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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
CLABAUGH BREAKS @
HOME RUN RECORD

TYLER, Texas, Aug. 21.--Leftfielder
Clabaugh of the Tyler team, East
Texas league, broke the home run
record for organized baseball today
with his 61st home run in game
between Tyler and Paris. He passed
the record of so held by Tony Laz-
zeri and of SO held by Babe Ruth.
Clabaugh stand feet and inches
and weighs 17S. Branch Hickey of
the St. Louis Cardinals. who saw him
play here recently. said he had the
greatest follow-through in his swing
that he had ever SEEN
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
sEEK REvOLUTIONIsTs.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.-Search OF
Lower California waters was made to-
day following report received by Al
fonse Pesqueira, Mexican consul at Los
Angeles, that 35 Mexican revolutionlsts
left San Pedro harbor Wednesday or
Thursday night for Mexico as part OF
asserted revolution plot of Gen. Enri-
Que Estrada, former Mexican secretary
of war. Pesqueira said that reports
of the departure Of the suspected rev.
had come to his office from
several reliable sources and that he
had notified the United States depart
ment of justice, the naval authorities
at San Pedro and the Mexican govern
tContinued on Page Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
BY James HasweII.


NEW YORK, Aug. 21.-Captain Rene
Fonck, dapper Frenchman whose am
bition is to make the first nonstop
flight between New York and Paris
speaks not word of English.
Lieut. Allan p. Snody, American
naval aviator who accompanies him.
speaks no French!
How'll you talk to each other?'
the interpreter asked. Fonck grinned.
1--WE won't have time he said
"unless we're shipwrecked.
And if were shipWrecked, he
added, 1--WE won't have anything to
say"
Biggest Stunt Left.
The flight headed by this short,
blue-eyed, merry French national hero
is-if it succeeds-the second nom
stop flight of heavier than air ma
chimes across the Atlantic.
The distance is $500 miles; the prize
is $4,000 offered by Raymond Orteis
(Continued on Page .Three)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
BEACH wins TEST

DETROIT, Aug. 21.-Walter Beach,
pilot of Wright travel airplane, to-
night was officially named winner OF
the second annual Ford reliability air
tour. His score was 4O4S.4 points.
Beach had been practically con-
ceded the victory some time before
the official figures were compiled.
He wins the $1,000 RELIABILITY cup, n
trophy offered by Idsell Ford His
average speed for the 6,252, miles was
announced as 124 miles an hour.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
EPISCOPATE TO PUT
RELIGIOUS CHANGE
UP TO NEXT CONGRESS
lBx DispatcN A. P. wirel

MEXICO CITY, Aug. M-Considerable relief was
manifested in all circles today that something definite
has finally emerged in the religious controversy-the9
Roman Catholic epscopates plan to seek congressional
amendment of the constitution This would postpone an
actual settlement if it at ALL for long time with
the possibility that congress might avoid any clear cut
decisive action one way or another The present pan
however, gives specific objective and whether the
efforts Of the church prove fruitful the plan presents
something tangible which heretofore has been lacking
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
CABLES RECEIVES TWO
CATHOLIC DIGNITARIES
(By Dispatch A. T. wire }

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2l.-President
Gales conferred for more than an
hour and half this evening with
two high Catholic church dignitaries
relative to the religious situation
They were the Most Rev Leopoldo
Ruix Flores, archbishop of Michoa-
can, and Bishop Diaz of Tabasco,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
Salvation Army War Cry
Banned in Aqua Prieta
As Religious Propaganda

Two Salvation Army officers
were refused permission to dis
tribute copies of the War Cry in
Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Saturday
morning. The Salvation Army of.
ficials state that in the past hey
have been allowed to distribute
copies of the paper IN Aqua Prieta,
but Immigration officials stated
Saturday that the law of the Mex
lean government prohibiting the
distribution of any religious prOp-
aganda in Mexico must be COM
piled with.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-22
DOUGLAS SCHOOLS TO.
OPEN ON TUESDAY, ;.
SEPTEMBER SEVENTH.

School days once more! All departments Of the
Douglas city schools will open at m, Tuesday Sep
teber Z, with the largest registration in the history
whose Children are entering Douglas schools for the
first time may register their children Cawson, avenue
and the grammar school on Saturday, September T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
Screen Find From Boston.

SOME months ago Arthur Brisbane,
~ noted editor and publisher. sent
TO Carl 1.aemmle young man by the
name of Clarence Thompson, with a
letter stating that Thompsons fami
ly were friends of his and that the
Young man had been trained for a
literary career. He asked Mr.. Laemmle
if he could start him in the scenario
department Of the Universal Pictures
Corporation.
Mr.. Laemmle. after an interview
with Young Thompson. decided that
his good looks and his curly hair
would get him more on the screen
than behind 1t. So he sent him to
Universal city for training in all the
mechanics of screen acting and pro
duCtion.
For six months Thompson studied
In the I.aemmle University under the
tuturShip of the ableSt directors on
the Universal lot. Finally he WAS
considered ripe for i role. IL Was
east in the Art Accord picture, MAY
ericks." under the direction Of Clifford
smith.
Every one at the studio is satisfied
that Thompson has not only made
good in his first big role. but that he
is destined for a sensational career
in moving pictures.
Although Thompson IS said TO come
from one of the real blue blood Massa-
ChusettS Bay four hundred families,
he isn't a bit stuck up" but he Is
taking his training as any other cub
would take II. His success he takes
in the same way. He was graduated
from Harvard in 1921.
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Bad Men Taken From Life.

EORG f MELFORD directing
~ Whispering smith, the story of
the fight to maintain railroad service
across the Rocky Mountains. has
turned to the school of experience for
some heroic and some villainous. who
figured in the struggle. \ former
deputy Inited States marshal. Joe
LeFors, who is the original character
of "Whspering Smith. is serving as
tutor.
Using photogra phs and LeF'orS' de
sCrlptions. the three villains of the pic
ture are modelling their characterize
tons after notorious bad men whom
LeFors captured or helped 70 capture.
Will Walling. James Mason and Mel
son Mcdowell. the film bad men, are
taking lessons from the past escapadeS
of Butch Cassidy, 4 train and bank
rUbber: Harvey Logan. a safe cracker.
and Flat \oSed George u killer and
bad man III general.
Before Logan finally met his finish
he managed to obtain over two mil
lion dollars in cash and securities
through his banditrY. much of which
was divided between his followers
l.et'urs states that one Of that band
has reformed and Is now living in
Florida.
Some OF LeFurS' gallery of tin-tYpes
and photogra phs now being used as
of the members of the cast were taken
ii is claimed, Immediately after the
death of the men photographed.
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Master of Effects at Work.

WHAT is declared to he a radical
departure in motion picture pro
duCti2n is announced by Paramount
officials in the filming Of The Ship
That Sailed to Mars a fantastic
comedy starring Raymond Griffith.
Secret preparations for this unique
production have been under way for
Is months. and it will he at least three
months. it is said. before actual work
can oeGin.
Active in its making will he Roy j.
Pomeroy, the master of magic who
achieved the opening and closing of
the Red Sea in The Ten Comma nd
ment>' and the numerous mystifying
effects III Peter Pan" Clarence G..
Badger, who has directed Griffith in
other productions. viii direct this
Producer Hector Turnbull is author
itN iur the statement that the picture
viii contain nothing that the screen
has seen before
1t Will lee absolutely different from
any picture ever produced" he said
1t viii not be an experiment, how
ever. That part OF il is chiefly a thing
of TN" past. For more than Il year
Pum~ruy and his assistants have been
working. evolving ideas and ways OF
making them practical.
When ne first told us some Of the
things he planned to achieve, we could
hardly believe him. SO he went ahead
and proved his arguments
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Competition Intensified.

"THE coming year will see competi-
tion intensified in praCtica V
every field of the motion picture in
dustrv," says Jesse l.. Lasky OF
Famous Players.
The hattie is now for the services
Of authors, stars. directors and story
material. New faces are consta ntly
being sought for. and this search will
60 on in 1926 as never before.
II believe the newcomers of the
screen today are of a better type
They are young men and women Of
talent. education and culture who are
directing their efforts and aspirations
toward screen success. They VIII be
the stars. directors and authors of
the screen tomorrow.
''Competition is a healthy thing for
the industry. 1t keeps pictures from
becoming Stereotyped.
"TeChhically, | expect to see pie
lures take great strides during the
coming year. There will be more use
Of color, and l also believe we are not
far from obtaining real stereoscopic
photography. BY this | mean photOg
raphN Of three dimensions, which
gives the effect of depth to a picture.
This may be the outstanding tech
nical development of the coming year.
During 1925, too, more and more
pictures will be made abroad by Amer
lean producers. The present tendency
is to internationalize motion picture
appeal, so that the film will be equally
popular in all parts of the world.
Making pictures abroad, with Euro
pean theme and setting, is one step in
this direction.
More big productions and fewer
ordinary program pictures is also the
trend of production at present
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Kneeling Beneficial.

~ recently read in a newspaper,
says Irene Rich, star Of the War
ner Brothers picture. Compromise.
an article on the strength and beauty
Of the Spanish girls knees, which the
writer attributes 10 their daily attend
anCe at church service. during which
they have 10 kneel frequently.
If he is correct, l ought TO have
the strongest and most beautiful
knees in existence. for during my years
of experience as Il screen heroine
have kneit so often that II is 4 marVe!
that | have IL llutccap lert.
i have knelt Ia stony hearted
fathers to cruel ana neglectful hus-
hands-to remorseless villains-ro way
ward sons and TO Vamp adVenturesses
| have also crooked the hinges OF the
knee al the marriage affairs, funeral
services and infant Cradles-in fact, l
have never diSregarded an opportunity
to kneel. so | think that By all the
rules that govern fair play | am en-
titled to the kneeling championship,
tor on the theory advanced i'll the
newspaper article | certainly should
possess the most perfect and enduring
knees"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
Mia Naldi Found.

NITA NALDI has been located in
Munich. Germany. after causing
some anxiety among her friends and
associa ties. including Marion Fairfax
who is said to have appealed to the
State Department at Washington to
find the missing vampire.
Miss Fairfax, it appears, had en-
gagged Miss Naldi for a leading role in
The Desert Healer" for First Ma
tonal, hut it's all off now, Miss Fair
fax says. The appeal to the United
States Government was made in the
fear that Miss Naidi might have SUI
fered u physical breakdown as an
aftermath 10 her recent feat of reduc
ing 20 pounds by dieting and fasting.
Miss Naldi, however. according 10
report, has been hitting on pleasure
bent between Berlin, Paris and other
capitals OF European gayety. For
three months she has been abroad,
during which time no direct word was
received by the producer. Miss Naldi' 5
business representative or friends.
Katherine Mcdonald has been chosen
TO take her place in The Desert
lIea Ter"
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Buys United Studio.

To enable it to carry out the most
ambitious production program in
its history the Famous Players Lasky
Corpora ton has purchased the United
Studio in Hollywood. says Jesse l..
LaskN. first vice president.
The United Studio. which is one
of the biggest in the business and now
houses the production activities Of
several companies. Will be taken over
by Famous Players this Spring. when
Paramount production activities Will
he transferred from the I.asky Studio.
Vine street. Hollywood, To the new
producing center.
Although our studio in Hollywood
has long been considered the best
equipped plant in the country said
MIR. Lasky, 1t ~ not big enough To
take care Of the productions which
we have scheduled FOR this coming
year. The United Studio has nine
stages and its u acres VIII enable US
TO expand our activities To take care
OF the production program We have
In mind.
For the present" said Mr. Lasky,
there will he no disposition made Of
the Lasky Studio property which IS
now right in the center Of Holly
wood 4"
The purchase of the United Studio
by Famous Players follows the ceIe-
braion last month Of the twelfth an
niversary of the Lasky Studio.
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Gone to New Zealand.

JANE GREY, the we'll known author,
has sailed for New Zealand and
Australia for a stay Of indeterminate
length. He is accompanied by his
brother, r. c. Grey, his secretary. a
motion picture cameraman and Capt
and Mrs. Laurie ID. Mitchell. the for
mer an English sportsman. While
there he Will keep a keen lookout for
story material.
Il am not promising a story" Grey
said. But il | ind one | will write
il. | am convinced that Australia and
New Zealand are fertile fields for
authors. and | am sure that an Amer
lean produced picture featuring an
American heroine and Austria liam hero
background would prove immensely
popular throughout the world
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Diff culties in the Movies

TWO months ago Mary Pickford
completed her picture Scraps"
The company was dismissed, the sets
dismantled and the editing and titlins
started.
Recently II was discovered that
more scenes We're needed. Marys
manager was notified to rebuild two
sets and rea ssemble the company
Two of the children in the cast
both essential To the shots" are in
Mississippi. Much Of the furniture
used was rented. and some has been
sold, so it was necessary to build
duplicates. The baby in the picture
was ont of town on a vacation
although we had taken several
hundred thousand feet OF film. we
needed Just few more" said the puz-
zled mana ger as he tried TO figure Just
how much per foot this additional film
is going to cost.
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No Music IN Movie Making

DUDOLPH SCHILDKRAtTT, the ia
= nous New York and European
stage star, who Is pictured In the fea-
tured character role in Universal s
His People" Is one of the few actors
who refuses to have music on the set
while he is acting.
Instead of helping me get into the
mood needed for Il scene. it helps me
get out of it he declares. Il find
myself listening To the music if it is
good. or being irritated by il II IT
isn't.
If | really We're man in u tene-
ment house in New York and this
part says | ami certainly would not
have the orchestra at hand to play
Hearts and Flowers while | quarrel
with my family"
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Climb of a Child Actress.

had its premiere at the Nationa
Theater.
Continuing in Juvenile roles. she ap-
pcarod in Light of the World.
Daddy Dumping" and Daddy Long
Legs" and then paused in her pro
fessional career To spend two years
at school NJ MillhrooN. Conn.
After leaving school Miss Chandler
appeared in "'rhe PotterS." then with
The Steam Roller then for the
Actors Thea;er in The Wild Duck
and The Servant in the House in
both of which she scored distinct per-
Sonal success.
She was next seen in the short
lived First Flight" by Anderson and
Stallings, and then came the Ophella
role in the modern clothes version
of Hamlet" produced at the Green
witch Village Thcater by Horace
Liver!cht with Basil Sydney in the
title role She Withdrew from this
recently to accept her present en-
Ga@cment.
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Criticizes Performers

WEARS of experience on the stage
as an actor and with motion pic
lures as producer and director. says
Edwin Carewe. whose production of
Joanna will he seen here today,
have led to the belief that the profess
sional moralist serves but one pur-
pOSe-to increase box office receipts.
II remember when Naughty An
thony' was presented in New York
by David Belasco. The fuss which
this piece created was caused by the
exhibition Of "A pair Of silk stockings
on the shapely pedal eNtremities of
Miss Bates. The central idea of the
Belasco opus was, as ! remember, the
silk hose TplifterS Of the age loudly
protested against the outrageous per
forma nee. The public stood i'll line
at the box Office for hours To obtain
seats.
and when CLYDE Fitch's adapta
ton of Daudet's 'Sappho was present
ed at WaIlack's Theater seats We're
understandable. This exhibition was
called the most notable Of the no
torious plays that serve To dcGen-
crate the stage and destroy the public
morals 1t was stopped by the police
temporarily, but finally allowed to
continue after the 'culprits-in this
case Moss. the owner Of the theater,
and Olga Nethersole, the star of the
piece-had had trial by jury. Seats
were sold so far in advance that il
was discouraging to wait to see the
play.
Many Of the plays presented today
really seem unfit for public consump-
ton. To our conception they are
harsh, brutally frank, vulgar. How
ever, | think times have changed
greatly. That which was immoral and
indecent p years ago Is apparently
within the code of morals today What
will he said - wears hence Of that
which is characterized as degenerat-
ing and immoral today?
II have always tried to produce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17

FROM a child actress who made her
first curtsy at the age Of TO the
role of Ophelja i'm New E"rk's widely
discussed modern clothes version of
Hamlet" sums up the rise of Helen
Chandler in less than Ia Years upon
the stage.
Now in her eighteenth year. Miss
Chandler is regarded by Wlncheil
Smith as an embryo star and he has
intruSted 10 her an Important role
in The Wisdom Tooth Her wistful
beauty is thought Ia add charm and
grace to Mare ConnellE's new fantas-
tic comedy.
Miss Chambers first professional
appearance was made with Marie
Doro in barbara" This led Ia en-
cacementS with John Barrymore in
Richard the Third" with Lionel
Barrymore in Macbeth" and as one
of the preCociuH' children in Booth
TarkinCton's "Penrod." The latter
play, produced 10y George {. Tyler.
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Some Illumination.

ELECTRICAL power sufficient 10 H.
Illuminate the homes in A city Of
10000 population is being used by Cecil
B. DeMille in filming an unusually
large set" for The Nolga Roatman. 80
This set. built on r stage at the
DeMille Studio, embraces the exterior
of a Russian palace, a courtyard and
a huge ball room, and requires tire.
mendous amount of illuminate To
give the camera men sufficient light
the studio power plant is kept general
ing close to its maximum of $4,000
amperes. Two hundred extras APP
pear in this sequence. which presents
Russia in ali its splendor prior to the
Red revolution.
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"A Good Idea--Maybe.'

h\ITOM ANHANDLEp" tells the
story of Il Young man who, to
plea Sc :, girl goes West 10 be wild and
woolly. only TO find that the cowboys
are using automobiles to herd cattle
and have long since abandoned the
pony. This idea. of course, was not
in line with the facts. but was simply
n Satire creation of the author.
Arthur Stringer. vet the screen story
had to show the supposed modern
roundup method. a la tlivver.
Dix and % movie cowboys utilized
more han dozen small automobiles,
stripped down to the chassis to round
up n herd of 900 steers. The hard
surface ot the plains and the com
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para lively level nature of the country
happily made il possible for the auto
mobiles to navigate. so the herd was
rounded up in little more than hall
the time that would have been re
quired by the good, old-fa shioned way
The rancher who. for u considera
ton. had permitted his cattle tn he
rounded up for movie purposes took
his check With smile.
ITS not often | get paid for learn
ing a new idea" he said. You fellows
have certainly shown me Il new
wrinkle about rounding up steers
but, il you'll excuse me | amt dead
sure that I'm going to try, jest Vet,
ANYWAYS.
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Arcade.

The Arcade management has an
nounCed A series Of Lucky Spot "
dances in the spacious Arcade ball.
room for Friday night. Other special
events will he a Ladies' night" to.
morrow evening and colorful dance by
the Tivoli Pastime Club Thursday, te
which the public is invited. The first
of a series OF thrilling roller hockey
ma tCheS will he staged today in the
huge rink. between the crack Balti
more and the Washington Hockey
club teams. The game will be called
at pm, with skating open to the
public before and after the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17

An operate concert. with Helena
Marsh. contralto. of the Metropolitan
Opera a. the artist, and a new Spen-
Ger Tupman symphonic Orchestra
playing dance music Of the ella ssic
type will I've outstanding attra ctions
at the Mayf1ower this evening in the
presidential room. Miss Msrsh's num-
hers Will include operatic classics and
beautiful songs of modern COMPOSERS
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SwaIIee.

AT the Swanee. in the Earle Theater
Bullding. the Swauce SynCOpators
under Al Kamons and a vaudeville
surprise Will be the features TUESDAY
evening: the battle Of the music "
when Jazz ba nds will compete, We'd
nesdaN evening; the Juvenile enter
tanners and broadcasting Thursday
evening and simply dancing SUNDAY
evening
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Capital Sideshows.
lie Paradis-Club ChantecIer.

roth the Cafe lie Paradis and the
club ChanteCler are catering TO
lovers of the dance and of out-of- the
ordinary dance music. The former
featuring the lie Paradis Band under
Harry Albert with Tom Lowe as off
cial hanjoist and "wise.cracker' and
the latter the club Chantecler Musical
Ensemble under Paul F'ideman with
Walter kolk. drummer dancer singer.
in jazz ballads to ukulele accompa nj
ment, special Charleston number
and a skating dance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17

Glamour" by Hugh S. STANCE,
one of the dramat fists who turned
Tarkingtons Seventeen into a
play, has been purchased by A. n.
Woods for production next season.
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'clea an photoplays," continued Carewe.
I'm in favor of motion pictures that
children NAV he permitted 10 witness
Nevertheless, | cannot help but no
tice that pictures and plays OF today
which receive the greatest deuuncia-
ton. either by word of mouth or in
the papers. are more than ordinarily
well patronized. Human nature toda !
is the same as 1t was - years ago"
The Save the RedNo GODS League
IS engaged in a campaign to eStab-
ish a l0,o00-acre redwood reserva-
non.
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DANCING.

PROF And MRS L. A ACHER STUDIO.
1127 10th 81. n.w.-CIasses Mon. Fri. to
IL pm. with orchestra. Priv. lessons ny
appointment. Fr 1857. Established 1900.