Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-24
NEWS OF THE MOVIES
SCENARIO TO SCREEN
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Ever since Liebknccht was released from
prison, by order OF the eN-kaiscr, affairs in
tho German capital have been at a boiling
point. Revolt and counter-revolt, anarchy
and massacre have been the order or tho day,
machine-gun nests. established by one fac
ton for the elimination Of the other. being
almost as common In the streets OF Berlin
as on the battlenclds Of tho war. CHASTITY
stories OF wholesale murder hundreds OF
people being moved down at a time as they
walked tho streets-have been coming out
of Germany. but the most graphic description
falls TO depict the temper of these people.
disillusionizcd by the overwhelming defeat of
their armies.
In the EVENING PUBLIC LEpGER-Univer-
sal Current Events. No. s. II series Of pic
lures arc appearing OF Berlin. taken during
the uprising of the Bolshevists just before
Licbkuccht and Rosa Luxembourg were killed
and tho revolt crushed by tho Ebert reNolu-
ttonary government. Followers OF the Red
leaders are seen pouring through the Bran
denburg Gate into Inter den Linden. street
speakers haranguing the mobs. Spartacan
supporters gather in the Wilhelm Strasse In
n demonstration Count Won Bernstorn,
former ambassador to the United States and
head Of the German espionage system In
America. is seen, The first American and
Allied officers. members of the 1nter-Allied
commission on repatriation OF prisoners OF
war, arrive in Berlin. Privates Buster Tay-
lor and John Talley, of RcNboro. y. c., are
the first American enlisted men to reach the
German capital.
II was a great day for the colorcd troops
Of the 37Oth Infantry, formerly the Eighth
Illinois, when they arrived in Chicago. Pic
lures in this ISSUE show the tremendous ova-
ton they received. and demonstrate very
clearly what tho people OF their own state
think OF the splendid deeds they performed
on the other side. BLACK Devils the. Ger
mans called them, n name they certainly car
ricd, but their smiling, happy faces, as they
.rc almost swept off their feet in WELCOME,
don't appear very 'devillsh."
From Guantanamo Bay. cuba, come the
first pictures of Uncle Sans powerful dread
noughts of the Atlantic fleet in maneuvers
since America threw her might against the
Teutons in the world war. These mighty
floating fortresses, upon which rests the
preservation of our liberty and the sanctity
of our homes, are an impressive sight as they
go through their winter practice.
other features in this issue comprise pic
lures from New York city of 5000 German
headpieCes, captured In a Teuton storehouse
in France and brought to this country to
boost the Victory Loan campaign; pictures
of Georges Clemenceau, the Tiger of
France" victim of a would-be assassin. as he
appeared during a recent session OF the Paris
Peace Conference: scenes from New York
showing a new canteen for the boys in serv'
ice, opened by the knights Of Columbus In
the heart of the white Lights district
pictures from Revclstolc. y. g.. showing
Nels Nelson winning the Canadian ski cham
p~ionship, with "a phenomenal leap of lTIia
feet. and a cartoon by lily Mayer, entitled
How Has the Mighty Fallen"