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New Britain herald., 1923-10-16

sFssloa funds fFem heg ess pseRle The French idea. as explaiaea sa' lheFitaiisely today, is that | Is fer Germany 70 pay and to provide her own means ef payment,
 It aas recalled that when the rrnssian troops were eeeunsing paFi Of France until the iRdemnlss for lhs Franco Prnssian war was paid the German government did not tell lhe French government it must levy this or that taN, arrange the internal budget in this or that manner, but left t to France 70 choose her own method Of raising m0ney, demanding enly that she nay promptly, The French government, however has twenty or thirty plans Of various sorts" as one official remarked, se that lf Germany or the allies were in need of plan one could easily he found.
New Britain herald., 1923-10-16
CAN SELL OIL STORES
Secretary Work Makes Ruling in Ref.
 eFcnce to Indians Holdings

Washington. Oct. 16.-Accumulated stores of oil representing the royalty interest of the Osage Indians, can be sold, Secretary Work ruled today, at the highest posted market price by operators holding leases of oil lands on the Osage reservation in Okla homa. The stored oil representing the operators interest need not be dis posed of at the same time, he added
 The secretary held that under terms which obligate the lessees to pay one- sixth of the gross proceeds of the sale of oil he has no authority without the consent of the Osage tribe to per init the deduction of a storage charge of two cents per barrel per month for the time the oil was in storage. h. terest of the Indians accumulated stocks was estimated at 500,000 bar rels, which is being increased at the rate Of 5000 barrels day in royalty. The Osage Indian council recently re- quested that the Indians share be sold if possible at the present market price despite the unfavorable market situ- ation
New Britain herald., 1923-10-16
CITY ITEMS.

New Victor Records out every Fat- day st fisnFy Morsns'. ssb Main st s-aaAt
 Miss Matilda Zimmerman Of Vance street has taken position in the Am. eFiean Hosiery company effiee
 Aeonday iuncheons al crowell's.-- aarf,
 Mrs J, nerkowils Of ss I.yens street
New Britain herald., 1923-10-16

ls resting comfortably after an opera tea q sl FFaaeis hospital
 NlesFalss. Edisons konoFas C. Is Fierce t Eo.EsdAi.
 4 sea has been horn to MF. and Mrs EaaaFd Fuller 0f 60 Waiting street
 When All the World Forgets You. vocal, John A. Andrews < co.-. adN.
 Exclusive millinery. French Hat khanne. Raam ioT, Professional Blds sl West Main street.-Adyt.
New Britain herald., 1923-10-16
OFFER NO PLAN
France Does Not Propose to Give Al.
 lies Definite PrOposals

Paris, Oct. 16.-The French gov ernment is not disposed to provide the British and other Allied govern ments with specific plan, as sug- gested by Lord Curzon in his speech to the imperial conference, telling Germany how she should collect rep
Evening star., 1923-06-11
POLI'S-"The Birth of a Nation" !"

What's the use of reviewing picture
like THE Birth of a Nation" which
Is shown at Polls this week.
The film has been mellowed with
time to the status of a classic
of the cslluloid world; It took
people from it's initial presentation
that today the mere mention of it's
title is synonymous with master
piece"
"The Birth of Nation" by D. w.
Griffith, as all the world knows, is
a picture portrayal of some of the
most stirring days of American his
tory. and unlike many photoplays.
it's disclosures. as the reels unwind.
fully justify 1.-The broad-scoped title
and make the name of the picture an
historical verify.
The faithfulness with which its
scenes are staged; the authenticity to
detail SO necessary in presenting q
situation based on historical fact, as
well as the careful and well balanced
Interpretation of roles assumed by
competent players. all blend into the
smooth-running panorama OF drama
but above all this, 1t is probable that
the aura, sometimes called the atmos-
phere of the stage. which spreads It
self over the aforementioned combtna-
tion Of qualities and coordinateS them
in a unified manner, is responsible
more than anything else for the sue
cess that has Justly come TO this claS-
sic of American motion pictures.
In 1t are discovered Wallace Reid
and Mae Marsh, Henry Walthall and
Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis and
ems of others who, since the time
when "The Birth of Nation" was IN
the making, have risen to the helgnts
of headliners in the film world.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
No Comfort

There is.sorrow on the sea, there
is trouble on the shore; but it
doesn't comfort me to put up a
bitter roar. Better face the hour of
grief with a heart for any fate"
saying, "Tribulation's brief, Joy will
come at half past eight" Better
say, when troubles loose. at will
do no good to whine. and
affliction will vamoose at ten
minutes after nine" | don't hold
with Sunny Jin1s who contend there
is no woe; brine will flow from
human glims while we linger here
below; care and trouble will ex-
haust, life will seem like twenty
cents; there will sometimes be
frost for the merriest of gents. But
the gloom will pass away, and the
sun will shine again; nothing punk
is here to stay, grief will slide at
half past ten. When I see a woe
ahead, don't cry, "You don't exist |!
You are there, a thing of dread,
but you'll wink out soon, wist
And the prospects, when you're
gone, will be fairer than before;
you will vanish with the dawn, you'll
be squelched by half past four"
And a trouble pulls its freight if
defed by dauntless hicks; it shows
up a speedy gait, hitting on all
four or six.
(Copyright). WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
STRAND-"Mammy, Queen
Syncopation."

Hear me, Chill'un. Tse a Singin',
Prancin' Gal" is the Introductory ap-
peal of NANNY, Queen of Syncopa-
tion," to her co-entertainers. The Gold
Dust Twins in the headline feature Of
the vaudeville bill at the Strand Thea
ter this week.
Twelve minutes of Pep is the gin
Kept the large audience yesterday in
rare good hunor, and "Mammy's" rem
dition of 'Iovin' Sam" and Who'll
Take My Place. won her much ap-
plause.
Holden and Graham, in Versatile
Originalities," open the show by making
smoke pictures, and dancing and anus
ing shadowgraph work, in an unusually
clever act. Charles Martin, the senti-
mental cowboy baritone, has a we'll
trained voice of wide range that is de-
lightful Two of his numbers, the Bass
Viol'' song and That's What God Made
The Fay Rash trio registered high on
the laughmeter with a clever skit, 'At
the Race Track" and Wilson and
Jerome added materially to the enter
1ainment with a side-splitting offering,
-'Odds and Ends" The two also do
thrilling acrobatic stunt.
Ethel Gray Terry and Niles Welch
head a good cast in the Universal photo
play, What Wives Want" the motion
picture feature, in which an analytical
handling of the worlds greatest hus-
band problem is portrayed.
The story centers around the domes-
tic life of Austin Howard, young busi-
ness man, and his pretty wife Claire,
who love each other but whose affection
lis hindered by misunderstanding. A
comedy and a news reel also are shown.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
C0LUMBIA-"The Exciters."

Bebe Daniels, one of the screens
prettiest girls, is seen at the Column
bia Theater this week in "The Ex-
citers." the screen version, by Maurice
Campbell, of Martin Browns stage
last winter. 1t is a play filled with
fast action that follows logically a
we'll laid plot, with thrilling COM
plications. involving a plucky fiapper
of the social set at Miami, Fla.
Everybody likes detective stories,
and when a pretty society girl mar
ries a burglar who has attempted
to rob her fathers house, Just after
the girl has been nearly killed in an
airplane accident, the audience is at
citers" this mood is encouraged with
the rapid-flre evolution of the plot.
The. gorgeous scenery of Florida
and views of homes of the wealthy,
the well chosen crook" types and
Antonio Moreno, as the ardent lover
and clever hero, help the charming
Bebe to gallop through usual
length feature picture in what seems
unusually short time. The folks at
the first showing of the feature yes
terday afternoon got all "het up
with excitement and showed unusual
eagerness and attention. 1t would
!. spoil the story to tell it in advance,
but 1t ought to mean much to say
that this picture is one of the best
Miss Daniels has had for some time.
The Carter De Havens are pictured
in clever domestic comedy. that
! concerns the struggles of a young
| married couple to keep up appear
ances. in Borrowed TROUBLE A
Rowing Thomas" short reel feature
! the news reel and music complete
| the program.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
D. C. NAVAL CRUISE
TO START SATURDAY
Eagle Sc to Leave Dock at Noon
for Units Second Train
ing Trip.

In command Of Lieut.. Commander
P. d. Johnston, u. 8. N, r. F., the
u. 8. s. Eagle No. Sc is scheduled
to leave her dock, at the foot Of Water
and o streets southwest. next Saturday
about noon, on the second training
cruise. with reserves of the District
of Columbia aboard. Commander john
ston said that he has a full compile
ment Of officers and men ready to
take this cruise, which will cover a
period of two weeks.
The vessel will cruise in the Chesa-
peake bay and its tributaries, stopping
at number Of points. for liberty for
the men. The ship has been at the
navy yard undergoing an overhauling.
and returned to her dock last week,
under command of Chief Boatswain
J. p. Judge.
Commander J. A. Schofleld, COM
manding the reserves in this district,
is anxious to recruit the local battalion
up to it's full strength and to that
end young men may enroll at any time
during the week from 9 in the morn
ing until 4 o'clock in the evening, or
on Monday night, when the reserves
drill at their armory. adjoining the
dock. Lieut.. Commander Albert p.
Tibbets, Medical Corps, Is there each
Monday night to physically examine
prospective recruits.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
CENTRAL-"The Westbound Linn
tied"

At Crandalrs Central Theater. the
first four days this week, Emory
Johnson's screen version of Emile
Johnson's romance of railroading.
'"The Westbound Limited" is the at
traction. The cast includes Ralph
Lewis, Johnny Harron, Ella Hall and
Claire Mcdowell. The comedy is a
new laughmaker in which Monte
Banks does many ridiculous things
that can happen at six am" The
Kinograms and pipe organ music by
w. E. Thompson complete the bill
''The Westbound Limited" concerns
Bill Buckley. an engineman, who loves
his job and who has passed to his son
the same passion for the rails. The
president of the line. a lifelong friend.
despite his superior position Is still
"one of the boys" His private sec
retary. however, renegade, vents
his spleen upon both families, when
Johnny Buckley engages the inter-
est of Esther Miller. the presidents
daughter. With criminal accom-
plice he attempts to cause a head-on
collision with Buckley's train and an
other having President Miller and his
wife on board. Johnny thwarts the
plan by wild cross-country dash on
a horse. Unique effects add much
to the realism of the picture.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
Photoplays.
METR0POLITAN-"The Isle of
Lost Ships"

Shipwreck and consequent adven-
fure seems to offer wider range of
ture endeavor than any other theme,
unless it be sex problems. The most
has been made of every opportunity
Sg Los, oama'o saipa Mauree Tourneurs isie phol
to play based on Crittenden Marriotts s
story, which was shown yesterday at
'nf The ae'steHhii, steamship Tiburon, with
distinguished company-save for a
man convicted of wife murder-on
board. has just sailed for foreign
ports. Dinner time on the first even
Ing out finds the ships guests. listen
ing to tales of shipwreck and expe-
of ala SALTS bdns on on the m fbat
will never be their lot to founder and
drift into the. Sargasso sea, where
debris has piled upon debris and be-
wreckage floating upon bed of kelp,
the whole having BECOME, KNOWN as as
the Island of Lost Ships" The IT.
bouron is caught in a gale. blown out
of course and into collision with a
derelict Company, and crew of the
ill-fated steamer take to small boats
captor. who have reached deck after
the last boat has been lowered. Re
signed to his fate. Frank Howard. the
convicted man. settles to meet 1t
without f1inching.
Looking out on the turbulent sea,
he discovers a woman struggling
against lneVllaDle ueatn III the ueep
He leaps with life line on a slim
chance of rescuing her and finally
the two are pulled aboard the wreck
ed ship by Detective Jackson, How
ards captor. Tiburen and dereiict
drift together to the dreaded isle
of Lost Ships" from which no human
has ever returned. Here the trio
find a colony under a form of gov
eminent set up by Capt. Forbes,
who rules by, brute force. Dorothy
Fairfax, daughter of man Of
wealth and rescued by Howard, i'm
mediately, becomes the center of at
traction, and efforts to force her
marriage to the beastly captain re-
suit In series of stirring incidents
that pile one upon another until
escape in a submarine is attempted
and a rescue is made when the U. S.
IS. 31S looms into view.
An excellent cast has been as
sembled for the production, includ-
ing Milton Sills. Anna Q. Nilsson.
Frank Campeau, Bert Woodruff and
A Mermaid comedy, Cold Chills.
with Louise Fazenda. Is one Of
Evening star., 1923-06-11
EBELASCO-"Lawful Larceny"

H There was a much smaller crowd
UT the Belasco Theater last evening
Ahan there is likely to be any other
jsvening this week. if those who saw
howell Sherman in Samuel Shipman' s
hhree-act play. Lawful Larceny ten
'their friends of it's charm, and those
who like a really good play. Wen
,played, do their duty.
If Shipman, has not introduced
ANYTHING new in the form OF plot
or theme, he has certainly given
novel treatment to his theme ina
clearly demonstrates that the unael un5
world and it's doings can be nanuieu
without offense to respectable people,
and he has made of a trite story
succession of interesting and ara
matte surprises. And where SnlpHan
leaves off, Lowell sherman taxes Up
of an excellent cast, provides an eve,
ming of real dramatic pleasure. ~
this does not say SO, 1t means lna.
the performance of 'LaWful Larceny
at the Belasco last evening was
hast that has been offered In tnat
theater in long while, ana tnal
Lawful Larceny" is one of the really
worth while plays of a season ihaue
up largely of trash ,, ,
Briefly, it is the story OF now
courageous young wife handled the
temporary theft of her HUSBAND an9
his wealth during her ABSENCE anu
meted out just punishment 10 d pal
asite who conducted nn,ep and
susceptible men. The crime or the
Vampire woman was described oy
one learned in the law as awful
larceny , ad
The young wife won the love ana
resnect of the vampires fiance and
with his aid, succeeded in recovering,
NV sheer burglary. all that had been
taken from her husband. Sne then
took the stand that she proposed to
keen il, prison or no prison. because
of the simple justice OF IL All. saw e
for a weak opening act. the play Is
a dramatic treat and Mr.. sherman
uortrayal of nonchalant, slippery
character, who confesseS frankly 10
the wife that he has made his money
by getting it away from women like
the vampire. is as clever a bit or
stage artistry as has been seen IN
Washington in a long time.
Charming young Margalo Gilmore
is seen as the wife, and her work.
particularly, in the denunciation scene
of the last act, rises to the helgn,s
best lines of the play are found.
Lucella Gear as the vampire and Fred
RAYMOND as the erring yet manly
husband also present good character
portrayals. 1t would have been pleas.
ing to his old friends in Washington
to have seen John Klein, who has
been added to the cast. in the role
of ex-Judge Daniel Perry, and this
without being an intentional refiec-
tion upon Wallis Clarke. who played
the role. Mildred La Cue, Ann Au-
therland, John Daily Murphy, Joseph
Crehan and Gloria Kenneth, in minor
roles, also contributed adequately to
a successful performance.
Evening star., 1923-06-11

tion of trust and the faith of his fell
lows to rise to the top. When Chi
Quita, belle of the tropics, saw in
him the ideal of her girlish dreams
and communicated something of that
feeling to him, obstacles were swept
aside. and it was not long until An
thony had risen from the humble po-
sition of conductor on a local train
to a position of executive authority.
part in the Panama Canal Zone, and
it's scenes are authentic and pictur-
esQue, but it is not one of Meighan's
best pictures. AS Chiquita, Lila Lee
finds a part adapted to her brunette
Catcher" also is shown, with pipe
organ accompaniment
Evening star., 1923-06-11
WILL ENLARGE BAND.
K. of c. Leader Seeks Recruits for
Organization.

A campaign to increase the MEM
bership of the Knights OF Columbus
Band from forty to seventy-five
pieces has been launched, under the
direction of Carl Schaefer. Applica-
tions for membership may be made
at the X. of c. Hall, 91S 10th street.
The only requirement Is that a
musician be a member of the order.
Rehearsals are held every Friday in
the K. of C. building.
An invitation has been received for
the band to give a concert at Nativity
Church in Georgia avenue June FL
at 8 pm.
Thomas Cullen. vice president and
treasurer of the band, has been elect
ed chairman of the music committee
for the knights of Columbus annual
excursion to Chesapeake Beach
July IL.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
PRESIDENT-"Abie' Irish Rose

They may change its cast as often
as they like. but "Abie's Irish Rose.
that mysteriously successful little
comedy of Anne Nichols. which start
ed a fourteenth week at the President
Theater last evening, seems to go on
and on and on making folks laugh,
go away and then come back again
for more laughter. 1t is a merry con-
ceit of good nature that seems to
grip an audience and make it an ele-
ment of it's mirth.
Ann Bruno now is Rose Mary Muir
phy and David Herblin is Able. the
young couple whose secret marriage
struck their respective families with
CONSERVATION that set loose series
of Eive-aRd-take remarks whose hu-
morous quality could not help but
lead to a happy. ending, regardless OF
the opinion of theologians.
If you haven't seen it you Will not
lose much in taking a chance, and
YOU will have many a hearty laugh
for your compensation.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
T0DAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

BELAsCO-'Tawful Larceny" melo-
dramatic comedy, at $3.50 p.m.
PREsIDENT-'.Abie' Irish Rose"
comedy, at $3.50 pm.
KEITH'S-"Creole Fashion Plate,
vaudeville, at 2:15 and Sis pm.
sTRAND-"Queen of Syncopation,'
vaudeville, at 2:45, $50 and S:45 pm.
POLI'S-"Birth of a Nation" photo
play, at 2:20 and 500 pm.
RIALTO-"Enemies of Women" at
1880 am, 1870, $3.50, $50, 1880 and
$3.50 pm.
COSMOS-Douglas Fairbanks, in
"Robin Hood" at 1880, $3.50, $50. 1880
and $3.50 pm.
COLUMBIA-Bebe Daniels. in THE
Exciters," at 11:25 am, 1925, 1885,
5:35, 1886 and 9:45 pm.
PALACE-walter HERS, in "sixty
Cents an Hour" at 1855 a.m.' 12:4O'
2:25, 4:20, 6:10, and 9:55 pm.
Observation-Disclosures Sills. in
"The Isle of Lost Ships" at 1880
am, 1:25. $3.50, 5:25, 1880 and S:35
pm.
CENTRAL-"westb Limited
at 11:35 am. 1885, 1886, 5:S5,7:S5 and
1885 pm.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
RIALTO-"The Enemies of
Women"

BIasco Ibanez, Spanish author, who
won the admiration of the American
people with his -Four Horsemen or
the Apocalypse" during the war. Is
the author Of "The Enemies of Wom-
en-" the eleven-reel feature at Moore's
Rialto Theater this week. Through
out this story the spectator Is con-
stant1y reminded of Its great prede-
cessor. especially In the manner IN
on the wheel of war and regenerateo;
An unusually SNUG moral is tackled
on. the end of this Kaleidoscope pic
turization of modern bacchanales.
1t Is announced quite plainly In the
beginning of the picture, possibly In
fear that the audience may not get
the meaning of the title otherwise.
that the enemies of women" are the
libertines OF the earth. Then Is In
troduced Prince Lubimoff, as degen-
crate a Russian noble as Dostoevski
OF Turgenief ever penned In their ia
nous novels. Lionel Barrymore makes
a physical hero and moral spendthrift
of this character. He does not seem
to win either sympathy or scorn from
his audience. Similarly. the beautiful
Alma Rubens rolls tragic eyes and
wears Partisan gowns in the majority
of the many reels. but without max
ing a human being out OF the su-
premely selfish Duchess de Lille.
theater to capacity last night and
waited in patient herds in the lobby
was even so inconsiderate as to laugh
at the pair in their most emotional
scenes.
In short. take a salad of the fifty
seven varieties of wonderful Euro
pean scenery available in snow scenes
and feudal palaces of Russia, supper
sumptuous Partisan homes, artistic
villas on the Riviera and the ever
fascinating Monte Carlo, mix con-
stantly with elaborate Joseph Urban
interiors and serve with 'Merseilles"
dressing and a number of discreetly
scattered war scenes, including a
really spectacular air battle with
burning planes and sausage ballons.
and you have the picture. The char
acters are lost in this scenin gor-
geousness. They are like puppet
dwarfs in an enchanted forest of
gigantic dimensions.
An odd expression was noticeable
on the faces OF the good-natured
crowd pouring out of the theater at
the close. They locked rather tired.
even bewildered, as though they Won
dered what in the world it was all
about, anyway.
The orchestra furnished excellent
music throughout the performance.
Evening star., 1923-06-11
PALACE-"Sixty Cents an Hour"

The feature film at Loew'S Palace
this week, Sixty Cents an Hour"
HERS, as the soda-jerker of an an
tiQue drug store in a tiny California
town. TIL ebank is next door, and,
more important yet. the bank presi.
dents daughter, principal interest
in. the institution, serves as teller
there, and often strolls into Walters
province to partake of liquid refresh
ment dispensed by him. OF course,
he falls in love with the village belle,
and dreams of riches and matrimony,
at the same time starting an economy
campaign.
Every nickel must do the work Of
a dollar" Is his slogan. but seven fifty
a week leaves little margin for saw
ing, even though he lives entirely on
sodas and sleeps in the bank as
watchman. However, after an in
tensive economy drive, Walter saves
enough to hire a fiivver for two hours
so he can take his idol for a ride.
Autos rent for 81 an hour, but f1iv-
evrs cost only 60 cents, so he gayly
fares forth in a five-passenger tour
ing. only to find his afternoon ruined
by the chaperonage of the entire
family. A sadder. but wiser, man, he
chooses a snappy little roadster the
next time, blissfully unconscious of
robbed and the loot placed in the
hired vehicle.
Instead of quiet afternoon of driv-
ing and loye-making, the hero has a
hectic time evading both the police
and the robbers, and eventually
wrecks his rented car. His visions
of riches and matrimony suddenly
change to one of corresponding,
with ball and chain for ornaments
However, "al1's well that ends WE'LL"
and Walter eventually captures the
bandits, gets the reward and realizes
all his ambitions. He never enjoys
soda, though, even when It comes
from his own fountain and is served
by his own uniformed employees. Two
weeks steady diet was too much of
a good thing!
A Snub Pollard comedy and a news
weekly complete the film program.
and the Palace orchestra, under the
leadership of Tom Cannon, plays
gems from "Katinka."
Evening star., 1923-06-11
No California Traveller Should Be
without This Book.

The Chicago and North Western Ry. has Just
published a new edition Of their booklet.
North Coast" II is not a picture book. but IT
is chock-fulI of interesting information about
routes and fares. and shows with the aid OF
outline maps Of territory you can cover. If
you are planning trip TO California now or
In the near future. 1t will pay you to get
copy Of this book. which may he had free OF
charge by writing TO d. NJ. Davis. General
Agent. pa Pennsylvania bldg, 18th and Chest
nut sts., Philadelphia, Pa.-Advertisement.