Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1916-09-28
The BATTLE CRY OF PEACE
Story Of the Great Film to
be Shown at Gem Theatre
Tomorrow and Saturday

THE Bat the Cry of Peace the
tremendous photo dramatic spec
ne conceived and produced by
j. Stuart Rlaokton Of tha Vita
graph Co, and faatuning Charles
Rdchmam, clearly depicts the ter
rols that may some day result from
the unprep eparedness of our country
meet the assault of a powerful
Zoe. The picture was inspired by
.he famous book. "Defensaless
America plays am import ant palt
First, we see an ordinary hoIs
/ hold, in New York City, With an
aged mother, two typical Anne icam
boys and tt cir siiS' er One OF the
hIoys, john Harrison, is in love W th
rsinfa Wander rgriff, dalah eli of
! 'pehce ait amy price aivo a 'e,
whose actions, guided by the
k,and of foreign spy, have done
much toNand keeping our COUNT ~
in its denlorable stat G Of nm M
par edne SIS John tries to reason
with Vandergidff, urging him, for
his country s sak to abandon his
policy, but the pa ifist rema MS
firm. Then in the midst Of one
Of the meetings over which Wan
lergriff presides, patrio'ically way
ing am American flag, the thunder
stroved by a monster she'll, and
New York lis forced to realize,g TOO
hate, that our defences are inade-
quate amd the city is at the
mercy of the invaders Our fleet,
after gallant stand, rs SUNK by
the longer range and larger cali
bre gums of the enemy whf'h are
able to stand outside the zone
of our fire, and pelter our shlns
with a metrci'less hail of shot and
sh ell Our coast defensec gums a.
so are silenc ed by a terrific bonn
jardm ent while the enemy fleet is
still outside the mango of our fire.
In the bombardme the bealLt iful
ky line of the city is shattered,
the sky scrapers i'm failing, adding
m amy ito the hist OF the a.lready
mum erous dead and wounded The
city is i'm panic, refugees rushf ng
% and fro lin a vain att empt to
escape the horrible death whlL h
as overt AIKEN SO MANY. The enemy
army lamds, under cover of fire
fl ON the fleet, ard after a short
lgagement, forces the Americ an
my to flee. New York is now
n the possessri om Of the enemy.
John HarrisonT RETURNS to his
h ome, to bid his mother farewell,
as he is going to enlist i'm the
army amid lend his meager ass.s-
tance toward the preservation OF
his country, but finds her togeth er
with his brother and sis er, str etch-
I'd out dead, killed by the shot
and shell. which, had we been pre-
pared, would never have reach ed
our shores. He has no time to
MOURN his triple loss, for he
must hurry to THE aid Of his ooun-
ry. Before he is able TO strike a
blow for the defence Of America.
he is seized on false charge Of
sniping and sent enced to death.
With a crowd of other inno octnt
americans, among them the paci-
fist Vandere1fff, he lis forced ito
the WALL, where the enemy opens
fire with a machine gum. Through
/ mi racle, Rikhiman remains alive
but falls in order to deceive the
xecutton squad. Meanwhile, MS.
Vandergriff has been compelled to
OPEN her doors to squad Of en- my
soldiers, who loot the home reck-
ssy. When Mrs Vandergriff Sc
che commander of the squad view
ing her daughter, Virginia, with
malic icious eyes, she chooses the
only honorable ret eat left to her
by shooting both her daargihter and
herself Harrison, after extricat-
ng himself from the pile of dead,
attempts once smore TO aid in re-
,elling the enemy. He sees the
who. Through his preachings,
was largely responsible for the
present condition of the country,
and hurls himsek upon him, only
. be struck down by the guards
and killed. AT Gem theatre Fri