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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20
STAGE W HISP BRINGS
By E. s. G.

Douglas Fairbanks is preparing to buckle down to work again. He has arrived on the Coast, whence comes the news that Fred NTblo will direct the first of the seasons productions for United Artists. The Curse of Capistrano," which appeared recently in a ma agazine, has been purchased for the star.
 Violet Mersereau is all upset Iy the news that there is a vaudeville team of sisters who claim kinship of vary ing degrees with the young motion picture actress Miss Mersereau' feels that it is rather late in the day for her to be hampered with unknown relatives and she has rebelled. She clings fondly to her sister Claire and brother Harry and the Piper family of F'latbush and Mother Mersereau, but beyond that ayers that she is alone and unfettered in the world.
 Out on the Coast, Jane Cowl is do- ing a little record breaking on her own account, and when she closS,d her two weeks engagement in 'sSmilin' Through at the Curran theatre, San Francisco, on Saturday night she had not onlyP exceeded all box receipts for the playhouse, but had outpaced the mark of any theatrical production ever shown in the West well.
 In the two weeks at the Curran "Smilin' Through brought into the SeIwyn coffers 45, ,962, having played to $2OO0O the first week. Even the opening week of the tour in Denver Miss Cowl set a new mark for the the atre and in Los Angeles she drew $20, ,OCO in one week.
 Neither Miss Cowl nor the Se1wyn office is a bit mad about it, either. There's going to be some. music in that new musical comedy in which F. Ziegfeld, Jr., is to star Eddie Cantor this season, anyhow. Edythe Baker, the pianist at present appearing in ''The Midnight F'rolic," and her baby grand will take care of that. Miss Baker was signed Tuesday to assist Cantor in edifying the theatregoers hereabo when the show opens.
 A cable message received at the of fices of the Lewis J. Selznick Enter prises, Incorporated, 729 Seventh ave- nue, yesterday morning reported Owen Moore, screen actor and former hus- band of Mary Pfckford, who fell 800 | feet in an airplane en route from Lon don to Paris, not seriously injured. David and Myron Selznick, sons of the head of the corpora ton, were fellow passengers and were uninjured. The message read: Fell from alti- tude 800 feet. Badly shaken up, but not seriously injured. Plane com pletely demolished. Six passengers,
 no fatalities. Cause, motor trouble.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

Hugo Riesenfeld refuses to live a
 quiet life. He is never happy unless
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20
POLES.

Tonight will be American Legion night at Polfs theater. All of the delegates attending the convention here will be the guests of Mrs. S. z. Poli at the theater tonight In addi- ton Mrs. s. z. Poli has planned addi- tional entertainment for the boys at the American Legion Home and at the Stratfeld.
 AS an added special attraction for the occasion, the management of the theater have engaged Bessie Leon- ard, the dough-'hoy girl and Porray, her partner. This team was in France during the greater part Of the war, and because of their work for the boys in the trenches are great favorites with the members of the legion. Miss Leonard's work is of the highest order. She endeavors to show the audience just how she en- tertained the boys, and also gives some clever limitations of the boys themselves.
 The Dixie Four. a southern quart cite presenting Tunes and Laughs From the Land or Cotton;" Eleanor Pierce presenting "A Dance Frolic"; Howard Smith x Co.,; Fl Gotta, Mas ter of the Xylophone, are other vaudeville attractions.
 The picture is Wallace Reid in Sick Abed". Pathe News and Re- view are also shown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

Norman H. Kaiser, who reAdes at 100 West Fifty ninth street, has oo- ta1ned an order from Surrogate f'oley
 calling upon Lloyd E. Greppln, mo- ton picture director residing in Los Angeles. Cal, to show cause why
 KAiser should not be permitted to adopt Rozene Greppin, three years old. Kaiser married the girls mother, Ro-
 gene Tripp Greppin, soon alter she
 had divorced Gre,ppin, in F'eoruary 1919.
 In his petition Kaiser states that the divorce decree awarded the ch1Id to her mothers custody He declares
 that his wife owns property worth
 more than 250O0O, has an income in
 excess of S10,000 a, year, and that ne
 receives $750 a week as a motion pie
 ture actor. Since the divorce, he says Greppin has married Ruth o. Sellers.
 Thomas Healy has had his summer ice show and revusica1 comedy,
 Around the Town," on his Golden Glades Roof, incorporated in two
 reel film comedy Broadway Butter
 ffies,'' by the Beaux Arts Film Com
 pany.
 Seventy-five children from Christ Church Home were the guests of Lee Shubert at Not So Long Ago" at the Nora Bayes theatre yesterday after noon.
 Miss Fay Bainter will leave England by the Olympic today.
 ''Hunoresque" is too good to keep.
 It simply had to be released, so, de- spite the fact that the box office re- fused to dwindle at the Criterion
 Theatre, New York, the Cosmopolitan production will move to the Rivol1 prior to general distribution On Sun- day George Fitzmaurice's production
 '"The Right to Love- will move into | that theatre, the second feature te have a run in that house since its inauguration as motion picture thea l tre by Hugo Riesenfeld some months ago. The photo-play was adapted by Ouida Bergere from a play by Pierre FrondalS and Claude Ferrere. Mae Murray and David Powell have the leading roles and Alma Tell, Holmes E. Herbert, Macey Harlan, Frank l Losee, Maria Harriss apd Lawrence Johnston are also in the cast. Sidney Herbert, long a favorite or both stage and screen, has been en same role in the screen version o. '"The Thief that he had in the stage version of the play.
 | Miss Theda Bara came unostenta- | tiously back from Europe recently or the Mobile, in from Liverpool. Aside from a few relatives there was no one l to meet her, and. in the crowd usua at a ships arrival none recognized 1 her. even though a checked cape witt all the co1ors of Joseph's coat mark
 ed her from the crowd. It would have
 been difficult nevertheless, to discerr l in the demure, ox-eyed young wom | an, accompanied by a sister nearly hel double in looks, the vampire of the
 screen.
 | The other passengers saw her in z typical role Monday night in a, playle
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

written and produced on board by B. Iden Payne, typically entitled The Deadly Secret or, Love Triumphant
 Miss ara went abroad with her sis ter, Miss Loro Bara, in June to buy dresses. in Paris, but after viewing the styles there she decided to come home and do her buying in New York "The Paris dreSSmakerS are woe fully behind our own,'' she said. You can see more chic styles any after noon on Fifth avenue than you can see there in a, month"
 Al.ce Duer Miller, co-author with Robert Milton of ''The Charm School has been invited by the faculty of Vassar College to address the students on the subject of Charm early next term.
 Virginia Pearson and Sh eldon Lewis will return to the stage in the leading roles of 'The Hole in the Wall, seen at the Morosco Theatre in the Spring The piece will begin tour at Teller's Theatre, in Brooklyn, on Labor Day. Small packages of cigarettes were distributed last night by chorus girls to the audience at the Sefwyn Theatre where miniatu flasks of whisky had been distributed the night before The cigarettes were accepted without cheers.
 Agent James Shevhn said vest 1 that Arthur .Hammerstein, producer of the show, would be asked to appear lbefore the United Sta tes District Attor- Iney today and that evidence that the Volstead Act had been violated would
 be placed before the Grand Jury. MT tShevlin had in his possession one ot | the bottles given away at the show
 and said that it contained whiskey | According to the press agent of the
 show, the flasks contained microscopy ic dosages of tea, and the impression that it was whiskey- was produced by
 the color of the liquid and mob psy-
 cho1ogy.
 {! Mir. Hammerstein, by advice o1 |counsel was silent. Two Prohibition
 Agents who called on him yesterd } told him he would be indicted.
 The identity of Gs1ila Cont, credited
 with collaborating with Dolly Byrnt
 in writing "Enter Madame produced recently at the Garrick, has been def initely cleared up with the announce ment that Miss Gilda Varesi, the star is Miss Cont. Brock Pemiberton tht 1 producer, said that he wanted tht play to stand on it's own merits, dis lsociated from Miss Varesi's author ship.
 Major Ernest Oliver Cavan Lam | bart, former English army officer must pay his wife, Josephine Teller $50 a month alirnony and s25O fo counsel fees, pending the outcome o her suit for a separation.
 In her affidavit, filed some time ago 1 Mrs. Lambert declared that her hus | ba~d, who is an actor, kept her ''ol | the anxious seat in a car standin; l outside the Lambs Club, while he wa inside ssobering up on chilli col
 carne.''
 l Hugo Riesenfeld refuses to live quiet life. He is never happy unles
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20
Kills PeSky Bed Bugs
 P. ID. Q.

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 Liquid fire to the bedbugs is what P. D. o. is like, bedbugs stand as good chance as a snowball in a justly famed heat resort. Patent spout free in every package of P. D. Q. to enable you to kill them and their egg nests in the cracks
 Look for the devils head on every boy then you'n have what Hospitals havs found to be the best insecticide known to science. Special Hospital size S2.5O makes five gallons-contains spouts- either size at your druggist or sent pre- Chemical O.. Terre Haute, Ind. Genu- inc P. D. Q. is never peddled.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

George Walsh is working top speed on Dynamite Allen, Ian original story by Thomas Fallon, which proba bly, will be his last production for Fox. Walsh's contract expires with that or ganization the first week in Septem Der, so the time limit is exceedingly short. It is rumored that it is un- likely that Walsh will renew his con tract with the Fox company
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

Thomas Ince is toput into immedi- ate production. Louis Joseph vance's "The Bronze BeH.' which will be re- leased as an Inee-vance special by Paramount-Artcraft release.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20

h ehas a little artistic temperament about him. so he has decided to give his audiences a taste of opera again at the Rlvoli, New York. As MT. Riesenfeld is firm in his desire for a little temperament the operas will be given during the last week of Septem- Der by the New School of Opera and Ensemble.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-20
WEST END.

Tonight, Realart Pictures presents Wanda Hawley in her starring vehicle Miss Hobbs" in five acts, from the celebrated stage play of the same name that ran in London, New York and road presentations. Her Private Husband" a Fox Sunshine comedy in two reels, Fox News and Bray Pic torograph will also be shown.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Is Endorsed BY American
Federation Of Labor
Labor's Program as Outlined
at Montreal Convention

Montreal.--The American Fedora
ton of Labor adjourned its annual
convention here Saturday after indors-
ing the league of nations without re-
servations.
The CLOSING session o. the two
weeks convention was a stormy one.
Irish sympathizers, supported by the
progressive wing Of the federation,
opposed the movement to indorse the
league and throughout the debate on
the question, President Gompers had
difficulty in maintaining order His
gavel was smashed in his efforts to
quiet the proceedings
Mr.. Gompers and the executive
council left here Immediately for
Washington to put into operation the
program framed by the convention.
The first move, it is said, will be
launched against the democratic ma
tional convention. to obtain incorpor-
alton of the federations's program in
he party platform They win urge
also the federation's non-partisan
political policy, which was unani-
mously approved by the convention,
be carried out.
Labor's program as outlined by the
convention demands
Ratification of the peace treaty
Government ownership, with demo
cratic operation of railroads
Curb on profiteering and high coso
Of living
failing of food and clothing profit
eers.
Right to strike and abolition of
compulsory arbitration and anti-strike
legislation
Hands off in Mexico by the United
States government.
Endorsement of the Irish republic.
Right Of collective bargaining.
Advances in wages wherever neces-
sary to maintain the American stand
ard of living.
Shorter work if necessary to pre-
vent unemployment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
STRIKE STILL ON
At the Hamilton Machine
Tool Company

The situation of the maehinists'
strike at the Hamilton Machine Tool
Conlpany's plant remains the same as
1t has been during the past several
weeks. No union machinists are
working in the plant. and the
strikebreakers who went out two
weeks ago are still out. It is said
that several had returned to work, but
that more had come out than went in.
The company is having its troubles
1t is said that the work being turned
out is of inferior grade and that the
scrap heap is growing rapidly.
1t is also said that the eompany's
officials realize that they are playing
losing game, but that pride alone
prevents acknowledging this. The
strike has been an expensive affair for
the company, which is losing much
money by its stubborness in refusing
10 grant the strikers demands. The
machinists involved have most all
taken positions elsewhere and they
should worry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
PUBLIC CONFUSED
BY Packers in Juggling OF
Profit Figures

Washington. The claim of large
meat packers that their profit is but
l cent a pound is confusing, says the
federal trade commission, in its latest
published report on this industry.
"A profit of l cent a pound on 10
billion pounds of live stock products
sold during the year G918) gives an
aggregate return of 100000, 900" ;"
says the report.
Even were this doubled, the re-
suting rate namely, cents per
pound would still tend to be 'negli-
gible' amount 10 the public mind Yet
this difference of / cent would mean,
for the five great companies (Swift,
Armour, Wilson, Morris and Cudahy)
500, 0,000,0 900 in possible dividends. or
: bout 20 per cent ON the capital stock
and surplus combined $500, ,000)
Thus while the packers profits per
pound may appear TO the public to be
small, they are in reality large, due
to the enormous tonnage produced on
the basis of a relatively moderate in
vestment' .
The commission says the packers
seek to capitalize the habitual atti-
tude of mind on the part of the pub
lie that a cent is avery small element
Of value
AS matter Of fact, says the re-
port, "a profit of a cent per unit, far
from being a small profit, may be an
exhorbitant profit measured in terms
Of return upon capital invested. fhe
ony sound method whereby the rea-
sonableness Of a profit of cent
pound may be determined is by ag-
gregating such a profit and comparing
it with the capital invested in the en-
terprise"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
MEXICAN WAR
POLICY
Opposed by Gompers To
Benefit Oil and Mining
Interests

Washington subcommittee of
the United States senate has made
report on Mexico which, if adopted,
viii lead to war with that country,
declared President Gompers, in pub
lie statement The chairman of the
Subcommittee is Senator Fall
The report, says President Com
pers, amounts to a declaration that
unless the government Of Mexico re-
writes its constitution IN accord with
the ideas of American oil and mining
interests the government Of the
United States will intervene in Mex
leo.
The report of Senator Falls COM
mittee demands a number of specified
changes in the Mexican constitution.
These changes would be the consum-
nation of what has long been the
hopes Of the great oil and mining in
terests, as well rs the land and timber
interests, which have fomented the
bitterness between the people Of the
United States and Of Mexico
..Tbo ranort demands that unless
ne uax;ca, constitution Is altered as
raoo,,,n,anaad tba government of the
I-nitoa Soto vi1l ssood noIice force
consis+;,o &C +5a navel aud niIita,v
fo,..os &c an, gova,,,o,ont INTO thn
ro,,,blia of Naxico a. omen and main
+.in onan o,.a,,. Iioo of roo,n,nnica-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
RENT COUGERS
CHECKED
New York Restricting Leg
isIation Upheld By SUI
preme Court

New York Rent-restricting legis-
lation, passed by the last legislature,
has been upheld on the ground of pub
lie interest by the appellate term of
the supreme court, Brooklyn district
A property owner, through attor-
neys. held that these laws impaired the
obligation of contract, which was con
trary to the United States constitu-
ton.
In rejecting this theory, Justice
Kelby held, in effect, that the federal
constitution does not limit the power
Of the state to protect the health, NOR
ais or safety Of the public and that
the rent laws were enacted at the
command Of all of these public consid-
erations
Advocates of the law point to the
far-reaching effect of this decision.
The New York World says:
"The rights of private property in
land or housing are not absolute.
they have always been subject to the
public right Of eminent domain. BY
this New York legislation, sustained
by this judgment, they become, under
circumstances of urban congestion,
further subject to the public power of
regulation as property Of a monopolis-
tic character affected with public
service monopolies.
The case may be carried along
even to the court of last resort at
Washington, but there seems to be no
reason for supposing it will meet with
any other disposition than this"
Mv r~ ww
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
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WELFARE WORK
NOT NEEDED
Good Conditions and Wages
Are All Workers Ask
For

Boston-"On of the great troubles
with so-called welfare work in factor
les or industrial establishments is that
it is paternal in character, says the
Shoe Workers Journal
1T proceeds from the top without
taking the trouble to find out whether
such patronizing efforts are desired
by the employees, or will be appreciat-
ed when provided
'The worst of so-called welfare work
IS in its name and its hypocrisy. Fo.
an employer to say that he is doing
things to amelorate the conditions Of
labor for the benefit of his employees
IS hypocrisy To say that he is doing
certain things to benefit himself is
more honest and will command greater
respect.
Enlightened self interest is always
incidentally humanitarian. It is good
business for any employer to build up
healthful surroundings in his own in
terest. Let them pay the best of
wages and furnish the best pos
sible conditions and leave the employe
to attend to his own welfare That is
the business and the right Of the en-
ploye, Of which he is self respectively
jealous Labor wants and needs no
patronizing welfare work 1t wants
the fruits of its toll and will not be
satisfied with the husks."
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GIIDX ADn CIGNC
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
PENSION BILL
Retiring Thousands of Fed
eral Employees Signed
BY Wilson

Washington The Sterlng-Lehl-
bach bill granting pensions to govern
ment employees has been signed by
President Wilson, and win result in
Immediately retiring approximately
5000 employees in the District of CO.
lumbia from government service, and
offers like advantage to the 100, 1000
federal workers here. This legisla-
lation is the successful elimination of
a 20-year fight for the retirement of
superannuated government employees.
The battle was taken up by the
American Federation of Labor and
continued actively at each session of
congress until the National Federa-
ton of Federal Employees was formed,
Since that time that organization has
been increasingly urging congress to
make the measure a law, assisted by
the American Federation Of Labor.
Their joint efforts have been crowned
by success.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
IMMIGRATION INFLUX
Has Started More Want to
Come Than There Are
Ships For

New York.-That the threatened
influx of immigrants has stared is evil
denced by the report from Ellis island
for last week. Despite the difficulty
ir securing passports, over 5000 i'm
migrants landed Superintendent P
A. Paker declares that the force of
inspectors will have to be enlarged to
meet the increasing number now
landing and those who are endeavor-
ing to secure permission to come over
In telling of his experience, he said:
Immigrants are coming to this coun-
try as fast as the limited transporta-
tion facilities can bring them There
Is every evidence that, even with the
postwar passport restrictions, there
would be the greatest rush of people
of this country than was ever known
in the history of immigration if there
were only ships to bring them.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25

Ottawa, Ontario-Th board of ar
bitration has granted the street rail
way men an increase of 10 cents an
hour, fixing rates at 40, 81, So and 55
cents, dating from May /. Seniority
rights will be enforced. Extra mems
pay is increased from two to four
hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
GARMENTS WAGES
RAISED

York, Pa.-The York Railway and
Edison Light and Power Company
has advanced wages of street car men
10 per cent, retroactive as of May l.
Motornen and conductors on the eX-
ira ist are guaranteed $102 per month,
the former rate being $3.50 The rate
of trackmen and laborers is advanced
from 45 to SO cents per hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25

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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-06-25
sHIPYARD SIGNS

Fresno, Gala break has been
made in the ranks of the Metal Trades
Association which is trying to ami
hilate unionism on the Pacific coast.
w. F. Stone & Son has broke from
the Metal Trades Association. This
firm will employ union men.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-24

carried to brilliant and thrilling climnx
by the cowpuncher star.
roY HUNT AT snELLror TO-DAY.
Hundreds of youngsters went To Shellpot
Park at noon for the purpose OF taking
part in the toy hunt this afternoon. Both
Shellpot and Brnpdywine Springs Parks
arc this scnsou entertaining hnndrcds oi
people from Philadelphia, Chester and
other places as well ns from Wilmington.
DOUBLE COMEDY BILL Ar THE QUEEN.
Bryant Washburn in bis picture What
Happened to Jones" was the first feature
on the bill that the Queen theatre intro
duced yesterday for the first time. The
second proved To be Mack SenDctts
comedy "You Wouldn't Believe i. !.
Many things happened to Jones and all OF
them were amusing. With the star appears
Lillian Leighton and Caroline Ranken
also in comedy eharacterizations. Margaret
Ioomis, pretty and clever is the rcnl
leading lady. "You Wouldn't Believe IT.
IL Mack Sennett at his best in the direc-
tion Of oil his funmakers.
BUCK JONES MAKES DEBUT AT MAJESTIC.
Yesterday Buck Jones made bis debut
as n star. He made IL at the Majestic
Theatre in his first photoplay The Square
Shooter" The audiences that viewed the
performances yesterday have an upinion
as to the ability ofJones and his appearance
in the picture. And the opinion is highly
favorable to the star.
The new Mermaid comedy "Duck In"
is the comedy offering that rounds out
The bill.