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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
MOVNe PICTURE ATrRACTIONs.
At The Colonial Theatre Tonight. ;

Julisn Eltingc, famous female i'm
/ persosntor IN a screamingiy funny
comedy The Clever Mrs. Carfax- -
Temple Trask. young college man,
is On his way nome for vacation
when he meets Helen Scott on the
train. tie only sees the girls face
over q magazine but falls Immediately
and hopeleasly in love with her, in
spite Of the jibes Of his roommate and
friends. The girl cannot help MOTTO
ing his attention, but they do not
speak. She is absorbed in worrying
about her grandmother, a misery old
woman who is now sick and in the
clutches Of two crooks, Adrain, her so-
called secretary. and Rena, the house
keeper, VINO are pals. They are
planning to rob the cid lady. and
Helen, suspecting this. arrives just in
time. Rena is in. love with Adrian
and bitterly jealous because he seems
fond of Helen. she therefore urges
that they rob the house and leave at
once. As they are opening the safe,
the old lady. suspicious, leaves her
ped and comss down stairs. There is
a struggle. Helen is awakened by
the sound of the tight and comes down
stairs to find her grandmother lying
ny the empty sofa In a faint. The
police are notified and Helen is accus-
ed OF having committed the theft.
Temple Trask has never seen Helen
since their chance meeting on the
train. but has continued to search for
her and unsuccessfully, questioned all
his friends as TO her identity. What
is his amazement then, to see her eyes
starring out al him from the paper the
morning after the theft, as the girl
accused of the crime. Temple is furi-
GUS and swears that the girl is inno-
cent and that he will prove it. He
goes to her grandmther's home and
tries TO find clue by making friends
with the servants. Failing TO secure
any help in this direction, he meets
with failure after failure to establish
her innocence and is about to give up
the case IN despair when ne happens
to see q photograph of himself dressed
as q girl for some of the college theat.
rlcaIs. This gives him the idea of
following the two crooks, dressed as
woman. He learns they are taking
passage to South America. Securing
passage on the same boat he is amazed
TO find that Helen herself is also on
their track ON the same boat. Tenn
pie greatly amuses himself at Abrams
expense and as Mrs. Carfax'
From this point of the story to the
end many screamingly funny situa-
tions take place. This is a dandy
show tonight don't miss it. Pathe
News also.
Tomorrow, Jack Pickford, in The
Dummy" and Who is Nnmber
One -?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

; you're not giving nim enough WORK
'rt down his diet Of profits and mix
some deficiency In his food. Then put
On his back several sacks OF the excess
taxes I've just ground out OF my mill. I"
Public. breathing 3 sigh of relief,
tried Legislator prescription on Sam
son, but the tre2tm ent merely had TIE
effect of reducing the mules enerss
still further After a few moments
more Of head scratching, Public decid
cd to consult Agitalor. Agitato- was
wise man. Al ieast he talked we'll
aud Public at TIA, time was very sns
sptble to oraseis
Certainly I'll help you with little
expert advice" said Agitator, doing his
best to hide grin It's apparent ta
any thinking man hat all samson
needs is a few hare noeks. There's
something complex about a mules
psychology that needs Just that sort Of
treatment Now can sell yOu.a splen
did hammer to wallop him With. THAT
will administer the proper psychic
stimulus Then / have some excellent
axle crease here. compounded of q mix
ture of labor trouble and Industrial un-
ress Just rub lit.ia Of that into the
machinery OF the tTs Gmiil
So Public bought lie hammer ana
the axle rrease. which was really glue
incognito. and went back 10 Samson.
: At heart Public was kindly man, and
lie felt that il was unnecessarily cruel
80 hit samson with ne hammer. but he
had implicit confidence in Agitator. so
he spat on his hands and let Samson
nave a few good ones, which nearly
broke the mules back, but failed to
produce any tangible results in the
way Of increased speed Then as a
last resort Public took up the fake
axle grease, but as he was about TO
rub lit into the machinery he saw
something that made him hesitate and
then send for the repair man. Agita
tor, it seems. had moderated his in.
telligence
Well" said Public, I've taken the
advice Of my friends" strong accent
on the friends). "but from now on I'm
going to use my own judgment"
SO while the repair man straighten
ed out the kinks in the machine Public
pulled the bags of excess taxes from
Samson's back and treated the mule to
a good meal of his customary food
Presto! The mule began to run, the
treadmill began to buzz, and the board
Of directors voted to raise Public's sal
airy for increasing the prosperity OF
Prosperity Town.
But that is not the end of the story.
Some enterprising sleuth linked up the
injury which had been done to the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

shave, shampoo, and a haircut, our
Samson is as strong, nay. stronger
than ever.
Samson is good, constructive citi.
zen. It's his job to run the treadmin
that turns the wheels of industry II
Samson should quit his job all the fac.
tories in Prosperity Town would have
to close their doors, and factories, by
the way. are the mainstay of Prosperi-
ty Town. Any time you happen to
pass the treadmill you can see Samson
doing his standing marathon. He new
err seems to tire at his job. There are
folks in Prosperity Town who think
that Samson, as an industrial factor,
is capital, but we hesitated to state
the fact Tor fear you might accuse us
of trying to perpetrate pun.
Samson's driver is man Public, an
intelligent, well meaning person who is
just beginning TO get along famously
with Samson. There was a time, how
ever, when Public was so engTossed
with the affairs of his numerous fam.
fly that he hadn't much time left for
the occupation which gave him his in.
come, and mule driving requires study
just like medicine military tactics
mixing mint juleps or any of the other
exact sciences.
Something happened recently, how.
ever, which caused Public to take
int IN u 10 nh 10 q
nome eating lunch one day when a
man named Agitator. a former resident
of Prosperity Town, passed the tread.
mill Of industry. and, seeing that it
was unguarded. thought it would be a
good joke on Public to put few kinks
in the machinery. It wasn't a sense of
humor alone that gave Agitator his in.
spiration He saw that he might make
his little joke pay. You see. he owned
a hardware store in Prosperity Town
where he kept in stock a fine line OF
hammers, axes and other Implements
that can be used to advantage in
knocking and tearing down. He hopes
that Public, who didn't know much
shout machinery, would get Disguised
with the treadmill when he found that
It didn't work properly and would buy
a few of Agitator's tools to smash 1t up
with. for Public didn't have much pa
tience in those days So Agitator got
a crowbar and worked industriously
around the treadmill for several min
utes, after which he brushed off his
clothes and went back to his hardware
store to wait. for business.
A few minutes later Public returned
from lunch with a bad attack Of indi-
gestion and a crouch against mules
and treadmills in general. His Ill tenn
per was increased by Samson's inabili-
ty to turn the treadmill at the accus-
toned rate of speed Poor Samson
puffed and struggled, and manifested
all the other distressing symptoms OF
hard work, but he couldn't keep up to
time. Public belabored him until his
arm was tired. and then, scratching
his head, he unused irritably.
Il wonder what ails that mule, any
how? He certainly gets enough to eat.
I'VE been feeding him right along on a
good rich diet Of profits"
Scratching ones head has often been
known to stimulate now Of brilliant
ideas, and Public after continuing the
process several minutes decided to Wis
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
FAIR
ITEMS FROM IGLEHARTs.
county Cuttings By Capitals Weekly
Correspondent Pertinent
Personals.

Mr.. VIM. Matlbie, Of Baltimore and
Judge Watkins. of South Carolina,
spent Monday at their respective
bungalows at Sherwood Forest.
MISS Nellie Proctor, Of the Chill
drens' Hospital, Washington. d. C. and
who will shortly leave for South Caro-
lima, was the guest for Thanksgiving
Of her sister, Mrs. Brice Worthing-
ton, Of Sunny Banks.
Mrs James Worthington, of An
napolis, spent Thanksgiving with her
mUther-in law, Mrs. Brice Worthing-
ton, Of Sunny Banks
Mrs. George Viking. Of Sherwood
Forest, entertained a house party on
Thanksgiving Day.
Mr. VIM Maltbie is spending
the weekend at bis bungalow at Sner.
wood Forest.
Sunday being such a beautiful day
many made the trip to the Forest
Some newcomers arrived to look at
bungalows and also to arrange>for site
for one to be built.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ward and
Mrs. Singer. were the guests for
the holidays Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Collins.
Mr.~and Mrs. James Goodwin, of
Sherwood Forest, spent Thanksgiving
with relatives in Annapolis.
L. M. W.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
Treating All Fairly
Says Coke Dealer Alton
(Communicated).


Annapolis. Dec. 3, 1917.
Editor of the Capital:
There appeared in your paper on
Saturday an article under the caption
Relief From Shortage In Coal" etc.
This article is of interest to me as l
am a dealer in coke and doing my ut
most TO treat everyone with fairness
and courtesy. and nave not the slight
est desire TO take advantage of the
necessities of any one
1t must be remembered, however,
that the price of everything has sd.
vanced during the past year. Labor
fully IS er cent; bags, etc. CORES
pondingly: feed the same. The result
is that fuel mas also advanced.
Coke is necessity, know and my
ptices for Vt ut the present time are az
low as 1t is possible to sell it. Ny
price is per load $500 for city deliv
cry snd outside S335, which is as
reasonable as possible. under present
conditions. will say. in addition to
this, that hsve really exerEed my
self to supply persons other than my
regular customers and it has given me
pleasure to be able TO do so.
Respectfully,
w. L. ALTON.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
At the Republic Theatre Tonight.

In Richard the Brazen," the
Greater vitagraph feature switch will
be the attraction at tne Republic
Theatre tonight, Alice Joyce, the
winsome young star of many Vita
graph productions. will be seen in a
role different from any she las portray
ed recently.
Most of the plays in which Miss
Joyce mas appeared have called for
strong emotional characterizatlons.
This was particularly true of her part
as Mary Ward in "Womanhood, as
Mary Turner in Within the Law" in
''tne Question" and in Her Secret. =
In Richard the Brszen" she is
call d upon to play a role dual in
character, the early stages bordering
on hight comedy while in the latter
part of the story she develops strong
emotional power
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
II the llepupIlc TOMORROW.

In "The Lifted Veil, a screen
version of Basil Kings great novel,
the celebrated Metro star, Ethel
Barrymore. hiss q notable cast. In
this five.part Metro wonderplay Frank
Gilmore and William B. Davidson
nave parts practically equal in i'm
portsnce.
Frank Gilmore plays Rev. Arthur
Bainbridge, the clergyman to whom
Clorinda Gildersleeve the woman of
the lifted veil, confesaes her great
secret. Mr.. Gilmore is distinguish
ed actor, whose previous experience
has bean on the dramatic stage. In
this production he makes his screen
debut. Mr.. Gilmore has played
many Clergyman" parts, in As Ye
Sow, "The Marriage Msrt, =
Tongues of Men, and other produc
tfons. rs was the original King Of
Bosnia with Elsie Ferguson in "Such
Little Queen. Mr.. Gilmore is
English by birth, and while abroad
played with Sir Herbert Tree, Sir
John Hars ana Sir Johnstone Forbes
Robertson
William b. Davidson is we'll known
to Metro patrons, having appeared in
1.-THE Greatest Power" The Call of
Her People" tine White Raven, :
In the Diplomatic Ser vice, +" and
other productions. MIR. Davidson
forsook Wall street for the screen.
He is a graduate of Columbia Univer-
sity, where he was az good football
player as student.
Ilean Hume has the important part
Of Psnsy Wilde, hayward girl who
has been reclaimed. Miss Hume is s
Metro favorite, and has has also posed
! for celebrated artists. Other well
known players in Miss Barrymore :
support are Robert Ellis, Maud Hill,
Ricca Allen. Myra Brooke and George
Stevens.
Also Keystone comedy.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
Il The Palace Tonight.

aThs Temple OF Terror, Bison
two-reel drsma will be the attraction
at the Palace tonight.
How would you and Jack like 70
spend your honeymoon with me In
African saks Vail Of bis daughter
Mile. he has just received>an offer
from the Government to finance an ex-
psdition into the forbidden country.
"Oh, Daddy That would be
ideslls' cries Millicent, a short time
later the expedition ztsrts.
h Africs, Mara has become queen
Of the village in which there Is q mys-
rerious idol in the temple. She-is un-
mercifully cruel and rules her subjects
with 8 hand OF iron. A native tells
her that the full moon is near and
asks who is TO be the sacrifice He Is
told that he must find white peFsoE
or be the sacrifice himself.
See the picture.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
Cntarrh Cannot BE Curcd

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease,
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly In
iuenced by constitutional conditions.
and in order 10 cure II you must take
an internal remedy. Halls Catarrh
Medicine is taken internally and acts
thru the blood or the mucous surfaces
OF the system. Halls Catarrh Iedi-
cine was prescribed By one OF the
best physicians 70 this country for
years. 1t is composed OF some Of the
best tonicg known. combined with
some Of the best blood purifiers. The
perfect combination Of the ingredients
ii Halls Catarrh Medicine Is what
produces such wonderful results IN
catarrhal conditions Send for tes-
timonials, free.
r. J. CHENEY, g. CO. Props Toledo,
0. All Druggists. 76c.
Ean'a Family Psilz fcr constipation
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
"WhO Is Number One?' /"

Kathleen Clifford, stsr of Who Is
Number One -? the Paramount serial
by Anna Katharine Green, doesn't al
WAYS keep one hand in q pocket or
covered in muif as she does in fu-
ture episode of the serial, which is be-
ing shown every Wednesday at the
Colonial. Ia making leap in COM
ing episode Of Who IL Number
One - Miss Clifford falls and really
breaks an arm. The making Of the
picture had TO proceed, so as soon as
she had recovered from the shock she
reported back TO work. Bot for g
week she had to use ner pockets and
furs for a sling.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
mix on Friendly ADVICE

tfeaAmill with some Of Agitator's 9th.
er activities, and the municipal au.
thorities decided that they would Ell.
.her have to change the name of the
town or ask Agitator to leave. They
voted in favor Of the latter alternative,
and one fine day tho hardware dealer
was ridden in state on a rail to the
outskirts Of the city, where he was
har ded his passports Charles A. Rie-
ser, Industrial Conservation, Nesc
York.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
TAXING -FRIENDLYr ADVICE; OR
THE PARABLE OF THE
MILE SAMSON.

II you should ever Tisit Prosperity
Town-and we sincerely hope you viii
some day-drop. in 10 see our stanch
friend Samson. True. Samson is only
mule, but he's some pumpkin in
Prosperity Town. Unlike his biblical
namesake he doesn't go around pulling
down temples or killing Philistines
with The Jawbone of his deceased IA
Their Moreover. when he has had
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
New Idea Of Primitive Man.

A new idea Of primitive man was
nut forward by an Irish professor re.
Gently. He states that the direct an
cestors of primitive man never went
on alI-fours, had lived in trees, and
by climbing UP and down the trunks,
cultivated the upright habit of the hu.
man race. He points out that the fore
limb was never used only as a sup.
port for the body. 1t seems quite
credible, however, that they may have
gone on three legs, using one as a
hand when required, and this might
account for the general use Of the
right hand In man.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

"Br'er Wade, . said an old Georgia
darkly, SIN nightly feared dis yer
wars gwineter ruin me-"
"Well," said Brother Wade, hit
amt gwineter ruin me-"
GLOW come. Br'er Wade?'
"Kaze come leah ruint p'-Atlanta
Constitution.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04
Great HeIp.

my children are very fastidious
about their eating. Sometimes 1 envy
the mother birds"
"Why so? They have to work very
hard TO feed their young"
'sYes. but there's no kicking about
this and thar The Youngsters don {
know what they arc going to have for
dinner until IT is issif way down their
-thrnats
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

It MS friend Legislator, who ran mill
down the road and who protested to
know all there was 70 be known about
muleoiogy Legislator was not only
willing but eager to give advice on
the subject.
ITS as plain as the nose on your
face what ais that mule" he said,
sticking his thumbs in the armd0les OF
his vest and shifting his cud, after the
fashion Of sturdy Yankee lawmakers.
you're feeding him too well. and
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

Kaiser needs est-headline on a
Berlin cable. About time to be build
ing 4 sanitarium on St Helena.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

90. AZ eo5. s9.05. 10 5.-4l-Oo A. n. 12.06.
~, 30 500. $40, s4.05. $50, 5.06
~ 30 600. fl05, p. n. i2.05 A n.
rDm.y except Sunday.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-12-04

sg.,ea.fs FL Odeuton with z II. b. an0
lr1-noIiz Junction with the B.&O. x. X
a. @5....-.+s al OdentOn With r. X. r.
eFgr-t annapolis to Baltimore.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
LOCAL FIRM LEASE WARD
STORE FOR 20 YEARS
New Rooms VIII be Among the Finest
In New England

Green Brothers have leased the
Charles F. Ward store on Water and
Russell streets for twenty years.
Benjamin Green of Waterville, pres
ident of the corporation, was in
Skowhegan yesterday making plans
for the new stock, new fixtures, etc,
which are needed for the new quar-
ters. He told the independent Re-
porter representative that he plans
to make it one of the finest stores of
its kind in all New England
The firm opened a store in this
town nine years ago, in the Goodwin
block where it is at the present time
located. They are now operating ten
stores in various places in Maine,
New Hampshire and Massachusetts,
and have their headquarters at Low
ell, Mass. They will occupy the low
er floor and basement of the build
ing, the upper part being occupied by
S. w. Philbrick. Walter ]. Sullivan
is the present manager, having sue
ceeded Harry Barker, who is now in
Rockland.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
INMATE At TOWN FARM
GOES INSANE

Wildly breaking windows and dish
es and upSetting everything that
came in his way, James Brambcr Was
discovered last Wednesday by the au-
thorities in an awful condition at the
Town Farm. Bramber. whose age
is about fifty-seven. has been an in
mate Of the farm for over three years
and has been sick ever since he Was
taken there. For the past month he
has not been out of bed until last
Wednesday when he went suddenly
and violently insane, rushing about
half naked thru the corridors and en-
dangering persons and property.
With a pretty fast life as black
mark against him. he has taken
rather unkindly to the conditions at
the farm. He has been in the habit
of taking one morphine pill a day
since his arrival. Last Wednesday
and for the succeeding three days and
nights, he was almost unmanageahlc.
DR.. Geoffrion was called and is in at
tendance. sunday. Bramber did mol
recognize anyone Monday and
Tuesday he spent in bed and yester-
day, he was again rational
One night during his rawlings. he
rushed into the room of another in
mate, Will Stearns, and went to his
bed, No one knows what might have
happened if Stearns had NOT hastily
grasped his cane and struck Bramber
The cane happened to hit Bramber' :
head and drew blood but resulted in
no serious injury The authorities
FASTENED to Stearns' rescue and sue
ceeded in quieting the unruly man
and locked him in his room Bram-
bers body is fairly black and blue
as the result of his tumblings and
falls during the four days he was
violent
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-02-01
SECOND WEEK WEEK OF OF
SUPREME COURT
MANY Cases Settled Out
of Court
Nearly All of State Cases Already
Disposed OF without Trial

The criminal docket was called at
the Supreme court last Friday morn
ing when the following ten cases
were assigned for trial. State VS.
Perley II. Cromwell, uttering for
gerry; State vs. Blanche Arden. Aplt.,
single sale; State VS. Bozelli Debe,
Aplt.. assault and battery, Merrill &
Merrill to represent Debe; State VS.
Peter Debe, Apt assault and battery
Merrill & Merrill to represent Debe;
State VS. Joseph Eftein. Aplt.. gamb-
ling house State VS. Alphonsine La
fond Aplt, search and seizure. w. b.
Brown for Lafond; State VS. Alphonse
Lafond, Aplt. gambling house, W. b.
Brown for Lafond; Fred Repetto,
Aplt., assault and battery, Merrill &
Merrill for Repetto; State VS. Herman
j. Schmitz, Apt., violation OF Sunday
law. Phillips for Schmitz; State VS.
Harold Withee, Aplt.. assault and
battery. Small attorney for Withee.
County Attorney T. A. Anderson will
be prosecuting attorney. The fol
lowing disposition was made of the
other criminal eases: State VS.
George Gagnon, Cont. placed on file.
respondent out of state; State VS.
Hector Berube. breaking, entering
and larceny, continued; State vs.
Thomas Fontaine, non-support, mol
pressed. State VS. jim Morrault, sin
gle sale, continued, State VS. Martin
Stafford, utterng forgery. continued; !;
State VS. Fred Duby. Aplt., single sale,
continued; State VS. Peter Gilbert,
Aplt.. single sale continued; State VS.
James Morrow. common seller. con-
tinued; State VS. James Morrow,
arson, continued; State VS. Hector
Burbe, breaking, entering and lar
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