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The Washington times., 1914-09-27

There is a tunnc, from the stables TO
this house
What. a tunnel"
Yes. Mr.. Hargreave had it built sew
eral years ago. | don't know what his
idea was. possibly he anticipated an
event like this. You and your men will
find entrance by this method. 1t can
he done without exciting tn" suspicious
of the watchers.
Looks as if my yam wasn't going TO
b" delayed SO long after ali Jones. you
ought TO have been in the secret service
yourself admirinSly
Jones smiled and shrugged. Il am
perfectly satisfied with my lot-or would
be If the Black Hundred could he wiped
out of existence
I'm see the secret service people at
once. stand in well with them all.
And good luck to You. Well need
good luck
Norton was welcomed cordially by the
chief. The secret service men trusted
him and told him lots of tales that
never saw light on the printed page.
The reporter went directly to the point
OF his story, without elaboration. and
the chief smiled and handed him the
original letter.
">orton. We been after this gang of
counterfeiters for months, and they are
clever beyond words. I've never been
able to get anywhere near their presses
And for a moment | thought this note
was from SQuealcI. | Ie dozen men
securing the country. They find the
bogus notes. but never the men who
pass them. You sec. it's new stuff. |
know what all The old timers are at:
but none OF them has had hand in
this issue. Some foreigners. | take ii,
under the leadership Of a man I'd very
much like to know. Now what's your
scheme?
Jim outlined il briefly.
1T all depends" said the chief. upon
the fact that they will be impatient. If
they have the ability to wait. we lose.
But we can afford to risk the chance.
The man who wrote this letter is not
a counterfeitcr. He's an old ycgSman.
We haven't heard anything of him late
ly. We tried to corner him on post
office Job but he slipped by. He may
be a stool Anyhow. I'll draw him in
somehow.
"Thcre'll be some excitement"
''Wc're used tn that: YOU, too All
we've got to do is to locate this man
BeGcs. There are signs Of spite in this
letter. Very well played. if you want
my opinion. What's this Black Hun
dred"'
I'm not at liberty TO tell just yet
The Washington times., 1914-09-27

those oriental sections that induce
ments were offered Frawley TO bring
his company there and make abso-
lutely complete the full life of the
orientalized occidentals. The theater
is the thing that the man who lives
in the Orient misses the most. And
when the theater Is brought to them.
in whatever form it comes, they
flock TO patronize 1t. This IL what
they did to Frawley. He came into
the Orient and made a big killing.
And went to Australia, India, South
Africa, and London. Thence he
came to the United States again and
played with his company in the East
for the first time.
F'rawley is probably the first the
atrical manager who ever started
from Washington for New York and
made a complete circuit of the globe
to get there But he did it. And
his company made a big hit wher-
ever it went. 1t came here to Wash
ington and played long season at
the Columbia Tbeater. Washing
tions of ''Trilby.'' Alabama" The
Wife" Held BY the Enemy" The
Charity Ball." and other celebrated
plays which Frawley put on here
with company that included
Blanche Bates. Marie Van Buren.
John f. Kellerd. Alfred Hickman,
Burr Mcintosh. and many others.
Just prio- to leaving the Pacific
coast on his worl tour Frawley
was approached by a bold. hai
young San Franciscan. who had the
temerity to believe that a man could
make a big theatrical producing
center Of the city of Los angeles
with nothing to start with but
forty dollars in cash and long
lease Of the Burbank Theater-a
house that had faile1 to pay divi-
dend to its owner from the time IL
was built. And to prove that he
IDEAS was absolutely right. FrawleT
took his company to Los Angeles
and played eight weeks to capacity
business in that same Burbank The
ater and left the enthusiastic youth
ful manager with q bank account of
some seven thousand dollars to ear
ry out his further plans The wild
young man with the crazy notions
was Oliver Norosco. who soon added
the necessary So. .993 necessary to
make a million of the existing seven
end has made one or. two other mil
lions besides In doing Just the things
that ne set out to do.
When Frawlev~ came hack to the
United States and got his name in
the Eastern parerS MOrDScO wired
him to come to Los Angeles and
take charge IF prcdIIcsions for rim.
Henry W Savage had also made
overtures to Frawlcv. however and
he put the Norosco offer aside and
became producer for savage. He
produced :, number of his things
"Everywomau' ar-onS them-a"d
made second trip around the
word with SAVAGE. Then it was
that lie joined the Morcsco forces.
and it was the combination cf Frsw-
ley with NornscN tS,t has helned
make Noroscp the biz irderend-
snt factor ir tho theatrical :,ar.s in
this country today. MoroSco insists
that this Is so.
Ard nov F-awlev is back Fist.
He's living in New Yo~k-for q time.
He says he don't <row how long it
win last-he can't tell when tire
glche trotting germ win manifest
itself and he pill be ccrIpe'lei to
hike out again..
The Washington times., 1914-09-27

in Statuary Hall when he could
sneak away from school. When he
reached an age where he could pro-
vide some of the means for his own
support. he was attached to the As
sociated Press office In this city. and
set to transcribing code telegraphic
news dispatches into regular para
graphs for the Washington papers
that were taking the Associated
Press report. That was before the
days typewriters came into general
use. a'.d the copying of a press re-
port was a long and laborious job.
1t was while transcribing the corre-
spondentS' notes relative to big dra-
matte productions that F'rawley was
seized with the notion that acting
must be great profession to adopt.
With Wilton Lackaye, James Ma
honey. Frank Z. Noyes, the late
Clarence b. Rheem, Tim Murphy,
Charles p. Hanford. and others, he
organized the Lawrence Barrett Dra-
matte Club, and as member of that
club he had lot to do with the
producing of plays. Right at this
point in his career Frawley gave
evidence that he was little bit OFF
the regular run of producers. He
conceived the idea of putting on a
plav as the manuscript called for it
TO be put on. rather than because n
lot of actors dead and gone put it on
a certain way. He acquired the
faculty of looking into the situations
created by the author for inspiration
rather than the back of the book for
the traditional business" OF the
piece.
This faculty was not calculated to
get him very MANY jobs on the stage
right away as one of the curious
things about artists-and one of the
reasons there are so many plain
artists and so few great ones-is that
they have way of doing most
things that way just because they
have always been done that way be-
fore. The great ones are the chaps
who dare do things their own way.
Frawlev struggled along transcrib-
ing news dispatches for some little
time before he got n chance to so
on the stage as a professional. When
the chance did come he put in his
time studying all of the various
angles of the acting profession. He
travelled pretty much over the coun-
try with the companies to which he
was attached. and in these travels
there was one thing that was very
strongly brought to his attention,
The Rocky mountains seemed to
form a barrier to transcontinental
wandcrinSs of the best type of plays.
The big plays of the Eastern pro-
duCers with the big companies usual
ly stopped bit this side of the
mountains i'm their travels and
doubled back over their tracks or
made the trip East in Circuitous
way. Some Of the biggest and
richest producers sent companies
to the Pacific coast, but only a few
of them.
F'rawlcy got the idea that the
people of California would pay as
much to see stock company in
good plays we'll produced as the peO-
pie OF the East He went TO San
Francisco. leased the Columbia
Theater and announced thai he in
tended to establish a stock COM
panv there that would be quite as
high class as the big companies OF
the East and at the same time
would produce plays in a way none
of tho Eastern producers would pro-
duca them-in San Francisco. lie
The Washington times., 1914-09-27

announced also that he would play
the leading parts himself. The Pc
riod marking the end of that SEN
tence also marks the point in his
career where Tim Frawley became
T Daniel. 1t is all right to play
small parts as Tin but no audience
will accept a romantic hero with a
name like that. and while Tim has
been Tim to his friends and inti-
mates always, on the program he Is
T. Daniel
The history of Frawley's Column
bia Theater venture is the beginning
of original artistic theatrical history
on the Pacific coast. He produced
the highest type of plays, some or
them big New York and London sue
cesses, and some of them original
productions. Whatever he pro-
duced was n Frawley production
pure and simple. He found new peo-
pie with talent and gave them their
opportunities He made stars just as
the Frohmans make stars. Blanche
Bates is one of the many whom
Frawlev put in the theatrical con-
stellation. She was the leading lady
of his company. and she represents
the type of people with which he
surrounded himself. His produc-
tions We're all along original lines.
1t was not long before the Column
bia Theater stock company of San
Francisco became one of the most
talked of organizations in the coun-
try. 1t is not generally known that
the very next point on the map to
the farthest west in the United
States is the farthest east of the
world. A person who ships west
from San Francisco fetches up in the
Far East at his rst stop. quite a
number of persons make this jump
every week or so. and they carried
with them such a memory of the
Frawley theatrical accomplishments
that they talked about it when thev
left their ships. and awakened such
a curiosity among the large class of
white men and women who inhabit
The Washington times., 1914-09-27
$4,000 FOR ONE HUNDRED
WORDS

"The Million Dollar Mystery"
story nil run for tWenty-
tho consecutive WeekS in this
paper. BY an arrangement NTH
the ThanhOuSer Film Company
it has been made possible not
only to read the story in this
paper, bUt also to see it each
week in the pariOus mOping pic
ture theaterS. For the solution
of this mystery story $4,000
will be given by the ThanhOuser
Film Corporation.
The Washington times., 1914-09-27

TO be Continued Next Sunday.)
The Washington times., 1914-09-27


'anley Har-reave millionaire. after mi
uious escape from the den of the gang
brilliant thieves known as the Black Hun
!. lives the lie OF recluse for eighteen
rs. HarRreaVe accidentally meets Bralr.
rer OF the Black Hundred knowing
line Will try 10 get him. he escapes nom
own home by & balloon. Befur. es-
ling he writes a letter to the girls school.
re eighteen years before he Inysteriousiy
on the doorstep mis- baby daughter, Flor
0 Gray. That day HarGreave also draws
mlIllon collars from the bank, but it
Teported that this dropped into the sea
the balloon he escaped in was pun
lorence arrives from the girls school.
tntess Olga, Braines COmpanIoT, visits
and claims 10 be a relative. Two bogus
"ctives call but their plct is foileG by
ION, newspaper man.
y bribing the captain OF the Orient, Nor
lays a trap for Bralne and his gang
lntess Olga also visits the Orient's CAP
%, and she easily falls into the reporter :
re. The plan, proves aborile through
ines good luck. and only hirelings tail
q the hands of the police
ter failing in their FIRST attempt the
ok Hundred trap Florence. They ask her
orton and the countess call on Florence
next day, once more sa afe at home. The
Siturs having gone. Jones removes a section
flooring and from cavity takes a box.
' rsued by members Of the Black Hundred,
rUshes to the water front and succeeds
lTOpplnE the box mo tnS sea.
O. 'puniess Olga causes an estrangement be
e~n Norton and Florence
complies Of Braine kidnap Florence
he she is shopping and hurry her OF to
. She leaps overheard and is picked Up
daZyd condition by fishermen. The
ok Hundred locate her. and Brainc. dis
sed as her father. takes her back TO sea
% him. Florence sets fire to the boat and
rescued ny a ship on which Norton has
shanEhaied.
>orton and Florence. safely ashore and
th n" longer any MISUNDERSTANDING be
cen them. take the train for home. The
ain is wrecked and the Black Hundred CAR
the injured Florence TO IA deserted hut.
orton. who tries to rescue her. is tied to
railroad tracks Florence saves him and
lily Jones comes TO the rescue Of both.
oncealed above the rendezvous Of the
4Ck Hundred. man learns of the recovery
pu the sea OF the box of jewels by sailor
- OF its subsequent return to the Jutto n
he sea and he quickly communicates the
TO Jones 4 duplicate box is planted
. later secured by the band. but before its
'ents are examined the box mysteriOusly
ppears.
wing 10 the falling off Of contributions
The parent organization in Russia. an
Mt arrives and assumes the leadership
he American branch Of the Black Hun
Through the connIvance Of the count
the new head is thoroughly humiliated.
inc pursues his own plans pending res
ation to mower
The Washington times., 1914-09-27

SEMMES MOTOR LINE announces change
in morning schedule To- take effect M ,.nT,
owing TO stat" road being closed Tor :rpalrs
The route viii be Via F"restville. Center
lille, Redds corner. SurIattsvilIe and r
to ETandywin-. Hus " al leave 6-S H,nni
A." :. f. at 30 \. NJ and as T. NJ
instead of - A. ". and y. NJ week davs
aui $50 \. NJ and I.i5 T. VI instead Of
8 T. \ NJ ana T. VI Sundays as hr.to-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03
BARDS AND TESTERS


-
II j. covered with chintz in a dainty lie
sign.
OF u little pink rose and u little green
vine.
And shifrrl al the top with u ribbon
and bow
Once lilac. but faded 10 gray Ion. ago.
II has lain in the garrett for many a
wear.
With things that are long out If fashion
and queer.
And the moth and the spider and shy
Madam Mouse.
Aud her once iimid babies. within il
keep house.
I:ut my how the banlioN was cherished
of wore.
When great rrandmothcr's hats on their
travels il bore.
And faithfully guarded from dust aud
from dents
And the sunshine and shower. it, prcc
iou> contents.
II proudly rtpo>cd on the seat M her
side
When she journcyed by coarh a. q blush
ing Young bride.
And great grandfather sworc ~ he
logged il about
"Confound all these fal-ials.' ! haven't
4 doubt.
~ the seasons flew bv with their bios
sons and SHOWS.
The hats acre no mere ike the rainbow
aud rose.
But were matronly bonnct>. dull tinted
and small.
With "a sd widows cap 1T the end of
them all.
Then the, carried great grandmother
over the sill
IN the midst Of the rain. 10 the church
an The hill
And the empty old bamllox was ban.
i>hrd next day
Ia the cluttcrrl mp garnet 10 moldcr
away.
But The soul of great grandmother still.
~ i; clings
With her love for Ill helpless aud inno-
cent things.
And il cmldlc> The mice when the Ion.
nights are cold.
A. great grandmother cuddlcl her
babies uf old.
And il YOU should steal up the ~Shadowy
stair.
All alone by Yourself in a>pirit Of
prayer.
! think in the bandhox chintz- covered
and quaint
You mirhtslimp>r the gold halo now
worn by u saint.
-MinIn Irving III l~.c~lir'S.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03

The army got off with only two eases
"f typhoid fever this year. This j. not
only cheering: news ID il most remark
able news. The dcadl, thirteen rs los
ing its tcrror>. However. We should l~
rorS for The arm, of the United States.
The nav, got through the year with unl,
seven eases Of typhoid. The army IN
li>tmcnt il >o.p0o; that at the navy
~ Wn. ANY husky ,oun. American who
H. afraid of iyphoid should join The army
rr navy aud hc safe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03

SCHOOL BOARDS.

Ever try to he a mcml. If 4 school
board? No? But AL of rs could be-
of the board. and any one of
us could make that board the best thar
ever occurred. Easy job. suite easy-ch?
All a Brownsville school board has Ia
do Is to manage the educational affairs
Of a city of II 600 people; to provide
nearly a thousand children with shelter
in clean. well lighted. well heated. we'll
ventilated rooms; 10 handle the intricate
financial affairs Of this III. cuiirrrn
which i a big business concern rs well
- =" ednrsii"nal institution Tho drtir,
ri ifc board uf 'iuH.ti r a. 4ri Iu.l.
afn sid with iit pIurir,sn,N W.T. thr
feathers ANA the payments al tercners
salaries. The salaries 81 teachers are
not Tor the pleasure az The board nor for
the pleasure of amy one. Having paid
the salary the board must -, IA il ihll
II ~ not thrown away. The school and
the teachers must w. surrounded with
conditions that vi max ever, cent os
salary effective for the pnrp,>s for
which IL is expended. Every member of
n school board who IL worth his salt r.
CARDS the funds of a district a. "A bubble
trust Ia be- expended Sacrcdly for The
people. The office. we'll discharged. re-
quircs administrative ability Of 4 hi.h
order-also y high order of cnu>cicnu..
and Il firm belief in the cause 81 ~luca
ton. This j. perhaps why We ash men
to do II for nothing onl, a high class
man. a conscientious public spirited riti
zen will do II AZ all.
This year the school board had ID SUP
ply housing for the high school: had 10
buy furniture and apparatus: had to
buy on the credit uf the district. They
are doing good work. They are giving
us a goo't modern school. conducted
-~%yng' the br>r educational lines. 10 ~
owe them any thanks? Shall We not M
least make their work ~ easy ~ pos
siblcy Shall We mol az least stand bv
them In their effort 10 upiuld The credit
Of the district. by the prompt payment ~
the school tax the moment ID is possible
To do SO, The inter SIS ~ The Schun'>
demand IT,. The need il SEA urgent ia
fact as to constitute a crisis IL the his
tory Of the Brownsville public schools.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03

The Herald takes pleasure ia
ine that the Merchants league will re-
Organize and will take up the special
work il handled - successfully last
ummcr. h work was well handled. To
the satisfaction Of all concerned. The
financial rtturn> were Ia the main sat
~l>factory. The merchants We're pleased
'snd the people of the up valley towns
we're pleased. The chances are that with
the experiences acquired last spring we
shall handle the special trade oerasionS
with greater ease and with better re-
~ufI~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03
POISON.

The report il that the Mcxirnn
feierals. upon cvacnating tn town
Of Monclova. poi>oncl the towns
supply of drinking water causing
the death Of Something like lm nr
the residents. This il hrin.in. The
struggle down a. The Mnr>f feature
Of savage warfare known "a history
and IL strikes ~. that civilization
should protcst more forrihl, than
with mere words nf rrmun>irancr
Ii is becoming more PLAINLY evident
ever, da, that II one ~fartinn or the
other does not speedily triumph the
United States will have t. inlrrfrrr
fnr the establishment uf order. u
landed troopS ia Nicaragua "a stop
the savage butcher, If non combat
ants in defiance of the rules of
civilized warfare thereby ~uniriint
ing Ia the speedy overthrow Of The
Zcla,a government. The ~llrNiran
situation would seem io afford 4
parallel provocative a. similar 49,
tion.-IIoustoii Post.
Let NJ hope The story T. moi iFnc. This
H. one of the oldest scandals uf war.
We meet with il over and over again
in history. Not a hard story a. hc eve.
aniatuil, nai anil lac Years 81 rl.t
AH. iu ruiarlui, ~u much irpraliit FIN
developed in war especially IF the Kind
now warcd ia Mexico that one side finds
IL dlsiressimciN cas-, 10 lrl,c,c a charge
IL Wholesale poisoning against The other
Doubtless IN Sunhc instances ia hiSlnr,
where the charge has been mad. il has
~ true: hui let a. hope that IA most
Instances the idea has grown ont of our
know edge M how easily the thing might
le done. On the other hand that SORT uf
thing j. 80 da>iartIl, 80 inhuman. ia
volving women. children. sick and
wounded. friends aud fnc~. birds aud
tiuii.; beasts. in onc mcrcilc>> indi>crim
mate haired that for the ~-kr ~ uur
common humanity NJ NAV all venture Ia
lr,pc this particular story IL MOI true.
However. we NAV suggest that rhr
charge il trnc-or any similar charge
when made may be- tested bs the people
who make a.. Poison available for that
purpose would have to l@ used ia BARGE.
qssantiiies and in WAYS which couli nor
escape scientific ANALYSIS. The charge
il susceptible of proof and the rebels
would have n tremendous advantage le-
fore tho world il they could make proof
Of the Wholesale poisoning of the wafer
NJ Monclosa.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03
BLISS F'DH MORN

Lady - quite understand. Nora. I
shall "nl, hc sat homo" every We.lnr>
daY from ! la >.
Nora Yes. mum. To hersclf-Nara.
vou'rr GOT = heavenly situation. The mis-
res only ~ home for two hours 4 week.
Albany Journal.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03
AN OLD WORK HORSE.


] think YOU arr no Kin Of those. indeed.
High born 10 beauty and to splendid
sIr el:
Nor those placed where the tide II bat.
tie sets.
N~rclins and proud among the %bayonct>.
The gentle forehead and the humbl.
crest.
The mighty shoulders and the fair.
bread breast.
The great limbs without grace or
symmetry
Fitted YOU for u different destiny.
What have You gained from all the wears
that went.
Munni"nnu> and irk>nmc. while Won
spent
Your heavy solid strength un~pariu.ly
In work The end whereof YOU could not
Sec =.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03
LOOKED LIKE IT.

Well. sunny" said The teacher. n
hope ,ou1i have a very good time this
Thanksgiving"
ARR YOU sure of III" she smiled.
Yep maw> laid ia a stock " castor
oil and Soihing syrup-Judgc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03

Th" intelligent taIc>man. saws Lippin
colts. was lein. examined 10 pass an
the jury in a murder trial. -Do YOU IT,
licrr 10 capital punishment the IT.
torncy. You bet | do" came the
prompt response. I'm a.in' the trust.
aud J want Ia see half of Wall street ~
Jail. where they belong"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-03

Nineteen thirteen was not Il prosper
"I> year for Wall street. Stock sales
show u decrease of iI.1O0 .OO0 shares. aud
Sl10.mD wm in bonds. Opinions will diff
fer IL 10 whether this is good news or
bad news