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The Washington times., 1924-10-11
NAME THE BEST
MOVIE GEL
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Hundreds 81 pictures are being
nominated for the $4,000 prize
offered last year by Adolph zukor.
president Of the Famous Players
I.aslxy Corporation. to the author
of the story 81 the best mbtion
picture Of the year ended septctn.
Der !, last.
The nominations are pouring
into the office Of Eric schnler
secretary 81 the Authors, League.
Of America Of 3. East Twenty third
street, New York Al preliminary
examination of these. Mr.. schuIer
states, indicates that motion pic
tute editors. Representatives ii
civic organizations and many
others To whom blanks were mailed
are anxious to get their sngges-
lions Ia before the time limit IS up
on November (. III VA 1
The nominations cover 81 Widn.
variety Of pictures and these win
enable the COMMITTEES to get an
idea of what the people at large
consider the best film story Of the
year, This Is the result Mr., ZuIsor
hoped would 5e attained when re
offered the priza at the close OF
the First international Congress
on Motion Picture Arts last year.
The rules of TIE contest require
that the author must have been
alive when the filming OF the pic
ture was begun, that the produc-
ton must have been made by an
American company and that the
picture must i1avef been exhibited
IA an American theater during
the year beginning September /,
1928.
The judges are: Ellis Parker But
Ter, president, or the Authors
League; Frederick Roy Mardn,
general manager, Of the Ass0.
ciated Press. Edward ChIlds Car
penter, preside.. 0f the American
Dran1atists' Society; Charles Dana
Gibson. artist: Elmer Rice, play
wright and scenario writer: Allan
DWan. motion picture director:
Mary Roberts RIninehart, novelist.
Robert u. Sherwood, motion Uic-
ture reviewer and George Barr
Baker, who was chairman Of the
International Congress on Motion
Picture Arts.
The award IL TO be made during
the Christmas holidays.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
DisiIIusion

d. w. Griffith, whose mighty
production Of America becins
Its first engagement at poplIIar &
Z prices In Washington az 1.oew.s
Columbia, Sunday afternoon. Is.
ready to tell the world that tile.
winters are not as cold as they!
used to be IN upper New York
State and around Valley Forge,
where Washington army. IL said
to have nearly persisted with cold
and starvation. Griffith worked!
over that territory all iast winter
and It was only IN the nick 81
time that q late, February snow
came along to enable him to da-s
plicate historical events Of the
Revolution in time to release his.
picture for Washington birthday.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

Mary Roberts Rinehart's story
THE House on the Hill. which
was, Of course. setitled Tor the
screen and is now called The
Silent Watcher. Z
Lloyd has welded the mega.
phone through twenty-four kissing
scenes. in all Of which Bessie
Love and Glenn Hunter partici-
pate. This includes the finNl
great big clinch. Lloyd believes
that the usual photoplay aver
ages a dozen osculatory sequences
but in his latest offering all
twenty-four are absolutely neces-
sary.
Most fortunately Glenn Hunter
has no wife to complain about
this business, and neither has
Bessie Love 4 hubby. StiII, Bes-
sic, here in New York, says she
and Glenn are only very dear
friends.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
BASEBALL, SAYS
COMIC, KEEP
YOU FIT

There Is no healthier sport III
the world for boy than base
BAN. says Joe Wilton, star and
featured comedian with ..Broad-
way BY Night, 4 the Columbia
burlesque attraction 81 the Gayety
next week. wilton Is an athlete
as well as an ac4or. He could
hardly perform his difficult
dances II he were not IN tl1e
best condition. And lie never
goes into training before the sea.
{ con starts, because he always
Keeps his body tit for an ener
genry.
During the summer, while the
season is closed, ! play baseball,
said Wilton. .'I find that ii
playing baseball i exercise all.
my muscles. Therefore, when the
season opens am ready 70 take
my part In the show. I am able.
to dance as well during MY fifst
week as I can during the closing
engagement. That's because
am always fit. =
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
Ben's Identification

Ben Turpin, the Sennett- Pathe.
comedian. had an amusing ev-
perience on his recent trip East.
In Detroit he ran short Of cash.
and presented q check for a
thousand dollars at one Of the
hanks in the city.
The teller looked at the amount,
al the signature, and at the wen
dressed conventional looking msn
on the other side Of the counter
The bank clerk was sIEepficaI and
called the cashier. After q lengthy
discussions which annoyed ana
then amused ben. the efficient
teller returned to the wicket INA
politely inquired II Mr.. Turpin
had any Identification
Only this. = replied Ben, pift.
ting his head through the wicker
and cot xing his eyes In his best
Tnrpins que manner.
5. He got the thousand.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
IT'S Annie Dear

\ Florenz Ziegfeld decided yester-
day Annie was no good title
10 fling. at the multitudes in
advertising the fact Billie Burke
ID going to New York shortly in
q new play with music.
And so he evolved new name.
ia he stands by the results of
Burke's vehicle viii be known as
Annie Dear when It reaches
the Times Square Theater on
October 81.
Annie Dear" opening in Bal
firnore this week, is booked for
Atlantic City next and viii have
still q third preliminary week on:
the road before II Is permitted to
Introduce itself to New York
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
TRADES 'CUSHY''
LIFE FOR A
CAREER

As 1 member 81 one of Chi.
cago's exclusive and wealthy
families Mildred Richardson had
every Injury that the most
fastiiious sub-deb could want.
She also had ambition but the
family wouldn't help her ma.
terlaIize Il. SO Miss Mildred, then
sixteen. accordingly devoted the
money the family had allotted
her Tor piano culture. to furtive
cultivation 81 her voice and it
last she landed on the stage.
Miss Richardson Is one of the
1etching little singers in Princess
April, now at the Belasco. Had
q not been for her own pluck and
qeterninafio to make her own
career, she would probably still
ne reckoning life iii terms 81 20
many teas. dansants, ocean trips
and the like. Instead she has
made q positive mark for herself
on the stage.
But / don't give the family
much credit; they discouraged
me- she admits,
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
Mae Marsh BACK,

Mae Marsh got back to Los
Angeles. Cal, the other day with
lots Of tales Of picture making
IN Germany, where she made her
latest film. sArabelIa Mae could
have made two more pictures
over there II she, had wanted to,
but the west was ever calling,
and now there are reports that
the little Fedsheaded ID. w. Grif-
fifth find win make two produc-
tons Tor q well-known producer
out at the coast.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
Three Leading Women

The task Of designating a
leading woman in The Big Sap,
I'm which Raymond Hitchcock is
srehearsing, is q task requiring no
little tact and acumen. For the.
script Is rich In feminine roles.
There are three parts on the
distaff side of the cast of almost
equal Importance, Sand they are
being rehearsed by Miriam Sears,
Madeline Marshall and Doris
Eaton.
The last-named is the sister Of
Mary Eaton Of kid Boots
fame.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
ABE AND MAWRUSS on
DEFINITIONS

IRIS IN. IRIS OUT These a
not twin sister stars III som
kind Of funny business Oil
camera does which looks aftist
on the screen.
STRIKE "a friendly directed
calling 10 the union stage banda
which ~ Il happened IN the clpal
and suits would give ug heart
failuE IN Hollywood Il means
break UP the furniture;
VAMPIRE A part no decsn
film should be Wtthuot.
JUVENILE A leading man
but younger, also cheaper.
INGBNUE A Paris mode
from Paris. Illinois. Talks u I'm
buyers, dances. but never take
an automobile ride.
CLOS When you nnoyo
the scenery and carry the stu
nearer to the camera.
y FADE-OI produces
specially when the star SCI
temperature.
SPOTLsIGHT no save eIectri
city.
DIRE TOR The formam 81 tt1
factory.
DIRECTOR GENERAL q il {
janitor.
CUTTER A scissor wizard Win
always cuts out the vampire and
leaves in the scenery.
TITLE WRITER who make
big sets and bigger scenes Win
fancy language.
DOUBLE When the hero q
star is afraid on the top 81
train or on the tip Of Kla
pOleit costs us double. +
The Washington times., 1924-10-11
AtInOsnhere.

Two score black men and wo1n-
en- have been imported from
Tripoli to Rome. Italy, to lend
y realistic touch to the Metro
Goldwyn- Mayer production Ben
Htr, which is being directed by
Fred Milo
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

Formerly Cioals and Suits ia
Stylish Mixtures.
Now Cloaking aBeautaH IN
M0vir6 Pictures

Z
Moving Pictures
Artistic Someone with TEN.
perature who Is cold about her
part and hot over the publicity
she - not getting
STAR Twice the temperature
q an artistic, maybe three times.
SCENARIO A pattern 81 u
plot like designer makes before
You cut cloaks and suits.
SCRIPT a lavish scenario, but
never used
GAMER The one thing you
must have. Costs heavy, but
absolutely necessary. The camera
man Is not so necessary il You
got relations.
SkAO01 What you'd like to do
to the hero when he's two hours
late; Is arrested for speeding
when II costs two dollars &
minute for the studio, also his
fine must be paid, also the star
IL mad by this time.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11

WASHINGTON AUTO DEAL. si
are describing their best used ~
offerings In, today,s Classified SCI
ton Of this paper Read ClasslfIca
ton ~.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11


The Original Special Motor
Fuel, will cost you less in
dollars and cents per hundred
miles because it does more.
The majority Of automobile agents rec
commend ANOCO-GAS to their car
owners because they know from expert
ence that it will reduce operating costs
and perform better in every way
Some substitutes for AA1OCO GAS
may cost less in cents per gallon, but in
the end will cost more, because they do
not have the good points and advan-
tages Of AAlOCO-GAS.
The Washington times., 1924-10-11


TIVOLI-About as good a bar.
gain entertainment as the movie
world win offer any place, is that
promised for tomorrow, beginning
at 2 o'clock at the Tivoli. Wash
ingtorl's own symphony orchestra
OF sixty people recruited from the
Crandall orchestras and augment.
ed BY the best Individual talent
in the city, viii make its debut
under the directions Of naniel
BreeslIin. "a concert program OF
the same caliber offered BY tour
ing organizations Is promised.
This In addition to the regular
bill, commencing at 3 and fea-
turing Bebe Daniels and Tom
Moore in the Paramount film,
Dangerous Money Then there
is the supplementary comedy, AL
st, John in STUPID But Brave, Y
and shorter films such as Tivoli
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
Two LARGE Liners Collide

New York.-A collision between the
Olympic, fourth largest liner afloat,
and the Furness-Bermuda steamer
Fort st. George, in the Hudson river,
caused a momentary panic among
l,140 passengers on both vessels and
several hundred people on the White
Star line pier, wrought damage esti-
mated ut $15OO00 to the Bermuda
boat apd Delayed the large liner an
hour. The Olympic, outbound for
England with Ito passengers, many
of them notnhles, was turning down
stream when her massive stern struck
the Fort st. George, also outbound,
with 30 passengers.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27

MI AJOR MARTIN and Lleutenants
AVA Smith, Wade and Nelson, the
armys globe-circling av.ntors, who
started from Glover field. Santa Mon
lea, Cal. have flown their four planes
as far as Seattle without accident.
There the machines are being equipped
with large pontoons for what Is re-
Garded as the hardest part of the trip
from the United States to Japan by
way of Alaska and the Aleutian
Islands. This week British aviator
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
Persia Abandons Idea of Parliament

London.-The Persian Parliament
has abandoned the idea of republic,
but has deposed the shah and has de-
cided to install his infant son on the
throne, according to Il Teheran dis
spOndent says that momentous sit
ting of the national assembly to decide
on the future form of government was
held II few days ago when. owing to
the opposition of the clergy and the
public, the agitation in favor of re.
public collapsed.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
Eioht Killed as Ships Collide

Gravesend, England.-Eight persons
We're killed and three seriously injured
on board the British steamer Matatua
in II collision in the Thames estuary
with the American steamer Merchant.
IL new freight vessel on her maiden
voyage from New York to London. The
American steamer WAS badly damaged
and was towcd into the Tilbury dock.
There We're no casualties aboard her.
The Mututun was outward bound.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
ORIGINAL PLAN
is SUBSTITUTED
SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
VOTES MELLON RATES INTO
TAX MEASURE
ADOPTS MELLON RATES
SCHEDULE CALLING FOR rs PER
CENT REDUCTION IN EARNED
INCOMES APPROVED

Washinaton.-The Mellon income tax
rate schedule was voted into the reve-
nue. bill by the Senate finance commit
tee in place Of the Longworth compro-
mise adopted by the House.
This schedule. the center of contr0-
verysy in the tax bill, was adopted by
a vote of 8 to 7.
Not all members of the committee
We're present, but those absent were
voted by proxy, except Senators Nc
Cormick of Illinois and La Toilette of
Wisconsin, Republicans, whose prox-
les, Chairman Smoot, said In response
to questions after the meeting, had not
been asked for.
The committee is composed OF ten
Republicans and seven Democrats.
Senators Gerry of Rhode Island and
Reed of Missouri, both Democrats,
We're absent, but were voted by proxy
against Incorporating the Mellon rates
in the bill, so that the seven committee
members of that party stood as a unit
In opposition 10 the proposal
The Republicans present were Sem
ators Curtis of Kansas, Reed of Penn
sylvnnia, Stanfield of Oregon and
Smoot of Utah. Those absent but vot-
| ed by proxy, We're Senators Watson of
Indiana, Ernst of Kentucky, Mclean of
Connecticut and Elkins of West Vir-
ginia, giving total of eight for the
Mellon plan.
The position of both Senator Nc
Cormick, who is out of the city, and
of Senator La Toilette. who is at
home here i'll, toward the Mellon
rates has been represented by Repub-
fican committee members recently as
doubtful. Chairman Smoot, in say
ators had not been asked for, did not
So>into the reasons.
The Mellon rates provide for max
imum surtaX of 25 per cent, applica-
bic to incomes of 100000 and more
against the maXimum of 37k per cent
Oli lllcOlllcS III excess OF NZND,UUt pro-
vided by the I.ongworth compromise,
and Il 30 per cent maximum in the
present law. The plans proposed by
the treasury secretary call for nor
nal rates of 3 per cent on incomes
under $4,000 and 6 per cent above that
amount against rates in the present
law of 4 and per cent.
The LongwUrth normal rates are 2
per cent on incomes under $1,000, 5
per cent on incomes between $4,000
and $4,000, and per cent above that
amount.
Prior TO taking up the rate schedule
tonight the committee approved with
some notifications the provision for
Il % per cent reduction on earned in
comes. The maximum of $4,000 al
lowed by the House on which such
reduction could be made was cut down
by the committee to $4,000.
When the income tax rates were
reached Senator Curtis moved sub
stitution of the Mellon schedule for
the Longworth compromise Demo-
Gratis did not offer Il counterDroposal
and the Republicans Immediately
voted the Mellon plan.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27

is to start from Southampton in nn
attempt to beat the Americans around
the world. He will fly from west to
east.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27

To remove mountains, begin at the
bottom and work up
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27

GROVER CLEVELAND BERG
~ DOLL. the draft evader, says he
will soon return to America uncondl-
tionally and stand trial for draft eva.
sion. pleading guilty. But he already
Il, under sentence for desertion and
presumably must serve five years for
that offense If he comes back. @. w.
Powell, director OF the AmericanlZa-
tion commission of the American Le-
glon, says the legion has guaranteed
the personal safety of Bergdoll IL he
will return and take his medicine,
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
WASHINGTON

Irwin B. Laughlin of Pittsburg has
been selected by President Coolidge to
be minister to Greece.
A landing force of 167 sailors and
nine Officers from the cruiser Milwau-
kee at Amalpa, Honduras, was rushed
to Tegucigalpa, the Honduran capital,
wfire wide disorder prevails.
Figures on intercoastal cargo move
ments for the year 1923, made public
in Washington by the shipping board
bureau of research, show n total of l2,-
100000 tons, 9,6OO.OOO eastbound and
100000 westbound.
The House passed the soldiers
bonus bill. The vote was 1856 to 54.
The result indicated there were suf-
flcient votes in the House to over
ride presidential veto. The margin
over the necessary two-thirds was
eighty-twO. AS sent to the Senate.
the bill provides for patdup twenty
year endowment life insurance pol.
icies and cash payments to those-vet-
Grams not entitled to more than $50
in adjusted compensation.
The Roosevelt brothers-Theodore
and Archie-who dramatically ap-
peared before the Senate public lands
committee weeks ago and told of their
suspicious of wrongdoing in connection
with Harry #. Sinclnir's lease of Tea
pot dome, came in for sarcastic de-
nunciation atsthe hands of Sinclair
Chairman Green of the House ways
and means committee was SO busy with
the new tax bill in Congress thut he
was unable to make his own income
tax for the first installment due March
10. He was found n few days ago
making out his return and admitted he
had been forced to ask for special dis
pensation to permit Il late filing.
M. S. Daugherty, president of the
Midland National Bank at Washington
c. H., Ohio, and brother of Attorney
General Daugherty, refused to permit
John PhelOm, special accountant
sent by the Senate committee probing
the conduct of the Department of JUS
tice under the administration of At
torney General Daugherty to examine
records of the bank, to continue with
his work along the plan lie had
adopted.
Fifty-two guns and a large quantity
Of ammunition, found near n wrecked
truck at Aqua Prieta, an Arizona town
on the Mexican border, were brought
back to Los Angeles by deputy sher-
ifs. William S. Spey, night watch
man at warehouse from (Which au-
thorities believe the firearms were
stolen, has been arrested pending an
investigation.
Harry F. Sinclair, multfmillionalre
oil magnate, who leased Teapot dome
from Albert b. Fall, refused to testify
before the Senate oil Investigating
committee.
The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, NGs, ACHIEVE
MENTs. sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND
WESTERN

II W AASS = 6AS&v
Public flogging Of bootleggers is
urged IN the election appeal of JeSs II.
stevens, Shelby attorney, who filed
with the Montana secretary of state as
candidate for delegate ut large to the
Republican national convention
Prohibition agents from Ell Paso
swooped down upon Rincon, N. NJ, $50
miles north of LII Paso, and seized five
stills. nine and one-half gallons of corn
whisky and seventy gallons of mash.
Several warrants were issued by the
United States commissioner at Las
Cruces. N. NJ.
What is declared to be the largest
prune orchard in the world has re-
suited from the consolidation of sev-
erai large orchard farms on the Sacra-
mento river. near Butte City, Calf.
In the consolidation are 1852 acres.
Approximately S2,OOOOOO was in
volved in the transaction.
Two miners, Herbert Wilds and Gus
Fister, were instantly killed by pre-
mature blast in the Kearsage mine, at
Virginia City, Mont, according to a
iong-dfstance telephone message to the
Butte Miner. The mine, owned by j.
II. and w. B. Mlllard, was the scene of
disaster in 1903 in which nine men
were killed by gas.
Charges that California lobbyists"
, and representatives, "as well as power
trust officials seem to consider Ari-
zona's interests in the Colorado river
as unworthy of-consideration,' in hear
ings before the House committee on
arid lands were made in a telegram
sent by Governor Hunt of Arizona to
Chairman Addison II. Smith OF the
committee.
Men. supplies and equipment were
rushed to Mariposa and Merced coun-
ties in California, and the slaughtering
of cattle affected with the foot and
mouth disease in that district was
started by authorities in drastic eff
fort to check new outbreak of the
malady, considered the worst since the
epidemic began In California more than
a month ago.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
BUILD NEW RESERVOIR
Addition Will Increase Irrigation in
La Feria Section.

Brownsville, Tex, March 29.-To
further increase the efficiency of the
La Feria irrigation system, the water
district has constructed huge
reservoir, covering approximately 200
acres, in which water will be stored
sufficient for week Of heavy ir-
rigation on the second lift land in
the district. This will obviate all
danger of an inadequate water sup
ply in the event Of a possible break
down, a contingency which has seldom
arisen in the operation of that sys-
TEN in recently ears.
Water was turned into the new
reservoir for the first time last week.
and with the installation of a 54-inch
pump and a $50 horsepower engine,
which has been completed at the
second lift plant, night operations at
the plant have become unnecessary.
One Of the chief advantages of the
reservoir is the fact that it eliminates
the necessity for union operation OF
the river pump and the second lift
pump. Previously it was necessary
TO operate the pump at the river
every time it was necessary to ir'
rigate the second lift lands. but here
| after when the canals and reservoir
are full the river pump can CLOSE
down. the second lift lands watering
from the reservoir.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
"When the Paper Doesn't Come"

"When the Paper Doesn't Come"
My father the he reads amt up right;
He finds lot OF fault he does perusin it all night;
He there amt single thing in it
And that it doesn't print the kind of stuff the
He tosses aside it's strictly
holler the
He the weddins like
He social a shout.
they make the for the folks alone
Tread fire. md goan;
He Of information doesn't have crumb,
him boiler when
plumb through.
He doesn't miss item, a ad-that is
He they what
Pm going take time and and 'em wise;
blind
But ought hear him boiler when the doesn't
From (Neb.) Times, Author Anonymous.