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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
THE GRAND OLD,
KIND OLD MAN
OF THE LOTS

After an absence from Wash
ington of IA years, Theodore Rob
erts has returned, and was given
a hearty welcome at Keith's yes
terday. To see the dean of Para
mount character players in person
Is certainly worth while and to
miss his work in William G. De.
Miles dramatic skit, THE Man
Higher Up" is to really miss
something.
The skit deals with the revenge
Of German doctor on THE Man
Higher Up" for a broken romance
the revenge coming after 30
years. There is not a wasted line
and the Paramount star is ably
supported by Hardee Kirkland,
also a familiar figure on the screen.
Theodore Roberts is now past 81.
Fifty of these years has been on
the stage and screen. On his last
appearance in this city, IA years
ago, he was playing stock at Polls.
Ken Murray has a stellar barrage
Of wise cracks and a good per-
sonality. Charlotte provides the
beauty and necessary "girliness"
to the act. 1t is all the name inn
plies, "Fooling Around
Elaborate settings, good COS
tunes and fair dancing and sing
ing puts over the act Of Gorge
Griffin and Company in "t'lirta-
tons"
Frakson, "The Man of a Hun
drcd Cigarettes" is clever with his
cards and mystery rings. He takes
the audience into his confidence
in the old across the foOtlights
manner.
Archie and Gertie Falls, in A
"Few Hard Knocks" win favor.
If our thoughts had not been
on the arrival Of Queen Marie to-
night. we would have thoroughly
enjoyed "A Sundae in LOnd II "
an English novelty which would
have been enliVened with custard
pies.
Lou Handman. composer of a
number Of popular airs, has an act
that gives him an opportunity to
let the customers know he wrote
some songs. FlOrrie lie We're is
assisted by EGythe Handman and
It should be the other way. Robert
Chis0lm. the Australian baritone.
would be missed from the bill
and his offerings were well APP
pIaudad.
Taken as a whole fhe Keith OF.
ferinG registers. H. H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
ZIG-ZAG REVUE,
RAY GRIFFITH,
AT PALACE

Albert DeCourville' Zig. Gag
Revue is a tremendously staged
and costumed collection of song
and dance as the Palace stage
feature this week. Cunningham
and Clements give a remarkably
fine exhibition of the tango. and
Miss Dorothy Rae. Miss Irhy,
Billy Greene and Cloy are also
deft entertainers. Skilful petites
femmes present tricky chorus
drills in outfits bizarre and
charming. The .Zig-Zag Revue is
high class in every particular.
= You'd Be Surprised" Raymond
Griffith's latest comic novelty,
transforms him into that dolorous
personage-the coroner. Ray
Inond is, however, a happy coro-
ner on his way to the theater,
and does not take his work too
seriously. The simple psychology
ical Gust plain human nature)
tests which he applies. and the
Illogical as well as the logical de-
auctions of his hurried mind fur
nish the backfires and ridiculous
~ realistic, situations which solve
the mystery and provide him with
a companion to the theater-and
mayhap for life.
Despite the theme, one con.
cedes a certain sparkle to the
conception, and unity of time and
place of drama is observed in
that most OF the action occurs in
the room of a houseboat in a
single hour. In fact. 1t seems
more a stage play than a motion
picture, though the photography
and direction are adequate.
Appending are Loew's Palace
Magazine with views of the Amer.
lean Legion parade and Amer
icas royal guest, an Aesop Fable
and organlogue.-G. G.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

quite admirably role that de.
mands much. The cast is just
air. with secondary praise TO
Charles Waldron.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

up just for the sake of diversity.
A news reel and Topics complete
with the overture from George
Whites Scandals" HI. x.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
TIVOLI-
'"The Marriage Clause.

Francis X. Bushman and Billy
Dove are the luminaries at Gran.
dall's Tivoli Theater in the prin.
cipal roles of Lois Weher's produc-
ton for Universal.Jewel of '"The
Marriage Clause" tale Of the
stage.
The story was adapted from
Dana Burnett's "Technic," and
sets forth the romantic adventures
of a chorus girl who finally learned
to Understand and was herself I'M
derstood. r
The supplementary attractions
embrace a new Aesop fable and q
late issue of the Pathe Review.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

juvenile lmperSOnator is capable
of creating is combined in
most dramatic and fascinating
play.
Mary is cast as Mamma Mol
lie" beloved by the younger chill.
dren committed to a baby farm
which is located in the dank and
horrible swampland Of the South
and conducted by a misery and
brutal couple and bully of a
son Mollie tries to shield and
care for the nine youngsters and
to encourage them in their hopes
and prayers for something better.
These children, always interesting,
are remarkable as the 'orphants"
and it would be difficult to de-
ternine whether the adorable
Mary or the sweet and lovable
youngsters are the most engag-
ing. Tense and gripping scenes
eliminate in the final escape of
Mollie and her brood" across the
treacherous swamp boys, infested
with all.gators; an almost breath
taking climax. All ends happily,
of course, but not until almosT
everyone, stirred by the very
human appeal. has wiped away
tear or two.
The picture, a United Artists
release, is adapted to the screen
by c. Gardner Sullivan and di-
much praise can scarcely be given
the excellent choice of a suitable
vehicle and the exceptional filming
of the set.
"Our Gang" as fire-fighters
put on a good comedy though the
child features might we'll be split
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

Subway Sadie" She's the gal
with a million hearts, each a
natural girl-heart, torn between
the love for her man and the real
ization of her girlhood dreams.
In this case, it is the heart
of Sadie Hermann. fur saleslady
in a smart Fifth Avenue shop,
who. just on the eve of her mar
riage to the handsome subway
guard (Nho isn't guard at all.
but the son of the owner of the
underground transport. fin d
that she is made the Paris buyer
for her firm, hers to be the Paris
of which she has dreamed for
years. But an accident to the
man she loves. detours her trip
from the pier to his home, and all
is as is.
There is nothing startling about
the story, neither about the acting
nor directing, yet there is some
thing that puts 1t over in a fash
ion of its own. Perhaps it is its
simplicity among a movie spectac-
ular era; perhaps it is it's human
ness, among the Impossible me.
lange that we get along with the
quality stuff. Anyhow, 1t is there.
and likewise Dorothy Markaill
Jack Mulhall, Peggy Shaw, and
Charles Murray.
On the stage, Chief Caupoli-
can delights with a rich baritone
voice, heard in several numbers
with just enough of the personal
touch interspersed to make his
little concert interesting. And for
the overture, kid Boots" pops up
again and furnishes the theme.
All the old familiars come forth
masterfully. and it is a joy.
Pathe. Fox News, and an Aesop
Fables complete.-E. L. p.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18

This play, by Ashley Miller. is
another Of those familiars Graded
by the jazz age. j. e.. the hearth
versus gin and youth and even
worse, If anything can conceiv-
ably be worse than the gin one
gets nowadays. Such is the pat
tern, but it is woven clumsily,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
Presidenters Liked

The Hamilton School for ORA
matte and Voice Expression has
engaged 80 season tickets for the
performances of the President
Players. Director SchofieId. OF
the players has also been invited
to give three lectures to the
classes on 'TechniQue of the
Theater."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-18
MARY AT HER BEST IN
"SPARROWS"

Ardent admirers Mary Picfod we'll those
will be than charmed by her latest offer
"Sparow playing the Columbia. Seldom has
she delightful appealing than in this present
the patho all the happiness of which this marvellous
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Chicago Cattle Market
Chicago Marcel

chicago, March 10.
CATTLE-Receipts 1900: general
steady with yesterdays decline;
stockers and feeders firm; bulk fed
steers 5000 1000; best matured steers
offered 1910; some baby beef steers
and heifers scaling GA pounds at same
price; she stock uneven, mostly steady;
fed heifers slow, steady to weak; lib
eral supply dairy bred cows offered /;
these mostly AIS q 500; most Gamers
4.00@4.35; some light INFESTED offer
ings downward to S75; bulk fat cows
$50: bologna bulls unchanged; vealers
fully soc lower; bulk to packers 100
@12.00: mostly 11.50.
HOGS-Receipts 10000; uneven;
opened mostly 10 to 15c higher than
yesterdays best prices; butchers
showed full advance; closed dull; me-
dunn and heavy weight butchers lost
most of upturn; bulk 240 to 325-
pound butchers 11.50@1250: better 200
1880; majority desirable 1870 pounds
down, 1880 14.10; top 100 pounds up
14.15; 100 pounds 1410; packing sows
10.60@11.00;. good and choice killing
pigs mostly 14.00@1425; shippers took
5000; estimated holdover 5000.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000; slow; few
early sales fat lambs around 25 lower
at 13.75@14.10; one double locks out
of line at 1875 to traders; few clipped
lamb decline: in-between grades and
heavy lambs exceedingly slow, indica-
ton % to so lower; heavy yearling
wethers 13.25@1S.40 steady; mixed
fat lambs and shearing lambs 400;
few sales fat ewes S.009375: steady.
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New York Produce Market
New York, March 16.-(AP)

New \ Ork, Marcn lb.-(APD.
northern spring New York all rail
1.SSs; No. hard winter 0 b all rail
1874; No. mixed durum do. 1883;
No. l Manitoba do. in bond LIZA.
CORN-Spot easy; No. 2 yellow C f
track New York all rail s1g; No. 8
oATs-spot steady: No. white so.
LARD-Easy; middle west 1880
Other articles were unchanged.
BUTTER-Unsettled; receipts 12,-
431; do. extra. 80 score. 423; do. firsts,
So to 81 score, .41Q423; packing stock
current make No. 2 50.
EGGS--Firm; receipts 40,272.
PoTATodE5s-steady; New York
do. $3.50 900: Maine do. s.00@s.50
white per ton 5000 a $780, Florida per
1i-bushel hamper 1.50Q2.25.
The raw sugar market was unchang-
ed today at 4.02 for spot, duty paid.
Sales reported were 10000 bags of Gu
ban to an operator at 4.04, and $4,000
to an outport refiner at 400, both for
prompt shipment.
There was not much activity in raw
sugar futures. The undertone was
steady and the market closed net un-
changed to one point higher. Houses
with Cuban and outside connections
were the principal buyers. This de-
mand took care of offerings from trade
interests which were believed to be in
the way Of hedging against recent pur-
chasers. Reports that Japan had pur-
chased 10000 tons of sugar in Cuba
had sustaining influence March
closed 2.9S. May 2.37 July $50, Sep
TENDER 1858, December 2.72.
No changes occurred in refined SUI
gar prices, which range from 500 to
SIS for fine granulated, with buyers
willing to make further commitments
at the five-cent level,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-17
Chicago Produce Market
(By the Associated Press)

1H1CdBO, NdTCH To-
Word that Argentine wheat is down
almost to a basis permitting profitable
shipments to New York from Buenos
Aires cut more or less figure as de-
pressing influence today in the wheat
market Chicago closing quotations
on wheat were easy. { to 20 cents net
lower, May (new) 1854 to 1853 and
July 1.41s to 1.413. with corn to &c
off, oats to 3@sc down and provis-
ions varying from unchanged figures
to a setback of % cents.
Possibility of actual imports OF
wheat from Argentina into this coun-
try was not taken very seriously
among Chicago traders but the fact
that Buenos Aires quotations showed
a drop of about eight cents bushal
compared with Saturdays finish at
tracted considerable notice as being re-
lated to sharp breaks in Argentine ex-
change and to news Of pressing offers
of Argentine wheat to Europe. Be-
sides, fresh declines in Liverpool
wheat quotations continued and un-
easiness persisted relative to the
strained political outlook in Europe.
Denials today that the Canadians
growers pool had sold 100000 Of
wheat yesterday for export to Europe
tended further to weaken wheat val
ues here and was counterbalanced
only in part by reports of good pur-
chasing of future deliveries today at
Winnipeg. With crop advices from
the southwest favorable. offerings here
meanwhile increased whenever the
market rallied. Much of the selling in
Chicago came from holders closing
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NEW YORK MARKET
Features OF the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks

New York, March 16-(By The As
ISOLATED Press The stock market
turned suddenly reactionary in the
Mst halt hour today after having
SHOWN fairly general strength. The
ste selling originated with profess
solial traders, who apparently inter-
metea the announcement that the
van SWeringenS had released the
S ~, deposited under the Nickel
rlate merger as an indication of the
Tmoposed abandonment of their plan.
5iiauihg was in moderate volume, the
shares.
=. Inc only other important news of
We DAY was the decision of the lead
aS Vi The league of nations council
W postpone tie election of Germany
,n'o the league until September. This
a 1--WE dld not reach the financial dis
NY nIt until late in the afternoon. 1t
n sau no immediate effect on the Eu-
topsan exchanges, which held steady
IN dull trading,
me early demand for stocks CEN
s Wieu largely in the motors, oils,
ms a,.s ana specialtieS. scores OF WHICH
ne tte oid up / to points by carly
worl Many of these gains
Gnt te wiped out or substantially re-
Nu'ed in the late wave of selling.
q, hqmors that a special meeting of
ho e United States Steel directors had
si Ssn called late today aroused con-
tb ueranie mystery until it developed
wa MO-. me chief business transacted
n hos me approval of the ANNUAL re-
CO.. co., soon to be issued. U. S. Steel
M i' =. crossed 12S, but quickly fell
sl,tS 10 l-S where it recorded q
Cit sns fractional gain on the day.
cd u.iole and Gulf States Steel show
clo sns gains but Bethlehem
Nv point lower at 43.
tr S;o.ors started upward on the op-
maa suc statement of current business
er.i Is py President Sloan of the Cen
r,e VA Motors Corporation, whose COM
casa STOCK touched 100 3-S. and then
Mac,. 70 III as, up "a on the day.
Ia Trucks dropped from 127 to
lbs - Hudson from 112 1-2 to
S and Stewart Warner from
day,. 10 SO IL, all closing near the
tonohae OIL group, General Petroleum
6 ed another new high record at
clos;ro and then sold down to 63 Is.
n ot slightly above that figure for
cam. Ioss of l point on the day. An
AsnSS gam of 3-S points in General
out t common was nearly wiped
points pat the preferred closed 5 SIS
The 70 higher at 113 ga, duplicating
a,s year high Pan-American "B"
point iouston each advanced about A
p pant, but most of the other active
tioomoleum issues showed only frac-
NV ma net changes.
sola edpeake & Ohio was heavily
nonnaon The Van Sweringen an
l2s Iment, dropping from 134 to
on but rebounding to 1870 ga,
showss on the day. Pere Marquette
a. net loss of. / point at
The Erie issues yielded frac-
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OAKLAND

EVANGELIST Chadbourne will speak
Wednesday evening at 7.30 O'CLOCK
in the auditorium of the Dunn Me-
mortal Methodist church following
the Easter supper, which Will be
served in the vestry at $50 o'clock.
The subject will be 1.-THE Acid Test.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the United Baptist church will
hold their regular monthly meeting
in the vestry of the Baptist church
instead of the home of Mrs. Wing.
as was formerly announced. The
hostesses will be Mrs. Alice Wing,
Mrs. Guy Mosher, Mrs. Lulu Weth-
erell and Mrs. Ross Baker. The
subject will be Negroes"
The Fidelity class of the United
Baptist church will hold their reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Lulu Wetherell of
Maple street.
Mrs. Mamie Sabine of School
street had the misfortune Saturday
to fall and break her arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis living have
returned from Augusta, where they
were called by the death of Mrs.
Twing's mother, Mrs. Ella Sawtelle.
iC <AuAlAidIy ~ tliC ".
Decker Post of the American L.
gion will hold their regular meet
ing at their hall in the Legion home
on Church street Wednesday eve-
ming.
Mrs. Colby Lord of the Country
Club road passed the day Tuesday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. B.
Goldsmith in Vassalboro.
The Sargent Wyman Woman's
Relief Corp will hold their regular
meeting Wednesday evening at the
G. A. r. Post rooms. A program
In the observance of st. Patrick's
day will be carried out by a COM
mittee which are as follows: Mrs.
Avis Leach, Mrs. Stella b. Bartlett.
Mrs. Bessie Forsythe, Mrs. Nellie
Ellis. Mrs. Rebekah Farrar. Mrs.
Minnie Stott, Miss Alice Birthstone,
Mrs. Lulu Wetherell and Mrs. Frank
Hersom.
The Silent Six will hold their reg
ular meeting Thursday afternoon az
the home of Mrs. John O'Reilly on
Goodwin street.
The committee on the fancy ia
BILE of the Ladies' Social Circle of
the All Souls Universalist church
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FINANCIAL NEWS

, tionally. Trading in Nickel Plate
| common was rather light, the stock
closing 2 ga points higher at ISL.
Other rails were mixed. Atlantic
| Coast Line broke points to EOS and
| Seaboard Airline, Delaware & Hud-
son and Texas & Pacific yielded a
point or so, but New Haven, Chi
cago & Alton preferred. Lackawanna
and Wheeling & Lake -rie preferred
| registered moderate gains.
| Selling pressure was in evidence
throughout the session in the baking
and merchandise issues. Ward Bak-
| ing "B' was hammered down over
! five points to a new low at 40 1-2
| and weakness developed in such is
sues as Fleischmann, eastman, S. S.
| Kresge, Bimbel Brothers and Wool
worth. High priced specialties also
| showed substantial recessions. Amer
| lean Can dropped from 312 to 1903, a
! new loss of IL points on the day,
and General Electric tumbled from
327 to 319, off six points.
A drop of Z to "a cents bushel in
| wheat prices oa reports of poor ex-
port business featured the commodity
| markets. The cotton market was quiet
with closing quotations showing net
advances of four to six points. Sugar
was virtually unchanged and coffee
| prices were slightly easier.
Call money renewed at Al per cent.
and remained at that price all day.
Time money and commercial paper
rates were unchanged.
Weakness of Argentine pesos, which
dropped to the lowest level in over a
year on selling inspired by unfavor-
able foreign trade reports and crop
faat iprp fnr-
eign exchange market. Gold pesos
| dropped about lie to S7a as compared
with the years high of "a, and paper
pesos yielded fractionly to 3S 11-16 or
p cents below the 1926 maximum. De-
mand sterling ruled around $4.S5s,
and French francs around $50 cents
Bond trading today was subjected
to confusing price fluctuations and
noticeable contraction in the volume
of business. The, stability of money
rates in the face of the customary
heavy turnover of funds at this time
failed to provide the stimulus needed
to lift the market out of the rut in
which it has been drifting.
Railroad liens continued to lead in
activity, but without following DELI
price trend. Chesapeake & Ohio con-
vertible 5s after an early display OF
strength fell or Sharply on the an
nouncement that holders of stock
pledged under the Nickel Plate plan
would be given an opportunity to with
draw their deposits. and closed below
last nights final price. An early rise
of almost four points had been based
on the possibility of interesting deVei-
opments at tomorrows meeting of d.
rectors. when a definite announcement
regarding merger plans may be maze
and special dividend action taken.
Most of the other rail issues with
speculative possibilities continued TO
attract buyers. Delaware d HUDSON
convertible SIS advanced / ] points ana
moderate gains were recorded by 81.
paul IS, Louisville & Nashville s5s'
baltimore & Ohio and some OF the
Erie liens. .. 81.
scattered selling persisted In the
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WANTED

will give a public whist party In
hurry vestry Wednesday evening.
The regular meeting of the Mems
Club of the All Souls Universalist
church will be held in hurry vestry
Wednesday evening. The commit
tee in charge are as follows: J. Fl.
Scribner, j. A. Hallett, w. A. Good
win, w. B. Palmer and Harry Cor
don. A speaker will be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Thomas.
who were called to town on account
of the death of Sheriden Plaisted of
the Country Club road, have return
ed to their home in Cumberland
Mills.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will hold their regular East
er sale and supper in the Methodist
vestry Wednesday afternoon and
ming. The sale will begin at. 2.30
o'clock and the supper will be at $50
O'Clock.
A basket ball game was played in
the Williams High School gymnasf-
UNI between the American Legion
and the Cletics of Waterville, the
Legion defeating the Celtics 80 to Is.
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Boston Produce Market
Boston, March 16.

Boston, March 16.
BEEF-Choice whole cattle 15t m161
BUTTER-Extras 43@431; firsts Ala
6424.
CHEESE-Fresh choice 24@24a.
CORNING. Q yellow 1905.
EGGS-Nearby hennery brown ex-
tras So @36; white and mixed extras
S1@34 eastern 32@3S: western ex-
tras 31s@321.
FLOUR-Spring patents. 1876 sacks.
special short 10.35@10.0o; standard
9.o0@10.25.
HAY-No. 2 timothy rs.
Handspring 21@24.
oATS-Forty pounds 56G57.
PORK-Medium backs S2@35.
POTATOES-Green Mountains 4.b0
per 100; sweets 44.4004.50
Standardization Sugar RefQery
quotes SIS cents in 100-barrel lots
less per cent. for cash.
VEAI-7@23.
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TOWN ELECTIONS

NEWCASTLE-Sele A 8.
Trask, r. L. Hodgkins, F. J. Hanna;
r. K. Turkey; tax collector, A. B. Gil
patrick; school committee, Blynn AL.
len. Money appropriated. $21,I5S:
Schools, $10.250; highways. $4533;
support of poor. $500; other purposes,
bridges, $50.
UNION-Selectmen. II. L. Linnell.
chairman. w. c. Perry, l.. I. Morton;
town clerk and treasurer. Clarence
Leonard: tax collector, Roy f. Gould;
school committee. w. G. Thurston for
$4,000 including State and county
tax: Schools, $4,000. highways, 5000:
support of poor. 5000: text books and
incidental. $500: repair school houses,
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NOTICE

Bids will be received up to n
o'clock noon, March Goth for labor
shingl;ng the north side Of roof of
Sidney Town Hall. Town will
furnish all material, contractor to
furnish brackets, build stage and
take down same, clean off roof, re-
move all nails from boards. Shing-
les to be laid five inches to wea.
Their and break at least one inch.
No nails to be driven in clap.
boards or corners, excepting one
stay on each corner under caves.
All work to be done in q first
class manner.
Bids to be submitted to the
Selectmen OF
Sidney
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BY Beck

out their accounts. Cash wheat trade
was slow. May wheat at 22c premium
over July made millersa pparently dis
inclined to buy.
Unfavorable weather and smaller re-
ccipts of corn G49 cars here) kept
corn and oats relatively firm in the
face of wheat weakness.
In line with hog values. the pro-
vision market averages higher.