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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

ups and children who see them in the best
theatres throughout the United States at
which my jungle stars will appear with
Mary Pckford, Geraldine Farrar, Dustin
Farnum, Anna Held, and those leading
players of stage and screen whose photo
plays are produced for Paramount by the
Famous Players. Lasky. Morosco, and
and Palas Companies.
After waiting the best part of a week
TO get few feet of film showing several
monkeys playing a real gams of hide and
seek, we figured out that 1t would be
much better to spend the time wasted In
waiting in teaching the animals to do
just what was wanted.
Meeting with success in teaching the
monkeys several easy tricks we decided
upon a more serious effort: in widening
the scope of the teaching we also ad-
mitted other species to the classes. The
next were the trumpeter birds. 1t took
two weeks before 'Trumpet~r's Romance
was rehearsed we'll enough to start the
camera. The scenario for this playlet was
written by Snyder. though designed
would be better descriptive word. The
scene represented living room. In a
chair at a table sat the husky trumpeter.
tHusky Is part OF its real name) In a
rocking chair was the white-backed
trumpeter.
Mr.. Trumpeter, that is. Husky. yawned
and registered leaving a good home to go
out to the club. Exit Husky. There
comes a knock at the door. and Mrs.
Trumpeter flops out of the chair to the
door Enter the Canadian Goose, who
represents. to quote Snyder, some viii
lain. The goose registers entertaining
conversation, and when Mrs. Trumpeter
turns her head, slyly steals a necklace
from the drawer The bird opposite sees
the theft and demands that the goose
return the jewels. There is an attempt
at flight. but the trumpeter holds on until
the arrival of Husky. Then the curtain.
"One of the first experiments was the
representations by monkeys to register
moods of the human race-mrth, rage,
despair and sorroy," Mr.. Ditmars con-
tinued. These have been filmed to por-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

tray such enormous faces that to the
spectators looking at the screen the eff
feet will be much as the ogre appeared
to the youth in Jack the Giant Killer.
But the monkeys have progressed In
rehearsals, and in the porcupine we have
found a real Aim star. In monkey drama
we have taken real scenes, and the prin-
cipals have flirted, held hands and spooned
in the most approved fashion. We even
tried Cinderella but that was too much
of an attempt in the present state OF the
art In the ZOO"
The second successful play put on at
Bronx Park was "The Great Marathon"
It showed the exciting scenes attending
the arrival of the smaller animals for
the great jungle race. For this scene
most elaborate scenery was prepared and
much care had to be taken in teaching
the animals what not to do as well as
what to do. For instance, 1t took week
alone to prevent the Humboldts snake
from interfering with the tame iguana
and to teach the blue fur monkey that 1t
must not try to climb the scenery.
Along the course were side shows. re-
freshment stations and the other all
juncts of a country fair. Fully 100 varied
participants In the scene struggled furt-
ously for victory. In this connection 1t
is well to state that not even the stage
manager was able to prevent the excite
ment of the scene from communicating
to the audience in the grand stand, and
toward the end the more excited specta-
tors would climb the grand stand railing
and enter the race.
Two great difficulties had to be over
come in this scene" said Mr.. Ditmars.
"one was to get all the contestants on
when the monkey started firing the gun
and the other to distribute handicaps so
skilfully that the swiftest would not race
ahead OF the less speedy"
This scene required stage OF 40 feet.
The next most difficult performance re-
ouired a stage the size of a postage
stamp. Upon this performed the star OF
the fly Juggling troupe. This fly rides
into the arena in a chair upon the back
of a beetle. 1t jugges dumbbells.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
SNAKES AND BUGS
TO ACT FOR MOVIES
Paramount Pictures Plan a
New Style of
Acting

When an animated film weekly starts
out ns "Cclluloid Newspaper as the
novel Paramount "Newpctl res has Just
done. II is not hard for the Journalist to
imagine the difficulties with which its
editor-in- chief will have to deal In OBJ
tanning tho proper reportoral assistance.
The layman will appreciate what has
already been accomplished in this re-
spect when it Is stated that among the
associate editors of the first weekly Film
Pictorial Magazine are such men of let
ters and national repute as John a.
Slcichcr; j. r. Bray, the famous car
toonst; Roger w. Babson. the noted
statstician, and such organizations as
the Popular Science Monthly and the
Ladies' World and the announcement is
now made from the New York office of
the important film factor that Raymond
l.. Dtmars, the most celebrated author
ity on animals and reptiles of the day
and curator OF the greatest 200 in the
world ct Bronx Park, has added his
name to the staff. The pictures will be
first seen here al the Stanley Theatre.
Mr.. Ditmars is the man who success
fully takel motion pictures of every va
riety of animal, from monkeys, birds and
flies to purcupines, snakes and iguanas
on stages ranging from the size of
postage stamp to 40 feet square. 1t is
at his special studio and laboratory,
Scarsdale, where, according to him the
Ditmars College of Dramatic Arto Is
now open. that he accomplishcs his
strange feat and it was there that he
told the present writer something of how
he does II.
I'VE are now taking many unique, and,
/ feel justified in adding, wonderful
pictures of the inhabitants of the Zoo,
which will he at the sole disposal of the
Paramount Pictures Corporation through
my school of acting" Mr.. Ditmars said.
I'VE believe that our films will be great
service TO science and that they will be
an amusing and instructive boon grown
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that though yielding TO no one in their
admiration of Bernard Shaw and Gran
Vile Barker as an appetlzing writer and
producer, respectively. they do not approve
of the advertising methods of their man
ager. Some lon," indeed, they sneered
some llon!"
While Mr.. Stlllward was playing in Bos-
ton his interest In the king of beasts got
him very nearly in serious trouble, for
bullet that barely grazed a generously
upholstered portion of his anatomy just
now renders recumbent position painful.
Stillward pranced and growled In front
of the lions cage for a few moments,
and the real animals snorted their dis
approval and paced furously up and
down. And then an unforeseen accident
occurred. a park policeman, observing
the stage lion cavorting about on the
lawn, concluded that he had escaped from
the cage and fired at him with aim accu-
rate enough to in1ct on Stillward
puncture. Before he could fire a second
time the impulsive policeman was warned
of his mistake.
Stillwells injury was only slight. but he
didn't enjoy sliding down cellar door
for awhile afterward.
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bars that separated them, and optlmistl-
cally humming the old English refrain:
Stone walls do not n prison make.
Nor iron bars Gaze!
For Sillward is English-quite English
you knowl But neither the refrain nor
the remarkable appearance of this
leonine-llke intruder had much apparent
effect upon the real lion in the large
cage. who. after few preliminary sniffs
and snorts, turned his back and prepared
for a comfortable nap, being evidently
too proud to fght! The lion, however,
showed tendency to discuss n friendly
bone with Sillward subsequently, though
II is difficult to say which or whose he
would have preferred or chosen had he
been free to make his choice, but for
the aforesaid bars separating them.
Come inside said a love-sick lioness
to the British lion when he made his next
visit to an adjoining cage of one of the
females of the species, who scratched,
paved and purred to get at her English
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

System Vital to Success

The benefits and increased success
which are made possible by systematic
organization and direction in the photo
play line are evidenced by the permanent
prosperity which during the last year
has been the portion OF the playhouses in
Philadelphia and elsewhere which have
come under the booking control and di-
rection OF the Stanley Booking Company,
of which Stanley V. Mastbaum. one of
the most prominent OF the younger fig
ures in the photoplay world, is the man
aging director
Mr. Mastbaum Is an optimist OF the
optlmists as regards the permanency and
possibilities of the picture play. II was
due to his enthusiasm and initiative that
the Stanley, first Of modern and luNuri-
Gus theatres to be built in Philadelphia
devoted exclusively to the silent drama,
was erected and opened. and was, as
proved, genuine success. Speaking of
that success and the others that have
followed in its train, MIR. Masbaum says;
System is as vital and beneficial in the
case Of theatres as in anything else, and
probably even more 10. Up until little
over a year ago the securing of photopay
productions was scramble-glorious but
highly unsatisfactory free-for-all; where
the proprietor of a theatre was often un-
able to secure an attraction even after
he had announced and billed it. or, II ne
did secure 1t, then II was quite possible
that the same play might be playing
next TO him idcnticaliy the same night
with different scale of admission prices
prevailing at the two houses
Through the system of tho Stanley
Booking Company all this uncertainty
and dscord OF interest has been done
away with as far as the theatres which
are booking through this company are
concerned. The volume OF business It is
able to control makes II possible for our
customers to secure early showngs of
the worlds greatest photoplays.
Then assignments of the plays are
made on systematic basis. In this
way Improbable confusion is avoided
and everybody in every part of the city
is eventually afforded an opportunity to
see popular plays at popular prices with
in their reach, and each Stanley Book
ing Company house shares equally in the
popularity and prosperity that Is a part
of presenting what the public wants"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

TT OCCURRED to Percy Burton, the
manager and part proprietor of Bernard
shaw's Roman Circus" that It would be
an interesting tudy in the psychology of
animals to as ertain whether the lion was
more guided by a sense of smell or apt
to be misled by ocular deception. 1t was
therefore purely in the guise of
student. though. incidentally in his
wonderful disguise Of Some Lion that
Edward Slllward (most famous of animal
impersonntors on the English-speaking
starc) paid professional visit to the
Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago, recently.
Dressing in the chief attendants
private office. Edward Sillward (heralded
by shout from the former of THE lion
is lousc!'D emerged as the remarkably
realistic lion he appears in Shaw's play
and gambolled Cheerfully toward the
cage OF the real iun-unmindful of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

visitor, with whom, however. she soon
found that there was nothing doing"
much TO her disgust and annoyance. This
obvious straying of her affection was,
however. too much for the jealousy Of an
adjoining admirer or mate of hers, to
wit, Caesar, who snapped, snarled and
roared In an effort to get at the London
leonine Lothario.
The whole affair, lasting for more than
an hour, was watched with the greatest
amusement by crowd of several hun
dred ex tempore visitors to the eco, who
were particularly interested by the period
ical flashes of the camera, which started
the animals into giving an emotional ex-
hibiton of temporary fear, looking and
apparently feeling for the moment as
IL they had been shot by smokeless pow
der and were much relieved when It was
all over. They were heard to remark,
soto voce, by Sillward, the only living
man who understands the leonine lingo,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
What Will Shaw Say?

You can't make Percy Burton believe
that stuff about Boston culture and blue
stocking attitudes. When Bernard Shaw's
"Androcles and the Lion" entered the
Hub recently for a protracted run a dig
nifed announcement of the fact failed to
bring up the attendance figures to the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

proper mark, SO Mr. Burton threw con-
servatism TO the winds and vertised ae
follows:
Bernard shaw's Circus Come TO Town.
Some Lion!'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

Business n cked
after. and ily on
Burton sincc
II hate 20 tilink
Shaw VII So when
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-28
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

High School Honor Roll, September, 1891: Adolph Laveaga,
Earl Charter, Alex Wise, Eddie Nicholas, Henry Duncan, Harry Nc
MILAN. Willie Hebard, George McGonagle, Josie Cody, Maud FL
lott Lille Nicholas. Cora Nicholas, Maud Job, Grace McGonagle,
Nellie Lewis, Inez Layeaga, Lucy Conner, Flora Davey, Winnie Hill,
Maud Rutherford, Ela Bracket
Primary Department Honor Roll: Ella Correcco, Cecil Cor
Rocco, Fay Hadley, Lena Lorentz, Lucy Laveaga, Freddie Red, Ma
bel Cochran, Edna Giroux, Glenn Trousdale, Leroy Trousdale, Pab-
10 Rutherford, Stewart Robinson, frankie Krenkel.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-28
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order TO cure it you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
is not a quaek medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years and is a reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly upon the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingre-
dents is what produces such wonder
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-28
San Francisco Call and Silver State, Soc a month

full results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. -advt-
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-28
FRATERNAL ORDERS

NINNEMUCCA LODGE No. 4
10, +. d A. M.-Stated COM w
m~unications will be held at NJ
their hall in the Silver State
block until further notice at 1880 p.
m. on the First Friday evening Of
zach month. All Master Masons in
good standing are cordially invited
to attend. G. p. HOSKIN5, w. M.
CHRIS WOLF, Sec'y.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-28

WINNEMUCCA AERIE No. 4s7, r. o.
Irregular meetings Of Wfnnenuc-
ca Aerie No. 4S7, Fraternal Ordsr OF
Eagles, viii be held on the Second
and Fourth Monday evenings OF
each month in Winneva hall. Visit
ing Eagles are cordially invited to
attend all sessions of the Aerie.
BURT MeKOY, w. p.
FL. W. DUNCAN Sec,y.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
INJUNCTION
To Prevent Henry Ford from
Using Money Alleged to Be
long to Others Extended.
t9r A.sec,ATEe EnEGs,

DETROIT. Mich. Dec. 9The
three circuit Judges who heard the
Dodge Brothers injunction case to-
day extended for sixty days tho tenn
porary injunction restraining Henry
Ford from using the profits OF the
Ford Motor Company to develop its
business. The judges during this
time will listen to further arguments
and Will then decide whether to grant
Q permanent injunction.
Several or the important points at
issue were discussed by Judges West.
Hart and Chester in their decision To-
extend the temporary injunction for
sixty days
The judges were not unanimous in
their discussion as 10 whether Ford
could legally spend millions OF his
companys funds to construct and
maintain blast furnaces.
Ford announced sometime ago that
he planned 10 buy great quantities OF
ore and smelt it IN his own furnaces.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
MERGER.
of Two Large Interests Voted
al. Separate Meetings in.the
City Of Pittsburq.
tpY Assee,aTEn PREee,

PITTsBURG Dec. Sit became
known today that at separate meet
Ings Of the directors of the Westing-
house Air Brake Company and the
Union Switch and Signal Company
here yesterday each board unani-
mously voted to consolidate these two
important interests. A circular let
ter sent to stockholders proposes to
Company from S2O,OOO,OGO to 500
100000 and exchange the shares at
the rate Of four. shares OF Airbrake
for five shares of Union Switch pre-
ferred, and two shares Of Airbrake
for three shares of Union Switch
common It has not been decided
when the stockholders will be called
upon to act on the consolidation.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
PRIZE FIGHT
Is Staged for Mccormick and.
Wilcox at Dinner but They
Shake Hands.
lnn Ansne,.rrn.nnrss,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 9-Vance b.
Mccormick, chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee, and viii
liam r. WILCOX, chairman or the Re
publican national committee, met at
the gridiron dinner here tonight for
the first time since the presidential
election. BY Encouragement they
shook hands while the orchestra
played the national anthem. and as
they stood together it was announced
that they would work for America
first"
Nearby stoon other Democratic
and Republican campaign leaders.
The incident was staged with the set
tings OF a prize fight, but after the
seconds had been introduced, Mr.
Mccormick and Mr. Wilcox shook.
hands instead Of lighting.
Another surprise at the dinner was
the unfurling over the balcony of the
suffrage banner displayed in the
House of Representative last Tues
day when President Wilson delivered
his annual message to Congress. The
suffragists have been trying to regain
possession OF the banner. which was
pulled down by page. 1t was
snatched down again tonight at the
dinner, just as 1t was Tuesday in the
House.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
MODEL
For a World Tribunal is United
States Supreme Court,
Speakers Say.
az Aseee,Arrp reEes1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9The Uni
ted States supreme court was held
up as model for world tribunal by
speakers here today before the Amer
lean Society for Judicial Settlement
of international Disputes The speak
ers included William H. Taft, VIII
liam L. MarbuIy, of Baltimore; Rep
resentative James L. SIayden, OF
Texas; and William Renwick Rid
dell, justice or the superior court OF
Ontario, Canada representative
.Slayden, speaking tonight at ban
quet which closed the meeting here,
declared no judicial body as well serv-
ed as pattern for an information
al tribunal as the American court.
Officers of the society were elected
tonight as follows:
President. E1ihu Root; vice presi-
dent. Philander G. pSnox; secretary,
James Brown Scotland, and treas
#urer, j. g. Schmidtapp.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
OIL and GAS
development
OF TRI=STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations ID
West Virginia, PennsyL"
Vania and Ohio.

The week end OF development work
in the eastern fields was less sensa-
tlonal than the early part of the week.
Tho advance IN the market to S2.75
was the leading feature and tho dis
covery OF probably a new pool in
Greene county attracted attention.
Then the Dents run pool in Marion
county. ". Va. supplied another gusher
and all combined helped make the
week ono of the most interesting In q
great many months.
IN the new development on Coon
run, Spring Hill township, Greene
county, the Carnegie Natural Gas Com
many has drilled it's No, on the
George Insminger farm through the
Gordon. sand and 1t produced 118 bar
rcIs the first twenty four hours. no.
on the same farm, compl eted EARL IN
the week, Is holding up at 90 barrels
a day. 1t is the general belief that the
8deyelopme nt will lead UP 60 = pool or
considerable dimensions
The best completion In the south
west Pennsylvania fields came IN at
the close Of the week and Is the Bur
gettstown Oil Company's so. on.
the S. f. and NJ Scott farm. located
In the new eloprnent near Bur gets
town, Hanover township, Washington
county. AT ten feet in tho sand the
pay was tapp ed and the we'll Is flowing
at the rate Of $50 barrels a day. The
local fields were well to the front with
.completions during tho week. Two
miles north OF tho old Dague we'll in
East Finley township. Washington
county, tho Freehold Oil and Gas Com
pany drilled test on the G. Nv Elton
Farm through the Fifth sand. is a
duster. One mile east of this well,
the same company's test on tho VII
liam L. and John II. NfcCleary farm 10
drilling IN the Gordon sand and show
Ing for a producer.
Att orseyv1lle lie. Allogheny county tho
Crescent Oil and Cas- Company ts
drilling It's third test well on the Sam
uel Googner farm deeper. This loca-
ton Is about 1000 feet northeast OF
the Fifth sand producer on the Evans
lot and about 500 feet north east OF No.
70 on the Samuel Googner farm a Fifth
sand producer. AT Ingomar. VALLEY
and Company have drilled their well
on the Mercer lot through the sand
and 1t shows for a ten barrel pumper.
Beaver County Compilations.
All OF the late complc lions in Beaver
county arc light bumpers. In Green
township, G. ". Dawson and Com
pany have drilled a test on the J. and
n. Montgomery farm into the sand
and IL 4a8 Showing for q very ight
pnmper. e AZ. Fl eshWaterF and Conn
5pany got one OF the came kind at their
30 Is on the tia Ford farm
sItanghltn, Kopp6 and Comp drilled
"a test 6ns the Home r SlS Dawson arm
The Sas
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
STATE BOARD
Of Trade Annual Convention
Program is Announced by
Secretary Archer.
q AsnoeIA1rn 100,

PARKERsBURG, Dee The
program for the twelfth annual meet
ing Of the West Virginia board Of
trade to be held at Huntington De
cember II, was announced today by
Secretary II. II. Archer
C. G. Lewis. Jr, Of Charleston, will
respond to the address of welcome
which will be made by the mayor or
Huntington. Among others who will
speak are Ex-Governor w. "A. Mac
Corkle, DR.. c. "A. Wingerter, Wheel
Zig: Or. i. G. White, state geologist,
and DR.. G. L. Golfer, dean3of the ag-
ricultural college, Morgantown: w.
G.. McConaughey, Parkersburg, and
the Hon. w. E. Chiffon.