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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
LYRIC OFFERS BIC KEITH FEATURES ID
 l. PATRONS FOR WEEK
Marie Nordstrum, Truly Shattuck and Fashion
 a la Carte" Among the Headliners for Week

A programme of big Keith features will be presented at the Lyric this week. and many famous vaudeville entertainers will be on the bill. Such vaudeville stars as Marie Nord- strom. Truly Shattuck, the big Fash ion show Fashions a la lCarte. and oil cT fbig atIs will ,enrerAin btrmlhs- ham theatregoers during the week. Marie Nordstrom and Co. in Lets Pretend" will be the headline attrae- ton the first half of the week. Miss Nordstrom is one of vaudeville's most celebrated entertainers ana sne mas stamped from musical comedy to emo tional drama and from there to vaudo- vile. where she combines her great abilities as an entertalners VT coofSe' vaudeville frequenters know ana ap- preciate Miss Nordstrom's versatihty. Her bits of acting call into play every mood of dramatic art ana tney peSolns s accustomed to see her change rom corpedy to tragedy. Let's Pretend IS a most pleasing vehicle for this star and is sure to prove most pleasing eh- tertainment.
 Another big attraction for the first half of the week will be the appear ance ofsTruly Shattuck, famous as al entertainer. Miss Snattuckf anu ~ ~Eninia rNeiI are known as the two famous comedy song girls and their act VIII be one of the big features or the pro gre mn1e Other attractions the first haif or the
 week include Eddie and Edith Adair in 2 comedy skit. I.ibonati, in 'synco-
 nation suprsnep and the Belldays,
 wholesale laughter in a versatile come
 dv creation, '"The lady of the Falls.
 "Fashions a la Carte" featuring
 Hugo Jansen, a fashion show Of uii-
 usual splendor, will be the feature %t-
 traction the last half of the week. This act is featured by lavish gowns. with
 a beyy of pretty living models. tune
 f,,l music. unique scenery and gorgeous costumes. It is one of the big acts~o1
 the season and is big feature attrac-
 ticn.
 Other attractions the last half or
 the week wilrs be Sam Tee troupe, Chinese hair-raiisng novelty, Frank
 Mullaae in Musical Scales and Humor- ous Tales," Ed Lord and MRrgie Fuller
 presenting "Bits of This and That" and
 the Cromwells, in whirlwind conglom- era ton of juggling. News pictures are
 always a pleasing feature at the Ly-
 rio
 This weeks programme Is one of
 the seasof1's highest priced attractions
 and should prove most entertaining to
 Birmingham theatregoers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
TAR AND WARMER ID BE SEEN AGAIN
 AT TIE JEFFERSON
Celebrated Farce Coming
 Friday and Saturday and Saturday Matinee

|t An event of more than passing inter-
 est is set for Friday and Saturday and
 Saturday matinee at the Jefferson |i theatre
 The management has just announced the engagement of Fair and Warmer" :" for that date. and nothing in the en- |1 tire theatrical season can truthfully fay
 claim to being of greater importance. The farce, by Avery Hopwood, which ! Selwyn & Go. present, is something more than an exeruciatingly funny |1 play. It stands in the theatre world in exactly the same position that Jess Willard occupies in the pugilistic fra- ternity. It is champion among cham pions.
 'Twould be the height of foolishness to say that there have been no good |- plays produced during the past few years. There have-and many. Like |. wise, it would be extremely far from | the truth to say that there have been N no plays produced that have not proven rgreat successes. There have-so many | of them in fact that the past year was known as one of the, very best ever | enjoyed by the theatrical world. But it is a fact that can be proven, that of Hall the good and successful plays pro- duced in the past few years, there have been none to equal the record set by Fair and Warmer"
 IT played for an entire year in New York. and it is the ambition of every |itheatrical manager in that city to pro- Hduce a play which will prove even ap- Hproximate1y as successful. It played for eight months without a break Tn
 Chicago. and it's record has never been | equaled in that city. It has been pro-
 iduced in every large city of the coun- try, with few exceptions, and in each |fcity it's engagement set the record~for 1.-the particular theatre in which it was |iseen.
 |' Selwyn 6 Co. have been well able to afford to give their road productions of Flair and Warmer settings and Icasts the equal of those seen in New |aYork. And they have not scrimped as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
SOUTHERN GIRL ID ! HEAD LOEW'S BIG VAUDEVILLE BILL
Villa Holt Wakefield, One of Vaudeville's Most Pop lar Stars, Coming-Oth-
 CT Numbers on Bill

! spectacular military traversity
 called "A Night in the Trenches with
 seven clever people will be the tophner at Loew's Bijou the first half of the week. The scene is supposedly laid in the front line trenches, and the happen
 ings of an evening are turned into
 comedy with songs
 Adele Oswold, one of Americas fore
 most woman character artists, will pre- sent three types called 'The Woman of It." Miss Oswold gives a wonderful in- depreciation of Joan of Arc in a scene from the French play~of the same name Other acts will be Gus Rover and-Sol
 Gold, "nutty duo in new dances in- termfngled with song or two; June and Irene Melva. artists on the xylo- phone, and Sansone and Della, su- preme athletic marvels Virginia Pearson, the well known, local favorite and one of the most beautiful
 stars in photoplay, will appear in splendid screen offering "Bushanan's s Wife" Villa Holt Wakefield, one of vaude- villes most popular and exquisite stars, will return as the big headiner at Loew's Bijou theatre the last half of the week. Miss Wakefield, who Is southerner, is famous for her remark able beauty charming personality and ability to entertain, and her way or working herself right into the heart of her audience. Miss Wakefield has been entertaining soldiers and sailors for the last few months without any recom- pense of any kind, and this is her first theatrical engagement for salary since that time. She will present her famous song readings and pianologue, all writ ten especially for her, with several Of her own compositions.
 Joe Darcey, famous for his act called "The American Comedy Four," of which he was also a member, will appear In blackface, singing all his own, songs.
 Other acts will be Allen, and, Francis, an eccentric couple in songs. dances and moments from musical comedies. The four Wellings. in daring aerial eccen- tricities, and Oddone, accordeonist, who works with special electrical effects.
 Hale Hamilton appears for the last half of the week in photoplay, Five Thousand An Hour." This, is an excel- lent screen offering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

E On December 8. 1917, the Federation of the German Building Trades Workers made an Investigation of the wages of its members. The investigation included 90,000 workmen and covered all Ger many. The results showed that"at the time the investigation the average hourly wage rate of masons was 9b.7 pfennings (22. cents) and that of help CTS s5 pfennigs (2o.2 cents). represent ing an average increase of S7.6 and sS.s per cent, respectively, over the pre-war wage rates. The average hourly wage rate of excavation labor CTS was found to be s2.5 pfennigs (19. 6 cents). that of cement workers 103, T pfennfes GA. cents), of plasterers 1406 pfennigs (33.5 cents). and of stonefloor layers and terrazzo workers 144.4 pfennigs (34.4 cents).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
SEVEN

from all accounts "Pollyanna" as a play is something wonderfully new to the stage. and It's joyous heroine has found the most enthusiastic welcome wherever she has been seen. Tho glad-girl revives touching memories of some great soul that most of us have known and loved-a father, moth CT, brother or friend. but strangsly unfamiliar and irresistlbly welcome pe- fore the footlights. "Pollyanna," from all accounts leaves a picture % be cherished in the memory locket of everyone who Is thrilled and moved by its-blending humor and pathos. Any favorite book character Is more vivid and understandable when visualized upon the stage and endowed with the warmth of fascinating personality and the beauty of the human voice. The public is keenly alive to that which Is pew and vital in the theatre and is eager for plays that convey the sweet and beautiful spirit that has made the "Po1lyanna'' fiction so tre- mendously popular. The comedy. judg- ing from the many columns of praise lavished upon it by reviewers through the country. Is an even greater da- light than thesglad stories which in- spired it. It spreads good cheer and joyous splTll DroAocdSt, anu IS sV 1uAA of novel and fascinating surprises that the telling of It's story would be un- fair t6 those patrons of the theatre who may be unfamiliar with Mrs. Por- ter's books, It is an uncommonly good company that will present "Pollyanna" here
 Miss Viola Harper. the youngest leading lady on the American stage. plays the leading part, that of Polly anna Whittier and George Alison, Her bert Fortier Blanche Douglass, Wini- fred Hanley. Jack Morton, Master Wf1- liam Blaisde1l and others. arc profni- nent in her support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
"POLLYANNA" BACK AT JEFFERSON FOR } FORMANCES 5
'oThe Glad Play" Coming for Return Engagement < Here December
 IT and IS

''Pollyanna" will spread joy and gl; dness broadcast throughout the entire community when Klaw & Err langer and George c. Tyler bring this joyous comedy of optimism for Its en- gagement at the Jefferson theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. December IF and IS, with matinee Wednesday.
 The "Pol1yanna" glad-books by Mrs. Eleanor H Porter. have enjoyed a popularity that is rarely approached ia modern fiction. Thousands upon thou sands of book readers all over the country and in foreign lands have been moved to laughter and tears by the quaint humor and appealing pathos or these delightful stories that have car- ried, comfort and encouragement to many famished heart and inspired new courage by their uplifting mes- cages of gladsome good cheer. But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Apologies to Jack

l1CCcf1IUET ? UT. '
 This is the man that dynamited the dam that caused the flood that swept the villages that contained the hundred thousand actors that were employed in the spectacle that furnished a mere in cident in the film that Griffith built.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Ready, Bill! Action. Picture!

From December Film Fun.
 When the Kaiser formally surrenders. of course the moving picture cameras will have to be present. It is sincerely hoped that Wilhelm makes many mis- takes or that something goes wrong with the camera, so that the scene will have to be taken over several times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

to either Tn the company which will be seen here are Elaine Ivans, Ruth Tomlinson, Myrtle Bellair, Paul IT, ving Douglas MacPherson. Horace Lintz. and others, each of established reputation>on Broadway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08
Spain declared war against tho United

States April 24. 1898. The first American army of invasion of Cuba, under General Shafter, sailed from Tampa. Fla, June 14, and landed at Santiago Cuba, June 23 The battle between the Rough Rid fers" and the Spanish forces occurred on June 24, the battle of El Clancy on July 1, and the surrender of Santiago on July 16
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

It is proposed to increase the wages of the Glasgow, Scotland, police s1.25 a week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-08

The dominion and the province of On- tario are to cooperate in the matter of settling Canadian soldiers on the land.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
LEAGUE NAMES STATE TICKET
Nomlnates Lindbergh at Secret ses-
sion In st. Paul.

Nominates Lindbergh at Secret ses-
sion In st. Paul.
st. Paul, March 20.-The Non-par-
isan league, in secret convention In
st. Paul. has nominated a state tick.
ct, adopted a platform for the next
campaign and adopted a legislative
program for the league and for la
Dor, but kept the two programs sep
arate.
No attempt was made to nominate
full ticket, the league announced,
but men were named to file for the
principal offices. Following are the
nominations:
For governor, c. A. Lindbergh, Lit
tie Falls; for lieutenant governor,
Thomas Frankson, st. Paul; for at.
torney general. Victor L. Power. Hfb.
bling; for state auditor, Henry
Holmes, Big Lake; for state treasur.
er. T. J. Meighan, Preston; for rail.
road and warehouse commissioner, F.
A. Tillquist. st. Paul.
The nomination Of TillQuist Tor
railroad and warehouse commission
or was considered concession to the
muttered complaints Of organized Ia
Dor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
oRGE HIGHER WHEAT PRICE
Minnesota Senators Join Fight for
Better Figure.

Washington, March 20.-Western
senators have renewed their fight
or a higher guarantee wheat price
citing the ability of farmers to make
more money raising other cereals,
shortage and increased cost Of farm
labor and vital necessity Of ins,ring
adequate wheat supplies.
Wheat price-hxing, Senator Nelson
of Minnesota, Republican, asserted,
has been an "abject failure" He
advocated an open market with prices
fixed only by natural laws or exten-
sion of price-fxihg to other cereals
more profitable for farmers to raise.
While expressing reluctance to In
crease the cost of living by raising
wheat prices, Senator Kellogg of Min
nesota, declared such action abso-
lutely necessary in order to stimu-
late production and to prevent q ma
tional and world shortage
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
Threaten to Take Initiative
Against Teutonic Legions at
Various Points.
ARE WEARY OF WAITING
Allied Control of Entire Front From
North Sea to Switzerland ls
MISUNDERSTANDING Fire
Increases.

London, March 20-The official re.
ports from the Allied and Teuton war
offices, read day after day by the AL
lied world in the hope that some ink
ling OF the real situation would pre-
sent itself, the realization has come
home that the Americans, French,
British, Belgian and Portuguese
troops are maintaining their control
over the front running from the North
sea to Switzerland.
Artillery fire, at some points grow
ing in intensity, is reported, but the
Allies have held their own and their
raiding parties are everywhere busy
I'm the enemys trenches.
The loNg-expected and confiden-
TALLY awaited German drive has not
materialized and the Allies threaten
to start an offensive Of their own at
various points against the Teutonic
legions.
Spirited Action.
There is hardly a sector on the
Western battle line which Is not be-
ing marked by spirited actions, but
yerdun and the Vosges regions are
apparently storm centers where big
events may develop. At Verdun the
opposing artilleries have been thun.
dering for several days and the roar
OF the guns kept up. especially on the
right bank of the Meuse.
In the Vosges mountains, the artil.
lery fighting is reported to be very
heavy No infantry actions have been
mentioned In the war office state
ments issued at Paris and Berlin.
One OF the most encouraging fea
lures OF the war news may be found
In the fact that the Belgian army, re
organized and ready for battle has
taken over the important coast sector
in Flanders.
That the Belgian army, said to be
excellent In morale, has freed the
French and British forces for action
elsewhere on the front demonstrates
that the past winter has been one oI
constructive work on the part of the
Belgian and Allied army stats. The
latest official report said that attacks
by German shock troops have beer
repulsed by the Belgians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20

ST. Maries. Idaho, March 20.-As
the first step In what Adjutant Gen.
eral Charles 8. Moody announced
would be general roundup of Indus
trial Workers OF the World in north
ern Idaho, some SO supposed mem
bers of the organization were taken
Into custody at Fernwood, lumber
town near here, and examined by
Captain Herman H. Taylor of the
state guards, and Sheriff E. B. No
land. Ten Of the suspects were held
and the others we're released after
they had signed an oath Of allegiance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
HEARING on Water Power Bills.

Washington, March 2O.-Open hear
ings on water power litigation, which
will afford opportunity for full pro-
posed bill for water power control
and conservation will be begun by
the House Interstate Commerce com
mittee. Leaders hope to substantiate
the bill as drafted by Secretaries
Lane, Baker, and Houston, for the
Shields bill, which has been held up
for several years because of House
and Senate failed to reach an agree
ment. Secretary Lane was the first
witness summoned.
Canada to Have Daylight Saving.
Ottawa. Ont, March 20.-Canada
probably will join the United States
daylight saving plan this spring
through Sir George Fosters bill, 1t
was stated as parliament opened its
session here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
FRANCIS LEAVES RUSSIA
American Ambassador Now On
His Way to Japan.
Departure is Mystery to Government
at Washington-Other Diplo-
mats Leave.

Toxic, March 20-David r.
Francis, American ambassador, the
Japanese ambassador to Petrograd,
Viscount Ushida and the diplomatic
representatives of Great Britain and
France are expected to arrive at
Seoul, according to advices from the
Korean capital. They are on the way
to Japan.
Francis Arrives at Irkutsk.
Toxic, March 20.-Ambassador
Francis, with party of 36 Americans,
has safely arrived at Irkutsk, in ST.
beria The Bolsheviki government
has consented to grant safe passage
to the Allied diplomats on their trip
to Vladivostok.
Japans action with regard to Siber-
Ia is held In allegiance, pending the
arrival here of Ambassador Ushida,
whose views will have a decisive in
fiuence on the situation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
Essey and Montsec Bombarded
by German Artillery-Gas
Shells Used.
BATTERY IS BLOWN UP
Troublesome Mine Throwers Located
and SiIenced-German Trenches
Again Penetrated TO Depth
of 800 Yards.

With the American Army in
France, Monday, March 20 (By the
Associated Press) 1T is now permis-
sible to announce that American ar
tillery in the Luneville sector has To-
Gated and blown up battery of mine
throwers, one of which a few days
ago obtained a direct hit on a dug.
lean soldiers, most of them of Irish
descent.
The battery has been causing a
great deal of trouble for several days
and the Americans were determined
to put it out of action. 1t was located
after considerable trouble and the
artillery concentrated high explosives
on it.
Get information.
A patrol OF "a men, half Ameri.
cans and half French, went into the
German lines from an isolated por.
tion of the sector 1t completed its
mission of reconnaissance, bringing
back the desired information. The pa
troll had short skirmish but obtain
ed no prisoners.
This is the sector in which several
Minneapolis men, members of the
151st field artillery First Minnesota
were wounded.
Foe Drops 5000 Shells.
Franco-American forces here again
raided German trenches in the Bar
onvillers region, penetrating 300
yards into the enemy lines at two
points. They found the positions evac
uated and were forced to return
without prisoners.
The raid was launched from an
abandoned German trench.
There was the usual artillerying al
other points held by the Americans
today In the scissors region (Che
men des Danes sector) 5000 Ger
man shells, mostly gas. were drop
ped on the Franco-American lines.
French guns replied to the German
fire with bombardment four times
as heavy as that received.
To Exhibit Prizes.
In response to Secretary w. G
McAdoo's request, machine guns
flame throwers and trench knives
captured on the Toul front will b.
sent to America for exhibition In tn,
third Liberty Loan campaign.
Yankees She'll Towns.
American artillery on the Tou
front today bombarded towns within
the enemy lines. On several occa
sions a considerable number of ga
shells was used. The gunners ais
dropped projectiles on German
trenches. Some shells hit In the tow
of Essey and others in Montsec.
American snipers made numbe
of lucky shots today and German
were seen to fall.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
MUST REPORT GRAIN TRADING
Dealers Get Order Following Rumor
Of Huge Profits.

st. Paul, March 20.-As a sequel to
a report in circulation in Minneapolis
for several weeks past that huge spec
ulative profits have been made here
in barley and rye, every grain firm
dealing in coarse grains has been
directed by the federal food admins
tration to furnish, without delay, a
complete report of transactions from
Dec. to the present time.
John L. Stream, head Of the division
OF coarse grains of the national food
administration, who came to Minneap-
oils from Washington after stop In
Chicago, where he met representa-.
tives Of all western grain markets, IS
sued the notice to the grain firms.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
CLAMORING FOR REPUBLIC
John Dillon Says Younger Men in Ire
land Want IL.

Enniskillen, Ireland, March 20.-If
the Irish convention fails to agree the
Irish question within week or two
will assume more formidable shapes
than ever, In the opinion OF John Dill
lon, new leader of the Irish Natlcn
Alists.
81 am Of the opinion that Ireland Is
on the eve of one of the most momen-
tous struggles of all her tragic his
tory" he declared.
ireland is in a terrible condition
at the present moment. She is invited
by a numerous, clamorous body of
young Irishmen to abandon her claim
for home rule and set up claim for
an Irish republic. do not think the
people who advocate that view are as
numerous as they imagine, but 1T must
be recognized that they speak for
large section of the younger people"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
Three Bodies Washed Ashore.

Halifax, N. s., March 20.-Three
bodies of seamen and ships boat
were washed ashore near Deep Cove,
about Is miles from Yarmouth 1t is
believed the boat caught on the ledges
while making Deep Cove and the men
abandoped her The boat bears the
name OF the steamship Batisan which
sailed from Louisburg a few days ago
for st. John, N. B., with cargo of
coal
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
Enuravers In Price Fixing Charge.

Washington, March 20.-Thirty-fouf
photo engraving companies of Chica-
60 have been charged with an alleg-
ed agreement to maintain prices, in q
complaint filed by the Federal Trade
commission. The firms are members
of the Photo Engravers' club. The
complaint says this club persuaded
the Chicago Photo Engravers union
No. to enter this agreement and to
order its workmen to strike in plants
which refused to maintain he stand.
and price agreement. The firms win
- given a hearing April 20.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-03-20
HERTLING HOLDS TERMS FAIR
German Chancellor Talks on Russian
Peace Treaty.

Copenhagen, March 20.-Chancel-
lor Georg Won Hertling, addressing
the German reichstag, has declared
he did not wish to discuss the ene-
my's opinions regarding the Russian
peace treaty, according to dispatch
es received here. The chancellor said
the treaty did not contain terms dis
graceful to Russia and that II certain
provinces were breaking away from
Russia It was in accordance with
their own wishes.
eff the reichstag adopts the treaty
of peace, the whole east front will be
restored" Hertling said.