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The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Moore's strand-aPals First"

Moore's Strand-"Pals First"
The delicate artistry of the new
decorative scheme of red, white and
blue, seemed to please the crowds
that filled Moores Strand Theater
to capacity yesterday and last night
quite as much as the diverting quail
tiles of Pals First" the chief feat
ure of the reopening photoplay bill.
Pals First" the film version OF
the play of the same name devised
by Lee Wilson Dodd from the novel
of Frances Perry Elliott, presents as
its pictured star the late Harold
Lockwood, and, by the UNUSUAL char
acter OF its principal figure provides
many of the qualities that enabled
Mr.. Lockwood to attain the brilliant
position among film stars that he
occupied when his career was
brought to so untimely an end. The
story is based upon a theme of faith
full friendship and splendid motives.
The master of a Southern estate,
supposedly dead, returns in the guise
of a vagabond in company with an
other outcast who has lost his hold
upon. respectability and social posi-
ton. The real identity of the travel
stained pair is disclosed and it be-
comes known that the masquerader
is the owner of the mansion in which
he has taken up his abode.
Mr.. Lockwood's impersonation of
Danny Rowland is one Of the fine
things contributed to the screen by
this viriIe young American and the
supporting roles of greatest impor-
tance are we'll played by Ruby De
Remer and James Lackaya.
The bill is completed by shorter
reels Of news events and comedy and
an orchestral accompaniment, ar
ranged by Mr.. Breeskin.
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In for Stealing
Autos; They Steal
Auto and Escope

Three white men. all of whom
we're serving prison terms IN Lor-
ton. Va. for stealing automobiles.
got OIt O. Jail yesterday after
noon in the same manner they
got into JSii.
One Of them, Thomas Williams,
Al years of age who was working
in the lower end Of a field. saw
an automobile standing beside the
road. When he thought no one was
looking he jumped in it. Bern J.
Clark, . years Of age and J. Ray
mOnd Garges. . years OF age,
jumped in afterwards and Will
Jams sped the car out of sight.
GaTges and Clark were each
serving twO-year terms while
Williams was under a three-year
sentence. All were well-known
automobile thieves.
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Protective Association
Asks Citizens for Funds

Juvenile delinquency is increasing
according to the Juvenile Protective
Association which asks the citizens
Of Washington for 500 to carry on
preventive work for the next year.
Men are going TO the front; women
are filling their places; children arc
left unsupervised and are being called
into the field OF labor much too soon. %
says the statement Of the aSsocia-
ton.
While our men fight IN the
trenches, let us at home do our full
share toward making the fght worth
while"
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
GAS MASK DAY
ON SATURDAY
Extra Efforts to Collect
Nut Shells viii Be
Made. .

Next Saturday has been designated
by the District Commissioners as the
day on which special efforts will be
made in the collection of nuts and
shells to be used for making char
coal for gas masks. The governors
of several States have acted in the
same manner at the suggestion of
the Red Cross.
The following is the text of the
proclamation issued yesterday by the
Commissioners.
In common with the governors Of
many States of the Union we, the
Commissioners of the District Of Co
lumbia, hereby set aside the 9Th day
of November as gas mask day, and
direct the attention of our people to
the need of the government at this
time for many tons Of raw material
from which is made the charcoal
that is placed in the gas masks worn
by the men in the service, and which
will best absorb the poisonous gas
sent against them by the enemy.
Losses by Gas Great.
We are told that the losses by
gas are greater than those of the
guns of the enemy. Its effect, when
death does not ensue, is much more
horrible than the wounds inflicted
by shells. A million pounds a day
are needed of the pits from peaches,
plums, cherries. apricots, prunes,
dates. olives and the shells of
hickory nuts, walnuts and butter
nuts. This material is used to
make charcoal which will protect
the men and nurses under fire for
use across the sea. We call on all
citizens to save what is ordinarily
waste material that they may save
more lives.
The Red Cross has provided two
hundred barrels distributed about
the city of Washington and this
material should be deposited in
these barrels. We urge a special
effort in the gathering of this ma
terial on gas mask day. November
9. and that the effort continue every
day until the needs have been
made"
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gian jurist, then in Constantinople.
Il have terrible news for you"
said the sympathetic Turkish states
man The Germans have captured
Brussels"
The Belgian, a huge figure, more
than six feet high, put his arm
soothingly upon the shoulder Of the
diminUtive Turk
Il have even more terrible news
for you" he said. pointing out to
the stream where the GOeben and
the BreslaU lay anchored. The Ger
mans have captured Turkey"
Ito be cOntinuedl
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tacle when assembled on the stage
in the different numbers.
Harry Cooper. in the part of the
promoter. was just as funny as ever
and kept the audience in an uproar
whenever he made his appearance.
His work took the crowd by storm.
and it was hard for him to get away
to make his change for the next scene.
so anxious was the audience to hear
more from the star. Miss Julie Kelety
rendered her selections with fine shad-
ing which pleased the audience. she
was called upon to respond to several
encores.
The trio speciality, composed OF
Messrs. Wright. West and Meyers,
was the best that has been heard in
this city in long time. They had to
come back several times before the
crowd would allow them to depart sc
the show could proceed to the end.
The chorus was made up OF
ponies and show girls and had
lots of chances to show its ability
to sing the many catchy airs that
fell to its lot during the. performance.
The girls could also dance and their
, marches were well executed and
brought them plenty of applause.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
b BeIasco-'sThe Melting of Molly,


Efforts to coin phrase that would
aptly apply to all the merits of THE
Melting of Molly" given to a happy
audience at the Belasco Theater last
night, must necessarily result in the
same fashion that the extras heralded
the outcome of the world dominion
ambitions of Germany-failure. Three
hours OF comedy, some of it parboiIed
and the rest done to a turn. loaded
down the vehicle that Maria Thomp-
son Davies and Edgar Smith designed
to feature a strong cast provided by
the Shubert Theatrical Company.
The Melting of Molly is a produc-
tiou billed as "a play with music" but
1t has more than music. 1t has an
avoirdupois of comedy in much the
same proportion that the renowned
Alfred Bennett, diplomat extraordi-
nary and lover frigid. boasted as he
entered the play in the last act.
The play deals with a conceited
youth who goes abroad to fill dipIo-
matte berth. He is fastidious ana
shirks the table. Imagine the girl,
Molly Carter. who waits four long
years, rejecting in the meantime a
suitor with all claim to eligibility
greeting a 4O0-pound husband by
proxy" at the lapse of the allotted
time, who returns to these shores
sans his ideas of diet and with only a
taste for fattening viands.
The long and short OF the produc-
ton is that it handles some unusua,
and exceedingly funny situations in
an Unusual way, but 1t runs too long.
That fact must have been apparent to
even the most unsophisticated when
they compared their watches at the
conclusion of the performance.
The Melting of Molly" featuring
two people who reflected great credit
upon themselves, serves to exploit T.
Richards and Isabelle Lowe to good
advantage.
1t has all the earmarks of a season S
favOrite-with recommendation for a
career of longevity provided the lines
of the first two acts are shortened
and some needless incidentals cut out.
The audience was glad to see the re-
turn of Mrs. Charles G. Craig as
Judy" the old nanny in an old
aristocratic Virginia family that has
run out of almost everything save
prestige. Frank kingdom made an ex-
cellent Judge Wade.
Gloria Goodwin and Ted Lorraine
brought some new dancing steps to the
Capital and Belasco audiences this
week are assured of some excellent
work in features that seemed to have
lost their importance in the eyes of
some producers.
Robert Bentley was a forceful char
acter as Alfred Bennett, the diplomat.
Edgar Norton made delightful Eng
Iish extremist Others whose work
was excellent in the first nights Offer
ing are Vera Roehm. Maude Turner
Gordon, Allison McBain and Marjorie
Dunbar Pringle.
THE Melting of Molly" is recon-
mended as a good after-the-war topic.
but its producers can do some good
work yet in shortening the lines.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Keitb's-"An American Ace"

After four weeks of "fuful." show
less nights, Keith Tseater goers
focked a capacity house last night
and enthusiastically applauded every
number on a first-class bill headed by
IAN American Ace and Lew Dock
stader.
The ace is Taylor Granville, an avia-
( tor who is protected by fate from all
dangers except girls. There are so
many complications in the twenty
minutes Of the sketch as to defy synop-
sis. German spies Zone of the vam-
prime variety. doughboyS, a sweet
/ maid of PiCardy. a misplaced mar
riage. stolen letters, big guns. n bat
tie in the air, planted telephones and
cooties are some OF the things that
make this sketch move like an eight
cylinder sport car. The cast is very
good throughout, Taylor Granville
playing the alert, swift minded bird
man with perfection of snap and fin
ish. The unfortunate who imperson-
ates a German guard is surely "out
of luck" All that he gets are Kisses.
But then he gets plenty Of those.
The artillery in the sketch calls for
something like Chateau Thierry back
stage.
I'm just another war worker look
ing for a room," says Lew Dock
stader. and adds touchingIy, ct don't
mind it in the day time. but I can't
sleep i'm taXis at night" Mr.. Dock
stader. in addition to a fine line of
Dockstadian repartee, including praise
of our new lady traffic cop, has
dolorous ballad anent the present
sridity beginning, Washington. you
once were pretty, now you look like
Zion City" Most of the former IA
nous local places of refreshment are
honorably mentioned.
Lester Crawford and Helen Broder-
ick appear in "A Little of This and a
Little of That" which, after concern
ing itself with the sadness of matri-
niony. winds up very humanity with a
song about spooning and the moon.
This act is remarkably clever all the
way through.
In a series of baritone solos and
piano solos, Robert Dore and George
Halperin were notably pleasing. Per-
haps the most effective number was
the vocal rendition of Kipling's grim
Danny Deever." La Bernicia, with
an assisting company. presented a
number of classic dances with much
nerve and technical ability. The Dun
can sisters, who look as though they
had escaped from a seminary. sing a
number of up-to-tomorrow songs with
much charm and freshness. Chris
Richards has dislocatable mouth with
which he emphasizes his jokes un-
nistakably. The Van Cellos. in Foot
Feats,' juggle barrels and black and
white color schemes with equal felic-
ity.
Last night was also marked by a
silent half minute of prayer by the
audience for the American boys in
France. Everyone in the house stood
and faced the east during this period.
Manager Robbins announced that this
custom is being inaugurated in all the
Keith theaters.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
New Loew's Palace Opens.

Loew's Palace Theater house
warming" last night boasted a note
worthy gathering of men and women
prominent in government, social and
art circles.
Julia Kelety, prima donna at the
Winter Garden was much in evidence,
although Mary Pickford in johanna
Enlists," on the screen should prob
ably, technically, to be considered
the star.
Others famous cinema folk, beside
Julia Kelety who were present in
person, were Rita Jolivet, Gladys
Leslie, Mollie King, Lila Lee. Agnes
Ayres Carlyle Blackwell, George Price
and Frank .Loomis.
James Montgomery Flagg, the ia
nous artist. as well as Harry Tier
ney, the song writer, also were pres
ent.
Marcus Ioew. manager of the thea
ter came before the curtain with a
talk in which he said that he felt
sure that he had opened the Palace
at the end of war and the beginning
of peace.
The charming play in which Mary
Pickford appeared, johanna En-
lists" is based on the widely-read
story THE Mobilization of Johanna, i"
Rupert Hughes. 1t presents a mar
rative of timely interest with delici-
Gus humor.
Douglas MacLean. Monte Blue
and Wallace Beery are the principal
members of the supporting caste.
THE Sheriff" a comedy featuring
Fatty Arbuckle, the Hearst-Pathe
Weekly and a beautiful, hand-colored
scenic complete the evenings enter
tainment
The theater proper Is the latest
word in theatrical construction. Or
chestra, balcony and spacious lobby
make up the structure. The decora-
tions throughout are modified Adam
style. The color scheme is soft grey
toned down with amber and gold.
A golden dome with a chandelier,
marble lobby and pillars, and bronzed
capitals, complete the scheme. The
furniture is all OF warm brown ma
hogany except that in the ladies'
room which is Chinese in style and
black in color.
The stage is a thing OF beauty with
it's three-color lighting scheme against
the semi-circular colonnade with .Is
beautifully colored dome above it
The theater was designed by Thoma'
w. Lamb, the theatre expert of New
York city, who has built many beau
tifuI theaters all over the United
States, but who feels that this. the
triumph of the L,oew circuit, is his
best.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

would have happened II the Eng
lish battle cruisers. which pursued
the Breslau and Goeben up to the
mouth Of the Dardanelles, had not
been too gentlemanly to violate in
ternational law. Suppose that they
had entered the strait, attacked the
German cruisers in the Marmora,
and sunk them. They could have
done this, and knowing all that we
know now, such an action would
have been justified. Not improbably
the destruction would have kept
Turkey out of the war. For the ar
rival Of these cruisers made IL in
evitable that Turkey. when the
proper moment came, should join
her forces with Germany. With them
the Turkish navy became stronger
than the Russian Black Sea feet.
and thus made it certain that Rus
sia could make no attack on Con-
stantinople. The Goeben and the
/ Breslau, therefore practically gave
the Ottoman and German naval
forces control OF the Black Sea
Moreover these two ships could cas-
lily dominate ConstantinopIe, and
thus they furnished the means by
which the German navy, IL the occa.-
sion should arise. could terrorize the
Turks. ! am convinced that. when
the judicious historian reviews this
war and its consequences. he will
say that the passage Of the strait
by these German ships made it in
evitable that Turkey should Join
Germany at the moment that Ger
many desired her assistance, and
that IL likewise sealed the doom Of
the Turkish empire. There were
men in the Turkish cabinet who per
ceived this, even then. The story
was told in Constantinople-t
do not vouch for it as authentic
history-that the cabinet meeting at
which this momentous decision had
been made had not been altogether
harmonious. The grand vizier and
Djemal. il was said. objected to the
fictitious sale" and demanded that
il should not be completed. When
the discussion had reached its
height, Enver. who was playing
Germany's game, announced that he
had already practically completed
the transaction. In the silence that
followed his statement this young
Napoleon pulled out his pistol and
laid ii on the table.
IF any one here wishes TO oues-
tion this purchase" he said quietly
and icily, Il am ready TO meet him &"
Pretended Sympathy.
A few weeks after the Goeben and
the Breslau had taken up permanent
headquarters in the Bosporus, Dja-
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Gayety-sportinx widow Compsu,

The Sporting Widow Company OPEN
ed the Gayety Theater yesterday to
two capacity houses which we're high
ly amused with the comedy work of
the star, Harry Cooper, and the bril-
hant cast that supported him to-
gether with an excellent chorus, of
twenty young ladies that could sing
and dance well.
The Sporting Widow is in, two parts
with seven scenes. which give the COM
pany plenty of opportunity to put
their lines and fun over with lots of
pep. The costumes made a dne spec-
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

ganic irOn-NuNated Iron" says Dr
James Francis Sullivan, formerly
physician Of Bellevue Hospital COut-
door DeptJ, New York. and the West
chester County Hospital. Nuxated
Iron often increases the strength and
endurance Of weak. nervous, rundown
people in two weeks time. It is now
being used by over three million peo-
pie annually, including such men as
Hon. Leslie NJ Shaw, formerly Secre-
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

scene when he takes his pretty little
Billy to his heart.
The cast includes q long list of pop
ular screen favorites. such as Mar
jorie Daw, Kathleen Kirkham. Frank
Campeau, Herbert Standing, Albert
McQuarrie and Bull Montana. The
strong love interest, the exciting
scenes and novel and ludicrous situa-
tons, doubtless will make this one OF
Mr.. Fairbanks most acceptable photo
plays.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Catarrh
OF The Stomach
Is Dangerous

Thousands Have II and Don't
Know It." Says Physician.
Frequently Mistaken for In
digestion Il How to-Recog-
nize and Treat.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

mer United States Senator and Vice
Presidential nominee, Charles A
TOyne; General John L. Glen Re
tired. the drummer boy OF Shiloh,
who was sergeant in the United States
army when only L years Of age; also
United States Judge G. W. Atkinson
of the Court OF Claims Of Washing
ton, and others Nuxated Iron Is
dispensed by all good druggists every
where.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

Miss Jessie McGrath. Of Chicago,
3arried 1852 in bills sewed in the
fining of her clothing. it was devel-
oped when she was sent to a hos
pital.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Fight for the Dardanelles
NoU Surrendered
Ambassador Morgenthau Tells
of Dramatic Venture.
IN SIGHT; FLEET DEPARTS

Pubished by special NTH The Mcclure
Syndicate Copyright IsIs by Doubleday Page Co. An
served CoP hted in Great Britain Canada Australia Agh
ryed for France Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, Russia and the
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
PROCLAMATION

Attention, officers and enlisted men of the United
States Army, Army Reserves, United States Navy and
Naval Reserves, Marines and members of the Red Cross
stationed in and about the city of Washington, D. c.,
who are
Voters of the State of New York
An opportunity will be given for candidates
BACK HOME conjunction with the general election
York State, November 1918, An election will on
Monday November and Tuesday November
hours of o'clock the forenoon and O'Clock evening
Pennsylvania Avenue NJ w. Street
directly opposite the New Willard Hotel All qualified electors
male and female requested take advantage op
portunity to their ballot.
FRANCIS M. HUGO
Secretary
STATE OF YORK
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Pretended Sympathy.

A few weeks after the Goeben and
the Breslau had taken up permanent
headquarters in the Bosporus, Dja-
vid Bay, minister Of finance. hap
pened TO meet a distinguished Bel
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05
Last Night at Theaters

worker behind the lines in France.
Throughout the entire perform
ance the audience is kept in merri-
ment by Curtis Cooksey, who as
Pug" a roughneck lumberman, at
tempts to become a regular fellow
by taking a course under the Little
Teacher. His efforts at parsing
verbs and reading poetry were both
ludicrous and pathetic.
In the course of the play Pug"
becomes the protector Of the chill
dren and of the Little Teacher from
the threatened brutality of their
kidnappers. But the scandal of the
neighborhood compels Pug" to
leave town and then at the dra-
matte close of the last act he re-
appears in the uniform of an Amer
! lean soldier, having somehow be-
come educated and groomed during
his absence.
On the whole the show becomes
Miss Ryan and she is assisted by a
very able cast.
The Washington herald., 1918-11-05

TO help make strong.
keen, red-blooded Amerf-
cans there is nothing in my
experience which I have
found so valuable as or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-05
OUR NEIGHBOR
HAS HOT FIGHT
Many Indications of Strenu-
Gus Battle Between Sproul
and O'Neil Men

Northumberland county is going
to be battle-ground for gubernator-
ial candidates this year. Friends of
Senator William C. Sproul declare
that there is no doubt but that he
will win and that the bulk of the
local leaders have already started
work for him, while the O'Neil ad-
vocates, led by state administration
placeholders, declare that they will
bring the miners into line with the
dry" advocates along the river.
The legislative field has been
stirred up by the announcement of
the impending candidacy of John T.
McMullen, a former Representative,
who fell out several years ago with
the regular Republican forces and
went over to the now defunct Bull
Moose crowd. McMullen is under
stood to have negotiated a peace
and has back of him in his prospec-
tive candidacy members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and other branches of organized
labor.
Three candidates, Noble Clement
of Shamokin; w. w. Robertson, OF
Mount Carmel-who are seeking re-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-05

Contrary to an erroneous report
which has been in circulation, no
tickets are necessary to secure ad-
mittance to the mass meeting in
Chestnut Street Auditorium Friday
night, when British Labor Commits
sioners Appleton and Butterworth
and others will speak.
The hundreds of people who have
been requesting ticket information
from the city newspapers and Central
Labor Union heads will find the doors
wide open Friday night, with no
seats reserved.
Appleton and Butterworth have
been informed by the local promot-
ers of the mass meeting that they
can so as far as they like in their
talks-that Harrisburg wants to hear
the truth about the war, and tina the
liberal dose of first-hand information
given by Howard Heinz and George
Wharton Pepper early last week was
greatly appreciated.
That the labor commissioners, the
Rev. Robert Bagnell, Lieutenant
Blake and other speakers will han
die the absolutely naked truth is q
certainty. Revelations of the Brit
iSh labor men are expected to be
peculiarly timely and particularly in
teresting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-05

election-and Joseph Fecker, of SUM-
bury, have opened their campaigns
and have the assurance of support
of the regular party leaders. d. w.
Helt, of Shamokin, will have to fight
his own battle.
A Shamokin dispathc SAYS: THAT
the Republican field denotes preelec-
tion strength that seems unconquer-
able at the fall election regardless
or the three nominated, is evident
from the fact that the Democratic
announcement of candidates. is de-
cidedly belated. But one real Dem
ocratic aspirant, George Hetrick,
Shamokin, has entered the field. At
torney A. w. Duy, of Bloomsbury,
Columbia county, who is to have the
undivided support of the regular Re-
publican leaders of the Sixteenth
Congressional district, has opened
his campaign. Duy is the one man
who is looked upon as able to de-
feat the present Congressman, John
V. Lesher, Democrat, of Sunbury
Lesher has had three terms, and
there is dissent over his candidacy
among the Democrats, and with Duy
hailing from Columbia county, the
Democratic stronghold and control
ling county of the district and ca.
pable of switching many Democratic
votes, his election is declared by the
Republican leaders as a certainty