Tombstone epitaph., 1916-10-15
REPUBLICAN FILM
 TOO RAW TO SHOW
sWatchfu Waiting" Insult to President Shelved by Ma
 tional Committee.
IT DRAGGED IN RELIGION
psoturs Preparsd by Hal Reid Showed Convent and sisters ef Charity h . stery crotesqveiy
 Reveitine.

It was . remarkable piece of cam paign news the New Ycrk World let lssse . few days ago-a story of dirty methods to bolster up the political fortunes of . noundering candidate. According to the World the Repubii- can National Committee had a null uple reel film prepared. entitled "Watchful Waiting" to be distributed by the committee and displayed under the auspices of. or by arrangement with. the various Republican State Committees. The Committees even had prepared circulars advertising the picture to be sent broadcast over the country to County Chairmen.
 According to this circular, the -movie" story begins with the be trothal of John Martin to Marion Lom- bard. Martin. a United States troop CT, is called to Mexico. where he is killed by one of Villas followers. Upon the death of her betrothed Marion becomes . Sister of Charity and is sent to Mexico to nurse wound cd soldiera
 "In the meantime,- says the circu- lar. -the followers of Huerta shoot down the American flag. MT. Wilson organized . fleet of bsttleships, which he sends to Vera Cruz to demand that Huerta apologize and salute the American flag. but with orders to the United States marines to withhold fire
 "Sometime later Villa and his fol- lowers make a night attack on Colum- bus, Y. M. Immediately follows the Carrizal fight. Villa and his followers make an attack on the convent and drag the Sisters into the brush, leav- ing them to die. Marion, rather than meet such a fate. kills herself.
 -The heads of both the Protestant and Catholic churches sent petitions to Wilson, whose ears are deafened to their entreaties, and he sleeps peace fully at his desk.
 "views of both Col Roosevelt and Gov. Hughes will be taken in con- junction with this picture. but cannot bs described at this writing
 Denounced by Reid's Own Friends.
 That film was prepared at a cost sf $S6 900. and its director, Hal Reid, years ago was sentenced to prison on . charge of assault on . variety ac- tress. He served thirteen months in the Saltwater (Minn.) Penitentiary when he was pardoned and exonerated of the charge.
 Some of Mir. Reid's friends, when told of his new photoplay. expressed themselves, in substance. as follows:
 T do not believe that I have ever listened to anything that shows % much real rottenness in politics as this Idea of the Republican National Com nittee."
 Tt Is the most disgusting thing ever listened to-"
 NIt constitutes . series of deliberate and studied insults to the Nations ehief executive"
 T think it will 70 . long way to- ward beating MT. Wilson," said Reid ts . reporter for the World. First, I sAow Villa peering through the bush- e. Then there is subtitle reading 'why didn't President Wilson stop the war In Europe by putting an en- largo on all exports to all European countries alike, except on foodstuffsY r
 'Next I show Vera Cruz. A launch 1llsd with American sailors is seen approaching the wharf. Then I show tAs wharf and Mexicans. armed. stand ing there. They Ire on the boat Gh0W the ofncer in the boat picking up