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hrmed at the Russian embassy tonlgh,.
In well-informed circles here it Was
not doubted, however, that the report
was accurate.
London, Sept. 3.-Riga is being
hastily evacuated by the civil popula>
tion. Three big Teuton armies are
advancing on the city from as many
sides. Prince eopold of Bavaria IS
personally leading the main force,
approaching from the southwest. IN
the southeast and west the Teutons
are less than seven miles from the
city.
TO save the historic building, par
ticularly the ancient cathedral from
destruction the Russians are not ex-
pected to make a serious defense OF
the city.
The Teuton triple drive is fraught
with one of the most important mill
tary and political possibilities Of the
war.
HindeAbHrg Determines
Germany has ventured apparently
upon one of the greatest military
campaigns OF the war. In the three
weeks of grace that are still left 70
the high command before the reich
stag carries out its threat to force
a showdown on peace terms. Hin
denhurg evidently plans to deliver"
what every man, woman and child ex-
pected Of him when more than a
year ago he was made chief OF stan.
The drive on Riga is the forerunner
of a supreme effort to realize his Oft
proclaimed maxim, Russia must be
beaten first"
These, according to best informed
experts here, are the conclusions to be
deducted from the mass Of cumula-
tive evidence offered by official anG
unofficial reports and the political sit
uation as created by the two main
factors, namely:
1.-Russia's fat rejection of all sep
arate peace bids and her unfinching
will to fight to a finish.
2.-The Pope's peace message.
Last Chance
They are, in fact, these experts say.
more than conclusions. They form
the logical road to which thousanG
and one shreds of evidence. pieced to-
gether. point as the last chance o,
Germany's military machine, cnancs
that will be irretrievably lost by next
spring, when America VIII be gong
"cver the top" in the west.
Following. then. is the brier sum-
mary of the consideration which. n
the opinion of close observers here,
have dictated the campaign now beine
ushered in before Riga.
Pope Benedict in his peace mes
sage completely ignored Russia. It
was this fact. which, in turn. re,
suited in the Kerensky governments,
decision to ignore the message The
Pope did, however, specifically stlnu
late restoration of Belgium as run-
damental condition for peace.
Whatever the Berlin governmen.
thinks of the Pope's views regarGfns
restoration in the east, it is known
tc believe that America and the en-
tente are less concerned on that score
90 long as Belgium and Northern
France are restored Only two day:
ago Ex-Chancellor Won Betnmann.
Hollweg asserted that former Ambas.
sador Gerard has given him the I'M
preston the United tSates would have
no objections to Germas5 conquest II
the east.
3.-Her cream Of the Flanders coas,
and of Antwerp fast dv;Gy in the pres
sure from without ar3 H,tnin. Ger
many is believed to be casting her
eyes eastward for prizes Of var I,
not hold Yet to bargain with at the
peaca table. Riga, Russia's big 1.ar-
tic 1ort. second only to Petrog~2d:
NJ ~ m ggA HE7 ~ "a 81
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negroes to the north after they had
been ordered south and that it might
,~,kin y .ht. raciai t"o'-no
already witnessed serious outbreaks,
and to send them north would cau>
trouble among the colored troops. Mr.
Dent protested vigorously, but to no
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EXPL AIMING ELECTION
OF co [I0N WElGHERS

Columbia, Aug. 31.-The matters OF
the election of locale cotton weighers
in this state has BEEN demanding a
good deal OF attention lately and the
attorney generals Office has on several
occasions be- II called upon for con-
struction OF the law. In an opinion
rendered today. assistant Attorney
General Sapp goes into the matter
fally Writing the intendant Of Pros
perity, in Newberry county, in re-
sponse to request for an opinion, he
says: ...
Columbia, August 81, 1917.
''Hon. E. N. Kibler, lntendant
Prosperity, S. C.-Dear Sir: I am in
receipt of your letter of the 3Oth inst.
to the attorney general who is at pres
ent out of the city in attendance upca
the National Association of attorneys
General in New York state.
'You state that a public cotton
weigher for Prosperity has recently
been elected under special act of the
legislature. passed in 1912. as has been
the practice cf the town council every
year since the passage of the act, and
YOU further state that private
weigher has been weighing cotton in
the town Of Prosperity for a good
many years and that he now questions
the constitutionality Of the act above
referred to which would prohibit cot
ton being weighed other than by the
public weigher. on the ground that it
is an attempt at special legislation up
c1 a subject that should be covered by
a general law, and you ask to be ad-
vised whether or not you should fol-
low the terms Of the statute.
'ID reDlv thereto I beg to advise
that in the case of Barfield VS.. Steph-
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To Liberate Finland

None here familiar with military
conditions believe the Riga drive IS
any immediate danger to Petrograc,
312 miles to the northeast. But z5s
miles to the north of Riga lies Hell
singfors, capital of Finland, where
Russian troops are camping on the
steps of the Finnish diet, preventing
by force the reopening OF the parlfa-
ment. With the Russian fleet pu; out
of business landing Of Teuton troops
"to free Finland" would oe an easy
operation, the consequences of which
would, indeed, seriously threaten Pc
trograd. - 80
But far more immediate than these
possibilities are those presented by
the operations now under way. The
ambition Of the Hindenburg- Prince
Leopold -Manckensen combination rs
believed to be nothing less than TO
bring about a complete cave-in OF the
Russian front from the Baltic to the
Black Sea, 1000 miles in length. 81
multaneously with the Riga offensive
there have been sudden Teuton at
tacks in the center OF this vast line,
in volhynia and on the southern end,
in Maldovia as we'll as around Braila.
Riga, city of some 100000 inhabi-
tants, one-haf of whom are German.
lies on the Dwina river, five miles De
how the rivers mouth. at the Gulf of
Riga. The city was originally Ger
man. at the beginning of the Tflfr-
teenth century later BELONGED to Po-
'ond, subsequently to Sweden. ard
finally went to Russia in 1910. It's
cathedral dates from the Thirteenth
"en+''-v n,e of the many other his
tori~ strrcfures is the church of st
pe+n- with snire 44a feet high.
The Germans are advancing on ,ae
o'+-- IN "oon1sat fornoo tion.'' one armv
o'ono tho i++o~a7 41,a SECOND from, the
~~~:on &c Vo:,Iar ~ fhe southwest
and the other northward on the east
No--1- 90 TIA n.-;na. Tho 6rst an~ -rrr4.
! worn 'occ than ton r1ilas from Riga
or e''n1ov ote tnriol,t d'enatrhes
E~+o+nS thev U-nrn stoadi1v c1osfne .n On
tho ro~+. nasilv overnon,inr Pnseion
resis+once, ccording to Petrcgrad ac-
| nri~~'on.
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avail. It is now expected that arI
cclored troops will be tra:nes II DIX
e.
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THE nEkALD AND NEWS ONE
IAN FOR sI.so.
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bud tNo days ago. Another granA
duke. Dmitri F,>a!ov:tch. las been
put safe on the same charge
From faroff Persia, where the Rus
slams have been valiantly holding their
own since the revolt. came news To-
day indicating that the Turks have De-
sun their great campaign hin:ed a:
by Chancellor Michaelis in his maideli
speech in the reichstag.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Nv HARRIETTE UNDERHILL

EMMY WEHLEN does not love the
IL pictures. She confded as much
to US yesterday in the presence OF her
director, her maid and Sweetie, her
Pekingese spaniel, which is the small
est and most perfect specimen in cap
tivity. True, Miss Wehlen qualified
her statement, but she does believe
that all work and no play will make
Jack a dull boy.
Miss Wehlen has a perfectly plau-
sible reason for feeling as she does,
but we don't know what it is. For
we didn't hear anything she said, be-
cause while she was talking we were
gazing at her and thinking how beau
tiful she was. Those who have seen
her only on the screen will realize
when they see her in the flesh that
the half has not been told. Miss
Wehlen told US that people who inter
viewed neT never TelneHUtleu "HaI
she had said, and now we know the
reason. She certainly is distracting.
We came to just in time to hear her
say:
81 do like to make a picture, but not
pictures. think that is the secret
of it. Perhaps am lazy, for we start
work $3.50 in the morning. and that
is enough to reduce the enthusiasm
of any person to a minimum, and
then, too, never can get used to this
working up to big scene, and then,
after the camera has been turned on
you for perhaps minute the director
says. All right. that will do; now we
will take the ballroom scene when
perhaps you have just been in an
agony of grief over the death of your
movie father. When | work myself
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A CHAT WITH MISS WEHLEN

all up to the point where I can cry
real tears | want to enjoy it,
Perhaps you do not know that |
have a past. Yes, it is too true. Ny
ambition was to be a heavy dramatic
person. Lady Macbeth and Orphela
were among the milder of my ambi-
tons. In spite of all the efforts of
managers to direct my forces into the
light opera channels | persisted in
what they called my madness and actu-
ally appeared in plays by Ibsen, Bar
RE, Sudermann, Wilde and others.
played all over England and afterward
in France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
81 have, of course, become identified
with musical comedy on this side.
When ! first came here from London
it was to do Marriage a la Carte so
my directors were surprised to find
that | had aspirations in the general
direction of tragedy My experience on
the dramatic stage was a big help,
needless to say.
when | came to America I had my
choice Of vehicles Marriage a la
Carte or The Pink Lady. | chose
the former because it seemed to me
that | had much greater chance in
that than in the other. And see what
happened! The Pink Lady lasted for
as many seasons as the Marriage
lasted weeks. OF course, knew moth
ing Of your American humor nor what
the taste Of American audiences was.
! 1t took me some time to recuperate.
81 must tell you about the last in
terview | had. A young woman came
here and asked me if / would give
her a story about dancing, and I felt
the responsibility so keenly-about
| being quoted, you know. l started in
| and took up each dance in turn and
| | talked for two hours. When I had
finished she said, Is there anything
else? When | said that | thought |
had treated the subject pretty ex-
! SAC NtAL anu Ills
is what she wrote: Emmy Wehlen
says that dancing makes one graceful
and keeps one in perfect physical con-
dition.' That was all. So Pm sure |
never was meant to talk for publca-
| ton.
"And. please, if you love me, tell
my director that you do not like me
with curls. for they all insist on my
having ringlets, and | detest them.
Now. isn't this picture better than this
thing"
We pretended to agree with Miss
Wehlen, and, while in the abstract, we,
too, detest curls. we surreptitiously
chose the ringleted one. The evidence
is at the top of the page.
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Algy Meant Music

The hours were flying by, and still
Algy, the bore, remained with her.
$40 you like muster" she inquired,
listlessly.
"Yes," he replied. III am always car
ried away by music"
She few TO the piano and played sew.
eral airs. Then she turned and looked
at him.
"You are not gone YETI"
NO" he answered.
"But you told me that music always
carried you away?"
"Yes," he retorted. "But said mu-
sic."-Tit-
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Asbury Park Prepares
for Season 8
Opening

Asbury Park. N. j., May 12.-With
the Sandy Hook boats resuming the
summer schedule from New York Mon
day, the North Jersey coast will for
mallv welcome the coming of another
vacation season. The first Sandy Hook
steamers bring the early cottagers, and
il is the last call for hotel keepers and
boarding house proprietors to be ready.
For another fortnight, however, As
bury Park will mark time for the real
season opening set for Memorial Day
the day when the salt water tafy IS
made in extra large quantities, when
the merry-go-rounds open for the chill
dren and the last OF the timid bathers
actually get into the surf. The days
are chilly here now, but surf bathing
already has its followers.
Garden truck has jumped the last
few days, and over on the Interlaken
half-acre, which a group of young
women is farming for the benefit OF
city hospitals and other charitable in
situations, beans are up and other
vegetables are "doing splendidly." In
this club are the Misses Winifred Het-
rick, Adeline Pratt, Carrie Stroud. Ma
bel Green, Helen Lockwood. Margaret
Hough, Emily Hough, Ardelia Duffield,
Elsie Summers. Marion Deppeler, Frieda
Schneider, Mabel Burtis. Leonie Mian-
nay, Edna Miannay, jeanette Miller,
Cecile Smith, Ruth Winckler, Edith
Winckler, Justine Smith, jeanette
Taylor, Mary Wheeler. Marjorie Smith,
Mabel Winsor and Frances Wiuans,
Mrs. George Allen. Mrs. Emily Hetrick'
Mrs. Aileen Burdge, Mrs. Elmer Coyte
and Mrs. George Curwin.
Members Of the Asbury Park Home
Guards, now recruited to more than
235 members, will soon march to a
ouickstep written for them by Band
master Arthur Pryor, with words by
State Civil Service Commissioner WILL
lam X. Devereux, of this city. The
song is entitled, "We1l Be There, I'M
Gle Sammy" Mr.. Pryor begins his an
nual band concerts at the Arcade next
month.
The city commissioners this week
authorized the expenditure of $4,000
| for the purchase of motor driven fire
apparatus. The equipment will include
four combination chemicals and hose
wagons now owned by member compa-
MES of the department and two new
pumping engines, a hook and ladder
| truck and a motor tractor for steam
engine now in the service. Two old
steam engines will be withdrawn from
the first line service and placed in the
reserve station.
The Rev. Dr. Leon K. Whitman and
members of his congregation of the
First Methodist Episcopal Church
donned overalls and jumpers to-day
and strted the work of cleaning up
brick from the church fire ruins
/ Shortage of laborers has retarded the
rebuilding work. so DR.. whitman sug-
/ gcsted a brick cleaning bee. This af-
ternoon was devoted to the work. The
church was destroyed in the fire Of
April 5. The new building will cost
approximately S125,000.
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first year he was going to retire be-
cause he thought that he never would
make good. Not every one knows that
Hart is drawing two salaries-one as
actor and the other as director. He
directs all of his own pictures.
The name of George NJ. Cohan has
been added to the list of stars whose
forthcoming photoplays will be seen
first at the Rialto. Through arrange
ments with the Aircraft Mr.. Rothapfel
has secured the rights to the premier
presentation of Mr.. Cohan's next pict-
ure, as we'll as those of Douglas Fair
banks, Geraldine Farrar and Elsie
Ferguson.
Gladys Hulette says that to get at
mosphere for "The Candy Girl" she
haunted a certain well known confec-
ton shop and studied their methods.
Accordingly those who are in the habit
of ordering their matutinal egg phos-
phate across a soda counter know that
the new picture will run for at least
ten reels.
Mitchell II. Mark, president Of the
Strand, has signed a contract for all
Of the Goldwyn productions, the first
of which is to be released at that the
atre about the second week in Septem-
Der. The first picture will be one with
the popular Mae Marsh in the stellar
role.
Early in June Dorothy Phillips will
appear as Nora Helmer in a Bluebird
version of Ibsen's "a Dolls House"
George Middleton has conceived a
photoplay which has for its hero a
cave man. House Peters is cast for this
part, and if ever there were man
born who could get away with that sort
of thing it is House Peters. In the
play he wins the heart of his prehis-
toric enamorata by cracking her skull
with stone club and dragging her to
his cave.
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MARY PICKFORD, in "a Romance
wi Of the Redwoods." staged I'M
der the direction of Cecil B. de Mile,
will be the chief attraction at the
Strand this week. Little Mary. it is
promised, will appear in quite diff
cult sort Of role from any she has
played to date. The story is laid in
California in 40.
For the first time since the opening
Of the Strand the orchestra will play
Grieg's peer Gynt Suite" It will be
played TO the accompaniment of a
color symphony which the new cleo
trical apparatus makes possible. The
soloists are Walter Vaughn, Irene
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Stofolsky, Lola Chalfont, Arthur De-
pew and Ralph Brigham.
Margaret Ellington will make her
screen debut at the Rialto this week
in Sacrifice" a Lasky-Paramount
production. The story is by Charles
Kenyon, author of "Kindling." Frank
Reicher directed the picture. Miss H.
lington not only plays a dual role, but
she also plays each Of the characters
impersonating the other, II you get it.
The second instalment Of sailors
of France" will show French subma-
rines and torpedo boats in action.
Henry Herbert will declaim the salient
passages from President Wilson's war
message, with the Rialto chorus sup
plying a musical background. The
overture will be from "Mignon."
"Ihe Hand that Rocks the Cradle, -
by Lois Weber. will be shown for the
FIRST time at the Broadway Theatre
to-day. Miss Weber plays the prin-
cipai role, in addition 10 writing and
directing the play.
Douglas Fairbanks, in an Again Out
Again" will be shown in the Loew
theatres as follows: Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, at the orpheum and De-
laneey Street Theatres, and at the Pal
ace, De Kalb, Fulton and Bijou Thea
tres, Brooklyn; Thursday, Friday, Sat
urday, at the Lincoln Square, Greeley
Square, Seventh Avenue. American and
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SHADOWS ON THE SCREENS

Avenue B, and at the National and
Boulevard, in The Bronx; Wednesday
and Thursday at the Circle and West
End; Wednesday at the Eighty-sixth
Street; Saturday at the Royal, Brook
Ign; Saturday and Sunday at the l16th
and Forty-second Street Theatres, and
Monday and Tuesday at the Broadway,
Brooklyn.
zone Law for Both" will have its
New York premiere at the Lyric The
atre this afternoon. Many of the
scenes are laid in Russia, and the sub
ject is a particularly timely one. Ivan
Abramson, who was responsible for
"Enlighten Thy Daughter" is both au-
thor and producer of zone Law for
Both"
Geraldine Farrar in "Joan the Wom-
an" opened yesterday at the Park The
atre for a limited engagement. The
reason assigned for the added season
is that so many persons were disap-
pointed at not being able to gain ad-
mittance while the picture was being
shown at the Forty fourth Street The
atrc. Continuous performances will
be given.
At the Academy of Music ain Again
Out Again." the latest Fairbanks COM
edy, will be shown for the first half
Of the week. This will be followed on
Thursday by Rex Beach's play, "The
Barrier"
"Christus" will continue at the Cri-
terion, with two performances daily.
The programmes at Loew's New
York Theatre and Roof the coming
week will include Max Under in Max
in Taxi" and Baby" Marie Osborne
in Sunshine and Cold" on Monday;
1.-THE Man Who Made Good with
Jack Devereaux and Winifred Allen on
Tuesday; William Farnum in "Ameri-
can Methods" on Wednesday; Myrtle
Gonzales in Southern Justice" and
THE Voice on the Wire" on Thurs
day; Ethel Clayton and Montague Love
in Yankee Pluck" and Alma Hanlon
in "The Mystic Hour" on Friday and
Virginia Pearson in Royal Romance"
| on SATURDAY..
"The Bar Sinister" the new Edgar
Lewis production, will have its initial
projection in public on Sunday after
noon, May q, at the Broadway, under
the direction of Frank G. Hall.
"a Trip Through China" ten-reel
travelogue, will open at the Eltinge
Theatre on Monday, May 81. The pict-
ure was taken by Benjamin Brodsky
who spent ten years in China. Mr.
Brodsky brought with him to America
100000 feet of film, from which the
best 10000 feet have been selected
showing the beauties, customs, indus
tries and amusements of one of the
most wonderful and least known coun-
tries Of the world.
China preparing Is a most important
feature Of the pictures. A complete
trip to Picking, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Canton and other large cities is shown
William Hart, the original gunman
is en- route for New York. He has
been, in fact, for the last two weeks
and the latest bulletin says that he
will arrive on the 18th. Mr.. Hart Is
being entertained all across the coun-
try, which makes II more intricate. !,
is now three years since Bill diverged
from "The Trail Of the Lonesome
Pine" and he Is to-day, so II is stated
receiving the largest direct salary OF
J any motion picture star in the world
And yet so modest is ne that after his
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wood Room at Lord & Taylor's. Mrs.
Henry hudson Shaw, the new president
was installed. The chief number on
tho nrogramme was an address by Mrs
William Kinnicutt Draper. of the Amer
;can Red Cross, who told about ked
Cross war work. Mrs. Andrew white
rood an article on Something Tor
Every One to Do" and Miss FOUNTAIN
,ecited "The Flag" Miss Anne Katzen-
hocb rave a group of Rotations.
Tomorrow evening, at the headquaf-
tors Of the Political Equality Associa-
zion. IL East Forty-irst Street. Joseph
H. San will speak on "The Truth AoOu'
the Inquisition at the WOmen's Night
Court"
The last regular meeting of Man
haitian Chapter, Daughters OF the
AMERICAN Revolution. was held at the
Hotel McAlpin Thursday afternoon
Af,sr a brief business meeting re-
nor+ ~ the recent D. A. R. congress
~ Washington was read by the re-
can, Mrs. Lou Arrowsmith. Among
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SUNDAY

At the Rialto this week the orchestra
will play the overture to "Mignon" as
it's chief number. Hugo Riesenfeld
will conduct. Later on the programme
the orchestra will give selections from
1.-THE Red MILL" by Victor Herbert,
the tenth in its series of light opera
REVEALS. The Ralto chorus will sing
the March Lorraine" by Came, using
lyrics written by Charles Keller. The
chorus will also be heard in "The Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" during
Henry Herbcrt's reading of salient pas
sages from President Wilson's war
message.
The Orchestral Society of New York,
Max Jacobs, conductor. will inaugurate
series of Sunday evening popular
concerts at the Standard Theatre, Nine
tieth Street and Broadway, beginning
on Sunday evening, May 20.
. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Eddy Brown
and the Russian Balalaika Orchestra
will play Russian music exclusively at
the popular concert to be aeld at the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Lafayette
Avenue and Fulton Street, on May 20
at $3.50 p. m.
A concert OF Jewish music will be
held under the auspices Of the Column
bia Menorah Society on Monday even
ing az Horace Mann Auditorium, 10th
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MORE ABOUT FILM FOLK

Sidney Drew is demonstrating his
patriotism in a practical way. Re-
Gently he offered $500 to the first young
man who would go to the front Harold
Purves, of 81 Bergen Street, Brooklyn,
volunteered, and Drew not only gave
him the stipulated sum, but also agreed
to support his widowed mother while
Purves was at the front.