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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

ers, viii entertain with sparkling
logic a'1D brilliant humor. Robert
Leroy and Miss Aileen Harvey
have "a comedy sketch entitled,
"Rained IN for which they carry a
special cyclorama, special stage set.
tings. including cowboys cabin in
the mountains. an electrical storm,
etc. The sketch and the players
are easily the most important in
dramatic value that has appeared
at the Washington in some time
William Lester and Blanca Moure
are the special features engaged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

A big mystery. given amid gor-
geous and expensive settings, will
be the chief attraction on the bill
which opens at the Orpheum to-
morrow afternoon with the matt
nee. Rameses, the wonder worker
in his Egyptian Temple of Mystery
is the act and it is declared by all
to be the greatest illusion and
many of his tricks hint at Black
Art and witchcraft. The biggest
features in the act are the sacrifice
to the Fire Goddess in which a
woman is apparently burned to
ashes in real flame. Then. too,
Rameses disappears into thin afr
and later appears.
High Life in Jail" is the title
of breezy travesty which large
company will present, headed by
William II. Sloan and w. H.
Mack. The scene is laid in prison
where the inmates appear in pris-
on garb cut in all manner of fancy
styles. They have their cafe. bill
lizards, piano, golf. and about
everything that the clubman has
except their liberty. Songs and
fun are rampant throughout the
act and it is one big laugh.
The Four Rianos, quartet OF
as clever comedy acrobats as have
ever appeared in vaudeville, will
present their ludicrous comedy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
TROUPE OF EIGHT ARAB WHIRLWIND aero
BATS WILL BE FEATURE ATTRACTION AT
THE WASHINGTON.

Washington patrons will have q
chance to see the biggest and great
est troupe of fierce, whirlwind aero
bats in the world this week. The
troupe is the Eight Saad Dahduh
troupe of whirlwind tumblers and
acrobats. They are all genuine
Arabs, headed by their sheik and in
their own country are great war
riors. The European agent Of the
Sullivan & Considine circuit Sc
cured them to appear in America
for seasons engagement. They
appeared daily for six months at the
London Hippodrome to wonderful
success and proved the biggest ac-
robatic sensation of the continent.
and Is conceded to be the most inn
pressive act of its kind in the world.
The Hughes Musical Trio will be
n feature in the musical line that
will be equal to the best that has
ever appeared at the Washington.
and surpass most of them. The act
comprises two men and one woman,
all OF whom are most accomplished
musicians. They wear superb cos
tunes and carry special stage set
tings. Miss Cora Simpson, win.
some American girl. clever and in
terestlng. has seized upon the fads
and fancies of the day and gives a
monolosue, songs and stories In a
decidedly original manner. l.. Wolfe
Gilbert, we'll known song writer
and entertainer, author OF MY
Josephine" Lonesome" and 9th.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
SH-H-H! EGYPTIAN MYSTERY
AND HIGH LIFE IN JAIL
AT ORPHEUM

acrobatic act entitled "In Africa.
The scene is laid at a hotel in
Africa and two of the men appear
as apes while another as a profess
sor and an advocate of the OAR
winian theory.
"The Parsonage" is the title of q
pleasing sketch which will be pre-
scented by Zellah Covington and
Rose Wilbur. This talented pair
assume seven different characters
with bewildering rapidity and
through the seven scenes act out
a complete drama
Eugene c. Barnes and Paul p.
Barron are pair of Hebrew come
dams who have great assortment
of fun. They have departed from
the stereotyped and offensive
makeup so prevalent on the stage
and instead appear in neat evening
dress with just enough exaggera-
ton to get the necessary comedy
effects.
Johnny Small and His Small
Sisters will be seen in a clever
little singing and dancing act pre-
sented by Archie Schatz and
Misses Ada and Ethel Delberg.
The chief musical number on the
bill will be that of the Mullini
Trio of novelty musicians. who will
introduce a number of new instru-
ments to Orpheum patrons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
Four Strong
Men at the
Pdntages
They Bend Iron Bars, Etc
Paris Green"
Act.

AS there are three big feature at
fractions on the bill at the Pantages
theater beginning with the usual
matinee Sunday, August A. Man.
ager Walker says, 1T will be hard
to designate the headliner." The
Four Royals, The Six Musical Spill
ers, Cameron and Gaylord-these
are the three big acts. the other
two being The Cardownie Sisters
and paris Green" A direct i'm
portatiOn from Europe by our for
cign agent is The Four Regals-a
triumph of strengthen their per-
Torrance, THE Armourers." The
most marvellous feat in the act is
where the strong man suspends an
iron ball weighing 125 pounds upon
which he bends a solid bar of iron
an inch thick. The same performer
holds an anvil by his teeth while
two of his colleagues deal it smash.
ing blows with sledge hammers.
The Six Musical Spillers are six
colOred people, and for a colored
musical act they have no equal on
the vaudeville stage today. They are
the original rag time musical act,
doing coon shouting, singing and
dancing and also are experts on the
saxaphones, xylophones and on all
kinds of brass instruments.
Tudor Cameron and Bonnie Gay
lord, in a comedy skit, "On and Off
the Stage" have been headlined
over the Keith & Proctor circuit.
The act shows both the public and
private life Of vaudeville team
which is not only true to nature, but
ridiculously funny.
paris Green"-Green songs,
Green jokes and Green In name
introduces something new and
novel in the way Of a monlogue and
has been big hit in the east.
The Cardownie Sisters, in their
singing and dancing novelty. have
an act that any sister team could
easily be proud of. They introduce
some new steps that easily win the
audience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

Californian dramatist, who has al
ready several successful plays to
her credit.
In the role of Helena, Miss Ang-
lin is said to be doing the best work
of her career and she is furthermore
credited with an admirable COM
rany of players in her support.
The story as in the book is laid
in the western Pennsylvania village
of Old Chester, about the year 1860,
and relates to the most important
episode in the life of Helena Richie,
who lives there, supposedly a
widow, though her husband, from
whom she Is separated, lives In
France. Brutally treated by him,
she left him and is associated with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
AL Olifan and the Clown Stork With Barnum Baileys
Circus, in Spokane Next Monday

tai tour. New York, where It
played recent record-breaking six
weeks engagement, said it was the
best circus that ever pitched its,
tent in the metropolis. Here is
what the circus press agent said,
In typical circus language:
mot only is this circus greater
as to quantity and better as to
quality. but it is replete with more
novelties than ever before have
been presented under one massive
spread of canvas. At last it looks
as If the limit in circus magnifi-
cence had been reached. At any
rate the people of Spokane, where
1t is to be seen Monday, have never
seen anything approaching the uni
versal completeness, the brain
staggering proportions. or the null
hilarious marvels which Barnum &
Bailey will present"
Notice those thrillers, Brain
staggering" proportions and "mul-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
MARGARET ANCLN AT
AUDITORIUM TUESDAY
STAGGERING" size,
hU[T|FAR|0US MARVEL"
Of CIRCUS HERE MONDAY

For some unknown reason a cir
Gus. to remain successful, must
each year become more resplend-
ent with tinsel, <spangles and
paint; must have more and bigger
tents than ever before, must pre-
sent constantly larger, more gor-
geous and more varied street pa
rade and list of aerial, eques-
Il trapeze and animal acts.
more lengthy than that of last
year. If a tent show had Is ele-
plants the previous summer, it
must have at least Is this season
and it would never do to start on
the road with anything but an aug
mented roster of clowns.
This year the Barnum & Bailey
is the biggest travelling show that
ever dared leave winter quarters
for an eight months transcontinen-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

The LARGEST CLEANERS N he WORLD
1T ADGlAIHAE
700 7o2 FRohTANE COR WALL s.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
PENSION FOR FAITH.
Full OLD DOGS

COSGROvE, Wash, Aug. 10.
Distressed by the present
practice Of turning old and dis
abled Alaskan dogs adrift, Brig
adler General Maus, command.
Ing the department Of the Col.
umbia, who is directing tho
American lake maneuvers here,
said today that he intended to
recommend to the war DEPART
ment that a pension fund be set
aside for the care Of the super
animated animals.
General Maus has lust re.
turned from an inspection tour
Of Alaska, from which place he
came directly to Cosgrove.
"These dogs have done
worthy service on the various
trails for years." said the oen.
eral. "They afford the only
lines Of communication be.
tween many Of the army posts
and are used for taking through
supplies"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

hilarious marvels." Some class,
eh? But to let We press agent re-
sumo:
THE street parade itself, out
side the busy scene of early
morning unloading from the four
great railway trains, will be the
first glimpse of the Barnum & Bal
ley collection of curious, quaint.
uncanny, colossal and conglomer-
ate wonders, and is worth travel
ing miles to see. 700. horses,
the finest that breeding, training
and care can produce, will take
part in this two-mile-long exhibit
ton.
This year the menagerie be-
sides AZ elephants, 38 camels and
dromedaries, two herds of zebras,
eighteen cages of lions, eleven OF
tigers and a wonderful array OF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

With a record of over 100 nights
at the Savoy theater in New York
city, Margaret Anglin will bring
THE Awakening of Helena Richie"
to the Auditorium Tuesday next.
The engagement has a twofold in
tcrest for local playgoers from the
fact of the stars popularity here
and also that it is a dramatization
of Margaret Deland's widely read
novel of the same name. The play
is by Charlotte Thompson, a young
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13

llamas. alpacas, hippopotami and
rhinoceros. contains 104 cages Of
the rarest and widest animals
known to man.
Some idea of the enormity of
this great circus may be had from
the fact that it represents cash
investment of $3,600,000; that
there are 1880 people, $50 horses
and % tents with it; that the daily
expense averages $4,000 and that
it Is not only bigger than ever be-
fore. but is twice the size of any
other circus that ever toured this
or any other country"
Hurrah for the press agent!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
BARNIIM d RAHEY'S BIG
CIRCUS HERE MONDAY
"A WEAKENING OF HELENA
RICHIE" NEXT TUESDAY

Lloyd Pryor, who visits her at Old
Chester ostensibly az her brother.
The curiosity of the gossiping vii.
layers is aroused and suspicious OF
her begin to dawn upon them. The
real drama comes in the third act,
eliminating with Helena's confess
sion. The character of Helena In
the book, is an interesting psyche
logical study, and the authoress
works out the awakening Of her
heroines soul and her subsequent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-13
SUES OLD MAID FOR
BREACH OF PROMISE

. NEW YORK. Aug. ID 4
. Charging breach of promise, Z
. Russell Griswold, age q. for Z
. mer bank clerk, today brought Z
. suit against Helen Woodruff Z
. Smith of Stanford, Conn, a Z
. wealthy woman, for $4,000 Z
. damages. 4
. In his complaint Griswold Z
. alleges he has been in love Z
. with Miss Smith for nine Z
. years. He says she promised Z
. to marry him year ago, but Z
. has since refused him. She 4
. is considerably his senior. 4
. . . . q . q . . % . .
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
RAISE A FUND
 FOR ADVERTISING
RAILROADS AGREE TO HELP AD.
 VERTlSE ARKANSAS.
Railroads Will Pool Their Advertising Funds, So That It May Be Spent
 to Best Advantage.

Little Rock.-The plan of the Ark ansas Land Congress to have he railroads pool their appropriations for Arkansas advertising, so that il may be spent to the greatest advantage for the state. met with the unanimous approval of the general passenger agents and passenger traffic managers of the four trunk lines operating in the state. according to Judge F. K. Ratterree, secretary of the Land Con gross, whc has just returned from a conference with the officials al St. Louis
 Judge Ratterree spent several days in St. Louis conferrng with the rail road men there, ani succeeded in get ting an agreement out of all of them to adopt the Land Congress plan. As the congress has placed it's adverts- ing ill the hands of the Gardner Ad- vertising Agency in St. Louis, it was agreed that this agency should handle at least a large portion of this pooled sum In this way there will be no duplication, and it is believed the greatest amount of good can be se- cured out of the money spent.
 The railroad men also agreed to a request of the land congress that the railroads. during the advertising cam paign, place a large force of travelling passenger agents in the II north cen tral states in which advertising is 10 be done. The campaign is to be gin in October and continue until March. The bimonthly homeseekers' excursions to this state during this period will be played up strongly and he large force of travelling passen- ger agents will be used in working up business for these excursions.
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
DEVISE WAY TO KILL RICE PEST
Growers Now Able to Exterminate Worm Which Is Menace to Crop.

Little Roek-Rice growers of east ern Arkansas have solved the ques- tion of successfully combating the rice worm, which is almost as serious a menace to the rice crop as the boil weevil is to the cotton crop, accord ing 10 Louie Buerkle of Stuttgart, one of the most prominent rice growers of eastern Arkansas.
 Mr. Buerkle says that the rice worm thriyes only ill rainwater and that the worm which is about three quarters of an inch long does not damage the rice plant except during a rainy period, when the fields of rice are served by rain water instead of the well water secured by artificial process. As result, the rice grow CTS have now adopted the plan of breaking leyees and draining their rice fields the moment the worm puts in an appearance, and some times they even go further than that and drain the rice lands free of the rainwater after big rain The rice fields are then flooded with the well water again, and by this process the worm is successfully combatted.
 This process is slightly expensive. as the grower loses all the water on his fields and has to do such extra pumping as Is required to provide enough water to refload the fields This additional pumping with a 40- horse power engine costs consider able money, but the growers figure the extra expense as trifling in com parison with the possible loss in the crop from the existence of the rice worm
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
TO OPERATE ON SEN. CLARKE.
He Will Submit to Knife to Rid Self
 Of Intestinal Trouble.

Little Roek.-Senator James r. Clarke who has been at his homo here for the past week. suffering with intesthal trouble, will shortly under go all operation. ''I have been both. cred with an intestinal trouble for about 1.-Two years" he said, and re. gently | has troubled me so that I have decided 10 have an end of 1t. Il is really nothing serious, but at times is wearisome. Within few days lqexpeet to undergo an opera ton for il, and will be on my feet again within two weeks. Then I hope toi be rid of the trouble for good" The senator stated that he returned home from Washington for the purpose of undergoing treatment Nc important matters are likely to arise iii the senate for the present at least and Arkansas bills are i'll good shape, he said The senator holds himself in readiness to return to Washington immediately, should his presence be urgently needed. how. ever. 3
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
CHARGE PURE FOOD VIOLATION.
Inform atlon Filed Against Big Drlet
 Fruit Concern.

Fort Smith.-United States Attor- ney Worthinton has filed information against the firm of McHenry X Bry ant of Bentonville, one of the largest dried fruit concerns in the state, charging 1t with violating the pure food laws. It is also charged with misbrandng The prosecution al leges that the company made a ship ment of dried apples that were adul. terated. and that the label on the boxes was not correct. The company insists that the labels were placed on the boxes by mistake, and that the apples were prepared while green, although the company was not aware Of it.
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
Ballast Iron Mountain Railroad.

Dermott The Hodges-Downey Construction Company of Birming. ham. Ala, have taken the contract to ballast the track of the valley dt vision of the Iron Mountain from Little Rock to Alexandria, La, and from NcGehee to Ferriday, La The headquarters of the company will be at this place. and the work will in TolYe the expenditure of S5,000 900. The gravel will be obtained from a poist on the Warren branch a few miles west of Monticello In this work ten gravel trains will be operated and 1t will likely require a year to complete the work
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
DECLARE SMITH THE NOMINEE.
Cross County Man Recognized by tho
 Democratic State Committee.

Little Rock.-J. Emmett Smith of Cross county was reconized as ,..e Democratic nominee for state senator from the Seventh senatorial district and compromise was effected in the Garland county contest at the meeting of the Democratic State Cen. tral Committee at the Hotel Marion. By vote of 14 to ' the state com. mittee decided the Smith-CarlLee senatorial contest in favor of Smith, thereby turning down the report of the subcommittee. which sought to settle the matter by requiring lne two candidates to run the race over in Cross county,
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
ROCK ISLAND TAKES OFF TRAINS
Two Passengers Through to Monet.
 Mo, Are Discontinued.

Little Aoek.-On a new time card on the Rock Island, two trains will be discontinued from Little Rock to the west. The reason for this change is not known, and no statement was to be sefured at the offices of the company ,on this point. but 1t is un- derstood that the shortage of equip. ment has something to do with it. These trains. Nos. col and COP, which have heretofore operated between Memphis. through Little Rock and Mansfield 10 Fort Smith and thence to Monet. Mo. over the Frisco from Mansfield, will hereafter be operated between Little Rock and Memphis, stopping here.
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
Depot Cash Drawer Is Robbed.

JonesbOro-The cash drawer of the Frisco ticket office of the union depot here was robbed while the op- operator, a new man. was at lunch. While eating. he left a former em- ploye in charge. and when the oper ator returned the man made a hastg
 eparture. Examination disclosed hat $1S3 in cash and checks was missing The drawer was locked, but the thief had opened 1t.
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
ROBBED OF YEARS SAVINGS.
Robbers Searched House, Tearing Up Beds and Overturninq Furniture.

London.-While the family of Bud Garrison was hoeing cotton. robbers ransacked the house. secur- ing s117 in cash and a razor The money stolen represented the savings of many years Nr Garrison neye; had much faith in hanks. it is stated, so utilized an old trunk for strong box" It is thought that the robbers knew he kept his money about the place The appearance of the house indicated that the robbers expe. rienced considerable trouble before the money was located Beds were torn mp. furniture overturned anu everything was left in a state Of con fusion. There is no clue as 10 the identity of the robbers.
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
4 LITTLE GIRL IS SCALPED.
Revolving Shaft of Motor Boat In
 fIicts Terrible Injury.

Monroe.-Myrtle Voss. the Swear. old daughter of B. J. Voss. of West Monroe. was completely scalped while riding in a motor boat with her par ents. The little girl was wearing her hair loose. and when she stopped to pick up a paper it fell on the fast revolving shaft and ia an instant her entire scalp was torn off She was brought to town and placed in a san itarium, where the attending phvsi- cans say she will recover unless complications arise
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10
May Move Stave Factory.

Marked Tree,-Negotiations arc pending which may result in the re- meval of the Kenneth lMol tight barrel staye plant to Marked Tree. The company already owns a large tract of timber land near this placA
The Forrest City times., 1910-06-10

Take another and smaller instance. that of Holland. For a period covering a little more than the seventeenth century
 Holland. like some Of the Italian city states al an earlier period. stood on the dangerous heights Of greatness beside ua- lions so vastly her superior in territory and population as to make il inevitable that sooner or later she must fall from the glorious and periEous eminence to which she had been raised by her own indomita- he soul Her fall came; il could not have been indefinitely postponed; but il
New-York tribune., 1910-01-12
EXCESSIVE COSTS COMING DOWN.

The cut made by Justice Morschauser
in the fees of another land conder na-
tion commission ought TO be accepted as
notice that the courts mean to reduce
the existing rate of compensation for
labor of that character about 40 per
cent That is a material public gain;
for it has been estimated that the 1ty
will pay for land taken in the Catskill
region for water supply purposes about
two and one-half times its worth, one
and one-half times the value to The
owner and a sum equal to the value for
the cost of condemnation. This last OBJ
legation will new be abatet. go per cent
Enough attention has been directed
to overcharges in condemnation proceed
ings to insure the substitution sooner or
later of cheaper methods. One plan pro-
posed is to create permanent condem-
nation commissions working on salary.
multiplication of expense accounts
would thus be avoided, and commits
sioner working all the year round for
$500 could probably do as much as
dozen special commissions now do at
charge of from $4,000 to 100000. Be-
fore his retirement from Office Corpora
ton Counsel Pendleton recommended
the passage of a constitutional amend
ment turning all condemnation proceed
ings over TO the courts. The Supreme
Court justices might easily direct most
of those proceedings without much ex-
ira expense, and in emergencies like the
Ashokan undertaking temporary assist
ance could be provided. To submit and
ratify a constitutional amendment in
wolves expenditure in time and trouble.
But the outlay would be worth while
if it ended the condemnation scandal
Should an amendment be adopted this
city would save millions of dollars on
its next great construction enterprise.