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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
LEGISLATORS WORK
ON BORROWED TIME
Omitted Press Lea.ed Wire

VUuftcu Trebb LeHHtu WIre.l
SALEM, Ore, Feb. 19.-Sit-
ting in extra session, the Oregon
legislature today began the work
of clearing up many bills held
over from Saturday night, when
was scheduled.
Neither house was able to finish
its task on time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
$955 FUND
FOR STATUE

Funds to the amount of 1855
have been raised in the schools OF
the city in the campaign to finish
paying for the Lincoln statue, an
nounces w. F. Geiger, superin-
tendent. Twice that amount is
expected to be in by another week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
OLD TIME PLAY TO
BE GIVEN TUESDAY

In a celebration of the 53rd an
niversary of the Pythian order,
Commencement lodge, No. Z, of
Tacoma, will hold rally Monday
and Tuesday. Tuesday night at
the Tacoma theater the lodge
members will give the play.
Damon and Pythias," as Pythia-
ism is founded on the story of the
play.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
EXPORTS KEEP
GOINGUPWARD

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 10.
Exceeding by nearly one hun
dred million dollars the pre-
vious high monthly record, total
American exports in January
amounted to $613,441,020, ac-
cording to statement issued to-
day by the department of COM
merce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
MILITIAMEN PLAN
FAST MODELLING

UNITED Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 10. -
Officers of the Oregon naval mil
tia at a luncheon today discuss
ed plans for mobilization within
"a hours, in the event of war.
Lieut. Com. Robert F. Blair, just
returned from Washington, assert
ed it was generally felt there that
was was inevitable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19

The Pierce county commission
ers, with County Engineer White,
went to Bremerton Monday to
hear the Kitsap county commits
sioners' ideas on the project laid
before both boards recently, for a
county ferry to connect with an
electric railway from Bremerton
to Gig Harbor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
TACOMA JEWS GIVE
500 TO WAR RELIEF

AS donation for war relief
fund. Tacoma has given 500, an
nounces the New York treasurer
of the American Jewish relief COM
mittee. This committe is endeav-
oring to raise $10,000,000 war
relief for the Jews.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19
GOODBYE
JlTNEYS!
Especial to The Times. }

Especial TO The Ifmes.)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 1.-the joint
public utilities committee today
recommended senate bill No. SO,
which places jitneys under the
public service commission, with
the amendment to strike out the
emergency clause.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19

The degree team, Loyal Order Of
Moose, No. 435, will give their
second annual ball Friday night.
This will be the last ball in the
old quarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19


NEW YORK, Feb. 19-While fashionable
light lunch in famous restaurant roof garden
little a with
subjects the tables slightest he
being skeched this quiet artist
roundings
week Or so later Myers, wife of the ia
and the with the andpe pencil
plays neutrality-suspicious. little in plaster
perhaps showing well-known in
actestic exaggerated enough make quaint
interesting.
Mrs Myers of these "igur-
ines"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19

TURN TO THE Ola sSIFTED
WANT ADS ON PAGE 2 FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SEVEN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-19

CITY ITtdbuTef.
Feb. is, %, March 1, 1917.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
FIGURES GERMANS HAVE ONLY
3,13O.OOO ON ALL WAR FRONTS

PARIS, Dec. 22.-Germap combat
ant forces on all fronts are estimat-
ed at 1.I30,OoO by the military critic
Of L'Echo de Paris. His estimate of
the present total strength of the
German army is 5,500.000. Nom
com batant units. which he says to-
tai 100000 men, are needed by
Germany for guarding the frontier,
occupying invaded territories and
maintaining the long lines of COM
munication.
There are now exactly 154 divi-
sions on the Anglo French front he
writes. Each division has only
three regiments of infantry. to each
OF which there are only two or three
battalions. These battalions count
only upon a maximum effective of
$50 com batants. Thus for the in
fantry there are only a maximum of
$3.50 rifles to a division. If special
troops. artillery, engineers. general
staffs and other services. are added
a German division possesses scarce
ly 1000 men all told.
The general total com blatant
forces on the western front. includ-
ing army corrs and army organiza
tons. amount to aboL, 100000
men, a figure considerably lower
than that of the Franco British Ar
mics. The l15 divisions. of which -
are German. opposed to the Russians
and Roumanians on the eastern front
have been reduced thus far only to
113.I but each division has been
greatly diminished by Withdrawals of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
CANNERS BOARDING
GOODS, is CHARGE
Federal Trade Commissioner
Murdock Threatens to Pros
ecute "Bloodsuckers."

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-Evi-
Gence that certain Gamers of the
country have joined the procession
Of food profiteers" was laid before
the federal trade commission today.
Reports received by the commission
indicate that canned goods are being
stored with some meat packers. who
are not in the canned goods business
and that these goods are being hoard
ed.
I'VE are discovering" said Com
missioner Murdoch today. that GER
tain Gamers of this country are turn
ing into a lot of unadulaterated
blood suckers on the public. Their
method of gouging out-Kaiser's the
Kaiser himself in unprincipled break
ing of formal agreements. These
Gamers are not living up to their
contracts with the wholesalers and
jobbers and they are Selling upon
the present situation to soak the
trade. Where they have contracted
to furnish a wholesaler or jobber
certain amount of canned goods
they are furnishing only a percent
age of the amount and telling the
trade that the remainder has had to
be turned over for government use.
AlON tN el' liltA nave puIlSleu III over
looking or forgetting the fact that the
federal trade commission has on file
copies of all the contracts they made
with the wholesalers last spring
These practices on the part of the
cSnners are absolutely unjustifia BILE.
Every Gamer caught with the goods
will have to deal with me-"
Carrying out its determination tC
prevent food waste by furnishing pro-
duce dealers who continue the prac-
tice Of unjustifiably rejecting ship
ments of perishables, the federal
food administrator today ordered the
firm of Lester Brothers, produce
merchants. of Newport News, Va. to
appear for a hearing. This company
is charged with refusing six carloads
II potatoes. and a carload of onions.
from shippers in the middle west be-
cause of decline in prices.
Instructions will shortly be issued
by the food administration adding
20 the wheatiess and meatless days
pcrkless day as well. The consum-
eT will be urged to use sugar on the
pasis of three pounds per person per
month.
AS a nation we eat and waste SO
per cent more protein than we re-
1uire to maintain health" the dircc-
ions declare. Therefore, we can
'educe the amount of meat we eat
without harm. We eat and waste 240
per cent more fat than is necessary"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
THE STORY


Lumber Load Cpsets When Wheels
of Wagon Slip on Snow.
BAKER. Or, Dec. 24.-Ollie
Smith. a teamster, was instantE
killed today when a load of lumber
he was driving slid off and crushed
his life out. Mr.. Smith was driving
the load along a road on the side of
Dooley mountain. about 20 miles
from Baker and snow in the road
caused the wheels to slip. overturn-
ing the lumber which fell on him.
The coroner was notified and the
body was brought to Baker.
Mr.. Smith, who lived near the
point where the accident occurred,
was 40 years old. and is survived by
his widow, but had no children.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
MOTION PICTURE NEWS
What the Picture Theaters
Have to Tell You.

THE Lady of the Photograph, an
Edisond five reel feature release
through Kleine- Edison -Selig- -Essanay,
Is a red blooded romance revolving
around an American heiress. tt
abounds with entertainment from
start to finish
Shirley Mason. Edlson's petite star,
Is featured in the feminine lead and
interDrets delightfully."- the character
of Marjorie Van Dam. Raymond
Mckee. in the leading macculine role.
portrays the mannerisms and effecta-
tions of Count Soho with such &c
curacy and precision that one would
almost believe he is the descendant
of peer. An all-star supporting cast
assists considerably to make this pic
ture an offering of rare significance.
This feature will be exhibited Sun
day and Monday at the Cosy Theatre.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
STAR FINDS PERFECT FIT
IN SPREADING DAWN ROLE

Jane Cowl, the heroine of within
the Law and Common Clay and
one of the foremost of American dra-
matte astresses. comes to the Alta
Theatre Sunday and Monday as the
star Of the Goldwin production o'
"Th Spreading Dawn" This Is the
first screen appearance as a Goodwin
star of this noted beauty, actress and
dramatist who created the famous
roles of Mary Turner and Ellen Neal
The Spreading Dawn is a pictu-
rization of a remarkable story by
Basil Kink. which when is was pub
lished in the Saturday Evening Post
attracted countrywide attention.
Georgina Vanderpyl wishes to
marry her soldier lover before he
leaves for France and is prevented
from doing so by her aged aunt who
dominates the family and is a dis
believer in live. Challenged as to
her right to disavow the existence OF
love the aunt reveals to her niece
the story of her own romance in years
before.
Through her diary she relates how
Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl (Jane
CowD. belle of New York society.
married her soldier lover at the out
break of the Civil War. In the midst
OF her happiness her husband, back
on a furlough, meets with death under
circumstances that apparently reveal
ed his faithleSs. and the proud girl,
never relenting. lives on into old age
with the firm conviction that love is
mockery. There is a letter which
she had never opened and Georgiana
insists that it should be read. 1t is
the last word from Patricia's dead
husband and reveals the truth about
his death. Convinced that she had
misjudged him, the aged Patricia
sanctions the marriage of her niece
and then goes to meet Anthony in
The Spreading Dawn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

This step was taken on the advice of
Major General p Whtesett. Judge Ad-
vocate Of the 35th Division. and Ma
jor w. S. Lawrence of the Marine
corps. attached to division head
quarters.
A large house in the city's suburbs
is being prepared to receive them.
There matron and social workers of
the Y. w. G. A. will be in charge but
military police will guard the house
to make sure no inmates
escape.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Individual units. The Austrians have
weakened their divisions in the same
manner. without counting recent
levies made on the a German divi-
sions. there remain on tn eastern
front 1000, 900 Germans.
ITO Italy Germany has sent in
support of forty-five Austrian divi-
sions only seven divisions, or about
lOO.0 600 combatants on the Bal
kan front, held chiefly by the Bull
gars with 244 battalions, the Ger
mans have only 10000 fighting men,
but certain indications point to rein
forcements having been sent thither
recently from the Russian front"
.2OO. 900 is FRENCH ESTIMATE
AUSTRIA'S FORCE IN FIELD
An estimate of Austria Hungary :
army strength, siven in United
Press dispatch from French army
headquarters. places it at 100000.
The total war strength of the dual
empire before the war was $500. 900.
The strength Of the Austro-G
man forces in Italy. according to Of
ficial dispatches from Rome to
Washington, is $4,000 men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Rapid Transit.

Roy Bishop, Red Cross campaign
manager, got in such hurry to
come down town from the woolen
mills which he runs that he forgot
all about speed ordinances. Result:
plnched by Billy Scheer and fined SO
by Judge Fitz Gerald. Now Roy
didn't figure that ten spot ought to
come out of his personal account but
he couldn't figure out under what
expense head he could book the item
at the mills "Ah. | have it" he said
at last. "I'll charge it to transpor-
tation."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Benny showed Speed Anyway.


Earl Sawyer and Pete Johl have
gone and nipped genius in the bud.
have spoiled an artist. Benny Hick-
man. well known colored porter at
the Reetz shop, prided himself upon
being one of the most accomplished
and daring chicken thieves in the
whole wide country He boasted Of
his achievements in this sly art,
though declaring he had not practic-
ed it for years. SO loud became his
boasts that Sawyer and Pohl called
upon him for "a showdown or a shut
up. Benny was willing and so they
planned it to go to a little ranch just
east Of the city where Benny was to
raid the roost. The owner of this
ranch was a friend of Sawyer and
Pohl and they tipped him off to the
plan. The three plotters drove out
the other night in a Ford and stop
ped in the road alongside the ranch.
The white men staid with the car
and Benny, with an unerring nose,
went straight to the chicken roost
and was just about to grab off nice
frier when the door Of the house
opened and a voice beloved, "What
in the blankety blank are you doing
out there " Before Benny could
answer. "Rank. bang rOared a dou-
ble- barreled shotgun. Benny got
away to a good start and those p. B.
shot never had a chance to catch
him. out through the field he tore
and up the road toward town. Saw
Yer and Pohl cranked their Ford and
declared it took the fliyver two miles
with thethrottle clear open to over
take Benny.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
ARREST 81 WOMEN
NEAR ARMY CAMP
VIII BE Intcrncd at Lawton. Okla,

VIII BE IntcTncd at Lawton, okla,
and Cared for by the Y. W. c. \.
CAMP DONIPHAN, Okla, Dec. 20.
Women who have frequcnted Law
ton and associated with soldiers of
the 35th Division and those of Fort
Sill will be interned in a detention
camp" which is being prepared.
Thirty-one of them have been ar
rested. and as the city Jail could not
hold all some are in the county Jail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Might win His Stripes There.

I'm going 70 one of these govern
ment training camps and try for
corpulcncy," said John Montgomery
THE only government camp you're
qualified for Is the one at Mcneil 5
Island" said his friend, Roland OIL
iver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Not .AnIisS.

John Hill drew package in the
mall that came to the Golden Rule
Hotel. "Opened by mistake" he
read aloud as he picked up the pack
age.
"Who is this Miss Take" Mart
Ferguson asked. "one Of the govern
ment censors?'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
I .2O0. 900 is FRENCH ESTIMATE
AISTRIA.S EORCE IN FIELI
AMERICAN AUTHOR
CITED FOR BRAVERY

PARIS, Dec. 22.-Preston Gibson
the American playwright of Wash
ington, who has been serving as
volunteer ambulance driver on the
French front. has just been awarded
a divisional citation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

This being Christmas week we
have so much charity in our soul
that we will lay off of Kernel Wood
in this issue and can even find it in
our heart to wish the old fossil Il
merry Christmas and to express the
hope that Santa Claus will pass up
his stockings and instead fill the
empty void which God intended as a
house for his brain but which un-
has been unoccupieG
these many years.
1t Will Still BE Good TO Look At.
Sam. Thompson says he is obsessed
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

LONDON Dec. 22.-Thc admiralty
announced that the IlTiIish boarding
steamer stephen EurncSS was sub
marincd with six officers aud 95 men
lost.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Pastime Sunday Monday - The Mar
row Trail.
Ice Harding .. William s. Hart
Betty Werdin Sylvia Bremen
Admiral" Bates Milton Ross
"Moodse' Holloran Robert Kortman
The King Fritz
THE STORY.
Never on the screen. stage or can
vas has there been recorded a west
ern character of such powerful ap-
peal as the portrait of Ice Harding.
a typical bad man" of the plains,
painted by William S Hart in his
newest photoplay. The Narrow
Trail Popular Bill Hart has pre-
sented many stirring portrayals de-
picting famous types of the great
west in its palmv days but in his
latest picture he easily outshines
even his own splendid picturizations
OF the past which have resulted in
making him one of the very foremost
actors in the hearts of the motion
picture public.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24
Ube 0@eaklp Dullnogger
MONDAY, DECEMBER "a. 1911.

with the notion that his wife is going
to buy him an expensive ornamental
ash stand for Christmas that he will
not be able to afford the cigars with
which to test its utility.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Lieutenant Patrick O'Rrien. an
Royal Flying Corps, who was brought
down in one-sided battle hy the
Germans, and who had been taken
into Germany on his way to a prison
camp. jumped from the train. which
was going thirty miles an hour, and
by making heroic and clever moves
maneEed to get back into Holland
safely, and then back to England.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Study the FOX and Re Cunning.
81 see that Doc McNabb has start
ed fox farm said Bill.
Il always said he was foxy" said
Jim.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-24

Pastime Sunday-MORday - The Mar
row Trail.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
Mas con1r atriotas han sido
consignaclos al ejjercito
Curioso caso de ecano que vino de nuestro pals ma
ce pocos dias fue aprehendido aqui como de-
sertor del ejercitc americana

encuentran va, ell calidad de selda-
dos.
Todos clos han communicate el case
al consul de Mexico en- San Anto'
MO, Sc ha podido averiguar que
81 enrolamiento, obedece, como Ia
mayoria de los otros, que nlnguno
dc los nuevos reclutados estaba en-
possession de su carta de ciudadanla,
nj rresent5 ell forma su exception, a
Ii uue faltaba este comprobante in
dispensable.
Los cinco meXicanos g que nos re-
fcrinos han solicitado va sus dlchas
cartas, y en- cuanto sc les extiendan:
haran, por conducto del mismo Con-
su'ado, su solicitud de exception.
En- cuanto a los demas casos,
siguen en- estudio. Y Sc espera su reso
luci6n de un momento a otro.
Uno de los casos que, en- este asun.
! (Pasa a la 5a. Pag. Col. 4a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
HlYhPRENSI()N
Ii ACIIT(jD DE
los V!IIISTAS
Las autogidades america
mas temen que esos re-
beIjes puedan hacer
raids sobre Ia
f:entera
Tclcgrama Especial para Ia PRENs,.

NUEVA YORK. Noviembre IL
Los n!timos despachos telegraficos
r-oceIentes de Ia frontcra del pals.
iadic... cue las autoridades miitaFes
amec;canas Il 10 largo de ia Inca divl-
.oria, Sc muestran aprensivas acet
"a de las actividadcs dc les villistaso
en- el Norte de Mexico. q
Las tropas amcricaras de caba!le-
ria estan vigilando la Inca con nau-2
cho cuidaGo Y observando muy de-
cerca 'os moviniientos de las column
nas vil,istas qac Sc encuentran aho-$
"a en- Oiinaga. asi como las que han
cztado llegando y saliendo de- esa
plaza ironteC:2a. pues teneH que a.
Qu6llas pretendan llevar a cabo algun
raid haccr ataQues sobre poblacio-
res amer:canas, no obstante que los
iefes vil.istas que han Ocupado csa
plaza. han expresado que daran toda
cIaee lie garantias los americanos
Y SIS p-cpiedades.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
E:|A|L.IIz.|A| in
(jIjL..|SII()
|LIVf:.EII()(JH
I[.XI(;;IAN()
SastiiIyG & los voniil8d0rGS
Los seEores Santiago Y Da=
vid CambefOs, reSidenteS
Ell Tucson, ArizCua,
son los dueFOS

Con relatiIa 1reIueAC!"- S.s''Pl1
con n leg'-ma S"'is1@'c.'H-''7''to'
ren.do dando en- estas coi'''i''',' !'o-
tic.a de G1e @l&2" "e%.''''o. W ''s
muea's cue b." fe'cI''-'' i'+''''' )
c! raG!c&llSmo } !os SNSeS'-9 ''v 'c'
t'iuntadcr'F "c$P.rs' nan ',.S''.'''0 ~
sus rjuoaoeS' "e As GSc '"..... s"'
antiques c"mPoS "' a.~'"" W. "a
1"E' '"'',' ..'','''-' -.'".. .-..,,J..,
.-i-e H,"at' ! "' Io'''''''' S''''''.0
cn este pals "e Gs-li'.'o' " 81 : ''''
alguna m"lmA2, alZ'h "a"r%'o' SEN
adm;tja como bucno d, fac!l y lu-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
VueIve Ia traDquiljdad
a 0jiDaga despues
De los aZarosos
dias de lucha
'atruIIas de solda6os ameri=
canos y de villistas hscen
servicio de exploration por
uno y otro lado del Bravo
F co. Murguia viene al
Norte a conbatlr
al enenigo

DREsIDIo. TeT,, noViemore H.
Ina cstre2ha vigilancia sc eyer
c:5 auralte Ia nocne p2sada de uno y
o-rc lado del rio tanto por las tro?as
ame-:caras g-e patrullaban Ia r!be-
RI en- dcnde comien22 cl tcrrltor!0 de
los Es.ados Unidos como Por las Vi
lIfstas que. = su vcZ cuidaban Ia otra
ribera. En- los vados las fuerzas dc
una clra macionalidad sc elcontra'
han Fran,e = frente Gesempcnando e.
rnislo servicio de vigilancia ) desde
esta poblac;6n podian verse las toga-
tas que los villistas prendleron du-
rante Ia noche en- Ia parte mas alta
de "a c:udad.
La noche pasada tuc la cuarta que
las cansadas fuerzas villistas pasan
en- esa ciudaG frontcriza y Sc espera
one salgaR Curante el dia de hoy pa
"a cl desicr,o. Desde que dichas trc-
pas SC encuen-ran tan pr5.;imas
czta pcblac.5n, "a noche p"sada fue Ia
3Fimer4 en- que les habitartes pu-
Jinro9 dc-m:r sin tenor de ningura
csrecie.
!. Darre de la'ciudad en- donde es
tin ostablecidos cl comcrcio y los ne
gocios. fut vigilada por patrullas de
rangers del Estado de Texas. en- tan
10 one los rangers de las cercanIaS
Sc de,!icaban q hacer el servlclo de
exploradores Y de guardia en- las
afueras de Ia ciudad En- los camI-
nos tcdos. Sc ha estado eierciendo
una cstricta vigilancia y nadie sc
Ie ha Dermitido cl paso sin el CORES
rondiente pase eXpedido por escrito.
En- los hospitalcs sc encuentran
temporaimente cincuemta heridos en-
ire villistas carrancistas.
Desde esta poblaci6n pudo verse
cue una fuerza de caballeria villista
sali6 de Ojinaga, hoy, tumbo al Sur
oeste, en- direction hacia el Paso de
la Mula. Sc supone que este movl-
miento tenga alguna re-aci6n con los
informes que Sc han recibido acerca
de que ell general carrancista Fran
(Pasa a la Sa. Pag. Col; 4a)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
"El Plantador." +"

La pelicula Sc desarrolla en- los tro
picos zen el Sur de Mexico. Dice
un cartel6n esto pero en- realidad es
en- Guatemala, en- las inmediaclones
de las ruinas de Ia Antigua, seg1n
opina un amigo guatemalteco. Fl pa
pei principal, ell de .ntador, esta
encomendado al 'artista Power. Este
vieio plantador, americana; una me-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-11-18
Il La tierradonde los pdjaros nocant n,
donde las flores no tigren aromas,
donde las nnujeres no tienen virtud,
donde los hombrps no tienen honor"
En San Francisco, Cal, seexhiba un pellcu'a te-
rribIernenEe iniur;osa 1eniggaDte par NIX.

xicana hombruna; un plamtador ame-
ricano joven. y dos muchGchas mexi-
caras. son los personajcs principales.
FL plantador Ludwig Hertzer odia
a Ia raza mexicara V ha jurado ven-
gar en- ella la ofensa que una revo-
luci6n le cause arebatandole Ia honra
Y la vida de su esposa y la vida de su
hijo. Con este fin, mata, viola, ex-
plota como esclavos q los indios; los
despoja Y comete todo genero de cri-
menes el plantador americana.
Las vergiienzas.
Por otra parte sirve al autor de "a
cbra la entrada de un personaje que
"a por primera vez al tr6picc. paru
enseharle toda Ia impudicia Cue tie
(Pasa a la 5a. Pag. Col. 4a.)