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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-02-05
rag Your Licenses

license are hereby notified that licenses for
1916 are now due. The State license should be
paid before the first day Of Mtrch, 1916, and
the Parish license in the same limit of tine.
If notlpaid at before the aforesaid dates;
two par cent, interest per month will accrue.
and the same will be turned over to the at
torney for collection with costs and penalties
Each and every perst II subject TO q liSerse
must come to this Office in order to take the
Oath as prescribed by Law.
- sPSUB BERTHEI OF,
~ Sheriff and Tax Collector
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1916-02-05
sHERIFF's SALE
No.
Twenty-seeond Judicial District Court.
PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
THE WAX LIQUOR COMPANY.

PARISH OF EAST BATON kOUGE'
= STATE OF LOUISIANA
THE WAX LIQUOR COMPANY.
VS..
HOME ICE MANUFACTURE Sc COMPANY
BY virtue Of a writ Of Commission to sell Real
Estate in the Parish of st. John the Bapii, t.
ltsuea on the 18th day of January 1919,
and to me directed. ! have Seized and taken
in my possession and custody and shall offer
for sale at public auction. atihe principal
front coor of the Courthouse
On Saturday, tie 18th, day Of March
1916. at n s'ClOck a. N, -
The following described properly to viz:
A certain tract OF Land or lot Of
ground situated IN this parish, forming
part OF Hopeville ard designated as
Lots and square II; bounded BY
Front Street South BY Lot 4; East by
Main Streets West by Hope Plantation
together with the building and improve
ments thereon. also tbs following NOV.
abIes two (2) engines. two (2J boilers.
one fI1 Lot Of Iron junk one ~ Lot
of Ice cans; one "a Ice tankI one az
Water tank; one Cd Lot Of Lumber
Junk; one { II wheelbarrow and also
Hupeyille Lot No. ten 10 in9sqpart
niue (9); bounded North BY Lot seven
(7); South By Lot eleven { d; East hy
Lot No. nine q and West BY Francs
Street. together with the building and
improvements thereon.
TERMS CASH on THE SPOT.
sheriE's 06'icc Parish ol st John the Baptist
this lsh day Of February 1919
PAUL BERTHEL0T.
Sheriff.
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Stra ad-Feature Films,

Douglas Fairbanks was seen yesterday
at Moore's Strand Theater in The Good
Bad Man" In this picture Mr.. Fair
banks is a bashful city fellow who is
suddenly transported to the Far West.
His only chance to make good amid his
new surroundings is to throw aside his
tmidity which he promptly does and
becomes "a roofing. footing, shooting"
cowboy. Finally a lone maid comes
drifting into the Western wilderness.
Her wistnfulness captivatce the erstwhile
Fastener and through her influence he
settles down to business and becomes a
peaceful. law-ahiding citizen. Mr.. Fair
career as the rough and ready cowboy.
and Bessie Love displays exceptional
ability as the little girl from the East.
The secondary portion OF the program
brought TO the screen the eminent laugh
creator, Charles Murray, in Her Mar
BILE Heart" ore of the most humorous OF
Mack SCnnetts merry keystone comedies.
These pictures will hold the screen un-
III Tuesday inclusive and on Wednesday
and Thursday kathIyn Williams Guy
Oliver and Harry Lonsdalc will be fea-
tured in a vivid photo-drama. Into the
Primitive" from the novel OF the same
title by Robert Ames Bennett. Through
i shipwreck a woman and two men. one
OF british tendencies. the other possess
ing the veneer OF refinement. are cast
upon a lonely South Sea island. unin-
habited by humans. but Ieeming with wild
animal life Here they work out their
deStinies in an unusual and surprising
manner.
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CrnndaII's-Fea FiIms.

The Weakness OF Man" Yesterdays
attraction at Crandalrs. and which is
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cal moments furnished by Fleta Brown
and Herbert Spencer, each in original
songs. with Mr.. Spencer at the piano.
Miss Brown gives a succession Of de-
scriptive ditties introducing numerous
bird limitations. and furnishing a feature
that is exquisite in its dantincss. while
Mr.. Spencer delights his audience with
his Interpretation of his own romantic
compositions.
A most novel offering is furnished by
Dong Fong Cue and Harry Haw. chill
drcn of the Orient. who demonstrate
their own conception Of the American
song and dance, effeCtinG the latter with
remarkable grace and agility, the ornate
costumes Of the East and an artistic set
ting adding 10 the charm OF the act.
Laddie Cliff. the clever young English
Music Hall comedian. in an entertaining
series Of character songs and eccentri,
dances: Bee Hoo Gray. Ada Sommer'
Vile, and a magnificent white horse who
is inflicted with the od0nfc-ous name Of
Onion" in "Pastlmcs OF the West,
logan and Geneva in a tight wire stunt
ketchrm and Cheatem. hit Of non
sense. and the Pa;he Pictorial round ou
an exceptionally interesting and enter
tanning bill
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CoSmoS-NaudeNfIIe.

One Of tho most artistic offerings ever
presented at the Cosmos Theater is the
leading attraction this week. the Roman
off-Franc Russian artists flom the I'm
pcriaI Ballet in classic selections. The
aggregation -avc its FIRST performance
at the second matinee yesterday after
noon. its train having arrived too late
for the hrst matinee. Frank Morrell, the
California tenor in blend Of humor
and ballads ''hrouSht down the house
al the first matinee and continued AT
the other performances To share tho
honOTs Of a headlincr.
: Big Jim" a bear. opens the program
with roller skating. tango and other dane
ing, ending with a wrestling match.
Kathleen Dovoin sings pretty songs and
dances dainty dances and Kane and Hc.-
man also ind favor with neat speciality.
The play1ct. My Wife Won't Let Ne
by the Wilson, Franklin Company, is a
lauEhmakcr.
Tn" added attractions include the
Pathe Wcehlv with pictures OF the re-
cent labor parade and a glimpse Of Presi-
dent Wilson, and two Bray studies Miss
Mamie. the AVIATOR and a study Of
chimpanzecs. gorilIas. etc Loves Toll, 8"
with Richard Buhler and Rosetta Brice.
as the picture stars is the photopIay
shown during matinee hours only.
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Helen Ware Heads Keith
Bill in One-Qct Thriller
Other Features Combine to
Make Current Vaudeville
Entertainment One of Mid
Winter Interest and Dis
tinctlon.
BY JULIA CHANDLER,

The Keith bill this week is almost an
aIi-star entertainment boasting at least
hVe acts. any one of which might with
justice enjoy the distinction of headline
position, although Helen Ware enjoys
that honor
Her vehicle is a one-act play written
by c. T. Dasey and entitled, Justified. :"
1t discloses the story of a voung wife
pursued to her place of employment by
her theving husband, who demands het
assistance in robbing John Stanford her
employer. The girl Is in the act of re-
tusing when Stanford is heard returning
nome in his car. Paul lie Roy. the rob-
Der, hides behind a portiere until Stan
ford has enjoyed an interview with
Marcia Grey, declared his love for her
and been refused as suitor When the
master or the house has disappeared LIE
( Roy renews his demands of Marcia re-
sorting finally to force in an effort TO
win her consent, which brings a cry to
her lips, and results in the second hiding
/ OF the criminal: thorough grilling of
Marcia by her now distrustful empi0ycr
and a melodramatic climax which suffers
an interruption that turns tragedy info
comedy, and furnishes the audience a re-
lief of tension that is as sudden as it is
surprising.
Miss Ware adds another laurel to her
tiiiO'OiidI "iSdtH IN lhe leading role of
; the brief thriller" imbuing her in
teresting Characterization with that same
suppressed tension that won her so signal
Ia success in within The Law" In her
support are Charles Wyngate. who gives
an excellent and consistent performance
as the thief. and George d. MacQuarrie.
who wins less distinction in the role of
Stanford.
! In the supporting bill are several prime
favorites, and a few entertainers new TO
/ Washington. ,Of the former is Craig
Campbell. who was never in better voice
than in his rendition Yesterday of a de-
/ lightful repertoire which included both
opera and ballads. with an appeaIing
romantic song by Hector MacCarthv. who
also enchanced the pleasure of the act
by a piano solo in addition to his
sympathetic accomplishments
/ Quite different are the distinctive must
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also being shown today. is based upon
the last play from the pen OF Count
Tolstei, The Living Death" IL concerns
the affairs Of David Spencer, young
spendthrift, who, after a lite Of arrogance
and dissipation in Paris, returns 10 his
home firmly resolved 10 settle down. He
Is his fathers wish that he marry Janice
Lane, the daughter OF his deceased part
ner, although the boy is really infatuat-
ed with Babbie Norris, a hoyden. He
renounces again his old lite and marries
Janice, yet the lust for life Of pleasure
is 20 great within him that married life
proves a torture. When Babbie returns,
after trip abroad the old love returns
and he determines 10 leave his wife and
follow the girl. From this point on,
events transpire quickly. The action is
logical and the denouement provides a
striking moral lesson. The principal
characters are portrayed by HoIbrook
Blinn and Eleanor Woodruff. Tomorrow
and Thursday, Caprice OF the Mount
aims" featuring June Caprice and Harry
Hilhard, will be shown.
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Glcn Echo Park .

Attendance figures that constantly 20
UP is the best evidence OF the growing
popularity Of Glen Echo Park as the
season advances. While the regulars
fosk to the resort daily regardless Of
weather conditions there are many 10
whom the charms OF the resort high
up over the Potomac take on an added
attractivenegs when the mounting mer-
curry makes staying indoors uncomfort-
able.
With shade and cool breezes galore.
picnic tables. Fairgrounds and scores OF
anu cement providers. Glen Echo is an
ideal place for an outing This was
demOn5trated to the entire satisfaction
of thousands Sunday and yesterday
Mondays attendance was swelled con.
siderably by a number Of outing parties
and picnicers keeping this going at 9
lively clip during the afternoon. Last
night the dancers were out in force
and the big pavilion was the mecca foI
hundreds. The rest OF the crowd played
in the Midway. raced on the derby and
in general did" the attractions.
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Loew'.-"The selfish woman

Plenty of action, striking night scenes
and good acting mark The Selfish
Woman" the photoplay featuring Wal
lace Reid and Cleo Ridgley as co-stars,
which is now being shown at Loew' 5
Columbia for the first half of this week.
Tom Morley receives word that unless
he can finish work on the railroad lire
in three months funds will be exhausted.
He guarantees to have it completed on
time. Meantime he marries Alice who is
ambitious for social position. Morley's
father, an unsCruplulous banker. for rca-
sons wishes to have the plans of the rail
road concern fail and tells Alice he will
give her a million If she can prevent ho!.
husband from completing ii in the allotted
time. She does her best. but goes so
far that she alienates herself from her
husbands affections and gets into diff
hculties with an assistant foreman. who
takes a fancy to her. He is kicked out
of the cabin by Morley, who leaves his
wife to take up QuarIers elsewhere Rea-
lizing that she really loves her husband,
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Gnrdrn-Feature Films,

Nine. Pctroya held the screen ycster-
day at Moore's Garden Theatcr in a
drama of pathos and power entitled. The
Eternal Question: TWO New York club
men discuss over the festive glass the
eternal qutstion--woman, one contends
that it is birth and breeding that make
the SenIlrNoman. but the other. who is
a designer or fashionable apparel, claims
in three months he can make a lady Of
anyone he .1ay happen to pick up on the
street. simply ny dressing her properly.
This contention is made the basis Of a
wager. and rorms tho nucleus of the plot
Of the photo-I lay. The Eternal Ques-
ton abounds .n striking scenes. among
them an aviator dropping from his aero
plane to. the deck of transatlantic
steamship and the subsequent rescue OF
the aviator and ,he Girl he has saved by
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the crew of a United States torpedo boat.
There are also many interesting situa-
tions staged along Fifth avenue and on
The famous bridal path in Central Park,
Nine. Petroya in THE Eternal Question
is given ample opportunity to display her
remarkable versatility and pantomimic
ability, and in her support are seen Ar
thur Hoops, Evelyn Dunno. Mahlon Ham,
ilton, Henry Leoni and others. Cartoon
comedies and scenic pictures make up
the program. which will continue until
Thursday, inclusive.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Billie Burke will be featured in Tangled
Threads" constituting chapter, ten OF
Gloria's Romance In this installnent
Miss Burke sets out to find the slayer OF
her sweetheart, and as result many
thrilling and exciting incidents arise.
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DeIasco-Lecturr and Pictures O
Twilight sleep"

Twilight sleep"
Local interest was again stirred in the
remarkable discovery of Twilight Sleep
by a return engagement Of the moving
pictures showing its practical cTeot. as
COmpanied by a mastery lecture in eX-
PLANTATION by DIR. Percival Clark at the
Belasco Theater yesterday afternoon and
evening.
interested in the filncd demonstration OF
the Twilight Sleep" treatment for
maternity cases as used originally at
Freiburg. Germany.
These are the same pictures shown
throughout the Eastern cities of Amcri-
ca in illustration of the lectures delivered
by DR.. Kurt F. Schlosslngk. an associate
in discoveries of painless childbirth n
through the Twilight Sleep" method.
They awakened so great an interest at
the time of their initial showing that
the Modern Motherhood League has ar
ranged a tour of the leading cities for
them with DIR. Clark lectuTinE.
DIR. Clark gives in a frank and force
full manner the details OF the use of
Twilight Sleep" making clear to every
woman in the audience both the process
and its effects. The pictures show the
birth of a baby under a treatment which
alleViates all pain for the mother. as
well as other mothers. and the babies who
have been born to them without I he
customary travail.
Four performances will be given at the
Belasco Theater all this week with DR.
Clark lecturing. Matinecs are at and
$50. and the evening performances es at
80 and g.
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WANTS AGE KEPT SECRET.
"Prcspectfve Bride" Says Papers
should've Tell

In a letter TO Col william A Krou.
who presides over Cupio's counter at
City Hall. prospective bride" told the
colonel yesterday that the marriage
license business would boom in Washing
ton II the newspapers would stop print
ing the ages OF those who are licensed.
The brioe-to-be, who keeps her name
secret, wrote that the buy-in-and-b boost
for Washington movement is injured by
the publication OF the ages. MANY
couples" she wrote, who do not wish
their ages TO he made public, 20 TO
nearby cities to he married"
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At Other Local Theaters

she endeavors to repair the work sNe
has done But already the men are made
drunk with whiskey FOR which she has
paid. and set fire t. the buildings. Alice
rides for the sheriff and returns in time
lC rescue her husband. who has just
come back with the mo ~ for the pay
roll which had hcen held UP.
Morley forsivcs his wife and the VII
lains are punished. while it is assumed
that his work is completed as per srhed-
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Refugees Treated Well.

a denial that there was any basis for
complaint by American refugees from
Mexico against the treatment accorded
them on hoard the Dixie on the trip from
Tampico To Galveston, was issued by the
Navy Department yesterday. The denial
Is based upon the report OF Capt Joel r
p. Prlngle and the statements OF in
diyiduaI refugees
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Imnorts Must Be Pure

New York. July i0.-The Court Of Ap-
peals has decided that the agricultural
law - the State forbidding the aduitera-
tion Of food applies not only TO food
sturrs manufactured In this country. but
also to those imported from foreign coun-
tries - Il
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The average age of generals in the
British army is $50 years; that Of
France, 6o5 years. and Of the German
army. 65.5 years.
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Ban Johnson and hackers went to
Cleeyiapd and begged SomeEg to; help
finance the proposition, and It is con-
coded that the league would not have
been realized i Somers had not pro.
duced.
Somers was one Of the men who fore
ed the National league to q peace set
tlement. The league was a gamble,
but Somers risked his greenbacks. He
grabbed Nap Eajoie, Elmer Flick and
Bill Bernhard from the Philadelhia
Nationals and fought their cases IN
the courts with his own money.
When the Federal lea que threatened
to enter Cleveland. SomeTs moved his
Toledo team into the city, leaving ono
OF the finest ball lants IN the country
idle in Toledo. It was g 10 to shot
the move would be a Ifinancial failure,
but Snmers took the risk to keep the
Feds from q stronghold:
Somers gave Che American league
as many big stars as any other mag M
nate, layers who were drawing cards
in other cities and made money tor
other owners.
Lajoie was one Of the greatest draw
ing cards the game ever reduced. So
niers made him the first player against
whom. an injunction was ever issued.
Larry vas barred from appearing In
Pennsylvania after be Jumped to the
Cleveland club and had to go clear
around the state when the team made AZ
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eastern trips Gs
Laioie and Bernhard we're great
pals, and as a favor to Larry, Somers
took Bernhard at the same time he
grabbed the big Frenchman: Addte
Joss, Bill Bradley, Terry Turner and
Mig Clarke were other stars somers
save to league.
When John /. Taylor, owner ct the
Boston Americans several years ago,
decided to dispose of Cy Young. So
rers, moved by sentiment, bought the
services OF the Grand Old Man SO he
might end his career In the city where
he started 20 years previous. When
the Peoli 4raiLsplitter lost effective
ness, somers refused to barter his ser
vices for gain and gave the great CID
hurler his unconditional release. !.
Somers mining, baseball and real
estate interests began to slide at the
same time and brought about tinap-
cial crisis. American league magnates
offered help, but too late. AID. ut the
start OF tie trouble might have saved
the man who made the league, but the
magnates held of until just recently;
BY that time the bankers had decided
somers' baseball holdings must ne
Sold. a.
somers was the vice resident Of the
American league Il years, and even
when he Is out will likely hold the
position as tribute to the loyalt yianld
t'Intlring efforts which made the eagqe
what it is.
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Zeke Davis i'5; and Greasy
Neale Were the Bright
Particular Star.

e, with :".Zekess Davis playing q sem
safiona1 game at center for Fairmont
!Y.sI.E "a. basketball team, and with
.:Greasy.. Earl Neale, the sold Wes-
sleyan star, lat present coach of Muck
ingum college, doing the heavy work
sforftiie visitors the sParkersburgS stars
defeated ;Fairmont Saturday night q
1918 AT center Davis displ aged such
form that he completely outjumped /,
and ontplayed Biddle, the opposing
III was simply case OF 'comebaclzp
on the part lot "Greasy'' Neale that
won the game for the visitors. With
the locals ahead afte. a hard.p
game and with "a few minutes left for
the playing time, Neale suddenly
burst into his old time form and IN
quick succession Gagged three line field
Referee Arthur WILDER handled the
game IN an efficient manner, making
quick and accurate decisions with frm
conviction.
such players as Jones, for four years
Dennison varsity man; INeale, the.
old wesleyan star; Biddle. candi-
date for the w! ". U: five; Gam
Williams, "ffoungt Neale, and CraW-
ford. the latter als9 A university cap
dIdate. The score:
Fairmont-19. Parkersburg-e;s..
Arnett. ...........F n; $3.50. II: Neate
Cobun .......... .F....... Williams
Davis ..G.......... Biddte
/ SchWarm. ....... g. ......... Jones
Amos. g: ..... f.. Neale
Substitutes - Parkershurg: Craw-
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Basketball. Games Ga q: IS;
at Society Circus

ELKINs, Jan. S.-What was in all
probability the best society circus
ever staged in this city was held at
the Y. NJ. c. A. Saturday night. Con:
gresham Howard Sutherland acted
the role of ringmaster OF the circus:
Two basketball games were staged
in additions the other events on the
program, which were stunts by the
athletes and clowns.
The first basketball game between
the girls Of D. & 2. College and the
Y. NJ. C. A. girls, was won by the Y.
M. C. "A. by the score Of 6 to 4. The
other game between the Coal & Coke
team and the Bankers was won by
the Bankers, score 24-21. Five hun:
dred persons attended the circus.
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BILLIARD BAL Ls ARE liIefi
THEY coST1 SD TEEEss W.
You have any idea about tie pslss
snf7hilliard bal Il y ,;s u ~.
Y Balls made % ivory % ara se1l5 =
inches In diamsteF sell az 4 "a.
of three, enough s1or q gam ~ 1ass
lizards, costs $4S.
There was time, SnoES lens ess
when each ball cost q. ..
In billiard halls WI ERE atnntaR
tables are used, ssppR 81 ~
lexpeps i've Psepesit taps
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81 oR|j!|.5EI;jIIl NOTES

ieyanaeEss arm Is hqtheEtng him
tfia fnEer. + both ered lot Of other
k0yaSla8E Simmer.
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InauIiaIa hatiL RI. III EalfaLan1ira,

CE3Hlf1fNIlDylt9I W. .NHH Iah, III
ESfSsil41s posse on Egtlea aF4Eaallt Eof
O. ~ n Ia sSltllR fe Ilted fef sieaets
III iltS sli1 4ll3ua tf! tiei .Itlett ABa
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BOWLING LEAGUE
TO RESUME WORK
Will Square Away For The
Home Stretch With In
terest High.
az BROWN HOLMES.


Play in the various bowling leagues
will be resumed this week. The standing y;
at tho resumption Of h9sttltties Is as fol-
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Normalites Won
From Terra Alta t !.

In fast game featured BY very rough
playing the F'airmont Normal School
won it's game from the strong Terra Alta
high school team, 1913. The game. while
very rough was well oftIcIatsd by Mr..
ZSrner. OF tho Terra Alta high school
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