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Newport daily independent., 1914-01-07
Notice Of Administrators Sale

Notice is hereby given that l. the undersigned, as administrat- or of the estate of F.. C. Jones. deceased, will, on the 24th C ' of January, 1914, offer fer sale at the E. C. Jones farm in Jet- ferson township, Jackson county Arkansas, near Jacksonport, Al kansas, the following personal property belonging to said es- tate, to the highest bidder, upon a credit of three months, to-witc
 One lot of mules and other live stock; corn and farming im- plements.
 J. w. JONES, Administrator of the estate of
 F. c. Jones, deceased. 41w2
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-07
 1 BONDS SOLD
nistrict and Contract
 M Action In Vh- beek and White District

mt week has been n ali
 ns in three of Jack,
 ,s improvement and
 projects. In the
 bugh drainage dis, !.
 ,cing 10000 acres of
 | when reclaimed as
 productive land :; as
 l in Arkansas, the
 3 sold Tuesday to
 'ond Company of St.
 uoeler & Cummings
 Ohio.
 B is for s9o,ooo bear
 ,n+ interest and the
 bidder offered 96.35 Id by agreeing to pay lon the deposit, the bid mounted to about 98
 par.
 |trsct for the drainage s let to Mofett Con- l Company of Des- Iva upon a bid of 7 IA kubic yard of earth re- k total cost of con- upon this basis being [|st $7e,0oO and the |prney's fees, engineers ! administration ex- ns about S6, 900.
 llict runs from a point 'rgne to the Cache Riv- i Woodruff County and ;ed valuation of lands le district is about with a population of
  length, it is 12 miles |th 8 miles. The total 'enefts by reason of age is fixed at S278,- gan ngineering Com 'emphis are engineers istrict and Jones' & Ire the attorneys. DISTRICT BIDS.
 Village Creek and er Levee district, cre- ecial act of the last and embracing 18,- of rich land in the CT bottoms of Jack 7, no bids were re- n the proposed bond ,table to the commits The act creating this npels bonds bearing 6 Iterest to bring par lngency in the money lakes it hard at the le to sell bonds un. coalitions. hnissioners received Or the contract, the bids being those of R 4. New illiams of Chi. llson and Ramsey o1 and Peters Bros. O {. The contract how
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
"1he Third Party,

A transpianted English comedy. 'aThe
Third Party" will be the Belasco The
ater attraction next week.
The American version by Mark Swan
concerns "Chaperon'' or Third Party
whom a certain member of parliament
utilizes to lend an air Of respectability
to his tete-a-tete luncheon with a pretty
dancer from the music halls. The Third
Party In question Is supplied by the res
taurant, and in this case is a man. In
the event Of discovery the NJ. P. can
easily make II appear that he is merely
dining with his friends. Mr.. and Mrs
Cazaza." In this instance, however, the
Third Party is a practical Joker, a young
man about town. who plants himself
down as the ''Chaperon."
A militant sister-in-law, a retired army
officer, and a number. of other busy
bodies help to keep the ball Of fun roll
ing.
The well-known comedians, Taulor
Holmes and Walter Jones are featured
individuals. and In their support will be
found a company OF farceurs.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

| The complete cast is as follows: Grace
George, Zelda Sears, Ferdinand Gott
schalk. Isabel Irving. Conway Tearie
Sydney Booth, Fanny Hartz. Lionel Ho-
garth. and Guthrie McCIintic.
Elsie Ferguson has been selected for
the part of Lady Fredericka in Atherton
, BrowneIl and William Youngs play
THE Unseen Empire which will be
produced next month.
1t is probable that Henry E. Dixey
will be seen in a revival OF "Adonis''
next summer.
Mr.. Sothern has added Lord Dun
dreary to the other two parts-Hamlet
and Villon in IF ! Were King"-in which
he was seen here. He was amusing in
it when he first revived it some years ago
and remade his fathers old piece, Our
American Cousin"
William ]. HurIbutt's play. THE
Strange Woman" is to be taken from the
stage.
Philip Bartholomae. peering into the
future. predicts that he will present Jo-
seph Santley in a musical version of Be
lieve Me, Xantippe," in Chicago next
uct and was played by John Barrymore.
Julian Eltinge pines to impersonate a
male character. and says that after he
is through playing THE Crinoline Girl
he will go to Europe to have his high
barytone voice changed to a low tenor in
pursuance Of that ambition.
With nine weeks of big receipts to its
credit. 'Sari," Henry W. Savage's cap
tivating Hungarian operetta, continues
at the Liberty Theater, New York, with
out change of cast and with an advance
demand for seats which assures its run
ming at that theater for many months to
come.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Coming Attractions.
"rhe Man VINO would Live

"Fhe Man Who Would Live
The Man Who Would Live" q new
play by William Huribut, author Of The
Fighting Hope" and "The Strange Wom-
an. VIII be presented at the Columbia
Theater next week II Is said to be a
stirring play. dealing with American life,
that Mr. Huribut has written carrying
one back to the days of the American
evolution and continuing In the home
library OF Pittsburgh multimIllionaire.
The pla5 contains q story that is ro-
mantle. mysterious. partly Of the past.
and partly of today. 1t rises to its climax
as the action sweeps round the clashing
ideals OF the men who made the country
and OF the men who hold the nation in
their hands today. In the cast are Elliott
Dexter, Julie Herne. Grace Reals. Ade-
laide Stanhope wheatcroft. Ben r.. Gra-
ham. Hollister Pratt and others.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND.

Motion pictures of life and customs in
the Holy Land. a s150,0OO production, in
six superb reels. will be shown this aft
ernoon ana evening at the Columbia
Theater These splendid, educational, and
entertaining films, which have been re-
Gently taken in Palestine, and will be
shown for the first time in Washington,
portray faithfully the beautiful landscape
scenery of the land. showing most of the
ancient holy sites and places, as well as
present-day life and customs in Pales-
tinian toy ms, villages, and I'm the recently
establishe ed Jewish agricultural colonies
An apr topriate musical program will be
rendered by Nine. Emharn. and Maurice
Rosgo} accompanied by the orchestra
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
.'The Girls from StarIand., :,

THE Girls from Starland," with VIII
J. Kennedy in the role of leading come.
dian, will be the attraction at the Gayety
next week. This two-act burlesque enter
tainment is by Lon Hascan and Jack
Singer. Kennedy is seen in his famous
role of Hezekiah Stradler. the constable
and is supported by Edward Castano
Joe Neimeyer. Ethel Hall. and other
principals of note. The first scene shows
the deck of a transatlantic liner with
the whole company. including the chorus
of thirty, on board. Act two shows the
Starland roof garden.
Members OF the company are Billie
Hill. Katherine Mcconnell. the Clark
Sisters. and Tom Mcmahon. Friday night
will include special prizes for women
patrons
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Pavlowa.

Anna Pavlowa with her company. in
Guiding Novikof and her orchestra I'M
der Theodore Stier, will be seen again
here next week. at a special matinee al
the Columbia Theater on Wednesday,
April ]. One new ballet win be pre-
sented. either the comic "Halte de Cava-
lerie." or the Dance of the Hours
from La Gioconda." 1t was the plan
OF the management to present a new pro-
gram for the return engagement, but in
vestigation showed that Washington
wanted again the 'Orientale." This fan
tastic ballet with settings and costumes
by the famous Leon Bakst was presented
once by the Pavlowa company during
its three days engagement in No
vember and proved the crowning feature.
So II will be given again.
Among the advertisements. or shorter
numbers. to be given will be a number
OF novelties But again in response to
requests Pavlowa will include the society
dance, the Gavotte in the, program. She
will also dance the Butterfly, one Of her
most famous solo numbers. The dainty
Moment Musicale" danced by Miles.
PlaskowiecZka, Butsova, and Crombova,
Is also to be given again.
Pavlowas return engagement will be
under the local management Of Mrs. Will
son-Greene.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

comedy which comes to the National next
week. is the character drawing OF the
Spanish woman that is impersonated by
Hattie williams.
Answering numerous Inquiries, the Poll
Theater management announces that the
list of entries for the prize play contest
has, been narrowed down to nifty man.
uscripts. The title of the winning play.
its story and the name Of the author
will be published the first week In June.
Manager Peck. Of the Gayety. has COM
pleted arrangements for the installation
Of q 800 exhaust fan to be placed In the
dome of the Ninth street playhouse. This
exhaust will carry away all Of the smoke
and bad air. and will make the house one
Of the best ventilated In the city.
Bankoff, the dancer at B. +. Keith's
Theater next week. ACCOMPANIED Pavlowa
from Russia to this country, and substi-
tuted for Mordkin from time to time.
A motion picture. entitled The Holy
Land" Is announced for two entertain
ments at the Columbia Theater today
this afternoon at Q o'clock and again to-
night at s:l5.
Today from to 1870 p. m. a special
series Of concerts will introduce an ex-
ceptional orchestral program and all the
attractions of last weeks bill, with new
specialties at the Casino.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
By JAMES 5. MErcALrE.

In the fare OF Mr.. Fayersham's receni
failure to interest New York in his yer,
expensive and really picturesque produc-
tion Of "othello," supplemented by his
earlier Julius Caesar" Margaret Anglir
has the temerity to come into town with
her Shakespearean repertory consisting
Of "As You Like It." THE Tanning Of
the Shrew," and Twelfth Night" She
has had a road season in these plays and
also produced Antony and Cleopatra,
but In view of the unfortunate expert
ence Of that drama at the New Thea
ter II is wise of her not to attempt u
here.
So far she and her company have ap-
peared only in "As You Like 1t The
result was far from impressive. She has
not stinted on the material side, but her
scenic and costume artists nave given
her nothing that is noteworthy or dis-
tinctly original. We have been so spoiled
in these matters that the good enongh
is no longer sufficient Before the days
OF Irving and DAILY this production Of
Miss Anglin's, with its really delightful
picture of the Dukes castle. showing
The courtyard, and the Forest of Arden
with its solid trees would have been ac-
counted a marvelously fine setting TO
present-day exactions ii lacks impress
siyeness, and the sense Of space ana
distance is wanting, due, perhaps, 10
putting too much on the shallow stage
of the Hudson Theater and to mistaken
handling Of the lighting effects
Tha acting is marred throughout by an
effort to substitute modern colloquialism
for a recognition of the musical and
noetic Qualities Of Shakespeare's verse.
Miss Anglin was charming in appear
ance as Rosalind. and her acting IN the
comedy scenes was arch and sprightiS'
giving them many new values, but she,
too. erred in her readings and lacked
the clear enunciation without whlch
much of the best OF Shakespeare Is lost
to the audience
Mr.. Fuller Mellish was the only OLD
school Shakesperean actor in the cast.
He had uuickened and lightened the
speeches of Jacques to get into key with
the others, and his art Is sutnclent 10
keep the process from robbing his IN
terpretation OF its classic charm. huth
Holt Boucicault was delightful Celia IN
looks, even if, like the others, she faiied
to make her reading clear. 1t is hard
to understand how any one could get SO
little humor out of the splendid role OF
Touchstone rs Mr.. Sidney Greenstreet
To go further into comment on the cast
would be only repetition. save IN the
case of Mr. de Cordoba's Orlando, where
too much energy of speech and action
removed the .ndistinctness, and also all
the romantic charm of the part.
Margaret Anglin has big and loyal
following in New York. Its members are
not despairing f greater credit for her
in the other reductions. She showed her
fear of doing Shakespeare in this exact
ing town by announcing that at the end
of a fortnight she would revive Lazy
winderrnere's Fan" in which there Is no
question of her being able to make her
emotional powers felt.
EItinge's New One.
Mr.. Julian IIitInge does everything IN
his power 10 dispel the unpleasant sug
gestiveness that goes with the WORK OF
the female impersonator. In fact. he
ratber DESTROYS the dramatic value Of his
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
"The Ghost Breaker"

THE Ghost Breaker" a melodramatiC
farce in four acts by Charles w. Goddard
and Paul Hickey, will be presented for th'
first time in stock on any stage at Polls
Theater next week. with Richard BuhleT
in the role of the 'ghostbreaker." played
here last fall by ii. b. Warner, and with
Frances Nelson in the role originally
played by Rita Stanwood.
The adventures of Jarvis and his col
ored valet in an attempt to unearth the
ghost of the Spanish castle and rescue
the missing prince furnish the basis OF a
delightful comedy, in which thrills and
laughs alternate. Naturally, there is a
romance between the princess and the
Kentuckian. The Poll management prom
ises a beautiful production for the story.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
High-cIass Vaudeville.

Maggie Cline will appear at b. F.
Keith's Theater next week. Her appeal
is said to be as irresistible as in the
good old days when her audiences from
pit to gallery sang and whistled with
her nearly all of her strenuous ballads.
particularly Throw Him Down Nc
Closkey," which of course. she will repeat
here upon request. The New York laugh
ing success, THE Telephone Tangle,'
produced by Joseph Hart, with Dorothy
Regal and a well known company, will
be second in the stellar division. Edmond
Hayes and Company, the six Kirksmith
Sisters, Hines and Fox. Julia Curtis.
Bankoff and 'Girlie." the Pathe weekly
review are other inclusions.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
London Triumph.

George C. Tyler received cable last
week from London announcing the en-
thusiastic reception given Walker White
side at the Queens Theater In The
Melting Pot" CASTOR Mayer, represent
ing Walker whiteside in London, cabled
that the American tragedian received
eight curtain calls after the third act.
and fifteen curtain calls at the end OF
the play. The London Times, In its dra-
matte review OF Mr.. Whiteside's per-
formance, says, The American actor
gave a wonderfully powerful dramatic
study"
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
FAvERSHAM'S NEW PLAN.

NJ. B. Plower, vho. with Marie Corelli,
is the backer and the general manager OF
the annual Shakespearean festivals al
the Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-
Avon last week. made arrangements with
William Faversham to bring a company
of notable American actors to England
next summer and present his production
of ''Othello." recently given at the Lyric
Theater as the feature of the annual fes-
tival.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Small Talk of the Stage.

Calgary is to have a new sso'ooO
theater.
Charles Klein is writing drama en-
titled The Outsiders"
II. H Frazee has decided to go into
the film producing business
Ravuond Peck and Edgar Allen Woolf
are writing an operetta for Lulu Glazer
Sir Herbert Tree and Mrs. Pat Camp
bell are to appear together in "Pyg-
malion."
Olive Wyndham is to have the leading
feminine role in THE Last Resort next
season.
Sir Herbert Tree is planning for next
season a stage arrangement of Dickens
David Copperfield'' under the name OF
David and Uriah."
Henri Bernstein is at work on new
play about Judith of the Maccabees,
which is to be produced at the Vaude-
VILE Theater in Paris next fall.
The two hundredth performance on
broadway of To-day" George Broad
hurst's and Abraham Schomer's vital
and vivid drama of New York life, will
be given at the Forty-eighth Street
Theater Wednesday night of this week
After having tried out two new plays
this season without success, William
Collier has decided that he will try his
luck again in England.
KIaw & Erlanger have arranged for
the exclusive American rights for the
next five years for the musical plays
Of limerick Kalman, the Hungarian COM
poser.
Emily Stevens, a niece of Mrs. Fiske,
is to be starred in a new play next sea-
son, according to announcement of
George C. Tyler of the Liebler company.
Fay Templeton and Josephine Jacoby
have been engaged by the Messrs Shu-
bert to appear in the gigantic production
of "Pinafore," which is to be staged
soon at the Hippodrome.
The production of Edward Peple's new
farce "A Pair of Skies" in the Longatre
Theater. New York. has been postponed
until Friday evening.
Billie Burke closed in The Land of
Promise last week and returned to New
York, where she will rehearse a new
play entitled Jerry"
J. Hartley Manners will expand his
one-act play, Happiness" into a three
act comedy for the use Of Laurette Tay-
lor. /
The Lookers-On" is the name of a
new social comedy by Margaret Mayo.
The Lady of the Slipper" has lost FL |
sic Janis, who goes to London to playI
in the music balls. Miss Helen Falconer, |
a minor member of the company, is the
intrepid young lady who takes her place.
Dallas Anderson and Marie Chambers
will have important parts in Love and 1
the Law" the new drama which Doug
las ]. Wood will produce in the Lyric
Theater on the afternoon of March q.
The Things that Count" at William
A. Brady's Playhouse, is well advanced
upon its fifth month, with the certainty
of remaining until June, at least
The comedy. BILLY Black after four
weeks rehearsal. has been abandoned byi
the manager H. H. Frazee and the
star. H. B. Warner. will take to movingl
pictures
Grace George in Clyde Fitch's conn.,
edy, "The Truth" will follow "Thel
Philandere" at the Little Theater. New
York. opening Easter week. The CONF
pany has been rehearsing since Monday.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
s'rhe Doll Girl"

Charles Frohman's most pretentious
musical comedy production OF the season
THE Doll Girl" which will be presented
at the National Theater a week from
Monday, with Richard Garlic and Hattie
Williams heading its large and important
cast The piece is the work of Leo Fall
who will be remembered for the charming
melodies of The Dollar Princess" II
was presented in New York last August
and remained there four months. Since
then 1t has had an engagement of two
months in Chicago and one OF a month
in Boston. 1t comes to this city from
Philadelphia, where II is winning much
appreciation. The comedy boasts of a
notable cast that includes Will West
Robert Evett, a really fine tenor; Charles
McNaughton, Dorothy Webb, who was
last here in Gypsy Love-" Cheridah
Simpson. and Bessie De Vote. the dancer
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22

One Of the clever conceits in "The
Doll Girl" the new Frohman musical
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
"HAMMERsTEIN'S PURPOSE.

Oscar Hammerstein has had all sorts
of offers for his new opera house al
Lexington avenue and Fiftieth street
New York, but has refused them.
Nearly every moving picture and
vaudeville magnate in the city has tried
to relieve him of his new unopened the
alter. but the impresario has put aside
all offers.
II the high courts finally decide Mr.
Hammerstein may not produce grand
opera in New York it is his purpose 20
present spectacular melodramas in the
big theater.
The Seven Keys to Baldpate" Chi
cago company is repeating the sue
cess of the New York company by
breaking all records of the Cohan
Grand Opera House in that city, and
a third company is now being or
ganized to tour the country.
The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
News Of Local Theaters.

''Milestones'' will be the attraction at
the Columbia Theater for the week be.
ginpipG the first Monday In April
The revival Of Romeo and Juliet" an
nounced for next week by Polls Thea
ter has been postponed until April, be-
cause Of an arrangement just Effected
which enables the management to pre-
sent series Of new plays.
Manager Berger is being deluged with
petitions and requests as to the person.
mel Of the Columbia Players who will
begin season Of stock at the popular
+ street playhouse before the end Of
April.
Anna Held Is back In vaudeville with
make Croesus envious. Anna Held's
daughter, Lame Carrere, is on the circuit
In advance of ma Mere" Both are
coming to Washington.
THE Lure" Is to bring here this week
all the well-known actors responsible
for the success of George Scarborough's
play, among them William ]. Kelly. Bea-
trice Prentice. Charlotte Granville.
Jean Temple. Edna Bruce. and others.
Ethel Barrymore is to be seen at the
National Theater the week of April IL
She comes in "Tarte." the play made by
C. Hsddon Chambers from the widely
read novel by Mrs. Anne Douglas Sedg-
wick and in which Miss Barrymore has
been appearing for the past three months
In New York.
One of the prominent real estate agents
of the city is making a speciality of en-
gaging apartments for members Of the
Columbia players who will arrive in the
city. 1t is expected. within the next four
weeks.
One OF the clever conceits in THE
Doll Girl" the new Frohman musical
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-28
PINE MOUNTAIN COUNTRY
Great Stretch Of Territory Covering
over 200 Miles Along the Border.

Louisville. Ky.--A great federal for
est reserve and game preserve in the
heart of the Kentucky Appalachians,
including the entire Pine mountain
country, running 200 miles parallel
with the West Virginia border, and en-
bracing adjacent sections OF Clay,
Perry. Harlan and Leslie counties. are
probabilities. according 10 State For
ester ]. f. Barton. who has returned
from tour of the Pine mountain
region in company with a member of
the government reconnaissance crew.
There will be no trouble about Sc
curing the reserve on Pine mountain,
said Mr.. Barton, but it is long and mar
row. nowhere more than approximate
ly 4 miles wide, and il could not be
economically administered. He said
the government investigators probably
would not recommend that by itself;
but recently they have been encour-
aged to believe that the big mining
corporations will be glad TO turn over
to the government all the land and
timber. reserving to themselves the
mineral rights. They are anxious to
protect the timber, as it requires an
acre of timber in the operation of
three-quarters Of an acre of coal land.
Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-08-28
NOT UP TO REPUTATION
Bloodshed in Mountains No Greater
Than Elsewhere.

Frankfort, Ky.-Unless one accepts
the cynical suggestion that in the
mountains homicides are recorded as
deaths from natural causes. according
TO the first complete report OF the vital
statistics under the new system Of
registration, Kentuckys historic feud
country is not living up to its reputa-
ton in the ratio OF violence against
human life. and tuberculosis, typhoid
fever and other unromantic enemies
OF human life are much more conspic-
uous in the tables of mortality. The
shade OF difference between the ratio
Of losses by preyentable diseases in
the mountains. Bluegrass and cities is
not discreditable to the mountains.
Typical counties selected from the
tables indicate that
bloodshed among the mountains is no
greater in proportion than elsewhere,
though the report does not distinguish
between accidental deaths and homi-
cides. Railroads and industries may
swell the average. especially in coun-
ties containing cities.