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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
MASQUE OF AMERICAN
DRAMA CONCLUDED !
Albert f. Trombly's Allegorical
Spectacle and Pageant Ready
for Rehearsal
a photoeraph iiiu.trstins this article assesrs
In the pictorial reetion.l

Announcement that Albert r. Trombly,
poet and professor of romance languages at
the University OF Pennsvlvania. had COM
pleted the words OF the "Masaue OF Ameri-
can Drama" TO be presented during the
second week in May at the Botanical Car
dens, has proved highly satisfactory to
Philadelphians interested in the big project
The theme taken by Mr.. Trombiy to
weave the spectacle into a pageant OF hu-
man interest is the wooing OF the beautiful
Eirl Drama. by young America. The ac-
ton starts with the scene laid back in the
middle OF the eighteenth century and slowly
comes to a climax with the present day as
a background Interest IS added TO the
story by unsuccessful suitors attems,es~w
10 distract the youths attention. but t>ster
FIVE plays from different periods of
Americas progress are presented In panto-
mime Drama and America are welded at
a feast At which the Fates predict a grea.
future for the union.
The color and spectacular appeals OF the
Masque will be shown by means of a large
dance chorus OF 500 or more students. who
start work this afternoon In their first re-
hearsal at the First Pennsylvania Cavalry
Armory. at Th.rty-second street and Lam
caster avenue. The dance steps TO be used
in the Masque are being taught in the De-
par,ment OF Physical Education
Mr. Tromblv. who was porn In New York.
in 1858. is n Philadelphian at heart, having
resided here since 1910 He is one of the
group Of younger poets, having won the
prize in the Newark poetry contest last year
and has published several volumes OF verse
The Springtime Of Love" Loves Creed"
and Songs OF Daddyhood." He has also
contributed 10 many periodicals.
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From Coney to the Pole-GIobe

The sparkling musical comedy. From
,,oney Island 10 the North Pole 4" headed the
'h ~ the Globe Theatre. This act IN one
y .ne most elaborate of its kind, requiring,
- does, big company and three scenes.
nnnur LaVine. the producer and chief
u both fields
~. eiose second to this was Olga Mishka
D.. Wmpany, group OF dancers in the
sssn s1n style, who do poetic. classic and
iue'h dances Of much merit. MAZDA De
x ,.'s, nays she Is an American, but in
t"y she is dainty Scotch lassie who
=. become rabid baseball fan. Her
~ n'esue with songs, called "The Base
- Dus has a great amusing feature
shand Is well delivered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
MARY DOES KEYSTONE
IN DREAM PHOTOPLAY
The Poor Little Rich Girl at
Stanley Has Humor and
Charm

TANl.EY-"rhe roor Little Rich Girl" Art.
Crsft. with MARY Plckford story from
Eleanor Gatess play. Directed by Maurice
Tourneur.
There are a whole lot Of nice things about
this new Pickford picture. I'm spite Of the
fact that its story has been padded out with
what the trade calls "footage' into a few
more reels than the exhibitor really needs
70 pay for or the spectator TO SIT through.
There is Mary first Of all Mary as a grille
In short skirts, in boys clothes and IN IAN
mel teddy bears Mary pretty and pouty
and pathetic. Then there s some Of the
little boys that ever took place outside
keystone comedy and some broken water
pipes OF the same school Handsome in.
teriors and fine lighting adorn the tale Of
a poor little rich kddie who never has any
fun with the neighbors or her folks or her
self and is finally sent into very danger
Gus dreamand by nurse who overdoses
her with sleeping potion. And there in the
dream--whch was most Of the play. and
which has been boiled down ali too short
to our way Of thinkng-come some novel,
humorous and bizarre settings and people
and things that inevitably suggest TO the
esthetcan that the movies are Just as
splendid a place for the new sort OF scenic
artist as the stage
The production IL excellent throughout,
with the slight exception that the leader
writer labors under the delusion that the
following are the customary spellings; ITO
night" Tomorrow" birthday" and that
old favorte til"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06
Continuing Plays


1t,,.,,u, ~, OF Stevenson lives again In
lusx island, which continues at the
lnos- .s nr and Mrs. Charles Hopkins are
~ the capable players in the cast.
Rthl h. with tunefui music by Rudolf
Mi =, ,ssn It's second local week last
q R.s .ne Lyric. The clean comedy of
|hse Barnes and Ada Meade is a fea-
ylH sp,.s seecher and lively company are
|orick!s In Fair and warmer" the
\ nrrs current attraction. II is an anus
~ based on inebriety.
|as.s Good Eddie simply won't ou,t
ennsSv Ernest Truck and his cohorts
~ sss Including Alice Dovey, Oscar
- s"man Maley. make this piece
msr'y Alsxl Hsjos, in her latest
-fom." u winning Laughter
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ARCADIA-"The Arsyle Case" S.znlck with
Robert WarwiCk. story from the play. Ill
rected by Ralph lnce.
After a good while out Of the game
Ralph lnce comes back strong with The
Argyle case" Long as the feature is. he
has made its story carry interest through
every foot. There il just as much thrlll
in the screen version as there ever was
on the stage Perhaps there ~ more, for
The constant interplay Of scenes makes II
possible to keep parallel threads OF plot
running with engaging swftness. Robert
Warwick plays the detective finely, with no
matinee idol stun He f;''ls in love with the
murdered mans ward quite as naturally
as he hunts down the gang OF counter
feters who killed him. The settings are
good. Some night exterors, faxed" In
the studio. are excellent, and some day
ones are not so good. Selznick Pictures
has supplied much more distinguished
cast than is at all necessary. Charles
Hines and n. Cooper Clffe have an easy
time with their parts, and Mary Alden
gives us another proof OF her high artistry.
The player Of the heroine, Elaine Ham
merstein. liz good to look at, and acts.
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VICTORIA--"Sist<r Against sister FOX with
Virginia Pearson and Irving Cummings. Story
nv Mary Muriilo. Directed by James Nince',t.
It's easy enough 10 laugh at william
Fox's obvious vampires. and just OBJ
yious virginia. doVe-like heroines. It's
easier to find his plots and his players inn
possible" from the angle Of the actual But
when all that is disagreeable has been sa id,
the Fox product stands out from the de-
bris because II is sharply defined, exciting
"punchy." This latest sample of good-sis-
ter -bad-sistdT double-impersonation has all
the usual Fox faults and more than the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

usual FoN virtues II has bright pAo,oE.
raphy handsome sets. whlrlwiud action
real II improbable. story Perhaps YOU
don't care for the Iovuh-housr comedy ur
th" ihichly-laid-on child pathos. but fou'l
admit that the vampire -iuEeuue Work "t
Miss Pearson is clever. and yoI certainly
won't be- bored This companys directors
are sharks a, the closeup and the cutba,h.
and SO tn" hlm moves with hreakneck speed
ana dexteritN
SANoN-"se,cn DcadlS sins; Envy" Nj
LIT. WIN Ann Mnrd",k ard G""rg% .,e
Graphed by George w Lane.
The first OF the new Mcclure photoplays
iS llk" a good dinner filed with tasty
courses that are a little hard to digest II
has all the elements of the modern thriller
speed. capital actors. camera work that H.
glowing Unfortunately the fusng OF the
elements has been hastily or carelessiy
done, and the result is tumble of dramatic
happenings that quite lose sight Of the al
legged moral The picture iS mainly notable
In proving what an acquisition to the screen
Miss Murdock is There are plenty Of in
genues VINO can match her on the stage.
In celluloid she brings, somehow, a fresh
and invigoratlng touch to the most barren
Of roles. Bodily plastic and picturesque,
she looks even pretty before tie lens.
Nearly everybody will like her in Envy.
and good many will like Envy itself II
too much emphasis isn't put on the high
art end OF IL
/ Hour with e. Aubrey smith Al the Re-
gent Harold Lockwood and May Allison in
THE Promise" are the attraction. . SPeggy
| Hyland in intrigue" is the principal fea e
ture on the Strand hill. It will be reviewed
here later this week.
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Tho Case in Point Being an
Al Amusing Comedy About Doc
TORS and Artistic Romance
erACE SOCIETY PLAYS 1T

is. .eretsry OF PICTURE n Ryland carte
Act l. sir cOlsn'o R'dseon' '0"'O''"
Boon n After Dinner on q Hotel s,ao rsrraee'
. Acts " picture shop Gallery
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-06

CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOCSE-"The
Barrier" Rex Beach Pictures tompauE.
ADAPTED from tho novel rs Adrian Gil spear.
Directed o." Edgar Lewis
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-28
& MORE MEN
. . CERTIFIED. BY
COUNTY BOARD
Burle'gh's Mt Quota Now Ex-
cseded by More Than Nec-
c:sa1y Ten Per Cent
GALL WILL COME SOON
FOR FIST CAMP GROUP

l'lr!aigh county, with 80 men cel
tiled to the district Board yesterday
has well oye.' It's t., quota OF SO. Dlu.
ten percent to allow for reflections
and discharged by the district BOARD
Cf the 81 elIgibles selected by the 10
cal exemption board from the second
class OF zUU reglstrants, large mum
ber are expected to file claims foi
exemptions on agricultural grounds
wlLn tne district yoard, but no appli
cation for discharge has been mad.
by any OF these men to the loca
boards.
The call for Burleigh's first thirty
percent to mobilize here preparatory
10 entraining for Camp Dodge at Des
N oines, Ia, is expected within few
days. 1t is expected that the jrsl
contingent will leave for Des Moines
on september 5.
The district board has thousands Ol
claims for agricultural exemptions to
consider. Six hundred claims came in
yesterday alone, and it would appear
that very large percentage of the
aole-bodied, unmarried young men OF
North Dakota are actively engaged in
farming The district board expects
to begin the consideration OF tAes.
claims this week. y.%
BurIeigh's List.
Burleigh's second list of select ser
vice men, which went to the district
board yesterday, follows:
David w. Smith, 401. Front street,
Bismarck, N. d., 2O4! =
Paul Stafki, Wing, N. D., POI.
Frank Van Vlcet, BISMARCK N. D.
2C9. 1
Adolph RuJerg, bismarck, Nd. 212.
Otto Hoge, Baldwin, N. D., 2l4.
Walter G. ClOoten, 40l 9th Bis
marck, N. D. PIT.
Floyd Leo Paris, Bismarck, N. D.,
21S. Fl.
Edward Harry Rasche, Baldwin, y.
D., 222.
Frank J. Johnson, All 10th Bis
marck, N. d., 226
Rudolph Carlandor, G 3rd, Bismarck,
n. D., 229.
Gust Hill, Taslc, Mimi, 23O.
Rudolph &. Haa,lerud. 2Ib Thayel.
Bismarck, N. D., 2i9.
Peter Tamis, Van Horn, Bismarck,
N. d., 257. ,as. -.
Chris Albert Pet rson. Wilton, N. D.
25S. .-.. -.
Joseph Murray, - 9TH, Bismarck, N.
D., 259.
, Alfred A. Quale, Driscoll, n. D., 26S
John Haroldson, Mckenzie, N. D.,
274.
Roland Stillson. baldwin, N. D., 275.
Roy Kendall, Mnffit. n. d., 271.
Carl Kylazczuk. Wilton. n. d., 2S3.
Herman Engstrom, Wilton, N. d.,
2S7.
James Evert Baker, Moffit, n. D.,
29O.
Leon X. Walters, % 9rd, Bismarck,
N. D., sol.
Charles J. Roberts, Menoken, n. D.,
sO2.
John Sabot. Bismarck, N. D., 303.
Owen w. Tice. Wing, N. D., 3O4.
CONTINUED on Page Threel
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u. S. Grant Won't Help
History to Repeat If
His Wife Can Help It

Ulysses S. Grant isn't going to as.
sist history in repeating itself if his
better half can help it-and Judging
from the tone of her letter to the dis
trict board she has some confidence
in her ability.
Said U. S. Grant lives up state, is
of military age, and was accepted by
his local board. Apparently he didn't
urge his claims for exemption very
strongly, or the board did not consid.
er them favorably, for Ulysses is up
to the district board as a candidate
for select service. And here Mrs.
Grant steps in. She doesn't want
Ulysses to go to war. She feels the
family has done enough for its coun-
try, and that the proper place for Mr.
U. S. Grant is beneath his own vine
and fig tree, Therefore there's a
chance that new lustre may not be
shed on this glorious name. The dis
trict board still has something to say
on the subject, IoWever, and It hasn't
come to Mrs: Grants. claim for exemp-
ton, filed on behalf of her Ulysses.
How He TremhIes.
"The board he think my boy trem.
BILE because he fraid. That not So
he trembles all the WHILE" writes a
doting German mother whose boy
was passed as physically perfect by
a local exemption board in spite Of
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..TA[C0TT FEELS
CONFIDENT Of
SQUARE DEAL
Wires Governor F azer Tint
Committee Is Taking Facts
Into Consideration
DECLARES RUM0Rs OF
~ Low PRICE UNFoUNDED

Confident that the price fixing com.
mittee at Washington will give the
North Dakota. farmer square deal
on his wheat crop is expressed in a
wire received by Governor Frazier this
morning from Warden~F F. S. Talcott
of the state penitentiary, who repre-
sents the Flickertail chief executive
at the national capital. Warden Tai
colt wires:
"The committee is still deliberating.
Northwest wheat growers interests
ARE being urgently and earnestly pre-.
sented before the conference. Public
rumors of price to be fixed below $,
are wholly without foundation. Rep.
resentatives of the states of North
and South Dakota and Minnesota, aft
er consulting members of congress
and United States Treasurer Burke,
have had an opportunity to interview
Chairman Garfield and members of
the committee and find that detailed
facts of the cost of production, the
importance of making good the gov.
ernment's promise of liberal prices,
etc., all clearly presented before them,
but the committee is trying to find a
middle course between the interests Of
the producer and the consumer DR..
Ladd is working tirelessly and effec-
lively for fair consideration of the
farmers interests and especially is
looking after the spread of price be-
tween grades and the price of durum
wheat.
"A strong point to urge is that the
price must be high enough to bring
this years crop to market and to ell
courage large acreages sown to wheat
next year. Have arranged for anoth-
er interview tomorrow morning. De-
cision possibly will be reached late
tomorrow.
"F. S. TALCOTT."
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(By Associated Press.

Somewhat slowly, but nevertheless
surely, the Italians are breaking
down the resistance of the, Austrians
in the region around Monte SantO,
north of .Gorizia, and making their
way eastward toward the border of
Upper CarniOla.
In their endeavor to hold back the
Italians the Austrians have brought
to this sector large numbers of fresh
men, and at last reports the fighting
was most intense, but with the Ital
ians having overcome the resistance
of the Austrians at various points
Virtually nothing is being vouch.
safed in the Italian official communl.
cations which even approximately re
cords the advances General CadOrna's $
men have made since they began
their offensive from the region of
Tolmino to the sea. the Italian war Of.
flee probably desiring to conceal from
the enemy the exact ohjectives it has
in view.
Counter Attacks Thrown Back.
On the front in France, the Ger
mans have been, throwing cOunterat-
tacks against the French line in the
region of Verdun, but not only have
the forces of General Petain main
tanned their gains in their entirety.
but have taken more than LOO addi-
tiOnal prisoners.
Likewise, on the Aisne front, the
German crown prince is keeping up
his offensive against the French, but
here also the attempts met with COM
plete failure.
Along the front held by the Brit
ish the operations have scarcely ris
en- above the character of trench
raids, although OH various sectors yig-
orous artillery duels are in progress.
The Berlin war office reports the
capture of Russian positions near ia
cobstadt, between Riga and Dvinsk on
the northern Russian front, but makes
no mention of resumption of the
operations begun last week east of
Riga In Rumania the Russo-Ruman-
ian forces are still holding their own
against the invaders. having retaken
eight positions northwest of Soveia
which the Germans captured last
week. On the Fokshani sector, Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's forces
seemingly have been unable to make
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BUT 10 PERCENT
EXEMP TON FOR
FARMER CLAIMS
Number of Discharges Granted
by District Board Runni i::g
Lower Than Expected
ONLY BoNAF1DE OWNER
OR OPERATOR FAVORED
Majority of Those Let OFF Have
Had Dependents to Re-
ceive Consideration

Exemptions of the registrants who
claim discharge from the draft as ag
ricultural workers are running be.
tween eight and ten percent of the
total number of applications in North
Dakota. This percentage is far low
er than had gen orally been anticipat
ed 1t will mean that very small
proportion of all the workers who
have appealed to the district board for
discharge can be accommodated. In
a majority of instances where agricul'
tural workers have been exempted by
the district board they not only were
bOnafide farmers-oWners or renters
of farms which they actively operated
but they also had dependents who
entitled them to consideration.
Only two counties have been con-
sidered to date. The board only be-
gan yesterday wading into the noun
tain of claims which confronts it.
Adams county had comparatively few
cldllNS lOT cAtulPLlOu Ou dSIlCultuIdl dl
grounds and was quickly disposed Of
The number of claims from Mclean
county, the second considered, was
rather large, but, the board had run
through this list by noon today and
took up third county this after
In practically every instance where
the board has considered a claim in
the last two. days its action will be
final. so far as this board is con,
cerned. The next source of appeal for
the man who osstill feels he should moi
be called upon. to fight is the presi
dent. 1t is not anticipated that any
considerable number Of appeals will
be carried over the head of the North
Dakota district board. 1t is repre-
sentative body which may be pre-
I sumed to be fully: conversant with
conditions here at home, and if ii
does not exempt man 1t will on,y be
in the most exceptional cases that an
appeal carried to the president can
hope to receive favorable attention.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-28
CANADA NEEDS
$1,000 MEN
FOR HARVEST
Unless United States Assists Bulk
Of Wheat Will Be I'm
perilsd
DOMINION OFFICIALS
- M URGE ACTION NOW

Winnipeg, Can, Aug. 2S.--lf Mime
sota,- the Dakotas and Iowa cannot
supply, western Canada's needs Of 16,.
900 more farm hands then the bulk
of the 3OO,OO0,O0O bushels of, wheat in
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
will be seriously imperiled.
This was the statement rero'l''y of
railway and immigration or isl; in
close touch with harvest cr.n;.jon1
in western Canada More than 1905
hands are needed for har e3ting in
Saskatchewan and about 5000 arc
wanted for work in Manitoba fields
The immigration officials are depend
ing upon the harvest season in the
four states to release for the western
Canadian farmers a large number OF
farm hands for this purpose.
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RAIL BOARD BUSY,
HEARINGS WILL GO
OVER FOR HARVEST
Chairman Aandahl Running Eng
inc; Bleick in Fields; John
son Making Hay

Because farmer members of the
North Dakota railway commission are
too busy getting in their 1916 crop OF
helping neighbors get in theirs to con
slider other matters just now, it is
probable that -unimportant railway
and telephone hearings scheduled for
the coming week will be postponed
until the harvest rush is over.
Chairman IS. J. Aandahl writes from
Litchville that he is the engineer OF
q big threshing rig that is simply eat
ing up the fields around there. Wheat
he advises, is running 10 and IL bush
els to the acre and is of splendid
quality. He wants to be let off If 1t
is possible, for there's no one else to
run the engine.
Charles w. Bleick is busy with the
harvest around Elgin, and NJ. p. John
son of Tolley, state president of the
Equity and the third member of the
board, is down in Wisconsin and Min
nesota looking up the prospects OF
Getting hay and OF getting it hauled to
North Dakota to save the hundreds
of herds which must be sacrificed il
forage at a price the FARMER can az
ford to pay cannot be provided. g..
There is, anyway. a hull in rail
boa-o affairs pending a decision OF
the price fixing committee as to the
sum which the farmer is to get for
his wheat. Until this is determined,
no great amount of wheat will move,
for the grain grower is averse to buy
ing a pig in a poke if he doesn't
have to.
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FORMER. BISMARCK
GROCERY SALESMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
De pondcnt Over Poor Crop
Edgar F. Booth Takes His
Own Life at Glendive

Glendive, Mont, Aug. 2S.-Edgar F
Booth, for a number of years travel
ing salesman for the Bismarck Gro.
Gerry Co., with headquarters at Glen.
dive, and more recently engaged in
ranching north of Savage, was found
lying on his bed with bullet hole in
his head when Mrs. Booth entered
their room shortly after the family
had finished breakfast. Booth had ap-
parently been in normal health and
spirits, but it is believed that brood
ing over poor crops induced his rash
act. He was 80 years old and had
been married but IS months. He was
a member of the Glendive lodge of
Elks.
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TEN OLD CUSTER
SCOUTS SURVIVE
ON RESERVATION
Holy Gross Makes List Of Sioux
|, Who Served Victim Of Lit
tie Big Horn


Fort Yates, N. D., Aug. 2S.-F. B.
Zahn, (Holy Crosse clerk at the agen'
cy ,and who is compiling cens.s OF
the Indians on Standing Rock, finds
that there are living on the reserva'
ton The following Indians who secved
as scouts for Gen. G. A. Custer at
Fort Abraham Lincoln up to the time
Of his last campaign in July, 1876:
llue Thunder, Good Wood. One Dog,
Iron Road, Fool Bear all of Cannon
ball, and Keep Eagle, Shooter, No
Eye Brows and Paints Brown Of Fort
Yates. Paints Brown, after serving
one year as scout, was discharged,
and later he went over to the hostiles,
with whom he participated in the Gus
ter massacre.
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the fact that he tremEled. This fond
mamma declares her boy the best all
around low and lofty. trembler in the
county. He trem oles just as easily as
other men breathe, and it isn't lack
OF nerve at all but an overplussage of
nerves, she assures the board She
doesn't want her little trembler to
60 into the battle line where his
trembling might be misinterpreted by
some cousin or uncle or other rels,
tion on the German side of the
trenches, and in very good Teutonic
script she so advises the district
board.
P:t;fuI Case.
A pitiful case which sheds new
light on the great American home
comes from another claimant. who de-
clares himself the sole support of
one father and one mother. Other
members of the family. he naively ad-
vises, are his little brothers, three Of
them, aged 20. 10 and H. Maybe he'll
get his, and maybe not
He's Farmer.
Then there's proud mamma who
declares her Boys a real. for.sure-
enough farmer He worked two
months on farm last year and he
expected to work two months this
year, but he didn't like the 1917
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