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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
TO FREE APACHEs

Washington. May 1.-The United
States took its first decisive step today
toward freeing its only hostages of
war when the house Indian affairs
committee Voted to report favorably a
bill granting freedom and free re-
lease" to those Apache Indians who
have been held prisoners for many
years at Fort Sill. Okla.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
CLAPp At HEAD.

Washington. Nav 7.-Senator Clapp
of Minnesota. heads the sub-commit-
tee which will investigate campaign
contributions to the national and con-
gressional committees of all parties in
1904 and 1850. Besides Mr.. Clapp the
committee consists of Senators Brad
ley (kentucky). Oliver (Pennsyl-
vania}. republicans. and Paynter
tKentucky( and Lee CTennessee),
democrats
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
ROOSEVELT GOT
FIRST BLOOD IN
MINNESOTA TO-DAY

Glenwood. Mimi. May RE
turns from a. majority Of the pre-
cincts In Pope county in the coun-
ty primaries indicate that a
Roosevelt delegation will prob
ably be sent to the state and con-
gressional conventions. In seven
precincts Taft got no vote. The
latest returns gave Roosevelt 301;
Taft Al: LaFollette 50. and Cum
Minis 2.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
Onal,a's FIRST.

Omaha, May 1.-THE first city cleo
ton in Omaha under the commission
form of government was held today.
Much interest has been shown in the
campaign. and with ideal weather the
vote was heavy.
Political lines were obliterated and
by means of primary last month the
list of aspirants to the seven commits
sonerships was reduced to fourteen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
UNIT RULE MESS

Lincoln. Neh.. May 7.-Dr. p. L.
Hall. democratic national committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Iune Groom,s Christmas

From the Detroit Free Press. Just as Mamie and l were beginning to drive the matrimonial car without skidding, along comes Christmas. Now I'm for Christmas, first. last and all the time It's the season of good cheer and would be still If Mamie wasn't so unreasonable at times.
 "WeU spend Christmas day with my folks said she.
 Not all day' Laid l. T want to be with my people part of the time
 Then the horses were off \ propo- sitlon to spend Christmas morning with her people and the afternoon and even ing with my people was rejected scornfully The reverse of the plan was likewise tossed aside as not worthy of consideration.
 We've always made a good deal Of Christmas,' said ], during one of the discussions.
 You haven't made any more of It than We have" Mamie retorted.
 But, my dear"
 "Don't but my dear me There's no but, my dear about 1t. I've accepted an invitation to spend the day at home, and we're going to- We can spend some other day with your people"
 Memorial day or Fourth of July?" I suggested sarcastically.
 I felt then that l had Mamie waver- lH6+ put DtIOtt | tbulu IDllOW up Hiy argument, she called me a mean old thing" and burst Into tears.
 Now 1 can answer argument with arr gument: for every slap she takes at my side of the family 1 can give back q wallop at her side I don't think any more of her eousions than sue thinks of mine; she's got nothing on me wii4h it comes to picking flaws with the table manners of family ties. But when she bursts into tears she gets my goat.
 When discussion reaches the sob stage [ can't reply. Words fail me and l can't come back worth a cent. As a sigher and a sobber l am dismal fail ure. And when 1t comes to tear she'd ding I'm as dry as Justice Jeffries would have a high toned hotel on Sun day
 So 1 now write myself down as hav- ing lost the first Christmas argument We shall spend December % with her folks. It is useless now to wish me \ merry Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

wife Was deserted in Europe. X man living in Warsaw cmigrates to this coun- | try to win his fortune. owing to lack of money he leaves his wife behind un- iii he can send for her. After two or three letters she loses all trace of him. Finally she follows him to New York. only to discover sometimes that he has married again The old world wife has. of course. the first claim upon the man and vet the second wife. if she married him in good faith, makes it impossible
 to render equal justice to all. and her innocent children suffer Next to the
 Jews the Italians and Slavs provide most cases in the domestic relations court, though the negro colonies for their size furnish a great many.
 Usually the people who come for the helD of the court if abandoned would become public charges, so tho state to protect itself from this financial burden, provides counsel for complainants. In New York failure to support a wife Is IL nlisdemeanor. the maximum penalty for which Is six months in the wofkhouse. The domestic relations court by special izing on this subject is expected 10 lead to reforms that will make for a more complete and inst system of domestic re- lations Jurisprudence. The court itself to- day is a boon. Any woman can go to if. tell tho clerk her troubles and in a
 few minutes, if there Is any case at all, repeat her story from the witness chair All the proceedings against recreant bus bands are without cost to the complain- ants. Formerly the most effective re- course open to women if wronged was an appeal to the supreme court for a d. vorce or separation decree. but this new tribunal gives relief fin cases where the old remedies were impossible for finan- cial and other reasons without long and expensive delays by forcing husbands to support their families.
 The New York court, by specializing upon the arraignment of persons de- scrbed as disorderly. all persons com peled by law to support poor relatives and all persons charged with abandon ment or non-support is able to Keep ID with it's docket The fact that the two courts are worked to the limit indi- cates that there is need in large com- munites for agencies 10 bring husbands and wives together. who often are about to separate owing to trifing difficult ties.
 That we have not adopted sooner and more widely such a system of courts sim ilar in methods to the conciiatory courts of France, through which all domestic difficulties pass before any serious d- vorce, abandonment or non-support case can enter the courts proper, is a com mentary on the American policy of lais- sez-faire in a matter that makes for the
 happiness and welfare of women and children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
@The Prince of Tonight"

Falling back on apt alliteratlon art ful aid "The Prince of Tonight. in which Henry Woodruff, supported by a large cast of principals and big beauty chorus, will be seen al the Jel- ferson theatre next Thursday matinee and night may be described as toam' fun, frivol and fantasy.
 Adams, Hough and Howard are tho celebrated trio responsible for this most popular Mort H. Singer offering, which proudly counts a run of 200 perform ances at the Princess theatre. Chicago and shattered box office records in all the cities. The fascinating story of ..The Prince of Tonight combines mod srn characters and places with fantas- tic incidents and situations. and makes the whole the most original musical comedy of recent years.
 The music of Joseph r. Howard en- braces the best compositions of his career The mere mention of Henry Woodruffs name in the title role IS sufficient guarantee of the character of the play. MT. Woodruff has been rec ognized as one of America $ best actors. who, after a wide experience in Shake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Blanche Bates

That David Belasco has provided his
 popular star, Blanche Bates, with d
 legitimately successful successor to
 "The Girl of the Golden West in No
 body's Widow" by Avery Hopwood
 seems to be the general concensus of opinion of those who have witnessed what has been pronounced as the com edy sensation of the season.
 The central figure of this farcical romance. as it is designated in the ad- vertising, is a keenly sensitive and dangerously attractive American wo- man, "Rozana Clayton byi name, who goes to Europe, falls in love for the first time in her life and precipitately marries this man of her choice. Be- fore the honeymoon has arisen above
 the weeding horizon, the newly made benedict Is discovered kissing and fondly embracing a young woman who is afterwards recognized as former sweetheart
 Piqued at what she thinks an un- pardonable indiscretion, RoXana leaves him. returns to America and arrayed in the most stunning of widows weeds, announces the untimely death of her newly welded husband At house party in Palm Beach the husband con fronts the unsuspectng Roxana and the fun begins. Then for three acts the complications come fast and furi- ous, with the line of demarkation be- tween farce and comedy so cleverly drawn that the master hand of David Belasco is readily recognized.
 Miss Bates is an actress with an in- ldividuality so assertve that each crea-
 ton entrusted to her by MT. Belasco has been made so distinctly her own that even when "The Girl of the Golden Vest and Madame Butterfly were converted into grand opera, the char acterization of each was copied from the original conception disclosed by
 Miss Bates. Her "Roxana Clayton furnishes another excellent portrait to her gallery of histronic personages. | Her supporting company includes that excellent comedian, Bruce McRae, who is giving one of the best per formances of his career. Adelaide Prince, pronounced Birmingham fa-
 vorite, discloses a delicacy of artistic delineation as Betty Jackson that called forth unanimous enconiund from the local critics last season. The bal ance of tlle company bear the stamp of excellence so characteristic of all David Belaseos offerings, and the pro- duction is Belasconian in every detail. Miss Bates returns to the Jefferson for one night only, January s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Over Nigh"

At the Jefferson theatre next Friday and Saturday matinee William A. Brady
 will present for the first time in this city "over Night three act comedy by Phillip H. Bartholomae.
 This little play was one of the biggest
 hits of last season in New York; and re- mained there for nine months, playing first the Hackett theatre and after it's time expired there. being transferred to MT. Brady's own theatre, The Play house." 1t was given at the latter until well Up in the summer, when the hot weather put an end to the theatrical term in New York. The author of over Night" MT. Philip II. Bartholomae, is a young man only just out of college, who 1 had mapped out for himself civil engineer- ing as career, but he always had lk- ing for the theatre and decided that he would write a play. Perhaps he was as
 much astonished as any one else when
 MT. Brady read the manuscript and ac- eepted 1t, and decided to produce it at once
 No doubt 1t was with some misgivings mat the manager agreed to try it, bu.
 Brady IS far seeing and did not let the tact that the author was unknown inter- fere with his determination. On the night or It's first presentation New York It met wlth instant success, every critic in the '-- s14A-tA5 No tHc ifOiIt Wlln commence atory reviews. The story of lover Night concerns the mishaps that befali two young married couples who start on their honeymoon trips on the Day Line steam CT, Hendrick Hudson. bound up the Hufl- son river to Albany. The husband of one Of the wives goes ashore to look after some baggage and the wife of the other husband also leaves the boat to send A telegram, and these two are left behind with the other msmated pair still on board. Many amusing complications en- sue over this device of the writer. ano it Is said thta it would seem as though the tangle could never be straightene ou-
 The author, however, succeeds in un- raVeling the threads at the end and everything ends happily as it should in all perfectly good farce comedies While the subject matter of over Night might seem to tread on delicate ground 1t Is said that MT. Bartholomae has earefurV avoided any suggestions at the risuue. MT Brady promises a first class produc- tion of the play, and has engaged a capa- ble company for the deiineation of ths various characters. The interest naturally eenters around the four young people, and these characters have been cast as follows: The part of Richard Kettle one of the husbands, will be played by Tom Emory a successful delineator of eccen- tric comedy of the lighter variety, while that of Percy Darling has been assigned to sam E. Hardy. a we'll known light comedian. while the two wives will b.. played by Gw ndolyn Piers and Ada Stir ling Others in the company are Robert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
White Slave, Bijou
Something About "Mother"

What gives promise of being a delight ful production on the local stage is Jules Eckert Goodmans four act play, Moth er,'' which comes to the Jefferson theatre next Wednesday matinee and night.
 The heroine of the play, the mother, is the head of family of six children, two grown boys, two grown girls, and two small boys She has been the mother of eight but has lost two of them. She is a plain little woman, whose whole life is in her home and her children.
 On her husbands death she finds her self with money enough to rear her off spring in comfort, but her boys have been spoiled and four years before the opening of the play the eldest boy has run away and married chorus girl whose tastes run to costly dinners and imported gowns and auto rides. He has wasted his snare of his fathers estate, against which ne has borrowed money, and, to meet the extravagant demands of his wife, steals from his employers
 He forges his mothers name to note for sl0.000 and when cornered he threat ems to kill himself it is the loving mother who comes to his rescue and calmly ad- mits that the signature to the forged note is her own.
 Her second son is caught in the tolls or another designing chorus girl, the sister of the eldest sons wife. The mother saves her first born and draws him to her home again by her sacrifices, while the second son is also saved from the woman who would spend his patrimony, by the mothers clever work in appearing as slattern before the eyes of the girl with extravagant tastes. Her daughter s love affairs also strengthened out by the mother, as we'll as the childish troubles of her youngest boys.
 The mothers theme is that no matter what the cost or pain to herself, no harm must come to her children The thing constantly before the audience is the untiring devotion of the little mother. Mother is drama of q gentle, pa- tient old mother and her grown up chill dren, with her trials with wastrel sons, and her worries with the family estate and her conquest, through self sacrifice, of the stubborn prodigal, It is a whole some and comfortable play, telling the story that is general in it's idea and yet unusual enough in it's details to possess A sure hold upon the attention, play, moreover. whose emotion has the dyna- mic quality, which, in the shop talk of fine stage. comes across the footights with great power And not only mother, but every character in the play, IS real character Each one has it's identity its problems its story, and they are bound together in way that is masterfui
 The play will be presented here by the original. New York cast, and with the same production seen for six months on Broadway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
eThe White Slave at Biiou

Bartley Campbelfs famous southern romance, ''The White Slave which has always been a great favorite in this city, will be given a magnificent scenic revival at the Bijou theatre this week with the usual matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
 A good many years have elapsed since "rhe White slave" was last acted here. The piece is now playing to new gen eration and the management tell us that not only is every character in the hands of competent player. but that the scenery is from the brush of Walter Burridge who has painted all the biz productions made by Henry W. Savage during the past 10 years. The stage lighting has been carefully arranged and some novel and beautiful effects have been evolved.
 The story of Campbells play hap pens in the blue grass region of Ken lucky early in 1857. but the latter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

 scenes take place at Oseeola Landing Mississippi. The costuming is of the period and is therefore decidedly quaint and picturesque. one of the most en- tertaining features of the new produc- ton is the darky jubilee in the plan tation scene where a we'll trained chorus renders the old plantation songs which arc now little more than a mem- ory.
 Bartley Campbell was to the Ameri- can stage what D'Ennery was to France one powerful situation after another, q tear d laugh, then surprise and curtain.
 In his picturesque southern drama, "The White Slave" the plot turns on the pitiful tale of white girl who is made slave on the supposition that she Is an oetoroon. Her trials, the insults and degradation inflicted upon her, her flight with her lover from a cruel master, who is the villain of the play, and the happy Announcement when her identity Is revealed, have won the sympathy of millions for years and the plantation Scenes, with the wide fields dotted with log cabins of lthe field hands, the "big house" with it's verandas covered with vines and the old plantation darkies singing those beautiful old melodies in true udIhN IdNilpHf dit ItUllDlSCtnGGS ufdf to the heart of every American, whether he ever lived in such environments or not 1t is a phase of life that is in- vested with q sentiment and charm that none other possesses.
 For this seasons tour dramatic cast of unquestionable strength and ability has been secured in fact the manage ment has spared neither pains nor expense to make this production ot Bartley Campbell's famous story of the sunny south the most notable ever pre- sented to theatre going public, and in order to accomplish this praisewor- thy effort they have provided the piece with an absolutely new and complete scenic investiture, eostumed inc char aeters in garments of the period in which the story is written, to say nofh- ing of new and novel electrical effects such aS have never heretofore been seen in a presentation of "The White Slave"
 Tie advance sale indicates A biz week s business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

spearean roles, as leading man for Mrs. Flske, Amelia Bingham and Henrietta Hur," Brown of Harvard ande other notable productions, is now scoring his greatest success in a purely musical comedy
 As .The Prince of Lunitania.' Mir. Woodruff is seen in a role which per- mfts him to be both romantic and amusing Mort H. Singer has surround ed the star with one of the strongest supporting casts ever seen in musical comedy, and the Singer productions al ways excel in the chorus. Not only arc young and pretty girls required, but the men must also come up to a stand ard of youth and good looks. No pains have been spared to make the scenic production one of the most elaborate in the history of the Singer productions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Caustic

From Inc Washlngton Staf.
 Blggins has great deal of self es- teemr
 That ism self esteem, He is simply ths beneficiary Of his own forsiving disposi- tion.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Bingham. James T. Ford Inez Buck, lal- sic Scott. Mahlon P Hamilton, E. l.. Duane and John Dillon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07
Playhouse Gossip

one of the biggest musical attractions of the season is Jumping Jupiter.n in which Richard C5imselD carle, comedy chieftain, will make his next appearance in this city where he will be seen short ly. The cast includes Edna Wallace Hop per especially engaged). Jumping Jupi- ter" is hailed as Madame Sherrv's' funny big brother. The score was com posed by Karl Hoschna, who composed the enchanting melodies of that French vaudeville. Richard Carle and Sydney sRosenfeld wrote the book. It is claimed that there is legitimate laugh every 30 seconds in Jumping Jupiter"
 Miss Billie Burke, the pretty charm ing young actress who hasn't been seen in the south since the early part of 1908 when she was here as John Drew's lead ing woman in My Wife" but is com ing again this season as a star in ''The Runaway" and will be seen at the Jeffer- son theatre on Tuesday evening, January g. is. as everybody knows. a blonde-a Titan blonde. Consequently, as her taste in dress is well known, any advice she may give to her sisters of the same com pexion ought to be received with atten- tion And she does consent to give ad- vice sometimes. Here is recent bit Tine fatal mistake of the blonde especially the Titan blonde" she says, lis brown. Don't wear it. It takes every bit of life and sparkle out of your hair and transforms
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

For number of years the principal magazines and metropolitan news papers have told of the many successes of the celebrated comedian. Dave Lewis. This remarlable funny man has held the boards longer at d time In Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

than any other actor on the American stage. Birmingham theatregoers will remember his appearance at the La Sale theatre. Chicago. in the original production of '"1he Royal Chef" where the play ran for almost two years. Mr. Lewis comes to the Bijou shortly in a new musical play entitled Don't Lie to Your Wife" The exact date win be announced later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

An carly attraction at the Bijou is the Charles Klein play of intense in- Iterest. "The Third Degree, with the original Henry E. Harris cast and pro- ductfon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

Ward and Vokes will soon have a hearing in Birmingham in their great est hit. a new musical comedy by the authors who have made these famous fellows household word all over the English speaking world. Coming with them Is Lucy Daily and all the old fa- vorites, including a chorus of typical Ward and Vokes condolences
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-07

The forthcoming engagement at the Bjou of inimitable George Sidney in an all new musical play relating the further adventures of Busy Izzy" is attracting q great deal of interest and as is the rule when that comedian comes to Birmingham, a complete sell out only satisfies the management. 1t is said of the production this year to far eclipse all previous offerings of this famous Hebrew comediam and that he has with him chorus of stunning stage beauties