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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
New Overture

Daniel Breeskin, conductor of
the symphony orchestra at Gran
dall's Metropolitan Theater, has
compiled another notable concert
overture for the current week
which he has denominated I'm
pressions Of Vienna" This origi.
nal symposium of haunting melo-
dies embraces selections from
"Sari,' by Kalman; numbers from
Gypsy Love" and 1.-THE Merry
Widow" by Lehar; The Queen
of the Movies" by Joan Gilbert,
and The Chocolate Soldier" by
Oscar Straus. The theme number
of the interpretative score to be
played in conjunction with show.
ings of The White Moth" is
My Dream Girl" the latest com.
position Of the late Victor Her
bert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
LAUGHS WAY
INTO STARDOM

Monty Banks, the star of so
many hilarious short-reel COM
edies that have made a whole
nation laugh, has finally stepped
up into the class Of men like
Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd
by the production of his first
feature.length comedy, Racing
Luck" an alleged cyclone Of
merriment and Mysteries that is
due to strike Loew's Palace to.
morrow afternoon as the fea.
tured attraction for next week.
During the course of this pic.
ture, Monty losses in a dance
number for good measure that
is good deal better than fair,
as screen dances go. Further.
more, 1t was enacted by Monty
himself, with Helen Ferguson,
and 1t merely serves to recall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12

that before Monty Banks found
his way to fame and affluence
through his ability to make mil
lions laugh, Monty had cherished
the idea Of riding to prosperity
as a pantomimist and dancer of
the stage.
This versatility, of course, helps
to explain Monty's rise to success
in the screen world. 1t is true
that he possesses, to a high de-
gree, a natural aptitude for the
humorous as well as the ability
to make situations seem even
more humorous to an audience,
yet Monty's chief distinction in
the past was his instant willing.
ness to carry out any stunt, no
matter how dangerous it seemed,
provided II possessed enough HUI.
NOR to warrant the risk he ran.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12

; POLTS-Monday night will see
the beginning Of the sixth week Of
the De Wolf Hopper Comic Opera
Company's engagement at Polls
Theater.
Wang" written by Cheever
Goodwin, music by Wilson Morse,
will be the opera to be presented.
When Wang" was produced
originally at the Broadway Thea.
ter, in New York, in May, 1891,
the critics said Of it: Wang goes
with a bang" and that is what it
will probably do in Washington.
1t was in Wang" that Hopper
started his stellar career. The
famous song, IAN Elephant on
His Hands," is thoroughly identi-
fled with Hopper. 1t is in
Wang" that the famous elephant
is shown.
Wang" has been directly re.
sponsible for bringing before the
public Alfred Klein, Julia Sander.
son, Sam Reed, Madge Lessing,
Marguerite Clark, and Edna Wal.
lace Hopper. 1t was in Wang"
that they gained their frs. oppor.
tunity.
The regular Hopper company
will be augmented for the pro.
duction of Wang" Alexander
Clark, Sol Solomon, and several
newcomers will be seen in the
cast. Wang" requires a very
elaborate production, and judging
from the manner in which the
other operas have been produced
it will not suffer by comparison.
KEITH'S-The bill at b. f.
Keith's Theater next week will
present Adelaide and Hughes,
America S representative dancers"
as it's headliner. They will appear
in a new dance series
Amelia Bingham, one Of the
Continued on Page 20)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
GOINGS-ON
At the Theaters

BELASCO "The Deep Tangled
Wildwood" declared by some critics
to be the greatest laughing hit yet
turned out by George Kaufman
and Marc Connolly, co-authors Of
other striking comedy successes
such as Merton of the Movies"
"Dulcy," and "Beggar on Horse
back" is announced by Thomas
w. Fowler, as the second offering
Of the summer stock season to
be presented by the Belasco
Theater Players next week, COM
mencing Monday night.
The story concerns a young
New York playwright, who de-
termines to leave the metropolis
for a visit to the quiet and peace
of his home town, which fingers
in his memory as a typical 'rube"
hamlet. However, when he arrives
he finds the village has blossomed
into an up-to-date fast moving
city. The plot takes unexpected
and laughable turns, and has
big human note and a really fine
idea, beneath, and the play
enjoyed long runs IN both New
York and Chicago last season.
The cast of the Belasco Theater
Players, who are fast populariz-
ing themselves with Capital
theater-goers, will be seen to
splendid advantage in this pro-
duction. Robert Ames and Lotus
Robb will have the leading roles,
and other members included are
Donald Galleher, Zita Johann.
Elizabeth Patterson, Calvin
Thomas, Lynn Pratt, . Leona
Beutelle, and Leon Cunningham.
Everett Butterfield is the direc.
tor and stage manager of this ex-
ceptional company which is
affording Washington a diversified
and wholesome. series Of produc.
tons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
peNE QlcH ~I5eov HIu0zmeZ" AMBASSADOR,
Denies MidgetS Get
Special Feed

Mark Luescher, seen at
his menagerie in Southport,
Conn, denies that he is
sending the Toytown Midgets
to Short Hills to be fed on
shortcake and condensed
milk in a short-order res
taurant.
"Those shorthorns from
the Hippodrome are coming
right out here with the white
monkey and the blood-sweat-
ing behemoth of Holy Writ
and the ponies and the ele-
plants and the royal ring
tailed razoo on my farm"
said Mark, who is entertain
ing all the Hippodrome live
stock during the summer va
cation. So many persons go
to see the animals on holt
day that the director-general
of the Hip. is tempted to
charge an admission fee and
let the menagerie earn its
board and keep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12

; Der Of spectacular productions in
Italy and is familiar with foreign
producing methods.
X \ X
Mary Hay accompanied her hus-
band, Richard Barthelmess to
Florida where John Robertson, his
director is planning to film the
jungle scenes Of Classmates.
Miss Hay bought an outfit of
clothes for the tropics and will go
on the exploring party through
the thick of the Seminole country.
The company will travel in canoes
and are hoping to find the Semi
noles friendly Indians.
* x
While the Barthelmess unit is
dreading the heat, reports from
the coast say that Herbert Brenon
and Thomas Meighan found the
Alaskan climate none too pleas
ant. Rain snow, and avalanches
delayed work on Meighan's pic
ture, THE Alaskan, but with the
scenes satisfactorily filmed the
players have returned to Holly
wood Meighan says that they
encountered eleven avalanches in
one day which was more realism
than he had hoped for.
Estelle Taylor is leading woman
in the picture, and Hollywood
wonders if her friendship with
Jack Dempsey will continue, now
that she and Dempsey are both
working in Hollywood.
Although a sort of cult" the
Birmingham Repertory company
has done some fine things. 1t is
the organization that first pro-
duced Abraham Lincoln" and it's
list Of non-pecuniary successes has
been large. 1t was sponsored by
Barry V. Jackson, an enthusiast
who didn't need the mon, and Lon
don looked anxiously in the direc-
ton Of the Birmingham Repertory
company. However, Birmingham
failed to support it; the famous
company left the Midland city,
and although new subscriptions
are now being sought in Birming-
ham for a continuance Of this
organization, the matter Is still
undecided.
In the meantime the Birming-
ham Repertory company is in
London, and it was here that Mr..
Dale saw and enjoyed it's produc-
ton of THE Farmers Wife,"
which was also originally done
in Birmingham. This is comedy
by Eden Philpotts and contains
most of the elements that the
cults" love and that Broadway
and Picadilly are not disposed to
rave over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
ADELAIDE WILL
SHOW NEW
DANCES

The dance, beauty that it is
when done in the manner of
masters, can never fade as a
source of joy and entertainment.
Composed Of the rhythm Of mo-
ton, delight Of life, it has held
an appeal since the beginning
and will until the end.
Small wonder that those whose
talents enable them to express
themselves through this medium
with degree Of perfection hold
large attraction.
Adelaide and Hughes, who ap.
pear at B. F. Keith's Theater
this week, are among the fore
most dancing teams developed by
advancements made by the art
Of Terpsichore on this side of
the Atlantic. They have come,
rightfully enough, to be known
as Americas Representative
Dancers"
Their perfect technique, aug
mented with the volume of
imaginative force they possess,
have enabled them to attAin
heights reached by but few of
those whose bodies and minds
are dedicated to the unfolding of
dance allegories.
American audiences, having
come to know Adelaide and
Hughes so well and favorably,
have been patient while these
stars filled long engagements
abroad. They are now being re.
warded with the presentation Of
a series of new dances said to
embody the best efforts yet dis.
played by this noted team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
So In EUerybodys Confidence =.
THE GATE-POST
In EDerybody's Confider

Florenz Ziegfeld has just an
nounced that on August Is, he
will establish at the New Amster-
dam Theater a free school of stage
dancing for all young girls aspir-
ing to employment in the Zieg-
field Follies, kid Boots" and the
other musical productions he will
offer this coming season.
The school will be open to all
girls who pass satisfactory pre-
Hminary examination as to their
natural ability, talent, and good
looks. The school will be under
the supervision of Edward Hoyce
and Julian Mitchell, two of the
most accomplished directors of
musical productions.
The actual instruction will be
in charge Of the dancing teachers
who have taught the dance num-
bers of the Ziegfeld productions
for many years. Application
blanks may now be obtained at
the ziegfeld offices in the New
Amsterdam Theater and, after
preliminary trials, applicants will
be given free scholarships.
X \ X
Rumor will not allow the mem
bers Of the ben Hur" expedition
No. l to return to the country in
peace. One of the most interest
ing stories has said that June
Mathis will come home as Mrs.
George Walsh. And now another
story says she will return to Ro-
dolph Valentino as his literary
adviser and scenario writer.
All Of which sounds logical, as
Miss Mathis was the girl who
discovered Valentino and wrote
his two most successful pictures,
THE -Four Horsemen of the Apo
calypso" and Blood and Sand"
Miss Mathis has always been on
the most friendly terms with
Valentino and his wife and took
Riddles part in his disagreement
with Famous Players-Lasky.
Her reported engagement to
Walsh, whose professional career
she also has advanced, evidently
has not upset her amicable rela-
tons with Valentino, although 1t
has been understood that Valen-
tino was her first selection for
the role Of Ben Hur. But OBJ
viously Miss Mathis is not fated
to select that part, as probably
Ramon Navarro, and not Walsh
or Valentino, will play the role.
Meanwhile, Charles Brabin, the
director who was brought home,
is Ill at his home and is being
cared for by his wife, Theda Bara
Mr.. Brabin may bring suit against
Metro.Goldwyn for an alleged
A1AAoA " AANO uP w lLSlI COu-
tract, although at the time Mr..
Brabin was taken off the picture
It was understood that his i'll
health necessitated the change.
X \
After many years of affiliation
with the Fox Company, J. Cor
don Edwards has gone out on
his own to produce pictures. And
his first film will be 1.-THE Jest"
which was presented by Arthur
Hopkins with Lionel and John
Barrymore in the leading roles.
Mr.. Edwards will make the pic.
ture in Florence, Italy, the locale
of the story. Although he an.
nounces that the drama will be
played by a company Of Ameri
can actors, he is not ready to say
whether the two Barrymores will
be among those present. Mean
while, he is going to California
where he will hold conferences
with a group Of financiers and
producers
-. Edwards has made a mum
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-12
"CharIot Revue" Contest

The Selwyns have decided to
offer a prize for the best letter
telling why the writer has deemed
the Chariot Revue" worthy of
revisiting. All letters should he
addressed to Contest Manager"
Selwyn Theatel, The competition
will close July l23. There will be
three prizes a'karded.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
COMMITTEE TO
HEAR DEMANDS
OF RANCHERS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.-The Los
Angeles Clearing House association
is expected to appoint committee
today to consider demands of Owens
Valley ranchers, who for nearly a
week kept the gates of the Los An
geles aqueduct open 1" to wake this
city up.''
The ranchcrs arc demanding So
100000 to cover damages alleged to
have been inflicted on the valley
through lack of water. They also
demand assurance that water-to irri-
gate 10000 acres of land will be
furnished them, and that this figure
will never be reduced
.As ~ alternate measure, in ease
the reparation is turned down, they
ask that $l2,000,000 be paid for all
the remaining farms in the valley.
The ranchcrs claipl they cannot cX,
list on any terms smaller than these,
and as they are fighting for their
homes. will press the charges against
this city,
The proposals were submitted by
w. w. WatterSor, president of the
Owens Valley Irrigation district.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
Milk Tests of
Local Dairy Of
Great Interest I

r. NJ. Brodbeck and Charles +
Parker, owners of the Quality
Dairy, are being congra tulated upon
the splendid showing revealed by
recent tests made by City and Coun-
ty Milk Inspector Ross f. Crane and
the score card given by the state de-
partment of agriculture.
These tests which are made with
out advance notification to the
dairy, must be approved by City
Health Officer DR.. f. A. Burger and
the city board of health department,
with whom they are filed.
The score made by the Quality
Dairy was 9j.7, considered a very
fine showing. The score for butter
fat, solids not fat, and temperatures
of street samples were perfect.
Ono of the most interesting fea-
lures Of the test shows that 5000
bacteria per cubic ccntimetcr were
found, an exceptionally low show
ing, as 100000 bacteria per cubic
centimctcr are frequent and ecrti-
fled milk frequently shows up with
10000 bacteria.
Mr.. Brodbeck came here recently
from Fresno and Charles f. Parker
is a well known local dairy man and
the two men emphasize the fact that
they always welcome visitors at
their dairy AZ the old Dccrhead
ranch, two miles south on the Braw-
ley Main canal.
The 4.3 per cent butterfat show
ing is worthy of particular comment,
as per- cent is considered fine
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
K0RETZ WILL
START PRISON
TERM SATURDAY
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CHICAGO, Dee. 3.-Lco Korctz,
confessed $2,OoO,0O0 fake oil land
SWindler, will start his prison term
saturday, according to the plans to-
day of states attorney, Robert Il.
Grove.
Late today Korctz is to appear
before Chief Justice Jacob Hep
klns to plead to four indictments
charging larceny, playing Il conf
dcnce game, larceny as bailce, and
cmbczzlcmcnt. Korctz has pro
missed Grove to enter pleas of gull
ty.
Sentence is to be imposed on Fri,
day, Grove plans. Grove said that
while each count carries a penalty
of from one to fourteen years, it
was his belief Koretz would be sen
tcnccd to Il term of ten years. If
this schedule goes through, Koretz
will be started to the Joliet state
prison Friday night or Saturday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
Further Tests In
Furnace Mystery
uy United Press Leased Wire

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. g.
Further experiments to determine
whether Mrs. Addie SheatSley,
Lutheran pastors wife, took her
own life or was murdered were on
the program of the furnace mystery
investigators today.
Virtually abandoning hope OF
solving the case as crime, authoo'
rites set out to eliminate all eNt'
dencc that may Indicate suicide be
fore discussing the smystcry aS
the perfect murder. -
One of the final experiments, OK
pceted today, calls for II human
test with woman of Mrs, ShcatS-
.ley's stature and weight to DECIDE
once and for all whether the pas,
tor S wife could have eraWieu
through tho 14ineh square door OIL
the parsonage furnace.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
SUDDEN DEATH
OF TWO MEN
STILL MYSTERY
by United Press LEASED Wire

/
SAN BERNARDINO, Dee. s.
. Mystery behind the sudden death OF
two men, one a murder and the other
now believed possible natural
demise, was sysought by authorities
here today.
Discovery of the body OF James
Winn, taxi-cab driver, killed by a
brutal blow from an iron bar, led to
a demand for the arrest of Harry
Baker aud IL. B. Alberts, missing
suspects.
The other death, that of William S.
Fee, Alhambra banker, appears to
have been from natural causes, .au-
thorities are now convinced This
explanation will probably be accept
cd as Il fact, it is believed.
Requests for the arrest of Winn IS
slayers were broadcast today. 1t
is believed the two men suspected
of the crime hastencd to Tijuana
abandoning the taxi-driver's car in
Santa Ana when the radiator went
dry and they could not put in more
water, since the cap was locked on.
Both Alberts and Baker have jail
records, it is reported, and the latter
was until last week an employee on
the James Doyle dairy, where
Winn s body was found hidden un-
der a shed.
Baker forged Doyle IS name and
that of his son, Edward, to bad
checks for varying amounts, it was
learned after he and Alberts disap-
peared.
Possibility that Fec, the Alhainbra
banker whose body was found 1O
days ago in Lytlc Creek canyon,
may have died from natural causes,
has been accepted by District Attor-
ney George II. johnson.
Reports sustaining this theory have
been filed by County Autopsy Sur
geon Gagner and, j. Clark Sellers,
expert criminologist, both of Los
Angeles.
Ihey believe Fee walked up the
canyon to the cabin owned by Miss
Mary Watkins, his "platonic lover"
and watched through a window the
progress of weekend party at
which Miss Watkins was entertain
ing other young people.
Jealousy, excitement and the
strain of seeing fhe woman he low
ed friendly with another, caused
Fees death, it is believed.
Local authorities appear willing
toy accept this theory as u fact.
Whether Mrs. Fee, who has main
tanned that her husband was murd-
cred, will press a furthor invcsti-
cation is not known here.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
FIRE ARMS ARE
FORBIDDEN in THE
REDDING COUNCIL

REDDING, Calf Dee. $50
seriously did the city council of
Rcdding regard verbal and fistic
tilt between Or, Ernest Dozicr, state
assemblyman and councilman, and
City Manager f. A. Robson, that it
adopted resolution forbidding
members to bring fire arms into the
chamber.
All councilmen aud spectators will
be searched in the future. Both
Do1icr and Robson voted against the
resolution.
The two men quarrclcd over Roll
son 5 handling of his office and the
city manager wound up by boxing
the doctor $ cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
WOMAN IN LONG
BEACH FALLS HEIR
TO LARGE ESTATE

EUGENE, Ore, Doe. 3--Mrs. Dora
Morey, Long Beach, Calf, has fall.
en- heir to $2,000,000 estate in
Washington, d. c., of the late Harry
Lconidas Turner, multi-millionairc
race track owner and her grandfath-
err according to word received here
today.
The elder Turner died 20 years
ago, leaving son who married and
came to Eugene, dying here. His
wife would never accept the race
track winnings as she was of re-
ligious turn of mind. The daughter
now is in line for the inheritance.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
HOPPE TAKES THE
FIRST TWO BLOCKS
IN SECOND HALF
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. g.
Willie Hoppe, world S 1872 balkline
billiard champion, took the first
two blocks of the second half of
his 6400 championship match with
Jake Schaeffer here 800 to 794.
Schaeffer had six points to go to
in last nights block when he
missed Il difficult three cushion
shot and Hoppe ran out the block.
They play two blocks today and
tomorrow and finish the match Fri.
day. The first play was played
last week in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
PIONEER
COMMITS SUICIDE

TULARE Cal, Dee. 3.-Frank
Munyon, so, pioneer Tulare county
rancner, shot and killed himself IN
the tankhouse Of his ranch near
yesterday, coroner s jury de
e,dsL
Despondency ~ovcr i'll health is
considered the cause of the decd.
Munyon S head WAS nearly torn off
by the force Of u heavy buchctshot
Charge from Il shotgun.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
Here and There
in Sport World
by United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Dec. Sack
Britton, at one time champ of the
! welterweights, outsmarted Sailor
Billy Vincent in their four-rounder
here last night and took three
rounds and decision from the ex
navy champion.
F. Britson piled up big lead in
the first two rounds by superior
infighting. In an effort to turn
the tide of battle Vincent resorted
to his rushing tactics in the third,
earning an edge for the period In
the fourth round Pritton smothered
his man, completely keeping Vim
cent from reaching hun at close
range and then finished off the
bout by few solid uppercuts. Both
men fought as middleweights.
In the semi-final Ernie Owens
defeated Mickey Rockson.
Outfielder Ike Wolfer of the
Portland Club has been purchased
outright by Manager Bill Essick of
the Vernon Club, according to word
to Secretary Howard Lorenz from
Hartford, where the minor leagues
are meeting in annual session.
The Missouri-U. s. G. football
game at the Coliseum Christmas day
is the first of series of annual
holiday intersectional clashes here,
acuording to Zach Farmer, who
controls to a large degree the handl-
ing of the big stadium
The games are not expected to
interfera with the annual tourna-
ment of roses classics at Pasadena,
it being believed that Southern
California is interested in football
enough to support both contests.
Four teams arc still in the run
ming for the scholastic football
championship of Southern Califor
MIA.
Pomona high was eliminated yes
terday by Compton, ut Santa Ana, ;
35 to- 20. The four semi-finalists
who meet Saturday arc Compton |
and Santa Maria at Santa Maria, !
and Orange and Glendale, who will |
plRy on a neutral field, probably !
at Santa Ana. /,
Jack Dempsey, king of the !
heavies, is back again after a
lengthy stay in the east.
While the fighter is remaining
silent concerning his plans for fu-
ture bouts, Jack Kearns and Jack !
Doyle are trying to get together
for a championship battle to be J,
staged i'll Los Angeles mex. spring
OF. summer.
5. If Doyle agrees TO promote the
bout it probably will be staged in
the Vernon Ball Park The matter I
Of financing the match will be the
biggest obstacle in the path of
putting the deal across it is believ- /!
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-03
Will Decide on
Important Phase
of Tax Payment
by United Press Leased Wire

WASHINGTON, Dee. 3.-The pc
tition of the government to take
up the question of whether a tax
payer, in computing his income tax,
may deduct the difference between
what he actually paid for property
acquired before March l, 1913, and
what he sold it for at loss after
the revenue act of 1918 became
operative or whether he may only
deduct the difference between the
adiudged fair value, when purchas-
ed and the selling price, has been
granted by the supreme court,
Counsel for the government dc.
scribed the question as one of the
most important to come before tho
court in the history of the income
tax.
Easter Sunday in 1880 will fall on
April 20. If you want to see this
Drive your auto carefully.