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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
FOUR FIRST AID STATIONS TO RE
PLACE AMBULANCES AT
INAUGURAL,
(BY UNITED PRESS)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Four COM
pletely equipped First Aid stations with
attendance, will be maintained along
the route Of the inaugural parade, on
Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol
to the White House, March 5.
In former inaugurals, numbers of hos
pital ambuulances patrolled the line Of
march, seriously interfering with the
parade formation and endangering the
crowd by their furious dashes to and
from the various hospitals.
Medical units also will be stationed
at the Union Station, and special emer-
gency corps at all Of the hospitals for
the more serious cases.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
URGE LONDON WOMEN TO WEAR
WHITE HATS IN DARK
BY UNITED PRESSl

LONDON, Jan. 12.-Women today
are being urged to wear white millinery
at night so that they may be plainly
seen by vehicle drivers and white coats
are urged for street sweepers. The
recommendation followed a series OF
street accidents due to the pitchy
blackness Of London nights during Yep
pelin season.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12

y The sale of the Wood property by
, the Atlantic Coast Realty Co., OF
Greenville, took place this morning and
the entire property including business
lots residence lots, warehouse lots, and
the house and lot now occupied by
Mrs. C. E. Bowers brought 25,52O.OO
The corner lot opposite the Planters
and Commercial Bank, the most desira-
bile lot offered, was bid in by Mr.. Il.
TT GRAY for $1S25, and the next one
to the corner was bid in by Mr.. jim
Ed Condrey.
Roth these lots were bought for the
firm of House and Condrey and will
eventually have erected an up-to date
building for the North End drug store.
The next lot was purchased by Mr..
T. L.. BraswelI, recently of Palmyra
hnt now a resident of Scotland Neck
for $1,000.
Mr.. A. F.. Hancock secured the third
lot from the corner for $995.
Mr.. w. 3. Strickland, Jr., bought the
adjoining lot for 1925 and the next lot
was secured by Mr.. Danford Josey for
s7s5
Mr.. A. Paul Kitchin bought the lot
adjoining that Of Mr.. Josey and this
price was also paid by Mr.. ). w. Ais
brook, who secured lot No. 8. and }. y
Bowers who took two.
The lot adjoining the hotel brought
$12OO, and the adjoining $1l3O, both be
ing bought by Mr.. j. E. Bowers
The twelve business lots on Mal1
street therefore brought $l2,735.0'
which was considered very low prize
for this property.
Of the residential lots those on lOt]
street Commonly known as Depot ST.
brought the best prices.
The corner lot on Tenth and Roanok
St. was bought by Mr.. A. F.. Hancoc]
for $695 and at the same price he too
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
PEACE LEAK PROBE ENDS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.Over the
protests Of Republican members, the
Democratic majority Of the House Of
rules committee voted to report ad-
versely Representative Woods p-iv,-
legged resolution for congressional. in
quiry into the charges Of Thomas w.
Lawson that there was a leak to Wan
street on President Wilson g peace
note.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
(BY UNITED PREss)

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan ia cam
paign to include a two year course in
making good roads, in state high
school corriculums, was launched when
the All Minnesota Development asso-
citation met in annual session here to-
day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
WILL SEND HIS REGRETS
TO HIS OWN EXECUTION
by UNITED PRESS)

LONDON, Jan. 10y MaiD-Pro-
fessor T. G. Masaryk will have to send
his regrets to Vienna when the tlme
comes for his execution. Masaryk is
scheduled to be the guest Of honor at
the killing but doesn It believe he will
be able to attend.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-01-12
ONLY WOMAN STATES ATTORNEY
IN COUNTRY TO BATTLE
LEGISLATURE
(Bv United Press)

DENVER, Colo, Jan. 9.-Miss Clara
Ruth Mozzer, the only woman assistant
state S attorney general III the United
States, appointed to the position in re-
Spouse to the demands of the women
Of this state, started her campaign to
force the Democratic party live up to
it's pledges and put through minimum
wage law for women at the present
session legislature.
The bill passed by the last legislature
and vetoed by the governor will be
amended and reintroduced at this ses-
sion The most important changes In
the bill, which is patterned after the
Oregon law. will be the inclusion of
piece workers as well as wage workers
IN the minimum. according to Miss
Mozzer.
If the bill passes, all cases coming
under the new law while she holds OF
fee will be turned over to Miss Mozzeh
.-.---n--1-.----.~~---r @r--se-r7--
But it is not at all probable that
I there
aries of State officers or OF state De
partment clerks.
| Senator Long Of Halifax is taking
an active part in the deliberations OF
the Senate and is doing good work On
the important committee to which ne
| has been assigned.
Messrs- Taylor and Darden are de-
cidedly Hon the job' in the House
and no county in the state has more
vigilant and patriotic representatives
The more important work of the leg
islature is now just getting under way
and these three gentlemen will be heard
from to their credit and the State g
good
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wild and Woolly."

wild and Woolly." the new Douglas
Fairbanks photoplay. will be shown for
the first time in Washington next Sun
day afternoon at Loew's Columbia The
alter and continue all week as headline
attraction. 1t pictures Fairbanks as a
young easterner who has formed weird
ideas of the west as a result of delving
deeply into the pages of fiction. He is
sent west by his father on a business
trip. and an elaborate fake wild west
adventure Is staged for his benefit.
Much to the surprise of the plotters.
however. an Indian agent. on the verge
Of being detected in crime, takes adj
vantage of the joke to perpetrate q
real hold-up and wholesale robbery.
The red men under his charge begin
shooting bullets instead of blanks and
the Indian agent kidnaps the belle of
the little town and elopes with her
across the Mexican line. This is the be-
ginning of series of hair-raising ad-
ventures His leadership of the re-
pentant Indians and his rescue of the
pretty girl are accomplished with char
acteristic athletic realism.
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Theaters in War Time.

From the New York World
How will the war affect the theaters,
The question puzzles Broadway. and
there seem to be as many opinions as
there are people in the theatrical pro-
fession. SO far it has not had any per-
ceptible effect. aside from the first week.
when there was a noticeable decrease In
attendance at the leading theaters. At
the present time the conditions are about
summer reviews turning them away"
Last week was one OF the best OF the
year.
William A. Brady. whose opinions carry
much weight. expects the change to come
when our troops begin to fight in France
and casualty lists begin to be published.
During the past season. he said re-
Gently. 1.-The public has patronized even
solid entertainments. Two of the So
called melodramatic thrillers, The Man
Chair. have been playing in my the
aters since last fall. expect that by next
october or SO. when we really feel the
shock of war. there will be general
just as we had in the Spanish American
war. and just az they've had in London
for three years"
Mr.. Brady then went on to say what
kind OF shows. in his opinion. the people
will most want to see in war times:
Il anticipate that among the most
popular forms OF entertainment will be
'girly' shows. One reason why these
shows are SO popular in war time is that
they seldom require any healthy young
actors. There will be feeling here. as
there has been in England, against young
men capable Of military service taking
part In sports or plays 1 can see some
hard times ahead for the handsome young
leading men and ball players who do not
enlist. Motion pictures will have un-
usual prosperity"
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8. F. KEITH'S

Joseph e Howard, the composer
comedian-playwrigh and Ethelyn
Clark, the musical comedy ingenue.
with a company numbering forty well
known players and singers. this week
at B. F. Keith's Theater will present
the largest and liveliest musical nov
city in the world of vaudeville. accord.
ing to New York critics 1t is called
"a Musical-World Revue" and. in the
main il Is INSTALLATION of several OF
Mr. Towards newest melodies. with
characters and scenery fitting the Vari-
Gus themes In its four scenes the com
pany represents types from Chinatown,
a southern levee. village tavern OF
.ye olden time" and a romance of lotus
land. with a realistic rainfall on the
stage; Among the principals are Eileen
Howard Colored Quartet. The famous
Arnaut brothers. eccentric musical
clowns. will appear in original and
surprising acrobatics. interspersed with
the playing of various musical instru-
ments. Kathryn Dahl and Charles GIL
len are another feature, in popular
songs environed by handsome scenic
effects. Lew Pistol and o. H. Cushing,
blackface comedians. will appeal for
minstrelsy called The Stranded Min
strels. Other acts are Will Oakland,
with his own company of vocalists. in
new sketch. Danny O'Gill. U. s. A."
full OF humor and romance and played
In white face: George Skipper and
Myrtle kastrup. in a melodious feature
Joseph L. Browning. in "A Timely
Talk" and the Hughes musical trio.
Pathe news pictorial Will supplement
the program.
At and Sis pm. today Dorothy
Jardon. For PHYS Sake" Laurie and
Bronson and the other acts of last
weeks bill will be seen for the last
time
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POLI'S

Polls offering this week is Willard
Holcombe's dramatization Of Augusta
J. Evans famous novel OF southern
life. st. Elmo"
Its scenes ara laid in the mountain
section OF Tennessee. and It tells the
story of the reformation Of q brilliant.
but dissipated. young man through the
influence of young girl. In the form
of play "St. Elmo" has been as sue
cessful as II was as novel.
Robert W. Frazer will play the part
Of st. Elmo Murray. the hero Of the
story. Florence Rittenhouse will take
the part of Edna Earl. the young girl
who comes to live with ST. Elmo.s
mother and influences st. Elmo to turn
from his dissolute life As Aaron
Hunt. Ralph Remiey will have strong
character part. and the role OF the Rev.
John Murray is assigned to Howard
Lang.
Others in the cast are Frances viii
Hams. Louise Farnum, J. Hammond
Daley. Russell Fillmore. Craig Ward.
Ollie Cooper. Anna Ward Hardie
Meakin. George Carlton and Thomas
Muntz.
Director Edwin H. Curtis assures .
handsome production.
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Film Taking.

That seeing Is not necessarily believ-
ing. where a motion picture camera is
employed for purposes of influencing
public opinion, is shown by an article
in the Princeton Alumni. describing a
visit to a Belgian village, occupied by
German troops. The correspondent
writes:
In the middle of the scene was a
little line of ragged Belgian men,
women and children. They had been
gathered from the nearby streets. They
seemed much frightened. Appeared a
dozen under officers and privates car
rying loaves OF bread These they
thrust into the hands Of the people in
the line, while in a corner the clicking
camera recorded the touching scene, to
be shown in Germany and Austria and
In neutral countries throughout the
world. Of Kind Hearted Prussians
Feeding the Belgian Populace." That
was what the camera showed. But what
it did not show were the fields of Kan
sas and Manitoba, or the ships of the
American commission that had brought
the wheat that had been converted into
the -four from which those loaves We're
made, or the American dollar sign in
dicating who had paid for the loaves,
or even the Belgian agents to whom
the distribution was the morning and
evening work. That day these agents
had been thrust aside and their bread
taken from them. "On this OCCASION"
they were told. our soldiers will per
form your task. You can leave the
loaves and go home" l thought 1 had
a story to tell. 1 was disappointed
when my description fell rather fiat.
I'VE have heard all about 1t BEFORE"
men Informed me. That comedy is be-
ing staged from time to time all over
Belgium. We don't mind their taking
pictures, but we wish they would leave
our bread alone"
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NEW NATIONAL

This week will be the last OF the
Aborn season at the New Nationai
Theater. The six nights and the
Wednesday and Saturday matinees, be-
ginning tomorrow night, will be de-
voted to the comedy opera. The FIRE
dy." which Otto Hauerbach and Ru-
doIph Friml wrote as the second star
ring vehicle for Emma Trentini IL
will be the first presentation OF tne
opera by the Aborn organization mere.
although they have given 1t success
fully In other cities. and were the nrst
To present ii at the summer box once
scale The same cast with which Inc
FREELY was staged elsewhere VIII ap
pear. including Maude Gray in the title
mart Mae KiIcoyne as Geraldine. Sylvia
Thorne as Mrs. Nandare. Lillian Lud-
low as Suzette, Harry Coote as JACK
Travers. James McE,lhern as jenkins
charles H Bowers as Ihurston. George
Shields as Herr Franz. Harlan Br1ggs
as Pjetro and Ralph Nichols as Cor
reIU. The Mcssrs Ahorn obtained the
Hammerstein production. and renewed
II for presentation in the several cities
of their summer circuit.
The action is laid on New YORK
pier near the yacht of the rich MRS.
Vandare. in her winter home in Der
nuda, and in the salon of her town
house in New York. The stellar CHAR
acter is a little Italian singing girl,
Nina. nicknamed The FREELY, who
DISCUSSES as a boy in order to escape
from her foster father and obtain q
position as cabin boy on the yacht. IN
the events that transpire she wins
new adopted father fame as an opera
singer and a desirable young husband.
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Coming Attractions
"Driftwood."

"Driftwood." a comedy by Laurence
Eyre. will be presented at the Belasco
TheAter the week of June % by Will
liam HarriA jr.
Special interest In the production 10
due to the fact that heading the cast
Is Fay Banter. a young actress who
came from tho west one year ago and
in tho course of a single season scored
two of the greatest hits made on
Broadway. The entire cast surround
ing Miss BANTER is Of metropolitan
caliber. Mr.. Harris established him.
self as a prominent theatrical producer
with The Thirteenth Chair" which
has been one Of the hits of the year
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It's details included long cape. which
Miss Pickford wore in the water as
well as on the beach.


Mary Pickford while staging The
Little American" purchased a costly
ambulance. fully equipped. used II for
an hour or two while her photoplay
was being filmed. and then turned II
over to the Lose Angeles branch of the
American Red Cross for actual relief
work.
Within two weeks Francis x. Bush
man and Beverly Bayne. the popular
hlm stars. will pay a visit to Washing.
ton as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ton,
Moore. Through their friendship for
Mr.. Moore they will appear at the Gar
den Theater to address audiences and
greet patrons. The exhibitors Of the
District. Maryland. Virginia and Della
ware have been invited to a reception
planned in their honor
Mr.. Bushman was born in Baltimore.
Md. and won early recognition there
through his prowess as an athlete.
winning the local amateur wrestling
championship. He also posed for sculp-
tors throughout the country. Then. as
he says himself. he got the acting hes
in his bonnet and set out to conquer
the histrionic world. For the past
ducing organization.
Beverly Bayne's rise in the Aim world
has been of the meteor.c description.
After a short apprenticeship she played
leads with the Essanay Company.
When Mr.. Bushman established his own
company she went with him as co-star.
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A Valuable Bird.

An extremely helpful friend of ours
when bird friends are few. is the rough.
legged hawk Unfortunately. this bird
is little known or valued. 1t aches
the United States from it's northern
breeding range in September and Oc-
tober. remaining until April.
It may be identified afield by It's broad
wings, its large size. and the broad
dark band which crosses its breast and
under side of its wings. 1t is COM
paratively tame. The name. rough
legged or hare footed. is made appro-
pirate by the birds full-feathered legs
and feet.
The celebration of the American rough
leg and Its more western subspecies.
the ferruginous roughleg. varies from
the type here described to almost solid
black. In this darker phase the rough
leg is commonly called the black hawk.
On such good authority as that of DR..
A. X. Fisher, under whose direction the
United states biological survey made
extensive field observations of this
birds feeding habits; II is stated: The
rouehlee is one Of mans most impor-
tant allies against meadow mice. feed
ing on little else during its six months
so1ourn in the United States. Other
mice, rabbits and grown squirrels are
taken occasionally. 4--A
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BELASCO

Joan the Woman" the massive. his
torical film production. with Geraldine
Farrar as its star. at the Belasco the
ater will continue as the attraction
again this week. with two perform
ances daily Based on the life OF Joan
of Arc. the famous maid of Orleans.
there is a certain timeliness about the
story of Joan the Woman" To secure
historical accuracy in costumes. armor.
heraldry. buildings and personnel. tho
lost authorities were consulted in as
sembling the material for the produc-
ton. The picture cast includes Wal
lao% Reid, Hobart Bosworth. Theodore
Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Tully MAI
nf.ali and Charles Cleary, all In NM
I.crtant roles.
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Rodero, Gypsy Violinist.

Beginning Thursday. the Cosmos
Theater all-new program will present
Frank Graham. Arthur Wilde and
Rance Rivas at the head of a COM
pany OF twelve musical and dancing
entertainers in The Garden of Mirth."
George Choos' latest girl act. Rodero,
the gypsy violinist. an artist of real
accomplishments: Mr. and Mrs. Cortez
In a comedy sketch. The Master
Move: the Novelty Four, comedy
quartet: Carpoe Brothers in a head
balancing act Leonora Simonson in
operate songs of the popular type.
Sullivan and Mason In an amusing spe-
cialty. the big hve-reel vitagraph pic
ture. Apartment &C." with Earle VIII
liams as the picture star; Charlie
Chaplin In The Fireman" and the
Hearst-Path news pictures.
Next Monday the headline attraction
will be Moon Down." featuring Re
gina Cornelli in what Is described as
beautifully poetic production, the
rarest of its kind In popular vaude-
VILE"
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Strand.

BESSIE Barriscale at Moore's Strand
Tbeater today, Monday and Tuesday
Will be the picture star in The snarl."
Helen and Marion Dean are twins,
Identical in appearance. but widely diff
ferent In character. Several days be-
fore her debut In opera Helen is struck
NV an automobile and crippled. Her
twin sister is substituted to act the
role while Helen behind the scenes
sings the words. The public Is duped
and Marion receives an ovation. Later
she marries Monte Bruce and sends for
Helen to accompany them on a yacht
Ing tour. Bruce Is blinded by powder
EXPLOSION, and Marion, turns him over
70 Helen's care. One day he RECEIVERS
bis sieht and detects his wife in the
act Of robbing him and clipping with his
secretary. That night the boat catches
Arc Marion and the secretary are lost.
while Monte and Helen face a life OF
hanpiness. Thus runs the story We'd
nesday and Thursday Elmo and Carmel
Myers. two new Triangle stars. will be
nirtured in might and Man." the story
~ Young giants success in the world.
emmy Wehlen will headline the pro-
eram Friday and Saturday In a photo
NAV of a novel story by John b. ely
mer and Charles Logue entitled The
Duchess Of Doubt" Next week .rhe
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Whitney. will present their most sue
cessful musical comedy, How New
Town Prepared"

Town Prepared"
Wants To Go. Too-Maude Gray. the
charming Aborn star, is the latest war
recruit. Only last week Miss Gray came
to this decision. While she is intensely
patriotic. there was still. however. an
other motive that prompted her.
In private life Miss Gray is Mrs. Fred
Walton, wife of the famous pantomine
artist Of Winter Garden and country
wide fame. Among the hundreds of
British subjects who last week regis
tered and offered their services to Eng
land was Mr. Walton. No sooner did the
word reach here than Mrs. Walton an
nounced her intention of going with
him, and already she has begun making
arrangements to take up Red Cross
work in London within a few weeks, in
hopes that she will thus be able to be
sent somewhere near her husband.
At first her fellow workers were in
clined to take her resolve lightly. but
when she fatty turned down contract
for next season and wrote Fred to
engage passage for her when he sailed
they realized she meant to abandon her
career for a time at least and go
through with 1t"
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Potash and Perlmntter y

The offering at Polls next week will
be the famous comedy Potash and
Perlmutter."
When Potash and Perlmutter" was
first offered in London it received the
critical appreciation of no less high
brow publication than the English
Review On the stage, as in the maya
zine. the humor of Abe Potash and his
business partner, Mawruss Perlmutter.
their "cloaks and coat" business. their
quaint speech, their schemes, and above
all. their underlying tenderness and
goodness. are delightfully."- refreshing.
To Polls. as usual, goes the distinc-
ton OF presenting this play for the frst
time at popular prices.
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Howard.

At the Howard Theater for the en-
tire week beginning tomorrow evening.
with matinees Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday, the famous Broadway dra-
matte success. Tho Natural Law"
will be presented by the Quality
Amusement Company Of colored per-
formers, including Cleo Desmond. Mat
tie wilkes. Clarence E. Muse and
others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

week that Klaw Erlanger had sub
scribed for s250.0o0 worth of liberty
bonds The firm made no effort to OBJ
tain publicity through this patriotic
act.
Many inquiries anent the where
abouts of the three Hickey brothers in
several seasons finally compelled Man
ager Robbins of Keith's to send a
chaser" in quest of these hilarious
knockabout comedians. with the result
that they are billed to appear this
week.
The liberty bond campaign at B. F.
Keith's Theater was brought to whirl-
wind close last Thursday night and
Manager Robbins. though declining to
state the amount subscribed by the
vaudeville fans" in their hours of ease.
says he Is more than proud of the
record attained. Mr. A. Paul Keith. the
president of the Keith circuit and in
terests. dropped in from Boston last
Wednesday to see how Washington was
getting along in respect to the bond
sale, in which all the scores Of Keith
theaters throughout the country have
taken conspicuous and active part He
was delighted. he said. with what he
learned. being naturally highly pleased
by the wonderful attendance the the
ater has enjoyed all season long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

The normal conditions of a summer
asason asserted themselves with screen
md stock company productions doml-
pant. The Aborn company is doing l's
usual excellent work in satisfying the
interest in standard music, while MISS
Farrar is struggling to bury her tri-
uInphs in song under new laurels in the
moving picture arena Manager Berger
will present St. Elmo. which proved 80
remarkable a revival of a forgotten
novel and another new play VIII nave
its first presentation a the Belasco.