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Evening star., 1924-12-15
Tivoli-"W WELCOME
Stranger"

Welcome Stranger" the feature at
the Tivoli Thcater yesterday and to-
day. is an interesting story Of a phase
of modern American life not fire.
quently seen on the screen. 1t con-
Germs the cooperation Of a small
town dreamer and an enterprising
Jew in putting this particularly small
town ION the map" with electric
lights and everything. William v.
Mong and Dore Davidson play these
roles conVincingly, and Florence
Vidor and Lloyd Hughes handle the
love theme attractively. Virginia
Brown Faire is good in u small role
of Essie. The photography Is excel
lent. There are many clever lines in
the subtitles. also much comedy in
the unfolding of the struggle against
great odds In a community with a
crook mayor, and not little dramatic
punch"
Ben turpin. in The Reel Virginian," ="
is shown in addition to the feature.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Keith s-Fleeson and
Greenwav.

Manager Robbins has set aside this
week to entertain a half dozen clubs
n keith's. and, being wise and know
ing the needs of the tired business
men, has assembled one of his mot
entertaining bills OF the season.
Pathos and drama have been rele
gated 10 the background. and in
stead the eye and the ear get their
ill with tinkling melodies, clever
dancing and comedy OF the clean-cut
variety.
Neville Fleeson and Ann Greenwsy
have the topline houors for "Civic
Club week." and their we'll known
entertaining ability enabled them to
score a big hit on the opening night.
Mr.. Fleeson has talent a-plenty. sing
ing his songs with effect and adding
q. shade of comedy which marks him
IS a funny man all through. His
assistant, Ann Greenway. Is an eye
ful when beauty Is considered. She
alro has a good. strong voice and puts
over her songs with L punch that
registers success every time The
satire on RAIN" in which Jean
Eagles has just closed q three-year
stay in New York, haT been done here
before, but in it Miss Greenway
flashes true artistic ability. Many
curtain calls rewarded the clever
couple. --ht
George Choos' Fables Of 1926
shares honors with the topliners and
affords in 40 minutes q continuous
serias of pretty pictures, good dane
ing and singing, with very pretty
costumes. Tho best work Of this
company is shown in a. series Of lit
tie pictures entitled Unbelievable
Episodes" which arc none other than
"Eughouse Fables" They are snappy
and very funny. Jack Henry. and
Edythe Maye are featured in songs
and comedy, while Mildred Burns and
Bob Sargent lead in the dances.
Ferry Convey offers musical
clown act that carries many sur
prises and laughs: Frank De Voc and
Eddie Willis sing descriptive songs
with telling effect; Sylvia Froos
lands a big hit--she is only a child
with a voice OF unusual strength and
sweetness, which she knows how to
Use most effectively; Alan Coogan
and Mary Casey, newcomers. have a
funny talking act. enhanced by good
singing and dancing; Corradinis'
animal circus was we'll received, and
rte Three Adones present fair aero
batic act. The regular house at
fractions complete the program
Evening star., 1924-12-15
The Gayiety Girl

Moore's Rialto has an excellent bill
this week, featuring Mary Phlbin' In
The Gaiety Girl" and several other
numbers, including Tomasini ana
Guarneri, opera stars.
Mary Philbin is cast in the role
of sweet, winsome, granddaughter
In an old Tudor family, which fer
800 years had occupied Pencarreg, a
majestic old castle in England. and
furnished several kings to the throne.
The family is In straitened circum-
stances, however. and is ousted from
the castle by u multimillionaire of
the newly rich postwar days. Irene
Tudor, the heroine, finds employment
in a musical show. ''rhe Gaiety Girl
where her charms entrance the new
heir to Pencarreg. To save her
grandfather health and make him
happy she accepts the heir. returns
to tn castle, is married. just before
her old sweetheart, to whom she was
,etrothed. but thought dead. returns.
Excitement rings through the grim
old castle IS the plot carries on at
this point, With the drunken heir In
search of his fleeting wife, and the
old grandfather, hiding in cottage
on the grounds, after denouncing the
girl before the wedding guests rs
having placed blot on the escutcheon
OF Tudor.
The curse of PencarreS," however,
fails upon the heir and there is a
happy ending. Mary Philbin is ire
Sisuble In the role, which is much
20 her liking. and offers excellent
opportunity. She is we'll supported
Dy Joseph Bowling. the grandfather.
and William Haines, the hero who
retrieved the family fortunes In an
African mine
Tomasini and GuarnerI are heard
III Lullaby" and the duet from La
torza del Destino," presented with
ire and feeling. Other parts of the
bill are "A Trip TO Mars" movie
cartoon, overture by the Rialto Or
chestra, International News Reel and
-'ewspaper Fun.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
HYATTSWLLE FIRE
LAID TO INCENDIARY
Man Seen Running From News
Store, Where $500 Damage
Resulted From Flames. er.:.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


HYATTSVILLIE, Md, December IA.
Fire. believed by A. f. Burgess to
have been OF incendiary origin. yes
terday morning at 4 o'clock gutted
the temporary building at Johnson
and Maryland avenues here used by
him as a news and cigar stand.
Famed by q wind the structure of
wood was beyond saving when the
Hyattsviile fire department arrived.
The fremen saved adjoining property.
"A number of companies from nearby
towns also responded.
Burgess estimates his loss In maga-
zines, tobacco and other stock at
S3.50O, partly covered by insurance.
In addition he lost all of his accounts,
save a part of his general ledger.
Edward Deviin, Norman Walsh and
Clarence Coughltn, who passed in an
automobile a short time before the
Are, say they saw a man run from
the corner near the store, up Johnson
avenue and disappear in the alley
near the municipal building. They
proceeded to the national guard
lrmory short distance away and
upon their return about Is minutes
.ater found the building ablaze and
gave the alarm.
An oil stove in the building was
found upset and oil scattered.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
TWO GAS VICTIMS FOUND
Policeman Gives First Aid-one In
Critical Condition. ~

knowledge OF first aid In asphyxia-
tion cases Friday enabled Po-
,iceman Otto Sontag to avert
the impending death Of two men who
we're found unconscious from gas In
r rooming house at 207 Pennsylvania
avenue. He was assisted by William
de Vault, patrol driver.
The men appeared at the rooming
house Thursday night. and Frida.
afternoon, when the odor OF gas was
detected coming from their room, the
police were summoned. Sontag quickly
forced the door. opened the window
and proceeded to administer first aid
continuing the work until the arrival
OF A physician from Casualty Hos.
pital.
It WAS said by the physician that
the men were near death. and that
much further delay In finding and
aiding them would have meant GER
tain death One man. who gave his
name as James Smith OF MorgaEton
" c., regained consciousness this
morning. His recovery is expected
but his companions condition Is still
critical. Smith said the gas had not
been left on Intentionally.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Ambassador-"S -"Sandra.'

"Sandra." the highly romantic story
Of a woman with q dual personality.
which Is featured at Crapdall's Met
ropolitsn this week. also heads the
bill at the Ambassador Theater for
the frst half Of the week. The Aim
IS q late release from the First Ma
tional Pictures Studio. featuring Bar
bara La Mari and Bert Lytell, a re-
view Of which is printed elsewhere.
An Aesop Fable animated cartoon.
entitled THE Mysteries OF China
town." is the secondary feature, and,
like all OF the Fable films, is very
amusing and provides as much en-
joyment, at least, as the feature film.
The latest news release OF Pathe
Evening star., 1924-12-15
FOREST GLEN CARS
REPLACED BY BUssEs
Work on Crossing Subway at Sill
yer Spring Causes Shift
in Traffic.
Special D,spatch To The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, December Ia
Beginning today, the Warrington
Railway &c Electric Co. will run no
cars from the District Of Columbia
line to Forest Glen until the work OF
constructing q subway at the Siivei'
Spring crossing OF the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad tracks and the Brooke
vile pike is completed. BusseS. how
ever. will be used by the company be-
tween the two points while the work t.
in progress.
The work Of constructing the sub
way is well under way. The Balti
more and Ohio Co. has q large
force of men at work driving piles
under the railway tracks, and as
soon as this Is finished the State
roads commission will begin excavat-
ing. While the work is in progress
trafic on the Brookeville pike IS be-
ing diverted through Takoma Park
and over a temporary road which
parallels the pike.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
AM u Sc T S

treat for lovers of this type of song.
The De Eries Troupe of European
Aerial Symnasts. three girls and a
man, provide thrills plenty,
May Mckay and her sisters, Three
Likable Lassies.' open with song,
dance, Instrumental and comedy
number. Irish jigs, high kicking, a
line OF brand-new Scotch jokes by
May. with real Scotch band, two OF
the girls playing bagpipes and May
beating the life out OF & bass drum,
won heavy applause.
Restless Wives" the photoplay. is
frank phase OF the divorce problem.
IzoIa Forester wrote the original
story and the producers have given 1t
a cas-. far above the average in Doris
Kenyon. James Rennie. Montasu
Love, Edmund Breese, Burr Mcintosh,
Naomi Childers, Edna May Oliver.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Columbia-"Argentine

Argentine Love-" shown at Loew's
Columbia this week, pictures BE be
Daniels as the heroine Of romance
of Il land Of moonlight, scented flow
ers, strumming guitars and bold but
gallant lovers.
The author is Blasco Ibanez, Span
ish novelist. Allan Dwan has handled
the production nicely and provided
some really beautiful climatic pho
togrs ply.
The story concerns high pirit ed
South American girl, who rebels at
the custom OF her native country by
which her guardian chooses a hus-
band for her. Returning on ship
board from the United States. where
she has completed her education. and
leaning over the rail beside her the
stalwart young American engineer
with whom she has fallen in love- she
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Strand-Clay Crouch and
COMPANY.

Clay Crouch, an excellent fun
maker. supported by clever COM
papy including the Berg Sisters. Paul
Murdock and stRtuesQue blond
whose name is not programmed, pro-
vide a beautifully staged and cos
TUNED musical comedy. Back Stage"
at the Strand this week. In addition
to Crouch's funnaking the Berg Sis
tors sing and dance delightfully."- with
Paul Murdock throwing a wicked foot
between times.
The Gates Brothers in "Qutet
Please" are an added feature. Their
clog dancing solo and duet is q .fine
sample Of this type Of dancing. The
boys also have a great line of CONF
cdy. Nancy Decker. The Joy Girl
From Songland," threw the tinae
schedule into the discard last night,
because of the demand for encofes.
Her rendition Of RED Hot Mama" and
rRoctabye Baby Days" provide q
Evening star., 1924-12-15
2 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Parents and One Other Child Be
lieved Fatally Burned

OLEAN, \. T., December 15-Tvo
:hildren are dead In consequence Of a
ire which destroyed their home here
esterday. and their parents and anothei
child were so seriously injured it liz
Thought they cannot survive. The dead
are Geraldine Baker, years months,
who perished In the flames, and Elsie
Baker, II months. who succumbed in a
hospital. Mr.. and Mrs. William Baker
and Verne Baker. 5 years, are in hos
)ital In a critical condition.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Palace-The Garden of
Weeds" >"

"A Womans secret, carried to the
altar in shirking fear and d.amat-
!caliy impaired to her husband at the
'.ose of a happy honeymoon, has
cen cleverly knitted into a love tale
or The Garden of Weeds" the cur
rent feature atsLoew's Palace Thea
tcf, starring Betty Compson.
The picture takes its title-"The
Garden OF Weeds"-frou the name
sardonically selected by broadway
Beauty fancier for the lavishly fur
nished mansion. where he INDUCES
MS taste for entertaining 4 fast set
OF social parasites. 1t is nothing
more than modern harem. and into
x Is cast to wither away q beautiful
flower. whose budding hopes of 2
theatrical career are rudely shattered
by the wealthy and unscrupulous
hedonist, who has amassed his for
tune through shady business deals
The girl, however, is soon snatchetl
from The Garden or WeedsH-by a
man Of wealth and integrity and led
into matrimony, hopeful of muster
Ing sufficient courage to tell her hus-
band OF her question: bic life. Ma
teTs reach climax when the Broad
way wastre!. at dinner with the girl
and her husband, INDUCES in veiled
references to his former association
Win lhe sHi. a patlle ls pfeclpl-
lated and the paramour goes to his
death over balcony.
The Garden of Weeds" moves
swiftly from one dramatic episode to
another throughout its entirety. 1t
has been enhanced with gorgeous set
tings, and a well chosen cast is vir-
tually f1awless. Warner Baxter, Rock
ife Fellowes, Charles Ogle and Al
81. John give Miss Compson her prin-
cipal support.
The featured picture is burnished q
with laughahle Sennett comedy, of
His Trolley" Pathe News and Il Fox
film depicting the fowl industry on
a large scale.
Metropoli.an-"S "Sandra."
Evening star., 1924-12-15
U. S. Notables on Way Home

PARIS, December 15.-Bishop Charles
II. Brent, who has been attending the
opium conference at Geneva. and Alex
ander NJ. Thackara, former United
States consul general in Paris, sailed for
New York from Cherbourg yesterday on
board the steamer Leviathan.
Evening star., 1924-12-15

When cat that was running across
the road dived straight into the
spokes OF the bicycle ridden by Harr.'
FolweN of Bath, England, Folwell
was thrown and seriously injured and
the cat instantly killed.
Evening star., 1924-12-15

Though in the torrid zone. Peru
possesses such diversity of eleva
tions and clynatic peculiaritles q.
10 be able to grow almost any prod
uct known to man.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
King O. KS improvements.

ROME. Decs0ber liking Victor
Emmanuel has signed a decree as being
the introduction IN Parliament Q? a bill
which would provide for the eXpendi
lures of $4,000 100000 lire for specia.
public improvements. One billion lire
would be used for Sardisia.
Evening star., 1924-12-15

During four years as social
worker at Ellis Island one young
woman. "a. has acted as match m ak er
In more than 5000 marriages.
Evening star., 1924-12-15
Central" Fight for Honor

and a series of beautiful organ re-
| citals complete the bill.
Evening star., 1924-12-15

Metropoli.an-"S "Sandra."
s"Sandra," at Crandall's Metropolitan
this week. is a perturbation of the
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-03-01
MOTHER LOVE APPRE- GATED BY AFFECTION
 ATE OFFSPRING

Recent Anchorage arrivals from Sc ward tell the story of how a gas boat captain, running out of Seward, captured a young seal and had fond hopes of tam ing it and keeping it aboard his little vessel. He placed it in a sack to secure it; but wide as the Gulf of Alaska is, and swift ly as the gas boat sped on, the seal mother was as swift and fol lowed in search of her young. When the craft was first caught, the mother howled piteously and the "baby" parked back it's grief but the Seward captain was re- lentless and cooly watched the
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-03-01

aSonized mother follow Jim un- til the gas boat docked Ut kodiaI-.
 Here he thought his prize was safe, for surely no seal would venture so close to shore. Sud denly the mother seal gave cry close to the boat and the litt., one, as if obeying instructions, struggled, still in the sack. 70 the edge of the deck and rolled itself overheard. The motlcr was seen to seize the sack, rip 1t open with it's sharp teeth and joyfully claim her baby.
 -Strollers Weekly
The McCarthy weekly news., 1924-03-01
Strollers Weel, "

Let us submit prices and sam ples before you order your SUD- ply of printed matter for tbe summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14
OUR FINAL SCORE
WAS 255; FINLAND.
NEXT, 1866 POINTS
8 World Records BrOkn
BY Americans in 1924
Games
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

t \SA'Ae "a - = 80 0VuAA OCAAOCEVAAsASAAo|
PARIS, July a.. Maintaining
'unbrokena record of successive
Olympic victories dating back to
the revival of the modern games at
Athens in 1896, America IS track and
field team surpassed their performs
ance of four years ago at Antwerp
when they won.this years honors
at Colombes Stadium with nearly
loo pints to spare.
Four years ago Finland tied the
United States in 4irst places; this
year we won IL to the Firms TO-
The final point score of the first
three teams was:
United States 255;s Finlandf 1866;
England S51a.
Records crashed and fell to the
very end of the games. Sunday IS
competition found the American re-
lay teams setting new world records
for the 400 and 1000 meters and
S..Bud' Houser, the California
"whale,' became a, double Olympic
winner by breaking an Olympic rec
ord in the discuss.
Individual honors on the closing
day went to. Albeit Stenroos of Fin
land, however,. Stcnroos,s n 40-ycar
old wood worker of Hclsingfors, won
til marathon piece de resistance, as
the French say, of all Olympic
games, in two hours, 43 minutes,
% 3-5 seconds, six minutes ahead of
Bertini of Italy with our own Clar-
cnce Demar of Boston, third. The
Finn had not engaged III competi-
ton for Is years.
Numri in Great Stunt
Paavo Nurmi put further seal
upon his greatness 'as the 'outstapd-'
ing distance champion of all time.
when she won the 5000 meter team
race-his fourth victory of the
games. No athlete of modern times
has equalled this record,
Nine world s records were brok-
en-all by Americans the 1894
games. Besides this, the United
States team set two@ new Olympic
marks and cqualled one. ~
Frank Hussey, the Brooklyn school.
boy, achieved his share of Olympic,
glory at the eleventh hour when he
defeated H. NJ. Abrahams, 100 meter
champion, in the first leg of the 400
meters relay, passing the baton on
to Louis Clarke in faultless fashion
after beating the Englishman by two,
yards. In this event the Ameri-
cans, Hussey, Clarke, Murchison and
Lcconcy, bettured their record of
\ 4 ..,4. 1. ~
new worlds mark at Al seconds.
In the 1900 meter our relay team
sped the distance in 1916, a whole
second faster than the existing
world s record.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14
WATCHING THE
SCOREBOARD


Yesterday s hero Joe Bush,
Yankee moundsman, LET the Browns
down with five hits while his team
mates amassed six to two victory.
The veteran AL Sothoron was
chased from the mound while the
Robins were pounding out their 9
to a victory over the Cards.
The Braves blanked the Red 4
to in the first game but lost the
second 60.
Three home runs from the Giants
heavy sluggcrs enabled New York
to pound out to s win over the
Cubs.
Umpire Holmes was struck on the
Jaw by an irate fan after Holmes
mad banished Manager Harris, yet
the Senators won from the Indians
Is to IL.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14
East Meets West
For Clay Court
Tennis Honors
Hy United Press Leased Wire

ST. LOUIS, Mo. July 14.-East
battled west for the Clay court tcn-
mis- supremacy of the United States
here today. William T. Tilden,
Philadelphia, present champion
played Harvey Snodgrass, Los An;
geles, in the singles finals of the
national tournament at Triple a
Club in Forest Park.
At 4 D. IN. Tilden and his 17-year
old partner, "Sandy' Weincr, also
of Philadelphia, play the doubles
finals with the fast Howard and
Robert kinsey, brothers, of San
Francisco.
Snodgrass defeated "Pcck
Griffin, San Francisco veteran, Oh,
90, Ga, GA, Sunday to gain the
honor of fighting Tildcn for his
title.
rilden and his youthful protegc,
however, furnished the, real scnsa
tion of the day by beating b. /. {.
Norton, former South African DAVIS
cup player, and Griffin III the
doubles semi-finals in three straight
sets, 1913, 6-2, 6-3. 49,,
The two kinseys eliminated no
bert SchlesiRger of the Australian
Davis cup team and Alfred Chaplin,
T., Springfield, Mass, in the other
doubles semi.finals 6-2, 81, Oh.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO
PURCHASE REAL
PROPERTY

NOTICE is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun
ty of Imperial, State of Califor.
MIA, intend to purchase that certain
real property known as the DR.. II.
l.. Coffman place, at Beaumont, in
the County of Riverside, said State,
and further described as:-
Lots /, 2, 3, and 8. Mellcn
Orchard Tract as shown by
Map record book No. 6, Page
~, Maps of Riverside County,
also an irregular strip off the
east side S. E. "a Section Is,
Tw. 9 S. r. w. S. b. M. The
whole consists of so acres.
that said purchase win be made for
the use of said County of Imperial
for Hospital purposes, and will be
purchased and used for said Hos
pital purposes jointly with the
Counties of Orangc,Aand Riverside,
in the State of California.
THAT said property will be so
purchased from DR.. Ii. L. Coffman
and the total price to be paid there
fore is the sum of $4,000 CFhirteen
Thousand and no/100 Dollars) to
be divided and paid by said Coun-
ties of Imperial, Orange and River
side, according to the proportions
that the Registration in each of said
Counties for the Primary Election
held in the month of May, 1924
bears to the total registration for
said Primary election in all of said
Counties.
NOTICE as FURTHER GIVEN
that the Board of of Supervisors of
said County of Imperial will meet
to consumatc said purchase on the
'4th day of August, 1924, at the
hour of o clock p. m. of said day.
BY ORDER or THE BOARD OF
:, SUPERVISORS.
(Signed) c. G. Mousseau, County
Clerk and eX-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the Coun'
ty of Imperial, State of Califor
MIA. j IL Au 4
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14

writing and accompanied by a GER
titled check in the sum of ten per
cent of the amount bid. Said bids
must be based upon plans and spe-
cifications for said work on file III
the office of the Clerk of said
county.
Said bids will be opened at the
time mentioned above, by the Board
OF Supervisors, at the chambers of
said Board in the County Court
house at Ell Centric, said county and
state, and contract will be award
ed to the lowest responsible bidder,
the Board, however, reserving the
right to reject all bids, as provid-
ed by law.
By order of said Board of Super
visors.
s. c. G. MOUSSEAU,
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
Jl4t20.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given by Geo.
w. Allen, administrator of the
estate of Albert Lehning, deceased,
to all persons having claims against
said deceased, to present them with
in four months after first publica,
tion of this notice to the under
signed at 107 Rehkopf Bldg, Ell
Centre, Calf, the place selected to
transact business of said estate, or
file them them within four months
after first publication of this no
tice in the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court, Imperial County.
Dated this 18th day of July, 1924.
GEO. w. ALLEN,
Administrator.
Jas. wv. Glassford, Attorney for Ad-
ministrator.
j Il q % A 4 IL
Imperial Valley press., 1924-07-14
Echoes from LA.
Sporting World

los ANGELES. July IL Ice
hockey as Southern California
sport is getting considerable sup
port. 1t is probable that with a
rink in Hollywood, several leagues
for winter competition will be form
ed.
According to plans worked out at
a meeting of those interested in the
sport yesterday, there will be four
leagues formed. Such teams as I'm
iver,itv of Southern California, San
ta Moirica, San Pedro and Industrial
CARNATIONS, Will join in one, with
q Junior league to be composed of
high schools and junior athletic
clubs, grouped in another.
Fred Groat, signed by the Vernon
Tigers, is the second player from
the Southern California conference
to make the professional grade.
al Montgomery, Southern branch
pitcher, is finishing the season with
Pittsburgh. Groat was on the Cal
Tech squad this spring and has been
playing with the Pasadena mer-
chants since the institution closed
for the summer.
When the Vernon squad left for
San francisco today four players
We're left behind. Outfielder Chad
bourne, Third Baseman Deal and
Outfielder Bernard are on the Grip
pied list while Pitcliex Penner will
rejoin his teaiA with u few days.