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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-02-22
Address by BaIfour

During the debate on the king
speech Arthur ]. Balfour spoke for the
opposition. He criticised the kings
speech for its ambiguity. particularly
on the naval question. He had hoped,
he said, for a declaration that the gov
ernment was prepared to face the situa-
ton and provide anything necessary for
the defense Of the empire. The general
election had been primarily on the bud
get he said, and he was not quite sure
what the country had pronounced.
when the budget" said BaIfour
has received cold and chilly but nu-
naericaily adequate support in this
house il will doubtless become a law.
The Home Rule Specter
Il believe a ma jority of the con-
stituencies in Great Britain are pre-
pared TO support the budget, but can il
be pretended that Ireland favors it?
II ireland abstains from opposing the
budget it VIII be because Irish mem
hers think that the interests of home
rnle override those Of finance and /
hold that if the budget were isolated
from all other questions it would be
rejected.
IF the prime minister's home rule
declaration. made just before the cleo
.Ion. had been taken seriously in Eng
lard. as it was in ireland. the other
questions would ali have been
dwarfed.'
Continuing Balfour said he had had
f4s speeches of cabinet members ex-
amined and only one contained a vol
i,ntarv reference to home rule.
What Did Election Decide?
Looking ander the surface, how
could the government say that they
knew what was the opinion of the
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Philadelphia Police Charge the
Leader of Strikers With In
Citing MObs TO Riot
AUTHORITIES REPRESS
CROWDS WITH FORCE
Thousands of Deputies Sworn
In and Militia Is Held in
Readiness
TRAFFIC is SUSPENDED
AND PUBLIC SUFFERS

DHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.-Police
officials took the initiative tonight
in the war being waged between
the striking carmen and the off,
cials of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company. when they arrested Clarence
o. Pratt, the national organizer of the
amalgamated association of street and
electric railway employees on warrant
charging him with conspiracy to in
cite to riot
The warrant was served on Pratt as
he was leaving an automobile after
he had attended a mass meeting of the
union carmen He was locked up in
the city hall and held to await a hear
ing tomorrow morning
The police at the city hall late to-
night refused to recognize a discharge
for c. o. Pratt, issued by Magistrate
German before whom friends of the
strike leader. had entered bail in the
sum of $1,000. He will be obliged to
remain in a cell all night.
1t is reported that warrants have
also been issued for John NJ Murphy,
president of the central labor union,
and Peter Griscom. head of the local
carmen's union
Union Men Indignant
Pratt's arrest aroused great indigna-
tion among union men. delegation
from the building trades unions to-
night pledged their support to Murphy
and announced their intention to stand
with him whenever he felt IL necessary
to call a general sympathetic strike.
An attack was made late tonight on
the elevated railroad. 1t was the first
time that this line of travel has been
interfered with. AS the train ap-
preached the Forty-sixth street sta
tion in West Philadelphia three bullets
were fired through the windows of the
foremost car. No one was injured
The first fatality of the rioting oc-
Cured tonight when an unidentified
man died at a hospital He was in
jured today in a clash between a mob
and the police. Knocked down and
trampled upon. he was found lying un-
conscious after the street had been
cleared.
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-31
THIS WEEKS PLAYBILLS.
The coIumbIa-"Love's watches"

The CoIumbIa-"LOve's Watches"
Tomorrow night will mark an event Of
more than usual interest at the Columbia
Theater, where the Columbia players will
not only present for the first
time on any stock stage in Amer
lea Billie Burke's wonderful success,
that exquisite comedy. Love Watches "
but viii rally around Blanche
Hall. the new leading woman. Miss Hall
has been seen here on several previous
occasions. notably as the leading woman
with Robert Edeson. but during the past
five years she has been leading woman Of
the MorOsco stock companies in Los An
geles and san Francisco. Miss Hall will
appear in the role OF Jacqueline. Playing
opposite her will be Paul McAllister. as
Count Andre de Juvigny. and Everett But
terfield, as the bOoKworm, Ernest Au-
garde Walter Wilson will also have an
excellent part as the Able Merlin. The
cast will also include Frederick Forester.
as Mons. Carteret; Joseph Hazelton. as
Germain. Stanley James. as Francois.
and Frank shannon, as the chauffeur.
Florence Huntington will be Lucie de
Monfontatne; Emelie Melville, the Mar
quise de Juvigny: Phyllis Sherwood, the
Charlotte Bernier; Carrie Thatcher. the
Rose. and Pearl Havlin. the Louise Of the
entertainment. Love Watches" is from
the French OF r. de Flers and G.
Caillavet
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HOwe's Pictures Tonight.

The Lyman H. Howe New York Hip
podrome Travel Festival. that proved so
attractive a feature OF the early fan
season at the Columbia Theater last
year. will tonight inaugurate a series
Of six Sunday evening diversions. With
their original sound accompanied motion
pictures the military establishment Of
the United States will. for the first
time. be laid as an open book before
the people Of the city. in a manner that
was only made possible by the hearty
cooperation of both the War and Navy
departments. Indeed, Secretary Meyer
Is a prominent figure in one Of the films,
which also shows Admirals Dewey and
Schley. AS an example Of perfection in
marine photography he shows the strug-
gle Of a vessel in a terrific gale at sea.
One moment It seems almost totally
submerged and the next 1t is balanced
on the crest Of a wave while torrents
Of water are hurled over its decks. Per-
lection is also obtained in another
scene depicting a warship in Delhi. In
dia The entertainment has plenty Of
humorous incidents Mr.. Howe seeks
bIlhBS lldt are ledliy star lllng ana real
~ beautiful scenically-and really funny
in situation and incident There is no
exaggeration OF action or color. The
traveller finds many thrills in the ac-
lions Of the United States army, Of the
marines. of the cadets at West Point. Of
the midshipmen az Annapolis. of the
firing OF projectiles az armor plate with
the pictures Of actual impact photo
graphed fifty feet from the plate
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MIDSUMMER THEATRICALS

The lull that precedes the tempest is
now prevalent in the mimic world Faint
lightning flashes Of news Of the ap-
preaching storm, mufied sounds Of COM
ing managerial thunder are about all
the signs given US at present. but we
know that in a few weeks the pyrotech-
MICS viii be raging all about us
In New York, save for the Broadway
reviews. found on the roofs and in one
or two OF the theaters, there Is not much
real activity. Managers and actors are
snatching the few weeks rest that are
still theirs before plunging into the ac-
Qualities. The public appetite is thus al
lowed TO recover from its safety. and. in
deed, becomes positively whetted before
the curtains begin 70 ring UP. This is
the nadir OF the theatrical season. and
who can tell how high some hopes are
-'luning or In what bosoms lie concealed
misgfvn+s-. populations. or desires?
Locally, theater-goers are confined 70
but one place Of dramatic amusement
Tho Columbia Players so right along at
the usual pace. regardless Of who leaves
the company or who arrives into IT, A
stock company by its very nature. does
not depend upon any one individual for
success. II the management behind the
scenes is judicious. and the selection OF
plays pleasing there need be no trouble
about who is leading woman or who is
walking gentleman.
Indeed. last season. many VIII recall
that the most artistic week OF the Co
lumbia Players season was that imme-
diately following the departure Of the
leading man and woman, in which Fred
eric a. Thompson appeared in Sol Smith
RusselTs old character of Noah Vale in
a Poor Relation" Then occurred an
exhibition Of genuine acting. painstaking.
sympathetic, throbbing with humanity.
Something Of the kind occurred last
week, when "Pudd'nhead Wilson" in
which the star is a male character.
charmed many people to whom It was
an absolutely new play, so many years
had elapsed since it was laid away in
the hallowed associations of the past. to
be remembered as associated with Frank
Mayo and Mark Twain. kindly humans,
now entered into eternity.
Miss Hall who is the Players new
leading woman. will find her path toler-
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probably be succeeded by Frances Came
ron later in the season. Bob" Graham
is right on the job in his old part, which
he has played continuously during the
entire run. Graham is after the long
distance record in one part.
Gertrude ouinlan. in Miss Patsy" will
be an early New York attraction.
The Family" by Robert H. Davis. edi-
tor Of the Munsey publications. is to be
produced by the Shuberts during the com
ing season.
Carrie Reynolds. who played Eff IN the
Abon production Of The Belle Of New
York" is spending the summer in the
Catskills.
Kitty Mason will have a part in "Our
Miss Gibbs" which Is to be Charles
F-ohman's first production. Pauline Chase
is the star OF the piece
Maude Adams has always appeared al
the Empire Theater in New York, under
Mr.. Frohman's management. but II he
still sticks 20 his rather peculiar inten-
ton Of having Miss Adams enact
"Chantecler," n is feared so massive a
production will not be suitable for the
Empire stage. and Miss Adams must 60
elsewhere for her New York appearance.
The press agent says that Adelaide. the
dancer. now appearing in up and Down
Broadway" has purchased a necklace
containing 225 diamonds and I49 pearls,
that once belonged to Cassie Chadwick.
the swindler. There must be big money
in dancing. but then Adelaide has been at
it for some time, having passed out Of the
La Petite" stage some seasons since.
a Reminiscent RagtIme Review is the
title Ola New York summer show. It is
a patchwork OF past favorites.
Ten years ago Viola Allen gave her
e0oth performance Of Glory ouayle in
The Christian" in Chicago In the same
year she presented for the first time F.
Marion Crawford's play. In the Palace
Of the King"
Thomas Hardy IS the late George Mere
dith's successor TO the Order Of Merit.
lie was invested with this new honor on
July 10 last
Patrick Conway and his band have be-
gun their annual engagement on the
Ocean Pier. Atlantic City. which is for
nine weeks this summer. The band,
whose membership has been increased 10
sixty musicians. recently concluded bril-
liant engagement at Willow Grove. Phila-
delphia. Because Of important contracts
in the East Conway was unable to ful-
Ill his usual engagements on the Pacific
Coast
II is stated that $500 Is taken in for
each performance OF the Passion Play"
at Oberammergau.
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BLANCHE HALL -HewLesOlno (
[adv WITH Coz OnaslA FkHYsRs
NEW FACES AT THE COLUMBIA

With the coming Of Blanche Hall as
the new leading woman OF the Columbia
Players. the company has secured two
other young women, who give promise
OF proving a trio that viii UNNECESSARILY
strengthen a company that already has
surpassed ali previous records for sum-
mer entertainment in Washington. The
two are Dolly Warden and Nina Tessa
Melville. both Of whom have but recently
concluded their edpcations IN well-known
converts, although both eyme from fanl-
lies Of recognized histrionic genius, and
nave. during their vacations, secured
much training in stock work Miss Hall
Is regarded by her managers as the most
promising young leading woman in
America, and one who for the past five
years has been playing all the great
successes OF the country with the Mo-
rosco stock companies IN San Francisco
and Los Angeles. Although she has
starred under Frohman's management In
Era and under Broadnurst and COM
pany in sweet Clover before going 10
the Coast, it was the reputation she ac-
CURED .here that turned all managerial
many offers from New York. London,
Australia, and lesser points.
Miss Hall is a little woman, exception
ally well endowed with magnetism that
wins her audience for her before she
speaks a word. Her voice. too. is excep-
tionany strong. flexible, and beautiful,
and Is used in manner that shows evil
dence OF careful training Her mother
was a Virginian and her father from
Kentucky. and il was in the Old Do
minion that she first saw the light OF
day AS a consequence. she feels that
she is almost coming home in coming 20
Washington. although she is known TO
but few people here.
Miss Melville. on the other hand has
during the months she has spent here
with her mother. the Emelie Melville OF
: the Columbia Players. developed many
friends through her musical talents. she
being not only vocalist Of rare ability.
but an accomplished performer on the
pianoforte. She has, further. found many
friends in Official circles here by reason
of being an honor graduate Of the we'll
esteemed Ursaline Convent. OF Brown
County, at ST. Martins. Ohio. Because
Of her unusual combination OF voice and
dramatic ability. she has been urged time
and again to study for the operate stage.
but her inclinations are more toward the
drama She has been with the Vaughn
CHASER stock. the Keith g. Proctor Fifth
Avenue Stock Company. and the Liebler
company in Mrs Wigs" She IS a
pupil Of Prof. De Stephanie, under whom
LeOna Watson. the vocalist OF THE
Climax" also studied The third acQuisi-
ton TO the Columbia company Is Dollie
Warden. a beautiful convent graduate.
She is a former member Of the Morosco
stock. in California, where, prior TO be-
ginning her stage work. she concluded
four-year course in one OF the California
converts. Her only other experience was
with her aunt. Jessie May Hall, on Long
Island. where she has done excellent
work in Girls" The Lion and the
Mouse" The Morals OF Marcus" and
the Hoyt comedies.
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MOVING PICTURES.

her whining speech. L wish I had an os-
trich feather" set flowing in the channel
Of gifts 10 her while she was playing in
The Dawn of a Tomorrow" IN New
York, continues. Mrs. Otis Skinner was
one Of the doners in New York. A Park
lane duchess contributed a three-fOot
black plume funeral as those that draped
the late Kings hearse
Miss Dwyer will take her sixteen-year-
old daughter Lorna 10 school at Folke-
stone, and return to New York for re-
hearsals OF Paul Armstrong; play. Lon
don. over-sQueamish. I should say. about
its diction, praises Miss Dwyer most for
the correctness Of her cockney dialect.
Miss Dwyer's success In dialect part is
due in part to the gift OF an ear sensi-
tive to intonations Such an ear is a
gift. rather than an accomplishment. But
it is one which she has supplemented by
much study Of languages. When she
was engaged 10 play a part requiring a
Spandiard's broken English in The Last
Stroke" she studied Spanish for six
months. Her part in the Armstrong play,
a good one, and, moreover. a big one. it
is promised, will make draft upon her
dialecuc gift.
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ably easy, with the company going along
1T such good rate She is a talented
woman. and ought TO become a stanch
favorite before the season closes. There
are only about FIVE weeks left now until
the regular road attractions Will begin
to arrive.
Manager L. S. Taylor, of the Belasco
Theater, and his wife and little daugh-
ter. were the guests or ut. Ben Greet
during the past week, the latter. with his
players, giving outdoor performances Of
Shakespeare en- route 10 St Louis. Mr..
Taylor will stop of at Chicago TO visit
his mother. and will then return slowly
by way of the Great Lakes. the Thousand
Islands. ST. Lawrence River, and the
ocean voyage from Nova Scotia to New
York, arriving here in time TO attend the
preliminary work of reopening the Be
lasco for the coming season. which prom
ises to be the most successful artisticaIly
and financially in the history Of that
prosperous playhouse.
While the doors Of the Casino Theater
are closed 20 the public for a week or
two. that popular playhouse Is not de-
serted by any means. Inside a small
army OF workmen are making many
changes and Improvements. Tie entire
auditorium is being reprinted end deco
rated: new ventilating system installed
whereby every atom OF air in the build
ing is changed every minute or .wo. The
stage is being enlarged and the latest
electrical apparatus installed So as TO
properly stage the biggest and most in
tricate acts in the vaudeville world.
Manager A. c. Mayer announces that
the Casino will reopen about August 10.
with probably a return 70 the original
policy Of continuous performances from
II in the morning until II at night.
the afternoon and night bills alter
mating. Mr. Mayer is now IN New York
City, with headquarters in the Offices Of
William Morris the vaudeville magnate,
who viii be concerned IN Mr. Nor
ris afiliation with one Of the biggest
vaudeville circuits in England. control
ling most Of the famous music halls Of
London. Casino Theater patrons may look
forward 70 a continuous succession Of
sensational vaudeville acts direct from
Europe. details OF which WIFI be an
lnounced in the near future.
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Summer with New Thenter Players.
Nearly every member Of the New The
alter company, which recently closed its
tour has left the city for the summer.
and will not return until the first rehcar-
sal is called the latter part Of August.
Several are abroad. others are camping.
and still others are filling short engage
ments in stock companies or are appear
ing In vaudeville. Those who have sailed
for England and the continent are Ferdi-
nand Gottschalk, Leah Hunter.
who is visiting her family near London:
A. E. Arson. E. NJ Holland and Fred
erick Stanhope The latter is assistant
producer, and while in London will look
over THE Blue Bird" Louis Calvert. the
English producer, who was responsible
for the classical plays last season, is an
enthusiastic angler. and is spending his
vacation in the wild lands of Cape Bre-
ton He is accompanied by Mrs. Calvert.
their two children. and a governess. Al
bert Bruning and his wife are in camp
at Sowerly, Ontario, where the fishing is
good. and Master John Tansey is dan
Cling hook in the waters Of a Connecticut
brook. George Foster Plat. the producer
of modern dramas. has turned farmer, and
is plugging potatoes on his Connecticut.
farm, which ne lets out to shares. Guy
Bates Post and his family have a cottage
in the nelghborhood. and take a kindly
interest IN the efforts of Farmer Platt.
Jacob Wendell. jr., and his family are
summering at Kittery, Ne. and Olive
Wyndham is cottager az Marthas Vine
yard. Mass. Cecil Yapp is visiting at his
old home in St Paul. and Mrs. Sol Smith
has returned to her old summer home at
Athol, Mass. Mrs. Harriet Otis Dellen-
baugh is entertaining at her cottage at
Cragsmore, n. Y, and Elsie Kearns at
her cottage at Lake sunapee, n. H. The
eompany's summer workers include Henry
Kolyer ard That's Lawton. who are play
ing stock engagement at Hartford:
William McVay. who is in stock at Pitts
burg; Ben Johnson and Henry Stanford.
who are trying turns in vaudeville, and
Lee Baker. In stock at Minneapolis.
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LATEST THEATER NEWS

Marie Cahill, lately back from Europe.
will shortly begin rehearsals Of the new
Austrian musical comedy. in which she
will open her season at Philadelphia,
September q
Charles Frohman. by acquiring the
Bijou Theater. New York, commands his
ninth playhouse in that city. A tenth VIII
be built for him by New York capitalists.
Nine. Tetrazinni has so far rejected all
advances on the part Of the Metropolitan
Opera House management. and remains
under the Hammerstein banners. AS long
as oscar controls the services Of the
greatest singer IN the world. he need not
carr dull care under his famous hat.
THE One Woman" by Avery Hopwood
is the name Of the play in which Blanche
Bates viii appear this season, stiH under
the Belasco management
Henrietta Crosman has a new play,
The Duchess Of Suds." by Miriam
Nicholson, the scenes of which are laid
In Spain. Il Is hoped explanation will
shortly follow that the play has nothing
to do with rushing the GROWER in the
land Of the Dons.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. who
went 10 London to see the production OF
THE Dawn of a Tomorrow" has re-
turned 20 her summer home on Long
Island. where she will rest and contem-
plate the scenarios OF new plays.
Percy Mackaye. the playwright. deliv-
cred an address at the University Of Cali
fornia. July 70. on ''The civic functions OF
the stage"
Chrystal Herne. who viii star the COM
ing season under the direction OF the
Lieblers, is summering at Twilight Inn,
Haynes Falls. n. Y.
II. S. Northrup has left the Murat
Players at Indianapolis, where he has
been leading man for several months,
and will begin rehearsals OF Paul Arm
strong's new play, The Deep Purple"
Nine Maurice Bernhardt. daughter-in-
law OF Sarah Bernhard. died recently in
Paris. Her mother was Louise de Nohr.
a famous actress and favorite Of King
Victor Emmanuel. Nine Barnhardt was
a step-daughter Of Lucien Bonaparte.
Sol Solomon. the diminutive Aborn CO.
medlan. has been engaged for My Gin
derella Girl"
Dustin "Farnum has been motoring
through Europe. but has returned 70 his
home at Buckport Ne. where he will
rest until the time TO resume the cares
Of Cameo Kirby arrives.
Cissie Lotus has been 81 in London,
and has been compelled TO cancel all Of
her engagements.
Rose Melville. Of South Bend, Ind, the
famous isis Hopkins" has purchased a
home in Los Angeles, and will hereafter
be known as a California girl But she
will never shake off her famous charac-
ter role.
jeanette Lowrie is to have the leading
role in The Wife Tanners" which Merry
w. Savage will produce at Atlantic City
in August.
The Merry Widow" which opened at
Atlantic City this week. starts on its
fifth triumphal season. Mabel Wilbur Is
singing the title role just now, but will