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The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
BeIasco-'Robinson Crusoe, Jr.

Be1asco-"Robinso Crusoe, Jr.r
Coming to the Belasco Theater tomor-
row evening Is Robinson Crusoe, Jr."
with Mr.. AL Jolson as the star. This
attraction closed at the Winter Garden
in June and is therefore the Winter Gar
denis first big show to take to the road
this season. Fortunately, the Winter
Garden management has retained the
original New York cast including Law
renee D'Orsay, Claude Flemming, Frank
Carter, Barry Lupino, Bowers, Walters
and Crocker, Frank Grace, Johnnie
Berkes, Kitty Doner, Mabel withee, Isa-
bel Rodriguez, Rae Hartley, Gertie Latch
ford. May Poth, Frank Holmes, Lee
Phelps, Alexandra Dagmar, Bert Dun
lap, Clint Russell, George Thornton, Mis-
Iowa Heller, Alice Humphries, Eleanor
Ryley and others. The production met
with great popular favor during its run
in New York last winter, and it is ex-
pected that Mr.. Jolson will repeat his
former successes achieved here.
Robinson Crusoe, jr." is described as
an original musical extravaganza in two
acts and twelve scenes. The book Is by
Edgar Smith and Harold Atteridge, the
latter author being responsible for the
lyrics as we'll The music is by Sigmund
Romberg and James Hanley. ]. C. HUFF
man has staged the production, while the
numbers are the work of Allen
K. Foster Little of the theme of Crusoe
of story book fame has been utilized,
many characters from the story
appear In the play, such as Crusoe HIM
self, the man Friday and the fiendish
cannibals. Little or no attempt has been
made to follow the book very closely. the
Crusoe idea being introduced by means
OF dream.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Polrs-"GirI without a Chance"

Brtmful OF thrills taken from real life.
The Girl Without a Chance will make
its debut at Polls Theater beginning to-
morrow night
The play was first introduced in Chi
cago where II had a wonderful success
at the auditorium in the windy city.
THE Girl Without a Chance gives
the public an insight into some of the
Joys and sorrows that come to the
Immigrant The playwright brings a force
ful lesson home to fathers and mothers
as well as to youth. The story pictures,
In the first act, little home in Italy
which Is visited by the tourists. The girl
becomes infatuated with one of them
and from that point on the conflict goes
fast and furious. Incident follows in
cident when the action of the play
reverses to America There is a wonder
full line of comedy running through the
play and, OF course, there is the logical
happy ending.
The Girl Without a Chance" is the
work OF Whitney Collins, a young news
paper man. Robert Sherman. the we'll
known Chicago producer, has given The
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
KATZENJAMMER KIDS
MADE INTO PICTURES

The famous pencil characters, the Kat
zenjammer Kids, Hans and Fritz. have
been made into animated cartoons and
their exclusive local showing will be
at Moore's Theater today. These notsd
characters are beloved by newsnanar
readers the world over, and Dirkes. their
creator, was finally prevailed upon to
easy job the artist undertook as a.cb
cartoon win involve between ], 100 and
LOO separate and distinct drawings.
These drawings are placed In an es1a-
claIiy patented contrtvance and whirled
rapidly before the camera. They must
be carefully prepared else they would
appear out of focus and powerful ana
steady arc lights are necessary for proper
polarization.
This contract insures Tom Moore's en-
terprises, the Garden and Strand. the
nrst exclusive local showing of the Nut
and Jeff and Hama and Fritz cartoons.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Amusement Calendar

Belnsco-~Afs Jolson and VIM
ter Garden Company I'm the sea-
sons nrst musical comedy, sRob-
fnson Crusoe, Jr.s
National Laureete Taylor,
fate star of sPeE o. MY Heart"
In "The Harp of Life.o
Keith's--Beiie Story, of @Chin
Chin" appearing Ssis week In
new songs.
Po1is-SThe Girl without n
Chsnce,' one of the strongest
dramas played this season.
Gnyety-'The Midnight Maid
ems"
Loew's Columbia Leonore
Ulrich In q new feature aim.
Casine-EarIe Williams feat
ured I'm ssrhe Scarlet Runner
Cosmos - Hish-cis.. yaude-
VILE.
Meore's strsnd-Heu To Pay
Austfa.r
Moore's Garden - Charles
Chaplin.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Royalty Commands "Peg."

Not as Peg O. Ny Heart" but in an
entirely different role did Miss Laurette
Taylor register perhaps the most re-
markable success of her brilliant tri-
umph Of two years in London. Alto
gether Miss Taylor played nearly a
dozen different parts while she was
breaking all records in the successful
Irish play from the pen of ]. Hartley
Manners-at benefit performances.
But it remained for the Marchioness
of Townsend, a friend Of Miss Tay-
loTs and ambitious as a playwright, to
furnish the star with a vehicle which
was destined to bring Miss Taylor
nothing less than a royal command" I"
The play, a one-act idyll, was called
"The Monk and the Kings Daughter" I"
and was first given by Miss Taylor at
benefit matinee under the direction of
that busiest of American titled. women,
Lady Paget.
Following this performance Queen
Mary wrote the actress and begged that
she repeat the portrayal-word having
reached the royal ears that Miss
Taylor, as the daughter of a king
who causes discomfort to enter
holy mans mind, was even more
bewitching than as Peg" And so
II happened that the play was re-
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
ACTORS SOCIAL LIONS
ON THE OTHER SIDE

Socially every actor in England isi
a John Drew: every actress a Mira
Fiske," says Miss Laurette Taylor.
'Of course this Unequivocsl gen
erality can be 1disproved. but what
generality cannot? In any event in
stances OF an actors being persona
non grata in English society are
sufficiently rare to be the rule-prov-
ing exceptions Whatever HIS social
station a cad is a cad: however lofty
her title, cat cat Excepting cads
and cats, theatrical folk in London
enjoy a standing which. by contrast, q
emphasizes the fact that we Ameri-
cans still regard the thester as large,
ly housed by Eypsies"
Yet let no one think for one mo-
ment that I am in any way weaned
from the land OF my birth. NothinEy
that came within my experience IN .
England could compensate for the
fact chat 5000 miles separated me-
Trombone"
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Here You Have Their Numbers.


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The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Robinson Crusoe, Jr." First
Musical Show of the Season;
Laurette Taylor at National
By THE PLAYGOER.

No theatrical be regarded thoroughly until
Wsshingtonians
grzye toward and comedy smacg their lips In apa
ton OF Al Jolon annual pilgrimage the National Capital The
Garden avor who by the little
place at the Beiaseo this week in Robinson cuso J His
Of Robinson" and his good Friday Saturday
Sparkling niiy fothy comedy lifting
the attraction from advance which
Ing the principal has been selected from
celebrities
his ineonquental and of fact really
noticed him. but the management quick to improve the talent of all
until produced Vera Violetta"
prominent In the Gaby Dey
after playing fifteen
Paris leaving Jolson reality the chief
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Vera Violetta.
He quickly followed up the headway
he had made in Vera Violetta" by
gaining new friends. in 'Whirl of So
ciety." He was sent on tour with this
production and did not return to the
Winter Garden for a season and half,
coming back just three years ago,
almost to the exact day, with Gaby
Deslys in THE Honeymoon Ex-
press"
dancing Around"
Next he appeared in Dancing
Around" and now comes Robinson
Crusoe, Jr," which from every indica-
ton is going to be the biggest produc-
ton ever made at this theater.
Among some of the songs which Mr..
Jolson will introduce are Way
Down Upon the Suwanee River," I"
Now He's Cot a Girl" "YacLi
Hici Doola," "Tillie Titwillow," !"
and others. As usual, the company
will include a prize winner beauty
chorus.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
NationaI-Laurett. rax,or.

Miss Laurette Taylor will come to
Washington for a weeks engagement at
the New National Theater beginning to-
morrow night In THE Harp of Life
= new play from the pen Of J. Hartisy
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

MADGE KENNEDY, last seen In thts
city In sTittie Miss Brown whs
will be stnrred I'm seiwyn's fsrce
comedy, @Fair and warner.p coming
TO the National next week sfter q
years run I'm New York.
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Gayety-Burlesque.

THE Midnight Maidens." one OF the
oldest and most reliable attractions on
the Columbia burlesQue circuit, will
play its annual engagement at the
Gayety Theater this week. It presents
two musical burlettas and a number
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The Washington herald., 1916-10-08
Ksith,.--Yaudsru,e

Two stars from widely different orbits
win head the B. F. Keith Theater bill
this week, a period which the manage
ment expects. will be long remembered
offering the most diversified and
genuinely delightful Of the many that
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Girl Without a Chance" q wonderful
equipment both in scenery and players
The Washington herald., 1916-10-08

Marguerite Clark has again signed q
contract with the Famous players there
by dispelling rumors to the effect that
she would return to the stage
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
LOOKS FOR FRIENDLY
 RELATIONS WITH U. s.
GERMANY EXPECTS AMERICA TO BE HER CLOSEST TRADE
 ASSOCIATE.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20. 1T Germany will be ready for any trade war her enemies may wage against her after the end of hostilties in the field says H. A. Morgan, a business man of this city who has just returned from Ham berg Germany. He says he expects America to be her closest trade asso- ciate after the war and that the Ger man business men are confident there will then be only the most friendly business relations between the two nations. He says that Germany real izes that her trade with the nations of the allies will be subject to great restrictions, regardless of feelings that may have been engendered by the war Germany expects cordial trade relations with the United States.
 He says that Germany has sent very little money out of the country for war expenses as compared to what the allies have sent to America and that the German store of gold will have a tendency 10 prevent any crip- bling of her ability to meet England in the struggle for world trade
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
GREAT IS HUMBUG.

Senator 'Si' Tanner has not chang
 his views in regard to a poll tax ~.ule he voted for the bill in 1913. In his speech Monday night, as taken by a stenogapher. appears this sentence: II stated that the S400 tax should be levied. I say so now" Someone in the audience inquired what became Of the poll tax?' to which the speaker replied: T don't know what became Of il and I don't suppose you do. It was placed. l suppose on the roads. No one knows where it goes"
 Fine business indeed, leyying a tax of 2+0y a head on the people and no one. nor even the senator who voted for the bill, knows where the money goes. And yet this same senator would continue to levy the tax In another breath he said he supposed il was spent on the roads. What roads? Does anyone know Of any roads having been built around Ket- chikan or Southeastern Alaska from this poll tax? Certainly not If it was spent on roads it must have gone 70 the Second and Fourth divisions. Tn other words Senator "Si" would levy and collect sA00 from every fish erman. every miner and every other workingman in Southeastern Alaska to build roads in the interior By the way. 1T "Si7 had been guarding the welfare Of his constituents as closely as he would have his hearers believe, he ought 10 know what became of the poll tax Evidently ke did not know what became Of the forestry fund, either, that the interior grabbed" rom the First division. If he did he said nothing about it. Great is hum bug. 4 VOTER.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
SUICIDE INCREASES
 IN UNITED STATES

The United States census bureau has just made public an interesting report on the cause of death. Of death by suicide, the report shows an in crease.
 In 1913 the death rate from suicide in all that part of the United States for which registration figures were available was 15.S per 100000 popula- tion In 1914 the suicide death rate increased to 16.6 per 100000.
 Among the registration states the highest suicide death rate in 1914 was that for California, 33.4 per 1O0,- 900 population. Next in order were Montana, with 2S.9; Washington, 215; Connecticut, 21. and Missouri. POS. Various states and suicide death rates as follows Ohio 161 per 100000; Indiana. 173; Colorado, 1S1; Utah, 15.2. The lowest suicide death rates were: North Carolina. 6.6; Virginia, 7.2; Kentucky, 9.9; Kansas, 11.3; New Hampshire, 12.5. Among the registration cities of 10O, O,OOOpopulation or over San Fran cisco had the highest death rate from suicide in 1914-524 per 100000. Other high rates were: Kansas City, 40.4; Oakland and St Louis, each 366; Omaha, 36; Los Angeles, 34.2.
 Ordinarily negroes are much less given to suicide than whites. For in stance, the suicide death rate among the whites of Jacksonville, Fla, was 43.5 per 100000, according to the census bureau, while the suicide death rate among the negroes of the same city was only 2S per 100000.
 The highest state rate for violent deaths exclusive of suicides was that for Montana, 1885 per 100000.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
MARRIAGE A VOCATION.

Marriage should be looked upon as a vocation and not a mere avocation argues one who signs herself "Femin- ist" in an open letter to one Of the daily papers The writer, who had been a teacher, but who is now a mother. has been surprised that being a wife and mother is a profession the successful performance of whose duties requires all my effort and all my time. Feminist" thinks that wo- men generally do not realize this or refuse to face it, that young women contemplating matrimony should be made to realize that they are choosing a profession quite as important as medicine, law or business, and that, if possible, preparatory course should be required before granting the certificate to practice the profes- sion of wife and mother This sounds very well and would be admirable if it could be carried through. But as there are two parties in marriage it would be very onesided if the woman received all the training. A good, stiff preparatory course for the young man contemplating the profession of bus band and father would be quite as much in order If we have one let us have the other. Frances Frear in LesIie's.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
NO DANGER OF WAR
 ASSERTS JAPANESE
MIKADO's NEW ENVOY DECLARES JAPAN AND U. S. CANNOT
 AFFORD TO FIGHT.

Aimato Sato, the new Japanese am aassador to the United States. on his arrival recently to assume the office, is reported to have said that the Unit ed States and Japan had too many in -erests in common to go 10 war. He said in part:
 The new Russio-Japanese agree ment aims only to keep in statu quo the trade situation in China" he said. The open door will be main tained. Japanese capital makes de mands' on China for investment; it is offered in the same spirit in which the United States offers money for in, -S-ueat.
 The Japanese and the Americans are friends. We seek no naval sta lion in Nexico-those stories are found only in the imagination"
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
Minutes of Meeting
 Of The City Council

Last Wednesday evening the coun- ell held it's regular meeting with May or Heneghan in the chair and all the members present
 The minutes of the previous meet ing were read and approved.
 The street committee reported the completion of Harris. Kennedy and Cliff avenue streets.
 The proper committee reported hay ing removed the light from Pine to the intersection of Pine and Spruce streets.
 All the bills presented to the coun- cil were ordered paid.
 The Treasurer reported having ad. ded to the assessment roll the prop erty Of C. s. Knabe, on Stedman St, valued at SLIGO and the property oi Geo. Ohashi valued at $500. The council approved the treasurer's ac ton and the meeting adjourned.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
If You Kill a Duck,
 Look at His Hind Leg

The following request comes from the office of information, United States department of agriculture, Washing ton, D. C.:
 If you kill or capture a wild duck bearing an aluminium band around one leg, having a number on one side, and on the other a statement requesting that the United States department of agriculture or the biological survey be notified, you are requested to send this r5n1 at once to the bureau Of biological survey, United States de- partment of agriculture, Washington, D. c.
 This band, if accompanied by a statement as to date, place and cir cumstances under which the bird was taken, vill be of service to the survey in it's efforts to determine the longe witty of individual ducks and the routes of migration of the species.
 The bands are being attached to considerable number of wild duck of several species which have been cured of the duck sickness prevalent around Great Salt Lake, Utah, and there re- leased. The department is particular ly anxious to secure reports from these birds to determine their com plete recovery from this malady which has killed hundreds of thousands of ducks in Utah."
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
Too Much Noise At
 California Resort

VENICE, Cal. Oct. 20.-Henry Tort, a concession speiler, is nursing two hat pin wounds in his side, a calliope play CT and drummer are in jail for vio- lating Venice's antinoise ordinance, while the pohce are seeking a fiery woman prohibitionist, all as the result of competition between two mega phone speakers during week end carnival here.
 Tort was attacked by the woman in question when his voice began to drown out the prohibitionists' voice opposite. Then, in order that the "dry" meeting might continue, off cers arrested the two musicians and stopped a fife and drum parade by Civil War veterans.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
LOSS IF THE
 BREMEN VIRTU- ALLY CONCEDED
Now a Month Overdue; Her Fate May Never Be
 Known Say Officers.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 20. Officers at the navy department are unanimous in the belief that the German mer- chant submarine Bremen was lost at sea. It is now month overdue and nothing has been heard of it.
 At the German embassy. the opin- ion prevails that it was lost, and that its fate may never be known. The life preserver that was picked up on the beach near Norfolk. Va, sometime ago is all the evidence that anybody has of its destruction. This is, how ever, considered quite conclusive Of its fate.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
Omissions In Report.

In giving us the notes of the Pr. A. meeting yesterday, an omission was made which our reporter wishes to correct Among the speakers of the evening, who were not mentioned. was Mrs. R. R. Tinkham, who so ably de livered the address of welcome to the school faculty the most of whom are in Ketchikan for their first term. Also the talk by Mir Gum. who strongly advocates Parent-T Teacher Association especially where the fathers take an interest, as well as the mothers, the organization, he says, has been . great success and a big help to the teachers.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
ARMORED MOTORS
 FAILURE SAY GERMANS

According to the German press, the British armored motor cars which were used for the first time in the general advance on the Somme front, have proven a failure.
 An account of the results of the use of the motors, says:
 "One of the tanks, built in Nor folk, England, became hopelessly en- tangled in barbed wire" says the News Agency. Another tank was disabled by one shell, while advanc- ing at a point north of FIers, The ammunition which is contained ex- ploded and it burned up. Two other tanks were utilized in an attack at ' a. m, on September 15 on the Guile mont Combles road One of them was blown up with hand grenade when it had approached to within 30 yards of the German trenches At the last moment it's occupants dispatched a carried pigeon from this modern 'Noak's Ark Six machine guns were captured by the Germans. The other tank crawled to the southern edge of Leuze wood and was burned up.
 Only one of these land cruisers succeeded in crossing destroyed Ger man trenches This one was an initiated by a shell on the road to Ligny-Thilloy. The British land fleet soon will be composed of nothing but wrecks'
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST THE
 PRESIDENT WERE HANDLED WITH
 FORGE BY i PRESENTING MOB
Six Million Dollars
 For The Jewish Relief

NEW YORK. Oct. 20-During the past two years the sum of S6.oo0,o0e for the relief of Jews in countries af- tected by the war has been raised and distributed by the joint distribution committee representing the American Jewish relief committee, and the cen Jral relief committee and the peoples relief committee. according 10 an an nouncemeut made recently. Of this amount the principal sums were dis JUibuted as follows:
 Russia. S1.Sa0.oe9: Germany, Poland. Sl.+5ioto Austria-Hungary includ- ing Galicia. S1o65.0o0, and Palestine. s400.00o.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
CHURCH GETS LAND.

BOSTON. Oct. .20.-The acceptance of a gift of twenty acres of land in Brooklyn. on which it is proposed to build a sanitorium to be conducted by the mother church, was announced by the Christian Science board of direct ors last night The step was taken in accordance with the wishes of the founder of the church. Mrs. Mary Bak- CT G. Eddy, who proposed to the dir ectors in 1908 that the mother church should establish and maintain a Christian Science resort for the so- called sick. The land was the gift of Mrs Mary Beecher Longyear of Brooklyn.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-20
TIE AMERICAN
 TRANSFORMATIONS \ G0G a3E LOSERS
Alaska IrafHC Cannot Re held by The Seattle l..
 teFprising Spirit.

From sand. the bulk o- tra- --a4s-=-1 part or Alas be transferred I9-- .e C4a4l.-l trans pc---. -- -5-p p.---7. No, only that. b-- 4 -.s=z1z public GAS .4 larg- n---. .-- ....--r taken I0 that ro1.- .. ssafe- -.= .s not o-ly due To saving - water ---.=.. but lo sl- p-ege accommodation. las.er boa-s anu ---a-s. -o -.--z combination O. iue----s -= -e- --- a.a--Jl1eAI O. l1e zz..-z l-.. e9 e -ar5e e1t-L, as 6 terminal scr --a=Za. Sea--.a can no Io1sz. beast -z -aFl-E lac only -og-- e. p.--= --. t14 people lay.As bus-- Lezz -- Las--- North -y start from or .a-- .o. --- Seattle people have ina. realized a5 much and they ap- pear 10 take l- az a matter Of course. O. .aE=. however. -lare seems ro be e Uo5 --4-- o- --o- whereby q serlou= effort El4 u= -la-e 10 gsl al the Amer lcaa -.aa-e eqG----e4 companies 10 co- op51-1e l. aa -4aearor to establish prcae- facilities -a lle way ot fast boas= aela=4l points -l Alaska anu Sea--.e. As o14 ll lE= tlaLzD zDcrtauol age1-s sad $ lev days sgO. in order 10 a-5= --= business to Seattle. the tra- ------.-. -----l-----z L-s- -s. To- ge--e. .-- l- =a boats that WILL boat a-l ------4-7. ->o-Lilg less Wl. do. 41- l4 added, It you'd take ,el 1---.-1- lg-l4Is to accomplish that. Is l. Ha.-4 It.e as 1 said before, the question -s uD to them. IL -s a weA known -act Jla- al throughout the last Ls4-ug season, AmeI-can trans por.alloz companies by tLeIr neglect 10 provide sralzg zgorJalIUu facilities. have helped q great deal 10 drive away the 4sL commerce % the Canadian por5 ro-- here: and unless laey wake up and Ja4e -o1loe. the travelling pub ne sa- follow tAe ls1 commerce. AI- aaAa1s os.oag 10 2 progressive c-ass an anything That has anything 10 do w.sa tlsm must 1e progressive. The onlg parts C. -- Hlole that seem Jo E- sla44s- a- standsril during a- these gears. are the American tzaEsp yr1atlca companies. They seem  10 believe lnaJ anything is gooo enough for Alaska. Well they are tae losers and fl they can stand their loss. me Americans car. It's up to Iaea- AN AMERICAN.