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The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
CAPITAL SOON WILL
SEE BLANCHE BATES

The many admirers of Blanche Bates
will be delighted to learn that the charm
ing actress will be seen in this city soon
in new play by Paul NJ. Potter. under
the management of T. II. Hunter, Inc.
Miss Bates will be supported by a splendid
cast, which includes Wilton Lackaye in
the principal male role. Among the 9TH
ers are such well-known players as Fred
erick Perry, Charles Hammond, Jeffries
Lewis, Charles Butler, Thomas J. Nc
Crane, Louise Mcintosh, Janet Travers,
Emmet Shackelford, ]. H. Barnes, Ford
Fenimore, Marie Ascarago, and Ferika
Boros.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
GRIFFITH SPECTACLE
CLOSES HERE TODAY

d. W. Griffth's big spectacle. ''The
Birth Of a Nation" closes its engage
ment here at the National Theater with
two performances today. at and Sis
o'clock. Griffith is a teacher of histori-
cal truths, but he never becomes tire-
some In the telling. Distilled in the alem-
bic of his imagination. history takes on
the aspect of romance with all of its fasci-
nation.
Those who have seen '"The Birth of a
Nation, no more wonder that it was
costly to produce. The battle of Peters
burg alone cost a small fortune Then
the burning of Atlanta and the repro
dueuen In replica Of Ford's Theater of
this city, cost large sums. This will be
the last opportunity Of seeing this pro-
duction, :
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
Loew'. CoIumbia-Feature FIIm..

House Peters, one OF the most popular
Of the masculine screen stars, supported
by Myrtle Steadmsn, will be seen at
Loew's Columbia today, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday In q Ticturization
Of Albert Payson Terhune's drama of
social life. The Happiness Of Three
Women" The photOplay starts of. sp-
parently, as comedy, an innocent
enough motor ride taken by a married
woman and a former sweetheart being
the first complication. A note OF real
drama creeps in, however. when the hus-
band of one OF the other heroines 10
accused OF r0bbing a bank, and the auto
riders, who can prove an alibi for him,
dare not speak for fear of compromising
themselves,
Beginning Thursday and for the last
three days of the week Vivian Martin
will be seen in the stellar role of the
feature photoplsy, THE Wax Model. "a
Miss Martin is seen as the daughter OF
a French woman who has come TO grief
at the hands OF a fsithless EngIishman.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
"The Flame" and Ditrichstein
Feature Theater Attractions
Theater Offering. at a Glance

hard Henn
local soc favor
of
of
pro
Iru o fsvorf
Jam In Justie
Sin We Do
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
THEDA GETS VAMPIRE
IDEAS IN BATH TUB

Theda Bara. the screen star,
nsively acknowledges that she re-
ceives her most vampirish inspira-
tions while taking her daily bath.
Miss Bara firmly believes that she
Is the reincarnation of the ancient
and historical Egyptian enchant-
ress, Cleopatra. and that her por-
trayals OF the modern twentieth
century vampire is but a repetition
IF the wiles practiced by Nero's
heroine.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
Who's Who in the Picture

I. Violet Heming and Peggy o'Neill in
from "The Flame" at the Belaseo this week.
q Leo Ditrichstein, who comes to the National
after successful season in New York in THE
Great Lover"
; Edna Goodrich, who heads the vaudeville pro-
gram at B. F. Keith's.
4 Virginia Irwin in Fred Irwin's Big Show at the
Gayety.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28

sam Scribner, president Of the Columbia
Amusement Company. which controls
many of the largest burlesque houses in
the country, spent several days during
the last week with Harry o. Jarboe.
manager of the Gayety Theater. It Is
understood that Mr.. Scribner expressed
himself as being well pleased with the
liberal patronage that has been accorded
his-locsl house.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
SAN CARLO SINGERS
PLAN SECOND VISIT

Announcement that the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company is to return, has
been received with joy by the musical
colony. AS contributor to the annual
musical menu, this companys produc-
tions have come to be an interesting fac
tor here.
The San Carlo company may be said
to be the pioneer in the production OF
grand opera at non-prohibitive prices.
Promoters of grand opera interests in
such important cities as st. Louis. Wash
ington, Cleveland and many others where
the well-known subsidized companies have
monopolized favors for years, have ar
rived at the conclusion that the high
prices which have prevailed were respon-
slble sfor the unsatisfactory attendance.
And 50, rather than give opera to the
exclusion of those music lovers who can
not afford to pay more than 50 for the best
seats, these same promoters last season
made a clear field for the San Carlo
company,
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28

5. Miss Tynes and a group of Broilers in Pretty
Baby" at Polls this week.
S. Doris Lester, featured continuous vaude-
vile program at the Cosmos
T. Frank Keenan, in THE Sin Ye Do at Moore's
Garden.
J. Benjamin Christie, at Moores Strand in Blind
Justice"
.. House Peters, in "The Happiness of Three
Women" at Loew's Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28

s. z. Poll has requested Fred G. Berger,
his local mana ger. to prepare advertising
copy to be distributed at the twenty
seven theaters owned by Mr.. Poll In the
United States setting forth the attrac-
tions that the National Capital will az
ford during the inaugural ceremonies.
This matter will be distributed through
programs to the readers in the Poi
theaters. Mr.. Poll himself will come to
Washington for the inaugural, accoms
panied by his family and party Of close
personal frtends
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
Cosm smos-NaudeytIIe

Three exceptional attractions will head
the Cosmos bill of continuous vaudeville
this week-the Antonio Movatti Grand
Opera Company, an orssnization COM
ooN11Nrru, or vxau r,~.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28
Current Week Programs
Afford Ample Entertainment
For Local Theatrical Fans
Griffith and Barker Address Washington Audi
ences-David Beasco Makes Wartime Analy-
sis of Conditions Affecting the Theater.

Washington ygoers who eted under the theatrical
last week will be soothed to satisfaction during the coming
week when the leading which
Richard Walton Tu whose claim fame is the authorship
OF Omar the Tentmaker which Guy Bates Post
at the Baseo This play holds the enb position of receiving universal
praise from the Gotham Capital
Leo Drichstein the National the title role The
Lover which has also its share Broadway said
provide Mr. Dtchsn with the effective role of his
the supporting OF the two attractions the of
and Robert Payon Gibbs Scenic nvture and also
prominent features of the two plays.
GRIFFITH AND BARKER CAPITAL
Art
city during the week when H Granville Barker
National Museum on Wednesday and presented some rather radical ideas
the effectiveness of the universal appeal of things artistic
pictures The Birth Nation and Intolerance his address before
the Arts Club bemoaned the
Of the Chaplin brand of the film article
THE THEATER.
David Bao who generally credited with being the worlds
when interview in the Dramatic Mirror.
"Pick the periodicals greater por-
the S
headlines pictures reproduced editorials
sporting employed
should happen to be displaced from the front pages for
day what do find substituted Reports of explosions murders
ship founderngs, and other tragic news
Thus will be that reading and dis
as Therefore, isn't just and reasonable that people in their natural
pursuit and happiness should to the the
which and entertans natural reaction and which
appreciate.
"I have plays awaiting production Russian
peace present. public only
light and that shall the best of ability"
DITRIcHsTE1N SANG IN OPERA.
The that Leo Dtrichstein
"The which
collaboration with Frederic Haton He
Mtersnge" the house Hamburg when his fairly good
slipped suddenly into of oaks and with in
his he his fitting like dew before rising
He Berlin member
several then America and Joined the
Company, Ambg Irving
place New York. and which known the Irving Place Thee
making his debut in Die Ehre' in 1890.
While playing there "The Lost Paradise Charles Frohman who
the play, performance,
with the hiionc abilities of the Hun
English and
English nguagcthis he did, and after devoted
English language, made his debut "Mr Wlnsons
I893 Since that time his has been
of artist triumph, both author and player.
DRUM RARE PROP"
Among interesting properties in "The Flame" which the
huge drum which Richard Walton Tuy,
the play, imported Africa used for
Uganda tribes and beaten properly with the
distance miles The drum stands
high body followed from the trunk of
hide stretched the head
used for signalling by tribes in Africa
Of
In possible
warnings hundreds of thousands miles within
very Tully values this drum highly has
insured the $1,000 L. NJ B.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-28

CONTINUED OH YAa1 rxaxA
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Frank McKim of Tarkio, recently
received a newspaper from his son,
Charles, who is in Buenos Aires with
the Swift Packing Co., which gives a
report of fancy cattle show in that
city. The paper. the Buenos Aires
Herald. states that the champion
steer brought $4,000, while three
other steers, group winners, brought
$4,000 each. Swift & Co. paid $249,.
700 for 116 steers, and $2l,7S0 for 333
wethers. Armour & Co. paid SCI, 500
for ia steers, STAG for IS wethers
and S11,170 for 1876 pigs.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Have you heard that a panther has
been visiting around" through this
section during the last two weeks,
even honoring the town with it's pres
ence for a short time one night?
Nightwatchman Spoon says that at
heard scream west of the park and
he started up Third street and soon
learned it was made and repeated sew
eral times by an animal which went
east toward the Galloway Mfg. Co.
plant and from there to the timber
southeast of town. He says it sound
ed like a scream from a vigorous child
three or four years old. Two or three
nights afterwards a number of the
residents on Ranch No. IL, were
awakened by similar cry and found
that the dogs and the domestic ami
mails were badly frightened. One who
had heard panthers scream, pro-
nounced this the genuine article. II
must have remained on the ranch a
day or two. as hunter was surprised
to have his dog run back from large
patch of weeds. showing evidence of
the most abiect terror An investiga-
ton revealed a warm bed OF weeds
from which some animal had just
arisen. Many regard the matter as
quite trivial, making sage remarks
about the squall of cats, but the boys
on Ranch IL, who heard it. candidly
!, admit that they wouldn't take a mid
night walk alone over the ranch for
good farm, 1t is said that the same
cry was heard at place Just north OF
Fairfax a day or two after it appeared
|. at Ranch IL, and this seems to show
J that it is going soutih.-Tarkio Ava
lanche.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

The time to make hay is while the
sun shines and the time to get gravel
from the creek beds is during dry
season. A fund was raised in Barton
county and $500 borrowed to defray
the expense of getting creek gravel
and piling it on high ground while it
is so easily obtainable. In spring when
the gravel is used for road work it
will be sold at cost of hauling and the
money repaid to those who financed
the project. More miles of good roads
for less money, is the idea
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

held in Jail for more than two months
came to trial at Maryville on a charge
of assault with intent to kill When
ing circumstances attending the Incl
dent on which the charge was based,
the charge was changed to common
assault, to which the youth pleaded
guilty and was fined 81 When it was
learned that the boy was penniless the
attorney who had appeared in his be
half paid the 81 and the sheriff as.
sumed payment of the costs.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Three bachelor brothers of Pleasant
Hill, "the Thornton boys" as they are
familiarly known, follow a customs of
several years standing and meet daily
for dinner at the old Thornton home
stead several miles northeast OF town,
says the Times. The three men live
in three different places, but as regu-
larly as the noon hour comes around
they gather at the old home to break
bread together. The Thornton family
was one of the pioneer families of the
community.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

That Warrensburg is the only town
between California and Little Blue
where Missouri Pacific trains can OBJ
tain a sufficient water supply is the
Information given the Star-Journal. In
spite of heavy local consumption and
supplying the railroad, the reservoirs
and Pertle Springs are said to be sufh.
cient to supply demands for year to
come should the dry spell last that
long.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Judge John F. Phillips, of Kansas
City who celebrated his eighty-second
birthday recently, when asked by a
reporter to what he owed his re-
markable health and activity, said
that the only reason he knew of was
that he had broken all OF the known
rules of health. He used tobacco,
drank when he felt like it and did not
take much exercise, but that he al
ways went TO bed at a regular hour
every night and was up at a regular
hour every morning.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Gov. Geo. w. p. Hunt, native of
Huntsville, who has won fame as first
governor of the state of Arizona.
serving two terms since its admis.
sion, is creating wide interest and
'omment by the attitude he has taken
Il refusing to relinquish his office
after the declared election of Thomas
E. Campbell, Republican candidate by
the close margin of thirty-siX votes.-
Huntsville Herald.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

If business progress were a wagon
hub, Herman's would be the fiywheel
on Corliss engine, says the Boonville
Republican of one of the local mer.
chants who for ten years has been i'm
porting special brand of mating di,
rect from China where, take the Re,
Dublican's word for il, folks have been
sitting on this variety of floor cover.
ing for nigh onto three thousand
years"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

A Wild West scene was enacted
near Saline Tuesday morning. A
large gray wolf one of the number
recently seen in the neighborhood, ap.
peared in the road in front of an auto.
mobile driven by Mrs. Z. b. Bryan,
who lives near Miami. The wolf ran
ahead of the car and turned as if to
spring, when it was crushed under the
wheels. Mrs. Bryan will have the
wolf mounted.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

A young man, hatless and out of
breath, dashed into the office of the
Fletcher Cowhead Insurance company
in the Grand Avenue Temple, Kan
sas City. Saturday night He laid
800 bill on the counter Lets have
change for it," he gasped. The cashier
produced two $50 bills, but that was
unsatisfactory. When a pile of small
bills Uttered the counter he scooped
them up and left, and it was not till
several minutes later, the cashier dis
covered that the young man had
walked away with small bills amount
ing to $3.50 in exchange for his 500.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Missouri fence posts for his farm in
South Dakota comprised the shipment
Henry Meyers made from Metz the
other day. There were more than l :
800 posts in the lot, each measuring
seven feet in length and cut from
hedge trees. The posts were fur
nished by r. NJ. Handy who received
eighteen cents for each post delivered
at Metz, The freight rate from Metz
10 destination in South Dakota is
forty-fye cents a hundred pounds.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Elder Fred V. Loos is certainly en-.
titled to the distinction of being Mis-
souri's funeral and marrying parson
During 1916 he performed fifty-two
marriage ceremonies and conducted
seventy-one funerals. We suppose if
he had an NJ. d. hitched to his name
his record would have been equally as
good and he could have headed the
pages in his journal thus: "Hatched,
Matched and Dispatched. d."-Smithville
Herald.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Constable Noel, near Madison, has
big heart in his left breast. A man
living near Madison, who has blind
wife and two children, carried off
about forty pounds of meat from a
neighbor's house recently The con.
stable was called, but when he found
out that the family was destitute, per-
suaded the other fellow not to prose
cute.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

A crowd at Barnard didn't get it's
moneys worth the other day when, by
passing the hat, it raised $3.50 TO see
Troy McCoppen ride an outlaw horse.
The horse didn't try any capers at all
and the riders life was in no way en-
dangered. The incident not only left
the spectators dissatisfied, but also
failed to establish McCoppen's claim
to horsemanship.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

An Audrian county man who rode
with Buffalo Bill in the old days of the
pony express is w. A. Cochran of
Benton City. says the Mexico Ledger.
Mr. Cochran rode on the same route
with the dead plainsman and relates
many incidents of Codys eventful life
as an express rider.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Jesse Perry, who has been farming
near Bosworth for forty years, bought
his first load of corn in all that time
last week. In other years he always
has been able to raise enough corn
for his own use, with some to spare.
The record probably has not been
equaled in that section, says the Senti-
mel.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Theodore SCuc6enschneider of JET
ferson City has announced his can
didacy for the Democratic nomination
for chief of police there. One argu.
ment in favor of Mr.. Stuckenschnei
der's candidacy is that it would take
longer to scratch his name off the
ticket than any other candidate
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

a dream which was worth telling is
recounted by the Unionvlle Repub.
lican. The local |. o. o. F. hall was
the scene. one night recently, of cere-
monies which required a setting sun.
To represent the sun a candle was
placed in hat box, which had been
covered with red tissue paper. This
contrivance was propped above
large picture on the west wall of the
room, and the sun sank in the west
very beautifully. But after the fun
was all over and the guests had all
gone home, one of them, Jas. SchoOler,
tossed restlessly on his bed and
dreamed that the red sunset had
turned into fire. He awoke and phoned
the night watchman to see if the can
die had been left burning in the Odd
Fellows hall Sure enough it had. 1t
had burned up the hat box and the
big picture and had started good
sized blaze among the furniture. The
dream was told just in the nick of
time.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

One of the most unusual shipments
ever made from Bunceton, says the
Eagle, was when hide buyer sent by
express to st. Louis about $4,000 worth
of furs. The shipment included 1000
skunk pelts, 5000 possum, 1900 musk
rat, 12O coon, forty ciyet cats and fif-
teen fox skins.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

J. S. Turner sold seventy roosters
for S71.6S, a fine average for young
roosters. He sold twenty.four hens for
S2425, which is also some price,
Fairfax Forum
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

To charge resident auto owners a
license fee equal to the state license,
is the proposed intention of the city
council at Maryville.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Four bridges now span the Mis-
sissippi river at st. Louis, the most
recent is the Municipal.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

They will steal most anything that's
left out overnight in SMingfeld.
Thieves knocked a locked faucet off
of big tank of gasoline belonging to
the road district and got away with
100 gallons of John DIS joy juice.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

The task of raising funds for "a
monument to Carrie Nation has been
undertaken by the women of the Civic
Improvement Club at Belton. The
most widely known saloon smasher
died in June, 1911, and was buried at
Bolton, her former home. The grave
as yet is unmarked.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

A lemon measuring ten inches in
circumference was picked from "a tree
in DeKalb county, January ,. 1t
wasn't a figurative lemon, but a real
one from the tree owned by Bob Iden,
of Maysville.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Missouri is now the seventh largest
state in the union, having a population
of 3,420,143, according to the esti-
mate of the census bureau. The gain
since 1910 is 125,S0S.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

\ farmer of the Malta Bend vicinity
recently sold the cobs from thirty
acres of land to the Phoenix American
Pipe Works at Boonville for $430, al
most fifteen dollars per acre. The
same farmer disposed of the corn at
nearly one dollar per bushel.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

William Fitzhugh Buckner, SO years
old, president of the Paris National
Bank, is the oldest bank president in
Missouri, and probably the oldest in
the United States. He helped to
organize the bank forty-six years ago.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Among other things for which Mis-
souri, readers are indebted to the Glas-
Cow Missourian's big anniversary num-
Der is the information that there are
forty-eight churches in Howard coun-
ty.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Sunday night, January IA, about
two inches of snow fell in Platte
county.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Only 500 acres of government land
in Missouri are now available for cash
entry or homesteading. Only few
main in half by entering 400 acres,
over a number of Ozark counties. He
got the land at $125 an acre.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

At least one man wishes Bates
County were not so law abiding, then
he would not be so lonesome. The
one man is in Jail and all by himself.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Nodaway county is this week having
its first experience with a grand jury
in ten years 1t has been just that
long since the circuit court up there
has had a grand jury looking after the
faults and negligence of the county's
citizens.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Speaking of names for the Hall of
Fame, the Lancaster Excelsior has
heard of three Missouri BARRIERS who
might qualify, citing one at Peculiar
named Payne, one at East Lynne
named Hurt, and another at Spring
field named Butcher.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

Governor Gardner has refused the
two horses and carriage used by Gov
ernor Major during the latters admin
istration. Gov. Gardner will convert
the stable on the mansion grounds in
to a garage.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27

H. +. Stapel is improving rapidly
His friends are greatly relieved to
hear this good news from Rock Port
Mr.. Stapel leaves next month for a
trip to the sunny south.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1917-01-27
Welding and Cutting

BROKEN CASTINGS, Auto and Pump
Cylinders. Crank Cases. Gears, Stove
Parts welded by st. Joseph Welding
Co., eli Olive Street. Cutting up OF
cid boilers our specially.
PHONE MAIN 3tssy or MAIN sss