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Evening star., 1924-08-13
oli-Cody and Keller.

THE bill at Crandall's Tivoli The
ater, next week, Will be headed by
Gsdy and Keller. two girls. who en-
terrain with harp and whistling solos
and duets. The program will also in
ofiIue "Tivoli's Mirror of the Living
World; "Tivoli Wanderings,' a con-
oert overture by the Tivoli Orchestra,
with Bailey f. Alart leading, and or
gan music by Arthur Flagel and Har-
old, T. Pease.
ifLittle Johnny Jones' a Warner
Bros. adaptation of the play by
George NJ. Cohan, written around the
career of Tod Sloan. Americas most
renowned jockey. will be the screen
feature of the bill. II is the story
OF an intrigue by a gambler to rob
Johnny Jones, the Yankee jockey, of
hfsi reputation and nip the bud of his
romance.
The gambler is afraid of losing
mpney if Johnny runs his horse. and
lie also attempts to win the affections
of*Edythe Smith. The plot is whipped
into shape and Johnny is accused of
trying to throw the race. He ylnd1-
caf es himself, however, at the last
minute and wins the girl.
iJohnny Hines has the leading role
and the cast includes Wyndham
Standing, Margeret Seldom, Robert
Pror, Molly Malone, George. WEBB
and Brownie, the wonder dog.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
palace Tess Of the
! DUrbervilles."

sTess of the D'Urbervilles," Mar
shall Neiian's production for Metro
Gndwyn of the classic by Thomas
Hardy, with Blanche Sweet in the
chief feminine role, will be shown at
Lob VS. Palace Theater next week, be-
ginning Sunday afternoon.
This play was one of the great sue
cesses of Mrs. Fiske's career, but Mr..
Ma Ian has abandoned the nineteenth
century setting in order to invest the
story with a greater degree of real
ism, while still adhering closely to
the text.
The cast includes Conrad Nagel,
Stuart Holmes, George Fawcett. Vic
tory Bateman, Courtenay Foote and
Joaeph ]. Bowling. ~Exterior scenes
ofAhe production were filmed in Eng
land.
sTess of the DUrbervilles" is the
starry of a country girl in Wessex
WHO falls a victim to the brutality of
anRunscrupulous young man. Later, she
meets and marries the man she loves,
on4y to be deserted when he learns
the truth of her past.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
ANU Sc T S

picture. will be the Offering at Gran
dalPs Metropolitan Theater next week.
Directed by King Vidor. this is
story of modern youth, and it Is said
that the director has contrived to make
his f1appers and "cake-eaters' really
human. Although modern, it opens with
two brief cutbacks from which the stage
title, MARY the Third was taken. The
first scene opens at a dance in 1870,
with Mary the First as the central fig
ure; the second in 1897, with Mary the
Second being wooed in the same old
New England house The story proper
then opens in 1924, with Mary the Third,
an up-to-date flapper, being pursued by
the modern suitorS. Eleanor. Boardman
plays the three Marys, and the cast in
Guides Eulalie Jensen. Gertrude Claire.
James Morrison. Johnnie Walkers. Niles
Welch, Creighton Hale, Ben Lyons, Will
liam Hanes, Pauline Garon, William
Collier, jr, and Bobby Agnew.
Bobby Vernon, in Bright Lights;
news reels and orchestral music COM
plete the bill
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Belasco-" "Seventeen."

ffSeventeen," Booth Tarkington's
delightful story of youth and it's
Ways, which treats of the compare
the Importance of life" and it's
'feomplexes" in the teen" age, is an
,bunced as next weeks play to be
Resented by the Belasco Theater
mayers.
fThe locale of the story is a small
tsWn, and the characters are taken
from it's younger" or juvenile set.
Il concerns particularly youthful
swain who strives to win the favor
OF popular and giggling visitor
fEom the city, who handles him with
all the innate sophistry of her sex.
sDonald Galleher will be seen in the
Leading role and Leona Beutelle the
feminine role of Importance. Everett
Altterfield, Elizabeth Patterson,
Henry Irving and Adele Windsor also
will appear in the cast.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Keith Ben Bernie S Or
i chestra.

t9E3en Bernie and his famous orches-
ira. the musical feature selected from
500 orchestras for the new Hotel
Roosevelt. New York, will headline
the bill at &. F. Keith's Theater next
week. This organization is said to
play all kinds of music to the salts
faction of the admirers of modern
day rhythm.
ssDolly Connolly, contralto, will ap-
pear with Pency Weinrich, the well
known composer, in his new group
of songs
Charles Trowbridge Tittman, Wash
ington'S noted baSSo. will appear for
a special engagement in program
of high class and popular songs. ac-
companied by George Dixon Thomp-
son, concert pianist of this city.
tsQtherS will include Fred Ardath,
long known of the King of Hokum,
in a skit called Members of the
Same Club; Harry Holman. in his
1926 version of Hard Boiled Hamp-
tom. with a new singing finish. and
Dolly Austin and Edith Manson in
the act, "DanSe Varieties, new
series of dance doings presented with
Armand Voliano, Anvil Avery and
Gene Aleer: Joe Shriner and Billy
Fitzsimmons. in THE NeCsdealer.
and The kitaros, three clever folks
fT.pin the land of cherry blossoms, in
japanese deXterity.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
IStrand-Jean Barrios.

The program of vaudeville and pic
ture attractions at the Strand The
alter next week will be headed by
Jean Barrios, who will appear in a
series of "Artistic Song Impressions
with Mr.. Paul Humphrey assisting at
the piano.
Others to appear include Murrey
Stutz and Octabia Bingham in a skit
entitled who Is He:'; and Orballa
Adrienne, in Twists, Turns and
Tsurh bling"
The picture will show John Gilbert
inshis latest William Fox production,
"The Last Chance"
Short films and Director Arthur
ManvelTS orchestra numbers will
complete the showing.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Takona.

Sunday and Monday. Bessie Love and
Lew Cody, in The Woman on the jury"
Pathe News and Topics; Tuesday, Doro-
thy Dalton, in THE Moral Sinner" and
Around the World With the Speejacks'
(first Section); Wednesday, Laura La
Plante, in "The Dangerous Blonde"
and "Our Gang" in stage Fright;
Thursday, Jacqueline Logan, in THE
Dawn of a Tomorrow" and around
the World With the Speejacks"
Cast section); Friday. Viola Dana,
in ''The Heart Bandit" Aesops
Fables, Fighting Blood" No. Z, Spat
Family. in Let's Build; Saturday
matinee and evening. "A Tailor made
Man" Aesop Fables and Fast Black '
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Chew Chase.

Sunday and Monday, D. w. Grif-
fitk's, The White Rose" with Mae
Marsh, Charles Mack and Carol Demp-
ster; News and ''Aesop's Fables"
Tuesday, May McAvoy and George
Fawcett, in Through the Bedroom
Window; Mack Sennett's wedding
Bells Out Of Tune; Wednesday and
Thursday, The Fighting Coward -
featuring Ernest Terrence and Cullen
Lands. fun from the press and news
events; Friday, Tom Mix, in THE
Heart Buster; comedy and Leather
Stockings" No. 8; Saturday doors
open 2:3o p.m.), Buster Keaton, in
Sherlock Jr."; Fighting Skipper"
No. 13.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Circle.

Sunday and Monday, 1.-THE Woman
on the Jury; Tuesday. Behind the
Curtain; Wednesday. Colleen Moore,
Wheeler Oakman. in "Slippy McGee";
Thursday and Friday, Lewis Stone and
Helen Chadwick. in why Men Leave
Home; Saturday, Viola Dana and
Milton Sills, in The Heart Bandit"
also Harold Lloyd in High and
Dizzy"
Evening star., 1924-08-13

Mack Sennett comedy, "Inbad the
Sailor; Tuesday and Wednesday,
Blanche Sweet, in "Those Who
Dance: Aesops Fables, THE Cham
pion"; Thursday, Aileen Pringle, in
True AS Steel; Sid Smith comedy,
"Outbound"; Pathe News; Friday,
May McAvoy, in "The Bedroom Win
dow: comedy, Spat Family, in Let's
Build; Saturday, Dorothy Dalton, in
The Moral Sinner; Cliff Bowes, in
Don't Hesitate; Howes Bottom of
the Sea-; matinee only, sixth episode
of the Fast Express. Doors open
at pm; Saturdays at 1880 pm. and
Sundays at 2:30 pm, with contiruous
performances both days.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Columbia" The Arab. .

Next week. beginning Sunday after
noon, a new Rex Ingram production,
THE Arab" featuring the Ingram stars.
Alice Terry and Ramon Novarro, will
be given it's first Washington presenta-
tion at Loews Columbia Theater.
1t is based on Edgar Selwyn's play,
and was filmed almost entirely in north
ern Africa, with thousands of native
tribesmen and large supporting group
of famous European players in a
romance between the daughter of an
American missionary and a young prince
of the desert who learned about civiiZa-
tion and its methods from the girl.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Avenue Grand.

Sunday and Monday, Barbara La
Marr, in "The White Moth" and Sen
nett's BLACK Oxfords'; Tuesday and
Wednesday, Claire Windsor, in For
Sale" and Charles Chase, in Sweet
Daddy; Thursday, Leatrice Joy, in
"Changing Husbands" and Cliff
Bowes, in Pardon U.s.; Friday,
Priscilla Dean, in 1.-The Storm Daugh-
ter" and Witwer's The Telephone
Girl; Saturday, Wesley Barry, in
Geo. Washington, Jr.," and Lige
Conley, in Midnight Blues"
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Apollo.

Sunday and Monday, Claire Windsor,
in For Sale" and Charles Chase, in
sweet Daddy; Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Barbara La Marr, in THE
White Moth" and Sennett's BLACK
Oxfords"; Thursday, Eva Novak, in
Missing Daughters" and Stan Laurel,
in "Seb VS.. Parika"; Friday, Wesley
Barry, in Geo. Washington, Jr.." and
Bobby Vernon, in Corn Fed; Satur-
day, Pen Alexander, in "A Self Made
Failure'
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Poll Fire Fly."

EBeginning Monday night, the Hop
per Company will present Fire Fly"
comedy opera in three acts, booked
by Arthur Haurbach, music by Ru-
dplph Friml. The music is said to be
OF a very catchy nature. The entire
Hopper Company will be seen, and in
addition Olivetti has been engaged to
play the part in which Nine. Tren-
tili was the original when this opera
was produced in New York by Arthur
Hammerstein. Olivetti has appeared
in this opera many times
SThe production is declared very
elaborate
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Elite.

Sunday and 'Mondxy. Richard
in 1.-THE Enchanted Cot
tage"; Tuesday, May McAvoy, in ''The
Bedroom Window; Wednesday,
Pauline Stark. in THE Arizona Ex-
press; Thursday, Creighton Hale. in
Riders Up; Friday, Bert Lytell, in
"a Son of the Sahara" and Saturday,
Fred Thompson, in 'The Mask of
Lopez
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Savov.

Sunday and Monday, Barbara La
Marr, in THE White Moth" and
Sennett's THE Hollywood Kid:
Tuesday and Wednesday, Claire
Windsor, in For Sale" and Charles
Chase, in Sweet Daddy; Thursday.
THE Chechahcos"; Friday. Monte
Banks, in Racing Luck, and Wit
wer's Telephone Girl; Saturday,
Wesley Barry, in Geo. Washington.
Jr.," and Lige Conley, in Wedding
Showers"
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Beauty Contest:

Colonial Beach has caught the
Hollywood fever and is going to have
a bathing beauty contest next Sunday
afternoon between 2 and 4 o'clock,
with real gold prizes for successful
competitors. The Steamer st. Johns
will leave Seventh street wharf Sat
urday at 2:3O pm. and Sunday at 8
am, for the benefit of Washington
competitors.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
York.

Sunday and Monday. Alma Rubens,
in "Cytherea": Tuesday, James Kirlo-
wood, in a Fools Awakening" and
Kathleen Clifford, in Grandpa's 5
Girl; w ednesday, Elnor Glyn's How
to Educate a Wife," and Lige Conley.
in Midnight Blues; Thursday. Bert
Lytell, in The Eternal City" and
Aesop Fable: Friday Bessie Love. in
Torment" and Sennetts ''Scarem
Much; Saturday, THE Chechahcos."
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Olympic.

Sunday and Monday, Pola Negri, in
"Montmartre"; Tuesday and Wednes-
day, John Barrymore, in Beau Brum-
meI"; Thursday, Blanche Sweet, in
Those Who Dance; Friday, Anna @.
Nilsson, in Broadway After Dark"
and Saturday, Antonio Moreno and
Estelle Taylor, in Tiger Love-
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Dumbarton.

Sunday, "The Accidental Husband; ;
Monday, 1.-The World Stage; Tues
day, 1.-The Printers Devir"; Wednes-
day, The Fighting Blade; Thursday.
"Those Who Dance; Friday, Broad
way After Dark" and Saturday, Pals
in Blue"
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Central-'Y Yesterday Wife



The first three days of next week
Exhibitors Film Exchange pre-
sents Yesterdays Wife," starring
Irene Rich and Eileen Percy, sup
ported by Philo Mccullough, Lottie
Williams, Z. Edward LIE Saint, King
Grey, Josephine Crowell and Gewis
Grey. Josephine Crowell and Lewis
two lives torn apart by the divorce
courts. Our Gang in Commencement
Day" and short reels complete the
first bill of the week. Colorful back
grounds ranging from the night life
of Paris to scenes of society in New
York are shown in THE White Moth, :
shown Wednesday and Thursday
with Barbara La Marr and Conway
Tearle as the featured players, sup
ported by Charles De Roche, Ben
Lyon, Edna Murphy, Josie Sedgwick
and kathleen Kirkham. Doyd Ham
iton in Lonesome" and a scenic
film, Children of Roumania," COM
plete the bill for the midweek. Col
leen Moore, in "The Perfect Flapper,
will be seen Friday and Saturday, a
spectacular production, directed by
John Francis Dillon, with a cast in
cluding Frank Mayo. Sydney Chaplin.
Phyllis Haver. Lydia Knott and
Charles Wesley. Stan Laurel, in
Near Dublin" completes the week
end bill.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Park.

Sunday and Monday, Sylvia Bream-
er, in "The Woman On the Jury;
Evening star., 1924-08-13

land is the London, Midland and Scot
tish. with a total route mileage of
1870.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Observation-Disclosures of
Youth"

wine of YOUTH the film attrac-
ton at Crandall's Metropolitan next
week, will also be shown at Gran
dalTs Ambassador Theater the first
three days of next week. Bobby Yer
non in his new comedy, Bright
Lights" completes the bill. Betty
Compson. supported by Percy Mar
mont, Shelton Lewis and Huntley
Gordon, Will be the star Wednesday
and Thursday in THE Enemy Sex"
in which she is seen as a beautiful
Gold Digger" mid the goldfields of
Broadway. Cliff Bowes will supply
the comedy in "Drenched." Friday,
Leatrice Joy will be seen in Chang
ing Husbands" supported by Julia
Faye. Zazu Pitts, Helen Dunbar and
William Boyd. The comedy will be
Stan Laurel, in Near Dublin"
Saturday. Laura La Plante will be
seen with T. Roy Barnes. Lucille
Ricksen and Buddy Messenger in a
farce comedy, Young Ideas" Lloyd
Hamilton. in killing Time; scenic,
"Lapland,'' and added short reels
complete the week end bill
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Rialto Behold This
/! Woman.

SBehold This Woman" adapted
from E. Phillip Oppenheim's story,
the Hillman,' will be shown at the
RiSIto Theater next week. A glimpse
of flife in Hollywood among actors
AMI players of screen fame will be
shSkn in this story, which deals with
thu love of young cattleman for
POPULAR motion picture star. The ac-
tiahI is laid on a ranch and in Holly
wood, with many picturesque and
spSctacular backgrounds. Irene Rich,
Marguerite de la Motto, Charles Post.
HARRY Myers, Rosemary Theby and
Anders Randolf comprise the cast.
Short films, including comedy,
cSnic and educational subjects, cou-
pI6d with unique overture, "Ex-
eefpts From the 1924 Follies," and a
scdre arranged by Director Claude V.
Burrows will complete the bill.
Evening star., 1924-08-13
Metropolitan Wine of
L. Youth"

Wine Of Youth" a Metro-Goldwyn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
DEATH HOUSE INMATE
CAUGHT SAVING BARS

TRENTON, N. J., July IL
Anthony Bagdonowitz Of Camden.
who Is to be executed with three
other men at the State prison here
next week, made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape by saving the
bars Of the door of his cell in the
death house. He was caught in the
act by guard. An investigation
has developed the fact that the
saw was struggled to him in a book
carried by a "trusty" from the
prison library. The death house
has six prisoners.
Bagdonowitz and Tony Briglia of
Gloucester are under sentence to
die in the electric chair for the kill.
ing of William Bishop, a Camden
taxi cab driver. They occupy ad-
joining cells, and first reports were
that both had sawed their bars. II
was found, however, that only
Bagdonowitz was involved Whether
he had planned to overpower the
guard and then release the other
doomed men has not been learned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
La TOILETTE IS
TO APPEAL
FORFUNDS
Financing Of His Campaign
Is Considered First Inn
portant Step

With the Republican and Demo
cratic standard bearers already IN
the field, hackers of Senator Robert
M. La Toilette, independent candi-
Gate for the Presidency. will start
Immediately to iron out the few ~.
raining difficulties which must be
disposed Of before his campaign gets
formally under way.
The two major problems confront
ing Fighting Bob's' supporters are
the selection Of a Vice Presidential
candidate and the raising Of a sub
stantial campaign fund that will en-
able him to conduct vigorous cam
paign for electors in every State In
the Union.
Both problems will come In for
discussion at q meeting here tolnor.
row Of the executive COMMITTEES Of
the national COMMITTEE for Fro.
gressive Political Action which haU
been selected to conduct the la
Toilette campaign. The meeting to-
morrow will be followed by a meet
Ing of the full committee here one
week from today at which 4 is
expected the Vice Presidential coil.
dldate will be formally endorsed.
The time intervening between the
two meetings. 1t was stated today
by William H. Johnston, chairman
Of the committee, will be used in
sounding out the various men con.
sidered acceptable for the post as %
their willingness to run. The man
finally selected, he explained, will
have to be endorsed by Senator La
Toilette himself before he Is offered
the post!
The problem Of securing the funds
necessary to conduct a real cam.
Eaign on a national scale Is receiving
much more attention from the COM
mittee just now than the selection
OF a running mate for La Toilette.
A special committee of six men,
bers, all Of whom are experts in the
intricacies of campaign financing,
has been chosen to devise some
means of filling the war chest. This
committee will meet with the execu.
tive committee tomorrow.
AS the full committee is composed
largely of representatives of labor
and farm organizations, 1t is EXPECT.
ed the appeal for funds will be
made largely to the farmers and
laborers of the country. Such a
drive will require an intensive or.
ganization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
BOY, II, OWNS ESTATE
WORTH OVER 2 MILLION

HONOLULU, July 1O.-An opinion
handed down by the Territorial su-
preme court sustalns the action Of
the tax appeal court of the third
division in fixing the value of the
huge Parker ranch on the Island
of Hawaii at S2,136,437, as against
the tax assessors valuation of
$2,550,000.
The ranch, which comprises a
holding of thousands Of acres of
rolling lands midway between the
slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna
Loa, HaWaiis two gigantic vol.
vanoes, is the property of Richard
Parker Smart, eleven.year lad,
who now makes his home in Cali.
fornia, but who comes yearly to
the Territory to inspect his birth.
right.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
FUNDS LACKING TO SEND
SULLIVAN TO POLICE MEET

Because there is no District fund
from which his expenses can be
betrayed. Major Daniel Sullivan,
superintendent Of police, will be
unable to attend the annual meet.
ing of the International Association
of Chiefs Of Police at Montreal,
Canada, next week.
Major Sullivan is one of the vice
pr esidentS of the association and.
1t is understood, has been proposed
for a higher office during the com.
ing convention.
Last year the Washington Board
Of Trade and the Washington Cham.
Der of Commerce contributed funds
to purchase railroad fare to send
Major Sullivan to the convention.
This year $3.50 is needed for fare.
Practically every large city in the
country pays the expenses of its
police chief so that he may attend.
it Is stated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
BACK
Of ALIEN SUIT,
CLAIM
Swiss Capitalists ''straw
Men" in Action Against
U. S., Says Gordon

Asking the District Supreme
Court to dismiss the suit Of firm
of Swiss capitalists, characterizing
them as straw men," and acting
for German firm, in the purchase
of stock in the Locomotive Super
heater Company of New York, val
ued at $4,000, 900, District Attorney
Gordon requested in his motion
that the demand of the Swiss peo-
pie against Thomas w. Miller, alien
property custodian, and Frank
White, treasurer Of the United
States. for recovery Of the amount
including interest be dismissed.
It is claimed by the Government
that the sale Of this stock in 1915
was not a genuine business trans.
action. but was made to avoid in.
convenience which might otherwise
have resulted from a state of war,
and that the parties intended 20
leave the beneficial ownership in
the German corporation and not to
pass 1t to the plaintiffs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11
BOARD
GETSPROTEST
ON ENGINES
American Manufacturers Op-
pose Plan for Single Action
Type Of Burner

Vigorous protest was lodged with
the Shipping Board today by Amer
lean manufacturers of Diesel en-
gines against equipment Of Ship
ping Board ships with the single.
action type Of Diesel engines.
A special committee appointed
by the Shipping Board to recon-
mend plans for reconditioning Ship
ping Board ships and substituting
oil for coal burners, the report
from which is expected next week,
Is understood to have decided In
favor of the single action Diesel
engine.
The protesting manufacturers as.
sert they have developed q double
action Diesel engine more powerful
and economical in the end than the
original type, and resent being
barred from placing them on Ship
ping Board ships. They claim that
the single-action Diesel, built from
original German designs, now
twelve years or more old, is be-
coming obsolete and is being sup.
planted in foreign ships by the
newer model double action type.
The Shipping Board recondition.
Ing plans contemplate the con-
version into oil turner's Of twelve
of its first-class passenger and
freight ships during the coming
year. Authority for this change
was given by Congress, at its last
session, the law directing the Ship
ping Board to equip from its own
funds the ships with the most
modern and approved machinery.
1t is claimed by the manufactur.
ers that the board is disregarding
the law and violating it's spirit in
having single action Diesels in.
stalled when double action Diesels
can be had because the latter arc
most modern" They say the pur-
pose OF the conversion to make the
Shipping Board ships as speedy
and as economical as foreign com
petitors will be defeated by the
adoption of single action engines
because by the time the recondi-
tioning is completed the foreign
ships will be using the double &C.
ton type.