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intimately foreign detail or TINS
production.
For instance, the man selected
to play the role Of a hotel
manager in this picture is Eu-
genfo di Liguoro. a brilliant and
talented italian who was formerly
director Of the Ciiles Company in
Italy and who made in India a
screen version of Rabindranath
Tagore's 1.-THE Life of Buddha."
For the part of a maid, Mr..
DeMflle selected Marcelle Corday,
a noted French actress who come
to New York in 1917 with the
jacques Capeau Company OF
French actors. One of the but
Iers is Ole Theobaldi, son Of Ole
Theobaldi. a royal court musician
of Europe, Ole has a war record
Of distinction and is quite deaf
from sheIl-shock. Finally, for the
part OF the hero's friend in the
picture, DeMille selected Mario
Garlic, an Italian nobleInan, who,
like most Of the others in this
picture, are big names" abroad
who have come to this country
in the hope of bebttering them
selves.
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IDEAL TEAM; He WRITES
WHAT, SIZE ACTS

most successful combination
Of author husband and wifestar
has been found in ]. Hartley
Manners and Laurette Taylor.
The only play in which Miss
Taylor has appeared during the
last eleven years written by other
than Mr.. Manners was Fannie
Hurst's "Humoresque."
Even the stars screen appear
ances have been limited to pic
turizations of her husbands stage
plays, Her newest one, which
was directed by Clarence Badger,
comes to the Earle Theater to-
morrow.
The first of Mr.. Manners plays
in which she starred was Peg o.
Ny Heart She played it 604
times without a break and 1,121
times in all. Peg was pro-
duced in Los Angeles and after
101 performances it was taken to
New York. During the two en-.
gagements the author and the
star were married,
Miss Taylor was q star before
she met Mr.. Manners, however.
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Her first real success came IN
Alias Jimmy Valentine" and the
part which she enjoyed most, be-
fore the present happy coIlabora-
ton with Mr.. Manners was ef-
fected, was 1.-THE Bird of Para
disc" q play which took much
study and preparation, for the
ways and speech Of an Hawaiian
girl do not come easily to a girl
from Harlem.
After Peg o. My Heart" came
1.-THE Harp of Life" then Hap
piness," 'tOut There" and ''The
National Anthem"
"Out There was written by
Mr.. Manners to help Red Cross
drive during the war and during
a three weeks tour it made
$3.50, 900.
Among those appearing in sup
port OF Miss Taylor in Zone
Night In Rome" are Tom Moore,
Miss du Pont, Alan Hale, Edna
Tichenor, Warner GLAND, Eta
Lee. William Humphrey, Eugene
Gilbert, Joseph Bowling, Brandon
Hurst and Ralph Yearsley.
The Washington times., 1925-06-27

Barbara Bedford. Harold Good
win, Gertrude Short, Lydia Yea
mans Titus, and p. II. Calvert are
the foremost members OF the cast
to be seen In leading roles OF
Marion Fairfax's screen success,
THE Talker," at Crandall's AM
bassador Theater the first. three
days Of next week, The comedy
for the first bin OF the week
will be supplied by 9 new Aesop
Fable, Wine, Women and Song.
On wednesday and Thursday
the Ambassador will offer Marion
Davies in lander the Great, e.
clever film version Of the stage
success. Holbrook Blinn, Harri-
son Ford, George Siegmann and
others Of note appear In the sup
porting company. Mack Sennett.s
two-reel comedy, THE Lions
Whiskers," with Madeline Hur-
leox, will be the added hit.
For Friday the Ambassador an
nounces Harry Carey In Silent
Sanderson," new release which
viii be augmented by the sixth
instalIment OF the ''Pacennakers"
series OF two-reel comedy dramas
by n. C. Witwer, and the juve-
nile comedy, Dragon Alley In
1.-THE Pacennakers" the stellar
roles are played by George O.Hara
and Alberta Vaughn, supported
BY AL Cooks, Kit Guard, and other
old favorites.
Betty Conpson viii be the Pic
fured star on Saturday at the
Ambassador in New Lives for
Old" In the Grease Will be
an added feature and the seventh
instalment Of 'Sunken SILVER"
also win be shown.
TIVOLI-Mme. Ala Maxi
nova. supported BY Jack Pick
ford in the name part, Ian
Keith, Charles Murray. Hobart
Bosworthp Constance Bennett,
Dot Farley, Mary Akin and others
viii be the pictured star at
CrandaIl's Tivoli tomorrow and
Monday ii First Nationals film
version of Martha Stan1ey's
stage play, my Son. pictur-
esque drama Of a quaint New
England Portuguese fishing vii.
Iage. Jimmie Adams will supply
the laughter in sit Tight" and
new issue Of the Pathe Review
also will, be shown.
Betty Compsop will be the
Tivoli's pictured star on Tuesday
and Wednesday in New Lives
for Old Ralph Graves win con
tribute the hiIarity as star Of
Mack Sennett's new comedy,
He Who Gets Smacksd.' =
For Thursday and Friday
''Sackcloth and Scarlet, I, Para
mount production with Alice Ter
~. and Conway Tearle win be
seen. The companion offering
will be the seventh release IL
H. G. Witwer's new series Of
two-reel comedy-dramas, THE
Pacemakers,' . starring George
O'Hara ana Alberta Vaughn.
On Saturday Adolphe Menjou
will be the star Of the Tivoli's
program in Paramount's "A Kiss
In the Dark" supported by Aileen
Pringle and Lillian Rich. The
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Rapley Looks In.

W. H. Rapley, director Of the
National Theater, came down
from his summer home, at Spot
ford. Lake, N. H., last week to
attend the meeting of interna.
tional theater managers in New
York and thence to Washington
to see the performance of "The
Best People" Mr.. Rapley was
reelected vice president of the In
ternational Association of Theater
Managers. He was highly pleased
with the success and management
OF the National Theater Players.
So pleased and confident, in fact,
that he turned right around and
went back to Spofford Lake,
where the golf is every bit as
good as the fishing.
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the merry-go round, the bowling
alleys. and the billiard parlors.
EARLE ROOF-Three photo
play stars have been selected to
furnish the programs for the COM
ing week at the new Earle Roof.
Commencing Sunday night and
continuing through Monday and
Tuesday nights Milton Stills, sup
ported by Doris Kenyon. win ap-
pear in First Nationals ct Want
Ny Man" This is the story of
the aftermath OF the world war
that has found popular appeal
everywhere shown.
House Peters will be featured
on wednesday and Thursday
nights in Universal's tale OF the
seas. Head Winds PATSY Ruth
cast.
For the feature on Friday All
saturday nights there will be pre-
sented David Belasco's 'The War.
rens or Virginia" William Fox
In producing this feature sought
lar and wide to select his all-sta1
cast and it is stated that the
screen version OF the Belasco cias-
sic Is worthy of the artistry OF
Mr.; :Belasco. who supervised the
making Of the photoplay.
The doors OF the roof omen at
1880. with the first showing Of the
feature starting at 8. with the
final showing scheduled for 10
p. m.
CHEVY CHASE LAKE-Jazz
dance music continues to lure
amusement seekers in throngs to
Chevy Chase Lake. Both the
upper and lower dance pavilions
are crowded nightly.
The two Meyer Davis bands
which are the featured attrac.
tons at the lake are staging a
spirited contest for popularity,
with honors apparently about
even.
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Sigmund Ziebel. concert master
Of the symphony orchestra at
Crandall's Metropolitan Theater
and a solo artist who has fire.
quently been heard through the
air as one Of the artists per-
forming with the "Crandall
Saturday Nighters," is enjoying
two weeks vacation with his
family in New York City. By
his family is meant his parents.
Mr.. Ziebel is one or the youngest
members of the Metropolitan
Symphony, under the conductor
ship Of Daniel Breeskin. During
his absence, the concert master $
chair is occupied by Elias Brees-
kin, noted concert artist and
brother of the conductor.
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Veteran Cast

Kate Price, veteran Of the
screen, who has been featured
player since she appeared with
John Bunny and Flora Finch, has
been engaged for an important
part in 1.-THE Perfect Clown"
Larry Semon's next comedy
spectacle for Chadwick Pictures
Corporation. Miss Price made
her debut with the Vitagraph
Company in the early days of
motion pictures and Immediately
won a large following for her.
self. Her part in THE Perfect
Clown" Is said to be similar to
familiar Kate Price character
which has so long been associated
with her.
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Who's Right?

William s, Hart and other e.
ponents Of two.gur shooting. 70
the contrary Notwithstanding.
the old-tfne western bad man
rarely, il ever. shot with both
hands at the same time. He
usually did his shooting with
one hand ana carried 4 reserve
gun in the other. That's what
Billie Dove learned when she
was on location ia Arizona with
William II. E10ward's Paramount
Company, filming exteriors Tor
"The Light OF Western Stare.
the latest Zane Grey story 90
reach Loew,s Palace screen be-
agffnfng tomorrow.
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In New Masks.

For the next two weeks. be-
ginning Sunday afternoon, Loew's
Columbia Theater will present
screen adaptations of plays which
are already familiar to local
footlAght enthusiasts, both of
which are decidedly continental
in their atmosphere and settings,
The first is "Lost-A wife I"
which, starting today, Is an
adaptation of Alfred Savoir's
"Banco." The next weeks at
traction Is Ewes Secre+." an
adaptation of Zoe Atkins "Moon-
flower" in which Elsie Ferguson
and Sidney Blackmers did capac-
ity business at the Garrick win
ter before last
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Drifting DObbins.

Arizona is the last place where
civilization is crowding out the
horse" observed Jack Holt re-
Gently between scenes of his Para
mount film, THE Light of West
ern Stars" adapted from Zane
Grey's novel. "It is something
that saddcns the old ranchers and
desert jewellers. They hate to see
the gradual determination of the
horse, and that is what surely Is
happening-even in Arizona"
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"DimpIes" Back.

Charlotte Walker, an old favor
tie with motion picture audiences,
comes back to the screen in Bebe
Daniels latest Paramount pro-
duction, 1.-THE Manicure Girl"
This breezy story of the adven-
lures of an attractive manicurist
in a New York hotel was directed
by Frank futile, who directed
Little MISS Bluebeard' and "A
Kiss in tde Dark"
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Keith Sues

Pity poor Ian Keith, molten
picture hero. The screen lover
Is suing his wife for divorce.
charging mental cruelty. Ian's
wife, Blanche YourIta operatic
star, Is the cause OF the lAental
anguish, according to Keith, and
he wishes the bonds Of, natri-
Inony severed once and for al
and for good.
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.GOINGS-ON
At the The0terSs

win introduce Marchetti and Mar
bini, singers, both OF whom are
from grand opera roles In Naples
and Milan. The Rialto concert
orchestra will be heard in special
tunes and briefer films will in
clude International Newsreel,
novelty color reel and q comedy.
METROPOLITAN - Anna o.
Nilsson and Lewis Stone ara cast
in nicely-fitted roles in First Ma
tional's 1.-THE Talker' which
debuts at Crandall's Metropolitan
and Ambassador theaters tomor-
row. for the new week. The
theme OF the story sets forth the
unfortunate results Of q young
wlfe's idle chatter. She thinks
It quite the thing to pirate on
''individualislm" and personal
freedom" No one takes her quite
seriously except q young sister
who, fed on these explosive
theories, elopes with q renegade,
thereby precipitating events lead
ing to d climax that are both
humorous and dramatic. Shirley
Mason, Ian Keith and Tully Mar
shall are in support. The sup
plementaries include q Christie
comedy, Call q Cop" with Neal
Burns; Metropolitan news survey
Of world events and q balanced
musical program by the Metropoli.
tan Symphony under Daniel Bree-
skin.
PALACE - Jack Holt. Billie
Dove, Noah Berry and Alma
Bennett are co-featured In an
other spectacular Zane Grey story,
The Light Of Western Stars
which win be on view at the
Palace for the coming week.
The story reveals Holt In the role
OF q cowboy renowned for his
exploits who makes a vow dur
ing 8 spree to marry the first
girl who aiights from the train
ait Ell Cajon. Events so shape
themselves that the inpulsive
cowboy comes to death-grips with
q bandit chief over the very girl
he had vowed to marry and the
story from here shunts, along st
q sensational pace, before back
ground OF rugged mountain gran
deur. Al new Mack Sennett
comedy THE Super Heterodyne''
is the added feature and other
supplements include the Palace
Magazine, Pathe news and special
music by Director Gannon's
musicians.
COLUMBIA The suave and
polished Adolphe Menjou and
Gretta Nissen, the beauteous Nor,
wegian. are co-featured in william
De Miles latest product, Lost
A WIFE at the Columbia tornor-
row and all week. The film Is
adapted from the stage play,
"Banco." which had its premiere
here two years ago with Alfred
Lunt in the lead male role. Men
jOu is cast as a young American
with q terrific weakness for gam
bling, who Wagers he can marry
a certain beauty he is smttten
with, and wins his wager. At
tackled again with the gambling
mania, he plays continuously for
seventy-five hours while his bride
cools her heels in an ante-roorn.
A sympathetic baron takes advan-
tage Of the young husbands apa.
lily se%ilu Lag - IduBAS ~ LuuS Cum
plete. The chief comedy feature
Is isn't Life Terrible q traves.
ty on the last ID. W. Griffith film.
International Newsreers summary
OF world events, Topics OF the
Day and a special musical assem-
bly, will round out the bill.
AMBASSADOR Anna O. mis-.
son, Lewis s. Stone, Shirley Ma
son, Ian Keith. TuIly Marshall,
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Expands.

Chinko. who used to be known
as 1.-THE Juggling Genius" and
who is credited with being able
to iuggle more different articles
at the same time than his compel.
itors have succeeded in doing,
now has ':and company" after
his name and together with
his support, is offering at the
Earle next week "An Ensemble
of Amusing Bits" This ensemble
is a miscellaneous assortment of
entertaining odds and ends, care
fully blended together md rerre-
scented with the rapidity Of q
moving picture film.
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Ethel shannon and others 81 high
rating in the pantornfnaic exDpss-
fion of comic situations. Hal
Roachss Wages ~ TIM and d
patl1e Review will complete the
oroqrara. on Saturday, The Ban
doIero ana an Our Gang
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JOSEPHINE DAILY
DIES IN AUTO
CRASH

Arrangements for the funeral
of Miss Josephine A. Daily, 1909
Hopkins place northwest, who was
almost instantly killed early to-
day when the automobile in which
she was riding near Savage Sta
ton, Md, ran off the road, have
not been completed.
Percy P. Keller, or 1914 K street
northwest, driver of the car, was
seriously injured. Keller is at
Garfield Hospital, where an x-ray
will be taken today in an effort
to determine how badly he is hurt.
Girls ScuII Fractured
Returning TO Washington from
Philadelphia, Keller's car in run
ming off the pike, crashed through
a stone fence finally turning over
as it came to rest at the bottom OF
a hill.
Miss DAILY, who is the sister of
John j. DAILY. Of the Washington
Post, sustained a fractured skull.
Taken into the house of a nearby
physician, she was pronounced
dead.
Keller, also suffering from a
fractured skull and other injuries
was Brought TO Washington in a
passing automobile.
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De MOGRAT
LEADER IS
SOUGHT
Deaths Of Bryan and Wilson
Compelling Party to Seek
New chieftain
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

The dramatic passing OF William
Jennings Bryan removes from the
stage of American politics one of
it's most colorful, powerful, and at
times, puzzling figures.
While politicians here differed
today as to the precise effect the
death of the Commoner may have
on the fortunes of the party he
dominated so long, there was COM
mon agreement among them that
the removal of the so-called
Bryan influence" will have a
tremendous and far-reaching bear
ing on future Democratic policies.
Religious Issue Feared
1t Is no secret that many Demo
Gratis, including some OF the Com
moner's friends. have been deeply
worried over this same Bryan influ-
ence. To it's power and it's potency
they attributed the tempestuous
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will you go to Washington to
help with the new evolution case
there?" he was asked.
Don't ask me that question. !"
Bryan replied YEARLY. MY days
are numbered and l can't spare the
time"
Then with a smile, he added: II
can't keep going forever and
mus return to Florida to catch up
with my literary work"
Stuck to Promises
A telephone call interrupted the
interview and Bryan went to the
phone. Some one was asking him
to make two speeches in Knoxville
this week. The Commoner was will
ing.
"Now don't promise two speeches, :
Mrs. Bryan interposed. You
haven't the strength. One address
is enough. You don't need to wear
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BRYAN TO REST
ARLINGT0
All Dayton Observes
Holiday to Honor
COm1nOner
By international News Service


DAYTON, Tenn, July 81
BY order Of the chairman Of the
board of city commissioners,
Dayton observed d holiday to-
day in honor of the great
Commoner, William Jennings
Bryan, who died with his boots
on" here Sunday.
Flags were at half-mast and
all Dayton bowed its head in
grief.
1t was here that Bryan fought
his last fight, battle for re-
vealed religion. For more than
two weeks he had been active
in the '.dueI to the death" be-
tween science and religion, as
he termed it.
at proved to be just that
for the great Commoner.
Bryan, however, died as he
had wished fighting for the
cause he espoused. He pre-
viously had remarked that he
never feared death while wag-
ing battle for the cause he
believed in and espoused.
Daytonians are determined
that all honor shall be paid the
great Commoner on the scene of
his last great battle. Not only
are they deserving holiday in
honor of the man they loved,
but the whole town has offered
condolences and assistance to
Bryan's invalid wife.
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$500 IS DUMPED
IN RUBBISH
PILE

After searching for two hours
amid burning trash for 500 in
cash and jewelry, which was acct
dentally thrown away yesterday,
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart r. Bailey,
Of 1861 Thirteenth street north
west, recovered a watch and two
lockets-the least valuable trinkets
of the lot.
When it was discovered yester-
day that ten $40 bills. diamond
and sapphire ring, two gold neck
chains, the watch and two lockets
had been included in the rubbish,
which was thrown to the city
refuse pile, the police were notl-
fled.
Bright and early today. the Bail
eys appeared at Montello avenue
and Mount Olivet road and began
pokine around in the debris. They
said theY were very much ANNOYED
by curious persons who wished to
help them in thor search.
Undoubtedly the cash was burned
when the daily collection OF trash
was ignited. The diamond ring and
the two neck chains are still some
where on the dump.
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scenes at the Madison Square Gar
den convention year ago. And in
the later activities of Colonel Bryan
at Dayton they have envisioned a
of the sharp differences
that tore the party asunder In the
1924 campaign.
While Colonel Bryan denied that
he intended to put God and the
Bible into the Constitution, there
are not a few sober-minded Demo
Gratis who have been fearful, since
Dayton, that the great crusader in
tended to do just that. At least,
they regarded with apprehension
and foreboding the national cam
paign that the Commoner an
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yourself out, they'll be satisfied with
just one"
But Bryan said he would make
two speeches, one on THE Ten
nessee case and another on VIVA.
VIII You Do with Jesus?"
When the CommOner returned 20
the porch he said: MY, I'm tired.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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BIBLE
SUIT PLEA
. TOCIQJRT: :.
Corporation Counsel Files Mo-
ton to Throw Out Wittner
Evolution Case

Officials of the District govern
ment fired their first gun in
Washington's evolution case today
when they filed a motion to dis
miss the suit brought by Loren H.
Wittner, Treasury clerk, to with
hold municipal salaries because
"disrespect to the Holy Bible"
otherwise the theory of evolution,
is taught in the Capitals public
schools.
Points IN Motion
District Corporation Counsel
Francis H. Stephens and Ringgold
Hart. his assistant, who working to-
gether on the case, made the mo-
ticn on four major points which
were:
That superintendent Of Schools
Frank w. BallOu and w. p. Hay,
head OF the department of chenis-
try and biology in the schools,
whose salaries the suit asks with.
held. were not made parties to
the suit.
That the plaintiff has not al
legged or shown that he has SUI
fered or will suffer any particular
OF special injury different from
that OF any other taxpayer" If the
school officials salaries should be
paid.
That the bill of complaint iS
lacking i'm precision and certain
ty." consisting of theories and con.
illusions instead Of facts
That the bills disclOses no
facts which are within the
meaning of the statue involved
herein, in disrespect of the Holy
Bible and taught or permitted to
be taught in the public schools of
the District of Columbia"
ID. c. Reply Tomorrow.
The Districts answer to the
courts rule to show cause why the
school officers salaries should not
be withheld is to be filed tomorrow
by Mr.. Hart. The answer will be
brief, stating merely that Auditor
Daniel j. Donovan and Discussing
Officer James r. Lusby were unac.
quanted with the allegations as to
the teaching of the theory of evolu'
ton in the local schools.
1t is indicated today that Dis
trict Attorney Peyton Gordon's re-
ply for United States Treasurer
Frank White, also named defendant
in the suit. will be perfunctory.
According to persons closely in
touch with the suit, the case will be
continued tomorrow. In order to
allow Wittner's attorneys to study
the answers.
The motion to dismiss the suit
however, will be heard Friday, and
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THE WEATHER,

Partly cloudy tonight and
tomorrow; cooler tomorrow
afternoon or night. Temper
allure yesterday, highest, SO;
lowest, II.
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OF END TWICE
VOICED BY BRYAN
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Copyrighted 1926 by International News Service)

William Jennings Bryan had premoniton of death in the
closing hours of his vivid He voiced this belief In the
final interview given this correspondent at Dayton, Tenn
following the close Scopes He spoke while resting
the porch of the little white bungalow where he to
meet his fate less than hundred hours later He tired
dead tired from the strain of the trial He said with
sigh of relief that the work done in Dayton