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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
GALVA SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER s
Especial Correspondence.)

N0FSOak<1 UT xCSPo11uOHIS.J
Galva, Aug. 12.-Registration
tests for admission into the Galva
community high school will be held
Saturday, Aug. rs, commencing at
> O'Clock a. IN. The public schools
In this city will formally open for
the 1929 school year work on
Tuesday. Sept 5. Fhs corps of
teachers that will be employed at
both the high and grade schools is
now being selected.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
DIR. G. S. YOUNG TO
ATTEND CLINICS
ATIOWAH HOSPITAL
(Special CORRESPONDENCE

V0pcCI6I VOI I6SPOHueHCe.J
Geneseo, Aug. 12.-Dr. and Mrs.
Charles S. Young and daughters,
Annette and Elizabeth, departed D.
an automobile trip yesterday after
noon. They will first go to Iowa
City, Iowa, to visit with their son,
Worling, who is attending the sum
mer school at the University OF
Iowa. DR.. Young will attend clinics
at the state hospital while there.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
VISIT IN IOWA.

VSpeCiaI Correspondence
Cambridge, Aug. III. E. Cas-
ten and family left today for Morn
ing Sun, Iowa. for a visit with rela-
tives and friends. They will make
the trip by automobile.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
MEN ARE GUESTS
OF BOSTON CLUB
Especial CORRESPONDENTS,

New Boston, Aug. 12.-Members
OF the G. F. of A. entertained their
husbands and gentlemen friends at
picnic luncheon Thursday evening
at Bay View park. After luncheon
dancing became the outstanding
feature Of the evening. At 9
o'clock the IS people present de-
parted for their homes. feeling that
an evening had passed that would
long be remembered.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-12
HOUSE SHORTAGES
is NOT WORRYING
CITY OF MONMOUTH
SPECIAL COrrespopdence.

especial Correspondence
Monmouth, Aug. 12.-According
to . report Of the housing commit
tee Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
the much talked Of dwelling house
shortage here does not exist. With
ing lots available and
Eager to start work but
sts for new homes were
the committee.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

aroused public interest, and succeeded In
getting the trials reestablished.
England has supplemented its religious
holidays with several others that are
known as bank holidays. That which falls
In August is observed as Fitch Day in
Dunmow, and there hundreds of visitors
repair to see the couples claim the prize.
Six girls and six bachelors form the iury
Judge and opposing counsel completing
the court.
After the humorous procedure, the cou.
PIES are carried In chairs to the traditional
spot where Sir Robert and his comeIy
bride received their anniversary gift
There they renew their protestations OF
mutual love and fidelity and receive the
ancient sentence:
Since to these conditions, without any
fear,
OF your own accord you do freely swear.
A whole CANNON Of bacon you do receive
And bear 1t away with love and good leave:
For this Is the custom of Dunmow well
known,
Though the pleasure be ours, the bacon's
your own.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25
Bacon Prize for Newly WEEDS

TN the days of King John young Eng
fish baronet went to the little town
Of Dunmow in Essex. where, In dis
guise as country pumpkin. he wooed and
won peasant. For year and day
they lived a frugal, industrious life and
then, having proved her worthy. the young
husband declared his wealth and noble
birth. Leading his wife to the old priory.
Sir Robert Fitzwalter craved the abbot's
forgiveness for his ruse, and his blessing.
The abbot gladly bestowed his blessing
and gave Sir Robert fitch Of bacon.
Sir Robert was SO delighted that In true
medieval style he exclaimed by his halidom
he would make 1t worth the abbot's while
to present fitches of bacon to every couple
who lived happily together for a year and
day. Thereupon he endowed the abbey
with many acres of fair Essex land.
For several centuries the quaint fitch
of bacon trials thus additionally estab-
lished were occasionally observed. In the
middle of the last century young writer
introduced the fitch trial into q novel,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

much. She had learned that the open
field for extras is not as open as 1t ap-
peared to be; that casting directors are
in the habit of choosing again and again
persons whom they know and are used to;
that in most of the studios, as is entirely
natural, the relatives of employees have
the first call, provided they meet the re-
quirements; that many studios have their
own small salaried stock" actors, who
play most of the bits; that il an extra
woman has not specially interesting per-
sonality she may go ten weeks without
earning single dollar; that the chance Of
any one in mob scene catching the direc-
tors eye is slim; that the average picture
has only eight or ten acting parts at the
most and the average extra has no more
chance of ever getting part in Hollywood
than he has Of taking Caruso's place at
the Metropolitan.
And how fares amid this establishment
the day dreaming middle Western belle
who went to Hollywood to improve the
movies? do not know. Hers is merely
typical case, set forth from what 1
learned of many cases. The chances Of
her name ever appearing in electric lights
are at least 90 to / against her. She may
keep on and settle down as an extra, aver
aging perhaps $25 week. She may
swallow her pride and 60 home. She may
join the innumerable company of picture
failures with picture faces crowding one
another for Jobs in the stores and shops Of
California. Or she may disappear alto
gether from her accustomed walks. Some
of the girls who look like Mary Pickford"
do that, too.
Zone Of the most distressing facts" said
Miss Hunter, the finely poised director of
the Studio Club, "is that so many Of the
girls who come here have parents or
brothers and sisters to support. They ex-
pect to earn large salaries quickly and
you can imagine the worry when they find
that perhaps they can't earn anything at
all. II they fail It is sometimes because
they want the home folks to think they
had made good here, sometimes because 1t
helps them to make good"
Found Less Viciousness
Than in Other Places
Having heard that good many movie
girls had had experiences with evil direc-
tors asked Miss Hunter what conclusion
she had come to on this point.
Before came to Hollywood" she said,
II worked among girls in large cities.
have found less viciousness here than else
where. Some Of the men In the motion
picture industry do present problem, but
The New York Herald
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

not more 80 than some Of the men in de-
partment stores or factories. know OF
men here who have worked themselves
into places of power in studios and who use
that power to block the progress Of girls
who are not complaisant l know of girls
who have revolted and have left Hollywood
for this reason. But these instances are
exceptional.
Il could name many girls Of my acquaint-
ance who have reached the top without
ever having heard disagreeable proposal.
1t ought to be noted that William Desmond
Taylor, the director who was murdered,
had fine reputation among the girls He
was quiet, courteous, patient. He did not
fool the girls with careless fattery, as
some directors do, but If girl was able to
see him personally he gave sensible en-
couragement IL he thought 1t deserved. /
have talked with many girls and never
heard one of them say word against
him"
/ put the same question to John H.
Pelletier, director of the Morals Efficiency
Association of Southern California. which
functions like the Committee of Fourteen
in New York in reporting vice.
only small percentage of girls who go
to the studios meet Objectionable treat
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

tnat the climate of California, though
saiubrious. is not nutritious.
She Is inspirited by the few in
stances she hears of quick success in
the midst of failure or plodding. A
friend at the Studio Club tells her Of
zasu Pitts. Mrs Pitts brought her
daughter to the Studio Club from
Santa Cruz. She was a timid country,
small town girl, without training or
obvious ability. She registered as an
extra. Very soon fortune placed her in
Mary Pickford's company. filming 1.-THE
Poor Little Rich Girl" She developed
personality. Directors gave her small
parts and she acquitted herself well, never
ceasing meanwhile to study the difficult
technique. In less than three years she
was star. That was very rapid ascent.
Then our small town girl hears the story
Of Lois Lee, another graduate OF the Studio
Club. A magazine beauty contest lifted her
from obscurity, but 1t happened that Lois
Lee. unlike most of the prodigies thus dis
covered, had common sense as well as
beauty. As the prize winner she played
a lead without experience. When the
picture was finished she astonished the
director by insisting on tossing away what
ever prestige this might have given her
and beginning at the bottom as an extra
She had brains enough 20 see that she
didn't know anything about acting and
humility enough to be willing to do mob
scenes In order to learn. She worked up
through and is now playing leads again.
Left Desk for Screen,
But Went Back Again
Another Studio Club girl quit first class
stenographic job at $35 week for the lure
Of the movies. She was pretty, q good
dancer mad about acting" a girl from
whom the uninitiated would expect rapid
progress. She went to work as an extra
and also did small bits. The very first
week she was busy every day and made
$50. She CHANGED to be exactly the type
a director had been looking for for GER
tain sequence Of scenes. But her pros.
perity ended with the sequence.
During the next three weeks she earned
nothing. She kept an exact account. In
three months she received $40. That was
Just what she had earned in one month as
q stenographer. She discovered that she
was not an actress and that the pictures
requiring girl of her type were few and
far between. She returned to her pothooks
and typewriter and lived happily ever after.
Her brief experience had taught her
f,novrtott hv
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

her parents and had her taken home, but
at last report she was planning another
sortfe and the star was about to retreat
to Honolulu.
Rupert Hughes, who returned to Holly
wood while was there, says most Of the
gossip about the movie people and their
customs is poppycock.
1--WE been on the lot two years." he as
sured me, land never have even seen
woman kissed, except as called for by the
script. have never seen drunken man.
have never seen any soliciting in the
streets. Hollywood Ia Just as clean as any
theological seminary, and any other state
ment befouls the man who makes II. I
have had Jobs to offer, careers to make.
No woman has as much as limited to me
that she was willing to grant favors to
get along. These matters aside, let the
public keep in mind the words of Ian Mac
Laren: Be pitiful, because everybody's
having hard fight"
To this may be added the observation
Of one who has watched Hollywood from
its romper days and sees 1t now adolescent
but growing up:
bad has been mixed with the good here
and man is fool to deny It, But the big
question is. Who is molding the movies.
the rotten producer, the rotten director. the
rotten actor? Or y It the decent people
with an adequate set of ideals which they
don't bother to say much about? To me
It is the latter. To me the movies are not
the Arbuckles, but the Fairbankses, the
Mary Pickfords, the Bill Harris, the Charley
Rays. the Conrad Nagels, the Will Rogerses.
the Harold Lloyds-scores of others, the
finest in the world, setting an example Of
good acting and good citizenship"
10 be Continued
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

opinion the baby doll phase is passing,
and more and more the screen is demand
Ing real actors and actresses"
Our small town belle has a sudden
ends his disquisition.
what" she says. happened to Ira
vesta Turbina, the girl who won the prize
in that beauty contest and got starring
engagement for five. weeks at $500 week."
They paid her the money all right"
the friendly cynic makes reply. "As for
the rest. she had no more brains than a
snail. They made few long shots Of her
and then doubled her with woman who
car, act. They told Travesta she could
hang around and get movie education II
she wanted to. She did for while, but as
nobody paid any attention to her she
gathered up her $4,000 and left Hollywood
to worry along as best 1t could. It was
just an advertising stunt for the studio
and the paper that ran the contest. Few
studios do it."
The small town belle is not discouraged
yet. As the telephone never rings. she
takes to making the rounds Of the studios
every day. She finds them cheerful enough.
She wonders sometimes II 1t wouldn't be
better for her IL they were harsher.
Cant use you Just now. but come again."
the assistant casting director says. He
really means It, after fashion, for the
girl Is not hopeless; she dresses well:
her obdurate parents have relented to the
extent Of sending her money, realizing that
II will take some time to effect cure and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25
Girl Enamored of Star
Haunted Him to Death

Ing tOrlOrn HidlueHS anu carry
ing them of in a rakish roadster
over winding, perilous mountain
trails. Her ambition pointed not
toward art but toward the hero.
Barred from the studios, she
climbed ten foot fences to get
at him. Driving home at night.
he found her hiding in his car.
When he walked in his garden,
she materialized from vines and
shrubbery. AS this actor has a
wife and children and is a mild
and prosaic citizen when not
skyhooting before the camera.
the attentions Of the runaway
girl from the East embarrassed
him not q little. He sent for
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-25

i, nrent,- he SAID Personally / know OF
only one instance. The morally irresponsi-
bic director is a marked man. Also marked
As the type of woman who is willing to
oolige director in any way in order to
break into the movies. The producers are
more careful than they used to be in
keeping out directors and women Of those
types. But you could render service by
publishing this warning to mothers. This
city is no place for q girl to come to with
out money or without relatives or friends
here any more than is New York"
Another expert view: Don't forget that
the pictures have attracted here half baked
girls and boys from everywhere. The
worst menace is not the director or the
girl or the camera roughneck or any Of the
others you've heard about, but the aristo-
cratic, ne'er do well gambling and MASKING
sons of rich Eastern men, who have come
out here with the idea that this is the
DEVILS playground"
what is your advice to girls" asked
Miss Hunter.
"Stay at home" she said. "Tf you have
come to Hollywood, go home unless 1t ia
proved that you have unusual charm and
individuality and enough money to keep
you going for at least year. As matter
of fact, two years is necessary for fair
trial. Remember that stars are not made
in day or a month or two. Remember
that there is a great and tediously acquired
technique behind the motion pictures. Re-
member that there are success and happi-
ness for few, failure and dismay for many"
Girl Enamored of Star
Haunted Him to Death
This good counsel may discourage few
Of the butterflies who might otherwise Join
in the foolish chase around the pepper
trees Of Hollywood. But until the movies
lose their glamour there will undoubtedly
continue to be girls like the one who re-
Gently ran away from home to be near the
studios. She had fallen in love with lofty
hero Of the screen whose speciality is rescu-
ing forlorn maidens and carry
\ ing them OFF in rakish roadster
IN o,,ar wipdinp perilous mountain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
.B0LsHEVsTs ADMIT
Staying CzAR's FAMILY
Death Sentence Passed by
Ural Soviet Early
in 1913.

Especial Gable To Times Dispatch
BERLIN. Feb. 10 The Rolsheyists
now admit Staying the former car
ana his family and have published
run account OF the end OF the
homanoHs. which corresponds gen.
orally with the details ascert,,ncd
curing kolchaS's expedition and later
published in the Western world TIL.
account is published In Moscow I'm q
newspaper named Labor" which 70.
'a'es that the death sentence was
passed by the ural Soviet early I,
July. lalS.
commission OF trustworthy rcvo.
iuiionisis led by Peter Ycrmakoy
committed the deed. staying the
family and three attendants in tn,
cellar OF their prison house 1T Eknt.r
inourg This was done after IN.
victims had been stupi.,ed. ACCORDING
20 Labor When Yermakov an
nounced their fate. ONLY tho Cznr
Siammered so we are not To be
taken away? before the shooting
began. The bodies were burned in
wood nea- the village O. palkiua
me Labof report adds. in tn.
erals are the grave also OF the Cars
brother. Grand Duke Michael and his
cousins the Grand Dukes SerC.s and
MicnaeIoNich. and the Princes Igor
kroh. knostantin and Ivan.
copyright, 1922. Public Ledger Col
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
OF FRANCE
PUZZLES AMERICA
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Participation in Genoa Com
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
UNIVERSITY VA. GRADUATE
ACTING PREMIER OF CHINA
" eli hing Williams Yen,
Trained in Old Dominion.
Wins High Place.
Special to The Times Dispatch.

u
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Feb. 10.
News has been received at the
University Of Virginia. In a letter
from Yen Te Ching. class of 'ss, OF
the recen, appointment; q: wetching
Williams Yen. 90, as acting Premier
CT China
The TWO Yen brothers received
their early training AT the EnisconaI
itish School. near Alexandria. Va,
coming from INA, institution to the
University Q! Virginia. Yen re
Ching was n the university only ono
year taking accidents work. From
virgins he went TO Columbia Uni
Nersit% FOR his engineering degree
any subsequently, distinguished him
IN connection with his work on
the Canton Hankow Railroad.
"iiiiainS Yen received his bachelor
81 arts degree at the University of
virginia and was elected TO PM Rs,a
happa. In 1900 he returned to China
ana IN 1906 the Imperial government
conferred on him the degree OF do
'"r OF literature. He has also 70
ceiNeo the degree OF LII. II. from G,
johns University. Shanghai.
In 1900 Or. Yen was appointed
second secretary OF the Chinese Ie-
saion at Washington. and in 1911
ne was admitted 10 Handl!n Yuan.
the Academy o. China.
bo'h Williams Yen and Yen T.
Ching were chosen for tho IIu,i,a
tion o. Armaments Confnra,,a
though the former was unable -
come to Washington on account .,
'Ae pressure Of his duties. in chin,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
REPEAL ORDINANCE
REMAINS ON TABLE


'tOmtinucd From FirSt TnEo.)
he operated on their streets. the
routes 10 be pursued by them: the
license to be paid; the fare to he
charged and paid exclusively by those
within such municipal limits. the
character OF the persons To be au-
thorizcd 10 operate such vehicles; the
character OF the vehicle. the security
In be furnished by such operators Tor
the observance Of necessary munich
pal traffic regulations. and the safety
OF the people on the municipal streets;
regulations forbidding the use Of such
vehicles for other than moral pur-
poses. as well as the many other de-
tails concerning such operation. all
OF which are properly subjects for
the control OF municipalities TO which
tho right NJ local seif-govcrnmcnt
has been given by tho Constitution
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
TWO MORE BODIES
TAKEN FROM RUINS
OF THE LEXINGTON
Continued From First Page }

CONTINUED From First PaEe1
me ruins Although Letters addressed
10 Ashe were found nearer this tnrso
IMAM the body found later In the dav.
ponce scout the theory II is ASHES
noay because of the apparent aver.
age height of the victim.
Two OF the five bodies have been
identified. The others may be those
OF any three OF the seven persons un.
accounted for. Those missing arc:
u. L. Cox. of Richmond.
sam Ashc. Of Richmond
j. r. Jones, of Norfolk.
Felix Poirier. of Yonkers. y. Y.
- r. Ames, OF Charleston. S. G.
Il. keiscr OF Columbus. ohio
r. o. Taylor. North Carolina.
Negro workmen ran from. thei,
iab"fs late last night when c.jlinr
crashed to the floor in the part of
inc hotcl left standing. Spectators
$50 ran. tearing 1t was wall fall.
ing AFTER much persuasion the ne
RroeS returned to their work.
excavation work is proceeding so
rapidly now that police and fire Off :
Gals are OF the opinion all the bodice
believed to be In the ruins will have
been removed by Sunday night.
Three persons. who had appeared
on the police list OF missing on
Thursday. were reported safe yes
terday. One. c. f.. Eberley. OF
wilkes Barre. Pa. left the hotel the
Gay OF the fire and is safe at his
home. The name OF e. w Haw
! thornc. investigation revealed. should
be Z. y. Hamilton. who was the last
man rescued from the burning hotel
me name of Il. y. lIerrell. was err
roneousiy copied by the hotel clerk
from the register to the file. and
should have been l.. l.. Howell. II
was pointed out by police the clerk
made similar mistakes in other names
CcrreCtel NeRfnrdnv
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
EDITORIAL STAFFS
PRINT NEWSPAPER
lBy Associated Press. ]

PARIS. Feb. l0.-The editorial
stats q: Paris editions OF the New
York Herald and the London Daily
Mall gave u lesson In journalists
Initiative and enterprise to their
French contemporaries today.
When their competitors walked out
last night. after rejection of their
ult;mntum for Il 80 per cent increase
in wages. the STATS OF the two news
papers got together, They brought
out Joint edition today printed
from photo-engraHed plates of type
written copy. the method being
similar To that adopted Ey American
magazines recently in similar
emergency.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-11
NEWPORT NEWS POLICEMAN
TAKES BATH IN "MOONSHINE"
Officers Arrest Nine Alleged Distillers and Seize Several
Barrels of Liquor and Mash After One Agent Is
Showercd by Overturned Barrel.

the house. West denies that the
f,remen washed him with the hose.
but his friends are telling u different
story.
sam Rose. negro. escaped from tho
attic when no saw tho policeman
coming ny the Rre ladder. Ito won't
out on tho roof. leapnd across tho
next one. shlnued down u water pipe
aud became very darhoxtic. Sam saw
ra'nr"ni hansing on the back
porch ~ ho Slipped |, on, slipped
startled colorcd woman " nvcr und
started sweeping us though his lit,
depended on II.
West. however. who Was IN IN,
back yard by this time combing tho
mash out his hair, had seen 1, all
and sam was arrested