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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-08
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With the American Armies On the
Western Front, January 31.-Five
American soldier were killed by chance
shells recently. One of these was a
former cook in a Chicago hotel. Cap
tain Kingsman was wounded the other
night while engaged in reconnoiter-
ing expedition. An American thought
he was a boche and shot him. He
then carried the wounded captain to
the ambulance.
Followed Artillery Barrage.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch1
With American Army France, We'd
nesday-[E o S]-January 3O.-The
American position on the French front
was raided in heavy fog after a
violent artillery barrage. Two Ameri-
cans were killed and four injured
One is missing. Casualties have been
occurring almost daily in the Ameri-
can sector, deaths being caused by
shell fire. 1t is certain that the enemy
casualties from American fire are as
great as ours The dead in a certain
recent period were buried within
sound and range of the guns. Fol-
military reasons it is deemed mad
visable to send other details.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-08
TwoAmericans Deadand Four
Hurt Very Seriously
ONE is TAKEN PRISONER
Germans Raided Partyof United
States Soldiers; Were Aided
BY the Mist
From Thursdays Daily.
j. w. PEGlER.


With the American Armies in
France, january 31.-A German raid
that occurred yesterday against a
small salient of Americans resulted
in the killing of two Americans and
the wounding of four others. One OF
the Americans was very seriously
hurt, receiving a bad cash in the
abdomen. Another American was
taken prisoner The Americans
fought desperately and those. that
were killed sold their lives dearly, as
the blood soaked ground showed. A
heavy mist aided the Germans.
Rain of Shot and Shell.
A rain of shot and shell exploded
around the Americans. The wire
communications of the Americans were
cut, so that no help could be sum-
moned from the main body, and the
rockets that the Americans sent up
were obscured by the mist. The Sam
mics had to fight against overwhelm-
ing odds. The four wounded men are
under ether at the hospital and are
unable to give any account of the af-
fair.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-02-08
From Thursday. Daily.

home.
Tell Mr.. Dempsey and Elsie that /
have just mailed letter to them.
have just received letter this after
noon from Elsie and one from Una.
/ was made a second class seaman
Monday but that does not mean that
go to sea. We may be here long
time yet, but my ambition is to travel
the high seas and fight those submar-
ines / cannot take the examination
for petty officer until ]. get on the
high seas. Yes, they take one out OF
each hundred. as you asked in your
letter, and / am going to ask for an
examination as soon as possible
There are three big ships here al
Charlestown, but have not been al
lowed to go down and see them as
| yet as we are in detention yet until
the 25th. I was on guard last night
from twelve to four O'Clock, and to-
day from twelve to four, but did moi
get that German spy yet. All car
see down here are niggers.
received letter from Lela1
Fisher Tuesday morning, and he sale
that he was in the seaman yard.
asked about my life insurance policy
again but the captain did not say
much about it, but intimated that h
would have it looked up and mailed
to you.
i Would you try to see if you can ge
Mart Halls address, as we Were
/ separated and transferred immedi
ately upon our return from our fur,
Tough at Christmas time, and / neve
knew where they have sent Mart to-
/ You asked me how ] liked the sun
my south. 1t is. all right~in the da.
time but at night it gets cold, so
cannot sleep good. am well and en-
4 joying myself-As ever your LOVING
son, Torrance D. Walker, Company
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
"A Place in the Sun"
Next Play at Comedy

The last two weeks of "An Ideal
Husband" are announced at the Com
edy Theatre, beginning tomorrow.
IAN Ideal Husband" will then be sent
to Chicago to open an engagement at
the Princess Theatre on November 25.
with a cast headed by Wilton Lackaye,
Julia Arthur, Beatrice Beckley and
Alice Butler. Norman Trevor and
Cyril Harcourt will not go to Chi
cago with this organization, but in
stead they will be seen in a new play
entitled "a Place in the Sum-" which
Will open at the Comedy Theatre in
New York on Monday night, November
20, thus carrying out the idea of con.
stantly producing new plays at the
Comedy Theatre, with Mr.. Trevor and
Mr. Harcourt heading the casts, as out
ilned IN the plans for the Comedy The
atre published by Lee Shubert last
summer. "a Place in the Sun" ia a
play in four acts by Mr.. Harcourt.
Both Mr.. Trevor and Mr.. Harcourt will
appear in their original parts the parts
which they played in the London pro-
ductlon. Miss Peggy Hopkins will have
the leading female role of Mar;or;e
Capel, and the rest of the cast includes
Jack Halliday. Miss Merle Maddern.
MISS Jane Cooper, Henry Crocker
george Fitzgerald and Miss Gretchen
Yates.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Warfeld Returns to
A Familiar Character

In returning to his Characterization
OF Simon Levi, in "The Auctioneer,"
which he is giving New York for four
weeks at the Manhattan Opera House
David Warheld reverts to his first char
acter creation under the management
OF David Belasco, when he came to the
famous producer from the Weber and
Fields hurly-burly. In the title role
of "The Auctioneer" Mr.. Warfield plavs
again role that takes place beside
his Music Master" in the heart of the
American public-two stage pictures
that he has touched with great hu-
manlty. There is no town in this coun
try which boasts first class theatre
where Mr.. Warfield has not taken these.
tne Two most famous and beloved char
acters of his stage career.
Simon Levi is so beloved because
Is understood" Mr.. Warheld explained
to the writer. "The majority of folk
who go to the theatre are much moro
interested IN seeing traits of character
they derstand-emotions with which
they are familiar-than they are in the
literary merit of a play. If the domi-
mating figure of drama touches the
affections of the public, his or her life
IN the theatre is assured. That's whv
olmon Levi is a welcome visitor to anv
community. He's so genuinely human.
whether seen in his miserable little
shop, with its shoddy stock. or amono
his friends. He drives a trade with
true business instinct to make the best
OF his bargain. His humor is delightful
because OF its genuine spontaneity. and
his pathos is poignant because it is 50
real And there you have it! People
cry over the sorrows of a stage char
acter only when those sorrows strike
some familiar chord. It's the same
with humsr. But the point l specially
want to make is that play may have
every virtue Of dramaturgy and vet be
as sounding brass and a tinkline cym-
bal If it fails to strike deeply human
note"
The record achieved by Mr.. Warfeld
IN the two plays whose central figures
nave held the affections of the public
Tor many years through their very hu-
manity would seem to bear out the
famous players contention. He has an
peared in 1.-THE Music Master" more
than two thousand times, and had
passed the thousand mark in "The Auc-
tioneer" before Mr.. Belsco decided upon
the present revision Of this latter play.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Big Liberty Film To Be Shown

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-Can you
imagine strolling around to your fa-
vorlte movie" house and finding that
instead of one or two of your beloved
stars. two dozen or more would be per.
forming for you, all scintillatine to-
getner IN one picture.
4. L. Lyman, director of the picture d.
vision of the War Department, secured
all the films on the Liberty Loan and
has compiled them into one feature
film to be shown in the Liberty thea
tres. In it will appear Douglas Fair
banks, Geraldine Farrar, Mary Pick
ford, Wallace Reid, Fatty" Arbuckle
William 8. Hart, Elsie Ferguson. George
M. Cohan, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Dalton.
William Faversham, Mabel Normand
Harold Lockwood, Edith Storey. Emily
Stevens, Alice Brady, Norma Talmadoe
William Farnum, Mae Murray, Pauline
Frederick, Mae Marsh, Madge Kennedy.
Tom Moore and Sessue Hayakawa.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Stage Folk Join
Forces in United
War Work Ca,,7paign

The generous share of the various
branches of the public amusement en-
terprises in the United War Work Cam
paign, which opens this week, is crys-
talized in the Allied, Theatrical, Mo-
ton Picture, Music and Entertainments
Team. under the direction of William
Fox, chairman, and George M. Cohan.
associate chairman, with headquarters
at 110 West Forty-second Street.
The people of the theatre world. al
ways noted for their quick and en-
thuslastic response to everything in the
name of charity, have come into this
work under the greater impetus of
making it the final big round to show
our boys abroad how their work has
been appreciated and that America
stands ready to bring them home as be-
f'ts their success and giving them
cheering welcome 1t will be a gala
week of service for all the recognized
war charities Jumped into one big drive
The principal attractions under the
immediate direction of the Allied Team
Will be the gala concert by John Nc
Cormack, Maggie Teyte and JACQUES
Ihlbaud at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Tuesday night; the Victory
Ball at the Hotel Astor Saturday night
November 16, and the two great war ex-
positions that will run through the en-
tire eight days of the drive. These
are made up from the mass O.. material
gathered by the Allied armies on the
oattlefields of Europe for the United
States Committee on Public Informa
ton. The Manhattan Exposition takes
place at the 1st Field Artillery Armory
at Sixty-eighth Street and Broadway.
The Brooklyn Exposition will take
place in the 23d Regiment Armory.
In addition to these entertainments
in which all prominent theatrical people
VIII participate, several private shows
are being arranged, the entire proceeds
OF which will be contributed TO the
United War Work Campaign Fund.
At the Hippodrome Sunday night.
November 10, E. F. Albee will present
monster victory concert. in which
enough volunteers are listed to give
the greatest bill over seen. On Satur-
day night, November 16. at Madison
Square Garden, the sporting fraternity
WIN give boxing carnival in which
the stars of the pugilistc world will
contribute their efforts. The Friars
arc making up the greatest frolic in
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Vaudeville

PALACE.-Eddie Foy and the younger
Foys are the headliners. Bessie
Clayton and the Cansinos in thei,
dance revue remain for a second
week. Beatrice Herford, Mile. Paul
Clerget, Emma Haig and Lou Lock
EFT are other attractive features of
the bill. A musical playlet, "Thc
Heart of Annie Wood" Jimmy Hus-
sey and Ted Dorner complete the
bill.
RIVERSIDE. feature attraction is
can American Ace" Belle Baker is
another star attraction. The sup
porting bill includes Mr.. and Mrs.
Jimmy Barry, Thomas F. Swift and
Mary H. Kelly in a sketch called
"Offer $4,000" and Ralph Dunbar's
Grenadier Girls.
COLONIAL.-An Annual All-Star bill
includes the Avon Comedy Four, the
original Johnny Dooley, Rosaliu
Stewart in a miniature production
What Can Girls Do?', Chilson-O Ohr-
mann. the American prima donna,
Kate Gilmore and Sam Williams in
"a Reel of Real Fun" and George w.
Meyer, the composer, singing his
own compositions.
ALHAMBRA.-The Morton family in
their reunion is the star feature of
this weeks bill. Sam, Kitty, Martha
and Joe offer second edition of the
: Four Mortons; Clara Morton does a
Single; Paul Morton and Naomi
Glass present musical satire called
"1918-1950." Others on the bill are
Charley Grapewin and Anna Chance,
Billy Watson in a military travesty
and AL and Fanny Stedman.
ROYAL.-A triple headline bill has
Nan Halperin, Helen Ware and Ed
die Leonard in chief positions. Rene
Arnold and Jack Altman in song
offering, Tom Bryan and Lillian
Frederick in Lets Dance" Jim and
Betty Morgan singing their own
songs and the Smiletta Sisters are a
few of the other features on the
bill
LOEW'S AMERICAN.-"Mis Anne erica''
musical military satire with Jean
Waters and George Phelps is the
vaudeville feature the first part Of
the week. The second u. S. official
war film, "America's Answer" and
Constance Talmadge in "Mrs. Lef-
nngwell's Boots" are the photoplay
attractions. Honor Thy Children. !"
comedy by Samuel Shipman and
Clara Lipman is the feature the
second part of the week. "The Ro-
nance of Tarzan" is the photoplav.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
At the One Week Houses

STANDARD.- Watch Your Neighbor u
the spy play which has just finished
It's run at the Booth Theatre is the
attraction here.
SHUBERT-RIvIERA- Walton
Tully presents Guy Bates Post in
The Masquerader," the dramatic
version of the. novel by Katherine
Cecil Thurston.
LOEW's SEVENTH AvENUE-"Ob
boy!" with Anna Wheaton and
Harry Carroll and the others of the
Princess Theatre cast will be seen
here.
BRONX OPERA HOUSE.-"Eves ~
Youth" is next weeks play.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
"The Better ole" for
Men in Uniform

Through the courtesy of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coburn a special performance of
The Better ole" will be given TO-
night at the Greenwich Village The
atre for enlisted men. 1t will be under
the auspices of the Stage Women's
War Relief, of which Miss Grace
George is chairman. There will be no
curtailment in the length of the per
fornance and the presenting cast will
be preserved intact
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Who's Who in
The Current PlQw

membered in New York and in Londs,
and it was while with this comma,
that she met and married Harry Dayss
port. Their marriage has been one ,
the successes of the theatrical profe,
sion. After the company closed MN
Rankin retired from the stage TO 5r,,
up her children. She chose farm /
Westchester County as the best pa
to maintain the morale of a GROWN
family.
Il am nothing but farmer any NOR,
and the stage is a sts,nce land 10 M
| am full of curiosity about everything
Just as if l had never been on befor.
Everything is changed myself most d
all. Instead of the gay soubntte wal
when ] left the stage, l am now dull
old housekeeper. But have my memo
ries."
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Ralph Kellard has the distinction :"
being New York born and bred. u :
a distinction, for really there are ~
prisingly few Of the prominent nsA :, J
women on the stage to-day VIM =
not begin life a long way HOE -, =
Broadway to which their ability np'.'
brought them. His first stage eAp''.
ence consisted Of twenty-slx weets
one-night stands in 1.-The Eternal 'ohs
but it was not long before ps
Belasco heard of the handsome W.
actor who possessed that presence =, =.
is as desirable as it is rare. 70. -
years Keilard played with Dayso w. =,
field in "The Music Master" ana .
two seasons more in 1.-THE WarTeis
Virginia" here and on the road !,
lowed an engagement as leading
with Virginia Harmed IN "fhe ~
Hope" and then as leading man u j, i
original production here OF ~
of sunnybrook Farm" Lsse. ~
York engagements included the ne
roles in "The Assassin" "ine y st,,t
Youth" and "Nancy Lee r0f s.,,l
seasons he was the star OF tne rse
Kellard Stock Company in 81 .pl
and flor two years star IN fssAr
4
Fox pictures. Of
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

The small child in our building
chewed a piece out of "The Times"
terday and swallowed it. Fortunately.
we found that the fragment came from
the editorial page, and the doctor saws
there is no danger. He says that in all
probability "The Times" will take It
back tomorrow or the next day.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10
Brooklyn

MONTAuK.-"Polly With a Past" the
belasco success with Ina Claire,
Cyril Scott, H. Reeves Smith and
Herbert Yost, is next weeks bill.
MAJESTIC.-"Parlor, Bedroom and
Bath the Mark Swan farce with
Florence Moore Is the Offering.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Why is an audience less responsin
to comedy on a Monday night than d,
a Saturday night? For Shakespesreu
player why is "Richard III" more sr
plicable to Saturday night audiena
than Hamlet" Leo Ditrichstein. hn.
ing studied the problem, has come I,
some conclusions of his own.
Comedy and melodrama seem u
appeal more to holiday or Saturdg
night audience than the problemstt
drama. the assumption being that tn
mental condition of the patron upn
these occasions is more receptive to tis
broader expression of dramaturgy.
"A Monday night audience is cold
attributable, perhaps, to the day d
rest or recreation preceding, as vel
as to the fact that advertising ceas
tesles ave generally extended upon ts1
night, and complimentary auditor
usually a non-responsive auditor sns
more of a hindrance to a perfornsna
than help.
Certain cities are singularly allied
with certain forms of histrionic snpse
ment. Some will attend brightly
written light comedy and fr6wn upon
grand opera, while others will stur
light opera and yet enthusiastically
welcome burlesque. No theatrical nsh'
ager or producer has yet been abe 10
solve this perplexing problem Of geo.
graphical diversity Of taste.
The humor Of an audience has 81
enormous influence upon the perform
ance of the player: / make this sta'''
nent in direct contradiction to the ef
ploded argument that q player nus
become so thoroughly submerged IN As
character as to be impervious 10 81
outward conditions. An audience ms'
Is cold and not responsive will aln'
inlsh the verve in a performance sl'
player who becomes so callous fns'
he or she is not susceptible to taA
condition ceases to be player ane
comes a mere automaton; for uhls"
the player and auditor are en- rspp''F
how can the authors true intea' "
conveyed and accepted across the fo''
lights?
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Phyllis Rankin, who makes her re-
turn to the stage in Three Wise Fools"
at the Criterion, is the daughter of that
we'll known actor of the old school,
Mckee Rankin, and the wife of Harry
Davenport, brother of the famous
tregedienne, Fanny
Miss Rankin made her first appear
ance on any stage when she was two
years old. She was carried on and, one
may add, off again in great haste. to
remain under bushel until she reached
the age Of ten. Then she made her real
debut with her father in "Stonebeaten"
at Portland, Ore
Il wasn't much of a success at ten,
either" relates Miss Rankin, and goes
on to tell how her father decided that
there wasn't much in the theory of
heredity after all, and that there was
too much percentage about the environ
ment alternative, leaving nothing for
Phyllis to do but to go into retirement
again.
Il stayed put until I was sixteen, and
then, despite parental unbelief in my
ability, l began to act again, violently
and persistently. was associated with
the Frohmans, Rose Coghlan and Mrs.
John Drew in the old comedies. I even
had the great JOY of playing in some
Clyde Fitch pieces. Whenever had nc
engagement in New York I few to
father and acted in his company until
had accumulated enough money to get
back to Broadway"
The event of Miss Rankin's profess
sional and private life was her accent
ance of role in "The Belle of New
York" Tho hit she made is still re-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

their history, which will hold the stage
of the metropolitan Opera House on
Sunday night, November II.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-10

Reggie Sheffield is to play the part of
Tyltyl in Winthrop Ames's production
of '"The Betrothal," Maeterlinck's sequel
to "The Blue Bird" Reggie achieved
his first American success in an Eng
lish piece called "Evidence," which was
produced about four seasons ago in
the Lyric Theatre. Though the play
died shortly after it's introduction. the
child actor scored. He played the part
of Robin in Sir Herbert Trees produc-
tion of "The Merry Wives" as we'll as
in that made by Hackett, and then
went on tour with "The Man Who
Stayed at Home"
Reggie does not come of theatrical
family, as might be supposed. The boy
was in a preparatory school at East
bourne in England when Mrs. Shelf
field was persuaded by Dion Boucicault
to allow him to appear as Michael in
"Peter Pan"
Reggie is a robust young person,
who wishes to write his own plays and
own a theatre in which to produce
them. The quality of his mind may be
indicated by the fact that he is an ex-
pert chess player, besides being pro-
ficient in drawing, painting, music and
singing.
On his first visit to America he met
on shipboard Marconi, who presented
him with a fine set of wireless ap-
paratus. Another friendship of which
he is proud is that with William H.
Crane, the veteran actor, with whom he
is wont to visit the Polo Grounds dur
ing the baseball season. While no
member of the Sheffield family had
ever been on the stage until Reginald
made his first venture, his ancestor,
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham,
was poet and an author and is buried
in Westminster Abbey
1t is not so very long ago that
Reggie chanced to overhear a derisve
remark about his shock of curly hair.
Promptly he walked to the nearest
barber and had it cut off and then went
home to face fearful mother The
child Tyltyl sought for Happiness in
1.-THE Blue Birdv and now as a youth
in "The Betrothal" he seeks for Love.
Since there are to be seven heroines
in the Maeterlinck play it would ap-
pear that his quest is not to be with
out complication
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-24
Have you tried the Club Breakfast
at the Randol Cafe yet? If not, try
one 22-5t
THAT ELECTION LAW.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 23.-
The election law which requires can
didates OF any party to receive Il
percent of the votes cast by that
party for governor at the next pre-
ceding election before they can Sc
cure a place on the ballot for the
general election, is declared uncon-
stitutional in an opinion given by
Attorney General Freezing. Had
the law been sustained, the Social
ist ticket would have been barred
from the November general cleo
ton. A larg number OF Republican
nominees who failed to receive the
q percent but who at the same time
ran ahead of their opponents in the
recent primary election; would also
have been barred. There is still pos
Sibilties that test case on the law
may be instituted in the near tu-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-24
Sue to Collect Lease Bonus.

Muskogee Times-Democrat: Re-
fusal OF the Central National Bank
of Tulsa to cash a certified check
for $l8,lOO, dated February 25,l9l4,
is the basis of suit for collection
of the check, filed last Monday IN
United States district court here by
the government on behalf OF Albert
Carney, Choctaw minor.
The real reason for refusal OF the
bank to cash the check is that a
"duster' was drilled in nearby and
payment was ordered stopped by
!. +. Crosbie and c. J. Wrightman,
oil operators who gave the check
to Carney's guardian as a bonus on
an oil lease in the Healdton, Carter
county field, according to ID. Budd-
russ, cashier OF the Five Civilized
Tribes.
The lease on land in section 32-3-5,
Carter county, was taken during the
boom in Healdton field, and the
check put up as bonus, with the
approval Of the county court. he
lease was later approved by the
secretary OF the interior, and the
check delivered to the guardian, X.
p. Brewer, who endorsed it to w.
M. Baker, then cashier and CHIEF dis
bursting agent of the Five Civilized
Tribes. Baker presented it for pay
ment, which was refused The check
was lated endorsed to Buddrus
when he became cashier of the
Indian agency, and he presented 1t
for payment with the same result
On July Is. it was presented to the
Exchange National bank OF Tulsa
for collection presented for pay
ment, and protested.