El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-23
ROTARY HEARS
MOVIE CHIEFS
Powell and Moore Of zieg-
field Company Tell of the
Filming of Still jim

II was moving picture day AT the
Rotary luncheon at Hotel sheldon
Thursday and interesting talks were
made on motion pictures and how
they are made" by Matt Moore, lead
ing man for the Ziegfeld Cinema cor
poration. and Frank Powell its
director.
Great Possibilities Ahead.
There have been and still are great
possibilities in the motion picture
world" Mr. Powell said Matt Moore,
leading man for the Liegled corpora
ton. is brotherinlaw of Mary Pick
ford. Miss Pickford receives d weekly
salary Of $4,000.
says Fl Paso's the Place.
FL PasO offers more possibilities
to motion picture corrt raLlOnS imam
most cities 7 have ever seen. For IN
stance. Il is a picturesque city, the
Buildings are suitable for taking sucn
pictures and the climate is ideal Then
there are the soldiers with whom war
scenes can be taken. In the east
there are no such possibilities TO-DAY
the war picture is the one that rs at
tracing the motion picture thealef-
President to see "SHH Jim
we are now completing our pic
ture Of Still jim. The majority OF
the scenes are being taken IN III Faso
and vicinity The government has
become interested in the picture and
il viii be shown after its completion
to president Wilson and secretary OF
the interior Franklin Lane
Mr.. Moore said that FL Paso was
designed TO some day become motion
picture making center
Breed Talks on Red Cross
B. E. Breed Of Austin, secretary OF
the Texas Health association, ---sde q
brief but interesting talk on Red
Cross work He said that last year
more than 100000 was realized or
the sale OF Red Cross seals and this
year il was hoped that S3,0uo,0OU
would be raised. The first year of
the Red cross seal sale FL Paso turned
in a total Of $500 and last year $500"
he said Ten percent Of this money
is being sent 20 the national head
quarters, VIII - so percent remains in
the state where IL IS raised, for tuber-
cular and charity work. Alr. Breed
said.
100000 TubereuIars in France.
DIT Briggs who recently returned
from the French front, where he made
an lnFeStig cation OF tuberculosis for
the L $. government, said that this
disease was increasing TO an alarming
extent He said that as a result Of the
war there were about 1905 cases
OF tuberculosis among the French sol
diers"
Robert Krakauer, president OF the
ROtarians, said that he hoped the R0-
tary would get behind the sale Of the
Red Cross stamps and assist in the
work
Tells Of Lake Bathing.
George r. LeBaron, having just re-
turned from the east, spoke on the
subject Of city building. He said
seventeen years ago G. NJ Walker. a
Chlcago business man, conceived the
idea that the people OF that city
could bathe IN Lake Michigan Then
there were few people who hathed
IN the lake, while today between 5000
and 1000 people battle daily in IT, In
TACT when ! was bathing there 7
thought there were a million in the
lake Bathing is a Godsend to the
people of Chicago.
Cleveland Has Crossing Problem.
A man from Cleveland Ohio. told
me that city and its railroads are
spending S24,000,ou0 70 eliminate the
grade crossing nuisance which Cleve-
land had allowed for years. We are
facing a grade crossing problem here
but IL cant be solved without careful
planning in advance.
This city has a wonderful possibil-
ity for a scenic highway on the mesa
It should be built What we need
among other things is a city planning
cOmmlSSI SION
SegaH Reads a Letter.
j. r SegalL Of the entertainment
committee, read an alleged letter from
a shoe company, of St Louis. in which
the supposed writer, B. ). Hamilton.
asked how soon a factory could be
established here. He said the com
pany desired to build a factory in Fl
Paso and then called on George frost
Robert krakauer. !. p. Sheehan. p. c
Thede and other Rotarians in the
building line 70 tell how soon they
could furnish the materials and they
WI announced -nn a
1T. Krakauer. i'm commenting on
the address Of Mr.. LeBaron. said that
the Bush Ice company eXpectssFoon
to spend $4,000 for a uatatorium. and
that the chamber Of commerce hopes
10 further the movement for bathing
facilities here He said that thou
sands Of Fl Pasoans were taking ad-
EartaEe Of The harhinc- haanh II he