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Evening star., 1915-10-16
Congratulatory Message.

That the results of this first annual
session, the first undertaken by the vari-
Gus leagues Of the Baltimore and Wash
ington territories jointly. bid fair to be
excellent, was the congratulatory message
delivered by Rev. ]. Marvin Culbreth, as.
sstant general secretary Of the national
body, in his brief informal remarks. He
told how most Of the work
of making this convention an ac-
complished fact had been done since
July last, in the face Of difficulties
and discouragements. The speaker COM
mended the chapter reports submitted this
morning, with special notice of the num-
Der of candidates for the ministry and
mission field mentioned therein. The
number of these, he declared, is one of
the real basic tests for the value Of an
Epworth League.
Today's activities began with a sun
rise prayer and praise service on the
Monument grounds at 7 am, now
grown to be an indispensable feature
of all such conventions. Following de-
votional services at o'clock the con-
ference began business session which
included reports from chapters. ap-
Evening star., 1915-10-16
Claim to Have Repe|Ied At
tacks Against Lorraine
Positions Seized Friday.
TEUTONS RECAPTURE
CHAMPAGNE POSITIONS
Russian Offensive Proceeds Over En-
tire Eastern Arena, Except in
Dvinsk Region.

LONDON, October 16-Hard fighting
has been in progress on the Lorraine
front, where the French declare they
by the Germans on trenches which
French troops captured yesterday. Re
pulse of a strong German attack be-
tween the Linge and the Schratzman-
nele, in the Nosges. also is reported to-
day by the Paris war Office.
In an attack in the Champagne region
of France, to the east of Auberive, the
Germans have recaptured parts of their
former trenches taken recently by the
French, according to the official com
munication issued by the French wal
office last evening. In Lorraine the
French succeeded in reoccupying a por-
ton of trenches the Germans had been
holding since October 9.
An attempt by the French to capture
a German position east of Auberive. in
the Champagne, was repulsed with a
loss to the French of more than 500
men in prisoners and three machine
guns. German army headquarters an
nounced today. Attacks near Souain,
La Mesnil and Leintrey also failed, 1t
is declared.
German victories in the Artois and the
Champagne regions are announced by the
German war office. Near Vermelles the
British were again driven out of the Ger
man positions, it is declared.
A British official report received in Lon
don under date of 9 AS o'clock last night
from Field Marshal Sir John French.
commander-in-chef of the British army
in the field. says with reference to the
German official statement:
THE only change in the situation south
of La Bassee canal is that we have fur
ther improved our positions in the Hohen-
zollern redoubts. We hold all the
ground gained the 18th"
Admit Russ Success.
BERLIN. October 16-Repeated at
tacks were made Thursday by the Rus
fore Dvinsk- The latest announcement
from the army headquarters says that
the Russians succeeded In penetrating
the German positions at one point.
Germans on Defensive.
PETROGRAD. October 1S.-with the
exception of Dvinsk, on the northern
end of the Russian battle front, where
fierce artillery battles continue. the
Germans appear to be on the defensive
along the entire eastern front.
..ussian military officials say they
have obtained information that the
German armies have been ordered to
take Dvinsk at any cost. German at
tacks at this point have been made
with the utmost impetuosity under
cover of a terrible artillery fire, but
SO far they have been unable to break
down the Russian defense The Ger
man losses are reported to have been
extremely heavy.
Evening star., 1915-10-16
Russians and Italians
Get Ready to Leave
Greece, 1t Is Claimed

LONDON, October 1e.-According to
a dispatch from Athens to the Cologne
Gazette, transmitted to England
through Amsterdam, the ministers of
Russia and Italy are preparing to leave
Greece. The families of the diplomats.
The message adds, probably will leave
the Grecian capital today on a war
ship bound for Italy.
Greece's decision not to join forces
with Serbia at present. although
causing profound disappointment in
England and being regarded by many
London commentators as equlvocal and
violating the obligations to Serbia,
has, at least, been announced in words
permitting of no further doubt as to
the immediate position of affairs, which,
however, circumstances might alter at
any moment.
Hopes for Allies Success.
PARIS, October 16.-Earnest hope
for the success of the allies was eX-
pressed by former Premier Nenizelos
of Greece when asked by the Athens
correspondent of the Matin to express
his opinion of the refusal of the new
Greek government to send an army to
the assistance of Serbia.
ut was because ! foreSaw the new
government would take this attitude
that l made the speech l did IN the
chamber the 18th.
Il have nothing to add to it. but none
hopes more ardently than I for an early
and decisive success for the allies. L
am more deeply convinced today than
l was yesterday of their final triumph. "
Report Greek Curb on Allies.
BERLIN, October 16.-"According to
advices from Budapest the Overseas
News Agency says, the Greek army
took measures to limit the space oc-
cupied by the troops of the entente
allies landing at Saloniki. Thus, it is
said. French telegraphers who at
tempted to establish d wireless station
in a building in the port we're forcibly
elected 1t is stated in these advices
that $4,000 Greek soldiers who have
been assembled at Saloniki occupy all
the buildings in the town and that the
troops which landed were limited to
the section of the port which is in
Serbian possession"
Evening star., 1915-10-16
QUICK ARREST Of MEN
Who TRIED ROBBERY
Young Washingtonians Attempt to
Loot Cash Drawer at Local
Restaurant.

Two young men visited a lunchroom
at 1417 G street northwest shortly be-
fore o'clock last night, gave an order
for sandwiches to be wrapped and ask
ed Louis Loomis, the waiter, to prepare
them quickly as possible. Loomis,
suspecting nothing, proceeded to fill the
order, but before he had made any
headway one of the men struck him
with a blackjack and knocked him
down.
The would-be robbers undoubtedly
thought Loomis was the only person in
the lunchroom and were surprised when
Charles Mandes, proprietor, appeared
to protect the waiter and the funds,
the intruders having started to rifle the
drawer of the cash register. which con-
tanned large sum of money.
Threatened With Revolver.
Mandes took a position intended to
bar the flight of the two visitors, but
he withdrew when the man who had
assaulted Loomis drew revolver and
threatened to use it. The men left the
place at once on their way passing
crossing policeman and scores Of pedes-
trians.
An emplove of the lunchroom pro-
prietor followed the fleeing men to New
York avenue and 18th street, ne 1olo
the police, where he saw them con-
versing with a colored man standing on
the corner, from whom they obtained
satchel. $50,
Lieut.. Hartley, night chief or detec
tiyes was told that the men boaroeo
an electric car and started in the direc-
tion of baltimore or Annapolis Mes
sages were sent to both places. ana an
hour later Capt. Scott or the balti,iiol ~
noIice force telephoned that he had the
men under arrest and that they had
The Baltimore police captain fur
nished the names given by the young
men, both residents of TINS Guy, anu d
warrant charging them with the at
tempted hold-up was obtained from the
warrant clerk at Police Court.
Detectives ODea and Boyle went to
Baltimore today to get the prisoners.
Evening star., 1915-10-16
REN0UNCE THEIR GODS
FOR.CHR|ST|AN FAITH
"Fetiches" Deposited by African Ma
tives on Porch at Metho-
dist Mission.
Address at Epworth League Confer.
ence by Rev. C. c. Bush, Worker
in Kongo Region.

A native expression which is the
equivalent of mo good was the terse
phrase with which three big basket
loads of native African gods and
"fetiches" were deposited on a mission
porch after four months acquaintance
upon the part Of the natives with the
white mems God. This story, and many
others as full of human interest, was
told by Rev. C. c. Bush, missionary to
tribes living in the Kongo region of
central Africa, who was the principal
speaker at the meeting this morning
of the Baltimore Conference of the
Epworth League NJ. E. Church South,
which is in annual session in Mount
Vernon Place Church, Massachusetts
avenue and 9Th street.
'In answer to those who criticise the
taking away from the simple African
of his religion, l would, in turn, ask
what religion they really have and
what it accomplishes" said Mr.. Bush,
who, with Mrs. Bush, his companion in
the field, is approaching the end Of a
furlough in this country made neces-
sary by his wife's i'll health.
Duty of Mission Workers.
nv SpSdhCI SHIpudSiAco lhS doSASk'so-
ness of every trying to make plain to
the native mind the sacrifices made
by mission workers in coming to such
localities as central Africa. To their
idea, he explained, missionary with
perhaps three suits of clothes, a small
cookstove and simple outfit of plain
furniture is the possessor Of boundless
wealth and to be envied accordingly.
Mr.. Bush spoke of the close connec-
ton of the missionaries with God Him
self in the African understanding. The
missionaries are to them the people
of God and they themselves are al
most literally the children of God"
In fact. he said, the very steamboat
which piled up the tributaries of the
Kongo is the steamer of God" Nor
do the Christianized natives realize
that they are Methodists. They know
that their services are slightly differ
ent from those held by the tribes
men taught by the Presbyterians, for
instance, but all are children of God"
Mr.. bush emphasized the very kindly
relations existing between the mission
aries of the two denominations and the
great helpfulness shown by the Pres
byterians, first on the ground. toward
the Methodist newcomers.
Evening star., 1915-10-16

Statement of the Average Circulation of Each Paper for Six
Months Ending September 80, 1915, Compared With
the Corresponding Six Months in 1914.
Evening star., 1915-10-16

The doesn
made no of he
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

ture house. This big machine takes
the alternating current from the
wires, generates additional current
and transfers it all into direct cur
rent. Direct current is much better
for motion pictures. because it not
only eliminates practically all flicker
but projects much brighter picture.
The light is so much more powerful
than the alternating current light that
it will not be necessary to operate a
dark house. The house may be rea-
'sonably well lighted and the picture
still perfectly clear.
Fresh Air Equipment.
Few buildings anywhere are SO well
equipped to provide fresh air as The
Lomo. There are four motor-driven
exhaust fans, two for the balcony and
two for the lower floow. These fans
are placed in the rear wall at the
ceiling and force the stale air out,
drawing in fresh supply constantly
These fans will, Of course, help
greatly to keep the theatre cool in the
summer, but there will be many 9th
ers. In the balcony will be six cell
ing fans and on each side of the
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 1919.

oh
II, Floor will be eight sixteen,lnss -
oseilating l,@i fans, each sixteen niIl ,np"ss be-
~ Us'a diameter. Thus The LoHlo ~ W.. t.Ds -
IN 'innad dlas'v with twentysix electric ians ans
whenever the weather fe'p
number. .,. limits.
r,,eotrio nt%c'' lights are used Just as as
abundantly as electric fans on n,out
s'. aDu a. the building alone are aoou'
,,,a hundred lights. Across 'ne sJp ~.
two IN nunuiHu nui,diug is stream of snaa
9'tl" Of the ou,luinS ou% at each top corner q
hig 9oo-volt hydrogen bulls eye o
Dig -oI o,,,stors of bracket lights each
containing ceri four lamps, will also DE be
ns oon,' -, the exterior, and across the
us, ,,a..,,, will be stretched another
big electric sign bearing the n"i''
the theatre. ,,o soores
IN tbe interior there are also scores
of lights. The railing of the Oaioo".
,a stnddiod with frosted lights OF d
hioh mower Bracket lamps are SET
,nto tbo walls every twelve feet ana
groat chandeliers, with scores Oh
Iomrs are hung from the ceiling 10
,nroyido bright lights between the
DictureS.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

elegence and spaciousness. The CELL
ing of the main auditorium is of white
plaster with massive wooden beams
at intervals, while the ceiling under
the balcony is embossed metal, painted
white. The reason for the use of
metal here is that the operating room
! is just above and the management de-
termined to use every possible fire
precaution above, below and around
the operating room.
Easy to Keep Clean.
The floor of the main auditorium is
concrete. The aisles are covered with
cork carpet. This concrete floor and
cork carpet are not only durable and
comfortable, but they will permit the
theatre to be kept strictly sanitary.
There being no wood on the floor
and no paper on the walls the man.
agement will as often as is necessary,
turn powerful stream of water down
the floor of the theatre, thereby
cleansing it thoroughly This system
will undoubtedly remove the general
ly prevalent idea that motion pictures
houses are never very clean places
to be in. The Lomo is clean to start
with and is constructed so that it will
be easy to keep clean.
The balcony is just as attractive
as the lower floor and probably will
be even more popular once the public
gets accustomed to it. The stairs are
exceptionally easy to climb and the
view from the balcony is unobstruct-
ed and the incline even greater than
downstairs. Not only that, but a
great many people like to view a
motion picture from the greatest pos
sible distance. If you sit on the last
row in the balcony you will be exact
ly 145 feet from the screen, but your
view will be unobstructed. This dis
tance is not possible to obtain down.
stairs, for the balcony extends out
over that part of the first floor which |
is taken up by the lobby.
The stairs enter the balcony at |
about its center. Between the stairs |
and the front railing is space which |
the management will fill with ferns
and potted plants, and there is no
doubt that this will add much to the
home-like appearance of the place.
Plenty of Leg Room.
All the seats n The Lomo are thirty.
one inches apart, providing ample leg
room for the long tall man who suf.
fers misery in the average. theatre. |
Eighteen inches is the generally OBJ
served distance. In the old Lomo,
where the seats were very comfort u
able, the distance was twenty-efght ii
inches. In the new Lomo the distance
is three inches greater than this. so 1
Il will not be possible for anyone to
become cramped.
Has Large Stage.
The stage of The Lomo is twenty
BY thirty feet-large enough for al
most any vaudeville or lyric act. The
does not contemplate
'utting on vaudeville, but should there
'e demand for this form of enter
ainment, they have a stage ready
or 1t. Arrangements have already
'een made to have lyceum course
here this winter. The theatre will
lso be admirably adapted to lectures.
The seats downstairs will be up
olstered. covered with an excellent
rade of red leather. They were
ought in New York city and are the
rst upholstered theatre seats ever
rought to Hattiesburg. The seats in
10 gallery, while not upholstered
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

one that will follow immediately. All
other work with the films, such as
cleaning and rewindins them, will be
done in the anteroom, as this room
has been provided especially for that
purpose.
\ Operating Room Comfortable.
The operating room, however will,
De far more comfortable for the EN-.
pioyes than most operating rooms are
IL being necessary to build them as
nearly fireproof as possible, they are
usually fearfully hot and stuffy. At
The Lomo, however, two big air pipes
one for taking in flesh air from the
lobby and the other for exhausting It
at the side of the building, have been
installed. A small electric fan placed
at the end of the intake pipe will
suck the air in and force it out of the
exhaust pipe, thus rendering the op.
Grating room reasonably comfortable
at all times.
Big Motor-Generator.
In the ante-room to the operating
room will be located the big motor.
first ever brought to
Hattlesburg for use in motion pic.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20
are unusually comfortable.
Mlrroid Screen.

The screen will be at the back oi
the stage, so that the closest seat will
be more than twenty feet away from
it. 1t is a mirroid screen, the finest
made and the first ever in Hatties.
burg. A scenic artist of merit has
painted, especially for The Lomo,
wings and grand draperies represent
ing a forest scene. The result OF a
picture projected through this forest
scenery is certain to be most pleasing.
The gallery constitutes the third
floor of the theatre. The second floor,
sort of mezzaine between the main
floor and the gallery, is devoted to the
Offices of the management, the oper-
ating room and store rooms.
Splendid Operating Room.
The interior of the operating room
is not seen by many theatregoers,
though it is, of course, the most i'm
portant part of the theatre.
The Lomo's operating room is truly
a model. 1t is entered through an
ante-room and both the floor leading
into the ante-room and the door be-
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

tween the ante-room and the operat.
ing room itself are Of fire-proof con.
struction.
Is Absolute Fireproof.
The operating room is lined through
outside walls, ceiling and floor, with
asbestos. There are no windows in
the operating room except those
through which the pictures are pro.
Jected. Over each of these is hung
steel door suspended by cord OF
highly inflammable material. This
cord is extended over the operating
machines. Should a film catch afire,
1t would at once blaze up and ignite
the cord, which would release the
door and allow it to drop over the
window. Thus the room would be
rendered fireproof instantly.
By this arrangement a dozen films
might burn in the operating room
without causing any inconvenience to
the spectators further than a temper
ary cessation of the picture. But no
dozen films will ever burn at The
Lomo. There will be only two films
in the operating room at one time
the one that is being shown and the
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

CoHpiete mOtlOn picture theatre IN Il
The mission style of architecture i
used throughout the building. TIL,
front, which is of stucco, follows close
ly to this style-an architecture which
is very popular on the Pacific coast
r. E. Lee, who drew the plans for the
building, has omitted no detail to carr,
out the idea.
The front is full three stories high
and the Lomo is the tallest building
in, the block. lending it a most impos
ing appearance. The front is entirely
of stucco, with one large entrance in
the center and two smaller entrances.
one of which leads to the offices and
operating room on the second floor
and the gallery on the third floor.
This front is to be more attractive,
even, at night than in daylight, for
no less than two hundred electric
bulbs. ranging in size from small
globes to the big 2OO-watt hydrogen
lamps which are the last word in elec.
trio lighting.
May Pickford PAINTING.
The theatre will be entered through
a commodious lobby, the floor of which
will be tiled. The lobby will be adorn-
ed with ferns and potted plants and
in 1t will be the ticket-seller's Of
fee.
Another notable feature of the lobby
VIII be an original painting of Mary
Pickford, the NEST popular movie act
ress of the day. This painting is the
work of R. e. Randall, president of
the International Moving Picture Bu-
reau and scenic artist of note. He
is a personal friend of Mr.. Carl Akers.
manager of The Lomo, and presented
the painting to the theatre with his
compliments. He is also the artist of
the scenery to be used on the stage
in front of the screen.
The entrance to the theatre itself
will be up a flight of stairs. This
raises the front of the theatre several
feet above the street level and the
earth has been cut away at the rear
end, thus providing steep slope from
front to rear and extending the en-
tire $50 feet of the building.
Women's Rest Room.
Just before entering the theatre
there is cozy women's rest room,
where milady may put the finishing
touches on her toilet. Just after en-
tering the theatre there is a drinking
fountain OF the most modern and SAN
itary device, and there is no doubt
that this will add materially to the
comfort Of many spectators when
long program is being shown.
The ceiling to the front part of the
theatre is not exceptionally high, as
the balcony overhangs this portion,
but after passing underneath this
balcony the walls rise more than forty
feet from ground to ceiling.
The management of the theatre has
wisely eliminated gaudy decorations
from their consideration. The plain
mission style of architecture is car
ried out here as well as on the ex-
ter5or-so much more elegant and
satisfying than the conglomeration
'f bright eolors. thrown together in
most any old fashion, which seems
o have been the ambition of too many
heatrical architects.
Walls Are PanneIled.
The walls OF The Lomo are plain
rhite. They are pannelled from the 4
loor to height of eight feet. The
rood used for the panneiling and ]
hrouehout the interior is OF a dun. 4
'ission finish. and the general ap- /
Of the interior is one Of Il
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

me lomo Mississpps
picture theatre will be
eno on
the work SO that the theatre
longer doubt of doubt that
record crowd will
Standing more than
100
sruclon seating capacity
every convenience that be
I,omo would be a city.
The theatre including the equipment
on whcch stands and the
winch be installed within
vestment practically 25OOO Oher Mississippi
ue the additional
uons
taste The omo beyond question:
complete motion picture theatre state.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20
The [O|N0, TO Be OPENED
THURSDAY, IS LARGEST.
MOVIE THEATRE IN STATE

CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK RE NFoRcEp CONCRETE WITH
SEATING CAPACITY OF FRE-pRooF AND WITH
AL MODERN coNvENIENcEs. MOTION PICTURE HOUSE
EASILY BEST IN STYLE OF ARcHTEc-
TuRE-NoT POST IN THE HoUsE-HUNDREos OF ELECTRIC
LIGHTS AND MORE THAN ELECTRIC FANS
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-20

The walls OF The Lomo are plain
white. They are pannelled from the
floor to a height of eight feet. The
wood used for the pannelling and
throughout the interior is OF a dun.
mission finish. and the general ap-
pearance Of the interior is one Of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-09-16
JITNEYs OBEY LAWS.
Police Find No Reason to Arrest Driv-
ers OF Bonded Carriers Today.

Kenosha iitney drivers are obeying
and at the police Office it was reported
that no arrests had been made for vio-
lations Of any Of the provisions of the
law. Following the order of the Dis
trict Attorney the drivers of the cars
who had not secured permits and bonds
withdrew from the streets and the only
cars in operation bore the signs show
ing that they had filed their bonds with
the state Railroad commission These
signs gave the number of the permit
Several Of the jitneg men appealed to
the City Attorney on Saturday They
declared that they had deposited money
for bonds and had made application to
the commission for permit. These
men were told that the law provided
that they have the bonds and permits
and that they could not operate without
them. 1t is said that ere has been a
reduction of some ten cars as a result
of the enforcement of the law but there
were a ,ot of cars on the street today
bearing the bonded carrier certificates.
The question of routes is now bothering
the drivers and they. plan to ask the
District A orney for an Interpretation
of the law in this regard. Some of
them believe that they may take any
route they please after the hours named
in their permit are over. This is one Of
the things that must be decided in the
future and the drivers have been warn
ed to keep to the route outlined by the
commission until the decision arrives in
Kenosha.