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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-03-10
WAYS THAT ARE DARK
Railroad Men on Tucson Division Use Underground Railway" for Import ing Liquor.

TUCSON, March S-M F. Morales, a railroad man, who fs alleged to be the other terminus" of the under ground railway by which liquor was shipped here, was brought to Tucson today in the custody of an Espee special officer from Lordsourg. Mariana Pacho, arrested yesterday morning is the local end of the al- leged concern. According to the ale cations. the men, both in the employ of the Espee company, had arranged unique system by which Morales IF Lordsburg would secret the fluid joy in cubby hole in the tender of the engine, and then send the number cf tie engine ahead by letter to Pacno here. When the engine entered the rouudhouse Pacho would secure tke goods from the hiding place Detec- tives who learned of the arrangement watched both ends of the transaction and ruined the scheme. Pacho Was bound ovel to the superior court after hearing yesterday afternoon, in the sum Of S750. Morales will have hearing today.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-03-10

hour during said time. On catch Monday, "Wednesday and Friday after the 22nd day of March, 1916, the Town Clerk's office Nill be kept open be- tween the hours of 5:30 and 7:30 O clock p. m- for the accommodation of electors who are unable to visit the office during other hours of the day. Dated at Clifton, Arizona, this the 2nd day of March, 1916.
 MAT DANENHAUER,
 Town Clerk.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
COSMOS

The Cosmos Theater this week will
have as it's headline attraction one of the
most sensational acrobatic offerings in
popular vaudeville, the Royal Manchurian
Troupe, an organiza ton of eight Manchus
in type of oriental feats and spe-
cialties never before shown in Washing
ton. with novel scenery. The act comes
heralded as absolutely unique in its ex-
hibition of marvellous and entirely new
acrobatic offerings.
The supporting bill is headed by Mrs.
FitZsimmons (Helen Clifford, former VIE
of the noted pugilist, in specially which
has won high favor this season. Dun
can and Holt will sing and play laugh
able story of The Dark Mans Dream
of Work.; the Four Roses. English
players. will present an acrobatic dance;
Dolly and Mack will play the violin,
mandolin and banjo, and the dramatic
offering will be the playlet Just
a Woman's Way" by the Emily Smiley
players. The added attractions will be
headed by the Hearst -Selig news pic
lures. and the big photodrama. shown
only at 1915. 4:45 and pm. will be
The Turn of the Road" picturing Vlr.
ginia Pearson. Joseph Kilgour, Naomi
Childers and Robert Gaillard in the
leading roles.
new bill is scheduled for the last
half of the week, beginning with the
Thursday matinee.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
CASINO

Probably no romance of the stage to-
day is more familiar to the amusement
loving public, especially of the older
generation, than Lena Rivers" which
will be presented this week at the Ca
sino Theater, by the Hall Players, with
Jane Ware in the title role.
The story was written in 1856 by
Mary Jane Holmes. In it's dramatic
form, after an exceptional run in the
metropolis and on the road, it has fur
nished a vehicle for the foremost stock
companies of the country to this pres
ent time.
The story opens in the little town of
Oakland, Mass, where Lena Rivers. the
foster daughter of Granny" Nichols.
is seen, a sweet, winsome girl. The
action moves to Maple Grove, KY,
where the two have been taken by
John Livingston. son of Granny" a
wealthy southern planter. Here Lena
meets Durward Belmont and a ro-
nance springs up between the two,
which leads to climax when young
Belmont finds that his stepfather is the
man who wronged and deserted Lena s
mother, who died of broken heart.
Jane Ware will be seen in the title
role; Louis Ancker, as Durward Bel
mont; Stanley Price, the role of Harry
Graham; Louise Kent in a part of in
teresting Importance, and Maude
Eburne in the lovable role of Granny"
Nichols.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
G4XElX

Under the direction of Burlesque Pro-
ducer and Manager "Blutch" Cooper,
Solly Ward, the eccentric comedian, and
Virginia Ware, prima donna soubrette,
will appear at the Gayety Theater this
week, with "The Roseland Girls" in
Love, Law and Politics" and "A Call
for Volunteers" two musical comedy
offerings. The. books are by Billy h.
Wells, vaudeville comedian and humor-
list. The musical score, which COM
prises more than two dozen tuneful and
catchy numbers, is by William II. Har-
rell, and the production was staged by
James K. Cooper, although Mile. Amelia
Bartoletti, formerly at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, in New York. arrang-
ed and staged the ensemble numbers
and the chorus dances. Two of her ef-
forts are worth more than passing men
ton, 1.-The Ballet of Cards and the
"Corrida Formal" The former has the
chorus forming all the sequences of a
poker deck in the course of it's terpsich-
orean evolutions, and the latter is an
elaborate finale which shows a bull
fight in thrilling detail. The scenic in
vestiture is elaborate. as also are the
costumes. Another feature will be "a
professional amateur night" The cast
of principals includes Alfred White.
Murray Harris, Tom Nolan, Charles
Keither. Lillian English, Jeanne Eames
and Stella Wood, and the chorus Is de-
scribed as "a rosebud garden Of girls"
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Margaret Schiller"

Miss Elsie Ferguson, who was last
seen in Washington in "Outcast." will
appear at the National Theater next
week in new drama by Hall Caine.
entitled Margaret Schiller Miss Fer
guson 9 under the direction of Charles
Frohman, klaw and Erlanger.
The role of Margaret Schiller that
Miss Ferguson essays in the drama is
described as more emotional and of
greater depth than any she has played
heretofore, and her portrayal marks
another artistic step upward in the in
teresting career of this delightful ac-
tress.
In Margaret Schiller" Mr.. Caine has
contrived a melodrama without a viii
lain, war play in which no soldier ap-
pears. He deals, rather. with the di-
plomacy of war and the effect of war
upon the minds and hearts of the peo-
pie belonging to the belligerent ma
tions. Every one of his characters act
in every crisis absolutely according to
his or her sense of right and justice.
The scenes are laid in the official resi-
dence of the prime minister and in the
home of Gottfried Schiller a professor
of music. in London. In order that
spectators may not suppose that the
play is intended to picture present day
conditions and personages Mr.. Caine
has laid the time of action in the fu-
ture,
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Newman Travel Talks.

This seasons Newman Travel Talks
are devoted to South America. In his
opening subject. at the Belasco Theater,
Sunday evening and Monday afternoon
at o'clock January 16 and II. he
will portray the tropical beauty of
Brazil" its industries. including the
raising of coffee. cacao and rubber. and
splendid cities. Santos. Sac Paulo Bahia
at Rio de Janeiro. the latter accounted
the most beautiful in all the world.
Interest in Argentina" the second
subject, centers in Buenos Aires.
which is the outlet for the products
of the wealth producing pampas. Visits
to the vast cattle ranches and the in
terror cities will be included in the
itinerary. Beginning with Montevideo.
the third stage of the series VIII take
the easy chair travellers down the coast
of Argentina. through the Straits of
Magellan and then to the cities of SAM
tiago and Valparaiso in Chile"
In Peru" the fourth subject, noun
tain scenery in the Andes, more beau
tiful than that of the Alps, forms a
background for wonderful pictures OF
quaint Indian life and the remains OF
Incan strongholds. The last lecture
"Bolivia," shows the beauties OF Lake
Titicaca, La Paz, the worlds highest
capital, and other attractions on the
Bolivian plateau. Then Is begun the
trip homeward, with stops at Ecuador.
Panama. Costa Rica and Jamaica,
Evening star., 1916-01-09
BEIASCO

"The Lilac Domino" which scored
one of the biggest successes of last
season, will play a return engagement
at the Belasco Theater this week. The
production bears the stamp OF the
genius of Andreas Dippel, the i'm
presario, who has lent his experience
and knowledge of what is really ex-
cellent in things musical to the talent
score.
The score of the piece is constant
succession of captivating musical num-
bers; the scenic effects are elaborately
beautiful and the costumes of the cast
are gorgeous in their up-to-dateness
Comedy is furnished by quintet of
funmakers. A travesty on classic
dances by four of the comedians in the
second act is a feature. The whole at
mosphere of the production is one of
joyousness and gayety.
Yvonne Darle, in the title role, has
a soprano voice of rare beauty, re-
markably clear and sweet and under
perfect control. Bradford Kirkbride
makes a romantic young lover and has
an unusually good voice. Miss Am
porita Farrar, who has the, role of
Leonie DAndorcet, has ample oppor-
tunity to display her mezzo soprano,
and Joseph Carey and Robert O'Con-
nor, the two pricipal comedians. are
good for making hearty laughter.
There are a great number of striking
ly original dancing numbers, almost
every kind of dance being shown from
classic interpretations to modern So
ciety dancing.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Passing Show of 1915"

In presenting THE Passing Show Of
1915" at the Belasco Theater next week,
the directors of the Winter Garden
promise the best of the monster spec
tacles which that famous New York
amusement institution has ever sent to
this city.
Filled with spontaneous fun of the
bubbling, irresistible brand, it also pos
sesses the youngest and most attractive
Winter Garden chorus ever corralled for
these entertainments. In short, it pos
sesses to the fullest measure those neces-
sary eIenfnts of Winter. Garden success
fun, pretty women, jingly tunes and
scenic splendor.
Twelve magnificent stage pictures are
unfolded during the course of the two
acts Of the piece, each one more gor-
geous than it's predecessor. One of
these pictures is the destruction of
large city by Zeppelin with such
realism as to cause an involuntary
Shudder. 70 y.
s'Like ali of the Winter Garden shows.
The Passing Show of 1915" leans
heavily for it's fun on the plays of the
season, Such hits of the stage as "Ex-
perfence.' which forms the basis of the
earlier earlier scenes, Genes The os Song Of Songs"
Beds" all contribute their share.
In The Song of Songs" skit, George
Monroe has one of the best opportuni-
ties of his career for real comedy. in
the role of Lily. AS such he falls in
love with and marries Daniel Calkins,
Norman with three wives. Eugene
and Willie Howard come in for their
share of the comedy honors in a num-
Der of burlesques. among them one on
"Trilby" and another on "Androcles
and the Lion" Dainty Marilynn Mil
Ter, the seventeen-year-old member of
the cast. blithe and youthful, fits like
an apparition of youth and beauty all
through the performance. She sings
with spirit and remarkable voice,
dances as well as she sings and acts
just as nicely. Other Winter Garden
favorites in the show are Daphne Pol
lard. vivacious and full of life, who
works all the time at top speed; John
T. Murray, Clarence Harvey, Ernest
Hare. Sam Hearn, Dixie Girard, Helen
Ely. Margaret Warde, Miller and Mack,
Edmund Goulding and the famous Kos
loft imperial Russian ballet. There is
also a regiment of girls, a world of fun
and the famous runway"
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Burton Holmes Tuesday.

Tuesday afternoon at 4:3o O'Clock, at
the New National Theater, Burton Homes
will open his lectures, the subject being
THE Grand Canyon OF Arizona" Mr.
Holmes spent last summer in the search
Of the beautiful within American borders
He announces he has brought from the
Grand Canyon absolutely up-to- date
motion pictures and colored views in un-
usually large quantities. showing the
grandeur and beauty of this titan of
chasms, as well as an interesting series
Of pictures giving the details of his
journey by automobile through New
Mexico. from the old city. of Santa Fe, via
the pueblos OF Taos, Isieta and Acoma,
and also going to the enchanted Messa
and visiting a number of interesting
ranches en- route to the canyon itself.
Tuesday afternoon, January IS, Mr..
Holmes subject will be THE Panama.
Pacific Exposition and February l.
California and the San Diego Expo
sition." He will give only three travel
ogues in Washington this year.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
B-FKEITHS

Nat ~ Goodwin, the comedian, who
has starred in successes that have
helped make American stage history
will make his initial appearance IN
Keith Vaudeville at the b. +. keith
Theater this week. Mr.. Goodwin be-
gan his career in variety, and now IN
vaudeville he is presenting himself in
practically the same way. that is alone
and in his own person, giving charac-
teristically humorous stories. reclta-
tions and limitations. Another feature
will be Beatrice Hartford, who ranks
as the cleverest raconteuse in vaude-
Vile, with a new series of laughable
life studies, rendered inimitably and
artistically. Her offering Is novel ana
original Emma Carus, assisted by
Noel Stuart, is underlined for an en-
tirely new set of ditties. dances and
drollery. Leonard Gauteir's animated
toy shop in which the toys come to life
in the form of pets of the arena, will
be another feature. Other attractions
will be Frances Nordstrom. William
Pinkham and company in "Al Wrong,
comedy; Maurice Burhart in a clever
departure in song-stories, called The
Thief; Gertrude Holmes and Robert
Buchanan in the dance reverie. The
Girl of 1847"; the Schmettans in classic
poses and startling equilibrism. the
pipe organ recitals and the Parhe
news pictorial.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
POLLS

S. T. Poll has secured for production
in his Washington theater. this week.
the third successive New York success
entirely new to capital playgoers. Mr..
Poll began the holiday season by pre-
senting the stirring melodrama, Under
Cover" which ran an entire year in
New York; then came the Henry w.
Savage New England comedy, Along
Came Ruth" and now James Forbes
sparkling success, THE Show Shop"
which ran an entire season at the Hud-
son Theater. New York, last year, and
which this season has been playing at
the Garrick Theater. Philadelphia, and
at the Park Square Theater, Boston, in
both of which it equaled its New York
success.
The Show Shop" as the name would
imply. deals largely with the stage life.
presenting many intimate and amusing
scenes behind the footlights. That
James Forbes, the author, knows the
life which he presents in his comedy
is evidepced by his famous The Chorus
Lady" In which Rose Stahl played the
title role for more than five thousand
times.
THE Show Shop" reveals the foibles
and eccentricities of stage stars in an
amusing yet friendly manner. In the
leading role A. II. Van Buren, will have
an appealing comedy part, while Miss
Florence Rittenhouse will be seen as
the heroine. the role in which Patricia
Collinge scored noteworthy New York
success. In the chief character role.
created by Zelda Sears, Blanche Frid-
erici will have her biggest opportunity
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Calve-Gasparri Thursday.

Washington music lovers are re-
spending freely to the plea of the flo
tilla committee for the concert next
Thursday afternoon at the New Ma
tional Theater, when Nine. Calve. aid
ed by her husband, Galileo Gasparri,
will be heard in recital. and the pro-
gram she has arranged will give her
glorious voice it's fullest opportunity.
Nine. Calve, who at the outbreak OF
the war went to the front to help care
for the wounded, will appear here not
in the conventional evening garb, but
in the uniform she wore as Red
Cross nurse. She has agreed to devote
her time for the rest OF the season to
aid the work of the fiotilla committee.
the object of which is to supply the
supplies for the wounded on the
French front. The program is as fol-
lows:
Sgr. Gasparri-(a) Aria from first act
opera .Tosca," Puccini; tb) aria from
third act opera '"Tosca," Puccin!. Nine.
Calve-Quelques chansons de la douce
France chantees par nos Grand meres:
(a) "Combien jai douce souvenance,
words by Chateaubriand; OBJ La LII
settle de Berenger": tc) lie Lac de
Lamartine." by Miedermeyer. Sgr. Gas
parri-(a) Arioso from opera II Pag-
iiacci," by Leoncavallo: OBJ Spring
time Song" by Tirindelli. Nine. Calve
Chants Pyreneens ct Provencaux: ta)
La-haut sur la montague; (b) Phebus
Avant (This air is sung by the peas
ants of Auvergne. and is said to have
come down from the period when Ju-
Illus Caesar conquered Gaul. 1t was
played by the Roman trumpeters); tc)
"Chanson Provencale," words by Mis-
trail
Evening star., 1916-01-09
NATIONAL

Mrs. Fiske. the distinguished Ameri-
can actress, will appear at the National
Thearer this week. beginning tomorrow
evening. In new modern comedy by
Marian de Forest, entitled "Erstwhile
Susan" the play serving vehicle
to mark the return of the actress to
field in which she excels. that of deft,
brilliant comedy. Miss de Forest has
founded her play on Helen r. Martins
novel, "Barnabetta," and has succeeded
in transferring from the book to the
theater an environment at once novel
and amusing. that of modern life
among the Pennsylvania Dutch in their
quaint settlements throughout Penn
sylvania.
Susan Miller. lady elocutionist"
from Iowa. affected and high-fown in
speech and 'indiyiduap in dress. re-
plies to an advertisement for wife
and finds herself married TO Barnaby
Dreary, a tight listed, surly Pennsyl-
vania Dutchman, 10 whom Susan is
something new and strange Dreary,
twice a widower and the father of
three grown children. is enmeshed be-
fore be knows 1t. To better the mar
row and bigoted conditions round
ality to work, but more particularly to
the labor Of revolutionizing the Dreary
household. How she brushes aside the
tyranny of Barnaby. who believes with
his brethren that women were given to
labor for the men: how she brings a
sweetheart and happiness to little
Barnabetta, Barnaby's daughter. and
how she overcomes the enmity and
small -windedness OF her two stepsons,
all in the face of obstacles at once
amusing and unusual, forms an inter-
esting and laughable story.
The role of Susan Dreary is described
as a splendid addition to Mrs. Fiske's
gallery of characterizations, a fitting
climax to her Becky. her Leah
Kleschna and her Tess John Cope, a
player OF ability and artistry. is seen
as Barnaby. Oher characters OF the
play are portrayed by Madeline Del
mar, Wylda Mollison, Robert Stowe
Gill, Rockliffe Fellowes. Owen Mech
! and John Daily Murphy.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Grace La Rue,

The attractions promised at the b. F..
Keith Theater next week are Grace La
Rue, the singing comedienne; James
and Bonnie Thornton. the veteran
vaudeville favorites: Beatrice Herford.
with new set of life studies that COM
pei laughter: Marie and Mary McFar-
land, the grand opera stars: Isabelle
Lowe and company in Hope; Bert
and Bette Wheeler as Charlie Chan
lin and the Girl; Willard Simms and
company. in Flinders Furnished Flat:
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Wilde, London
shadowgraphists: the pipe organ re-
citals and the Pathe news pictorial
Evening star., 1916-01-09
N. Y. Symphony Tuesday.

Percy Granger. the Australian, com-
poser-pianist. will appear as soloist
with the New York symphony Orches-
ira. Walter Damrosch, conductor. at the
Belasco Theater Tuesday afternoon,
January II. He has selected the Grieg
concerto in minor. Op. 16. for piano,
with orchestra. as his Introductory
number TO a Washington audience. 1t
may interest music lovers to know
that Edward Grieg was a personal
friend of Mr.. Granger, and the Grieg
number which Mr.. Granger will pre-
sent won for him the hearty indorse-
ment of the composer both in London
and in the peninsular cities of Grieg's
native land.
The orchestra will play the Tschai-
kowsky Manfred" symphony and John
Alden Carpenters suite Adventures in a
Perambulator." which will be given for
the first time.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Tess of the Storm Country

For the week following The Snow
Shop" the Poll Players will be seen in
comedy drama which General Man
ager Thatcher says will equal, il not
exceed. in popularity The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" 1t is the dramatiza-
ton of Tess of the Storm Country"
Tess of the Storm Country" tells
the story of an untutored girl reared
as one of band of fisher folk in a
dreary village. Tess succeeds in win
nlng over the obdurate owner of the
fishing rights. and thereby saves her
people from prosecution as poachers.
The play is told with a wealth of
comedy relief, and the character of
Tess is one of the most engaging to be
found in current literature
Miss Florence Rittenhouse will be
seen In the title part, and A. H. Van
Buren as the man to whom Tess ap-
peals for clemency
Evening star., 1916-01-09
The Strolling Players" "

THE strolling Players" is the title of
new organization of the Columbia
Amusement burlesque circuit this year
and will be presented by Max Spiegel,
as next weeks attraction at the Gay
ETY. Theater. Fred Cady, the German
comedian. heads the laugh brigade"
The plot of the play deals with the ex-
periences of three men, who. while on
a pretended business trip are really So
journing for a month at the expense Of
the city on Blackwells Island. where
they are discovered by their wives.
They make their escape and drift into q
young ladies' seminary. Scenically, the
production is a spectacle. The chorus
of twenty-five girls, with Fred Cady,
eccentric comedian: the Stantons. the
Hayward sisters, singers, dancers and
instrumentalists; Boris Thayer. SOU
brette and Howard and Lloyd, who
are making their debut in burlesque,
round out the company.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
Melba Tomorrow.

Nine. Melba, the great soprano. viii
be heard for the first time in eight
years in Washington. at Polls Theater.
tomorrow afternoon. January 10, at
4:3o. Melba was a fine musician before
she was a great singer From the be
ginning she has understood her own
voice. and has developed it into ex-
traordinary beauty. Nine. Melba will be
assisted by Beatrice Harrison, the well
known 'cellist. who created such a IA
vorable impression last season as solo,
ist with the Boston Symphony Or
chestra. (