prints n statement ac-
cuaing the Octobrists and Rightists in
i'skov Of trying To organize a govern
ment willing to sign peace with Ger
many, stipulating that Germany shall
give military aid against the Soviet au-
thoritlcs. IN return for which the re-
dictionaries offered to organize White
guard battalions to reinforce the Ger
man cmperor's troops In the struggle
against France and Great Britain.
"Thesc traitors" says the statement,
| aim ut restoring the old order OF
things. and the people everywhere innst
wage pitiless war against them
| Describing how the bourgeoisic Gle
ments In Dorpat. assisted by some Es-
thonian troops, assumed power over
the Soviet executive and departed
from the town February 22 to wei.
come the Germans. The pravda, tht
Holshevik organ. declared that imme
dlately the Germans. entered the towr
Isentence was passed on the prisoners
that the Germans took during their of
fensive. Eighty men, charged with at
tempting to destroy the railroad, wer
lexecuted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Remembrance Of Dinner
Recalls Date of Birth

/, Pittsburgh, Pa.--After his parents
testified they could not remember the
sia te of the birth af their son, William
Edward Morrison, Jr., It's Wagner road,
ACCUSED of being Stacker, Mrs. Laura
RajSsle of the north side told nited
States Commissioner Roger Knox, be-
fore whom the case Is being heard
Morrison was born June II, 1896
Asked why she was so sure il was
that date, Mrs. Boyle said she remem
bered having an old fashioned Dutch
dinner that day. The case was con-
tinued
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Fired Twice, Wallingford
Policeman Is Reinstated

Philadelphia, Pa.-"Ready Money
Sam Light has been put back on the
police force and assigned to street
duty.
Light is the patrolmaa fired from the
force last October after he had twice
been convicted of conducting fakt
lottery
Lights history in and out of the pc,
lice force is a paper back edition ol
Rufus Wallingford. lie has the per-
sonal weight Of Il Wallingford and
! some Of the urbanity when expressing
his needs for ready money.
In 1906 he WAS n house sergeant and
was taken before the police board
charged with passing bad checks. liz
was discharged.
lie didn't get back on the force again
until 1909, when he was reinstated al
Il patrolman
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
FARMERS MUST GIVE
LABORERS COMFORT
Workers Will Have to Get
Better Quarters.

San Francisco. Farmers must
Keep pace with the large corporations
in making housing conditions attrac-
tive to the laboring masses in order
to secure their proportion of workers
for the coming season, according to
II report from ID. a. Field, executive
secretary Of the California Federation
of Farmers Cooperative Marketing
associations.
Fields report was based on opinions
submitted by members of the associa-
ton engaged in the producing indus
i try
Oil and power corporations are pro-
| eiding their employees with the COM
forts Of reading rooms. bathing IA
ciIHies, clean quarters, and the most
| wholesome foods, and the farmers
must duplicate these Inducements,
/ l. 3eld said.
| According to Fields information,
| fine weather during harvest time off
I set any shortage Of labor in ena bling
producers to gather their full measure
! of crops last season.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Carpet Slippers
That's What They Need,
After Hard Day.

Washington, ID. C.-"To get 100
per cent fighting efficiency ont of
John Parsons. you've got to give
him his old carpet slippers after a
hard days work in the trenches.
4 good cigar and a piece of apple
pie to round it out and you've got
"A satisfied man that will do any
thing you tell him. I've lived with
him for ten years and ! know
This note. addressed to marine
corps headquarters by AIRS. John
Parsons, also contained an inquiry
as To whether there was any em-
barge on carpet slippers, Betsy Lee
had apple pie going to fighting ma
fincs In France.
1t is "A big question, and while
tile marine corps maintains no time
study or welfare departments. 1t
is felt that If his old carpet slip
pers will enhance John Parsons
fighting qualities he'll just have
To have them, that's all.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Girl Hurt, Brother Is
Burned in Auto Wreck

Ontario. Miss Mary Seagoe. daugh-
ter of $. w. Scagoc, 40 North Campus
avenue. received painful : abrasiorrs
about tho face. her brother. Thomas u.
Scagoe. sustained burns and bruises.
and X. a. Hanta escaped with minor
injuries when the motor car in which
they We're driving turned turtle after
striking a run IN the pavement at
state street and Campus avenue.
iss Seagoe was pinned beneath thu,
car. Her brother was painfully burned
when boiling water from the cars
broken radiator poured over his back
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Gaze 8 Sons
British Widow Five Times
lBereaved in War.

London.--The countless num-
hers of heroic sacrifices made by
British mothers have been ecIipsed
Ax.Mrs. Beechey. widow of the
eesv. r. w T. Beechey. who was
vicar of Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire.
She has given eight sons to serve
their country. five of whom have
been slain.
Three have been Killed on the
western front, another died at
Rouen, while the fifth. Charles
Reeve Reechey Of the Royal fusi-
Tiers. who was a master at Siam
ford grammar school. has died of
wounds suffered in East Africa.
One son, Bernard Beechey. was q
school master at Lincoln, and an
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Spy
l7-Year-Old Boy Ready
to Serve.

Uncle Sam can have the services
OF a perfectly good spy If he wants
them. Peter Rivers. aged II years.
OF Maple Lake. MINI, says so.
Writing 10 L. :. marine corps
headquarters. Peter said, among
other things I'm too young to
be a sea soldier, but | can be the
best sly you most ever saw. Send
me along a snN's badge and a
Colts a. and I'll go right 10 work.
IKE read history and my only re-
greet Is that haven't nine lvcs
like cat SO That ! could give
them all 10 my country"
In expressing appreciation Of
Peters offer OF service. the ma
rine corps authorities advised him
70 keep on playing Hi Spy" with
the boys of Maple Lake several
years longer before tarkiing the
business seriously.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Turkish Troops Commit
New Armenian Massacres

London, March 1.-THE Copenhagen
correspondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company says information has
been received there that Turkish sol
dierS have committed new massacres
in the district Of Armenia which has
! been deserted by the Russians. HAL
mar Hrantias. editor of the Social
/ Demokfaten. has teiegraphed two Ger
man Socialist parties to make ener-
/ 2etic representations to the German
government, the dispatch adds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04

Every man Is said TO, have his price
but the great trouble Is that no
body knows the private mark but him
self
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04

garities to utter indecency in his new
est productions. The Empress theatcr
has Justly established a reputation for
good, dean, weil-played pictures,
Surely il can find better comedies for
its patrons than these.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
Winter Garden Show
Coming Next Month.

''rhc Show Of Wonders" an elabo-
rate New York Winter Garden spec
tacle. Is booked at the Missoula the
alter for Tuesday. April 2. II will be
one Of the important offerings of the
season. for 1t includes all the dazzling
charms in which the Winter Garden
specializcs. The east includes several
electric lighted names. among them
Eugene and Willie Howard. Tom
Lewis. Flora Lee, Patsy O'ffearn and
others.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04
DON'T SUFFER
WITH NEURALGIA
Use Soothing Musterole

When those sharp pains 60 shooting
through your head. when your skull
seems as if it would split, just rub a
little Musterole On your temples and
neck. 1t draws out the inflammation,
soothes away the pain, usually giving
quick relief.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with oil Of mustard. Better than q
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Many doctors and nurses frankly rec
onmend Musterole for sore throat, bron-
chitis, Group stiff neck, asthma, neural.
gia, congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism,
lu!nbago, pains and aches of the back or
oints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises,
chiiblains, frosted feet colds of the
chest lit often prevents pneumonia). II
is always dependable.
aOc and 6Oc jars; hospital sire $50.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-04

other. Frank. was master of the
Lincoln Cathedral choir school.
Three other sons survive. OF
these one has been paralyzed and
the two others are still serving.
All the brothers Joined up as VOL
unteers. two of them eniisting in
Australia where they were farm
ing.