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New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
THE WEATHER

Hartford. Feb. 5.-Iorccast for New Britain and vicinity: Becoming unsettled followed by snow late tonight or Tuesday with slowly rising temperature and increasing northeast winds.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
GAS" tpIN CHICAGO.

Chicago. Feb. 5.-An advance ot one cent in the tank wagon price oi gasoline, due to recent advances by producers. was announced today by the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
HURT IN GAS EXPLOSION.

Providence, FeI 5.-Four mon were hurt in an explosion of a gas tank at Pomham Light in Narragan- sett Bay today.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
THE JOKES ON HIM
Stamford Man Who Sent Blackhand Letter For Fun is Now Held in $5.OOO Bonds.

Stamford, Feb. 5.-Charles Sabino, arrested on the charge of sending a blackmailing letter, today said in his own defense that he sent the letter ''as joke" The recipient was Isa- dore Shapiro dealer in second hand clothing who received it Thursday. Sabino was held in $5,000 bonds by the city court for trial in the superior court. The letter to Shapiro demand ed that he leave $500 near the Stam- ford High school and if he did not obey one of his children would be taken away. Shapiro turned the let ter over to carrier who gave it to Postmaster Whitaker.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-05
Turks Want Decision

Lausanne. Feb. Shy Associated Press) s)-The Turkish esgation to the Near East conference announced to- day that it would ask the powers whether they considered the negotia- tions officially at an end.
 The impression prevailed among the conference delegates today that Fur key would not be informed officially of the termination of the negotiations inasmuch as it was generally desired to continue the Mudania armistice thus avoiding the possible renewal of war.
 Refuses Allied Terms
 Ismet Pasha. after yesterdays final session at which the Turks refused to accept the allied terms. said he would
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Refusrs AIlietI Terms

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
WINTER GARDEN

A drama OF mothcrloys and
domestic troubles In offered In
Foolish Parents" which ls the new
screen feature at the Winter Gar.
den theatcr. The story IL founded
on the theory that money cannot
buy everything and II tells OF n
coupho who had money TO burn. but
they did not realize this vital fact
OF life. Several stars arc seen In
tho picture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

able growth 20 It's humble fo-cent
admission price. That was In the
day when tho moving picture was a
novelty. People paid 10 sec pictures
move. Art was not necessary at
10 cents throw.
But the public has outgrown It's
io-cent mood. II now demands both
art and artists Both are erpen-
aiyc
Griffith could not have paid for
sthe production OF Tho Birth OF a
Nation at 10 cents. The man or
woman who refused 10 pay his price.
thinking that in a few weeks he
would see the production at his local
theatcr for 10 cents. waited two or
three years. Yet The Birth OF a
Nation cost less than a fifth OF The
Hunchhack OF No;re Dame. a fourth
OF The Covered Wagon or 'scara-
mouche'. and "a third OF what The
White Sister. 'Mcrry.Go. Round or
n Lady OF Quality cost. To get
back their cost, the producer must
maintain a 81 scale or there will be
no more bigger and better pictures.
But in addition TO the artistry OF
the studios and very considerable
sums OF money for production and
distribution. the 81 picture aims TO
give its patrons a SHOW which is
well worth the money. This show
includes an orchestra OF netropoii.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

stnmpeded into wanting bigger ana
better pictures. Therefore. they have
a right 20 know why they cost W
and why they are worth II. But most
OF all. they have a right 70 know.
and they apparently don't know II
yet. that the 81 picture In tho real
answer 10 tho demand for bigger and
better pictures, And now tho pro
duesru arc waiting 10 SEQ whether
the public wants bigger and better
pictures well enough to pay what tho
bigger and better pictures cost.
The one incontrovcrtibie fact
which strikes tho dlnintercsicd OBJ
server ia this: The So movie Is break.
Ing records from Mnino TO California.
and in every city. except what the.
atrical men call dead spots" II Is
doing n runaway busienss. There
Is every reason why II should" said
Carl Lacmmle. president OF Unlver.
aai Pictures. discussing this import.
ant phase OF the moving picture busl.
ness.
No one realizes better than that
the moving picture owes It's remark.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

tan proportions and ability, a beau.
tiful and elaborate prologue. reserved
seats which can DO purchased as far
IN advance as convenience requires,
the same performance that was given
In New York or Chicago no second
company as might DO expected OF
touring legitimate attraction II has
the full length OF dramatic enter.
tainment with every accessory which
would 70 TO make the entertainment
complete.
III productions on this scale and
shown in this manner cannot be
made profitable. II Is high time the
producer Of pictures was given to
realize that the public doesn't want
bigger and better pictures"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
n,I,

OAK
Enid Bennett IL a bootleggers
daughter in the comedy drama,
"scandnloua Tongues" which is tho
screen feature on the Oak program
this week. Tho story IL woven about
Enid in the part OF tho Hmail.town
girl WHO is at first snubbed but
finally becomes the yillnEc pride.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
STRAND

Predictions are balng made that
Charlie Chaplin's film. ~ Woman
Of Paris" starring Edna PurvIance.
will stand forth IN screen history as
an cpochal event which win exert n
strong influence on the preacntday
photodrama. The drama IL proving
a strong attraction now ut tho
Strand 'heater. The entire story and
production. conceived and directed
by Chaplin himself. Is Aaid 20 reveal
a treatment OF real vital prob
lem. presented with extreme simple.
lty and yet with psychological
force that Is practically new 10 mo.
ton pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

she has heretofore appeared. and
ono exactly suited TO her appealing
personality. In Little Old New
York" now at the Blue Mouse. The
roguish. mlsch!eyous traits OF Prin-
cess Mary Tudor. exhibited by Mhs
Davies In when Knighthood wnn
In Flower are found In her new
role. that OF Little Patricia oDay.
but there Is also quality OF wirtful
pathor, which shows a now side of
Marions ability. The rolo La one OF
the sweetest that has ever been
played for motion pictures.
Little Old New York" was adapt.
cd 10 the acfeen from Rida Johnson
Young's celebrated stage play. and
in tho cast ia support Of Miss Da'
vIcs there are several notable stars,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
III;IIIG

HEnIG
or the contributing personages
whose presence is OF major interest.
tho not on account OF the dramatic
promise measured In extent Of APP
pearanec as protagonlst OF ey<nts.
in tho Universal production OF Vic
tor Hugo's 'Trhe Hunchback of
Notre Dame" now on It's second
week at tho Heilig theaier. that OF
Louis N looms large and fnr be.
You'd HIS immediate service as
drama agent In the minds OF those
who appreciate the prominent fig-
ures in history. The period OF
Hugo's story IL Itsa. just Il year
before the physical dissolution OF
this monarch in whom was bound
up SO many mental characteristics
that he was really human chamc-
leon and compound Of an extreme
diversity OF virtues and Vices such
MS had no like In any figure In all
history.
Thru his 81 years OF reign France
was scene OF turbulence that
scethed like tho mythical pot OF
dcvil.dragon stew. and that Is the
period in which Hugo's blg story Is
laid. I.ifc was cheap. moral cor
ruptIons OF all kinds and every
agent OF eva fiourished. Because
OF this condition they were storm
DAYS, this period OF cruelty.
COLISEUM
The wealthy young mans problem
OF whether to choose love or fortune
Is presented IN Tho Common Law"
which IS the screen attraction at the
Coliseum now. Beautiful corinne
Griffith. in tho role OF Valerie West.
an artists model. and Conway
Tsarle, as her employer. arc deeply
In love with each other. but Conway .
screen parents strenuously object 10
their marriage and plan 10 force their
son 10 marry a society girl whom he
does not love. The story Il declared
10 be true to life In every respec, and
IL runs smoothly.
BLUE MOUSE
Marion Davies has a role entirely
different from anything in which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
COLONIAL

COLONIAL
d. w. Griffith's big thrill picture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
LdemmLe Asserts Public
Must ShOW Appreciation

have excited lot OF comment. From
tho critics there has beon almost
unanimous praise. IL left 20 them
there would be no argument But
there arc people who ask. why do
they charge 81 for them7''
or course. the critics don't pay for
their seats. 20 they don't have 70
worry about this, And II may be
that tho general public WINS rather
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

Two years aro there was a great
hue and cry for bigger and better
pictures. Tho critics wanted them.
Tho censor boards wanted them. Tho
public wanted them. Tho producers
wanted them. So they made bigger
and better pictures. They put lot
Of money into them-Woro than they
had ever put into pictures before.
Tho bigger and better pictures
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

Alma Rubens has replaced Jetta
Goudal as the feminine lead in
BLOOD and Gold" Conrad Naeel has
been loaned by Goldwyn to play
the male lead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
TODAY's PROGRAMS

SCREEN
HEItIG-~ton CLANCY IN Victor
ltuEo's famous elastic. "rhe
Hunchhsck OF Metre Dame"
IfHERrN- Anna O.. Nilsson and
James klriSwood IN ''roniola."
BLUE MousE--Marion Davies In
Little old New York"
COLISEUM -. corinne Griffith and
Conway Tsario in "rhe Common
Law"
Virginia va,il and MI.
ton stills In "A Lady OF Quality"
STRAND Edna purviAnee In "A
Woman OF raris"
WINTER GARDEN --"roeiish Par
ents."
CoLoNIAL--p. w. orlffith's zone
Exciting Night"
MARKET Dorothy Phillips In "ilur-
rieanes Gal"
STAGE
MErRoroLIrAN--Mr. and Mrs CO.
burn IN $50 This Is Londoni"
oRriiEuM--May With and raude-
Vile.
rANTaGEs-Na, Hainss and vsuds-
rAr.aua m-wm King and com
psny In Nothing Hut tho
Truth"
oAK-piek Hylsnd and company in
Lets &C."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
COLUMBIA


Life In another world. tho world Of
yesterday. is pictured dramatically in
~ Lady OF Quality" the screen
transcription OF Frances Hodgson
Burnetfs famed novel. which n on
the Columbia screen now. London
OF 1900 ia far away from tho modern
world Of 1924. Customs. manners.
clothes. architecture and beliefs Of
that day are little Ike those OF to.
day. Yet the basic elements Of hu.
man nature, as the photopiay re-
views them, were much the same
The story told in this picture is en-.
tirely human and It's characters arc
made to live" on tho screen. vir.
ginin Vail is the star and Milton
Stills IL the leading man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
LIBERTY

Anna>o. Nilsson has had all sorts
OF unusual and strong roles In her
career on the screen. but by far the
most important, role she has ever
taken. according 70 the star herself.
In the leading part in 'Ponjola." In
which she Is now appearing on the
Liberty screen. She plays the part
Of young English noblewoman
who cuts off her hair. dresses as
man and ns such lives for months
among the hardened characters n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

the African gold fields. Her leading
man In this absorbing play OF Afri.
can life II james Kirkwood. with
whom shc hna played in a dozen or
more notable pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06

Ono Exciting Night" In back In
Seattle and openSd showlnEs at the
Colonial thcatsr Thursday. This pic.
ttre was one OF the sensations OF
the season when Il was produced.
II mixes comedy with mystery and
thrills and contains one OF the
greatest storm scenes that has ever
been pictured. Carol Dcmpstvr and
Henry Hull are tho principal play.
era.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-06
BI,UE MOUSE

Marion Davies has a role entirely
different from anything In which
Evening star., 1923-08-08
Bryan Speaks, as Usual.

William Jennings Bryan looks
doubtfully on Candidate Oscar I'm
derwood. The prescience of William
Jennings as candidate-picker is
known throughout much of the
United States and it is creditable
that the great Commoner is an expert
on candidates. 1t may be recalled by
some Americans that Mr.. Bryan was
once, or twice, or thrice, a candidate
himself and there are those who say
that the habit still has strangle
hold upon him. Mr.. Bryan has had
practical experience in gauging and
guessing the sentiment of the people,
but it is remembered that he has
not been uniformly successful in
this. He thinks that Senator Under
woods chance of nomination is slim
and his chance of election slimmest.
w. j. B. is inclined to class Senate
Oscar as wet and as an associate
or accomplice of Wall street Some
Americans question the availability of
the Alabama senator as a presiden-
tial candidate without accusing him
of these fatal vices. Mr.. Bryan says
that Senator CnderWood's only chance
of nomination is that the vets and
Evening star., 1923-08-08

business, government and life. The
reau Of the budget was to keep gov
ernment outlay within estimated in
come. The law was needed and there
lis no thought of falling back to the
old haphaZard way of spending public
money with little reference to ma
tional income and piling up deficits
that plague and cumber in future
years. 1t was almost the unanimous
sentiment of the country that we
should keep government expenses
AS revenue falls either through re-
duction of taxes or through the over
draining of taxable resources it be-
comes necessary to retrench. The
system may work hardship on many
persons and delay the execution of
many worthy projects, but it must
be remembered that the government
is debt-laden and that fruitful tax
sources are pretty well weighted
down.
The late President was the leading
advocate of the budget system and
that system is to be regarded as one
of the noteworthy policies Of the
Harding administration. The country
can have assurance that the director
of the budget is not an official of the
cheeseparing type for the sake of
cheeseparing, but one bent on per-
forming the duty imposed by law of
doing the best in his power TO
keep government expenditures within
bounds
Evening star., 1923-08-08
Compulsory Voting
Proposed" as Remedy

20 the Editor OF the STAR
J'neasiness appears throughout the
country overfhe prospect of radi-
cal third parts in thE coming national
election. Sintilar Signs have f1ared
up before. aS duriE,g the monetary
out.
That we are SUBJECT to such at
tacks is due 70, our political illiteracy.
and the rsultng satisfaction with
partial-vote government Radicalism
and every oth.r political folly could
be pushed fosever into the. back
ground if we could wake up and in
stall total-voto government For 1t
is an axiom that there is no more
safely conservative force in a country
than the voices of tie whole people.
Is not this particularly true Of Eng
disappearing peoples?
By 1924 therez will zbe in the United
States nearly 6G00O,C.O0 citizens eligi-
BILE to vote. eOf :these at least
100000 and possibly 55,000,000, may
be classed as fesirable voters and
should be registaped. Yet If 30,000,000
take part in the neAt national cleo
ton it will be Regarded as an out
The total 5o,oOa. .ooOz desirables could
easily be brought in:o action by ad-
vanced electoral raethods. First,
registratio by canvass; second, COM
pulsory voting ly mail. The theory
of compulsory aotiEg is far more
popular than is geaerally supposed,
but its practical application TO the
place is almost lntfsinkable In the
form of voting by mail in tn. home
the n coIspulsion you'd resolve itself
RUSSELL THOMPSON.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
Home Through the Silence.

Washington has witnessed many
impressive spectacles in the years
past, pageants of power and brilliancy
and picturesque variety. But nothing
has ever occurred here before so
deeply significant, SO profound in it's
meaning, as the cortege bearing Pres
ident Hardings body from the train
to the White House last night.
There was no music, there We're
no colors save those of the national
emblem with which the casket was
draped. There We're no cheers as
on many other occasions. There was
utter silence, broken only by the
sound of the hoofs of the horses of
the escort.
Up Pennsylvania avenue from the
of men, bearing home the remains
of the late Chief Executive. The
streets We're lined with thousands of
people, who had been waiting patient.
ly for hours for the chance to pay
their tribute of silent respect There
were no movements, save the occa-
sional shifting for better places of
vantage. There was no pomp. A
universal hush had fallen upon the
Capital as it waited.
Those who witnessed that silent
passing of the dead were profoundly
impressed and the memory of those
moments of the funeral transit will
endure forever
Evening star., 1923-08-08

Wall street shall control the demo.
cratic convention. 1t is fairly safe
prediction that the vets will not con-
troll any presidential nominating con-
vention whose delegates hope to put
up a candidate with a show of win.
ming. AS to Wall street, it is different
proposition. Mr.. Bryan has three fa-
vorites for the democratic nomination.
His first choice is Josephus Daniels
of North Carolina. His second bet Is
on Conner of ole Alaban' and his
third choice is Neff of Texas. With
one of these candidates standing pat
on dry-as.dust platform and plat
form which hurls the most horrid
defiance into the teeth, throat and
other vitals of Wall street, Mr.. Bryan
thinks that democracy can triumph.
AS said before, Mr.. Bryan is an expert
on democratic triumphs.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
He Was MY President.

What motive was il that drew the
millions To the trackside from the
Pacific coast to Washington, to look
upon the funeral train bearing the
body of President Harding eastward?
What motive drew the many thou
sands of Washingtonians to the Union
station and the streets last night,
the uncertainty of the schedule, to
look upon the cortege as the dis
tinguishcd dead was borne to the
White House? What motive caused
the vast outpouring of the people
today to line the route of the funeral
progress to the Capitol and packed
the plaza before the great building
and caused lines to form and to move
for hours past the bier?
A single motive of respect and rev
erence for the dead, a purpose to pay
tribute to him who entered the serv-
ice of the nation and who gave his
life for its Strengthening and its bet
terment. 1t was the motive that
that will maintain it through all its
perils and trials and advance it
steadily toward the ideal Of its
founders.
In such a time there is merging
Of thoughts into one channel, that of
grief. All asperities are softened, all
partisanship is forgotten. The mil
lions who have in these few days of
national mourning assembled at
points of vantage to look upon the
funeral train or the bier or the casket
containing the mortal remains of the
dead man have thought, as with
single impulse: "He was my Presi-
dent"
In this republic the man who is
chosen chief is for the time of his
service the leader of the people. He
may be criticized severely for his acts,
while praised. perhaps. for those same
performances. He may be StOutly
opposed if he offers for reelection. He
may he rated by partisan opponents
as untrue TO his pledges, or as supine
10 influences inimiCal to the public
welfare, just as he is sustained by
his own adherents and justified by his
sponsors. But in the final analysis all
men know, in their hearts. that he
has done what he deemed to be right.
And no man is to be blamed for fol-
lowing his judgment and practicing
his own principles.
When death comes the man and
his works are weighed in juster
scales. He is seen in clearer light
He is known more truly. And there
come to many in such an hour a
feeling of deep self-reproach that the
word of praise was not uttered in his
lifetime. when he could hear it.
There is greatly comforting
thought now to be borne in mind.
President Harding died listening to
his wife read chapter Of apprecia.
ton Of him. written by one who is
men. And now these millions who
have paid him tribute upon his last
journey to the grave may he giving
him their thoughts of approval and
gratitude for the service he rendered
and the impulse he gave to a purer
and finer national life.
Evening star., 1923-08-08
Portrait of Vashington's
Mother Declared False
To the Editor of The ktaS:

My yS attention rr,T p, has bIen called to an
illustration in a decent issue of The
Sunday Star. Two miniatures are re-
produced. one of George Washington
and the other puSporting to he his
mother. Mary Ball:Washingtontw which
are being taken t. England ard pre-
sented TO Sulgra3e Manor b. Mrs.
George d. Hope IF Washington and
Kansas City, who: was delegated by
Gov. Trinkle of Virginia to make the
presentation.
The portrait of YaAingtons moth
er is copy of sthe fictitious and
thoroughly disproken portrait that
vas was br91ght to the J.nited States in
Was The m1qehs pupebssed bR bRe Isst sSenfp5yE
Morse, the artist and portrait PAINTER,
and better known Us the inventor Of
the telegraph. Froal him it passed to
died die sH" on june at tiftaheid. t MiprSf afass ~h0
expertized by the lite. Charles: Henry
Hart of Philadelphia and New York
been painted in the, seventeenth cen
tury. several years pefore the mother
of George Washington. was born.
/ have in my possession all the
original documentss and letters con-
cerning this portraih which 1 obtained
from the literary effects of the estate
of Benson ]. Lossins. the historian.
1t seems unfortunate that a copy Of
the Morse portrait should be given to
Sulgrave Manor, as it. is misleading
and may cause future Ilisunderstand-
ings concerning its: authenticity. 1t
is true that for several years this
portrait was accepted: as authentic
and is or was used on the certificates
of membership of one of the largest
patriotic societies Of women i'm the
United States.
For many years II have made a
thorough study and investigation of
the so-called portraits .of the mother
of George Washington. There, is but
one authenticated and accepted por-
session, having beel painted BY % the
distinguished British artist Robert
Edge Pine, who visited the United
States soon after the close of the war
of the revolution and painted por-
traits of George washington, the
members of his imm4dilte family and
of other men of pr5mlnence Of the
time. w. LANIER WASHINGTON,
Member of the Executive Committee
eft, Of the sulgrave fnstitutioH. New