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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28
Railroad Strikers in San Fran
cisco Region Threatened
With Suspension from
Union.
LACKED LEADERSHIP
Spontaneous Unauthorized Strike Is
Wearing Itself Out and Ex-
pected to End This
Evening.

| united fTSSS LettSed wire ScTVlCc.l
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2s.-Indfca
tions were many early today that the
spontaneous railroad strike that burst
over the San Francisco bay region yes
terday was wearing itself out and that
union leaders would regain control OF
the situation before nightfaM.
The situation in southern Jalifor-
niar-in and around Los Angeies-still
Is tied up, however.
Train service was resumed across
the bay in and out Of Oakland last
night, following a meeting at which
| ttratnmen voted to return to work.
At similar meeting in San Fran
cisco no decision was reached and the
meeting was resumed today.
Clearing of the situation is attr1-
buted largely to the increasing efforts
of union leaders to induce the men to
return to work, plus the yelled threat
of Rail Director Hines that the govern
ment would actually operate the trains
if the strike did not come to an end
at once.
Hines wired District Director
Sproule that "the government Is TAX
ing the necessary steps to deal with
the matter without the lapse of further
time unless this last effort of he
chief executives Of the organizations
speedily proves successful"
! He referred to telegram sent by
the brotherhood chiefs to their repre-
sentatives both here and at Los An
geles ordering the men back to work
within twenty-four hours under pain
of suspension.
Federal Manager Scott Of the South,
ern Pacific, had posted statement
that none of the men who returned to
work would lose seniority righrs-
That the strike, because of its spon-
taneous nature here, lacked leader
ship. was the general opinion.
Incoming trans continental passen'
ger traffic was diverted to another
route, but was never interrupted. All
freight movements into this territory
ceased when an embargo was ordered.
The Overland left for Ogden via
Tracy at $40 p. m. The Pacific Linn
tied left Oakland earlier. Number "a
left at 1920 p. M, for Portland. Train
No. 10 left at 9 p. m, with mail for
eastern points.
Because of the temporary revolution
IN lodQSTSnlp dLbouB LILO ouAAoioi >"
was impossible yesterday TO determine
properly the number Of men out
It is now Known that only the yard,
men struck and that congestion at the
terminals caused the tie up.
Two hundred and forty yardmen In
Oak land and 270 in San Francisco
forced an embargo on all freight and
paralyzed passenger service
The Western Pacific's passenger
service was not interrupted, because 1t
established temporary passenger
station in Oakland. The Western Paci'
| fic. however, Is devoted mainly to
! freight now.
Trolley Strike to End.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 2S.-Irol
lev traffic in the Pittsburgh district
NAV be resumed before nightfall, aft
er a strike Of motormen and conduo
tors which has lasted fourteen days
At meeting to be held late today
the strikers will vote on the PROPOSE
ton to return to work Immediately
| .nd them contipue their fight for IN
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28
Some Short and Snappy Items
Which Make News Wire
Sparkle.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-None OF them
weighed 1000 pounds-but what we
started out to say was, GIL Tons at
tended the annual reunion Of the Ton
family here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28
S,ldiers Either Massacred or
Made Prisoner in Surprise
Attack.

rIrnited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LAREDO, Tex, Aug. 2s-Mexican
basdts derailed Carranza troop
train carrying 15o mel, machine suns
artillery and provisions. in the state
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28
Witness Under Oath.

WASHINGTON Aug. 2S.-An at
tempt to put witnesses under oath
when they testified before the senate
agricultural committee on packers
regulation legislation is being consid-
cred by several committee members
today.
Senators Kenyon and Kendrick.
supporting the bills. are reserving
tleir witnesses for the end OF the
hearings. 1t was said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28
Tro,fey Strike to End.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 2S.-Irol
lev traffic in the Pittsburgh district
may be resumed before nightfan, aft
er a strike OF motormen and conduo
tors which has lasted fourteen days
At meeting to be held late today
the strikers will vote on the PROPOSE
ton to return to work Immediately
and then continue their fight for IN
creased wages.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28

THE WEATHER
Warmer. Showers Friday. Lo-
cal temp. z p. m, II; z a. m,
Ga.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-28

The Telegraph Service Of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
tion-Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

first line trenches than she. They
were only two Of the many show peo-
pie, including stars, who travelled to
the other side to cheer our boys in
the trenches, but they were different
In this respect. They returned some
what broke" They had paid their
own expenses and had no bank ac-
count to fall back on. When they ar
rived Morrissey had less than IS.
Mr.. Morrissey hied himself to the
F'riars Club, where he had credit and
|, friends and could at least eat It
was at the Friars that foot Sweet"
came into being. While there Mr..
Morrissey decided to wish his troubles
on the public which had heard Of
shock units, but hadn't seen them.
He gathered some Of his theatrical
friends. many of whom had been over
seas, and they started rehearsals.
They had no plot. no music or any
thing else to organize a musical COM
edy, except an idea and plenty of de-
termination. They wrote the show
while rehearsing.
Everybody had something to add
here and there and everywhere
throughout the performance. Then,
about a week before the show was to
start on the road Mr.. Morrisey Dor
rowed enough money to have a few
sets painted and a curtain made. The
curtain. by the way was made OF bur-
lap, Ito give frontal effect" accord
ing to Mr.. Morrisey. and It Is still in
use.
foot Sweet" opened in Hartford
and came pretty close to closing there.
The opening performance was very
crude and Hartford didn't take kindly
to II. Then, to make matters worse,
the leading man developed tempera-
ment. which was bad for him and his
fellow players. Another member Of the
cast admitted that 1t was her first ex-
perience on the stage. Mr.. Morrissey
fired the leading man. stepped into the
leading part without a rehearsal and
taught the beginner so we'll that she is
| now one OF the most accomplished
players in the organization. AS a re-
suit of the poor showing in Hartford
Iilaw & Erlanger cancelled its booking.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

or at least delays this contamination
which he so devoutly wishes. Ham
let's entire course of action, asserts
Blackstone. is the result of thwarted
ambition. and has IN 1t little of out
ragged f1lial sensibility.
In support OF this Quixotio theory
the lawyer recommendation brings for
ward two short passages in the text.
Ono IS when Hamlet, in a confidential
talk with Hordtio. says that the new
King has popped In between the cleo
ton and my hopes" The other place
where he says Hamlet shows that he
is brooding upon being cheated out of
his inheritance is in tho dialogue be-
tween him and Rosencruns in Act 8,
Scene 2:
Hamlet.-Sir. lack advancement
Rosencranz-How can that be, when
you have the voice of the King himself
for your succession In Denmark
Hamlet.-Aye, sir. but While the
grass Orolcs-the proverb Is something
musty.
The entire proverb is. while the
grass grows. the silly horse starves."
It is difficult to see how legal
mind can consider this slight inferen-
tial testimony sufficient to Offset all
the direct speech OF HdmIet. both in
dialogue and soliloquy. In which he
reveals: in the beginning his sorrow
and horror that his mother could have
married her inferior brother in-lAw so
quickly after the suspicious death of
her noble first husband. his father.
and later his determination to revenge
this foul and most unnatural murder
and bring his mother to a realization
of the enormity OF her completely and
incest, after he learns the truth from
the ghost and has It confirmed by
CIdudiuSS and Gertrldo's actions
when the murder scene Is reenacted.
Yet 80 Mr.. Cruikshank reads be-
tween the lines and penetrates into
Shakespeare's mind. and then tells
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

Is shown by a brochure Just issued by
Alfred B. Cruikshank, a New York
lawyer. who devotes sixty pages to
trying to prove that every authority
from Dryden to Hampden. including
Coleridge. Goethe. Hazlitt, Edwin
Booth and William Winter were all
wrong. not only upon the little Ques-
ton of Han,lets madness. but as to
his character as a whole and about
Shakespeare's intention In writing the
play.
According to this Manhattan Daniel
so lately come to Judgment. Hamlet is
not an irresolute dreamer. nor a moral
philosopher with a touch OF mysticism,
nor a gracious young prince of high
ideals and noble purpose: he does not
even grant him melancholy-save the
mark Think of it-Honllet not the
melancholy Daniel On the contrary,
Mr. Cruikshank declares HanIet ro-
bust, resolute and practical; crafty,
deceitful. suspicious and INSCRIPTIONS;
revengeful vain. ambitious and mer-
cenary; hot headed. bad tempered and
rash; licentious. convivial and coldly
calculating.
No, Mr.. Cruikshank is not spoofing,
He really means It. and goes into great
detail OF analysis and generalization,
some of 1t quite ingenious. to prove
his point. If he makes absurd deduc-
tons and falls into the same error
which he charges against the critics
that of reading into Shakespeare's
lines what he desires to find there In
stead OF letting them speak for them
selves-it is merely because he is car
ried away by zeal for his new idea.
But the foregoing Is not Mr.. Cruik-
shank's most icopoclastic assertion.
He declares that HamIet's attitude
toward his uncle and mother is not
because of his love for his father and
hatred OF the man who killed him,
married his widow and succeeded to his
throne. but because CIdiLdius, by this
murder and usurpation. prevents
HGmlet himself from becoming King.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
PLAYS THAT LAST.

Astor, EAST Is West: Bijou,
Love Laughs; Broadhurst. "se
East; Casino. Some Time;
Central, Somebody's Sweet
heart; Cohan & Harris, The
Royal Vagabond"; Comedy, ITO
by's Bow; Cort THE Better
Ole; Criterion, "Three Wise
Fools; Eltinge, up in Mabels
Room; Empire. Dear Brutus";
Forty-eighth Street, 81 Love
You; Forty-fourth Street, Take
1t From Me-; Fulton, please
Get Married.; Gaiety. Light
nin'"; Garrick, John Fergu-
SON.; Globe, She's a Good Fell
low; Hudson. Friendly Enc
mics; Knickerboeker, Listen
Lester; Longacre, Three Faces
East; Lyceum, "Dsddies";
Lyric, 1.-THE Lady in Red; Max
inc Elliott's. Tea for Three;
New Amsterdam Roof. Comb
nation Frolic"; Playhouse. For
ever After; Plymouth. Tho
Jest; Republic. THE Woman in
Room 49,; Selwyn. Tumble
In; Shubert, Good Morning,
Judge; Thirty-ninth Street.
Hamlet; Vanderbilt, "A Little
Journey; Winter Garden,
Monte cristo. Jr."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

how he thinks the play should be
acted without suggestion Of melan-
choly or regret on the part OF RGm!ct
for his fathers death and mothers
and uncle's crime. except IN so far as
such feelings would result from him
self not succeeding to tho throne i'm
mediately after the murder!
Mr.. Cruikshank does not say
whether or not he has seen Mr.
Hampdens Hamlet. If he has It is
quite certain he did not enjoy It, for.
, although Mr.. Hampden's conception
and portrayal of the Dane Is quite the
most modern ever seen here and de-
parts sharply from the routine Of his
predecessors. yet none OF HdnlIet's
traditional nobility of character. gen.
tleness OF nature and loftiness Of mind
Is missing.
Just for curiosity. however. II would
be interesting II some actor would
come along and play Mr.. Cruikshank's
Hamlet. Why does he not do 1t him
self?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
THE WEEKS OFFERINGS.

TO neutrality-suspicious. Sixty and headiners of the Ma
tiona Vaudeville will themselves benefit here
Julia Arthur Belle Baker Irving Berlin Harry Fox Leo Car
rlo the Dooleys Frisco and Jimmy Huey few of the
entertainers who listed to the public at o'clock
sharp and around till midnight Pat Casey will the
whip Edward Darling,
see that every act gets the dot
MONDAY-Lberty Theatre Whites Scandals of
musical will of talent with fifty
candamongrs giving audience brain fever The
lyrics by Arthur Jackson and Mr. White of
that all the spectator do read the
fully and he's to find laugh the jokes Richard
Whiting has rolled high with the music said The
includes Ann Withee
Sylphe Ethel Delmar Dorothy Clair spotlight
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

repeat his first success always, how
ever. without the opportunity to act
the sort Of a romantic part which
alone had marked him out as different
from his associates. 1t was not long
before he was deep in the nav of the
cinema, and there he will probably
stay. So will. In all probability. the
boyish player who in one or two parts
revealed the control OF a naturalness
and intensity that seemed to proclaim
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

"Toot Sweet" was then called AN
Overseas Revue" Under this title II
went to Chicago and opened at an in.
dependent theatre. 1t played to large
and pleased audiences for several
weeks and then moved to another the
afro where 1t remained for fourteen
weeks. Then came an engagement al
the Princess Theatre under the new
title. 1t remained there but four days
when It was moved to the Nora Bayes
Theatre which has a larger seating
capacity. and there It is likely to re-
main all summer.
Jessie Glendinning, whose name nov
appears in electric letters in front oi
the BiJou Theatre, where the comedy
Love Laughs" Is playing, early de.
veloped literary talent and her am.
bition was to become a writer. AS
child in England several OF her storiet
were published. Her father, the well
known actor, the late John Glen.
DINING, encouraged his dauyhteri
literary ambition, although her Inothei-
wished her to become a musician
Miss Glendinning took the arts coursi
at Mortified College, Folkestone. Eng.
land, and druing her undergraduate
course had her mind set on literary
career. Her father took especial pride
in her school essays and compositions
and realizing his interest in her writ.
ing the girl hit on the idea of writing
short stories for him. For several
years her Christmas and birthday gifts
to her father were original short
stories, written in long hand, which
she had handsomely bound and thu
covers imprinted. Meantime. in con.
nection with her arts course at college
Miss Glendinning was studying tn,
piano, and she passed two Royal
Academy Junior exams
She had no thought OF going on tht
stage when her father. who had bes1
playing so long in America that hi
decided to locate here, sent for her u
come to New York. She was met Al
the steamship pier by her brothei
Ernest, who told her Mrs. Fernandez
then the head OF an actors bookinI
agency, wanted a certain type ft
English girl which she would suit
Miss Glendinning on the impulse saw
Mrs. Fernandez, who at once sent hei
to see Amelia Bingham at her home
The contract was Immediately signs4
and Miss Glendinning made her mrs
appearance in Lilac Room"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
THE HAMLET TRADITION.

w TALTER HAMPDENS Ham
M let" at the Thirty ninth
w Street Theatre Is doing much
to settle the Hamlet question" which
has been acrimoniously. and even bel
ligerently discussed during the last
three hundred years by critics, phi
losophers and actors and the general
public.
But that the question still burns"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
ASSEMBLING foot SWEET"

n TOW that foot Sweet" the novel
M overseas revue.' has settled
down for the summer at the
Nora Bayes Theatre, 1t may not be
amiss to tell how this unusual theatre
cal entertainment came into being.
Neither VIII Morrissey. the producer.
who also appears in the play, nor Eliza
beth Brice. who is not only the starred
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
@ SrsA vss- e@~-e~ srDs,a

Is often a chance Of financial success
In the most weak kneed farce that
ever tottered over the boards Of q
New York playhouse. A wondering
audience the other night was lifted
from its confusion by the announce
ment from one OF the knowing that
the piece had been put before the pub
lie in order that the cinema rights to
the creation might be sold advantage
ously. 1t is not enough to know this
and no more. 1t seems that producers
Of the cinemas. may often become in
terested in a dramatic presentation of
story which in the script does not
prove impressive. The proof of this
particular pudding-it was a cold and
heavy one, too-was the fulfilment of
the authors highest ambition. The
rights to this dull product as a cinema
were disposed of at a rate that not
only covered the expenses of an I'M
known's first hearing but brought a
profit by no means contemplate. 1t
will be seen that the task Of the first
night appraiser Is growing complicated.
1t is not enough to report the merits
of a play. The potential cinema has
cow to come into consideration.
Perhaps this Is only another in
stance Of the effect Of the new thea
tire enterprise on the dramatic side of
the stage. Its influence on the actors
has also been varied. The cinema has
absorbed some of the worst and rarely
taken away the best of the players
| among the men. Not an important
actress has permanently left the stage
for what is called the screen. But
promising players occasionally disap-
pear and when their names are seen
again 1t Is as one Of the members OF
company mining before a camera.
1t takes only a part ingeniously de-
vised by the playwright to procure
sudden fame for an actor. II this
| same lightning strikes two or three
times II is fairly difficult to keep per-
petual fame away from his manly
brow. If on the other hand a success
| sion Of ineffective or unsuitable roles
falls to the player he Is certain to be
swallowed up by the moving pictures.
Two examples of this artistic pro-
cess were observable in last weeks
incidents. The young man who came
from a country stock company and
found himself so highly praised for
his acting. and above all his eloquent
reading OF romantic part in a fan
tastic war play, had a brief chance to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01

the arrival of an uncommon talent.
When the fiattering parts ceased to
come. however. and the pretensions
were already set high. there was only
the prosperous cinema to meet them.
SO a second promise was not fulfilled.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
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One day a Birthday Almanac was
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
Obituary..

On January 18th Il telephone mes
sage was received telling of the passing
away ut his home at TeXarkana, Ark.
of Mr.. John BurkS who died of pneu-
monii following an attack of influenza.
He leaves Il widow. three daughters. Il
Son-in-law and two grandchildren: two
brothers, Mr.. Luther Burks, of Rocky
Mount. and Mr.. Lee Burks. of near
Red Land: two sisters. Mrs. Hill and
Mrs. Gleason. Of Antrim. Mrs. Hill
and Mr.. Luther were with him when
the end came. Also. there are Il num-
her of other relatives. and host of
friends. who extend their sympathy to
the bereaved family.
Mr.. Rurks lived in this community
many years, and was the active agent
in raising funds to build the old Phil
lips Hill School House. which stands
just below Mr.. Burks' old place. He
always had smile and kind word
for every one, was great lover Of
children and always had one or two in
his arms at fish-fries and other gath
erings that he loved to attend.
Gone but not forgotten; may he
rest in peace until the graves give up
their dead. a NElGHBOR.
Phillips Hill, La. Jan. ), 1919.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-02-06
RETROSPECTIVE
Fifty Years Ago.

The Banner of Feb. 6, 1s69--Bellevue.l
e Ice has formed an inch thick in St
Augustine. Fla. this year. the weather
having been colder than for thirty
years past
The issues of the Paris Mint dur
ing the reign of Napoleon III. up to
the beginning Of 1867. amounted in val
uation as follows: Copper. $11 ,S6O. 600 !:
silver. S52.O76.jO2: gold, $1.O64. n. $50 ::
making total of 81. 12S. S61 ,3S5.' -
The following year after the forego-
ing figures We're made public-1S7O-
the Germans beat the French in the
Franco Prussian War. taking the bill
lion dollars in gold and leaving the
French little more than the copper and
silver. The French also lost two fair
provinces. Just now France is demand
ing the return of the money as a result
of her victory In the World War. and
has already occupied the :" Lost Prov
inceS." together with other German
provinces on the west bank Of the
Rhine. which she means to keep.