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Evening star., 1923-05-26
Held in Prison
z Years, Without
Status, Is Freed

? PROVIDENCE, r. l., May 26.-
Held in the state prison for seven
years without trial as prisoner
without definite status, Louis
Picerno, under indictment for as
sault with a dangerous weapon,
was placed on probation after
commission of doctors and judges
had acted with the attorney gem
, erals office and Picerno'S counsel
to obtain his release.
Picernos release was the acct
dental result of checking up of
prison inmates who appeared to
have no clearly defined standing.
Evening star., 1923-05-26
SUIT FOR 100000 FILED,
Ex-Representative's Wife Accuse.
Him of Malicious Prosecution.

COLI-MRI-S. Ohio. May 26-Suit for
ylan coo was filed against John / LrulE.I
former rcprese ntative and president Of tat
American InSEranc" Union. in common
pleas court hare BY his former wife. MT4
Alta Ford LentZ Of Chicago, for alleged
malicious prosecution. Mrs. LaurZ r.
Gently was committed to the county ia
for three days on An affidavit filed ua
Lcntz charging contempt Of court.
Mrs LentZ, the affidavit charged. was
turned John J. LenjZ. jr.. Eoar-oii
son of the couple. TO within the jIr,Sdc-
tion Of local courts. as provided in this
divorce decree.
Evening star., 1923-05-26
CHARGE S2,0)Q,O)O
LOANS To MORSE
Evidence at Trial Alleges
U. S. Necessarily Financed
ShipbuiIding Contracts.

Testimony tending to show that the
MorseS did not have the financial re-
| sources or the plants necessary to
carry out the shipbuilding contracts
! which they sought from the Fleet
| Corporation and that the government
had to lend them more than $4,000 900
4 in order to have completed the first
| two contracts for steel ships will be
/ enlarged on by the prosecution when
] the trial is resumed Monday before
| Justice Stafford and a jury in Grim
| inal Division /. Some evidence along
| these lines was introduced shortly be-
fore adjournment yesterday.
| Accountants Testimony.
| Adam \. Streck. who was employed
as accountant by the Groton Iron
| Works from 1917 until the concern
! went into the hands of receiver,
testified for the government. He ex-
| planned the bookkeeping entries con-
cerEing the loans from the govern
ment. The first advance was for ST.
/ 10000. he explained. and was made
| under contract dated April Z, 1918.
! less than eight months after the
Groton company received a contract
to build steel ships. A subsequent
! 5. 1918. The books of the company,
he stated. showed the actual advances
| made by the Shipping Board under
| the first loan totaled s1.293.114 and
| under the second loan. SSO4.S92
Norman c. Finninger, one of the
star witnesses for the prosecution,
I completed his three-day ordeal on the
witness stand. The final question
asked him was as to the persons who
signed checks of the Groton Iron
Works drawn on funds borrowed
from the government. He replied
| that they were signed by Erwin A.
Dexter Rood, former witness for the
government.
Agreement Read Into Record.
| Counsel for the prosecution read
into the record the terms of a settle
\ ment agreement between the fleet
\ corporation and the Groton Company
respecting the contracts for twelve
wooden hulls at the Noank, Conn.,,
plant. This was dated September 80,
| 1918, and proved that for each of the
two hulls completed up to that time
under the original contract dated
June Is, 1917, the government should
pay S450.000, instead of 100000 and
| that it should pay like amount for
three hulls, and 100000 for three
others. the contracts for four other
| craft to be cancelled.
/ Aside from these documents coun-
sci also read into the record the steel
| ship contracts and the mortgages on
the Groton plant taken by the gov
| ernment as security for the loans
Justice Stafford suggested that there
, las they do in the House of Repre-
sentatives."
Evening star., 1923-05-26
OIL PLANT DESTROYED.
Sixteen Buildings and 500, 600
Gallons of Oil Burned. :

ROCHESTER,, NJ Y. May 26.-Fire-
men today were still pouring water
upon the ruins of the plant of the
f. B. Rae Oil Company, which was
destroyed last night. The damage was
estimated at S250,00O.
The fire started after an explosion
lifted the covers off several tanks.
sixteen buildings and 100000 gallons
Of, oil were burned.
Evening star., 1923-05-26

The oldest manuscript written on
cotton PAPER in England is in the
British museum and bears the date of
I049. The most ancient manuscript
on the same material in the library
of Paris is dated 1850. In 1885 A. d.
ish Saracens made paper of rags in
stead of raw cotton, which is recog-
|nized by its yeTlowness and brittle
ness.
Evening star., 1923-05-26

Recent investigation of the textile
workers in England has shown that
artificial lighting reduces the eff
cheney of workers by IL per cent of
its normal daylight value.
Evening star., 1923-05-26

An inventor has obtained a patent
for toy consisting of a horseshoe
magnet and gyroscope, the latter
making unusual movements when
affected by the magnetism.
Evening star., 1923-05-26

Though forty lumber mills in the
Philippines have a daily capacity of
64S,000 board feet, they do not keep
pace with the annual growth of tim
ber in the islands
Evening star., 1923-11-26
Marion Davies In Little Old
New York"

Little Old New York" the Cosmo-
Dolitan production featuring Marion
Davies, yesterday entered it's second
week at Moore'S Rialto Theater, with
still increasing numbers clamoring
for admission to see it. The manage
ment declares it is breaking records
with every showing.
Marion Davies. whose work in
When Knighthood Was In Flower"
among the screen stars of the day. is
the star in a role different to any in
which she has yet appeared. She
makes a fine boy and acts with an un-
affected naturalness and quiet pOise
that add charm to her work.
The picture is an adaptation of the
stage play by Rida Johnson Young.
1t was directed by Sidney Olcott, and
the settings are by the noted artist.
Joseph Urban, the set showing the
Battery and Bowling Green is said to
De one of the largest ever built for
picture production.
The story has as it's principal char
acter Patricia O'Day. who arrived in
New York in 1910 with her father to
masquerade as her deceased brother
rat in order to receive a fortune in
clude the founders of many notable
families Of today. Harrison Ford is
seen as Larry Delevan, Courtney
Foote as Robert Fulton. inventor of
the steamboat, the trial trip of which,
up the Hudson. affords one of the
thrills of the picture; Mahlon Hamil
ton as Washington Irving, Sam Hardy
as Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Andrew
Dillon as John Jacob Astor.
The same musical program as last
week is played under the direction of
George Wild
Evening star., 1923-11-26

opportunity has been utilized to make
the most OF the tempest scenes.
Disease strikes hard during that
hrst winter, with only two cabins
erected and but seven persons still
well and able to care for the sick
members of the little colony Indians
invade the settlement. and the SHOWS
pie higher and higher. Making peace
with the Indians and the first Thanks
giving are pictured, and John Aldens
mission to Priscilla with the request
OF Capt. Myles Standish. Priscilla at
the spinning wheel a beautiful and
Wmsome maiden, Is Il faithful por-
trayal Of the character in the poem,
Charles Ray in person was intro
duced to the audiences yesterday dur
ing the ten-minute intermissions. and
made brief address. He gave his
reasons for making the picture, and
mentioned some of the details of
preparation which were necessary. He
said his desire to give the American
public an American subject resulted
In the selection OF the Longfellow
poem. Six months of research work
Were required and the reading of
many volumes.
In some instances books could not
be obtained from the libraries, even
under bond, which made it necessary
to read and make notes at a ,disad-
vantage The LonEfellow version of
1880 and the Bradford text were fol-
lowed in the production. Mr.. Ray
explained that while the poem itself
is adaptable, it does not contain
enough material for a film drama, and
the resort to history was essential.
AT the close of the performances Mr..
Ray gave bits of the film to the
patrons as souvenirs. The usherS are
all in Puritan maiden costume.
Yesterdays slim audiences would
seem to indicate that the prices for
admission are diSapproyed.
Evening star., 1923-11-26
The Courtship of Myles
Standish."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's s
poem, THE. Courtship of Myles Stand
ish," appears in screen adaptation at
The President this week, Washington
being the second city in which the
picture has been shown.
Charles Ray, as John Alden. heads
an imposing cast of eighty seven
listed characters, with f. Allyn War
rem as Myles Standish and Enid Ben
nett as Priscilla.
The photography is good. the act
ing is good and the Story-making
material is good. but there seems
lacking an indefinable something
which keeps the picture from taking
It's place as third in the list of su-
reproductions depicting historical
American events. AS an ordinary mo-
tion picture it can be classed as
among the best. but in comparison
with the dramatiZati0n OF versions Of
the French revolution and Roman his
tory, and also the two American
epochaI productions. '.,rhe Birth of a
(Which is yet to come to Washing,
tom, 1t seems to fall behind.
The opening scene is of the May
flower in midOCean, steadily plowing
the traCkless waters with her nose
toward the land of hope. Discomfort
is brewing among the crew and each
day brings its peril of mutiny and
massacre. Disease and death take
their toll, and storm strikes terror to
the hearts of those who lack deyOut
faith in the Almighty. The entire
first part of the film is devoted TO the
voyage of the MayfloWer, and every
Evening star., 1923-11-26
The Hunchback of Notre
Dame

Laemmle's stupendous production.
of Victor iugo's story. The Hunch-
back of Notre Dame" opened its sec
ond week at the Belasco yesterday
with large audiences that seemed
spellbound by the fascinating tale of
the horrors of life in Paris during
the fifteenth century.
Lon ChancY. who has won fame as
Quasinodo. the HUnchback neverthe-
less has to divide hOnorS in the pic
ture with the superb cathedral, which
claims big share Of the dominant
interest throughout The views, in
terror and exterior. of the cathedral
are beautiful things to remember
The pathetic love story of Esmeralda
holds as much shadow as light in its
unfolding.
Mr.. CLANCY in his portrayal of the
poor. deformed ringer of bells has SO
carefully concealed his features and
shape beneath masses Of plaster and
putty that his characterization be-
comes grotesquc after the gargoyles
on the mammoth cathedral Ernest
Terrence, as ClOpin. Il Robin Hood of
the Partisan underworld; Tully Mar
shall. as Louis NJ: Nigel de Bralier,
as Dom Claude; Raymond Hatton, as
Gringoire. and Gladys Brockwell. as
Godule, offer excellent CharacteriZa-
tionS. Patsy Ruth Miller il a pretty
Esmeralda. and Norman Kerry per
fectly gr0omed captain of the guards
The settings. mob scenes and cos
tunes Of the play are wonderful. and
the music. arranged by Hugo Riesen-
field, gives fine emphasis to the
changing moods of the picture story.
Evening star., 1923-11-26
TWO HURT WHEN AUTO
STRIKES TREE IN PARK
Vermont Man Has Exciting Ex-
perience in Overturning of
Machine by Street Car.

An automobile owned and driven
by James McConville. 1911 K street
northwest, last night about 8 o'clock
lett the roadway near Boulder bridge.
Rock Creek Park, and crashed into
a tree. Mrs. Joseph II. Mackin.
twenty-four. 231O Ashmead place. an
occupant. sustained a fracture Of the
right leg, while McConville was cut
about the face and hands Mrs.
Mackin was treated at Emergency
Hospital. McConville received treat
ment at his home.
Dent NJ. Freeman, 433 4th street
northeast. was the driver of an auto
mobile that collided with the bicycle
of Benjamin Fowler, coIored, fourteen
years, 407 Sd street northeast, in an
alley near his home Saturday after
noon. The boy was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for a cut hand
Arthur A. Hartford Putney. VT
had an exciting experience at Mary
land avenue and Sth street northeast
yesterday afternoon when his auto
mobile was struck by a street car
and overturned He was not in
jured.
Hugh Rivers, 152 L street north
west, was injured yesterday after
noon in an automobile collision at
Warder street and Park road He was
treated at a physicians Office for in
1uries to his side and left arm.
Evening star., 1923-11-26
Burton Holmes "Aerologue.

Burton Holmes opened his thirty
first season at the National Theater
yesterday with AN aerologue, Med
terranean Sky-Cruising," which he
presented both afternoon and evening"
Having girdled the earth by every
other method of travel, the lecturer
aNailed himself of a postal plane from
France to FeZ-a flight over the snow
clad renees-swOopinG near enough
TO earth to view the farms and fields
of Spain. and. after Il land journey
glimpse of Barcelona, another climb
into the Mediterranean sea of clouds:
Il tempeStuouS siege of humping the
air bumps. and then a lookdown at
the dawn; Il view of Spanish cities
and coast line, and sliding down 10
malaga for a colorful last peep Of the
land of the Don.
Touching the dark continent. a first
glimpse shows the aStonishlnf: de
Nelopment of the slice of Africa under
French control. At Rabat. a closeup
Of modern hotel is shown, where
We had camped among tombs in 1890
Perfect roads in "a once -oadless
land: sign posts, automobile trucks
and railroad cars have made such I'M
preston on native life that. the
speaker stated, the first rebellion
against foreign domination has given
way to dOCile acceptance of the new
rule, because of the betterment to
country and people it has brought
about
The splendor of old Morocco, with
the sultan riding forth TO offer the
great prayer" in the presence of
Moorish multitudes and to receive the
homage of his loyal tribes, is follow
ed by q superb exhibition of Moorish
horsemanship. and q later flight gives
peeps at "a hitherto unfilmed popula-
ton, the Souks of Marrakesh." fol-
lowed by a thrilling air trip over Fez
the recently inaccessible metropolis
Of the Moors," with intimate land
studies of strange civilization. in
"luding movies of the forbidden
mosque" A final flight from Nice to
Monte Carlo, closes the tour, which
was enjoyed by large audiences.
Next Sunday the airplare will give
Evening star., 1923-11-26
Harry Fox and Lady Tsen
= Mel.

The Strand Theater this week. in
"a classy bill" Is featuring Harry Fox.
stage and screen favorite, song writer
and author. with Lady Tsen Mel, a
dainty little Chinese comedienne and
singer.
Harry Fox, in Intimate Moments"
wins his audience with his person
ality and humor and completes the
conquest with his popular songS-and
there are some good ones-with
Charles Seville at the piano, in a
twenty-minute entertainments
Lady Tsen Mel, equally delightful,
gives limitations of animals. ballads.
Jazz numbers and burlesque, with a
bit of charming English as "she is
spoke"
Others ON the bill include Melodies
and Steps" an elaborate musical and
dance revue; Jim and Irene Mariyn:
Jules Bernard and Florence Scarth,
in Loan Sum Street" a clean and
humorous sktt, and the Turner Broth
ers. in dance, tumbling and slap-stick
comedy.
The photoplay Is a screen version of
Anna Katharine Green's famous novel
t'The Leavenworth Case" a mystery
<Sory that remains a mystery to the
my close 1t also is we'll played by
Seena owen, Martha Mansfield, Will
fred Lytell, Paul Doucet and Bradley
Barker.
Evening star., 1923-11-26

medianS, makes a cross between a
burlesque and a satire of his latest
film, Our Hospitality" which was
shown here for the first time yester-
day afternoon at the Palace Theater
before an audience that laughed at
the fun and Shrieked at the thrills
through seven reels.
Broadway and Forty-Second street
in New York city in 1890 in a single
scene is we'll worth seeing. An anus
ing bit is the railroad journey in the
quaint coaches of that day. To be
sure, there are several purposeful
anachroniSmS, including a ludicrouS
hayseed traffic policeman. The sa-
Hrical thread is skillfully woven
through the picture that it increases
the amiable fun of the film. SThis pic
ture bears favorable comparison with
Harold Lloyd'S Safety Last" in it's
combination of fun and thrills. There
is a river rescue that even Way
Down East" did not surpass and some
acrobatics on the edge of high cliffs
that made one ShiVer.
a few years ago ardent students
of scenario writing We're told to keep
from the, historical costume tale as
one would avoid the plague, yet now
even the latest comedy is arrayed
in the costumes and has it's locale in
a period of long ago. our Hospt-
tality" uses early American history
rather than foreign events for both
setting and story.
The plot is very simple. 1t is the
tale of two mountain families OF the
south whose ancestors have handed
down through several generations
that awkward bombshell, mutual
feud. The obvious thing happens
when the son of one family falls in
love with the daughter of the other
and. despite terrific handicaps, they
manage to live happily ever after"
The characters are as interesting
as the settings, which is saying mucn
for them. one also has opportunity
to view the entire keaton menage,
for Buster. his wife. Natalie Tai
madge, Buster jr and grandpa Joseph
all have parts in the picture.'
A good comedy by juveniles en-
titled Three Cheers" and the Pathe
News cOmnleteS the bill
Evening star., 1923-11-26
The Spoilers.

Goldwyn's new picture of Rex
Beach's powerful story of Alaska,
The Spoilers" opened yesterday. with
capacity audiences, at Crandall's,
where it will remain the feature for
the first part of the week.
This gripping story of the great
northland. when the gold rush was
on, women were few and men were
many and strong. climaxes in a ter
rihc fight between two veritable
giants. Noah Beery and Milton Sills,
who play the roles previously taken
In former screen production by Will
liam Farnum and Tom Santschi 1t
is tense in its dramatic high lights
and the entire cast lends splendid
support to the principals Among the
players are Anna q. Nilsson, Robert
Edeson, Mitchell Lewis, Louise Fa-
Zenda, Barbara Bedford, Kate Price.
Ford Sterling, Rockliffe Fellowes and
Sam de GrasSe.
Lyman II. Howe's comedy, shoot
ing the Earth" marvel of trick pho
Biography. which takes the audience
on world tour of delight, also is
shown.
Evening star., 1923-11-26
The Bad Man. y

Pancho Lopez is the most captivat-
ing bandit on record. Even in cold
hlooded murder he is so deliciously
nonchalant ii is impossible not to ad-
mire. almost to love him. The Bad
Man. a comedy-tragedy drama, by
Porter Emerson Brown. is offered this
week both at CrandalrS Metropolitan
and Ambassador theaterS. with Enid
Bennett, Holbrook Rlinn, Jack Null
hall. Harry Myers and Walter McGrail.
Gilbert Jones and his Uncle Henry
have settled on an Arizona cattle
ranch. The drama opens at the point
where Gilbert has been relieved of all
his cattle by the notable outlaw
PanCho Lopez Also the mortgage on
the ranch is due and he is minus the
$4,000 TO meet ii. Also the man VINO
holds the mortgage is a loan shark
and hard boiled Gil demands the
three days of grace which the law
allows, IN the hope that he wifi some
how save himself and Uncle Henry
from being set out n the desert" 4
driving storm adds to the general
gloom, and during the downpour
girl collaDSeS at the door of the shack
She proves to be Lucia Moore, who
pledged her love to Gil when he went
away to war, but who later marri cd
Morgan Pei. Her husband pinned be
meath the wreckage of their motor
car, Lucia goes for help. and i is on
this errand that she drops. battered
and exhausted by the storm at the
door of her true love The third day
OF grace arrives, with Lucia and her
husband still the guests Of Gil and
Uncle Henry, with Jasper Hardy on
hand ready TO take possession Of tho
ranch and with still no prospect OF
$4,000 by s O'Clock that night. In a
last desperate effort to raise the mon
ey Gil goes to the bank and. during
his absence. Pancho Lopez appears on
a stealing raid
With the arrival OF the bandit
events move to a lively tune and
dance until tn" final fade-out. The
acting is excellent. the scenery pretty
and the story satisfactory. The Bad
Man IS. in fact, a good picture.
other features OF the bill include
Larry Svmor comedy, lightning
Love; Viola T. Abrams and Preston
Shelley. in harp and 'cclIo duets. ana
Suppe's Morning. Noon and Night"
as an overture. with a classical Jazz
Ten. Ten. Tennessee" thrown
in for good measure. The usual news
pictures also are included. The Sc
Evening star., 1923-11-26
Pioneer Trails.

pioneer Trails" the photoplay at
traction At CrandallS Central Thee
toy the first four days Of this week. is
somewhat on the order OF The Gov
cred Wagon dramatiZed from a
gripping love story back in the days
OF 1S49. when men were stalking their
lives against buried fortunes in the
california hills. II is perhaps one of
the best done and most interesting z
motion pictures of the season.
The story opens upon train of
prairie schooners, plodding their way
through the Indian country toward
the imagined E:idorado they are des-
tined never to reach a lone youth
survives. and from that moment the
play is built around his struggle for
success. and finally his love for girl
of high birth. who thinks he is a
namelcsS Outcast
Miss calhoun plays the girl" with
fnc success and Cullen LandiS is eX-
Evening star., 1923-11-26
The Bird and the Fish"

K. N. Das Gupta, a leader among
the cultured apostles of India, pre-
scented an unusual play entitled 1.-THE
Bird and the Fish" at the Art Center.
1106 Connecticut avenue northwest,
yesterday afternoon, before an au-
dience composed largely of promi-
nent people in local literary and art
circles.
Although the title might suggest
an oriental legend, in reality it is
an apt name for a four-act romantic
play based upon the marriage prob
lem. The plot is simple, but the
slight complications are handled deli
cately and logically, V ith some un-
usually clever lines and considerable
Hindu philosophy scattered through
out. The play was written by Ma
belle Shapleigh and Alfred Kahn and
concerns principally one Charles
Bateau, Franco-American artist. His
faithful friends are Kedar Singh, a
mediocre portrait painter, but a pro-
Evening star., 1923-11-26
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found philosopher. played to fine ad-
vantage by Mr.. Das Gupta, and Mimi,
an artists model, very much in love
with Bateau. The fourth and last
character of the play is Laura Clifford,
a comparatively young woman listed
in relentless fashion as "a spinster."
She has one dominant thought-to
get married. With the aid of the
family she places a young artist
under obligations to such an extent
that he feels he cannot refuse to
marry her, although frankly stating
he does not love her.
The second act gives n dramatic
glimpse of the miserable existence
such an ill-mated pair might lead,
ana Mimi reappears with sympathy
Ior her friend: In the third act
Bateau loses his mind temporarily
as result of his wife's nagging. but
IN the last act affairs are finally
Strengthened out.
Nina oliver was charming as Mimi,
Remon de La Joic quite satisfactory
as the principal victim, and Selena
Coburn was realistic spinster for
whom one might feel sorry, even
though condemninG her as the victim
OF her own headStron gfolly. The un-
SultaDlllty of Laura as Wife for
Bateau suggests the comparison of
mating a fish with a bird, the key
note to the plays moral. In other
words. 1t Is an argument for marriage
based primarily upon congeniality OF
work and tastes.
Mr.. Das Gupta represents the So
clety called the Union of East and
West. which has as its aim the es-
tablishment of n meeting place for
the east and west in the field of art,
ltera ture, drama, music, science and
philosophy. Prominent members and
patrons include Rabindranath Tagore
Lord Sinha. H. q. Wells, Lord Car
michael, DR.. Felix Adler, Margaret
AnSlin. Sir Auckland and Lady Ged-
des, DR. and Nine. SEE, Mrs. Louis D.
Brandeis. Prof. J. II. Woods. Prof
G. Black and Mrs. Charles Bird
Following this special matinee per-
formance, the company returned to
New York, where it is presenting
Il series of Orinteal playS