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New-York tribune., 1908-02-19
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Small fluctuations characterized speculation IN
the market for outside securities The tone in gen
eral was heavy, noticeabIy in the copper issues
The continued downward tendency IN the metal
induced some selling OF the more important min
ing issues. The speCialtles we're more active ana
irregular. Havana Commercial preferred and Ha-
vana Tobacco preferred were decidedly stronger.
Bav State Gas was UD d small fraction Inter
national Salt was weak Standard Oil improved
bout points Chicago Subway was off Il. In
the mining list Butte Coalition was weak Boston
was down =. CUmbeTlard-Ely and Nevada Con
solidated each declined s. Nevada-Utah was of
l.. Superior & Pittsburg and Trinity lost small
fractions. ToldfeId stocks were quiet and easv-
In bonds decidedly more activity was shown and
the movements were irregular.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-19
Bnfialo & susuuehanna Railroad Cempsuy

Preferred stock Dividend Ne -
Ths regular quarterly dividend - ONE -. sEa
CENT. has declared. payah-~ harcl - i<'S .'
2 4 LEHR Treasurer
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-07-09
Railroad Capitalization Concerns The
Whole Public.

would specifically appear that this question is of chief
the banker the capitalist and the railroad promoter
Those proper
railroads the farmers the manufacturers the
workngmen the merchanthe general producing and travel
public without the selling and railroads
neither built very extensively mprov
ed The first roads often enterprises in the
that they financed by and there still
deraken railroad enterprise of magnudeMr Rogers Vr
West being prominently in 999 miles
1000 which have built the last in this
country with the the public
the sale of securities. Therefore,
have railroads. atera adequate
terminals, must have market for railroad securities.
The of all this stock obbng. this overcapzaon
dsrus falls the publc-the lumberman
wishes extend his market but finds his effort baked rail-
road incapacy the obber who make his
reasonable time the whose work awaiting
material the landowner whose remains undeveoped
from lack of transportation facilities the
labor railroad construction
dependent
of our railway system
The problem of railroad capitalization light
peoples problem which all
and if premise corrcct-that by
which greater faith these securities established as
vital work-it apparent plan
American statesmanshp-From Railroad Capitalization and
Federal Regulation by Franklin K. Lane American Re-
of Reviews for June
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-07-09
Che Meaoe County Hews
JOHN d. WEHRLE, EDITOR.
What Did Senator Lona Mean.

why Senator Long. his speech Emporia
gave prominence nanciering
campaign. Senator Long usually prepares
speeches with weighs everything with
deliberations He is fond of saying things
things that could turned advantage by the opposition He
justified of course showing Mr. Whites interest the
campaign candidacy Bristow
coming Emporia Mr.. White
ply White the manager of his opponent But in doing
that necessary him show that Mr. White is
nancerng the campaign of Mr. Bristow with five thousand
dollars.
Suppose White put five thousand dollars into the
pagn Brstow what does prove that would advantage
disadvantage either Mr. White Mr. Bristow? It
only proves the sincerity of Mr. White and the fact that Mr.
poor notwithstanding his opportunities to
rich doing while the service of
Court records that while Mr. Brsow
brbng officials who had do in the line giving
mail Mr. Bristow had something to do
of and the fact that he has to find
good angel help him in the going on is the best
possible he hone for he had been he would
his there would for him
financial backing for the political enterprise he
engaged in
It does appear anywhere
generally supposed that he has interest but the Empora
Gazette and writing which is fairly profitable
him. So far he has for the services of
United States senator of these lines of
therefore, that he financing the
paign of Mr. Bsow from viewpoint OF public interest rather
viewpoint of private interest If that the
suggested that he tremendously sincere his belief
the election General Brstow the United States senate
would good thing for the state. And is sincere
enough back his with his the people
his views than they would be follow the leader
would only "talk' behind his standard
Long politician, confess that
what he tried reach proving that Mr. B
is make his fight and that William Allen
White sincere enough his support invest five thousand
dollars in mighty big for edorWich-
ata Eagle
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-07-09
The Republican labor Plank.

One OF the aaks ct the Republican PLATFORM plank
labor nunctons denounced many deceptive do not
read 1t is of the fairest
document could possibly have
out dsregardng principle of diplomacy the
of public declarations.
What the convention and what Mr. Taft
this subject utilization process of nunc-
ton Tor the employers the hiring
the cheapest market Labor
of defining oenses against
without the Intervention OF the Legislatures they utilized
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1908-07-09

the of defining the ghtto
contracts of hire that glued Affords their viola
ton is tested by a6davs
the benefits OF and
Judge and without the Intervention
absolutely IN the discretion of the judge finding
writ itself survival the king
acting through his chancellor intended bv the
Republican leaders this
Strikes and that precisely what Republican PLATFORM with
almost brutal frankness demands.-The Chicago Public.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
OBSERVATIONS BY
A FIRST NIGHTER

MISS LILLIAN HAYWARD of the
EE Ulrich stock company has been
~ reading the brilliantly epigram-
matte and remarkably self-contradictory
philosophy of that most profound luna
tic, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, and
as a result Miss Hayward IS almost
afraid of herself in the dark. Herr
Nietzsche, you may recall, declares that
man is what he thinks himself to be.
Now, for several hours each day, and
for several more hours each matinee
day, Miss Hayward imagines herself to
be a Villainess of the deepest melodra-
matte dye, and when She ran across
this NietZschean prOnOuncement she
began to wonder if OVermuch playing
at Villainy had indeed affected her NOR
ais. However, she didn't take the idea
very seriously until one night last week.
Then something happened to make her
think.
For something over a decade Miss
Hayward has been an adept In stage
Villainy. She has an intimate acquaint-
ance with the poisons of the Borgias,
She Yields a dagger with the grace and
effectiveness of an expert and of course
she is a crack shot / suppose that
Miss Hayward, in the course OF her his
trionic criminality, has burnt enough
good powder TO wreck the city han sew
eral times over, or TO blow every strong
box in every bank in Los Angeles.
Nevertheless, until last week, Miss
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

would be fine joke to turn things
topsy-turvy. So he did 1t.
In the course of his labors he ran
across a green glass bottle, the con-
tents of which he mistook for toilet
water. This he shook vigorously over
his head and, having completed his
reign of disorder, retired from the
scene.
Next day, when he awoke, Won Me-
ter discovered a considerable patch of
bright yellow hair in the midst of
his ordinarily we'll behaved raven ring
let's Then it dawned upon him that
he was up against a case of peroxide.
That "toilet water had been loaded;
only Harry didn't know it.
Miss Eleanor Kent, prima donna of
the Edgar Temple opera company at
the Auditorium, was guest of honor
last week at two functions given for
her by officers of the Rhode Island,
one Of the big warships stationed at
Long Beach. Tuesday night her naval
friends attended box party to see
"Florodora," after which they enter
tanned Miss Kent at little supper in
the Alexandria hotel grill room. Fri
day afternoon they gave her tea, on
board ship, and the singer enjoyed her
self so hugely that she was almost
late for the night performance.
Dorothy Bernard Of the Belasco stock
company eonfesses to having the cafe
terra habit, not because she particular
ly enjoys cafeteria cookery but because
she feels the need of rehearsals. You
see. at the Belasco Miss Bernard fire.
ouently is cast as serving maid.
Often she has to carry tray laden
with things to eat or things to drink.
Not long ago she met with mishap
somewhat disastrous to the Belasco
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

rcXt few weeks, with a view TO It's
subsequent production by the EDGAR
Temple opera company at the Audi
tCrium. The American rights for TINS
piece are controlled by Miss Eleanor
Kent and Miss Kent is very anxious
to have the work tried out here. she
has heard it sung abroad and she be-
lieves that THE Three Wishes is an
other Merry Widow"
"This OPERA" she remarked to me
the other day, sis now being sung by
operate stock organizations all over
Germany and Austria. You know
each city over there has a stock opera
company, operated on the travelling
star system. Only they don't call them
travelling stars. The operas are pre-
sented by the company with Herr So
and-so as guest
1.-The Three Wishes has been big
success abroad and | believe it will
succeed here. The book and lyrics are
by Kreen and Lindau, While Ziehrer.
you know, occupies about tho same
position in Austria that Victor Her
bert holds with US. The translation
was made especially for me. Some OF
the work ! did myself. and when the
opera is presented here ii will be given
just as it is abroad, with one eXcep-
tion. 1 induced Ziehrer to compose a
waltz song for me in the last act. The
piece was written for a comedian star
and l felt that my role should be
strengthened somewhat. So he wrote
in another aria which never has been
sung in public anywhere and which.
think is the gem of all his COM
positions"
1t IS to be hoped that Mr.. Temple
will produce THE Three Wishes" We
have had several interesting premieres
this season, but nnoe of an opera.
Frank Healy promised to give us a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

Hayward never had fired a properly
loaded rifle in her life. Her experience
had been confined wholly to the prac-
tice with blank cartridges. With them
she was a dead shot. In fact, for all
practical dramatic purposes she could
hit the ace of spades at twenty-five
yards with unerring accuracy. Beyond
that, however, her prowess remained
an unknown quantity. To all of which
she stands ready to make affidavit
upon request.
Consequently, when 1 suggested to
Miss Hayward that we go on a little
tour of the town shooting galleries, she
at once expressed a delightfully."- ingenu-
Gus temerity: assured me that she
would be frightened to death; and de-
clared that she probably wouldn't be
able to hit a flock of hay stacks If they
were flying low. Ultimately, however,
her coynesS was conquered and we
Jared forth to startle the Main street
sharpshooters.
1t was fleet week. The shooting gall
leries were crowded by sailors and ma
rines from the warships. The popping
was incessant and the scores were good.
A woman sharpshooter however was
a distinct novelty for the boys in blue,
and the minute Miss Hayward appeared
upon the scene she attracted a large
and admiring audience.
She held the rifle-butt about three
inches from her shoulder; asked what
the sight was for, looked longingly at
the paper target and blazed away. The
little lead pellet pumped square into
the bullseye. The attendants smile,
translated into English. meant "Acci-
dent" 1 thought so, too, but the next
shot just missed the black and the
third landed inside again. Then Miss
Hayward, delighted as a child at her
success, went after the little tin ducks
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

San Diego which attempted to recruit
a chorus of eight girls for popular
priced musical comedy succeeded IN
getting only two through Los Angeles
agents and the project was abandoned
temporarily.
The agents themselves were at their
wits ends They tried ads in the help
wanted columns, but even so were uno a.
able to secure enough chorus girls TO
go round.
The existing entente cordiale be-
tween Manager Oliver Morosco of the
burbank theater and Manager John
Blaclxwood of the Belasco, following
several years of open hostility. en-
phasizes the fact that this is the era
of good feeling among LEGAL theatrical
entrepreneurs.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Morosco ac-
cepted for presentation at the coming
Actors Fund benefit a one-act play
'sMame." written by William Hamilton
Cline. for Miss Maude Gilbert. The
piece has three characters and when
he decided to put if on Mr.. Morosco
expected to turn the parts over to Miss
Gilbert, Mr. CHM and Mr.. Mestayer.
Then Mr.. Mestayer became Ill ana was
compelled TO take rest and apparent
ly there was no one else In the Bur-
bank company fitted to that role. At
the Belasco, however, Charles Ruggles
seemed ideally suited to the part. Now
whether Morosco asked or Blackwood
offered Ruggles' services unsolicited l
do not know, but the fact remains
that Mr. Ruggles will play the part.
SO far as | know, too, this VIII be the
first time that members of the Bur-
bank and Belasco companies have
played together
Incidentally Manager Blackwood in-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

the Cort stars to play in Los Angeles
this season. Like Francis wilson, MI
Figman graduated from comic opera
and musical comedy into "the legiti-
mate" and like Mr.. Wilson also, ne
has made a bigger success in straight
comedy than he ever made In tne
broader roles of comic opera.
"The Man on the Box" though 1t
never has been presented locally, had
a long run in New York city when II
was first produced there, and since
then has been received with marked
favor on tour. Mr. Figman brings the
play here after a tour through tne
northwest, where the comedy itself ana
his acting of its leading role were alike
praised by the newspaper reviewers,
The play is dramatizauon py
Grace Livingston Furniss of Harold
MacGrath's story of the same name, a
fanciful bit of fiction that is still pop
ular, though written half decade ago.
Los Angeles seemingly is experience
ing a chorus girl famine. Last week
the supply of chorus girls was by no
means equal to the demand. Girls who
could sing passably WELL dance little
and who were fairly good looking
found themselves so situated that they
could practically name their own sal
aries.
The difficulty arose through the ef-
forts of managers, both in the city
and in beach towns, to prepare pro-
grams which might be expected to
appeal to sailors from the fleet. Even
San Diego sent here for young women
of the chorus, but the order couldn't
be filled.
In a week or so there will be chorus
girls in plenty out of work. Just at
present, however. the supply has run
short. For instance, one theater in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

that are so hinged they disappear from
sight upon being hit. She bagged eight
ducks In ten shots!
DO you know who / am?" she asked
the boy.
You bet I do, Miss Hayward" he
answered, and we went on 10 the next
place
Here, at distance Of twenty-five
yards she put two shots into the black
of the target the third missing alto
gethcr. Next she tried 10 shoot the
light out Of the IDOLS eye, but in this
was unsuccessful. When the bill was
paid the attendant remarked: "TN
bring that back and more too next
Sunday Miss Hayward. You're all
right. You shoot better than the aver
age man"
Il never shot loaded gun in my life
before tonight" she replied. The boy
didn't believe her, but he was too polite
to say so.
In all we visited four galleries, and In
each OF them Miss HayWard's shooting
created a sensation. / could see, how
ever, that something was worrying her,
and / inquired about it. Then she told
me of Nietzsche.
1--WE been thinking / could shoot"
she said "and you see / can. Now /
have also been thinking / could COM
NIT all manner Of crimes DO you sup
pose l am really becoming a criminal? ?
If | should do something terrible some
day, will you promise me that the alien
lists will get me off free? It's an awful
thought, that Nletzsche idea. Pm al
most afraid of myself I'm the dark"
Ziehrer's opera of THE Three
Wishes" never presented in this coun-
try. is to have a private hearing before
Edgar Temple some time within the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
FLEET WEEK IN
LOCAL THEATERS

A TENDANCE at the Los Angeles
A theaters last week plainly indi-
"A Gated the popularity of the navy
as counter attraction. At the Belasco
"The Girl of the Golden West con-
tinued it's remarkable run before audi
ences as large as the theater could ac-
commodate: and at the Burbank, Man
ager Morosco's revival OF Hoyts "A
Trip to Chinatown" with its big song
numbers md lively chorus, likewise met
with such favor that another week was
decided upon. "Florodora" attracted
large audiences to the Auditorium, but
the other houses suffered.
Wilton Lackaye had the worst week
of his season at the Mason. UnfOrtu-
nately he brought US a trashy play
which ever his excellent acting and that
of his supporting company could not re-
deem from mediocrity. At the Los An
geles, Miss Mary Shaw in her new
play, THE Whirlpool" which was
gwen it's American premiere at that
theater Monday night, failed to attract
the attendance she should have had.
The Grand had only fair week, and
even the smaller musical comedy, bur
lesque and vaudeville houses showed a
falling off from the customary box office
AOboA
Curiously the managers had figured
it just the other way. They thought
fleet week would be the biggest week of
the season, which merely goes to prove
how little you can tell about the the
atrical business.
1.-THE Girl of the Golden Vest has
proved the biggest success ever pre-
sented at the Belasco theater. Holy
week had no effect upon attendance at
this play. Fleet week likewise saw
every seat in the theater sold for every
performance, not excepting an extra
matinee given last Tuesday. AS re-
suit this fine California melOdrama en-
ters upon it's fourth week tomorrow.
Perhaps that will end the run and per-
haps not. 1t is quite possible that THE
Girl' may go after the local record,
now held by Oliver Moroscos play,
1.-THE Halfbreed," which ran, l believe,
five weeks at the Burbank. incidentally
the women members of the BelascO
company excepting Miss Alice Treat
Hunt and Miss Adele harrington, are
enjoying an unexpected vacation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
BILL READY FOR
FRIDAYS BENEFIT
NHE program for the TheatI

nHE program for the Theatrical
Managers association benefit, to be
- given at the Mason opera house Fri
day afternoon, promises to be the big
gest dollars worth ever offered in a
Los Angeles theater. The receipts will
go TO the associations charitable fund,
devopted to the care of ill and needy
members of the theatrical profession,
and practically every uheater in the city
will contribute acts to the bill. The en-
tertainment will begin promptly at l
o'clock and is expected to run until
about 6:30 p m There will be no
waits, however. While the curtain is
down to permit the setting OF the stage,
a vaudeville act will be in progress.
Sedley Brown will officiate as stage
manager, and he is under heavy bonds
to keep things moving all the time.
In addition to musical numbers,
vaudeville offerings and two playlets,
single acts will be given from three dit
ferent plays now running in Los Ange-
les. Max Figman and his company
from the Los Angeles theater will pre-
sent an act from THE Man on the
Box" The Burbank stock company
will play the second act of "A Trip to
Chinatown" introducing numerous spe-
cialties that won marked favor at the
Burbank last week, and the Ulrich
stock company from the Grand will
offer tile first act of the current melo-
drama, Forgiven"
From the Orpheum will come Daisy
Harcourt, singing comedienne; Ida
O'Day. the musical maid" and Hoey
and Lea, song parodists. The Edgar
Temple opera company from the Audi
torium will contribute the "Florodora
Sextet" and perhaps another number.
The Belasco company will present
Richard Brinsley Sheridans fine old
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

vited Manager Morosco to come doWn
to the Belasco one night last week ana q
see "The Girl of the Golden West
Morosco accepted. He had been In tne
Belasco just once before. on the oc-
casion of the Tom Oberle benefit.
1t is a curious coincidence that two
former members of the Belasco STOCK
company are now playing in 'Palo III
Full" Eugene Walters latest and ire
mendously successful play. Miss LII
liam Abertson is playing the leading
role in the New York company, and
Miss Marion Berg, who worked with
Miss Albertson at the Belasco, is
member of the company recently or
eanized 70 present the play i'm Chicago.
and which is now on the road, prepar-
ing for the first Chicago presentation
of the drama, May 10. Presumably
Miss Albertson secured for Miss Berg
her opportunity. The two were great
friends while they were in Los An
geles.
For several seasons past Josept Gal
braith has had matinee girl asset IN
the shape of most unusual white lock
of hair that has made him unique
among local actors. Now comes Har-
ry Won Meter of the Grand opera
house with rank imitation of the
Galbraithian capillary lure. Harry
however, didn't go for to do it. The
whole thing was the result of acci-
dent.
The heroic Mr.. Won Meter was anus
ing himself the other evening playing
with the utensils on a woman's dress
ing table. The identity of this woman
is beside the question, but she wasn't
in her dressing room at the time, and
the iovial Mr.. Won Meter decided it
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
CHRONOPHONE THEATER
. WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK

Manager e. A. Fischer's singing and
talking picture machine has arrived,
and this week Los Angeles will be Civ
en- an opportunity to see and hear this
latest scientific marvel of the amuse-
ment field
The machine produces whole operas,
dramas and realistic scenes, showing
the pictures of the action and stimuli
taneously reproducing the sounds which
accompany the action--singing, dance
ing, talking or whatever may be de-
manded. The entire mechanism is said
to be so delicately arranged and SO
cleverly controlled that there Is not the
slightest variation in the production or
sound and motion.
Herr Fischer's Chronophone theater
at 423 South Spring street, which has
been in the course of construction this
past month or more, will be completed
in time for the opening Monday, APP
ril 81.
The program for the opening week is
as follows: Silvia ballet; Were You
Not to Koko PlightedY'; xylophone
duet; "This Little Girl and That: OPP
cratic selections from Ernani and Pag-
Iiacci; Twin Duet" and song and
chorus, "The Captain of the Pinafore."
Jefferson de Angels. although he is
the father of grown-up children, turns
handsprings and back scmersaults in
"The Gay White Way in manner
that oxtCoaafo q u01fnu aQr0haf
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

new Lehar opera at the Los Angeles
several months ago, but he failed to
make good More power 10 Temple
and to the baton Of his musical direc-
tor.
Max F'iRman. who comes to the Los
Angeles theater this week in "The
Man on the Box viii be the last of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26

comedy of "The Critic, or a Tragedy
Rehearsed" Hobart Bosworth has par
TALLY reconstructed the piece SO as to
bring it down to date and for this oc-
casion only the Belasco forces will be
augmented by the addition of two of
the local C. ties, who will attempt to
prove that they really know more
about acting than actors whom they
NAV have abused in the past have
credited them with knowing. The crit
les, by the way, will positively appear
without the aid of a net. Their only
advantage over real actors will be the
fact that they themselves will know
just how bad they are.
Individual members of the Burbank
and Belasco companies will present two
playlets, Name" a one-act play by
William Hamilton Cline, in which Miss
Maude Gilbert and Mr. CHM of the
Burbank company, and Mr.. Ruggles of
the Belasco organization, will have
parts; and "The Cook Lady by Sedley
Brown, played by Henry Stockbridge
and Elsie Esmond of the Burbank and
Annie Clark Ward, who is private life
is Mrs. Brown.
Other numbers will include F'uhrer's
ladies' string quarter with Lucy Fuh-
rer, cello soloist, and the Strollers' con-
cert quartet, both under the manage
ment of Len E. Behymer. Adele Far
rington of the Belasco company, who
will sing; and Jack Symonds from the
Empire.