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Evening star., 1923-08-12

adaptation of David Belasco's play,
The Boomerang" which Is to be Vic
tor l.. Schertzinger's first picture for
Preferred.
Zona Gales novel, Faint Perfume"
one of the literary successes OF the
year. Will be filmed as a Victor
Schertzinger production. This is one
of the fifteen popular stories and
stage plays to be made in the near
future by Preferred Pictures.
Edwin Carewe, who Is producing
The Bad Man" for First National. Is
using airplanes to transport members
of his cast to location" This Is due
to the fact that Holbrook Blinn and
Charles Sellon are also appearing in
Man" at a Los Angeles theater and
must be back from Bakersfield, Calf,
where the picture Is being filmed,
every evening in time for the night
performance.
First National is making a Aim in
depreciation OF Flaming Youth"
rary life. Colleen Moore is TO have
the leading role OF a sophisticated
iapper, whose exploration into the
secrets of life form the basis of the
sensational play.
Exterior scenes of "Thundergate."
First National picture of Chinese
and American life, are being taken
in San Francisco. the true locale OF
the American sequences of the story.
The company includes owen Moore,
Sylvia Dreamer. Tully Marshall. Eir-
ginia Brown Faire and Robert Nc
Kim.
Production is completed of The
Huntress." an adaptation of Hubert
Footner's story OF a lovable. vivacious
white girl. brought up as an Indian,
who kidnaps a white man in order to
win a husband.
Claire Du Brey. popular screen
"vamp.' is the newest addition to the
cast of "PonJoIa," Cynthia Stockley's s
story OF South African gold field life,
which Sam Z. Rork Is producing for
First National. with Donald Crisp
directing.
Thomas II. Ince has purchased
screen rights for The Barber of New
Orleans" colorful stage play of the
Evening star., 1923-08-12

Madge Bellamy, star of Soul Of the
Beast" has been loaned by Thomas H
1nce to Associated Authors for its
picture, mo More Women"
Evening star., 1923-08-12

William Norris, one OF the best
character men in the business. who
had big parts in Adam and Eva"
The Go-Getter" and When knight
hood Was in Flower" is prominent in
the cast OF The Love Piker."
Evening star., 1923-08-12

Patsy Ruth Miller. the young
beauty of the screen, like Americas
sweetheart, has put young brother
into the films-Winston Miller-who
Is making his second screen appear
ance in The Love Piker"
Evening star., 1923-08-12

Bird who is exploiting Valley Of
the Wolf" Jack Pickfords picture
story. written by himself sister Mary
and Marion Jackson, says the story
gets away from jazz-age specials.
risque ballroSn scenes, and is whole
some. clean and fine. More, he says
the greatest set ever built: the most
stupendous and most enduring" is
being used for it.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

structed in Hollywood for the Huguenot
massacre scenes and the ballroom set of
the Louvre Paiace. 32s feet long. Is
said to be the most authentic reproauc-
tion of the Louvre ever screened.
1t IL considered such monumental
pictorial record of French history that
complete print OF Ashes of Ven
geance" has been presented to the
Carnivalet Museum in Paris.
More than 1000 costumes of the
period of Charles TX have been used in
this picture, in addition to the suits OF
armor worn in the battle Of Jarnac in
which 400 horses and several thousand
actors take part. 1t was directed by
Frank Lloyd.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

John Griffith Wray. in filming
Anna Christie" is said to be trying
out theory that the quickest way
to secure a mood or emotion from a
player is TO put him through the
physical action which accompanies
the motion. Consequently each scene
is being rehearsed at least dozen
times before the camera shoots 1t.
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" Ashes of VENGEANCE.

NORMA TALMADGE'S ten-reel fea-,
ture. "Ashes Of Vengeance" her
aided as the largest and most expen-
sive production Joseph NJ. Schenck has
ever made. is costume drama Of old
France in the days of chivaIry, adapted
from the novel Of H. b. Somerville, the
English author. Miss Talmadge plays
the part of Lady Yoeland de Breux.
An entire French quarter consisting
of more than three hundred separate
houses and public buildings was con-
Evening star., 1923-08-12

This doesn't seem quite right. bu.
We have il on the AUTHORITY OF a
movie press agent. Lila Lee, the
beautiful little doll of the movies" i"
Is overly fond Of spaghetti. She has
no end or recipes for preparing il. too.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

Ray Coffin. director OF publicity at
the United Studios. Los Angeles, has
sprung new art OF divination. 1t Is
"solestry," the science of telling for
tunes by the soles of the feet. All
this to exploit Mile. Andree Lafay-
cites adorable pedal extremities,
which are said to reflect music, art,
histrtonism and all that Is beautiful
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prosaic things.
J Constance Talmadge is secretly
married" to Jack MuIhail in "Duicy.
her latest frothy comedy of married
life now being filmed at the Joseph
NJ. Schenck studios in Hollywood.
Chastity" was the last picture
made by Katherine Macdonald before
her plunge into matrimony. Her cur
rent First National release Is THE
Lonely Road" Another Katherine .
'The Scarlet Lily" Miss MacDonaId
became Mrs. Charles Johnson May %
in Atlantic City. Her husband Is the
grandson OF Charles Sheen. inventor
of the pressed steel railroad car.
A wedding cake Ave feet high
shaped like the London pro- cathedral
of the seventeenth century Is one Of
the appetizing tidbtts put into Rich
ard Barthelmess perturbation OF
The Fighting Blade" to make the
mouths of movie fans water. How
ever. 1t is the master achievement Of
Swiss wood carver that Is served
up on the screen menu.
Richard conneirs comedy drama.
The Swamp Angel" Is to be trans
ferred to the screen. Edward J..
Montague. scenarist and for many
years a. newspaper man. is writing
the continuity. THE Swamp Angel
will be a First National picture.
Senorita Guiomar Novaes. Brazilian
pianist. visited Norma and Constance
Talmadge at the United Studios this
week. Miss Novaes Is taking back
with her to Rio de Janeiro a special
print of Norma's latest First Ma
tionaI release. within the Law" as
we'll as a short reel showing herself
and Norma.
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improvement program has been COM
pleted. including practically all of the
exterior construction. The remain
ing 100000 is to be expended on
prosaic things.
Evening star., 1923-08-12

Eve UnseH. Preferred Pictures ver-
satile screen writer. has completed
the script of the next production TO
he made by Alan Holubar, to whom
she was temporarily loaned by 3, p.
Schulberg. She Is now preparing the
Evening star., 1923-05-15

"A stubborn cellar fire in the Chest.
nut Farms Dairy establishment, at
111s-1120 Connecticut avenue, early
last night, gave gas-masked firemen
two hours of battling before it was
put under control, while hundreds,
lining both sides of Connecticut ave-
nue., watched.
The damage was estimated at
$4,000. The building was fully in
sured and is owned by c. A. Daily.
Joe" Ruff. night watchman. noticed
swirls of smoke seeping from the
basement at 1880 last night and pull
ed an alarm. 1t was o'clock this
morning when the last piece of fire
apparatus started "home."
Rats in Preakness.
Cause of the fire has not been de-
termined 1t originated in the base
ment among tumble of empty but
ter tubs and egg crates. 1t must
have Smoldered for some time before
discovery, because when the fire ap-
paratus arrived on the scene and eel
lar doors were opened. smoke Swirled
out and spread Il pail over a radius
of a square and half.
There was a large crowd of women
looking on when the firemen opened
the cellar doors. AS the doors popped
open swarm of rats, Scuttled up
the steps and started north on Con-
necticut avenue, like a field of start
in rodent Preakness. One big
rat with his tail straight out like a
pointers headed the procession.
Women screamed and ran for door
ways One jumped on the back of
her escort and sent forth shriekS to
the accompaniment of kicking OK
fords. The hand of fate must have
guided the rat race from the scene
of Mysteries, for the leader suddenly
turned up an alleyway and the field
swung around in snappy left turn.
The fire was under control at $3.50
o'clock. The flames had spread
through the basement and reached
the first floor, where the sales office
is located. Heavy damage was done
furniture there. Holes were cut in
the floor for ventilation of the fire
and electric ventilating fans in the
rear We're kept busy pumping out
smoke throughout the time. Chief
George Watson directed the work of
the firemen. Deputy Chief Jane.
keliher and Private Millard Sutton OF
No. IA engine were rushed to Emer.
Eency Hospital, suffering from the
effects of smoke, but their condition
was said to be not serious.
Gas Masks Aid.
Use of the improved mine-rescue
masks with oxygen tanks was mad.
for the first time at the fire last night
This apparatus less than two week:
ago passed final tests at the bureau
Of standards. 1t aided greatly in
fighting the cellar fire.
hose burst at one juncture just
when an enterprising photographer
was trying to make cap explode in
his tlashlight gun, and it almos,
ruined $i9.50 camera. The pho.
tographer sustained drenched feet
Two thousand gallons of milk were
lost in the smoke damage and water
A large>quantity of cheese also was
damaged by the blaze. A large stock
of egg cartons and butter wrappers
went up in smoke. but officials of the
dairy today declared that not suffi-
cient damage was caused to interrup
Evening star., 1923-05-15
5000 VISIT FAIR.
Masonic and Red Men Carnival
Draws Huge Crowd.

approximately 5000 persons visited
the fair last night at 14th street
and Florida avenue. under the joint
auspices of Sioux Tribe, No. Is, Inde-
pendent Order of Red Men, and the
National Masonic Fishing Club. Ar
rangements for the carnival, which
will continue to May 26, were made
by a general committee, headed by
Samuel J. GomperS, jr.
Dancing on a large open pavilion
was one of the most popular attrac-
tions on the opening night. Music was
furnished by the Kallipolis Grotto
syncopators. Other amusements in
clude Venetian swings for the chill
dren, score of novelty games and
side shows, featuring "Bosco," a
snake charmer. who "eats 'em alive"
according to the ballyhoo man, and
The Great Gongalulu," a freak from
the Moon mountains.
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Fiiren,er u, Gas Masks Battle
Flames 2 Hours in $50, 900 Fire

service to patrons. AS matter of
fact. milk trucks were going out all
morning while the fire apparatus was
stilI>on the job putting out the last
remnants of the blaze.
The sales office, though impaired by
fire and smoke, is open for business
this morning, it was announced, and
business as usual was being car
ried on
Evening star., 1923-05-15
CHARGES NOLLE PRESSED.
Woman Accused Claimed She Acted
Under Husbands Orders,

United States Attorney Gordon has
nolle pressed the charges Of robbery and
violating the anti-narcotic law against
Mrs. Florence Austin. who is said to
have worked the badger game on George
v. Whittle Of Seattle at a local hotel.
The woman's husband, John F. Austin,
Is serving term of five years impris-
onment in connection with the transac-
tion.
Mrs. Austin claimed she was acting
under the domination Of her husband
and the jury disagreed as to her guilt.
She was later tried on the drug charge
and the jurors again failed to reach a
verdict. She was represented by Attor-
ney James A. O'Shea.
Evening star., 1923-05-15
WILL WELCOME DEBS.
Local Socialists to Join With Bal
timore in Celebration.

A delegation Of several hundred
local socialists will go to Baltimore
laborites of that city in welcoming
Eugene v. Debs. their former candi-
date for President of the United
States. back to the east for the first
time since his release from the At
lanta penitentiary.
The socialists will make tho trip
Evening star., 1923-05-15

to the Maryland city by automobile.
Twenty-Five cars will be used. The
Debs meeting will be held at the
famous Lyric Theater, In Baltimore.
A section of the theater has been res
served for the Washington delega-
tion. Information from the commit
tee In charge showed that every other
seat in the place had been sold.
Evening star., 1923-05-15

Lord Joicey, who owns more coal
mines than any other Individual in
Great Britain, celebrated recently the
diamond jubilee of his entrance as
office boy into the firm which he now
controls.
Evening star., 1923-05-15

Many of the locomotives on English
railways are painted green, while
others are gay in coats of red. royal
purple. chocolate brown and primrose
yal1OW
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
ANDERSOnVILLE is
L0VNeCyP WINNER
Plains and Union High Schools
Capture Second and Third
Honors st County Meet

Andersonviae Consolidated High
school won the silver loving cup Of
fered by the Sumter county board
of Education in the county school
meet held Saturday The meet was
held at the Aggie college, and the
large auditorium there was crowded
at both sessions Of the gathering,
and much interest was manifest
throughout. Plains won second place
and Union High was awarded third
honors by the judges.
Competition for the civic club
medals offered by the Rotarians,
Kiwanians and Lions of Americus
was especially keen, these being add
ed rewards as follows: Ready Writ
ing, Rotary medal; New Era school,
Girls Recitation, Kiwanis medal,
Concord school; Defamation, Lions
medal, Plains school; Music medal,
Music Study club medal, Plains.
Three teachers from Ellaville were
judges of the literary contests, while
Prof. ]. E. owen, Aggie coach, as
sisted by Ellis Clark Green and
Claude Bond, two Aggie seniors,
judged the athletic events. Every
rural school in the county was rep
resented in the meet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
CHAPMAN. LETTER IS
DECLARED HOAX BY
.SLEUTHS At ATHENS
Alleged Missive Believed to Have
Been Sent Woman By Some
Other Person
EARLY CAPTURE EXPECTED
Missing Convict Is Believed to Be
Hiding In Or Near Scene of
Latest Escape

ATHENS, April 9.-Department
of Justice agents here today were
said to be about convinced the let.
ter which an Athens woman told
them she received Saturday from
Gerald Chapman escaped convict,
came from some one else. This wo-
man is said to be a nurse and has
been under surveillance since Chap
man escaped from the hopital here
where he was undergoing treatment
for wounds received prior to his first
recapture after escaping from At
lanta Federal penitentiary.
The woman told the officers she
had received a letter signed by
Chapman, asking her to meet him
in the rear of the hospital Saturday
night with money and provisions.
While the officers watched she
kept appointment but Chapman fail,
ed to appear.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09

FATE OF BAKER BOYS
YET UNDETERMINED
Evidence Tending To Establish
Mental Deficiency or George
Put Before Hardwick

ATLANTA, April 9.-No evidence
of any mental deficiency on the part
of George Baker, nor any claim for
leniency on the grounds of the age
Of Ralph Baker were brought out in
their trial before a Walker county
jury, E. F. Taylor and James Ros-
ser attorneys, declared in combating
efforts to obtain a commutation of
sentence of the two boys at the hear
ing today before Governor Hard
wick.
R. NJ. Glenn and 0. M. Chambers,
attorneys for the defense, introduc-
ed new evidence in the form of an
affidavit of DR.. Madison to the effect
that he had treated George Baker
several years ago and found him men
tally deficient The dictor also claim
cd to have examined him recently and
found the same deficiency, which he
pronounced hereditary, and declared
George would never completely re-
cover. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
COMMITTEE OF HUNDRED
TO HELP IN CAMPAIGN

ROME, April "a committee Of
one hundred Representative citizens OF
Rome was named today to advise
with the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce in the big re-
organization and expansion campaign
which is now getting under way 1t
will be known as the Greater Rome
Advisory Committee, " and will meet
for the first time Thursday at noon
at the Armstrong hotel. ?
The committee is being selected
to represent all activities of the COM
munity-industrial, mercantile, fl
nancial, professional, the churches,
schools and organizations of all
Commerce is to be as wide in its
activities as the community life and
the formation of this advisory and
committee is the first
step recommended by the American
City Bureau whose representatives
have arrived here to begin the cam
paigu.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
ROME MUNICIPAL GAS
CONCERN LAYS MAINS

ROME, April 9.--In line with im-
provements planned by the Rome
Municipal Gas Company it was an
nounced Monday morning that the
six-ineh main which now ends at the
Second avenue bridge over the Eto-
wah river will at once be extended to
East Ninth street and that twenty
five hundred feet of main will be
laid. s#@
A new main is also to be put in on
Maple street to connect with that at
East Eighth street and the three
inch main on Fifth avenue, from
Fifth avenue at East Third street
will be extended to East Fourth
street
The new 'bench" recently order
ed has arrived and is now being in-
stalled. 1t will be ready for opera
ton in about two weeks and will add
materially to the facilities for a be-
ter and larger gas supply,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
PLAN POULTRY SALE

DAWSON, April 9.-For some
weeks the people Of Dawson and Ter
rell county have been looking for
ward to the first cooperative poultry
sale to be held in Terrell county,
April IT, has been set for the date
Of holding the sale, which promises to
be the greatest of it's kind ever held
in this section of the state
Quite a large number Of birds have
been booked and almost daily others
are being listed. Much interest is
being manifested throughout the
county and advertising matter adj
vising the approaching sale is now
being distributed. An expert from
the Poultry Divisions of the State
College Of Agriculture as well as
man from the state marketing bu-
reau will be present to see that the
poultry is properly graded,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
DR.. OWEN To TALK
At BAPTIST REVIVAL
SERVICE At $50 TODAY
More Than Twenty-Five Singers
Ready to Help During Period
of Meetings There
ROWLAND LEADS SINGING
Large Audience Heard DR.. Minor
in Opening Sermon of Meeting
Last Night

DR.. William Russell Owen re-
vivalist at the First Baptist church
viii deliver his first sermon there
this afternoon, the service beginning
at 1888 o'clock, P. S. Rowland evan
gelist singer was in charge of
the opening service Sunday night
when DR.. Carl w. Minor
preached. There were more than
twenty-five singers present Sunday
night" Rowland said today, land
room for more" And he added the
attendance at the Sunday night ser
vice was most encouraging.
DR.. Owen, who will take charge
of the meeting today coming from
Macon this afternoon, arriving on
the 2:10 train. His first services
will start promptly at $3.50 o'clock
and it is expected the entire con-
gregation will attend and welcome
him to Americus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
BERRIEN DELEGATION
INSPECTS BIG HATCHERY

TOWNSVILLE, April 9.-About
forty men and women from Berrien
county visited Thomasville and this
immediate section and were shown
through the Thomasville Hatchery,
the dairy herds and other live stock
projects that have created such in
tense interest throughout the state
and nation. The party was in charge
Of Miss Lila Forrest, who maneuver-
ed the visit and took care Of the
visitors expressed
plans for their entertainment. The
visitors expressed great interest in
the 13,OOO-egg hatchery, that is al
ways full, the dairy her around
Thomasville, the fine hogs and the
Bonnie J. cattle as well as the finely
developed pastures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
WILL CARE FOR TUBERcULARs

ROME, April City Physician
"A. C. Shamblin has returned from
the meeting of the Georgia Munich
pal League and the State Board Of
Health held at Savannah and his
plan of having the state build new
structure at Alto to be used for car
ing for white tubcrcular patients and
using that already there for caring
for colored tubercuIar patients, was
unanimously endorsed, following
full discussion of the matter. Dr..
Shamblin attended the meeting both
in his capacity as a member Of the
State Board of Health and as a
municipal official.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
TWO SUSPECTS ARE
UNDER SURVEILLANCE

WASHINGTON, April 9.--Gerald
Chapman, mail bandit, who escaped
recently from an Athens Hospital, is
believed by department Of justice
officials here to be hiding in or near
Athens. Officials who visited At
lanta federal PRISON and Athens last
week said they expected Chapman to
be captured shortly.
Two New York men suspected of
being acomplices in the escape are
under surveillance by department of
justice agents. Officials said this had
been traced to a train leaving Athens
for New York on the date Chapman
escaped.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
SOCIAL. WORK CONFERENCE
BEGINS SESSIONS MAY 10

WASHINGTON, D. G., April p
To what extent law and government
in this country has kept pace with
changing social conditions and needs,
and how effectively are they fuEe-
tioning to promote equally the wei
fare of all classes of citizens, will be
considered during an entire day of
the fftieth anniversary session of the
National Conference of Social WORK
here May 1928.
The program of addresses and dis
cussions for that day is being prcpar-
ed by the Conference Committee on
Law and Government, Of which PiOf.
Rescue Pound, Dean of the Lew
School Of Harvard Unyersitys is
chairman, and Robert W. Kelso, exc
cutive secretary of the Boston Coua-
ell Of Social Agencies, is vice-chaie-
man.
The program will stress the con-
structive and preventative functions
Of the law, as will as distinctions
features, and will discuss the chang
ing basis of the law in its relation
to social welfare.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
ROME CHURCHES HAVE
MANY NEW MEMBERS

ROME, April 9.-Many additions
were received by the central churches
during the two-weeks revival which
Just closed. The last night saw
crowded churches and the effect of
the revival was apparent. Among
musical features of the services were
songs by the Berry schools quartette
at the First Baptist and First Chris
tian churches and the stirring solos
Of ]. W. Troy, of Chicago, at the
First Presbyterian and the First Bap-
list churches The chorus choirs at
all the churches added much to the
impressiveness of the services.
a broken arm.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-04-09
DORT NUND-ENS CANAL
LOCK DESTROYED BY
GIANT TINE B0 NIB
Most Serious Case Of Sabotage in
Ruhr War Reported Today
From Essen
RHINE CANAL BLOCKED
Duisburg and Ruhrort, Largest m
land Port in World Both
Closed to Traffic

D0RMUND-Ems Canal Essen.
April 9.-(By Associated Press
Explosion Of a time bomb Destroy
ed the Dormund Ems Canal near
Herne, early today.
The canal was blocked seriously
interfering with all the complicated
inland waterway traffic in the Ruhr.
This is the most serious case Of
sabotage yet reported on Ruhr
waterways.
The lock that was destroyed is
near the junction of the Dormund-
Ems Canal with the main Canal that
runs down to the Rhine at Duisburg
and Ruhrort, where the largest IN
land port in the world is located.