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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-31

on the globe, especially in relation
to one another.
These measurements will be made
by means of time signals to be
flashed at definite intervals from
the u. S. navy stations at Annapolis,
Bellevue, D. c., and Honolulu, and
the French stations at Bordeaux,
Issy, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and
Saigon in Indo-China.
The records will be taken by an
automatic radio receiving device or by
a Photographic recorder so that err
rors will not be greater than one
one-hundredth of second. Ac-
curate astronomic observations will
also be made.
Then, five, ten and more years
from now, similar tests will be
made, and the signals of former
tests compared. The comparisons
should show whether the stations
have shifted in their longitudes. If
so. it would appear fairly certain
that the continents are adrift.
Frenchman Heads Survey
At the head of this great world
survey is General Gustave Ferrie,
member of the bureau of longitudes
in France and director of the wire
less service Of the French army. To
him all reports will go for CO.
and study. n
Observers sent out by the United
States include officials of the U. S.
naval observatories at Washington,
D. C., and San Diego, Calf, and Off
cials of the u. S. coast and geodetic
survey. b. j. Brown at Honolulu and
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Drop Curve Returns.

In the old days, the drop curve was
used by quite few of the leading
pitchers. With the advent of the freak
deliveries it practically dropped out OF
sight.
Because the drop curve was difficult
to control and hard on the arm, was
given as the reason for pitchers pass
ing up it's use.
This year there has been revival of
the drop curse in the majors. Flint
Rhem of the ST. Louis Cardinals has
used it with great success. He won 10
straight with it.
L never saw a pitcher with better
drop curve than Walter Beall of the
New York Yankees. Inability to get it
over, however, has handicapped his eff
ficiency.
Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox
also resorts to it, although there isn't
the sharp drop to his curve ball that
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-31
Government Will EUict
Man From Yuma County
Lands He Now Occupies
(By Dispatch A. p. wlro)

PHOENIX, July 3O.-A writ of exc
cution directing the United States mar
shal to evict T. w. Hopper from gov
ernment lands which he now occupies
in, Yuma county, on the Arizona BANK
of the Colorado river, was issued TO-
day by the federal district court here
pursuant to judgment in favor OF the
government signed by District Judge
Jacobs, November g 1925.
The government showed the lands
had been Withdrawn from entry in 1913
for the exclusive use of the reclama-
tion bureau, which required them for
the Yuma irrigation project. Hopper
filed a demurrer to the complaint in
which he denied that he had ever
claimed possession or any rights OF
possession and asserted he was merely
an employe of a Minnie Atkinson"
who lived on the land.
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from that of the ocean bottom; that
what he called SAL" forming the
earth and it's crust, was a rigid mass,
while the "sima" or ocean bottom,
was pdastic like wax or tar; that the
great land mass of the world sep
arateG along what is now the Atlantic
coast, the sal drifting over the plastic
sima.
But it is known that the crust be-
meath the ocean is rigid, by the fact
that earthquakes occur in ocean areas.
An earthquake is caused by breaking
of materials and plastic materials do
no break.
TheOry's Weak Points.
Further on, Wegener accounts for
the formation of mountains on edges
of drifting continents. He assumes that
the resistance of the plastic material or
sima to the on-moving continental ma
terial or sal buckles up the front of
the moving material This, however,
appears to be rather poor mechanics,
for if the sima were weak enough to
allow the to drift through it, it is GER
tainly not strong enough to push up
the edges of the moving sal and form
a mountain range.
In any event, though there are many
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-31
Find Roston Easy.

Very often unusual success against
one ball club is potent factor in the
winning Of major league pennant.
This year the Boston Red Sox have
been little more than door-mat for
the New York Americans. The Sox
have sure been easy for the Yanks.
Already the two clubs have played IL
games and of that number New York
has recorded IA victories, an average
in excess of the 800 mark.
In a sense, the margin that the Yanks
now enjoy as a lead over the rest of the
field, has been due to the unusual suc-
cess the New York club has had at the
expense of Boston.
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r. ]. Sipe at Manila.
This amount of trouble, time and
expense on the part of the major
countries is considered worth while
because Of the Importance of the
Wegener hypothesis not only as sci
entific theory, but as an actual guide
for navigation and other practical
purposes:
rWegener formed this hypothesis af-
ter making close study of the At
lantic shore line of North> and South
America and comparing it with the
opposite shore lines of Europe and
Africa He found, as had others, that
the bulges of the American coast fit
ted more or less accurately into the
indentations of the opposite coast, and
vice versa.
It has been known for years that
there is a force, due to the earths ro-
tation, that tends to pull any land
mass, such as a continent or island,
toward the equator. The mass would
drift that way if it were free to move,
if the continents were entorely sep
arated from each other and if they
rested on a plastic material like tar OF
wax.
Originally One Mass
Wegener thought of this also, and
went further. He figured the conti-
nents did move, that they were actu-
aIyy a one time one large mass, on
which animals could travel freely, ana
that they later broke up and drltted
apart.
To work out this hypothesis, Wege-
nor had to assume that the continents
are composed of material different
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EDITORS NOTE: Has the Amer
lean continent been taking a 1000
mile rideg Are New York and
London getting nearer, or farther
apart. Read this article by fa-
nous American scientist on how
science will test this startling the
Ory.
By DIR. WILLIAM BOWIE
Chief, Division of Geodesy, U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey.
An army of scientists from import
ant countries are preparing to scatter
over the world and try to determine
whether the continents of the world
are drifting-in other words, whether
New York is getting closer or farther
from London.
1t is the theory of Prof. Alfred Wege-
ner, German geophyscist, that the
world once was single huge land
mass, that it broke up and very slowly
drifted apart into the continents that
exist today and that these are still
drifting like huge crust of rock over
a tarry or plastic bed. His theory, If
it can be proved, will account for the
distribution of land animals over the
earth.
Exact TabuIatiOn
Radio has provided the scientists
with a new way of making the test
They will take their positions at
strategic observation points and Will
make their observations in October
and November of this year.
The plan is to take as nearly ex-
act measurements of the longitudes
of these stations as possible. 50 as
to determine their exact positions
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goes with the deliveries of Beall and
Rhem.
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Gabriel Poulain, champion cyclist OF
France, is one Of the latest Euro
mean invaders bent on a successful
campaign in this country. Poulain
hopes to meet Americas best bets in
the bike game during his stay. He's
a big idol in his native France.
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weaknesses in the Wegener hypothesis
it has so many strong advocates that
the determination has been made to
test it.
This is another instance which SHOWS
that scientific men are not willing TO
accept a hypothesis or theory without
testing it thoroughly.
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc0
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DEAD AND MISSING IN
JAPANESE FLOOD SET AT 3OO

TOKYO, July -Prefectural. au-
thorities of Niigata province, on the
opposite side of the island from
Tokyo, estimated the dead and miss
ing in the recent flood there at
more than 800. Seven hundred and
fifty houses were washed away and
5000 were submerged. Several thou
sand acres of rice fields were de-
stroyed.
Heavy rains started the flood Wed
nesday. She shinago river soon over
flowed it's banks, washing away
houses and causing land slides which
were the cause of number OF
drowning. Many sought refuge on
the roofs Af houses, the cries of
women and children for help adding
to the distress of the scene.
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a RcnI Rnnfest.

Real Runfest.
That was quite an outing Spring
field and Peoria staged in the Three
Eye league recently when Spring.
field won a slugfest 1928.
Picture is you can, Sc runs beiag
made in a professional bail game in
which 10 home runs figured pronii-
nently Seven doubles, four triples
and 1S bases on balls also played
part in the scoring.
At one time Peoria was in front
with 1O-run margin, but SPRING
field had no difficulty in overcoming
it.
Fifty-six runs in a ball game is
just about a record for both the
minors and majors.
Forty-nine runs is top for the
majors. Four years ago, to be
exact, August 25, 1922, Chicago Cubs
beat the Phillies, 1928.
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This bird is Mac" a barboda, orA
sacred bird of Egypt. who can TALK
as we'll as any parrot that ever askedg
for a cracker Mac" can't fly,
barbodas. it is said. have to be fabu.
lously old before they learn-but he
can hop most anywhere. His favor~
ite food is dark beer and Iimburger
cheese. He's shown here on thei
head of Miss Billy McNary of Sacra.
mento. Calf.
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Science is prolonging life and
eventually we shall be able to take
on 116 more installments.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-31

It will be worth seeing if Suzanne
and Helen ever get to feeling well
at the same time. aEEH
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-31

.'Mush" Higgins. veteran right-hand'
er of the Charlotte club, South At.
lantic League, broke into baseball's
hall of fame the other day by hurl-
ing a no-hit, no.run game against
Augusta. Only one batter reached
first, getting there on pass. 1t was
the first "no-hitter" hurled in the
Sally loop in Two years,
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All Back Lace Corsets are

should cause quite flow here tomorrow Of
women who wear back lace corscts. Our en-
tire stock is included. E. . and you know what
fine corsets we carry.
JoSKEs THIRD FLOOR
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Just take your unrestricted choice and pay onefourh less tina
for formerly Yes if the suit you here yesterday or any
is still here it's yours at onefoth off Womens suits as
the miss and the fappen fact ALL the suits have on
Fashion matter how what the former price they all
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Vanta Silk Babv Shirts

ONLY A LIMITED QUANTITY that
viii sell out in short time, SO you'll
have to act quickly. They are the
famous Vanta baby shirts and they're
made of pure silk. In broken sizes.
Wonderful values.
JOSKES THIRD FLOOR
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escorting the princess around Vienna
to his aide, Count Nicholas Preyn,
called My. IN thu end Nux kisses
her. and a kiss means marriage. But
so tedious are The ceremonies in the
court of Flausenberg that Nux
breaks away on his wedding night
and rushcs off to a local wine gar
den, where he meets and falls in
love With Franz leader of the or
chestra and a w.Viennese.
The affair runs smoothly, the
while his life in the palace becomes
more and more tedious. In despera-
ton the princess asks the Lord
Chamberlain to bring her Viennese
to teach her the customs of that gay
city, Franz is picked for the part,
and how she educates AliX and re.
forms her IDEAS of dpSss and deport-
ment, TO the sorrowful loss of her
own sweetheart, make up one of the
most interesting sequences of the
picture. Jacob Tiedtke, Mady Chris
tians, Willy Fritsch and Xenia Desni
have the principal roles.
Miss Ruth Noller, organist. will
play at the Ohio organ. A Helen
and Warren comedy. Easy Pay.
ments,' and news weekly will COM
plete the film program.
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ture as well as some speciality. num-
bers.
Zig Leaves" is said to be a most
gripping and elaborate story from
the very first scenes in the Garden
of Eden. where the demure Eve is
carefully selecting a fig leaf with
the willy serpent at her shoulder
whispering temptations, to the ex-
elusive shop of today, where she is
again tempted into a compromising
situation by her love of the beauti-
full.
In striking contrast to the age of
innocence in the Garden-is the elab-
crate fashion revue in the modern
sequences where beautiful women
display their charms in the elaborate
styles of the day All of the scenes
are photographed in technicolor.
which brings out the beauty OF the
apparel in natural colorings.
The story is a comedy drama
which shows that Adam did not
know what he was starting when
he gave a rib to learn the quaint
old sport of matrimony. The pic
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and provides her with a comedy part
equal to that which she portrayed in
His Secretary"
1.-THE Waning Sex" originally a
stage comedy by Frederick and
Fanny Hatton. was screened under
the direction of Robert u. Leonard.
Miss Shearer's support is headed by
Conrad Nagel. and includes George
*. Arthur. Mary McAlister. Charles
McHugh. Tiny Ward and Martha
MattoX.
The story relates the romance Of
Philip Barry, young district at
torney. and Nina, thoroughly
modern Portia. who is successfully
embarked upon a legal career when
she attracts Barry's attention.
Though he resents her instrusion in
TO the world of men he can not re-
sent Nina herself.
Mary Booth, simpering young
widow makes a determined play for
Phillip, and Nina sets forth to check
mate her rival. The game of
feminine wits in which they engage
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ture comes heralded as one of beauty
and has drawn record crowds to the
theaters 1t has been shown in other
cities.
Supporting George O'Brien and
Olive Borden in the leading roles is
an unusually strong cast which in
cludes Andre de -Beranger, Phyllis
Haver. Eulalie Jensen. William Aus
tin. Dorothy Dunbar. ]. Clifford Rice
and Charles Conklin.
The supplemental screen features
will include a Nicely Edwards com
edy Two Dollars. Please" an Ae-
sop Fable. The Charleston Queen"
and the current International News.
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What Movie Folk Are Doing

Speaking Of Balboni reminds me
he has another distinction aside
from that Of being a motion picture
director. He is a member Of our
noble fraternity, being cor
respondent for several Italian
papers.
John Mccormick, general manager
of the First National studios and
incidentally the husband of Colleen
Moore, managed to secure an APP
pointment as a fire marshal so that
he could have a siren on his car.
The other day the restaurant at the
studio burned almost to the ground
and Mccormick was nowhere to be
found.
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VIENNA BEFORE WAR IN
PICTURE AT OHIO

The Waltz Dream" directed by
Ludwig Berger from the famous
Oscar Strauss operetta, will be the
feature photoplay attraction to be
shown at the Ohio theater for the
coming week. Vienna, before the
war, with it's light.hearted gaiety, its
capricious disregard Of the conven-
lions, its singing and it's waltzes,
form the background Of this story.
The Waltz Dream is concerned
with a chilly. provincial princess
whose father brings her to Vienna in
search of a husband. He has set his
mind on the grand duke, who evades
the net by delegating the duty of
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OLIVE BORDEN AS EVE
IN PICTURE AT COLONIAL

Fig Leaves in which Olive Bor-
den, the new screen star, and George
O'Brien are co-starred, which tells
the story of woman's craving for
clothes for adornment through the
ages will be the Colonial's Offering
all next week.
In complement to the picture the
Marie MacQuarrie Harry Ensemble"
eight American girl harpists, assist
ed by Mary Moore as vocalist, will
be presented on the stage In a set
ting of beauty.
Floyd Thompson's American Har-
monists, with Frank Owens and Bob
Jones as soloists, have prepared a
most suitable program for the pic.
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STYLE NOTE

Some Of our celebrated actresses
around heart -break village are advo-
eating a one-color wardrobe for a
season. For example, If blue is cho.
sen, everything from hat to shoes
should be in various shades, of blue.
Walter Woods, well.known film
writer, advances a new idea for
childrens bedtime stories. why
not tell them picture scenario ideas
instead of fairy stories?" he asks.
1t might be a good idea at that and
most of them are simple enough for
children to Understandable many as
impossible as the fairy stories.
A new member has been added
to the cast of Hal Roach's "Our
Gang" comedies. She is Vermicelli,
sister of Mary Kornman, the gangs
pretty little girl She is called
"Vermi" for short.
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MUCH TO M|SSAND
MUCH TO SEE IN
SCARLET LETTER
HaWthorne's Classic, The
Scarlet Letter. Only
: Scenery.
By Gene Cohn
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. lit is ex-
tremely difficult to find either the
symbolism or theme of Hawthorne's
classic in the Aim version of THE
Scarlet Letter" now having It's
world premiere here.
/ AS a bit of cinematography. there
is nothing but praise for it. In
photography and composition it
combines beauty and authenticity of
scene. 1t is a great credit to Victor
Seasrom, who well earned his repu-
tation with THE Tower of Lies
and He Who Gets Slapped"
Lillian Gish was never more fra
gile, timorous and fearful, and there
is a new arrival. Lars Hansen. i'm
ported from Sweden. whose acting
even overshadows that of the per.
ennially wistful Lillian.
But Frances Maron's story is not
Nathaniel Hawthorne's story
hence, Lillian Gish is not Hester
Prynne, but the poignantly tragic
heroine of a tragic love episode.
Too Timid
Hawthorne pictured Hester Prynne
as a symbol of womans revolt
against grim Puritanical customs.
The Hester of the novel was a "she-
woman" bearing proudly and dc
family the scarlet "a" that adornel
her breast; her child was the symbol
Of the great and beautiful love and
not a cute cinema baby doomed to
fight it out with mud pies. One felt
that she was eninently self-suhicient
and un1inching. that she. rose
etherially above the bigots and
sneerers.
Instead of that, we are given a
Hester whose timid steps are tear
despatched; whose cheeks are rivu-
let's as she faces the mob, wearing
her scarlet letter; who trips after
an escaped canary Just as she has
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Pirates attack and destroy the YES
sci and take the two prisoners, The
father dies as a result of the hard
ships imposed upon him by the
pirate crew and the son swears to
be avenged.
Becoming a member of the crew
his first act is to kill the captain in
a duel in which each contestant is
armed with two knives, and sets him
self up as commander of the Ship.
He is known as the Black Pirate.
He hopes TO turn the pirate ship
with its crew over to the government
soldiers as punishment for their
treatment of his father and starts
out on a cruise which will eventually
bring this about
Enroute the crew captures mer.
chairman and among other pris.
oners they bring on board a beauti-
full young princess with whom the
Black Pirate falls in lbve He at
tempts to put her ashore, but the
jealous first mate discovers them
and the Black Pirate is denounced 70
the crew and ordered to walk the
plank
How an old Scotchman saves his
life and together they are able to eff
feet the rescue of the princess and
deliver up the pirate crew ~ the gov
eminent Is told in this delightful
romance.
Billie Dove heads the cast, and
other prominent players appearing in
support of Mr.. Fairbanks are Sam
DE Grasse, Donald Crisp, Anders
Randolf, Charles Stevens, Il. j. Rat.
cliffe and Charles Belcher.
The entire production is filmed in
natural colors. Five months were
spent in preliminary research work
In order to make the color effects as
perfect and restful to the eye as
possible.
Other features of the program will
be the overture, played by the Circle
Concert Orchestra under the direc.
tion Of Mikhail Stolarevsky. the
Circle News and comedy cartoon.
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BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Service Writer

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 11.-"Don
Juan" opens at Sid Grauman's
Egyptian theater: Crowds, crowds
everywhere thousands of
eyes rowing restlessly in search of
some celebrity and being
we'll rewarded by these earthly cine.
ma stars flocking in for the show.
). Harry and Jack Warner ac-
companied by their wives are driven
up in their limousine. Louise
Fazenda with beautiful lavender
shawl tbs a big night for
the ladies it is their oppor-
tunity to SHOW off, new gowns
while the poor men must
wear the same old tuxedos. E.
Bert Lytell and his wife, Claire
Winsdor newsreel man
steadily grinding his camera as the
Aim folk continue to arrive.
Douglas Fairbanks. Jr., wearing
stove pipe hat that's one
sure way of attracting attention
here in our. little cinema colony
wonder why movie folk crave adj
niradon twenty-four hours a day
John Gilbert drawing many
sigh from the flappers -. and
followed closely by Percy Marmount.
Dolores Costello looking al.
most indescribable in a magnificent
ermine wrap. j.. there's Sid
Grammar himself. John Bar.
rymore rushing in amid great APP
plause just before the lights go out
and the picture itself :.
it's very entertaining but
I can't but help think how. per-
feet Douglas Fairbanks would fit in
the role of Don Juan So. it's all
over. June Mathis and her
Italian director husband, Balboni
who did ask my wife and self
to join them in light refreshments at
Paulais and so home in our
sputtering motor car.
# T.
Joe Reddy. one Of Hollywood's
most valuable press agents, called
the obituary editor Of local paper
to report the death Of the mother
OF one of his movie.star clients.
We've a column full now, can't
you hold it over a day." asked the
obituary editor.
Hell. the body will rot" shouted
Joe with disgust.
Anyone who knows Wallace
Berry and Raymond Hatton will
understand just how Eddie suther.
land feels toward them about now.
Before going on, I might mention
for the benefit of those unacquainted
with the above named gentlemen
that they are the worst kidders in
the entire film colony. Eddie, who
has been feeling kind of blue, because
his wife is in New York, sought con-
ISOLATION by naming an army trans
port in his picture Louise" Since
then he has not had A moments
peace when Berry or flatton were
around.
Sylvan Balboni, Italian director.
husband of June Mathis, tells me
that when he was just a, poor
cameramap and didn't know Miss
Mathis he Used to go around at
night and steal flowers out of her
garden. because he thought they
were So pretty,
az ~
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Just an Egg

Filming of THE Butter and
Egg Man" Broadway success.
by George S. Kaufman, is sched-
uled to start on the west coast
about Dec. 6, with Ben Lyon
playing the male lead, accord
. ing to word from First Ma
tional. The picture will be
made under the management
of B. p. Fineman.
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MOTION PICTURES
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Sylvan Balboni, Italian director.
husband of June Maths, tells me
that when he was just a, poor
cameramap and didn't know Miss
Mathis, he Used to go around at
night and steal flowers out of her
garden, because he thought they
were Sc pretty