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Evening star., 1919-12-29
RUSSIAN ISOLATION
RETARDS INDUSTRY
Shortage of Flax Holds
France Back in White
Goods Production.

ARMENTIERES, December - Us
the Associated Press) ).-Recovery o.;
the white goods industry in France
from the blow dealt by the war Ia,
been retarded. 1t is said here. by q d.
shortage of flax, due TO the isola,
tion of Russia, the great so Irce &C
supply.
Notwithstanding the lack Of raw
materials, however, the induslry.
which before the war centered u
| thirty-two mills here and employee
more than 10000 persons in the dis
trict around Lille, is steadily grow
ing in rebuilt factories. These new
structures are rearing their heads
| above the wreckage OF wars con
, fusion. presenting a strange picture
to the eye.
I.5OO Workers Now; 1900 in 1914.
Only 1900 persons are at work ia
| three mills here, as compared with
$4,000 employed in 1914. according 10
| information given the correspondent
of the Associated Press today, in tho
| course of his government arrange q
! trip to the war-torn regions. only
one of these is turning out linen ar
cotton sheeting. Power in the othDr
| two plants is only available at in''r-
mittent periods because the Germans
took away generators. boilers and
copper fixtures, with the result tl.-
makeshifts to get electric energy.
Germans Garry on Looms.
In Aimentieres alone at the tim
the war broke out ihere were 10000
looms and spinning machines. Mos
/ of these were carried off by the Ger
mans; the rest were stripped OF thci~
valuable parts or disabled.
Government statistics say the linen
| industry as a whole has resumed
operations in one-third OF the mills.
but with only a little more than Is
per cent of the pre-war force. Officials
express confidence that the manu-
facture of white goods will be at
half production within Il year. and at
full output within two or three years.
One of the big problems at Armen-
there's is to find shelter for the
workers. whose homes were wrecked
by shell fire. The damage i'm this
respect is not 50 great in RoubaiA.
Turcofr and other outlying towns.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
Photoplay Features.
"Hawthorne of the U. S. A" "

Lovers of romance and adventure
should find the feature film at Loew' 5
Palace Theater this week as inter
esting as the old Graustark novel.
Hawthorne of the L. S. A is the
title of the picture. which carries the
fortunes of young American from
breaking the bank at Monte CARO- 10
converting a kingdom into a republic
and marrying the princess. 1t Is a
Graustark blend of love and acton
raised to the nth degree, with pep
perry Yank in Wallace Reid and
lovely princess in Lila Lee. the prin-
cipais in a rapid round of thrilling
episodes Intrigue is encountered with
nearly every turn of the reel, put
Yankee ingenuity triumphs hnally IN
a manner calculated to make this one
of the most popular of modern Amer
lean romances. The cast supporting
Mr.. Reid and Miss Lee is good one
and the local color worked into Ine
settings is q distinctive feature. Inc
film will be shown all this week.
Evening star., 1919-12-29

early in life. With a magnetism OF an
older actress. she holds her audience
throughout her big scene in the hrst
act
Ernest Stallard, as Bland. gives
delightfully."- entertaining character
study of loyal service in the capacity
of valet. George Parsons is thorough
ly satisfactory as Jack Carruthers,
successful magazine publisher and SIN
cere. though amused. friend of Charlie
Martin. Ralph Sipperly, as a strus-
CLING would-be movie star. and Grace
Nolan, as the daughter of the board
ing-house keeper, in ribbons at
big department store. provide many
laughs. The others, generally in the
cast are effective in their respective
roles.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
GARRICK-"Bucking the Tiger. "

Me1odrama. improbable to the verge
| OF impossibility. but amusing and
holding the interest from start to fin
iSh. is "Bucking the Tiger" by May
| Tully and Achmed Abdullah. preser t
ed last night at the Shubert- k
Theater. 1t is an adaptation from
the novel of the same name by Mr..
Abdullah. The story recalls the thrill
ers written years ago by Archibald
Clavering Gunter. AS the title indi-
Gates. "Bucking the Tiger has to do
with a big gamble in which a ha f.
dozen down-and-outers engage. None
of the ingredients of melodrarna
seem to have been omitted. from an
innocent young woman about to be
thrown into the streets while she
seeks to make an honest living to
the other extreme. a "vamp" from the
far northwest, Skagway Belle.
The lines are clever cauStic, broad
at times. but not offensive, and the
situations amusing. The company,
centering around Forrest Winant,
who plays the part of the hero.
Ritchie Macdonald is well balanced
and capable. with one or two excep-
tions Mr. Winant handles the roll
of Macdonald cleverly and with as
surance that puts it over He i'm
personateS one of the down and
cutters. the son of IA wealthy man. who
at one time was a famous quarter
back at Yale and a cotilion leader in
Washington. Included in the list of
unfortunates are two scions of the
British nobility. French count. Il
COW puncher and an impecunious in
Surance agent.
Inspired by Macdonald. they deter
mine to pool their resources. purchase
an insurance policy for one of their
number made out in the interests of
the others The insured is to com
c.tti.. af Ia
issued. so that the others can collect
the proceeds Cards determine the
man to die. and it is Macdonald. In
the agreement. however it is provid-
ed that the man selected to die snail
be provided with $4,000 to live like
a gentleman"
Taking this $4,000 and his nerve,
Macdonald makes big success dur
ing the year of grace allowed him.
But despite this success he is about
to go through with his pledge to Kill
himself Then the unexpected hap
pens.
The scenes of the play are laid in
"Eslick Hotel and in the office Of
Macdonald William FitZsimmon
who plays old Sam Eslick. clerk. man
ager and proprietor of the hotel
gives a most amusing character
sketch. Fania Marinoff. in the part
of the "vamp.' gets away with it
cleverly, while Regina Wallace is the
poor. but beautiful and virtuous
young woman who takes Macdonald
away from the vamp. Others in the
cast are Walter Kingsford. as the
Hon. Guy Hillyer; Cyril Chadwick. as
Capt. the Hon. Mordaunt Graham,
the villain of the piece. if it may be
said to have william; Armand Robfe,
as Count Jean de Terriere; William
E. Meehan, as Donald Hayes, the in
surance agent. and Benjamin hauser,
as Andy Walsh. the cowpuncher.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
EX-SOLDIER ACCUSED.
Dennis Barrett to Answer Charge
of ATTEMPTED Robbery.

Dennis Barrett. a discharged SOL
dier. charged with attempting to rob
Miss Josephine Klug, 500 Maryland
avenue northeast, and Mrs Julia c..
Martin. 720 Maryland avenue north
east, Saturday night, was held for ac-
ton of the grand jury in $4,000
bonds today in Police Court
When arrested he told the police of
the ninth precinct that he was out
of work, had no money and was hun
cry. 1t is alleged that he held up
the two women on 9Th street be-
tween c and D streets northeast at
the point of a pistol. The pistol was
recovered by the police, it is said
Evening star., 1919-12-29

After her marriage true love came
into her life and the problem then
was how to reconcile her longing for
riches with her love for a poor man.
The action of The drama leads to the
jungle wilds OF the dark continent,
where melodrama finds it's apotheoSis
Not content with narrowing scenes on
land. a thriller is provided with
balloon that asceuds to height of
1.500 feet.
Miss Sweet plays the role of the
harasSed young woman with con-
vincing naturalness Minor features
and orchestral accompaniment COM
plete the bill.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
"A Woman of Pleasure"

Blanche Sweet is the picture star
at CrahdalPs Theater the first four
days of this week. in "A Woman of
Pleasure" a picture melodrama, whose
locale shifts finally to South Africa,
where, among the savage tribes, some
thrilling scenes are unfolded. 1t is
a hlm version of the big melodrama
played at the Adelphi Theater. Lon
don, for an unbroken period of three
years, and deals with the adventures
of young woman who craved the
luxuries that only great wealth
could secure, and married man she
didn't love to crafty her desires
Evening star., 1919-12-29
FOLLY-Burlesque.

A rollicking burlesque show. in two
acts and seven scenes. is staged at
the Folly Theater this week by the
World Beaters." Leona st. Clair is
the star and prima donna, Walter
Brown and Jack kinneard handle the
comedy, while Al Foster, May Ham
ilton. Louise Stewart and Roy Bev-
erly round out an exceptionally good
cast. The chorus is attractive in sew
eral song and dance numbers. a spe-
cial midnight performance will bt
given New Year eve.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
CHILDREN IN MYSTERY PLAY.
Christmas Story Retold Before Au-
dience at Trinity Church.

The Trinity Community Children
Players presented a mystery play be-
fore a large audience at the Trinity
Church last night. Illuminated by
special lighting effects. and bedecked
in pretty costumes, the children rep
resenting twelve nationalities retoid
the Christmas story in an interesting
and most impressive manner.
Included in the cast We're: Walter
Wills. Mary Gaddess. Wilbur Chap
man. Jack Hurdle. Florence Gorbritt
Irene Garlick, Helen Merchant, Olive
Merchant. Elba Evans, Esther Rick
erton. Mildred Murfees and Helen
Crosby. An angel chorus, shepherds
and Roman soldiers brought the total
number in the cast up to sixty men,
bers.
Another play for the Epiphany sea-
son is now unded preparation. Miss
Ella Gardiner is in charge.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
Flame Of the Desert" "

Geraldine Farrar in the camera
spectacle, Flame of the Desert at
tracted overflowing audiences to
Crandalls Metropolitan yesterday
afternoon and night. The picture was
the feature at Crandall's Knicker-
booker also.
Vivid of personality, the twin star
Evening star., 1919-12-29
RECEIVES BURNS IN HOME.

Fire caused by n break in the heat
ing apparatus in the house of Car
ence T. Timmons, 1857 Il street, Ana
Costa today did s75 damage. Mrs
Timmons received burns to her face
and hands.
A small fire occurred in the house
of ". 5. Spillard, 11t5 New Jerscy
avenue southeast. today. Only about
SIS damage resulted.
Evening star., 1919-12-29
"EveryWoman." :"

"Everyw woman" Jesse L. Laskey's
presentation of Paramount-Artcrafts
superproduction, based on the cele-
brated stage play by Walter Browne,
continues to be of intense interest and
is drawing crowds to Moore'S Garden
Theater, though in it's fourth week.
Evening star., 1919-12-29

1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
FLOODS OF WINTER
.... SWEEPING THE SOUTH

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 9.-The
southern states were being swept to-
night by one of the most destructive
floods Of winter and it was feared
there would be loss of life. Proport!
damage was reported heavy through
out the country.
A dam across the Tallapoosa river
at Tallahassee, 35 miles northeast Of
here, gave way today and flood was
sweeping down the valleys. The dan
generated electric current for the
Alabama Power Company and 8
score of towns and villages were with
out light tonight
A warning was sent down the val.
ley and it was believed the inhabi
tants had escaped.
A dispatch from Hattiesburg, Miss.
said the state had been swept by g
storm which washed out railroads and
caused damage through flooding OF
farms and villages.
At Paducah, KY, rain fell in tor.
rents, causing property damage, and
was followed by zero weather tonight
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
LOCAL s.. A. L. TRAINS z
TAKEN OFF THIS WEEK

Local trains Nos Sand 8 and II
and IL have been removed on the
Seaboard, the curtailment of pas
senger service being forced by the
shortage Of fuel. This brings home
the most serious reduction in rail
road traffic the country has ever
known.
Railroad ADMINISTRATION officials
estimated from informal reports re-
ceived from regional, directors that
approximately 100000 train miles
will have been cut off from the pas
senger schedules each day before the
end of the week. The saving Of fuel
based on this estimate of the re-
duction in service was placed at
about $4,000 tons day. Exhaustive
study is being made to ascertain
whether additional curtailment can be
effected without causing the public
too much discomfortiture.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
ELECTION OF GRACE
WITHOUT INCIDENT

Charleston, Dec. 9.-One of the
quietest municipal elections ever held
here ended this afternoon at 6 o'clock
when the polls were closed. All re-
turns were in before p. m. electing
John P. Grace mayor of Charleston.
IA board of alderman with 18 Grace
men on it out of "a, six school COM
missioners and two members, Leland
Moore and J. Ross Hanahan, of the
board of public works which operates
the water system. Mr.. Grace received
], ,468 votes. John Rhett and John
Wohltmann received the maximum
cast, 1,475 out of 3,460 registered.
All of the candidates were unopposed.
Voting was light because of the for
NAL character of the election. In
augural ceremonies will be held Mon
day following the official canvass
Friday by: the board of election COM
missioners, J. P. Deveaux, chairman,
j. y. Hertz and S. S. Riggs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
COLD WEATHER PREDICTED

Temperatures as low as 81 degrees
or lower will be felt in Abbeville by
Friday morning, the cold wave Of the
West being scheduled to reach here
by that time, according to the weathe,
bureau. a
Citizens are advised to take pre-
cautions against allowing plumbing
to freeze. All residences should be
protected from bursting pipes and
motor car owners should care fo,
their machines and not allow the
freeze to damage the cars. Perishable
goods should beguarded.
Although persons living in Able.
vile will feel the cold wave here by
Friday they have something to be
proud of when they boast Of Able
Vile as their home. Varying tempera.
lures from 20 to % below zero were
experienced east of the Northern
Rockies yesterday. AS far South as
southern Nebraska and Colorado the
thermometer registered around 20
below. In the panhandle of Texas and
Oklahoma the cold wave was raging.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
ABBEVILLE COUNTY
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
IN NEED OF FUNDS

The Abbeville County Memorial
Hospital is woefully in need of funds.
Work. on the building has progressed
rapidly, and the contributions which
have been made exhausted. Those
in whose hands was placed the build
ing of the hospital have given their
time and labor without stint and
should be encouraged.
The simple truth of the mater is,
that unless there is some show Of
the people of the city and county,
and that right away, the enterprise
will be long delayed, if it does not
perish altogether.
It would be an irreparable injury
to the city should this enterprise be
not carried ON to the completion,
md the hospital put in operation.
Abbeville county should have hospi-
tai, and this proposition to establish
one as memorial to the herioc young
men who gave themselves for the
cause of liberty should appeal to the
people Of the county.
From the information that we have,
the situation is now at a critical
stage: will the people of the county
allow the enterprise to fail?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
THREE NEGROES HAVE
LIQUOR AND PISTOLS
g.. ALSO COURT TROUBLE

Thre negroes, Jim Scuddy, Pink
Hamilton and Chas. Roberts, ran
afoul of the authorities Monday near
Iva, when they were caught with
three quarts Of moonshine per trio
and one pistol per each. They were
arrested by Anderson County au-
thorities, but the little matter of
county lines led the Anderson
sheriff to turn the men over to
Abbeville authorities and Deputy
United States Marshal C. ]. Bruce
and Deputy Sheriff Cam went after
the men and brought them to Able
vile, where they were placed in Jail.
The United States authorities will
handle the three men on the liquor
charge, while the county authorities
will press the charge Of carrying con-
cealed weapons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
PUBLIC DEBATE RETWEEN
TWO LITERARY SOCIETIES
MONDAY DECEMBER 22

Shall the United States govern
ment own and control the railroads
of this country, is the question which
will be decided at the Opera House
on Monday evening, December 22,
when Mary Greene and Leroy Cox
of the Delphian Society will debate
Ada Faulkner and Billy Long Of the
Excelsior Society. This is a peril
nent question and one present in the
minds of all the people of the United
States just now when the government
does control the administration of the
railroads but does not own them. And,
too, the people are divided as to
whether the railroads should be gov
ernment property, as is the mail sys-
tenn, or not.
Each of the debaters is working
hard on the question and we antici-
pate some new points from each side
on the big night. The debaters have
been limited to ten minutes each with
no rebuttal, so only time is given for
salient points and each will hit the
mark ~ -'.-..-
Following the 40 minutes Of intel
lectual feasting, special feature
picture will be shown. The managers
are trying to engage the Lion and
the Mouse for the evening. In case
this particular picture is not secured,
one equally as good will be shown.
Nobody will regret the price of ad-
mission, as the debate, alone, will be
worth double the price charged.
Tickets will be placed on sale Mon
day, Dec. Is, and as only the first
seven rows downstairs are reserved
you had better get your tickets early.
Admission: all school children, 25c,
others, SOC. Reserved seats, 75c.
The Parent-Teacher association Is
fostering the evenings entertainment
and their efforts, as, well as those of
the young debaters deserve capac-
ity house. Proceeds will be applied
on Playground Fund. ...s
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
WILSON POSITION
z ON PEACE PACT
:" PUZZLES CAPITAL

Washington, Dec. 10.-Who is
responsible for the present delay in
bringing about the ratification Of
the peace treaty?
The truth may come as a shock to
the many friends of the League OF
Nations and peace treaty who had
believed President Wilson was ready
TO accept series Of reservations and
interpretations that would not i'm.
pair the, league or the efficacy OF
the peace treaty, but it is fact that
Mr.. Wilson not only will not take
tn initiative in making a compromise
but he has refused to permit Senator
Hitchcock to engage in negotiations
with Republican senators looking
toward that end. e 81
The Nebraska senator is, Of course
free to enterainto such compromise
with opposition senator's, but what
would be the eventual attitude Of the
president toward the compromise ii
absolutely unknown even to Mr.,
Hitchcock 3:
There is much perplexity over the
position, which has been adopted by
the president, criticism Of his course
being expressed by friends as well
as foes, because after all while it is
true that the tactic Of the senate
leaders and the record Of what tran
spired in the debate at the closing
hours Of the session establishes
clearly the incorporating position
Of the treaty opponents, the willing
ness Of the president to accept a
compromise is nowhere on record.
Most people have taken it for
granted that Mr.. Wilson would ac-
cept compromise eventually, and
that he was sticking to his guns very
much as man in a commercial bar
gain who wanted to hold out till the
last minute. But the hour for com
promise has arrived. The resolution
providing for an unqualified adoption
of the peace treaty has been de-
feated. Twenty Republican senators
stand ready to agree to reservations
which forty-five Democrats will, ac-
cept, thus making sixty-five senators
in favor of a ratification of the
peace treaty, which. is one more than
.''.1' 10 4 = =
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
TO PLAY
OFF TIE WITH TEAM
FROM GREENWOOD

The Abbeyille High School foot
ball team will line up in battle against
the Greenwood High eleven at the
Fair grounds Friday afternoon at
4 o'clock for!the purpose of settling
once and for all the matter of
supremacy Of the two teams, each one
having a win to its credit. Abbeville
defeated Greenwood in the first
game rs to 0. In the second game
Greenwood defeated Abbeyille IL to
T.; ~. ,
1t had been intended to avoid the
use of the wold "dope," for that word
seems fated tB put the kibosh on the
team 'doped" to win. But it slips in
and even with that handicap Abbe-
vile should have an easy time if the
members Of the team don't feel the
same way about it as the dopestors.
The little item Of oyerconfidenee has
lost more football games .tlan any
other factor that enters into the
game. -. =. N
In matter Of size and weight the
game will be David and Goliath af-
fair. AS to termination-it's uncer-
tain-the dope was certainly against
David. H H.4 TX q,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
CONFERENCE FAVORS
MILITARY CONVENTION

London, Dec. 10. (By Associ-
ated Press. s.)-The representatives of
the governments of the Esthonia
Letvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukrania
and White Russia, at a conference at
Dorpat have declared themselves in
favor of military and political con-
vention to defend their independence,
according to news reaching London
tonight from Kovno.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
Out in Texas.

j. c. McLane, one of the handsome
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Foster McLane,
has gone out to Texas and is going to
grow up with the country. He is at
Cameron, and is learning the whole
sale business under his uncle, Mr..
Robert McLane.
J. C. thinks Texas is a good sized
state, but the biggest and best thing
he has seen yet is the Press and Ban
ner, which comes twice a week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
HOME AGAIN.

Mrs. w. A. Harris arrived in Able
vile Friday afternoon bringing with
her Mary Salome, the little daughter
who is just month old, Mrs. Harris
has been away for some time and re-
turns to US greatly improved in
health. ,@
Miss Salome Bookman came also
and is visiting for awhile.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
Miss Ellis Leaves.

Miss Leila Ellis, milliner for Had
don-Wilson Co., will leave today for
her home in Wilmington, N. c., to
spend the Christmas holidays. The
fall season being over Miss Ellis will
remain in Wilmington until March,
when she will return to Haddon-
Wilson for the Spring season.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-12-12
TOWN COUNCIL MEETS.

The City Council met in regular
monthly session Tuesday night and
the only business attended to was the
authorization of payment of current
bills. This business consumed onn-
half hour and as Mr.. Verchot had a
thriller" on at the Opera House,
Council adjourned and took in the
picture.