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New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
FIVE MORE BODIES
 SOUGHT IN RUINS
Fourteen Already Recovered at
 HaileS Falls Hotel

Haines, Falls, N. J., July Is P)- For the third successive day tired workers today continued their task of combing the ruins of Twilight Inn. destroyed by fire Wednesday morning for the bodies of at least five more persons believed to have burned to death. Fourteen bodies already have been recovered, while 16 former guests and employees re- maining on the official list of miss ing.
 The first formal inquiry into the tragedy opened early today when Coroner Horace G. Baldwin of Greene county started his inquest and performed autopsy on 13 of the bodies which are still here. The fourteenth, that of Rev. George Liv- ingston Bishop of Frazer. Pa, was claimed by relatives yesterday and left Haines Falls on an afternoon train.
 There will be no other official in vestigations for the present, Green county officials indicated, although villagers believe that one will be made later to determine the ade- quacy of the fire equipment in the burned structure, General George Wingate, president of the Twilight Park in which the inn was located declared last night that the equip ment was approved last year by fire underwriters and that the situation could have been handled easily had the fire not spread so rapidly.
 Summer and permanent residents of this and surrounding villages stood united today in the greatest possible measure of relief work for the survivors of the fire. many of whom lost all their belongings and money. At a general clearing house established in a cottage near the fire, Mason Olcott, son of the presi- dent of the Hudson River Day Line, was in charge of relief arrange
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Use of Sheffield Silver
 Forbidden by Court

Washington, July 16 (P}-The fed- eral trade commission fired another volIey of 'cease and desist" orders yesterday at silverware manufactur- CTS in its effort to stamp out the practice of misbranding silver plated products to indicate that they were made in Sheffield, England. Orders were handed down directing that the use of the word Sheffield by. itself or in any combined form or as part of any symbol should be abandoned by the following firms:
 Ontario Silver company, Nun cie, Ind; Rogers Silver company, Taunton, Mass: Superior Silver company, Inc, Brooklyn, N. Y.i Jacob Busch; Samuel E. Bernstein, Inc. Hemill Silverware company, and A. L. Wagner Manufacturing company, all of New York city.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

mail 10 the district attorneys office. The message was said to have been sent from somewhere in North Carolina"
 The search for Ormiston led to North Carolina where authorities traced a telegram sent from here last week and addressed to Ormis- ton at Taylorville. The message, signed Harry" instructed the radio man to keep num-"
 It read: Mac meet you Okolla, Florida. Tree is falling, Everything o. K. Mum the word. Appearance G. J. grand flop, wire me under same name, Jones stands pat A. says tell Mac nothing"
 Okolla, Florida, is said to be the residence of Harold Mcpherson, former husband of the evangelist. Investigators declared that the identity of the sender was known and that he would be subpoenaed before the grand jury.
 Mrs. McPherson was called into the grand jury room twice yester- day. The first time she stepped in- side she was positively identified by o. A. Vlck, of Culver City, and his wife, as the woman they saw in an automobile passing through Culver City on the afternoon of her disap- pearance. The couple told the grand jurors the evangelist was travelling in the direction of Los Angeles from Ocean park. Culver City is midway between the two places.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Fingers Found Near
 Explosion Identified

New York, July 16 R-Eight fingers found fused to piece of burned fire hose in the ruins Of the munition depot at Lake Denmark, N. J., were identified in the Brook lyn naval hospital yesterday as those of Henry R. Mackert, Jr., of Richmond Hill, Queens, whose term of enlistment in the marines would have expired next week.
 Mackert's body had already been Identified and will be buried with military honors at Arlington nation al cemetery.
 An official check at the navy yard showed that at least twenty service men and three civilians were killed in the disaster. The records showed Is identified navy and marine corps dead and 1 unidentified.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
LINKING MAN WITH
 MRS. IMMERSION
Missing Radio Operator Believed
 Important Person

Los Angeles, July 16 Pl-Reports that Kenneth c. Ormiston, Angelus temple radio operator, had been in caused authorities Investigating the abduction story of Aimee Semple McPherson to extend the search for Ormiston to the eastern part of the country, ..
 Ormiston, known to have been friendly with the evangelist during his employment at the temple of which she Is pastor, was identified before the grand jury here yesterday as the man who appeared at Salinas May 29. with a woman answering Mrs. McPherson's description. Dis trict Attorney Joe Ryan told the grand jury yesterday that he would produce several witnesses who would testify the evangelist and Or niston visited Salinas on that date eleven days after her disappearance at Ocean Park beach.
 At the request Of Ryan, the grand jury recessed until next Tuesday to permit him to subpoena witnesses and to continue the search for Or miston. District Attorney Asa Reyes said yesterday that he had enough evidence to decide the case, but he refused to say which way.
 In asking for the continuance, Ryan told the jurors that the iden- tification of Ormiston's companion on the trip to Salinas was made by Dennis Collins, garage attendant, from photographs of Mrs. McPher- son. Ryan announced he would bring Collins before the grand jury next Tuesday to give testimony and to face the evangelist.
 Reports were current yesterday that the district attorneys office had received a telegram purporting to have been sent by Ormiston, which stated that important documentary evidence in connection with the Me Pherson case had been sent by air
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

ond prize in the national marble tournament recently held in Allan tic City. while Cartelli. a member of the northeastern league of which Gore was champion, was a close contender for second prize.
 The games will be played in New Britain and Springfield, probably on Saturday afternoons during August. In New Britain they will be played on the grounds of the New Britain Boys club.
 Superintendent Dwight Skinner has presented years membership in the club to Cartelli, the Swift & Upson Lumber Co. has donated lumber for the sand box in which the ring will be constructed and sand for the ring has been donated by the Sherman Sand Co. -s
 The tool box offered by Rack life Bros. Co. holds one 10 ounce claw hammer, one five ounce screw driver. one three ounce screw driver. one four foot zig gag rule, one 1G inch hand saw, one seven and half inch try and mitre square, one gimlet bit, one inch and a quarter awl. one package of cor rugated fasteners, one marking gauge, one seven inch block plane, one quarter inch chisel, one three quarter inch chisel, one eight inch bit brace. one quarter inch auger bit. one three eights inch auger bit. on quarter inch screw driver and one bench wise.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Murder Suspect Caught
 By Worcester Police

Worcester, Mass. July 16 H9 - Sante Zanetti. 27. of White Plains. N. T., was trapped in the home of his brother-in-law, Carmille Doldo. in the Dungarvan hill section here early this morning by local and White Plains detectives who sought him for the alleged shooting and killing of Joseph Catalina at Rye Beach park, White Plains. on June 2S. The arrests were made by De- tectives Cherico and Underhill of White Plains and three Worcester detectives.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Boston Fire Engines
 Must Show Less Speed

Boston, July 16 LP,-The speeding fire engine must curb its haste, and 25 miles an hour is the topmost linn it in this city. Fire Commissioner Eugene c. Huffman tonight issued an order to that effect, which stated also that the officer in charge and inc driver would be held strictly ac- countable for reckless driving.
 The 25 miles an hour rule applies to every fire, big or small. and even that will be permitted only when traffic conditions permit. In the downtown section the speed must not exceed 20 miles an hour. and this should be attained "only under the most favorable conditions" In re- turning from fires apparatus must not go faster than IS.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
OFFERS SET OF TOOLS TO
 INTER-CITY MARBLE CHAMP
Radcliffe Bros. Go to Present Val uable Prize to Winner of
 August Tournament.

A tool chest filled with Stanley Rule and Level tools will be pre- scented by Rackliffe Bros. Co. to the boy who wins the series of marble games between New Britain and Springfield, Mass, next month. &C., cording to an offer made by Fred o. Rackliffe, secretary of the cor poration, today.
 The games will be played be- tween Dominic Cartelli, represent ing the New Britain Herald and two others to be selected by him, and Danny Gore, representing the Springfield Union, with two other Springfield boys.
 Gore was the winner of the sec
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

ments. Railroad tickets were avail able there, clothing was gathered for unfortunates, and attempts were made to obtain new positions for former employees of the inn.
 Search of the ruins, still smoking today continued well into last night, with automobile headlights trained on the scene to facilitate the work men with rakes and shovels. Dis covery of the fourteenth body was made shortly before midnight, but will be impossible, as only a jaw bone and some other scattered portions of the skeleton were found.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16

Haines Falls, N. Y. July 16 Pl- The long established belief that ice will melt under intense heat seemed refuted in the fire which destroyed Twilight Inn here Wednesday morn ing.
 Today IS hours after the fire. there stood at one side of the hotel ruins, a pile of ice several tons in weight and rising higher than a mans head, still covered with it's protective sawdust. There was lit tie evidence that it had melted at all. although around it were the charred embers of the building which once was the ice house.
 The building was but few feet from the inn, the heat from which was great enough practically to melt an automobile which had stood in the front driveway.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-16
Thief Steals Savings
 Of Seven Year Old Boy

Brockton, Mass, July Is 0P) - The "meanest thief has turned up again. This time he got $13.45 in dimes, nickels and pennies from the toy bank seven year old Frank toy bank of seven. year old Frank sister, Anna. The money represent ed a years savings for a vacation and disappeared while the family was at the movies.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Bard and Box Office.

year, lowered his daughter hand
somely and at his death left a for.
tune Of $605. 900.
Others of more recent years who
have made large fortunes with
Shakespeare and the classics are Rob
ert B. Mantell and Genevieve Hamper,
who are appearing in this city; Soth-
ern and Marlowe and John f. Kellerd.
IT has been estimated that The
Merchant of Venice" has been pre-
sented since its first performance In
1894 at least 100. 900 times. Estimat-
ing the average receipts of each per-
amount of $3.50. we have a gross of
S35 900 900. As Hamlet" and
Romeo and Juliet" have been much
more popular than the "Merchant"
II is reasonable to suppose that their
receipts have been proportionately
higher.
1t is evident that Shakespeare al
ways has been successful when pre-
sented properly. but its demands are
exacting. The highest form of acting
is the impersonation in poetic drama.
and judicious presentation is recoE-
niZed as necessary to the public good.
The American public Is liberal and
deserves the best in drama. To over.
load the stage with unnecessary deco
ration and supplement It with irrele-
want show is not to honor the poet or
to encourage the study of his beauties.
1t rests with the actor, the success Of
Shakespeare. The fact that for a long
period OF years the Mantell. Hamper
organization has done we'll bv the
classic drama again augurs well for
the annual Shakespearean and classic
FESTIVAL they are presenting here.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Return of Bertha"

IT is now so many years since
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl
was being lured and loved nightly on
the melodrama stages from Vermont to
Vancouver that some of the younger
generation never met up with her.
and thus missed portion of their
education and entertainment.
William Fox decided that the pres
ent generation should not be deprived
Of an acquaintance with Bertha, so
he Is adding her name to the i'm.
mortals of history by making a screen
version of the old "melodrammer," and
will dedicate it to the f1appers of 1926
in memory Of the girls Of SO.
Madge Bellamy will be the much
wrongedf sewing machine girl, but it
Is said she will have more of a sense
Of humor than the Bertha of years
ago.
Scenes were made on the lower
East Side of New York, Bertha's
habitat, and the director promises
more heart interest, pathos and un.
surpassed giggles than in "Ea st
Lynne" or Uncle Toms Cabin" if
presented with the original casts.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Celebrate goth Anniversary.

New Princess Theater. which has ever
since been the firms headquarters.
The forerunner of the great spec
tacles to follow came In Experience,
produced in October, 1914. And the
first musical comedy in time on the
American stage was the first OF the
Princess Theater series, NOBODY
Home" April. 1918.
Succeeding productions included:
Very Good Eddie" In July, 1916;
"The Wanderer," at the Manhattan
Opera House, February. 1917; "Oh
Boy" February, 1917: Leave 1t to
Chow" at the Manhattan. october,
1917: "Oh Lady! Lady" January, 1918;
Century. Midnight Whirl," April,
1918; "Oh Look" July, 1918; "Oh. MY
Dear" November, 1918: Adam and
Eva. February. 1919: 1.-The Five
Million" June, 1919; "Aphrodite." at
the Century Theater, September. 1919:
1.-THE Rose of China" October. 1919;
THE Cave Girl" August, 1920;
Mecca" at the Century. October,
1920: Agar" November, 1920; Polly
Preferred" December, 1922, and Sit
ting Pretty" March, 1924.
Meanwhile, Comstock & Gest had
resumed the importation of foreign
dramatic artists, which they had be-
gun prematurely in 1911. First came
Balieff's Chauve-Souris, February,
1922. The Moscow Art Theater, with
Stanislavsky and the entire first line
of this world famous company. fol
lowed. opening in January, 1923. and
remaining for two seasons In 13 pro-
ductions from its repertory. After
one intervening season, Stanislavsky' s
partner, Nemirovitch- Da antchenko,
brought the Art Theater's Musical
Studio.
The firm also sponsored the fare
we'll tour of the late Eleonora Duse
in the Fall of 1923. And then came
Max Reinhardt and THE Miracle. p"
joint peak Of spectacular production
and sponsorship of the theater inter
national. with it's huge cast drawn
from every land.
At this moment THE Miracle" Is
he sole activity Of the firm, entering
enal run at the Metropolitan Opera
House in Philadelphia, whence it goes
to Kansas City, San Francisco and
Los Angeles. '~
In addition to the Princess Theater,
New York, and the Century Theater
and the Manhattan Opero House dur
ing the engagements of THE Mira
cle." Cpmstock & Gest have oper-
ated score of theaters over the coun-
try at one time or another, among the
most important being the Savoy.
Atlantic City: Harmanus Bleecker
Hall. Albany. the Van Curler Opera
House. Schenectady; the Auditorium,
Toledo: the Masonic Theater, Louis
Vile; the La Sale Opera House. Chi
cago and theaters in Urbana, Spring
| field and Decatur, Ill.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
Screen Stars Home
Theaters

HOLLYWOOD, November 8 N).-
"Ou,n your own theater!" has become
the slogan of many Of the motion pic.
ture stars, players and executives OIL
the Aim colony.
Oficials of one of the largest stu
dios estimate that fully two'tnlrds OF
the executive and talent personnei
own their own projection mach1nes'
which have been installed In tnelr
homes Many of the more prominent
nlavers and executives have COM
nletely eouipped "built-in" theaters.
Architects designing homes for many
members of the film colony pay
special attention to the new theater
feature.
Antonio Moreno, owner OF one or
the finest mansions of Los Angeles
has a fully equipped theater In ms
house. Two projectors have been IN
stalled and the actor not only enter
tains his friends, but takes. advan-
tage of its practical uses. Here ne
takes his own time about studying MS
makeup and the technique OF his act
ing.
|, Marion Davies has two built-in thea
ters. one at her Beverly Hills home
and another at her beach place in
Santa Monica. There she can view
the "rushes" of her previous days
work and take her time about picking
flaws.
Louis p. Mayer, producing head OF
the Metro-Goldwyn.M Mayer studio. has
| istalled two projection machines in his
home, where he can look at "rushes
undisturbed by the cares OF the studio.
Director Fred Niblo has made pro-
visions for a special theater In his
home King Vidor has concealed
theater. The projectors are hidden be-
hind wall tapestries on one side OF
large room and a screen Is secreted
behind tapestries on the far side.
Mae Murray, Lillian Gish, Claire
Windsor and other feminine players
have purchased 'movieola" projectors.
about the size of small pianos. but
Conrad Nagel has made one room do
the work of two-billiard hall and
theater.
Evening star., 1926-11-07
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

title of Spiders" Mr.. Oursler wrote
the piece a year ago, with Lowell
BrentanO.
The resoIute Chanins. who are erect
ing five new playhouses in New York.
now announce that they will include
London. Paris. Vienna and Berlin in
these feverish activities. Arrange
ments are even now under way for
an interchange of American and for
eign productions and players to fill
these theaters.
Edgar Selwyn heralds the discovery
In Chicago of young actress un-
known TO Broadway who SO impressed
this manager that he is preparing to
make her an important feature of one
of his productions this season. Apart
from the fact that her name is Maria n
Stokes no facts are disclosed concern
ing the young lady or her previous
achievements.
Having discarded the title Head or
Tall for his first dramatic venture of
the season, Henry Baron is now
searching for a new name under
which to introduce the comedy from
the Hungarian of Laszio Lakatos.
now in rehearsal for a New York
oIChhiS WllhIn lnc ucNl WGch VI III
days. It's cast is headed by Estelle
Winwood and Philip Merivale.
Sure Fire" will follow the produc-
ton Of "The Fall Guy" in London
with Ernest Truck In the role played
in this country by Robert Armstrong
Other possible London productions in
the Truck repertory are Frank Cra-
ven's THE First Year" and Clare
L n
Charles Hopkins has begun re-
hearsals of THE Devil in the Cheese"
by Tom Gushing. James Norris. re-
Gently with THE Garrick Gaieties, :"
will have the leading role.
Arch Selwyn and George White will
sail for Europe next Saturday. In
association with Edward Syak. the
French producer. they will present
Whites Scandals in Paris in the
Spring.
Nramatic rights to "Cordelia Chan
trel," novel by Meade Minnigerode
have been acquired by Charles Hop
kins. who expects to make an early
presentation with a notable cast.
Irene Franklin. now in London, will
return to New York, around Christ
nlas to start rehearsals in revue
Of her own authorship Miss Franklin
has evidently given up her contem-
plated tour in vaudeville for the movie
people.
Albert Lewis is soon to produce a
play called "Quicksands," written by
Warren Lawrence. a brother or Vim
cent Lawrence. Apart from assist.
ing in the rewriting of Glamour.
which will be the next Lewis venture.
this will he Mr.. Lawrence's flrst ven
ture into dramatic construction.
Evening star., 1926-11-07

Hope Hampton again emerges As a
prina donna in the operetta THE
Proud Princess" which William A..
Brady will bring out next month.
Jules Brulator. husband of Miss
Hampton, Is associated with Mr..
Brady in the production.
Evening star., 1926-11-07

Naked" by Luiga Pirandello. be-
ing produced and played by Augustin
Duncan, is scheduled to open in New
York tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1926-11-07

S1NCE Frederick Balaire Chatter
ton. who managed the Drury
Lane Theater. London from 1885 to
1886. proclaimed the opinion that
Shakespeare spelled ruin. other note
worthy Shakespearean 'protagonists
have been busy disproving his theory.
Chatterton's own statement grew
out of heavy loss sustained by him
with. a very costly production OF
Antony and Cleopatra" which. for
some reason or other. did not find
favor in London. Since then indivi-
dual actors. in America and abroad,
have met with gratifying success in
the production of Shakespeare plays.
some of them reaping golden har-
vests as the result OF intelligently di-
rected enterprises and efforts.
Edwin Forrest profited greatly
from his ventures with Shakespeare.
as did Charlotte Cushman, Nine.
Modjeska and Mary Anderson. Angus
tin Daily, between 1887 and 1899,
played to $2.OO0,000 with his Shakes
pearean productions. Sir Henry lrv-
ing, during his control of the Lyceum
Theater, London. August. 1878. to
June, 1905, played to gross receipts
amounting to s1O.500.00O. one-third
Of which was derived from Shakes
peare.
February 8. 1869. Edwin Booth
opened Booths Theater in New York,
which he managed for three years.
The theater had cost $1.000,000, in
stead Of 100000. as anticipated. AS
result of Ill advice he found him
self in bankruptcy in 1874. In 1885
he formed a partnership with Law
renee Barrett and in 1891 bade fare
we'll to the stage in Hamlet" at the
Academy of Music, Brooklyn.
During the II years following his
bankruptcy Booth paid off his entire
Indebtedness at the rate Of SIS 900 a