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The Washington times., 1920-04-27

Out OF the clap trap OF innuendoed
farce, unmusical musical comedy. and
badly acted. poorly casted drama
comes Dorothy Dixie Lee q play
that Is redolent OF the old Southland
and as sweet as the breath OF mag
nolis blossoms.
Just imagine a girl In her early
teens, who because OF the rancor OF
an old uncle. has never been on her
plantation in Rappahannock county
Va, who has never seen an sutomo-
bile, or talked through a telephone,
whose only fiction characters were
Pendennis and Becky Sharpe, ct ais,
and whose knowledge Of the world
ends with the year 1856, coming to
New York.
That is the plot of the play. Dixie
arrives clad in hoop skirts accom-
panied by her black nanny and her
houn' dog, John Henry. The char
acter OF the girl is, OF course. exag-
gerated, but IL was done with no In
tention of ridicule, merely to create
comedy. or course, II was written
for Broadway consumption, and 1t Is
needless to say win be more success
full there than II would in Richmond
or Birmingham.
EDWARD Locke mas Writtcn thc play
well. and George Marion has staged
II equally well Higher praise would
be superfiuous- A fairly ordinary plot
has been SO handled that IL Is full of
charm and laughter. and Is altogether
delicious.
Dixie for q moment finds herself
parentless In the eyes OF the law, and
bids fair to lose her estate, and IL Is
through the efforts of century-old
black servant that the Missing will is
discovered in the binding Of sold Mas
sa's writin' book"
The cast is all that could be de-
sired. 1t is well balanced. the dialect
Is extraordinarily good. and the act
ors seem to live their parts rather
than act them by rule or rote-
Edith Taliaferro tTolliver, of
course, anywhere south OF The Line)
plays the part or the little unrecon-
structed rebel who SO soon imbibes
the spirit Of New York. even to suf-
fering q he-dressmaker She is alto
gether enjoyable. and acquits herself
exceedingly well. both In the many
moments of comedy. and the fewer
minutes when a dramatic touch is re-
quired.
George Marion As the old slave
Zach gave as fine a piece OF acting as
has been the lot OF Washingtonians
to see in a long, long time. and Lu-
cile LaVerne. who takes the role of
the old mamIb IS. is perfect. She talks
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
BEST TIME TO
GAIN new FLESH
Those Who Are Thin and
Pale Should Take Father
Johns Medicine Now.

Experts agree
that this is the
best season of
the year to
build up the
strength a n d
w G e h { that
has been lost
d u r / n & the
w | n [ e r. Fa-
ther J o h n s
NJ G q j c 1 n c
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
B. F. KEITH'S.
Diversified Bill Has
Many Good Acts.

or to a poor start. the bill at E.
+. Keith's this week livens up tre-
mendously throughout that part
usually punctured by the intermis-
sion, and then dies away again to
a tame finish. But all the same. that
part which embraces the really good
acts Is so good that the level of the
entire show is raised to the quality
OF a fine bill.
Though Joseph Santley and Ivy
Sawyer's "Bits and Pieces" is billed
as the headline act, Miss Juliet, with
her One-Girl Revue easily walks
away with the popular honors This
lady. an adept mimic and an imper.
senator of unequalled talents, pre-
sents an act that last night actually,
as we'll as figuratively, stopped the
show. She was recalled so many
times that when she finally left the
stage for good there was no more
time for intermission. Starting OFF az
Just herself Miss Juliet gave her i'm
preston of a young lady behind a
department book store counter and
then launched into a series of imi-
tations of prominent stage stars that
included Ethel Barrymore, Eddie
Foy, Sam Bernard, Louis Mann. Irene
Bordoni, Harry Lauder, Pat Rooney,
Belle Baker, Eva Tanguay. Nora
Bayes, Mrs. Fiske, Eddie Leonard,
Jack Norworth, and goodness knows
who else. And she did 'em so well
that we even believe she could give
pretty seemly duplication of Mr..
Hampdens Hamlet, IL she chose.
The Santley-Sawyer act was n
richly elaborate diversion OF some
length that for lighting effects and
stunts" surpassed any act that's been
seen AT Keith's recently. The songs,
adaptations Of popular successes
from current plays. were excellent
and we'll smnE. danced and done hy
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
THE CAST.

Imagine q handsome young chap
with a figure like a Greek God and
with a superabundance of youthful
enthusiasm inheriting from his de-
ceased aunt a girls boarding school!
And imagine that chap taking over
active control of the school. injecting
modern jazz methods. and establish-
ing HIS horde Of pals as professors!
Such Is the unusual nucleus around
which the plot OF "The Charm School,
IS built. 1t Is a refreshing play be-
cause IL Is out Of the ordinary. Its
theme is rather unusual and Its de-
velopment Is skillful. The play IL
Just chock full OF truly laughable
comedy of q wholesome type, and the
three acts are pervaded by a sustain.
ed enthusiasm that rivets the inter-
est and makes the time fit by at
an amazing rate.
Austin BevAns, the youth who Is
left the boarding school. believes
that girls should not be taught Latin.
Greek, mathematics. and other sub
jects that are of no practical value.
but rather should be instructed in
looking pretty. dressing well, talking
sweet and low. acquiring poise and
charm and all those other qualities
that will make men fall for them.
and that therefore will make the girls
valuable in the marriage market.
Bevans' theory may have been all
right, but he failed to consider the
effect OF setting loose a flock of
young teachers in girls school. The
dancing teacher and the athletics in
structor begin taking one OF the
girls to the movies: the bookkeeping
teacher keeps writing II love you" to
one of the girls on her corrected
IL. ~ fol in
love with Bevans and frankly tells
him that she Is wildly and desperate
ly smitten.
But all ends happily. with Bevans
hugging and kissing the girl who
loved him so wildly. The little girl.
in her wild love-making, had driven
two lady visiters away from the
school. had made Bevans quarrel with
his best friend, and had wrecked the
reputation OF the school-but, as
Bevans remarks, "By Jove! she has
got charm"
Sam Hardy as Bevans. is handsome
enough to make the girls go wild
over him. In his poise. his manner,
his naturalness, he shows himself
finished actor. Marie Carroll, who is
we'll remembered by those who
patronized the Poll Stock Company
lew years d6Oi 10 'hoih q" '"N
role of Elsie .Benedotti, the cute,
dainty little girl who falls in love
with Bevans and so naively informs
him OF the fact.
Blyth DAILY is laughable in the role
of Sally Boyd, plain spoken sort of
tom-boy. who is fond of making
speeches and going to the movies. Neil
Martin. is excellent in the part of Jim
Simpkins, a silly youth with a green
necktie and a soto voice who shakes
a shifty shoe and finally lands job
as dancing teacher at the school.
These are the outstanding figures in
a cast which, though long, is good in
its entirety.
In the second act Miss Carroll, aid
ed by the other girls, sings an en-
chanting little song. when ! Get My
Man" that adds a delightful touch to
the play. While her voice is not
strong, she injects into the song a
spirit that compensates for any
w. B.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
GARRICK.
Dorothy Dixie Lee" Is
Breath of Southland.

Dorothy Dixie Lee a play sin
three acts by Edward Locke. staged
by George Marion, and presented by
a notable east, opened a weeks en-
gagement at the Garrick last night
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
CALLAHAN ON "HATCHET."

The Hatchet, weekly student pub
lication at George Washington Uni
versity, has announced the appoint
ment of Vincent f. Callahan. local
newspaperman. as editorial cores
pondent.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
Free Instructions in Embroidery and Art Needlework
. -. Here This Week

heard of the wonderful opportunity to learn
a needework LansburghS this week?
MRS BROWNE who has wide reputation for being the foremost
of the
complete display of the attativ finished models
canal
ansbursh& & Brother
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

is best for this purpose because il is
made OF pure and wholesome food
elements which strengthen and build
up those who are weak and run down
and these food elements are easily
taken into the system. No alcohol or
dangerous drugs.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
Prohibition
 Agent Charged With Whiskey Running"
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MARQUETTE, Mich, Oct. 13. - John E. Fillion, federal prohibition agent working under Group Chief Leo J. Grove, who made liquor seiz- ures that resulted in the rum re- bellion'' at Iron River early in the year, was arrested today on a feder- al warrant charging him with mal- feasance in office and the illegal transportation of whisky. He was arraigned before United States Com missioner H. B. Hatch and released cn $2000 bonds.
 Fillion's arrest followed state ments said to have been made by Anton Varda of Hurley. Wis. that Fillion was one of A whisky runners who attempted to smuggle thousands of dollars worth of liquor into Hur- ley from Milwaukee with 22 automo- piles. five of which were captured.
 Varda, whose companion, John Mitchell, was killed in an attempt to evade capture by Groves men, charges Fllion double crossed the whisky runners by leading them in to the group of federal agents camped on the road near Hurley waiting the arrival of the caravan.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
LABOR CANDIDATE .SLAPS AT COURTS
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ROCK ISLAND, H., Oct. 13.-A Re publican victory in November and Harding's subsequent appointments to fill four vacancies on the supreme court bench would be knockout blow to those working for social reconstruc- tion through political action, Farley P. Christensen. farmer-labor candidate for president, declared tonight in an address.
 Mentioning the life tenure of su- preme court judges, he said:
 Cater to interests
 "The man wfc thus votes for Hard ing or for Cox is not only committing the country to Wall Street for four years, but he is committing the coun- try to the interests of special privi- leges for the life of these supreme judges to be chosen by the successful candidates.
 What is going to hatpen with the courts acting as the mouthpiece of Wall Street? What happened when Chief Justice Fancy upheld slavery in the days before the Civil war?
 Capitalists Are Blamed
 "I do not mean to intimate that revolution would follow Harding's election, but I do maintain that once a court is constituted to overturn the will of the people, they are inevitably led to other means of redress"
 MT. Christensen referred to the ac- tion of the courts in remanding to prison a number of MinneFc;a ana Kansas labor leaders, "at the behest of the bloated financial interests" as lone of the greatest menaces dangling
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
Sam. Gompers Says
 Never Promised to Deliver Labor Vote
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BALTIMORE, Oct. 13.-In an ad- dress today before the convention of the International Brotherhood of Book Binders, Samuel Gompers de- nied reports that he could deliver the labor vote to the Democratic party" and said no. person ever heard such an utterance coming from him.
 MT Gompers said that he owed all legiance to no political party, that he was partisan to principles and labor. We are not Bolsheviki.' " continued MT. Gompers. nor have we our hands on the throat of our government. We purpose to exer- else our right solely as American citizens. @'tl
 'I co,ntrol only one vote and that vote is my own. I can only align myself against the man who has Aligned himself with the reaction ary interests and against the inter- ests of the working people. l am going to urge all I can not to cast their vote for Harding and that pol.ce-baiter Coolidge, but for Cox and Roosevelt"
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
4 BANDITS. BANK

OAKLAND. Caiif., Oct. IS. = Posses from half "a dozen central California counties were search ing the Oakland foothills tonight for four armed bandits who rob- bed the Alameda County bank of Aivarado, 25 miles east of here, of S25,000 in cash today after shoot ing August H. May, president of the institution, probably fatally.
 Shortly beforel noon when Pres ident May and two employees were alone in the bank three of the ban dts, two unmasked, rushed into the institution while a fourth stood on guard outside near a war; ing automobile. THe two em- ployes, Mrs. c. M. Anderson, book keeper, and p. A. Lydecker, as sistant cashier, were backed into vault and when May protected he was shot twice, Mrs. Anderson saId. He was thrown into the vault and the door was closed but not locked. The bandits cleared the counter and all unlocked tiIIs of cash and escaped in the auto- mobile.
 A prospective depositor entering the bank some time later reIeas- ed Mrs. Anderson and Lydecker.
 AlVarado is a settlement of ap- proximateIy 200 persons in the foothills east or Oakland. The authorities said it would be diff cult for the bandits to evade cap ture in the open, rolling country.
 The extent of the banks loss was announced originally as $5O,- 900 but investigation of the rob- bery reduced this to S25,ooo.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
HE FORGOT HE WAS
 REALLY MARRIED

LONDON, Oct 13.-A man who had forgotten that he had married his wife appeared in court when his wife applied for maintenance order.
 Mary Ann Ring claimed she married John Henry Ring when he was on trip home from the front during the war.
 He says he has no recollection of marrying you,' the court told the wife.
 He must have forgotten" re- piled Mary Ring. and she produced the marriage license.
 Ring took look at it and ad- mftted that he must be wrong"
 Then the court ordered him to pay his wife certain sum every week.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
CHINA'S REVOLUTIONS ARE
 BLOODLESS, SAYS SIR ADDS

tional capacity for self government, with a standard of rectltude\< .ep'-, rooted In the belief that right is might.
 He asserted, however, that the high hopes were enteytained when China became a republic are not being full filled, explaining that the three par ties which have been in power have failed to provire a working constitU- ton.
 China, politically, can only be safe by her own exertion1" he declared. "The utmost this consertium can do is to assist her efforts and initiative. By the. e.contemplated action of the con- sortium, however. China can reduce her excessive military forces, which now absorb one-fourth of the country's revenue"
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
FRENCH COMP ANY
 DEF|ES SHIPPERS
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S. - Chair man Benson of the shipping board an nounced tonight that American and foreign shipping lines had agreed to go the limit in reducing freight rates to meet the competition of the French line which has refused to enter a con- ference with lines of other nations for stablizing rates.
 Must Play Fair
 War to the knife" will result, the chairman said, unless the French line plays fairly with the conference and joins in maintaining rates on the At lantic.
 Action was taken on unanimous de- cision of the conference 10 break rates, the chairman explained, when the French line notified brokers that it would take freight at rates under all the other lines. Both shipping board operators and private American owners are members of the conference the chairman said.
 Order Rates Cut
 Rate cutting has been ordered on all the services where the French line is established. These include ports of the entire seaboard of the United States-North Atlantic, South Allan tic and gulf ports-French ports and Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremen.
 Every effort had been made to in- duce the French line to maintain rates established by the conference, Admiral Benson said, adding that it was with reluctance that An erican and other shipping interests had decided upon the retaliatory step.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
WIFE SLAYER HANGS TODAY

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Only two out of the eight men originally sentenced to be hanged in Cook county tomorrow morning will die on the gallows at the ap- pointed hour as the result of two eleventh hour reprieves granted by Governor Lowden to- day. The others have been saved by reprieves, commuta- tiors and writs of supersedeas.
 The latest reprieves granted were to Arthur Haensel, convict ed Of wife murder, and Nicholas Viana, sentenced for the murder of saloon keeper. The 'two who will face the eXecutioner are John Henry Reese, negrot convicted of wife murder, and Frank Campione, found guilty of killing a saloon keeper.
 Viana and Haensel will be hanged November 19 unless fur ther action is taken by Governor Lowden.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
(Assoeiated Prsss L,s.<d Wvsl

(Assoe;ated Prsss Lss.<d Wvsi NIEW YORK, Oct. 13.-China's rev. " oIuTTons are bIoodless and must not be eauged by internal disorders in Europe, according to Sir Charles Ed- dis, head of the group of British bank CTS who are conferring here with rep resentatives of the United States, France and Japan on an international consortium for the. economic advance ment of China.
 Sir Charles spoke at luncheon at a time when dispatches from Shanghai brought rumors of overthrow of the Pekin government and proclamation of a monarchy.
 The British representative, who is head of the Hong Kong-Shanghai bank of London, characterized the Chinese as a people distinguished with na-
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
SAYS CHICAGO OPERATING
 BIGGEST GAMBLING HELL"

Chicago board of trade. By comPari- son, Europe's suicide club at Monte Carlo is as innocent and innocuous as church bazaar,
 Several weeks ago, l began work on a measure to abolish this injurious form of robbery and shall shoot this bill in on the first day Of the next congress and will undertake % put this den of thieves out of business
 Since July IS when trading in fu- lures was resumed, the Kansas sena- tor declared that grain spectators have sold or oversold this years crop five Or six times. Only about 1 per cent of the trading in futures Is bonafide transaction for actual deliV- cry, he asserted.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14

(Lssoeiafsd Prsss Leased WVsJ SMiTH CENTER, kan., Oct. 13- ID An ounce more bread to the loaf at the old price is what the consumer is now offered for the seos, 500, 900 loss the "Chcaeo Wheat gamblers" have caused the American wheat raiser in the last two months, by gambling in futures" United States Senators Ar thur capper declared in an address to- night.
 "Years ago." he said, "the people demanded the suspension of the Louis jana lottery, but today, under the cloak of business responsibility we are permitting the biggest gambling hell in the world to be operated on the
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
AYERS WILSON THREATENED ID USE US. FORCES
 TO KEEP PEACE
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 MANCHESTER, NH, Oct. 13.
 President Wilson, in speech
 at the peace conference already
 subject of widely published con-
 troversy between him and Sena-
 tor Spencer of Missouri, declared
 "that if any covenants of this set
 clement are not observed, the
 United States will send her
 armies and navies to see that they
 are observed" Senator Borah of
 Idaho asserted in an address here
 tonight.
 "The controversy between Senator Spencer and the president has been said Senator Borah, mot so much because it may illustrate the fallibility of memory but because it shows how this league looks when you begin to view it in its practical workings. The moment you descend from ue opalescent empyrean of the ories to the world of concrete things it looks altogether different. So long
 
 on paper and dwell in the world of rhetoric everything seems well.
 League "Autocratic"
 But, when you get down to the actual workings of the league, it seems harsh and autocratic and al- together objectionable. When they tell us that the league will bring peace, everybody wants peace and so favors the league. But when you turn from theory to fact and see it obligates us to send our boys across the sea, our army and navy, it creates an uproar of disapproval and hastens explanation and denials. Yet that is precisely what the league in it's prac- tical workings means.
 There are two things stated in the speech President Wilson put out as authoritative, which sustain every charge we have ever made against this gigantic autocracy based on force. The first statement reads as follows:
 To Maintain Decisions
 And back of that lies the funda- menta land important fact that when the decisions are made the allied and associated powers guarantee to main tain them.' How are you going to maintain them except by sending the army and navy. across the sea We have first the solemn guarantee of the allied and associated powers to
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Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
SEARCH FOR GOLD
 IN SEA IS FIZZLE

LONDON, Oct. 13. - H. M. s. Racer, the Admiralty salvage ship, has concluded her operations for this year in connection with the recovery of bullion from the auxil- iary cruiser Laurentic, mined m 1917, on her way to America with gold ingOts. Results have been disappointing and little metal re- covered Operations will be re- stunned next spring.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
HARDING TELLS. SOUTH LEAGUE. PACT FULL OF. "AMBIGU|T|ES"
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Oct
 13.-To the voters of the Dem- ocratic south Senator Hardinu
 tonight addressed an appeal for
 earnest consideration of Repub-
 lican principles and gave a z promise that Republican success in the election would mean "the
 same policy of helpful protec-
 tion to all American production,
 north or south"
 In speech at the auditorium here he suggested diversified politics" as the thing required to remove the last trace of sectional misunder- standing, and said that his party had no policy for one section that it did not preach for all sections alike.
 Attacks Democratic Party
 The Democratic party he attacked for it's conduct of affairs both at home and abroad. President Wilson he said, repeatedly had dictated to congress, even at the expense of vii plating pledges of his own party platform, and finally had attempted to force acceptance of the league of nations covenant by deprving the senate of it's constitutional powers.
 An ambiguity in the federal con- stitution, he said, had been respon- sible for the Civil War and he voic- ed a hope that no similar catastro- phe would be courted by accepting league covenant containing a score of antiquities"
 Sees Misunderstanding
 Looking back now in the concord of unson.'' he said, i've note no diff ference in patriotic love of country. north or south; rather misunder- standing as to the meaning of it. It little matters now about grievances about early difficulties about the embittered disappointments. The supreme fact is that we are reunited.
 "Au that north and south ever needed was understanding with one another. We have that understand ing now.
 s'We are not wholly of one mind en our party devotion, but 1t will be grand day for America when our partisan difficulties are buried in the concord of new understanding If Republican policies are good Tor the north, they deserve the earnest consideration of the south.
 Only Historical Memory
 Highways of steel, improved roads and avenues of exchanging
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Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-14
'PON, MY WORD, HOW
 EXTRAORDINARY!

JEFFERSON. Ind, Oct. 13. - When Mrs. Eliza J. Gillespie, 39. married Ambrose Bierly. 43, 1t marked another chapter in a com- |plicated matrimonial course. They had been married to each ether before. when she became Bieriy's third wife and he at that time De- came her second husband. She has just divorced George l.. Giles pie. She was Gillespie's fifth wife, four others having died.