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New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
BROADWAY AND ELSEWHERE.

Augustus Thomas. It will be entitled
"The Copperhead," from which il is
safe to assume that it is not without
its political aspects. John D. Williams,
who by his production OF Justice" sc-
quired a standing as a manager which
not even "Our Betters" could obliter-
ate. will make the production. Also on
Mr.. Willisms's books is Somerset
Maugham's latest comedy, this one be-
ing entitled Love in a Cottage"
Margaret Anglin's plans, also
strangely omitted, embrace a trio Of
new plays. The drama which Rupert
Hughes fashioned from Gertrude
Atherton's novel, Perch Of the
Devil" was tried in Chicago last
season and found wanting, so Miss
Anglin will offer "Getters and Givers,"
a comedy by Hubert Footner, and pos
sibly "The Broken Gate" and ''The Pot
of Shamrock" which are, respectively,
drama and comedy. There also is a
legend that the coming season will
find Miss Anglin under the manage
ment of Mr. Tyler, but it is as yet un-
confirmed.
The past week has brought the in
teresting and important news that Mrs.
Fiske will be a Tyler-Klaw and Err
LANCER satellite hereafter. A change
of some sort was naturally inevitable,
her previous managerial firm hav-
ing quietly but firmly dissolved part
nership. Her new piece is "The Belle"
a comedy Of the South by Mrs. Cath
crime Chisholm Cushing which is re-
ported to give the star the high comedy
opportunity in which she revels and
excels.
Also during the past week Arthur
Hopkins finally acquired the theatre
for which he has been angling these
many months. Mr.. Hopkins's increased
and generally successful activities have
lately made his own theatre a neces-
sity, and for time it appeared likely
that he would obtain the Hudson. But
he has instead taken over one Of the
two houses which the Shuberts are
building just west of the Shubert and
the Booth. The new Hopkins theatre is
the one fronting on Forty-ffth Street,
and is presumably the house which was
to have had William Faversham as its
tenant this year, since the other is in
tended for musical productions. 1t will
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

Raymond Hitchcock, the announcement
further insists, will be in the show.
Not only has a Hitchcockian part been
written for him, but he is declared to
have signed contract.
In discussing the situation some time
ago Hitchcock said that he had signed
half a contract" which undoubtedly
meant that he had signed with Mr.
Dillingham; but not with Mr.. Ziegfeld.
The success of "Hitchy-Koo" has fired
the comedian with a desire to show it
around the country, and not many days
ago he was still desirous Of breaking
off his Century entanglements. The
rest remains to be seen. Meanwhile,
the Century will open in all its glory
in September-with Urban, Kirchner,
Ned Wayburn, and all.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
p, GEORGE S. KAUFMAN

zuE annual vacation for theatre
,o,rs is about up. A week from
.,rrow will see the new season
"a, with q rush, there being five
!, plays announced for the week Of
an snd untold scores to follow.
u. van will be Friend Martha"
49,. Ankle" "The Inner Man."
-. Very Idea" and Leave II 70
,ss'
:, the forecast which appeared in
:, columns last week il Is now
.....ary to add the names Of ten or
I,,,n more, either overlooked in last
..,Ys labor Of tabulation or an
.,,e.d in the interim. In the for
:. class is the play which James
v,n,rOnery is writing for George
S1r.y. Mr.. Sidney's comic talents are
.,.iSsrsble, as you will remember if
!. saw "The Show Shop" and it would
I. rs.her a pity if they had to be
.,,,.d again in the Busy Izzy" series.
.,.,v. N. Cohsn endeavored to con-
1.ve the work of keeping Mr.. Sidney
n, legitimate by casting him as
,.o.h,r theatrical manager in the Oh
:. play. Honest John o'Brien," but
4, non-success Of that piece left Mr..
gdu,y high and dry. Evidently Mr..
r,b.n still believes in him, however, for
. viI be Cohan and Harris who will
INDUCE the new Montgomery piece.
Eursne Walters next melodrama,
n. Assassin" was also among those
,.rlooked. "The Assassin" has the
a,rOsini case as the foundation Of its
auIls. and the author himself is su-
.,rty for the statement that it is
sore tense by far than "The Knife"
RON which the perpetual theatregoer
sIl realize that there is az least one
,,srssting evening still ahead Of him.
Frank Craven, whose "Too Many
.soks" was an excellent comedy that
nd something less than the success It
-,ritsd, has written another which
I Fred Zimmerman will produce. The
,,v play is entitled This Way Out"
.ud the author will be his own leading
-n. His place in "Seven Chances,
I il interesting to note, has been
asn By Taylor Holmes.
here was, of course, no excuse FOR
-.itting from the summary anything
=. as important as a new play by
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New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
IN VAUDEVILLE

PALACE Janis; THE Girl with
Thousand Eyes; Pat Rooney and
Marion Bent; "For PHYS Sake; Her
man Wasser, Al and Fannie Stead
man, Primrose Four Quartette.
RIVERSIDE-Dolly Sisters, Nellie and
Sara Kouns, Laurie and Bronson.
ROYAL-Conroy and lie Marie, Willie
Weston, Mccarthy and Faye.
NEW BRIGHTON-Cecil Cunningham,
Bernard Granville, The Futuristic
Revue" Smith and Austin.
LOEW'S AMERICAN THE Greater
Duty" MY Lady's Gowns" first half;
Beatrice Morley and Jazz Band, sec
ond half
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
By HERMAN ]. MANKIEWICZ


NOW that the one o'clock closing
y law has gone into effect the
resemblance of Broadway in midsum-
mer TO a desert is heightened. Nor will
any one forget its not sands who ever
got splinters in mis- feet from them.
But the weary looking people one meets
there are not Arabs, nor, in the exact
sense of the word, Bedouins; they are
merely actors seeking employment and
their oases are the booking agencies.
Only too often do these oases turn out
20 be mirages.
Next to a picture Of President Will
son signing a bill appropriating many
monies for the deepening Of some OBJ
scure canal, the favorite still-life pict-
ure in the daily press seems to be
that of some actor or actress making
his mark on a contract for the coming
season. The signer is generally dressed
in some fimsy material suitable 10 the
occa and can be observed welding
the pen with an air Of boredom, while
the anxious manager waits, nat in hand,
in fear and trembling. Pictures Of
actors signing contracts to appear as
Old Benton, the aged servitor, or Of
little ingenues TO stage-dust stage fur
niture, are sadly lacking in our photo
graphic annals. How do the members
Of this latter class. the players Of small
bits. secure engagements? The answer
can be found in the booking agencies.
Possibly the biggest agency is that
conducted by Miss Bijou Fernandez in
the New Amsterdam Theatre. Miss
Fernandez selects or recommends casts
for the members of the syndicate, which
includes Klaw & Erlanger, Cohan &
Harris, A. H. Woods, Arthur Hopkins,
Charles Frohman and others.
"The manager" says Miss Fernandez,
rgenerally sends me the manuscript Of
the play he has decided to produce, and,
after carefully reading it through, /
recommend actors and actresses for the
parts. The actual engagement is made
directly by the manager"
Most Of the people thus recommended
by the agency are sent for. Occasion
ally it happens that some unknown,
who has not done any previous work
that was ever heard of, gets an en-
gagement because he strolls into the
office at the right time and seems to fill
an immediate need-but only occasion
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Benefit at Manhattan

One of the most important OF the be
tween seasons entertainments will be
givenWo-morrow night at the Manhat-
tan Opera House. when Nine. Schu-
mann-Heink and an array of artists of
the dramatic and musical world Will
appear in behalf Of La Mutualite Ma
ternelle de Paris, which takes care ~
poor mothers and their children.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE THEATRE

be opened in September, probably with
Billie Burke in the Clare Hummer COM
edy, 1.-THE Guardian Angel" The thea
tre is as yet unnamed, incidentally,
but it ought by all odds to be chris
tened the Hopkins. II is not unlikely
to be one of the two or three most in
teresting playhouses in the city this
season.
Jack Norwerth's very own theatre,
which somehow failed TO figure in these
columns last Sunday, will be opened
some time in the late fall with a musi
cal show of his own planning, to be
known as "Odds and Ends of 1911"
Perhaps this will at last be the musi-
cal production which will look at
events with a true satirical eye-one
never can tell. Bide Dudley, at all
events, is writing a goodly portion OF
the book and lyrics, and there is no
denying that Mr.. Dudley has his mo-
ments.
Edward Goodman rises to remark
that Helen Westley is not "erstwhile
Of the Washington Square Players" as
this column would have had you be-
lieve last Sunday. Miss Westley's en-
gagement in "The Lassoo" is but tenn
porary, says Director Goodman, as she
is under contract with the Players for
another season.
The facts appertsining to that hor-
rendous picture Of John L. Golden and
WincheIl Smith are out at last. The
picture appeared anonymously in these
pages several weeks ago, and it was not
of character TO fatter the drawees.
Since that time Messrs. Smith and
Golden have been busily tracking down
the artist. They now announce that
he is none other than Perriton Max
well. editor of Puck" They announce
further that they are impatiently
awaiting the three-act comedy which
Mr.. Maxwell has promised to deliver
to them, the letter OF reJectlon having
already been written and put TO music.
"The Philadelphia Enquirer" has
made a discovery. In recording the
engagement of Miss Katharine La
Sale it speaks of "The Thirteenth
Chair" as "a New York farce"
AS first recorded in The Tribune
several months ago, the work Of writ
ing the next Century entertainment
has been entrusted to Guy Bolton and
P. G. Wodehouse. The latest announce
ment from that theatre, in fact, has 1t
that the book has been completed, and
sets the opening date as September "a.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
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New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-07
BRITISH GETS THE
Prize SHIP APpAM
Supreme Court Sees Viola
tion Of Americas Rights
In Rendering Decision

Washington, March 6.-British
claimants Of the German prize ship
Appam at Newport News, Va, today
won their suit in the Supreme Court
to regain possession Of the British
libel attachment suits against the
Appam and cargo the court held
that the British owners are entitled
to restriction because the Appam
violated American neutrality.
The treaties of 1899 and 1918 be-
between the United States and Ger
many, the court held through JUS
tice Day, do not entitle German
prizes, unaccompanied BY the captor
warship, to indefinite American asy-
lum. Jurisdiction of American
courts over the Appam was held.
Findings of Federal Judge Wad-
dill of Virginia that the Appam vio-
lated American neutrality after be-
ing brought into Hampton Roads a
year ago by Captain Hans Berg and
q German prize crew sustained.
Justice Day gave the courts rul-
ings. He recounted in detail how the
Appam's crew and man passengers
were kept in subjection by bombs
distributed on the ship, Of threats
to blow up the vessel if opposition
was offered the German captors.
Justice Day said the usual course
would have been to take the vessel
to . German port instead of being
brought more than 5000 miles to q
neutral port. He said the principles
Of international law would not per
NIT the United States ports to be
used as places to lay up prizes.
"From the very. beginning" he
said, tour government has been
careful to maintain neutrality"
|. The courts decision in the Ap-
pam case was unanimous.
Continued on page ~.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-07
REPLY OF AUSTRIA
I LEAVES Open DOOR
Tries Hard to Please Germany
Without Break With the
United States

Washington, March 6-Austria' s
reply to the American request for
clearer definition Of her attitude
in the submarine situation was stat
ed officially here today to leave the
door open for further negotiations,
delaying temporarily at least, the
break which has been regarded as
inevitable since the severance of re.
lations between the United States
and Germany.
Although in substance the long
communication upholds and defends
the unrestricted warfare waged by
Germany, it is couched in most
friendly terms, and points out that
"Austrian submarines solely are
operating in the Adriatic and the
Mediterranean, and therefore an
encroachment on American interest
hardly is to be feared. There will be
a reply to this note, and unless an
overt act precipitates the rupture,
both sides apparently earnestly de-
sire to avoid, the United States pro-
bably will not be inclined to force
the issue for the present. Germany
is credited here with trying to force
Austria to- step. which that country
does not wish to take. Germany nat
urally wishes, it is pointed out, to
have the complete moral support OF
her allies in the submarine campaign
and is using her great influence
with Austria to that end.
Austria, therefore, is placed in
the delicate position Of either sacri.
ficing the manifest benefits she re.
.ceives from the continuance of di
pioaagtic relations with this country
or of appearing not fully to support
her ally. As a result, it is believed
that she has made her reply to thi:
country as strong an endorsement
Continued on page p
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-07
Still SEEK TO ARM
MERCHANT Ships
Authority Still in Question
And President Wilson Is
Not Sure Of the Law

Washington, March 6.-There
was no final decision today on
whether President Wilson has the
authority for defense against Ger
man submarines without action by
Congress. Authoritative intimations
were given that the President was
seeking a way to take steps on his
own responsibility, but would act
only after most mature delibera-
tions.
The President conferred with Sec
retaries Lansing and Daniels at
their offices, but the usual Tuesday
cabinet meeting was cancelled, and
in some quarters it was believed
there would be no further announce
ment on the question until after the
cabinet meeting Friday.
The situation in the Senate was
canvassed carefully by administra-
ton representatives for the admit.
lSQ lGGSOll llidt tAc i ACSi0CAS "ONAS
rather act under the express author.
ity Of Congress if possible
Some administration officials af
ter careful study of the old law o1
1919, cited in the Senate as prevent
ing the arming Of merchantmen a
gainst submarines, were stronger
than ever in their belief that the
act has no application to the present
situation. The statute was passed
specifically to allow American mer-
chantmen to fight pirates and priva
teers, and these officials contend
that the exemption in this connec
ton Of "a public armed vessel OF
nation in amity with the Unite<
States," does not prevent a peacefu
merchantmen from resisting an at
tack in violation Of internationa
80.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-07
MISSING PASTOR
RETURNS HOME
Reverend Potts Thought to
Have Been Drugged In
The Crescent City

Emporia, Kan, March CDR. L.
NJ. Potts, missing Emporia minister,
was brought home from Kansas City
today. DR.. Potts left Emporia, Janu-
ary 22, and after being reported in
New Orleans, January "a, dropped
out Of sight until few days ago,
when he was reported in the care of
a Methodist minister at Calgary,
Canada.
In a statement given out today,
friends Of DIR. Potts assert that the
miniser left Emporia, January %,
intending to go to New Orleans on
a land trade. He took a draft for
$4,000. Mr.. Potts is somewhat hazy
as to what occurred in New Orleans
His first recollection is of being on
a Southern Pacific train at Tucson,
Ariz. He is said to have been in a
dazed condition, but his friends as
sert that he went by boat from San
Francisco to Vancouver and re-
members making the trip.
Friends of DR.. Potts as he recov-
cred consciousness February "a, at
Vancouver. He wrote a letter that
night to his wife, FEBRUARY 26, he is
said to have sent an incoherent tele-
gram from Vancouver. The next day
he sent another telegram, which
was ineligible. In this telegram, he
said he was going to Calgary, where
he was a guest Of the Rev. Mr.
Falls. q Methodist minister.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-03-07

Mr.. A. H. Martz, manager of the
Berwick Bay Fish and Oyster Co.
branch at Dallas, Texas was the
guest Of Mr.. ]. II. Loeb this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Brown and
family Of Riverside Plantation have
.Ao;stlt, Eorsan City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-12
Navy to Order
q Submarines
Within Few Days
Bids for 800-Ton Seagoing
Fighting Craft Opened
by Daniels
To Speed Construction
Government May Exceed the
Limit Price of 81, 100000
to Hurry Production
To Speed Construction

Washington. April 11.-Contract5 for
the construction of twenty-eight 500
ton seagoing submarines probably will
be awarded by Secretary Daniels be-
fore the close of the week. Bids
opened at the Navy Department to-
day carried proposals for thirty-four
vessels. Congress has authorized
only thirty-eight, however, and ten
have already been assigned to the
navy yard at Portsmouth. n. II.
Some of to-day's offers exceeding
the authorized cost limit Of $4,000 900
a ship may be accepted because they
fix the time OF construction at sew
cral months below that Of other pro-
posals. To cover the additional cost
it would be possible to draw on the
emergency fund provided for speed
ing up construction. or the cost plus
percentage of profit scheme may be
invoked.
The Electric Boat Company pro-
posed to build eighteen submarines in
from sixteen 10 twenty-siX months
and at a price Of s1,524,Oo0 for each
vessel constructed on the Atlantic
coast and s1,5o2,oOo for each con-
structed on the Pacific Coast. The
company proposed as an alternative
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-12
Ministers Are Asked
To Further Recruiting
Koenig Urges Political Lead
ers to Display Posters
Prominently

Ministers in 900 Protestant churches
will be asked 20 urge from their pull
pits next Sunday that men enlist in
the army or the navy. The Rev. Wal
ter Laidlaw, executive secretary of
the New York Federation of Churches,
yesterday arranged with the recruit
ing committee of the Mayors Commit
tee on National Defence 70 send ap-
peals 10 the pastors to help make next
Thursday, which Is the anniversary OF
the Battle OF Lexington. record day
for recruiting. II is 20 be known as
Makeup America Day"
The committee Is arranging to have
the Catholic churches and Jewish con-
gregations cooperate. Alexander J.
Hemphill, its chairman, Is convinced
that much recruiting will be stimu-
lated by the appeal through me
churches. Many Of the ministers have
agreed 20 preach patriotic sermons.
Political leaders also expect 10 help.
Samuel s. Koenig, chairman OF the
Republican County Committee, yes
terday wrote TO district leaders ask
ing them 70 give prominence to the
posters calling for recruits. Mr.
Koenig has suggested that patriotic
demonstrations be held at political
headquarters next Wednesday night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-12
u. S. War Factories
For West Virginia
Charlestown Chosen as Site
for Armor and Pro-
jectile Paints

Washington. April 1.-THE govern
ment's armor plate and projectile fac
tories, for which Congress appropri-
ated $ll 100000 and sl,7OOO0O, respec-
lively. will be built at Charleston, ".
Va, location recommended by a spe-
cial navy bonrd as offering an ideal
combination of military safety and easy
access to manufacturing materials.
In announcing the selection tonight
Secretary Daniels said construction
work would begin at once and would be
hurried to completion. He also made
public the report of the board which
inspected facilities of twenty-nine cities
chosen out of more than one hundred
which offered sites. Charleston offered
several acceptable sites free of cost to
the government. and one of these will
be selected for the factories themselves.
while one of the protected gorges near
by will be taken over as a proving
field.
The investigating board, heaoed py
Rear Admiral Fletcher. pointed out in
its report that most of the sites sug-
gested had to be rejected because Of
geographical location. Offering made
quate security from invasion in war
time. The report says that the section
about Pittsburgh, including the Upper
Ohio Valley and West Virginia, soon
was singled out as the most suitable.
Of the various districts about Pitts
burgh the report says: The West
Virginia, district. from Cumberland
Md. to Ironton, Ohio, possesses more
advantages than any of the others.
Within this district Charleston. w. Va,
and Cumberland. Md. are the most ia
vorably located, in the order named.
1.-The West Virginia district has the
great advantage Of near access TO some
Of the best coal mining regions in the
United States. Pig iron markets are
not far removed: oil and natural gas
are available; water plants may be de-
veloped to a certain extent, although
the cheap price Of coal makes it posi-
bic for coal fired power plants to com
pete with the hydraulic power"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-12

1t is much better. The man or woman who INDUSTRY
ousy sincerely devotes an hour day to regular
systematic reading in the Britannica of the certain sub
ect or subjects he or she is most interested in will not
only find the plan of payment better than lower cash
price, but will find the books paying for themselves over
and over in increased acknowledgement that means IN
creased earning ability.
This is no idle Of words. The same testimony OF
the value of consistent persistent pursuit OF knowledge
is given by Andrew Carnegie who says: half hour
day spent in particular line Of study is the best invest