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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-21
TRAGIC INFLUENZA CASE

VFFN@0NNE IENNaN9F y
dren III When Doctor Arrives
Jamestown, N. D.. oct. 21.--A
tragic case was brought to light
when a physician was called to the
Alfred Heinsoth home near YpsiIan-
ii. the physician finding the wife
dead in one room. unbeknown to her
husband who was lying so ill in an
adjacent room that he died the day
following, and seven children of
tender years, all sick with inuenza.
The children will recover.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-21
But You Are Not For These Pernicious
Socialistic Changes.

The ballot Nov 5h Of unprecedented Importance While
unfortunate and quite Unnecessary to force these issues
public of citizenship and boys, willing to defend
the Nations honor and the Worlds democracy out of the state this
situation but enhances the obligation those home leave nothing
done
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
"Spice of Life" to Open

The reopening of the Palais Royal,
at Broadway and Forty-eighth Street,
IS announced for Tuesday evening,
September II. The attraction is "a
revue called "The Spice of Life"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
French Symphony Here
Soon

One of the things for which music
lovers and society which spells itself
with capital as" may thank the war
is that the Metropolitan Opera House
is to lift the latchkey on October so
that the Symphony Orchestra of the
Paris Conservative may make its first
American appearance in the metropolis
before starting on tour Of sixty cities
In the United States which will take it
as far as the Pacific Coast.
To bring so large and distinguishe ed
an organization as the Paris Conserva-
toire Orchestra, under the leadership
of its celebrated conductor, Andre
Messenger, is no slight undertaking, but
when Otto H. Kahn recently returned
from France he announced that all the
arrangements for the tour, which is to
be under the direction of the French
High Commission, were complete.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
The Fort Ontario Players

Edward Goodman, who was director
OF the Washington Square Players, has
found a new field for his activities at
General Hospital No. 5, where he has
organized the Fort Ontario PLAYERS.
Their first bill will be produced at the
Richardson Theatre on Tuesday. Good
man is author as we'll as producer. for
Garry On" thriller laid somewhere
IN France. is by Goodman and Private
Pierre Loving. Peggy Wood. the
Maytlre" star, is another contributor.
She and her father are the authors Of
The Flying Prince" which is new
variation Of the old sleeping beauty
story. "Moonshine," by Arthur Hop
kins, is to be given, and KID" little
play by E. E. Levinger.
Glenn Hunter and Jay Strong. old
Washington Square Players. are sta
toned at the hospital, and of course
Will be In the plays. The company
VIII have the rare privilege of present
ing real leading lady Adaline O'Con-
nor, who took Mary Ryan's part in one
OF the road companies OF The House
OF Glass;" is the actress. There is
other talent as well. Miss Thomson.
the step-daughter of Colonel II. n
Ihomason, the commanding officer, is
to be in two of the plays.
1t is good to learn that somewhere
something of the Washington Square
Players is still marching on.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Confessions
By lack Lait

To the thousands of ambitious amn-
teurs who would be playwrights, it may
be Of interest to learn how Oliver Mo-
rosco turned me into q play writer, a
tale far from the regular sort of mar
ratiyes that have to do with patient
scripts.
/ met Morosco one night in 1914 in
Chicago. Paul Armstrong introduced
us. We three sat at table. l said
something which caused Morosco to
laugh. He said: you're a comic; you
shouldn't waste that at tables" So I
answered; "I'd put it into play if l
knew any one who would produce it,
Whereupon he replied: Bring on the
play"
l told him a plot had in mind-told
it between the cocktails and the soup.
He reached into his pocket, drew out
a checkbook, wrote me a check for
$500, pushed it across to me with
Sold! Be in Los Angeles with the
manuscript two weeks from next Mon
day morning"
I was there. He produced the play.
Oh, he made me do plenty of rewriting,
but it was Help Wanted" when it was
finished, and it earned me $110,O 900 and
him perhaps twice as much, and is still
bringing in returns. The $500 advance
l earned back the first week.
This spring, at table in the Aston
l told him the story OF zone Of Us"
He had no checkbook with him this
time, so he reached down and brought
up one nickel, tossed it to me, and
said:
"Sold. There's your advance ROYALTY,
Wen open in September"
I wrote the play on that; came East
with it in August; rewrote it to his
liking, and here VIC are at the Biiou
with what he pronounces a more profit
able play, potentially, than "Help
Wanted"
Morosco never reads manuscripts
without having heard and approved the
plots and without feeling that the
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

authors Of them are capable of inter
estingly, convincingly and aptly dram
atizing those plots. But if he takes
one, he winnows it, and in two read
ings has the dialogue memorized so
that if an actor interpolates a "but"
or an "and" he knows it. He is ter
ror on play manuscript, taking views
on every line and piece of business"
from SO many angles-psychologi
practical, vocal, mechanical, artistic,
constructionai-that Morosco author
has to know his own play almost as
we'll as Morosco knows it to defend it.
I regard him as the fastest and
surest judge of embryo plays and the
best doctor" of lame, but promising,
play material extast.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

needle In the haystack, a real. natural
born comedian.
Born in Davenport. Iowa, he began
his stage career in stock. Tirinp Of
this after about two years, he went
into vaudeville, where he met with
great success. While playing a vaude-
vile engagement in st. Louis he re-
ceived an offer to return to stock in
that city, but feeling that he had quito
enough Of it to last him for while Mt
least he refused the offer. Finally so
good proposition was made to him
that he capitulated.
de remained in st. Louis for about
two years, chiefly as comedian, but
likewise as general handy man, pro-
ducer and writer. Then he returned to
VAUDEVILLE. but q short time later, re-
ceiving an offer to play Walter Cat.
'etts part in $50 Long Lefty" he went
on tour with that attraction, with
which he remained for the duration
CT Its run. Then once more he went
to his favorite vaudeville, where as
member of popular team he re-
NAMED all of last season, until M.
Cort, seeing him and feeling that Mr..
Shelley was admirably suited for one
Of the leading roles in "Flo-Flo,"
offered him the part in a company
which WAS about to go on tour, an
offer which the comedian accepted with
alacrity. In "Fiddlers Three" Hal
Skclley plays Sam Wrigglesberry,
role which marks that lengthy fun
makers first appearance on Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
many important roles with his roper
tory company in indianapolis.

Georges Plateau, the French actor who
is playing Jean in Crops and Crop
pers" at the Belmont Theatre, has had
actual war experience. He came to this
country last year on special war SER
vice, and secured an extension Of his
furlough to appear on the American
stage.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Plays and Players

Ralph Morgan, the Juvenile in
"Lightnin'," at the Gaiety Theatre, was
practising lawyer for two whole
years before he allowed himself To
yield to his lifelong desire, the stage
Through Mmo. Nazimova he was en-
ablcd to turn his back on briefs and
weighty tones and the roundabout
nomenclature Of the law, for she gave
him small part in one of her early
productions.
But no sooner had he congratulated
himself on being finished forever with
"f your honor so pleases" and "May
| ask the courts ruling on this ques-
tion?" than he was given the part of
the young lawyer in Madame X
Thereafter for hundreds of perform
anccs in New York he was again in
the surroundings he bad wished to
avoid forever.
Leaving the plny behind him at last
he acted in many Broadway produc-
tions. Then for year and half he
was with the Western company of
Winchcll Smiths "Turn to the Right" "
Returning to the Offices Of the firm last
spring he was greeted with The an
nouncemcnt that he was cast to play
the lawyer in "Lightnin'."
aye godsl Can ever get away
from it?" he walled.
But he couldn't. So again he spends
an hour every evening and at two mat
inces in the environment he escaped
from, arguing, pleading and winning
his case, OF course, in the second act
of "Lightnin'."
He says he hopes to be a better
actor than he was a lawyer.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Air Raid Tried
Out or, Dog

Every night when the first
bomb explodes in the air raid Of
Three Faces East" Miss Violet
Heming's bulldog Teddy disap.
pears from her dressing room and
runs to the cellar of the Cohan
* Harris Theatre. Teddy was
in three real air raids in Lon.
don and was taught to take to
the cellar.
lhe eaIy experiments with
this scene at the Cohan & Harris
Theatre left him unmoved, but
one day Sam Forrest tried some
thing new and Teddy ran. For
rest Immediately quit expert.
menting. He decided that he had
achieved the right effect.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

but she found that mono of the metro
politan managers had ever heard of
her, sc she finally came to Chicago in
the chorus of "The Pink Lady" The
next jump was big one. She went
from the chorus to tho leading role in
support Of Julian Eltinge. Her best
opportunity came when che found a
chance to follow Elsie Ferguson in
"Outcast" In this she attracted atten-
tion and received many theatrical Of.
fers. She appeared under the MANAGE
ment Of the late Joseph Brooks in the
AL star cast Of "The Great Pursuit" >"
after which she went under the man
agement OF George Tyler, supporting
George Arlss in "The Professors Love
Story" "Disraeli" and Hamilton"
Margaret Mower expected to make
her theatrical debut as a dancer. but in
her three and half years on the stage
she had never danced until she was cast
by Stuart Walker for Mile. Perrault in
ms new play, Jonathan Makes a
WISH" at the Princess Theatre. In the
first act of this play Miss Mower does
little French peasant dance most at
tractlvely. 1t is repeated with elabora-
tlons in the second act, which repre-
sents the heightened Impressions of a
boys delirious imaginings.
Miss Mower studied dancing with
Jules Delcroze near Dresden, and her
first engagement was to dance in the
Greek chorus of Granville Barker's
production of "The Trojan Woman :"
Chrystal Herne, who was to play Cas-
sandra in the first performance in the
Yale Bowl, was unable to appear and
Miss Mower took her part at short no.
ticc. This was practically the first act
ing she had ever done. Later Miss
Mower appeared with the Washington
Square Players. Her one conspicuous
hit with the Players was in Zoe Akins's
1.-The Magical City" She was engaged
by Arthur Hopkins for "The Hapny
Ending" which had short run, and
later played Regina in the Washington
Square production of "Ghosts." Last
spring she was one Of the Narrators in
Walkers production of "The Book of
Job,' and this summer she played
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
San Carlo Opera
Company Season
A Great Success

With "a record for attendance and re
.o;nts even surprising its remarkable
.,racemeut at the Forty fourth Street
Theatre last season, the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company, with two weeks
- eapacity business behind it. enters
,non its third and last week tomorrow
r;cht following which the organization
will 90 to the Boston Opera House.
The San Carlo managers, however,
have left some of their most attractive
features for the closing period of the
engagement, and tomorrow night Nine.
Elena Bianchini Cappelli will sing
"Santuzza.
Tuesday evenings Carmen" with
Nine. Ferrabini. will see another new
soprano, Dorothy Follis, who will sing
the role of Micacla.
Saturday afternoon Marcella Craft
will sing the Secret OF Suzanne" in
English and "Pagliacci" in Italian. The
San Carlo forces will, therefore, be
heard for their first time in their ca
reer in opera in the native tongue. The
schedule for the week, with detailed
casts. is as follows:
Monday. "Cavallera Rusticana.
Mines. Cappelli, de Mette; Messrs. Bos-
cscci, Roger. "Pagliacci." Nine. Went
worth, Messrs. Salazar, Antola.
Tuesday, Carmen" Mines. Ferra-
bini. Follis; Messrs. Boscacci, Roger, de
Biasi.
Wednesday matinee, Romeo and Ju-
liet." Mines. Mario, Melis; Messrs.
Errclle, Royer. Bozzano, Dellemolle.
Wednesday evening, "Aida." Mines.
Amsden. de Mette; Messrs. Salazar.
viglione, de Biasi, Cervi.
Thursday, Lucia" Mines. Mario.
Homer; Messrs. Boscacci, Antola, Ros-
SIM, Cervi.
Friday, "La Giaconda." Mines. Ans
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Mccormack VIII Sing for
The Comfort Kit Fund

John Mccormack will open his sea.
son with a benefit concert at the New
York Hippodrome Sunday night, Sep
tember 20. The gross receipts will be
used for the purchase of comfort kits
and Christmas packages for the boys
of Uncle Sans navy.
The concert will be given under the
auspices of the Woman's Auxiliary fo1
Navy Recruiting and Relief. Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels is expected to .be
present.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

Jeanne Eagcls, who is playing the
heroine in "Daddies" at the Belasco
Theatre, began her stage career at the
age of ten. She continued in stock un-
til she was sixteen. Then the call for
bigger place in the theatre became
insistent. When her chance came it
wasn't bigger after all. She had played
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

den, de Mette, Mels; Messrs. Zinovictf.
Roger. de Biasi. Ccrvi.
Saturday matinee. "Sccret Of Su-
7anne.' Nine. Craft; Messrs. Roger.
Cervi. "Paliacci," Nine. Craft: Messrs.
Agostini. Roger, Dellemolle, Rossini,
Saturday evening, al Trovatore. !"
Mines. Wentworth. do Mette; Messrs.
Salazar, Antola, de Biasi.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

Hal Skelley, whose long, slim legs
add so much to the gayety of Gid
dlers Three" the new John Cort oper-
New-York tribune., 1918-09-15

Alice Brady, who is the star Of "For-
ever After" at the Central Theatre, has
mad n varied stage experience. Her
training began few years ago with
her appearance in q series of revivals
of Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Later
she appeared with success in Little
Women" Other stage appearances
were in "The Things That Count"
Sinners" and another series of Gilbert
and Sullivan rcvivals. And during all
this time Miss Brady has been con-
stantly at work in moving pictures,
where she has appeared as the feature
IN numerous we'll known picture plays.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Two Good Bills.

Two good bills affecting State aid
Roads have passed the Senate. One
is to reapportion State Road Fund
appOrtioning 70 per cent. Of cost to
counties havln" total assessment
of less than $4,000 600. making
minimum apportionment of 80 per
cent. of cost in counties with Sl6,
900, 900 assessment.
The other splendid bill is 20 en-
power State Road Commissioner TO
fix standard of maintenance tor
highways built with State aid re
quiring counties to maintain them f,
and authorizing the use If that cout-
Us apportionment OF the State road
fund to maintain The roads, If any
county fails to keep them up.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Civil Service Examination.

Tomorrow will be examination
day for applicants tor the Clay
City post office. The examination
is civil service examination and will
be- held at Winchester From what
we can learn there will not be many
take the examination, and most
likely the fight will be between but
two or three applicants. They are
all deserving and it is with rleas.
ure the Times indorses "a of them.
No mistake will be made in the ap.
po,ntment OF any one of them. and
H. is very likely that the one pass
ing the best examination will he
appointed.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
The Grvett Sale.

The rc,e Ct Mack Gravett at
Vaughn's Mill Saturday was we'll
attended and articles sold brought
fair prices. One 8-year old horse
mule sold for S1S2; One mare
brought $50 and one sold for $40.
Sound corn in crib sold for $500
per barrel 95 bales Of mixed clover
and timothy hay brought s.. 90 per
bale; 27 bales peas, cane and crab
grass hay brought SLIP cts. per
bale: 10 bales of baled oats sold for
81. so per bale; short corn sold for
$3.50 per barrel AT this sale Har-
rison Strange sold pair youg mare
mules for $500 Mr. Gravett had
already moved to Clark County
where he will farm this year.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07

Frank Kennon 2S and Miss An
lie Kennon 2l, daughter of Richard
Kennon, Of Naughn's Mill, went to
Winchester Thursday where they
were married at the Court. house by
the Rev. r. T. Grove, of Stanton,
now a student of the K. w. c
The yonng couple returned Thurs
day evening and were guests that
night of Mrs, Fannie Williams,
aunt of the groom and a distant rel =
ative of the bride. They retuned
to her home Friddy. The couple
was accompanied to Winchester by
Mr.. and Mrs. Jeffie Mckinney, of
Vaughn's Mill, and Mrs. Ida Carr,
of this city.
Mr.. Kennon and his bride will
reside in Stanton where the groom
has employment, as mail carrier
from Stanton to Furnace.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07

Report comes from the Danville
district that there is a slick tong
ued chap out purporting to be an
income tax collector raking in the
sheckels wherever he can persuade
the tax payer that he is the genuine.
Advice is to pay no tax to any one
unless he can prove his authority.
While 1t is important to pay the in
come tax, it is more important to be
sure and pay it to the right man.
1t is best to pay by check, making
the check payable to the known
collector and as such collector,
then you are safe.
We have posted ourselves on the
method of income and manner of
payment SO as to be prepared to
make immediate payment soon as
two tho usand come forward and
subscribe. We want to be ready.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Tractor Demonstration.

The gasoline tractor recently
purchased by Messrs. r. w. and
Carl Garrett was put on demon
stration Wednesday by the COM
pany's agent and tried out at the
plow. 1t did this work well, and to
all appearances, seemed to be very
profitable machine to own where a
farmer has many acres to plow and
the ground is smooth enough to
work over by the tractor. 1t ena-
bles farmers to rush their work
whereas rushing live stock often
causes loss.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Argued Before Appellate Court.

The famous oil suit of Joel Nc
Kinney Heirs VS.. w. S. Raydure
now in the Court of Appeals, taken
up from the Estill Circuit Court on
appeal by the McKinneys, was
heard by oral argument Tuesday of
this week. The suit involves the
title to 172 acres of very valuable
oil land on Cow Creek in Estill
county upon which there are 25
peeducing wells valued at one and
one. half million dollars. An opin-
ion is expected within few days.
Pendleton & Bush, of Winchester,
are attorneys for the heirs and Mr..
Raydure is represented by Judge
Hugh Riddell, of Irvine. The case
has been ably and hotly contested
and has been in the courts but lit
tie more than a year.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07

The Food administration informs
us that there is not vestige OF
truth in the statement that the sale
Of eggs has been prohibited from
March 1 to April 80. On the con
trary, eggs are being sold in larger
quantities and at a less price than
for seme time. The only order that
has been issued by the Food Ad-
ministration is the one prohibiting
the killing of hens and pullets
weighing more than two pounds
from Feb. % to April 30. The
only reason for making this order
was to get more eggs TO sell.
Another announcement that will
carry joy to the housewife is that
there will be the necessary allot4
ment of,sngar for preserving and
canning purposes.
The fact that the are IA mill
ion cases Of !cold storage eggs on
hand which holders would like very
well to sell and which can he sold
if they can only bluff the farmers
from marketing them and the deal
ers from buying them by circnlat'
ing such faIsehoods, is possibly
explanation why.this malicious lie
gained universal and credited cir
culation.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Ford Prices Advance.

The world famous Ford automo-
bile has advanced in price from
$500 to $3.50. The freight has also
gone up S5 on the car. The price
mentioned is for the touring car.
The roadsters are SIS less. But
even this price puts it the cheapest
in price on the market. The agent
here, Mr.. A. T. Whit, is ready to
take your order for delivery in
about 30 or go days. That will be
just about the time the roads will
be so they can be run in this county.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Advice from Dept. Of Public Roads

Your community is more prcs
porous TODAY than ever before In
vest in good ROADS.
Don't blame your officials for
bad roads. blame yourself because
you haven't paid for better.
Prices of farms depend upon
good roads. What is your farm
worth? What could il be worth?
Strangers remember your county
by lis roads. Make Boosters for
your county.
Build up your community.
Construct good roads and coax
population and wealth.
Eliminate ruts and holes in the
roads.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Will Feed Hogs.

T. Wright purchased last week
from various persons of the county
IS head of hogs at from IL to IA
cents. He will feed them for a
month or six weeks and then de-
liver them to a Clark Comfy deal
er. The corn he will feed them is
soft and damaged and not suitable
for other purposes.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Sells Small Farm.

John r. Stepp has sold his farm
of thirty acres two miles south of
town to VIM. Barrett, of Lee coun-
ty, for 81 600. Mr.. Stepp has the
privilege of remaining on the place
this year by paying an agreed
amount of rent as Mr.. Barrett will
not move to his farm before next
wear.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Powell and Montgomery.

In a newly proposed redistricting
bill, Powell is placed with Mont
gomery county to compose the
Fourteenth Legislative district. Es-
till is placed with Jackson, and
Wolfe and Lee go together. This
arrangement is very acceptable to
Powell and we hope to see it put
through so far as this county is con-
cerned. Powell used to be in a dis
trict with Montgomery. We got
along well then and we are sure we
can do the same thing again.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Taking Up Passes.

The Government is taking from
ihe editors all of the railroad
passes issued to them. Since this
has been done il will greatly de-
crease the travel of news paper
men. Ii will not affect the
Times man, as We never rode on
pass, bs, always paid our way
like other people.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07
Returns to Camp.

Stewart Smith, one of the volun-
teers, of the National Guards at
Hattiesburg, Miss, was here
Wednesday with his brother, Bruce
Smith. He was on his return from
a visit to his mother at JOkson.
While mere lad, Stewart has been
in training ten months, and express
ed desire to go to France soon as
possible.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07

Crate Johnson is home on a ten
days furlough from New York. He
is now member Of the band which
furnishes music on the U. s. s.
Richmond. Crate is looking well
and says he likes navy life 6ne.
He is also enjoying the stay with
home folks very much.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1918-03-07

Moving time is at hand and very
much of it is going on. We repeat
again what we have often said at
this time of the year: "There will
be one thousand dollars worth of
moves in the county this Spring
without ten cents worth Of profit to
the movers"