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The Washington times., 1916-01-16

comedian of more than ordinary ability.
Tne Hayward Sisters and Doris Tnayer
are the female principals. who Involve
Cady and Skelly In all sorts OF. trouble.
ana they are further assisted by the
Stantons, two clever comedy PERFORM
ers. and Howard and Lloyd. singers
and dancers.
The chorus is a typical Spiegel organ
iEation. The costumes are new. The
scenic equipment is in direct keeping
with the plot, and many novelties are
introduced.
Casino: est. EImO," With Jane
Ware. Stock Hall Players.
Il. ELMO" was chosen as the
~ vehicle FOR the Hall Players
this week by popular vote.
Several plays were submitted
for approval, but st. Elmo" was a
unanimous choice.
This melodrama needs no introduce
tiOn TO theatergoers, for it has been a
faVorHe for many seasons
Jane Ware will be seen in the role
of Edna Earl" this being her seven
teenth appearance in the part.
Louis Ancker will be the distrustful
and cynical st. Elmo, whom Edna Earl
changes through her love to a better
man. The usual matinees will be given
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,
MOOre's Strand: "The Battle Cry
OF Peace" War Film.
BATTLE CRY OF
- PEACE" the season greatest
Photographic success, direcI
from a long run on Broadway,
will be the stellar feature all this week
at Moore's Strand Theater No more
timely attraction could be offeTeG Wasn-
ingtOnians at this season of the year,
with the preparedness" bill pending
In Congress and the whole nation con-
templating the possibility of the United
states being dragged into the European
war.
"The Battle Cry of Peace" graphically
portrays the defenseless condition or
the country; the consequences 10 which
tnis condition may lead, and n way TO
avoid these possible consequences. Inc
scenario of the film was constructed
by Commodore j. stuart Blackton, ana
Is partly based upon the monumental
work. "Defenseless America" by Fsror
Hudson Maxim. the International Ru-
thority upon arms and ammunition.
la the picture are seen the mosr
beautiful skyline In the world a mass
OF tiamesi the Nations Capitol, the
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

At tire Strand Tcheater on Sunday,
Monday. Tuesday ard "wednesday, week
include Orrin johnson in The PEN
tents" and Ford Sterling in "TEe
Hunt" On Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urdey. Sid, Chaplin and other Key
stone players will be seen in The Sub
marine Pirate" a remarkable funny
and exciting Keystone film
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

hes to do with the adventures of a
young girl OF the slums as a society
'protege." While working as a seam
stress in the home Of n wealthy woman.
she is suddenly pressed into service TO
take the place OF an absent dinner
guest How a wealthy young bachelor
falls I'm love with her and how her
drunken, thieving husband Is caught
robbing the house where she rs the
guest and the final returning to the
man she loves, goes to make n story
most unusual in its theme.
Marguerite Clark. the popular Young
star of the Famous Players. will be
seen the last four days of the week
I'm a perturbation of the highly success
ful production Of Mice and Men,
which was originally produced i'm Eng
land with the distinguished artists. Sir
Johnston and Lady Gertrude Forbes
Robertson. Later II was produced in
this country with Anne Russell as the
star
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

pride Of America, left In ashes, ana tae
White House in ruins. non the screen
VIII be depicted the capture OF New
YORK by tho enemy, the destruction or
It's mlghtJ buildings, the sanctity OF the
fireside invaded and the attacks on
In the picture appear such nota
The Washington times., 1916-01-16
Margaret Schiller
Melodrama With
out a Villain to be
Produced at The
National.
T-HE Determination Of ) play b

- HE presentation Of q play by
the eminent Hall Caine, an
event in itself, which is prom
ised as the attraction at the National
Theater this week, is further en-
HANGED by the fact that Elsie Fergu-
son is to appear in. the title role of
Margaret Schiller"
The production was "tried out" in
Atlantic City on Friday and last
nights with reported success. Hall
Gaines first dramatic production was
The Deemster," in 1888. Then fol-
lowed "The Manxman," "The Chris
tian," "The Eternal City" and "The
Prodigal Son.
Hal Caine, though a prolific writer
has rarely lent mis- pen 20 the produc-
ton OF dramatic literature. He pos
sesses evidently. most accurate dis
hrimiBnti0n ius the matter of choice OF
medium, 80 that nc renders to the thea
ter the plots that belong 10 the theater
and TO the book shelves the plots that
hplonH on the book shelves Happily for
him a number OF his plots have been as
suited to the one place as the other but
u would seem from n Derusal of the
manuscript OF Margaret Schillcr" that
the story revealed itself. first and last
TO the authors imaeination in the dra-
Iuatic form. In scene after scene are
TO be found what may be called ''acl-
able emotions" which even so skillfui
non as MIR. Gaines might find It impos
siblc to describe adcGuatciy on Inc
printed PAGE.
The Washington times., 1916-01-16

~ 1ME was WHOM the biographical
sketches OF cll shc stage folk
started with~a reference to some
production OF p!laCore," but
Miss Else Ferguson, who comes to the
New National The. ter in Margaret
Schiller the play by Hall Caine. Is
one OF the coungo. stIrs, and her the
atrlcal beg. .ngs were made not so
long ago. Ii takes no very venerable
theatergocr to remembe: the craze for
The Belle Of New hock," in which
Edna May sang the Salvation Army
lassie song, end II was in a number three
road company giving that musical
comedy that Elsie Ferguson started.
That first season meant twenty-eiEht
weeks OF one night stands tour OF
i!S cities. grand chance-to see the
United States
Her next enga cement was in THE
strollers." and then came The Liberty
Bellies and a chance to speak one line.
That was at the Madison Square in
ls9l. For the life Of her, Miss Fergu-
son cannot remember what that line
was. In that same COMPANY, by the
way, was lovely Pauline Chase, the
late lotta Faust. Sandol Millikon and
Edna Hunter. Then came another sea
son without line, and then several
seasons with increasingly important
ana distinguisha BILE roles. She was
getting on,
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
JAPANESE FINANCIER HERE
Baron Sakatani Feted in Washington on Way Home From Economic Con- ference of Allies in Paris.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Baron Yoshira Sakatani, former Japanese minister of finance. who had charge of Japan's financial reconstruction after the Russo Japanese war, ar rived here early today for a two days visit to officials and friends. He is enrOute to Japan from the recent economic conferences at Paris look ing to a commercial campaign after the war.
 Several formal and informal af- fairs have been arranged in honor of Baron Sakatani. The first of these was a small and informal luncheon today in recognition of the baron's service as a member of the committee on research, division of economics and history of the Carnegie endow- ment for international peace. Dr. James Brown Scott, secretary of the endowment, presided and many prom inent officials had been invited .in- cluding Counsellor Polk of the state department
 Tonight Baron Sakatani will be the guest of honor at a dinner given by Tokichi Tanaka. charge d'affaires of the Japanese mbassy, to which many government officials interested particularly in financial matters have been invited The baron is a son-in- law of Baron Shibusawa, who, last winter, sought to interest financiers in a cooperative plan for the financial development of China.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
ALLIES CONTINUE TO POUND SOMME LINE British and French Report Further Success on
 West Front.

New drives made by the French last night and the British this morning resulted in the capture of additional ground on the Somme front by the allies
 The French gain, as reported in the afternoon Paris bulletin, was effected between Fregicourt and Morval, in the direction of Sally, on the Peronne- Bapaume road, north of Rancourt, where the wedge being driven into the German line between Bapaume and Peronne is almost at it's sharpest point. . The new ground won by the British as reported by London, lies something more than a quarter of mile south west of Lesars, on the Pozieres- Ba- paume road, northeast of Courcelette Lesars is three and half miles from Bapaume, toward which the British in this sector are determinedly pressing The captured territory comprised a strongly defended farm.
 On the Macedonian front the Bulgar- ians have resumed their efforts to drive the Serbians from their Kahn akcalan position, near the Serbian border in the region north of Lake Osrerovo, but according to Paris this latest attempt, during which four at tacks were made, failed.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
U. s. Can Take Place Among
 Worlds Strongest Bankers
BOARDING NATIONAL MENACE
Vice Governor of Federal Reserve Board Tells Financiers How Amer Close of War.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 29.-"Heavy exports of gold from this country to Europe may follow the close of the European war;" said Paul M. War burg, vice governor of the federal re- serve board, in his address before the American Bankers association here today.
 Foreign loans in the old and new world may attract our capital at in- terest rates far in excess of our own," he said. Our exports will have to meet the keen competition of other nations, while the purchasing power of many a nation will be found mate rially reduced even though in the be- ginning there will be a strong demand for certain of our raw materials.
 'These conditions, in the long run, may be the cause of heavy gold ex- ports from the United States and if we remain unprepared, may prove a serious check. If, on the other hand, we forearm, we will be given the op rortunity of taking our place as the strongest of the worlds bankers and furnish the basis of a solid expansion of our business'
 Asks for Release of Gold.
 MT. Warburg appealed to the bank CTS to forearm by increasing their balances with the federal reserve banks and releasing some of the gold in their vaults Keep all the gold in your vaults where it is useless for yourselves and deprive it of the addi- tional force that it may gain in the hands of the federal reserve banks; keep every cash till in hotels, rail- road stations, dry goods stores and what not filled with gold certificates and you will rob the country of it's legitimate opportunities of growth, of helping the world"
 He cited figures to show that the excess lending power of the federal reserve banks is 6,101, ,000, if loans gre taken in "lawfuP money, and $501, 525,25O if the loans are taken in federal reserve notes. He ad- vocated speedy retirement of na- tional bank notes in favor of reserve notes in order to obtain "a currency that is elastic" The fed eral reserve act should be perfected he said, in various details, although he was profoundly convinced that the federal reserve act will prove one of tho most constructive contributions ever made by congress, and the fur ther the system sdevelops the more apparent this will become.'
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
DIES ON EVE OF BIRTHDAY
George J. Turnbull, Former Buyer for
 D. F. & c. Victim of ApopIexy While Hurrying for Train in New Brighton.

George J. Turnbu11 for years con- nected with Landers, Frary & Clark, dled of apoplexy last night in New Brighton, Staten Island, where he made his home. Death came while MT. Turnbull was running to catch a train Had he lived until today he would have been ffty-seven years old.
 MT. Turnbull was born in Meri- den, son of James Turnbu1l, but spent a great part of his life in this city. He severed connection with Landers, Frary & Clark about fifteen years ago, when he was buyer for the con- cern, and accepted the position of New York representative of the Goodell Cutlery company of Antrim, N. H.. with whom he has been con- nected up to the time of his death. His widow was Miss Emily Nash, daughter of a Russell & Erwin sales man. Besides his widow he is sur vived by two daughters in New York an uncle in Hartford and an uncle, Andrew Turnbull of Rockwell ave- nue, this city.
 The funeral will be held this eve- ming in New York and the body will be cremated tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
GREEK WARSHIP, STOLEN FROM
 BERTH, TAKEN TO ALLIES BASE
Loyalist Officers Put Ashore and Vessel Is Secretly Drawn from Piraeus to Salamis Bay.

Piraeus, Wednesday, Sept. 27, Via defection to the revolutionists of the Greek warship Hydra in the small hours of this morning has caused great excitement in this Greek port. The Hylda anchored under the guns of the arsenal lest night, was silently boarded at o'clock this morning by a party of men in civilian dress. The loyalist officer second in command was aroused from his bunk and with pistols at his head, was forced with other loyalist officers to embark in sl rowboat. The commander, being a Venizelist, readily surrendered to the boarders.
 Two tugs were attached by tow ropes to the ship and as noiselessly as possible she slipped her anchor chains and was drawn by the tugs from the company of the other Greek men n-of-war. The tugs lowed her to Salamis bay, where the allied war ships are stationed.
 The minister of marine stated today to The Associated Press representative that he regretted the incident, as while the perpetrators of 1t are un- known, owing to their attire, it was impossible to still the suspicious that they were not all of them Greeks.
 Tt is more to be regretted" added the minister, "as it tends to lessen the prestige of the government at a m oment when it needs all possible credit and unity to accomplish the difficult task before it.
 Despatches from Athens on Septem- Der 277 reported that the warshiT Hydra had joined the allied fleet.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
SOLDIER BOYS WILL
 SOON BE WITH US
Companies I and E, c. N. G., Among Those Affected by Order Which
 Brings Troops Home.

l As soon as the next detachment of lnilitiamen, who marched away last ] June, will be relieved and will return to the Nutmeg State. No definite date has been assigned for the start home, . however. The rolling stock used to convey new troops to the front will be used to bring the Connecticut sol diers home. Colonel Goodman, who is at present at his home in Hart ford, said last evening that the fol- lowing units will be left at Nogales: The Second Connecticut Infantry, Signal Corps Ambulance Corps and the Field Hospital Corps, Troop A, Fifth Militia Cavalry. of New Haven and Troop B, Fifth Militia Cavalry, of Hartford.
 by the order to return to the mobili- zation camps as are companies from Hartford South Manchester, Willi- mantle and Bristol. The greater part of local soldiers are also affected by the order with the exception of Cur tiss Sheldon, who is a member of the Signal Corps. Ef
 On the evening of Sunday, June IS, orders were issued by President Will son calling all mem bers of the Con- necticut National Guard to arms. For several days the boys were around the city, awaiting definite orders, until finally they were sent to Mantle, but their stay at the mobilization camp was rather brief, and in less than week they were on their way to the border Many of the boys were found to be deficient physically and were sent home
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
BIG REALTY DEAL
City Realty Company Sells Church Street Property to Bowling Alley Owner-Deal Involves $75,OOO.


 One of the largest real estate deals consummated in this city in some time, was transacted this afternoon when the Camp Real Estate company sold property on Church street valued at about $75,000 belonging to the City Realty company to George c. Rogers, proprietor of the Aetna Bowl ing Alleys. The deal includes the five story brick block occupied by the Adkins Printing company and Troops restaurant; the buildings occupied by A. Bonalli as a fruit store, Horton S fish market, McInerney's harness store and the Royal barber shop be- sides tenements over these stores. The deal also includes a two-family dwell- ing in the rear of Church street.
 The new owner intends to rage the wooden buildings later and erect a brick building which will be used as a bowling alley on one floor and a first class pool room on the other. With the addition of the proposed new block the appearance of the street will be greatly added to.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
BRIDGEPORT TIE-UP
Longshoremen Strike and Freight Situation is SeriOuS-Negro Strike
 Breakers Refuse to Sleep on Straw.

Bridgeport, Sept. 29.-Three score longshoremen on strike since late yes terday in the New England NaViga- tion Company's docks here have pre- cipitated a serious situation in the handling of freight
 Negro strike breakers refused last night to sleep on straw in freight cars and many of them quit. Other strike breakers have been brought from New Haven today A squad of police is on duty
 The men are not organized. They want an increase from 25 to 35 cents an hour.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
MILK FAMINE THREATENED
Isroome County Declares Embargo
 Against New York City.

Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 29.-"Not a milk train will run into New York from Broome County beginning next Sunday is the announcement made by Manager J. F. Eastman of the Rroome County Farm league.
 "Every dairy farmer in this section has joined the league and will refuse to sign contracts for shipping milk unless granted an advance of one cent a quart. The southern tier milk heretofore sent to New York will be transformed into butter and cheese"
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
COmbIeS Garrison Escapes.

London, Sept. 29, 12:55 D. m.-A Reuter- despatch from Amsterdam quotes German war correspondents as admitting the German loss of Con- bles , The F'rankfurter Zeitung says that the defenders, a regiment strong, escaped to the German lines during the night despite the fact that they were surrounded by the Anglo-French forces.
 Herr Wegener, in the Cologne Ga zette says that Thiepval was volun- tarily evacuated.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
COL. EVANS DEAD.
Saw Service in Indian Campaigns,
 Philippines and Porto Rico.

Washington, Sept 29.-Col. Wm. P. Evans, U. S. A., retiredb is dead at the Soldiers home, of which he was quartermaster. He saw service in the Indian campaigns, in Porto Rico and the Philippines, and before his re- tirement, in 1912, was colonel of the Twenty-ffth infantry. Later he act ed as editor. of the Infantry Journal. He was born in Wisconsin in 1853 and graduated from the Military academy Sn 1878
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
MEXICANS CROSS BORDER.
Carranzistas on United States Soil at
 YaIeta, Texas.

Washington, Sept. 29.-General Funston advised the war department today that a band of thirty armed MeXicans crossed into American ter ritory yesterday near Yaleta, Tex, but retreated across the Rio Grande with out firing when their presence was discovered. The MeXicans belonged to the command of Colonel Revel, a Carranza officer. who with other de facto officials, has assured Gen. Bell that the incident will not be repeated
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
WOMAN SHOOTS POLITICIAN
Chairman of Sanders County, Mon-
 tana, Republican Club Wounded

Thompson Falls, Montana, Sept. 29. "A. c. Thomas, chairman of the Sanders county republican committee, was shot and seriously wounded here yesterday by Miss Edith Colby, news paper woman. Miss Colby told the sheriff after her arrest that Thomas had insulted her. The wounded mans condition today was said to be ex- tremely critical.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
METAL, TARIFFS SUSPENDED.

Washington, Sept. 29.-Tariffs of railroads in the middle west and east rroposing increases of and cents Der hundred pounds on iron and steel articles from Chicago, Pittsburgh and other points to the Atlantic seaboard and to Gulf ports for export, were sus- nended today by the interstate com n,erce commission until January 29, nen6ing investigation.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
Defended Farm Taken.

London, Sept 29, 1:05 D. m.-An attack by British troops on the Somme front early today resulted in the capture of a strongly defended farm 500 yards southwest of Lesars, the war office announces.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
French Report Progress.

Paris Sept. 29, noon.-Further progress was made by the French last nlgnt between FregicOurt and MOrval on the SOmme front accord ing to statement issued by the war office.
 On the Saloniki front the Serbians repulsed four Bulgarian attacks on Kaimakcalan.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
RrOOkIinc Man a Suicide

Brookline, Mass, Sept. 29.-The suiside by shooing of Frank Marsh all, a restaurant proprietor of Boston, at his home here last night became known today A son, Carl Marshall, said his father had been Respondent.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
V0N WANDEL DISMISSED
Deputy Minister for War Discharged from Ministry, Says Official State ment Issued from Berlin

Berlin, Sept. 29. Via London, 3:55 D. m.-General Won Wandel, deputy minister for war, has been dismissed from the war ministry, according to an official statement given out by the German government.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
Killsiss Desertion Reported.

Athens, Thursday, Sept. 2S, via Lon don, Sept. 29, 1:15 p. n1.-A report that the battleship Ki1l<is, formerly the United States battleship Idaho, has deserted to the revolutionists, has been received here, but is denied by the Greek minister of marine.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29
HARTFORD MERCHANTS HURT
 IN CLAYTON AUTO SMASH
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT,
 WHEN AUTO HITS CAR
Police Unable to Identify Woman Victim of
 Windsor Collision

Windsor, Sept. 29.-Identification of l the woman killed late last night in a l collision here between an automobile 1 in which she was a passenger and a trolley car, was still lacking today, the local authorities, 1t was stated having been unable up to the present time to secure information leading to her identity:
 The three other occupants of the car, Harry P. Townsend of Hartford. who was driving, Mrs. Ella Mccarthy of Burlington and Charles Platt, ad- dress unknown. who were taken to hospital in Hartford, were reported there to be more comfortable today. None of them, however, it was said, owing to their condition, had been a ble to give any details of the acci- dent
 Platt is the most. seriously hurt. He had severe wound on the head in addition to other injuries. Whether his skull is fractured the hospital authorities could not say, as X-ray photographs which have been taken have not yet been developed. He has been up to the present time in a semi-conscious condition. The in juries of the other two, it is stated, are not so serious and they are ex- pected to recover.
 The woman who was killed met her death by being thrown from her seat under the wheels of the trolley car and crushed.
 Hartford, Sept. 29.-It was said at the Hartford Hospital today that while Townsend, Platt and Mrs. Me- Carthy were in a serious condition, their cases were not critical.
 Mr. Townsend declined today to re- veal the identity of the woman killed and identification had not been se- cured by the undertaken in Windsor, who has the body, up to noon today. Platt is a Hartford man. living at No. 1493 Broad street and employed by Pratt & Whitney Company.
 Harry P. Townsend was formerly 8 resident of this city. He was mar ried to @ New Britain young woman who secured a divorce.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29

Driver Says Electric Warming Bell Did Not Ring Until Train Was On Top of MaChine-Fireman Shouts 
 to Engineer But Too Late to Avoid CoIlision-Truck Hurled Fifty Feet and Is Reduced to Scrap Metal.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-29

Harry P. Townsend was formerly 8 resident of this city. He was mar ried to @ New Britain young woman who secured a divorce.