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Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13
PRESIDENT WOULD
ARM FOR PEACE
Declares for Preparedness
Against Invasion Of Country.
ASKS cOUNTRY's SUPPORT
President Strongly Condemns Wall
From Men Processing To Be
Americans, But Who Love
Other Countries Better.

New York-President Wilson open
ed the Administration campaign for
its national defense program in a COM
prehensive and carefully prepared ad-
dress delivered here at the Manhattan
Club banquet.
He declared solemnly that the
United States had no aggressive pur-
poses, but must be prepared to defend
itself, to assume full liberty and self
development" Significantly, he said,
with ourselves in this great matter
we associate all the peoples of our
own hemisphere" adding that 1--WE
wish not only for the United States
but for them the fullest freedom of
Independent growth and action"
Within year." said the President,
I'VE have witnessed what we did not
think possible, great European con-
hict involving many of the greatest ma
tions Of the world. The influences of
the great war are everywhere in the
air. All Europe is in battle. Force
everywhere speaks out with loud and
imperious voice in titanic struggle Of
government and from one end of our
own dear country to the other men are
asking one another what our own force
is, how far we are prepared to main
tain ourselves against any interference
with our national action or develop
ment."
The President called upon men of
all shades Of political opinion" to rally
to the support of the program. He
said it represented the best profess
sional and expert opinion of the coun-
try" and gave warning that "if men
differ with me in this vital matter l
shall ask them to make it clear how
far and in what way they are inter
ested in making the permanent inter
ests Of the country safe against dis
turbance."
There is no need for the country to
feel panic-stricken, the President de-
clared, because it stands in friendly
relations with the world. He spoke of
the United States as "a nation too big
and generous to be exacting, but vet
courageous enough to defend its
rights and the liberties of its people
wherever assailed or involved"
In addition to speaking on national
defense, the President attacked "men
who love other countries better than
America" and men who stir up relig-
ious and sectarian antagonism. He
declared that such men should be
"called to reckoning"
Just before the dinner the President
shook hands with all the guests.
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No Munitions Aboard.

New York.-William Hartfield, gen.
eral manager of the Italian Line, char
acterized the sinking Of the Ancona as
IAN unnecessary crime" and absolute
murder" He Immediately cabled the
Naples Office of his firm asking for all
information regarding the disaster.
Although he had no list Of her pas
sengers, Mr.. fairfield said the Ancona
on her last few voyages to this country
had carried 800 or 400 passengers.
among them a number of American
citizens in the first cabin and in the
steerage. Most of her passenger list,
Mr.. fairfield said, had been made up
f women and children. He believed
she carried large number Of women
and children on her present voyage.
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NOV. II, 1914.

Germans took Dlxmude, crossed
User canal, captured allies first
line west Of Langemarek and
drove them out Of st. Eloi.
Allies reoceupied Lombaertzyde
and repulsed Germans near coast.
Russians attacked 'craeow de.
fenses.
Austrians pursued ssrbians on
Shabats-Losattza line.
British torpedo boat Niger sunk
by German submarine near Dover.
japanese torpedo boat sunk by
mine at kiaochow.
Conspiracy discovered In Con-
stantinople against Germans ana
Young Turks; leaders shot.
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Nov. ., 1914

Ypres set afire by German bonn.
bardment.
Fighting on the AIsne.
Russians occupied eoldapp, Ger
mans still withdrawing.
Germans won victory near
WyschtunIz lake, taking 1900 .pris.
oners.
serblans drove back Austrians
near Shabats.
Russians took Turkish fort near
Erzerum and won at kopriIool on
River Araxes.
ports.
Russians bombarded -7osporus
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Nov. 10, 1919.

Allies advanced between Ypres
and Armentieres and between
Relms and 5erry-au-eae.
Russians drove German right
wing back toward Mazurian lakes,
and occupied Mieealow.
Austrians defeated -serbians
near Losnitza.
All slIies issued formal -deeIara.
tlon Of war on Turkey.
German cruiser Emden de-
stroyed by Australian cruiser
Sydney at acocos island.
Russian fleet sank four Turkish
transports.
Karl II. Lody shot az spy In
Tower OF London.
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Nov. 12, 1914.

Both sides claimed successes IN
battle along the User.
Russians captured Johannesburg,
East Prussia.
Siege of PFzemysl resumed.
Austrians won a victory at
Pruth.
Serbians routed Austrians who
tried to cross Danube near Seman.
dria.
Turkish cruiser Goeben Grip
Piled.
Mass meeting In London 70 sup
port kitchener's appeal for tem-
perance.
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Nov. 1s, 1914.

Germans broke through British
lines at Ypnes.
Allies advanced on coast to Blk
schoote.
Battle between aVlators near
Vpres.
Austrlans evacuated central Ga
lieia, Russians taking Tarnow, Jas
10 and krosno.
Germans faced about and ad-
Vanced on Poland.
Bomb In EnVer Bey's palace
kills five German officers.
Two more Rockefeller founda-
tion relief ships sailed.
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FLEET GOING TO CHARLESTON.
Will Be Feature OF Southern Con,
mercial Congress.

Washington.-Th second and third
divisions of the Atlantic feet, includ-
ing the battleships South Carolina,
Utah, Michigan, Kansas, Florida, Vir-
ginia, Georgia, New Jersey and Rhode
Island, with destroyers, submarines
and auxiliaries, will be ordered to
Charleston, S. c., during the conven-
tion of the Southern Commercial Con.
Press there December 13 to II. Fea-
lures of the meeting will be a cele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the conclusion of the Civil War and a
discussion of the national defense
problem.
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PETER A. B. wlDENER DEAD.

Dominant Figure For Years In Street
Railways OF Several Cities.
Philadelphia.-Peter A. B. Widener.
veteran financier and for years a
dominant factor in the street railways
system Of this city, New York, Chi,
cago, Baltimore and other cities. died
at Lynnewood Hall, his home in Elkins
Park. Mr.. Widener, who was 81 years
of aap, had been i'll for some time and
his death was not unexpected. His
visits to his Offices in the Land Title
Building had been infrequent Of late.
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BIG GUN FOR CANAL.

Weighs 600 Tons and viii HurI She'll
Twenty-one Miles.
Boston.-The biggest gun Of its
class in the world, capable of throw
ing projectile 81 miles, left the
Watertown Arsenal for the Panama
Canal in a train of IA specially con-
structed cars. 1t is a 16-inch disap-
pearing run, and with the carriage
weighs 500 tons. The gun itself was
made in watervliet. N. Y, and was
shipped here to have the carriage
fitted
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U. S. STEAMER LLAMA SUNK.
lost After Being Run Upon Reef BY
British Prize Crew.

Washington.-The American steam
er Llama, seized and run on a reef by
a British prize crew last week, has
been washed off the reef and has sunk.
The American Consul at Kirkwall re
ported today only one Of the Liama's
masts was visible above the water
The state Department is investigating
the circumstances Of the vessels
seizure.
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His Opinion.

Mamma. did you say the baby came
from heaven?"
Yes, why?"
81 don't think he came. think he
was fred. How could the angels sing
with him putin up that holler all the
timer"
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THREE BANKERS TO PRISON.
Sentenced To Five Years For Vic
lating Federal Law.

Syracuse, N. Y.-Baron Eugene p
E. Oppenheim, of Paris; Howard J.
Rogers, former deputy state super.
intendent of public instruction. and
Richard Murphy, a former assembly.
man, were sentenced to five years in
the United States Penitentiary at At
lanta by Judge Ray in the Federal
Court. They were found guilty of vio-
lating the banking laws.
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FIVE INDICTED WITH FAY.

Breitung Among the Men Charged
With Plotting To Blow Up Ships.
New York. = The Federal Grand
Jury presented to Judge Harland
Howe in the Criminal Branch of the
United States District Court, an in
dictment against Robert Fay, Walter
Scholz, Paul Daeche, Engelbert Bronx.
horst, Max Breitung and Herbert
Kienzle. They are charged with hav.
ing engaged in conspiracy to despoil
owners of vessels of merchandise
cargoes and to destroy vessels to the
injury of persons who had placed in
surance on them.
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SERBIA FIGHTING
| TO THE LAST DITCH.
Remarkable Struggle Waged BY
Desperate Nation.
WHAT CORRESPONDENT SAW

a ForIorn Hope With Moth
Ing But Rifles To Contend Against
the lntrenehed Teutons, a Column
OF 160 Men Slowly Retreat From
One Plateau To Another, Requiring
Germans To Fight For Every Inch
OF Ground.
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RADluM NOW $ss,ooo A GRAM.
Cost Cut From $4,000 BY Y. 8.
Bureau Of Mines.

Pittsburgh.-Radium at $4,000 a
cram instead of $12O,OOO a gram has
been possible by the technical research
work Of the United States Bureau o.
Mines during the last year, according
Van H. Manning, director of the
bureau, who is in Pittsburgh inspect
ing the work on the new experimental
station being constructed here. Mr..
Manning said that the procedure by
which the price Of radium has been
cut will be published within a few
weeks and will mean thousands of dol
lars saved in all lines in which radium
Is utilized.
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TO CANVASS MANUFACTURERS.

Trade Commission Seeks Views on
Export Combinations.
Washington.-A canvass Of Ameri-
can manufacturers, producers, export
ers and others interested in the for
eign trade has been undertaken by the
Federal Trade Commission in an effort
to secure broad referendum on the
advisability of export combinations"
1t was announced that 10000 letters
of inquiry were being sent out.
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The Throwbaek

what have you to say?" asked the
sheriff. just before the trap was
sprung.
Only this" said the man who was
about to be hanged. MY parents are
in no way to blame for my present
plight. ] was a eugenic baby"
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PRussIAN LOSSES 2,ossAs4.
Casualties In Past IS Weeks Total
5o3,1eO.

Rotterdam.-Ten lists of Prussian
losses have been published, covering
the period from October 20 to Novem.
ber 2. They amount to 1876, or 21,-
600 more than the previous 10 lists
These lists refer to losses during the
Allies offensive and the ensuing coun.
ter-attacks. The total Prussian losses
are now 2,O99,454 Prussia, during the
last Is weeks, has lost 503, ,19O.
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UP 70 OLD WAGE AGAIN.

Scale Cut At the Fleetwood Lumber
Plant Restored.
Clarksburg, w. Va.-Notices have
been posted at the Cherry River Boom
and Lumber Company's big plant at
Redwood, the largest of the kind in
West Virginia, that all employees have
been granted an increase of 10 per
cent in wages, dated back to Novem-
ber 1, because Of improved conditions
of the lumber trade. Owing to the ef-
feet Of the European war, the com
pany had reduced wages 10 per cent.
IL months ago.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13
An Impossible Experiment.

why don't you let the other fellow
do the worrying?"
Il try to-" replied Mr.. Growcher.
But he comes around and worries
me-"
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SIGN OF PROSPERITY.
Demand For s2,ooo,oO Subsidiary Coin
Called Barometer.

Called Barometer.
Washington.-Three million dollars
in subsidiary silver-nickels, dimes
quarters and half dollars-has been de
manded from the United States Treas
ury by sub-treasuries for the purpose
Of circulation since August /. This is
an increase Of more than $4,000 900 ia
the usual demand in such a period
John Burke. Treasurer, commenting on
the announcement stated that it Is q
sure sign Of prosperity.
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But One FIre-Escape.

The flames spread so rapidly that
escape for most of the employees in
the building by stairs and elevator
was impossible. The only fre-escape
became jammed. The flames drove
the frightened men and women to the
windows and forced them to jump. OF
the bodies recovered from the ruins.
six were taken from the fire-escape
and four were found hanging out of
windows charred beyond recognition.
Several of these were girls, burned to
death in the sight of a great crowd Of
helpless spectators.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13
NEW GREEK CABINET in.
Will Delay, If Not Eliminate, Crisis
Is Belief.

Athens, via Paris.-M. Skouloudis,
commissioned by King Constantine to
form a new Cabinet, has accomplished
the task. All the members of the
zaimis Ministry are retained except
the Premier himself. The new Prime
Minister has taken the portfolio of
Foreign Affairs. The formation of the
new Cabinet, it is generally assumed,
will delay, if not eliminate, the crisis
which probably would follow a dissolu-
ton of the Chamber of Deputies by the
King.
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No Doubt.

II wonder If surgeons don't feel
somewhat cheap when they have 70
be operated on themselves?"
II dare say they do feel rather cut
MP about r."
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stOOOoOOO FOR ADVERTISING.
Railroads Show Faith In Value OF
Newspaper Publicity.

Chicago.-Railroads of the United
States demonstrated their faith in
newspaper advertising by spending
$1O,O0O,OO0 for newspaper space during
the last fiscal year, according to an
address made before the Chicago Ad-
vertising Association by Garrett Fort,
general passenger agent of the Union
Pacific.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13
HAIrIEN FORT CAPTURED.

"UI"IdI OapeTtoH Heports There Were
No American Casualties.
Washington. - American marines
have captured Fort Capios, Haiti, Ad-
miral Caperton reported to the Navy
Department He said there were no
American casualties. but made no
mention Of Haitiens. An American
patrol was fired on by Cacos near
Letrou. but no one was hurt.
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coNFEssEs HuERrA pLo1.
Lieutenant orOzeo Under Arrest A
San Antonio, Texas.

san Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio, Texas.-Jose Orozco,
former chief lieutenant of his cousin,
Gen. Pascual Orozco, and who is a
PRISONER at Ell Paso, has made con-
fession of an alleged plot to restore
Victoriano Huerta to power in Mexico,
according to information given out at
the Office of United States District AT
torney ]. L. Camp, in San Antonio. 1t
is understood that warrants will be
issued for the arrest of at least II
men said to be implicated in the plot.
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GORE WANTS A TARIFF BOARD.

NHHuuhCes nc VIII UT1e the Next
Congress To Authorize It.
WashingtOn.-Senator Gore of Okla
homa announced that he would urge
at the coming session of Congress the
appointment of tariff board or taxa
tion commission. not only to gather in
formation relative to costs and other
conditions of goods produced abroad,
but to make Investigations relative to
internal revenue, income taxes ami
other means of raising taxes.
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coal MEN AsK FoR pRosE.
West VIrginlans Charge Conspiracy
To Destroy Industry.

To Destroy Industry.
Charleston, w. Va.-West Virginia
coal operators have asked each Of the
states representatives in Congress to
start an investigation into what they
term an illegal combination Of rail
roads, coal operators and coal miners
of other states to destroy the coal in
dustry Of West Virginia" This action
follows the announcement by the rail-
roads Of an increase in coal freight
rates.
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IS DIE IN FIRE
z ARE MISSING
Fifty injured When Crowd is
Trapped.
GIRLS LEAP OUT WINDOWS
Old Brick And Wooden Structure
Burns SO Rapidly That Most OF
The Men And Girls Have No
Chance To Escape.

New YOrk.-Thirteen men and girls
lost their lives in fire that destroyed
an old four-story brick and wooden
factory building in the williamsburg
section Of Brooklyn. A search of the
ruins is expected to uncover the
bodies of 12 other victims, eight Of
them girls, who were reported as miss
ing. OF the 40 injured in hospitals
many were expected to die, ana score
more were less seriously burned and
bruised.
The building was occupied by a
candy manufacturing concern and
three firms manufacturing clothing
whose employees normally totaled 300
but more than a third had been dis
missed before the FIRE started for a
Saturday half holiday.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13

Paris.-"There, monsieur, with that
you can go and see how Serbia is going
to die," exclaimed Ljouba Jovanovitch,
minister of the interior, handing let
ter Of recommendation to the general
stan to Albert Londres, special CORE
spondent of the Petit Journal.
Armed with this letter M. Londres
made his way far beyond Palanka
through long lines Of retreating OK
wagons and endless herds of sheep
plodding through the mud Of the Mo
rava Valley, without panic, escaping
from the Teutons, whose voices were
heard in the distance.
"At a cross road" writes M. Lon.
dres, "a Serbian captain who was wait
ing for me said, 4 was asked BY
Colonel Terzitch, commanding our di-
vision, to take you to our last posi-
tion.' We walked side by side in 81
lence and then came out ON plateau.
"'That is our last position, mon
sieur,' said the Serbian officer. We
are on Ossietz Plateau. The two
others you see hundred yards away
over there are the plateaus Vaboratz
and Michavolatz, which were just
taken from u.s.
81 saw no soldiers and asked, where
is your liner
There it comes,' replied the off,
Ger.
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TIGERS ALL HEMMED IN.

Harvard Plays Better Football and Ia
Victorious.
Princeton, N. Harvard University
football team defeated the Princeton
eleven here Saturday afternoon, 10 to
6. 1t was the fourth consecutive vic
tory for the Crimson over the Tiger
since 1912 and the defeat shattered all
hopes of the Orange and Black to any
claim to the Eastern football cham,
pionship Of the present season.
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BOY KILLS BROTHER IN PLAY.
Children Get Gun n Absence OF Theii
Parents.

Wytheville. Va.-Dewey, 1O-year-old
son of Marco Umberger, farmer who
lives west of Wytheville, shot and in.
stantly killed his brother Roscoe, IA
years old. The boys were playing
with the gun. Mr.. and Mrs. Umber-
ger were not at home at the time.
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Every year about Is people out Of
every thousand in England marry.
Middletown transcript., 1915-11-13

Saloniki.-Serbian resistance to the
Austro-German drive is of the most
heroic character, according to travel.
ers who have arrived here from the
front. While the forces under Field
Marshal Won Mackensen number only
100000 they are supplied with such
tremendous weight Of artillery that
they are able to batter the very hills
into shapeless masses with shells
from their 12-inch mortars and keep
up a constant cloudburst of shrapnel
under which the Serbs are forced to
retire slowly without even seeing their
antagonists. The native troops, ex-
perts in mountain fighting, take ad-
vantage of every natural position of
strength, however, forcing the Austro-
Germans to dislodge them and giving
no ground until compelled to do so.
Their spirit is courageous, but des-
perate.
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MaIn stalrway Blocked.

The flames were discovered shortly
before o'clock by girl employe OF
the candy factory, which occupied the
ground hoor and basement, and were
soon roaring up the elevator shaft,
around which wound the principal
stairway.
There was one other stairway in the
rear of the building, and some Of the
entrapped persons escaped by that,
but before the flremen arrived men
and women were leaping from the
windows. The flames had swiftly
mushroomed from the elevator shaft
into the fourth floor, and scarcely had
the first streams of water entered the
building when the roof collapsed. The
other floors soon after fell one by one.
The disaster was the worst factory
fire in New York since the plant of the
Triangle Waist Company was burned
out several years ago with a loss OF
148 lives.
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A ForeIorn Hope.

Il saw debouching from little
wood, one by one, with a dignity that
brought tears to my eyes, the $50 men
whom, on this great plateau, Serbia
had opposed embattled Germany.
Ion retiring from Vaboratz an hour
ago. said the captain, those 150 hid in
the woods. Now they are coming out
to face the enemy
"The lieutenant in command took
few steps into a cornfield and shouted
a command to his men They lay
down on the edge Of field without
word or a sidelong glance and delib-
erately raised their rifles
Look, Monsieur exclaimed the
Captain There are the mountains Of
Hungary. Behind that pass is the viii
lage of Verscatte before which is Won
Mackensen. Do you see that blue line
a little further on? That is the
Danube
For 16 days with their three, Ave,
six and ten-inch guns the Germans
had been blazing away on this front.
They never found ON this line larger
number of men than those $50 brave
fellows before our eyes, but they had
not yet succeeded in preventing the
Serbians from seeing the blue line
of their Danube when they raised their
heads.
1.-TWO days ago it was quite diff
ferent,' my guide informed me. so
many shells have fallen upon it that
its form is completely changed. Do
you see the movement below Va
boratz? Those are the advancing Ger
mans. There are about two hundred
of them. That is not many, but it is
the vanguard of INVASION
The Brave 15o Men.
al watched those $50 Serbians who
had not moved for half an hour, but
who were gazing steadfastly at the
iron curtain sweeping up to them with
nothing to pierce it but their rifles.
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Owners Arrested.

After a preliminary investigation by
the authorities, Mrs. Edward L. Dia-
mond, owner Of the building, and her
husband were arrested on a charge Of
criminal negligence and remanded to
jail without bail. Mr.. Diamond said
he was in the building at the time OF
the fire, but claimed ignorance as to
the cause.
-Four separate investigations are
under way in an effort to fix the re-
sponsibility for the loss of life. Thesa
were begun by the coroner, district at
torney, fire marshal and police depart
ment.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22

for it allows her to place on view the
most finished acting of her career
and all in spite of the fact that the
play, in itself, gives her scarcely one
vital line to speak!
This is because the author has not
thought out his problem. He first
shows Berthe Trengnier, hopelessly
paralyzed for the past six years. Her
husband, an artistic genius, is most
tender towards her and she loves him
completely with her mind. Then
suddenly, at the end if the first act,
she and her physician discover that
her health has been miracuIousIy. re-
stored. They decide to tell no one
because they wish to be sure that
the good news is true.
When the curtain rises again, we
are in Trengnier's studio on the Rive
Gauche. We find that he has been
living with a former friend of his
wife and that-there is a child. ThsE
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-22

New York, March 22.-Is a hope
lessly invaded wife rightful rea-
son for a husband taking ''the prim-
rose PATH"
And, on the other hand, has a
wife the privilege of demanding from
a healthy husband allegiance to
vows which have become altogether
imperative because of her bodily
death? '...,
Such are the startling problems
poised against the musical comedy
world of Times Square by "The
Shadow" the new play in which
Ethel Barrymore has opened her
spring season at the Empire theater
in New York. The play is AngHcized
from the French.
AS a contribution to the contempt.
rary stage of Galsworthy, Shaw,
Brieux and Tchekoff, 1.-The Shadow
cannot be counted in. But it yields
3 double triumph to Miss Barrymore,