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New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
No Striving for
Points and Effects

1t is Of this vague, mists stuf Of
ljfe that Miss Akins's play ls made
Edith Fields understands only din1y
and nv degrees the change tnat Bo-
}crrian Paris has wrought in her nus
hand. Julien. Nhst snc is going to DO
about it dawns on her very slowly.
Julien. 100. is victim Of indecisior
who comprehend5 neither his own goa
nor the consequences OF his course
upon his wife.
Suppose, then. that thi- narrative
we're to be interpreted by blunt and
downright methods. The Vagueness
and uncertainty which are honestly
observed aspects of thee struggling
souls would omcrge twisted out Of all
shape and meaning, cr else thes would
appear as incoheront muddlmg On the
part eff The author.
But the author hasn't muddled. she
has merely written with remarkable
precision about muddlod mind And
her play requires the same patiepc''
s,btletv. sensitiveness and oolioers-
ton on the part Of the produce Thicn
she as playwright has already be
slowed on IT, 1t is here that Mr. Hop
kinz's method Of unconscious prolsc-
tion comes 10 her rescue. r. simpa-
iicaton by relaxation, by let-ng ne
story tell itself instead OF strivirs Z oF
points and for effects, the ful. value Of
the play is protected and hc sh.enea.
Confusing gesture and dc'all are
avoided. The helpless eroping O. thess
tragic characters emcrges for wat i
is and casts a poignant spell over ths
audience And thc lightning - so17 c;
their iufrcouent moment Of urder-
standing arc heightened naturally oy
contrast rather than b. artificial
means. The normal. unspoJed. uncon-
scious mind Of the spectator met
half way by the normal, unsroiied' IN
conscious mind OF playwright, actor
designer and producer, and pri-u,
story becomes not strained hour G
make-bclicve. but deep and no'ins
glimpse into the heart Of human life.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Rita Gives Birthday Party

Rita Rogan, six-ycar~old film star,
gave lIo Thoi good luck party on
Wednesday night. Ho Thoi is some
thing like Bilikin, only he holds a
birth stone in his hands, and as Miss
Kogan did not know the birth stone Of
each of her guests abe chose her own,
October, which happens to be an opal,
for the favors
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

closely follows the facts &C Schuoerts
life Nogol, kupelwciser and voH
Schwind. characters in the p's}, were
his dearest friends in those days ~nsn
he was doing his best work whom ne
wrote his masterpiece The Tnfn'shee
Symphony.
"Pcrhsps I shouldn't reVosl this
Mr. Peacock lowered his voice so tns'
. ghost of Schubert might not lear
but in reality Schuber,'s inspiration
for The Unfinished Symphony vas =
noblewoman, not the daughter ot Z
iewelcr Il was the baroness's fa'he'
who prevented q happy culmiastion O.
the composers love afaie. not. as u
the play, feminine intrigue
i have found a work Of love II &c
yeloping this part. J have
Mr. Peacock hesitated Perhaps ne
was listening for his cue: perhaps i
WAS something of the daidence "if'
which he has endowed his character q
Schubert: but. anyway. he finally ssia'
"Maybe it is crazy idea. false NO
ton, but believe that man has nov
cred around nc in spirit do believe
It. My sympathy for him is tsng'p'e
but there is something more. HOW
shah account for il .'
There was chanrc IF tempo. al a.
tcration Of ths tu,e from the queer
littlo orchcstra pat. Bcrtram PeaeoeN
or was it really Franz Schubert
gathered up his fowery bathroee ana
hustled upstairs and into the wings ID
readiness to sing:
"T'ell Me. Daisy"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
TDe Gnoluttml of 4 5tar
arrloln Dalp

Arnold DAILY does not come of stage
family. How did he happen to 90 or
tho stage?
"Bccause Saw so much bad acting"
he answers 81 knew that | could do no
worse" He had tho courage of his con
yictions. His STAGE beginnings were in
deed humble for he was call boy at
the old E-yceum Theater
Mr. DAILY made his debut in "Tho Jolly
SURPRISE With Fanny Rice. That was
in Missoula, Mont, while he was yet in
his teens Al twenty he appeared in
his first Broadway play with Frank
Mayo in "Pudd nhead Wilson" at the
Herald Square Theatcr. After that he
started at quickstep into his career.
He played with Charles Frohman's :
comedians in SELF aud Lady" and then
in because She Loved Him So" "Bar-
b,rn irietchic," "A Fool and His
Money! "I1earts AAamc" and "a Bird
in Cage
In "The Gi,l From Dixie he played
the role Of the Italian. And while
dcins that al night, at a salary Of $3.50
n week. Mr.. DAILY was giving special
matinees of Shaw's "Candida' at the
Madison Square 1hcater, paying the
actors and incidental expenses out OF
his $3.50 Eventually "Candida" took
the public fancy, Daily having still kept
convictions and courage enough to
mortgage his weekly salary in order to
put on Il play, not because he expected
il 10 make money, but because he knew
it was q good play and deserved pro
duction.
If the name of George Bernard Shaw
is in the mouths of American playgoers
it was Arnold Daily who first put il
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

structon Of a play, it seemed to NC,
would mako it the girls story, rathcr T
than the fathers That was why de-
cidcd to have all the action Of the play
take place while Walter Nichols was
Oh the scene. But while the play, ms
gwen. does that, ] had to write lot
Of scenes which aren't used in The play,
and which | knew when | nas writing
them would never be used. It was the
only waY | could get clearly in my own
mind all that happened and make it
possible for me 10 show just how things
locked to Walter Nichols.
"As for the plays I am going to
write, ! hsv.nt much to scv, excert
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

that I am going to write them. I do
not intend to write either comedies or
serious plays, exclusively. I want to
write both"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

''3ow Old are 900 ?" ve asked again,
5ecap>e svo wanted ~ knoss
I've been writing songs for t~cnty
ears." hc an.@erod
hs,d That pakez soa moli, you GER
4'nly aeo't loot y. Ffcr been mar
nd 1@
HsTes. Evsxy ons esya 'tsof~
"s9t yop bsysD4 yss asked epsry
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
PRINCE ALBERT

charge. His sentences are to run con
currently Judge Askren dismissed
The third indictment as faulty. He
was scheduled TO come on trial yes
terdar. Larson's attorneys will ar
peal. it is stated.
3ffft
SOLDIER BECOMES DESPONDENT
COBLENZ. June 15.-CA. P)-Ser-
eeant Lawrence Roberts, fifth infan-
try, L. : A., committed suicide last
night in a fit Of dependency. He
Shot himself in the head.
Roberts home was in Seattle, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
SPORT BULLETINS
ILls RESPECT FOR rTGHTERA

QUINCY. Mass, June 1j.-CA. P)
Jake kilrain, one Of the last of the
prize sladators OF bare fist days.
thinks that the best Of the present day
boxers are as good as the best of the
old school. Discussing the battle be-
tween Dempsey and Carpenter. he
said he is far from regarding it as
child's play in comparison with the
bruising OF his own time
Dempsey is a rugged customer %
he said Carpenter has head on
his shoulders that will help his hands
a lot. Things have changed, how
ever. In my day we were keeping
away from the police. ! notice that
today the police keep the crowds
away from Carpenter"
Klraiu Is now n watchman at a
building plant here.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
CARPENTER WISHES
ODDS WERE 5 TO |
IN DEMPSEY'S FAVOR
Then My Friends Could Get up
All Their Money, He Says;
Frenchman is Confident
RY LAMEs j cORBETT

1 tFormer Worlds Heavyweight Cham
pion written Expressly for the IN
ternational News Service. Copy
right. 1921, by international News
Servicc.)
MANHAssET, l.. T., June I'D
y. s.D--I motored over to George,
Carpenters camp last night from my
home in Bgyside, just a few miles
away to say hello and chat with him
about the big fight.
found the French champion ana
I several Of his campniates enjoying the
| cool Of the evening on the front porch
at Matthews Farm, apparently as cool
and free as though the match with
! Dempsey had moi been made, yet also
! found Georges full Of quick interest
and seemingly eager to talk Of thr
coming scrap.
ine general conversation drifted TO
his chances Of winning from Dempsey
/ He said:
What do you think Of the betting
On the fight. MIR. Corbctt%'
Well | replied, cts two to one or
]
ording to what | hear
/ "But surely" he came back, that
| can make no difference in the fight it.
self. The odds can have nothing to do
with what Dempsey or | will show in
he ring
agreed with him that the odds
| should have no effect on the fight pro-
vided the fighters themselves refused
TO consider them one way or another
II have investigated the records OF
heavyweight championships of the
past" Carpenter continued. Il find
that about eight out Of ten favorites
have been beaten. Your fight with
Sullivan was one instance. What were
he odds against you?'
Sullivan was to / favorite over
me. GEORGES" / said and | can re-
member as though it were yesterday
now many an onloOker at my training
camp said with a convincing nod OF
The head that John L.. would ani-
hilate me-"
And you in turn was fayorite over
'itzs mmons?"
That's right, I answered.
And Fitz in his turn was favorite
over JeffriCs and Johnson was the raw
orite over Willard, at least up TO the
last few hours before the fight after |
most Of the big bets had been placed.
There is one outstanding instance |
where the challenger went into the
ring the favorite, Georges said, and !
that was in the Toledo fight when
Dempsey was generally picked to de-
feat Willard !
THAT was one big instance l an
swercd. "Of coursS there have been
,ther cases but they are not worth
Willie recalling
DO you know, Carpenter said
With smile, Il wish Dempsey was
: TO ! favorite My friends would get
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
WEST HAS STRONG
MEN ENTERED IN
BIG FIELD MEET
Quality Of Northwest Offerings
Makes East Wonder if Hon
ors Will be Carried to Coast.

CHICAGO. June ia. PD-Thc
leading college. track and field stars
OF the country will gather on Stagg
Field Saturday, June rs, TO take part
In the American Olymplcs," the first
meet of the National Collegiate Athlet-
ic Association. The contests will be
the first In this country with real
ly national representation In the
entry lists. according TO the sponsor
ing organization. and eventually will
become an annual event In which the
winners OF all sectional events Will
strive for national honors.
The June IS meet. although It is the
initial effort of the association. will
bring into competition a majority OF
the best individual track men OF the
country Approximately 100 colleges
in all sections will be represented by
about 500 athletes.
Eastern entries probably will be
fewer than those from other sections,
but the scarcity in numbers will be
somewhat offset by the caliber OF the
men who will make the trip west.
Earl Thompson OF Dartmouth, hold
er of the worlds record of OLA 3-j I'm
the 120-yard high hurdles and con
testant In the Olympics, will head tho
list of Eastern stars. The Bukor
twins of Bates one mile and two mile
runners, are expected to give the dis
tance runners OF the Pacific coast. the
south and the central west some real
competition. while Yale. Rochester,
Amherst, Wesleyan and Connecticut
and other eastern schools have signi-
fled their intention OF sending men to
contest with other sectional champi-
ons.
The Pacific coast. which has swept I
everything before II in inter-sectional (
contests this year and has sprung TO I
the front nationally in the athletic .
world. will send men who promise TO /
give the best Of the east, middle west |
and south the strongest opposition |
ever experienced.
The University of Washington has
entered an unusually strong team
which. through its great all around
ability. should be among the leaders
In team scoring. Hurley an 0:o9 As
hundred yard man. and with mark
Of less than O:25 in the how hurles, Is
looked on as one or washington's
best Pope, star of the coast In the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
the national JOY smoke

better odds / would like to see them
get all they CAN The fact that Mr..
Dempsey is favorite makes no differ
ence to me If were favored to WIN
it would be the same. The fight is the
fight and the best man will win il re-
gardless OF the odds. The fact that l
am smaller than the champion is not
worrying me. Smaller men have won
Just as often as the larger ones. Am
| not right"
That's quite true" said l; Il was
mailer than sullivan
And Fitz, he was smaller than
you"
yes. and Dempsey was smaller
much smaller, than Willard
Then it is. what you call history
Georges continued, that size does not
mean anything.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
I I I I I
SELECT REFEREE TOMORROW

NEW YORK, June l5,-CA PD-
tier bout win he selected THURSDAY at
meeting in Jersey City of the mem
bers of the New Jersey state boxing
commission, Promoter Rickard and
the managers of the two boxers.
The probable choice has not been
intimatcd Officially Six prominent
sport authorities, including former
heavyweight champions and newspa-
per writer's. were named as candidates
10 the original Dempsey Carpenter
contract.
The New Jersey state boxing COM
mission howFvcr, has the final say,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
( / / I (
OAKS DROP ONE.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 15.-(A.
PJ--Kochler's muff of high foul in
the second inning was the signal for
a procession Of runs that gave SaCra-
mento yesterdays game over Oak
land, to / putting the Senators
within half a game of the Seals in tn,
league race Two men were out, two
on base, and Cook had three and two
against him when he Knocked out the
foul Koehler dropped the bail and
the Senators then scored five runs.
Fittery got perfect support with four
fast double plays. Sheehan got two
home runs and Compton one.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15

UEES WIN FHOM TIGERS

Los ANGELES, June 15.-tA. PD
Salt Lake won from Vernon, 6 to L..
four singles in the third Inning, net
ting three runs. being the deciding
factors. In the same inning Thurston.
salt Lake pitcher. was struck on the
head by a BAH pitched by Faeth and
was stunned for brief time but re-
covered and finished the game
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15

Prince Albert fs
sold in toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and hcif pound tin
hurnidors and in the
pound crystal glass
hum id or with
sponge n1oisten5T
TOP
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15

CFormer Worlds Heavyweight Cham
pion Written Expressly for the IN
ternational News Service. Copy
right. 1921, by international Newa
SerVicc.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15

weight events, and Pratt and Douglas
both less than so second men in the
44O yard dash, are other Washington
entries.
Jenne, Washington State College,
with a pole vault mark of 10 feet 8
inches, an eighth of an inch under
the worlds record; the best perform
crs from Montana South Dakota, Wy
oming and Oregon will round out the
far vests list of competitors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15
FORMER BANK CHIEF
GETS HEAVY SENTENCE

TACOMA, June 15.-tU. P0-
Ole Larson, former president Of the
defunct Scandinavian American bank.
charged under two indictments with
illegally borrowing money from tho
bank has been sentenced to serve
from three 10 ton wears on each
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-06-15

The KNITTED froc& is the latest for
little women. Like this one, these
dresses are always plain, depending
on the material and weave for or.
namentation. Besides wool as
medium there are the silk wool COM
binations or the. heavy, whole.silk
thread.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22

H. H. Allen and John F. Hesterly made a brief business trip to Bierne this morning.
 Attorney Chas. H. Tompkins went down to the Fl Dorado oil fields this morning on brief business trip
 E. J. Watson, agriculturist of the Prescott & Northwestern Railroad, left this morning on a business trip to Nashville.
 Mrs. l. c. Young of Wheeler Springs, who has been under treat ment at the Park Sanitarium, was removed to her home this morning.
 Miss Verda Robins, student at Ouachita College, at Philadelphia, stopped over in the city this morning en route to Blevins where she will visit Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Harris
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22

$2.50 alarm clock for $1.OO Satur- day at Nelson Jewelry Store. It
 l will sell 3 Pocket Ben Watches at S1.0O each Saturday. Regular price $2.5O. First come, first served. Nelson Jewelry Store. It
 We sell flour for cash, and for less. Stark & East, 113 W. Main St.. Pres colt.
 N. B. Nelson, the jeweler, has pre- pared a novel window display for to- which he advertises as S1.00 window, containing scores of items from his large stock of iewelry. ivory, silverware, etc. The $1.OO sale will be held tomorrow only and only goods in the window will be sold.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

10c dress gingham at Sample Shoe Store.
 Any kind of dress shoe for men can be found at Sample Shoe Store.
 S1.OO sale tomorrow, Saturday only at Nelson Jewelry Store It
 John A. Davis is on business trip to the Fl Dorado oil fields today.
 MT. and Mrs. Dale Denman and Mrs. Carl Hines went to Philadelphia this afternoon to attend the recital of Miss Lula Beth Gee at Henderson Brown College tonight.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22

Sanitary Engineer L. G. Hastings returned this morning from Arka- delphia where he is launching an anti-malaria campaign similar to the one now on in Prescott
 L. o. Harris of Prescott route 1, was in town today and had his name added to the growing list of Nevada News readers. The Nevada News this week contained twelve pages and a complete account of the recent dis astrous cyclone, together with pages of local and foreign news.
 The Prescott Ice Company in erect ing an auxiliary supply station on West Elm street at the rear of Gen try Brothers store, is filling a long felt need of local ice customers. With the supply station in the center of the city, belated ice users can walk only few blocks and secure their ice instead of trudging about mile to the plant in case thier supply van
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22

A person habitually constipated is a shining mark for distase, because his system is full of the impurities on which disease germs thrive. Get rid of the habit quickly by taking Prickly Ash Bitters. It is stimulating and purgative remedy for men. Price SIPS per bottle. Hesterly Drug Store, Special Agents. co d
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22
MEMBER BOARD
 VETERINARY EXAMINERS
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, April Ex-Governor McRae yesterday announced the ap- pointment of Dr. Hubert Shull of Texarkana as a member of the State Board of Veterinary Examiners to succeed Dr. Mays of Fort Smith, whose term had expired.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-04-22

ishes some hot evening. The station will be open at all hours of the day, seven days in the week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-09
North Oak Grove.

Mr.. William Harvey spent Monda,
night at the James Harvey home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawson an,
SON and Mr.. Will Lawson and moth
er spent Sunday at the A. L. Gilmor,
home.
i Mrs. Anna Radford spent Sunda,
with Miss Thelma Sargent.
Little Homer Dean Stephenson wa:
quite i'll Sunday evening.
Everett Evans spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Roy Evans.
Several of this neighborhood were
entertained at the D. w. Bowman
home Saturday night.
Irene Jones spent a few days last
week with her cousin, Maybelle
Cumpton.
Mrs. J. M. Evans and daughter,
Viola, were shopping in Montrose
Tuesday.
Ruby and Wesley Nickel, of Gin
ton spent few days last week with
their grandmother, Mrs. Lawson.
MIR. John Sutherland spent Sunday
with his parents.
Miss Marie Sproul is spending the
week with Miss Viola Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Hedrick are
visiting at the Clara Bachelor home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Sargent spent
Monday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Harvey.
Viola and Archie Evans entertained
the following young folks at their
home Sunday: Misses Marie Sproul,
Mable Sutherland Edna Gilmore,
Ruby Anderson. Ruth Sutherland,
Mrs. John Sutherland, Mrs. Reuben
Shillinger, Messrs. Harry Suther-
land, Everett and Ira Phinney, Clar-
cnce Bowman, Raymond James, Gus
sic Dennis, Bruce Sutherland, c. B.
Lawson and Reuben Shillinger.
Wilbur Lawson called on Floyd
Evans Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Odneal and
sons Sundayed at the Harvey home.
Misses Leona and Ruby Huntsman
of Butler are spending the week with
relatives.
Preaching at Pleasant Home was
we'll attended.
Mr.. Will Wigger returned from
Springfield Friday, where he has been
spending few days with his wife,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-09
That the Atlas Portland Cement

That the Atlas Portland Cement
company which apparently controls
the price on cement in Missouri from
its plant at Hannibal, paid dividend
of so per cent on its common stock
in December, 1920, was revealed in
testimony before Commissioner
Shackleford in the investigation be-.
ing conducted by Atty. Gen. Jesse w.
Barrett. D. H. Mcfarland, of Chi
cago, assistant to the president of
the company testified about the divl-
dend paid by the company.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-06-09
HUNDREDS KILLED IN
FLOODS
Pueblo. Colorado, Under Martial
Law Following Destruction
by Floods,

Pueblo, COL, June 1.-The loss O
life from the great flood, which cam,
rushing upon tn city of Pueblo from
the overflowing Of the Arkansas ane
Fountain rivers last night, at IA.
O'Clock this afternoon was variously
estimated between 1900 and 5000
| persons.
The property loss will exceed II
million dollars, according to estimate:
made at this-hour.
At 4 o'clock this morning the Foun.
tain River had washed out all bridges
uprooted tracks, railroad and trolley
and h-d made wire communication
out of Pueblo impossible.
When the flood began to recede to.
day the great damage WAS disclosed.
Hundreds of families left every
thing they had in their mad escape
from the onrushing waters.
Identification of the dead is a slow
process just now.
Water to depth of six feet flood.
ed practically all of the important
business and financial houses of the
city.
One grain house here reports a loss
OF $4,000. The Armour Packing
Company's local plant was practi-
cally destroyed. All of the fires that
were burning at daylight have been
extinguished.
The loss of life was due to the fact
that the people did not take warn
ing.
Colorado Springs, Col, June A.
The devastation wrought by fire and
flood at Pueblo last night and this
morning is beyond description. ac-
cording to c. S. Railsback, special
agent of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Re railway there. MIR. Rails
back made his way to Colorado
Springs at 2 o'clock this afternoon on
a Santa Fe motor car in an effort
to get into communication with La
Junta over the Union Pacific wires to
order relief train to Pueblo.
Hundreds of lives were lost and
millions of dollars in property de-
stroyed,' said Railsback. "The main
business district of the city is wiped
out by fire and water and it probably
never will be known how many hun
dreds of neople persisted.
Entire resident districts in sever
al of the lowlands were wiped out.
l spent the night, with hundreds of |
other men, rescuing women and chill
dren from the flood and my mind is |
SO befuddled that. can hardly talk
about the thing. 1t was horrible be-
yond description.
Il saw several cheap frame room
ing houses topple over and plunge
into the torrent, each filled with
women and children. The
Icene was sickening."
Mr.. Railsback hid At one time
here was fifteen feet Of water rush.
nc through the Santa Re yards.
Fires broke OFT I'll over the city,
V sad, not only IN the business Dis
Ticts. bot h many Of the eesi1eneeI
Iectioaa The largest business hoaeesI
4 tie city, ioeled1ng the III bonhn. !