Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-14
SYNOPSIS OF VICTORY"
Pictu.e To be Shown Tonight at The
CaloniaI Theatre.

All tne naval ACADEMY ana An
/ napolis should be pleased to have this
splendid naval picture Victory, !"
shown tenight SIS at Colonial Thea
tire. Seats are reserved. 1t is today
the worlds greatest spectacular war
drains, and was seen here last sum-
mer at private exhibition, by an au-
dience composed largely of navy peo-
pie, navy aviators and the press.
People we know and among whom
are Captain Benson. Admiral Badger,
Lieutenant Towers and others, ap-
pear in this picture made under the
personal direction of Mr.. J, Parker
Read, Jr. The picture tells the
following story:
The Secretary OF the Navy orders
the u. S. s. Utah to proceed TO the
Republic Of Antilles to protect Amer
lean interests during the impending
revolution. On their arrival at Cal
man. the principal seaport, Command
er Benson orders Lieutenant Ward
to proceed inland to Valdiva, the cap
ital. and report to the American En-
bassy so as to keep him advised Of
Lieute lant Ward meets Minister Cor
don and his daughter Helen, with
whom he At once falls in love, but
finds a rival IN the person of General
De La Monte, the Minister of War of
Antillas. He also meets a young in
ventor who has just finished building
a hydroplane.
While tending Government ball
Helen owe rhears Gen. De la Monte
conspiring to assassinate President
Martinez and blow up the American
battleship in an attempt to take over
the reins of the Government in his
hands. Helen tells Lieutenant Ward
of the conspiracy. Before he has
the opportunity of thwarting these
plans, Lieutenant Ward is wrongfully
arrested for the purder of President
Martinez. Minister Gordon finally
obtains the freedom of Lieutenant
Ward, but not in time to prevent the
departure of the conspirators. They
are prevented from sending warning
by wireless and Lieutenant Ward de-
cides their only hope lies in his maxi
ing the fight of fifty miles in the
hydroplane.
The moving camera placed in the
hydroplane itself then shows an ex-
citing race by air and land. Lieuten-
ant Ward, at height of 1900 feet.
makes a daring glide for the battle
ship and re aches there barely in time
to prevent its destruction by harbor
,,,sua that fhroua a fomar of xuatar
two hundred feet in the air. Comman-
der Benson Immediately opens fire on
the fort and during this thrilling COM
bat, Lieutenant Ward asks permits
son to drop bomb from the hydro
plane. He does so with deadly re-
suits. No sooner is this battle over
than the Utah is attacked by the
foreign fleet and spectacular naval
battle takes place which shows the
Utah defeating the feet with the aid
of bombs from the hydroplane.
The final scenes of this naval battle
show the foreign ships helpless
masses of twisted steel with the act.
ual sinking at sea of one of these
ships. A wire less reaches Comman-
der Benson from the American En-.
bassy reporting that revolt has
taken place in the city. Commander
Benson orders Lieutenant Ward to
the rescue with a company of Ma
rines. They engage the revolution
lists who outnumber them three to one.
After a desperate engagement the
Marines charge the foreign batteries
aud roJt the enemy. Lieutenant
Ward marches into Valdivia with the
victorious Marines and rescues Min
lister Gordon and Helen. The last
scene shows Lieutenant Ward to be
as successful in love as in war, as
he wins Helen, after which she is
presented to the officers and crew Of
the Utah, who cheer her to an echo.