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EDITORS NOTE: This is the sec.
ond If nine articles ON the merits Of
men and women rs automobile driv.
crs. Traffic police In nine cities
were canyassed, and voted. 8 to 4,
that women are better drivers.
TOMORROW: Cleveland.
By NEA Service
Chicago omen are by far the
safer drivers AS compared with men,
in the opinion of Traffic Officer 4.
J. Smith, who bosses traffic at Chi
cago's busiest street intersection, al
State and Madison streets.
"Thcre's something about men
when they get behind the wheel Of
an auto that makes them want to
take Il gamblers chance" says
Smith. They'll try beating the
lights every time if they get half an
opportunity.
Cautious in Jams
MEN cause me most OF my
! trouble. | seldom have amy trouble
| with women who never violate traf-
| fic rules willingly but only through
mistake.
| women arc always on the look
out for pedestrians and keep theil
| feet on the brake rather than on thu
accelerator. They are cautious ant
not too cocky.
But take the mcn--thcy think
they can step on it hard and rely OF
their strength to bring the car to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-27

err in the world. An expedition sent
RECENTLY BY the British museum
brought back 5000 specimens.
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REDUCTION In
GRAIN RATES
Is ANNOUNCED
Minneapolis and st. Louis
Road Cuts Freight Rate
6 Cents Per Cwt.

Minneapolis, July 27-.f AP)--The
Minneapolis and st. Louis railroad
today announced reduction OF SIX
cents per 100 pounds in all rail rates
on grain and grain products, shipped
from northwest Minnesota, North
Dakota and Montana TO the east by
way Of Minneapolis.
The reduction. which is to become
effective on August %, on approval
of the Interstate Commerce Commas
sion. will reduce from about fifteen
to nine cents the diffcrcntial pre-
vailing between Minneapolis and Du-
luth. and Buffalo.
The new rate, which mas bcch
agreed to BY eastern connections q
the railroad, is expected 70 divert
millions Of bushels Of northwest
grain each year to Minneapolis from
Duluth and Superior.
This Is the second rate reduction
announced by the railroad this
month. On July 10, the road made
effective a reduction Of three cents
per 100 pounds on wheat from MIS-
souri, river markets. moving INTO ter
ritory east of Illinois by way Of Min
ncapOlis.
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It is probable that the Nile has
greater variety Of fish than any riv-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-27
Finger Prints of
Mrs. Mcpherson Are
Denied Authorities

Los Angeles. July 27.--tP)-At-
torneys for Aimee Scmplc McPhcr
son announced today that they would
not permit her finger prints to be
taken to compare with those found in
Carmel. Calf, cottage, where il
is asserted she spent some time aft
err being supposedly drowned They
also said they would refuse to sup.
ply samples Of her handwriting to
compare with chirography found in
the cottage.
Kenneth Ormiston, radio operator
at Mrs. McPherson's Angelus Tenn
pie, was in Carmel about the same
time, according to the assistant dis
trict attorney.
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The Caste Of a Custom Car
without its Cost
.-4cbievad through One-Pr9tt facilities

offers disc wheels and four wheel brakes
-reaffirms the inhexible Standards Of
Studcbaker. quality- and inyokes
anew the great Srudebaker tradition
Of making good with the public bycon.
tinually making better - the plant
Il is the latest example Of the Stude-
baker. policy Of oppressive better,
ments, and unites the smoothness and
power 81 the quiet Studebakcr LrHead
motor with ) custom symmetry Of line
and treatment fh1ta would be- abso-'
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price, without Studebaker OneProfit
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Come ID and see this Standard Six
Custom Enthusiastically up.to-'
thc-minute s. Artistically ahead ot
the time Economically. the car OF
the hourl
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-27
Lady Astor Coming
to United States
For Complete Rest

London, July 27-(AP)--Lady
Aston, American born peeress and
member Of the house Of commons,
has started for the United States
"for q good long rest" But when
she started and on what ship, where
she is to land, and how long she Is
to be away, her private secretary
refuses to say.
Lady Aston desires complete
quiet" the secretary said this morn.
ing. IF the American reporters
find her when she lands, the Onus
won't be on my head"
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VOelker SurrenderS
to,Rqffalo Police

Buffalo, N. T., July 27.-tP-
James Voelker, sought as the dis
tributOr of poisonous liquor which
has left trail Of dead and blind
along the Buffalo Niagara frontier.
today appeared voluntarily at police
headquarters in company with his
lawyer and surrendered.
VOelker was named as the source
Of some Of the fatal liquor by own
crs Of soft drink places.
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quick halt in event Of emergency
Sometimes the brakes don't work.
Thut's how and when accidents occur.
"No, sir. ri take my hat off to the
ladies. They're all right. They apoi-
orize when they're wrong and never
offer half-bakcd alibis. And it's the
alibis that arc the hardest to take.
Some are so old they just hobbic
along"
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and take part in The sixth district
|convention here Wednesday night.
Members will arrive today and
Wednesday, according. to Mr.. Math-
iescn.
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timber stands in western Montana,
northern Idaho and eastern Wash
ington, more than 1000 acres hav-
ing been covered in two days, with
several blaxes out Of control.
Forestry officials say the situation
is the worst in Is years. California
and other coast states report the
situation generally improved.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
THE MYSTERY OF
YSA YES LOST
VIOLIN

The theft In New York ofl
Toacanini's annotated score Of
stravinskyss grand opera, .Ros,
signol was accomplished dur.
ing Il brief interval at rehearsal
and while the orchestra was
present. Ii reminds one com.
nentator Of the celebrated pur-
Joining Of Eugen Ysaye's VIOLIN
from i concert stage IN Petro-
grad
Ysaye always carried two vios
Inns to safeguard against broken.
string. One Dc these was
Guarnerius said to have been
the property of the illustrious
yieuxtenaps. The other was u.
priceless Sfradivarius, gift from
the Russian Car 70 Ysaye.
The violinist, playing before
i crowded audience. left tn =
stage for few moments. carry
Ing the Guarnerius III his hands.
The Strad was left on small
table on the stage. In d few
moments Ysaye returned to the
footlights to resume and found
that the Strad had disappeared.
III vanished in the presence Ut
the audience none of whom
could remember having seen any
one enter the STAGE during the
artists absence. Europe and most
Of the rest Of the world have
BEEN searched for Ysaye's lost
violin. e never has been found.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
f Z 1 Charleston
Tips at National
OmOrrOW

on the stage " the National
Theater following the matinee
Wednesday afternoon free
Charleston lessons will be.
given this week with Kid
Boots. = Mr.. Dixon Is one Of
the best hooters on tile stage
and won 4 renowned feButa
tiOn when with his parfners
Doyle and BixOIil he appeared
with Fred Stone In such saic-
cesses as s;yacIk- OIL Lantern z
and Tip TOP.
Dixon Is mot unconventional
teacher Of this popular dance
because he uses such i simple
method that flle ma iOrify of
those taking this one lesson
are proficient II its close.
Many III the chorus Ol Kid
Boots were taught the
Charleston IN one lesson.
Prospective entries III the
Gilda Gray handicap this week
might visit the matinee t0lllOr.
row and stay over for few
finishing pointers from an ex-
pert. The prizes offered BY
the shimnly queen will be
worth the effort
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

~
And his "Lohengrin, as pre-
sented last night at the Audi
torium by the Washington Opera
Company is no exception. II
possessed about as much magic
as foggy photograph of Gen.
eral Grant, and only in the third
act did it rise TO really tender.
febriIe, and delicate Heavens OF
feeling.
Wagner is heavy, stodgy, tech
nically-perfect-in -the orchestra mu.
sic. MelodicaIly "Lohengrin" al
ways has been and ever will be
fine fantasy gone wrong. IT
takes more than Paul Althouse
I'm a silver Uniform to push it to
enIfnence.
Which, critically, l fully APP
preciate, relegates me to the
limbo Of hopeless minorities, and
causes the pseudo-aristocrat
dowager duchess--to refer To the
issuance of such a comment, as
silly and jejeune.'
But ] am glad the Washington
boys and girls did 'Lohengrin"
II should drive them back to
the more flexible operate idioms.
1t should halt them from founder
ing in sea of musical noise,
and send them to things in opera
that express emotion in terms of
Paul Fort rather than Theodore
Dresser.
The cast that Edouard Albion
assembled for the presentation
of "Lohengrin" boosted one star
Paul Althouse. who sang the
name part-and a, blonde prima
donna who took an act and
half to grow intimate with her
role. But she landed in the
third act, despite "a most IN
Elsa.iike appearance and a dizzy
looking crop of hair, the color
+ of these .rain-slickers the flappers
are wearing.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
N
FOR A HEAVY
SIEGE

" a35
Richard Barthelmess will star
ii The Four Feathers, Y an adap.
tation 81 the story by a ri W.
Mason, according tO an announce
ment just issued BY Inspiration
Pictures Barth eIraess III now On
the Coast appearing III 7anson 8
Folly, after which ii il expected
that he win produce THE Anna.
teur Gentleman from the novel
Nv jeffrey Icarnol
The -Four Feathers motion
picture rights to which have Just
been purchased by Inspiration
Pictures, will be next on the pro
duction schedule. It also will be
made In California. All of these
productions are for First National
release and win precede, the pic
lures which the star win make
directly for First National under
the terms Of his new contract
which goes into effect at the ex.
piration of his contract with IN
spiration.
In THE -Four Feathers Bar
thickness will play the role III
Harry Fevershanl.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

energetic oldster that it promises
to give those two other per
enniaIs q race for box-office
productivity.
First Of all, OF course, there's
Eddie Cantor the poor picked
on boy that makes yOu want to-
love him, IL you can stop laugh;
ing long enough, despite his in
excusable and unnecessary flashes
that are. to say the least little
soIled. Then there's Washingt
own Mary Eaton the dainty, the
charming. the altogether bewitchs
ing Mary. who makes even Eddie
fight for the spotlight and the
applause.
That's enough TO make a show
in. itself. but there Is also the beau
tiful Etllelind Terry, losing q lit:
tie or her charm perhaps, with
the growth of the sophisticated
manner. but stilI beautiful enough
to give joy to the heart of the
tiredest business man and to make
the business man. who doesn't
happen to be tired want to forget
business anyhow.
And there's Beth Beri- she Of
the much advertised legs And
the human Woolworth tower,
Jobyna Rowland, she OF the bass
voice. and the dainty Marie Gala
han.
The fact that there is a big
chorus and lovely gowns and
scenes done in the best Ziegfeldian
manner counts some toward the
worth of the price OF the tickets.
but they're only adjuncts and
with such principals to group
around, not entirely necessary.
There are also songs with and
without prayocation and they
aren't particularly .tuneful But
that doesn't matter either. And
there's a piot-much more Of a
plot than in the usual musical
comedy. But, If there wasn't it
wouldn't be missed.
It's a show to enjoy, to laugh
at until your sides ache and the
tears play havoc with rouge and
powder. It's EddiM Cantor at his
best, and Eddie surrounded by as
fine set of Woodworking princi.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
FIRTIVE GOINGS
ON AT THE
MET

went to the Metropolitan last
night. Here's what was seen
A screened mystery play. sweetly
iced with glamour and romance.
ending with a dash of cold water.
Not q work of art. but really en-.
tertaining. even IL ones frame
cries out lnploringly for the lit
tie white bed
Yea, Three Faces East. Cecil
B. De Miles latest. showing al
the Metropolitan this week. has
enough plot to be interesting,
enough acting to be enjoyabie.
and fair enough directing not To-
offend the aesthetic senses It's
q thing Of wartime dupIieity be-.
tween the secret services of two
Jetta GOudal. though compare
tive newcomer on the screen. Is
satisfying as Frances HaWlett.
the subtle spy of two countries.
who keeps hopping from side to
side OF the fence and doesn't re-
lieve your curiosity as to whom
she is really working for until
the denouenient. Charming and
SkiIlfulI actress. She uses a mask
OF q cat.srnile you will appreciate.
Give Brook is, OF course. the
mastermind Of the enemy who
loves the opposing masterppind.
He does well. He also has that
mobility Of expression usually
missing in the strong. herman
type.
Rest. OF the cast takes care Of
itself in good shape. Settings?
Pretty good and sometimes very
much so. Mr.. Breeskin and his
orchestra plant deft musical
picture in the .Liebestrauun
Two grand pernannies and the
big organ sob, bang. and p1isate
through some jazz and some
music. which we an liked. Milton
Davis and Emile Smith were at
the pianos. with Miss Nell Paxton
slSillfully guiding the organ stops
and keys These three compre-
bend their material.
For entrees Bobby Vernon
comedy the crowd laughed at,
newsreels and dainty Irene Castle
fn1ay she never gain weight in
Q spectacular and breath-taking
fashion revue. What we've been
trying, to say is that the bill is
entertaining muy buepo.-W
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

DIR. Althouse bore the produc-
ton on his Herculean shoulders.
Melting into the role from his
first entrance, Althouses gave a
most appreciate account of him
self. This. too, against back
grounds that were wearisome,
and with "A Chocolates Soldier
army cutting off rear exits with
agg1avating immobility.
Sigurd Nilsson, as Henry |:
. Ivan Ivantzoff. as Telramund,
and Ina Boursakaya, as Ortrud.
Telramund's conspiring wife, filled
the casual moments with casual
singing, and on the part of
Iyantzoff. much farcical acting.
Elsa lacked reality. ! could
not persuade myself that mas.
sive voice is al that goes to
make a Characterization. II that
were true, the cheer.leader at
Yale would be at the Met oppos.
ing Marion Talley. Madame Mar.
celia Roessler, demure in ali anci.
ent manner, created no illusion.
She struggled for more than act
in vocal travail: she approached
no nearer the Melisande-named
Elsa-of Wagner than Coolidge
grammar ncars that of. the late
Woodrow Wilson.
The orchestra Wagner's pet
medium OF expression-ascend
to glory's platform under the
skilled and precise direction of
Jacques Samossoud. The Wag-
merriam MISUNDERSTANDING mo.
notonous. to be sure-whirled
forth in spotlessly- choirs,
offset with the thunder of brass
that Dickie boy SO admired
Lohengrin was a giant un.
dertaking.
The result wasscertainly not
worth the trouble OF stabbing at 1t.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
LUBlTSCH PICKS
PATSY RUTH
FOR LEAD

Patsy Ruth Miller has seen
selected BIZ Ernst subitscl to
play the feminine lead I'll Revil
Ion. his next production Tor
4 Warner Bros. and Patsy thinks
she Is the lilckiest girl IL the
world
Doris Hill. 4 new conner 10
the Warner studio, who - re
gartied rs another find has sim.
liar thoughts about herself. for
sgd Chaplin has picked her to
! play opposite him IA he Bet.
ter Ole, his Forthcoming super
comedy for the Warmers
At the same time Mr. Al1bitsel, &
who has laid aside he Door
mat for the time being and IS
to make the French free iii
stead, announced that Monte
Blue who WAS his leading man
In Kiss Me Again and he
Marriage Circle, win again have
the principal male role Mr..
Blue and Miss Miller haya played
together before and II was
watching their work in Warner s
Light conledie that prompted Luz
bitscf to select them tor the last
comedy ne will make Before
launching into big productions.
ReyiIIon from the play by
Meilhac and HaIeyy. French play
wTights is only temporary
title.
sgd Chaplin picked Doris Hill
for his leading lady because he
believes she Is potential star
who has enough natural ability
TO go big from the start AZ
though she has no prof ssiOnal
Background the Warmers signed
her because Of her beauty per
sonaIity and Intelligence the same
reasons that caused them 60 pick
Dolores Costello, who has leaped
into popular favor iii less than
q year
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

brings an heroic tenor who cap
tivafes by his singing The Ma.
tabor, Ia brillian toreador regalla,
finds fisail Saratoyslfy a man
who conquers with force or who
woos with finesse. He is aristo-
Graf. The lesser parts are az
Individual. The two gypsy girls.
Kemafskaya and Durasova, make
the music or the movements de-
lightfui. The quartets. the ruin
tets. are gems. with all the parts
gripping cllaract
40 Nichaela comes into this
drama. How lost she IS. in
opera anyway. The mother spirit
comes TO Jose In memory, sung
by three wofmenss voices in the
chorus that enters or leaves the
upper levels Of the stage. And
most beautifully was this music
sung. the prayer given by one
OF the three. know not which,
either Dudkina. Gorshunoya or
I Veronica LaTouche.
The orchestra. under pa kaley..
nikoff. was stirring. It. too. was
drama highly intensified.
Dantchenko, director OF this
synthetic theater, which to
miss win mean that one has lost
the greatest epoch of lyric drama
today. and the most thrilling.
was present and responded to a
curtain call.
The mystery and glory of this
new Carmen will demand many
feelings. to in any way proclaim
the huge art, the dramatic soul
that has gone into the making Of
this new work in grand opera.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
Curiosity

ANY movie star at work on
location Is an object Of intense
interest to folks in the provinces.
bnt Gloria Swanson and Tom
Meighan have the knack Of put
ting business out of joint in
whole municipalities for days on
end. Pinehurst. N. c., was over
run for nearly week by Gloria
Swanson fans from miles around
while the star was at work on
The Enta1ned Lady her new
Loews Colu1nBia picture. while
Tom Meighari movie land sale
irs Florida Tor The New 1zIon.
dixie" at LoeW's Palace put
similar legitimate activities out
of business for one whole day.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
MUTUAL
@AH Set To Go.

This weeks show at the
Mutual Theater, All Set to Go,
is one of the best burlesque at.
fractions seen al that playhouse.
As a gloom destroyer and finn
dispenser, "All Set to Go is in
class by itself. Jack Lamont.
Hebrew character actor, heads
the cast. Joe West, his aid,
collaborates with Jack and Don
Trent in more amusing situations
I'm two hours than one usually
sees at shows in a week.
Chubby Drisdale dances in true
DrisdaIe fashion. The show is
augmented by several specialties.
including dancing on roller
skates. novelty dancing and a
quartet that Is worth the price
Of admission TO hear.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
THE Two Orphans !"

The alI-star revival of THE
Two Orphans will open at the
Cosmopolitan Theater in New
York April s. The cast was an.
Tiounced yesterday by the Shu-
berts, William A. Brady. jr.. and
Dwight Deere Wiman DIS follows:
The roles of the two orphans win
be taken by Fay BANTER as
Louise and Mary NASH as Hen
riette Florence Nash will play
Marianne. Robert Lorraine viii
be the ChevaIier Maurice de
Vaudrey: Wilton Lackaye will
play the Count de Linieres; Henry
L. Dixey will appear as Picard,
Robert Warwick as Jacques:
Hugh Buckler as the Marquis de
Presles; William Seymour as the
Doctor: May Robson as Frochard:
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen as Sister
Genevieve and Henrietta Crosman
as the Countess Diane de Linieres.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

ties BY 4 gruff and menacing cx-s
terior. Each OF these three char
acters is outstanding. IN its own
department
More than 4 word Is due Violet
Dunn, as the young wife who
swipes part Of the last act BY
sobbiig, pleading interlude. effeN
lively done. The whole eSst is
capable and expansive. All Ut
you should go and see what an
entertaining fellow Great Lit
tie Guy is.
The Washington times., 1926-03-23

brought up the curtain time
and time again, as Vladimir
Nemiroviteh- Dantchenko's play
ers recreated Merimee's story
Of the Spanish gypsy, in the
) most marvellous lyric drama
that opera has ever become.
Most wonderful, one heard
on all sides. Yes, and more
Here was 4 seething superstruc-
ture Of humanity, grouped in
some measure like Greek
chorus-in the play but moi
wholly Of it, yet ever giving the
keynoterather adding the key.
note to play that was stunning
IS impersonated By superb ac-
tors who CHANGED to sing, and
who sang gloriousls
One must sense the picture
to grasp the drama that ensues.
The stage remained ever the
same, except for telling light
colors. 1t was encircling stair
ways, various levels, some few
: arches. but withal. IL was cubist
in design, making the poetry. the
rhythm of these truly Spanish
people all the more telling, by
contrast in line.
The overture begins with the
Bizet music. The half classic
picture, with the semi-circle of
different levels alive with ever
changing tableaux, brings the
vocal music in chorus, some
times from one group, sometimes
from another.
Jose the soldier, is alone on
the lower stage. He sings.
Above, him the naidens. still
not in the drama but of it, pro-
ject the lure, the seduction: of
the drama.
A flutter, flutter OF fans They
are az !. the whirring OF birds
wings that combat an impenetra-
bic fate That is the greatness
OF this drama. Nemesis hangs
above, in strange. compelling,
vivid humanity, that gets into
one as no drama have ever
seen. }.
Thus the Carmen drama un-'
folds. Any one who knows the
/. story will find the incidents, the
groupings, enough to need no
Iibretto. The scene never changes.
Yet it indicates different places
by rearranging OF a few .pieces of
furnitupre. bench, a table.
The actors. are as amazing as.
is this new word in opera. The
drama comes foremost. There is
never a forward step to the au-
dience, to sing an aria, yet the
arias are all here. They are In
the drama, that is the marvel of
them. They are as closely linked
as gesture is to the play.
The most inconoclastic change
is in the emitting of the bull-ring
scene. The Jose is more flesh
and blood. The toreador goes off
gaily to his conquest of sport and
love, the rejected lover remains,
filling with terror the defiant
Carmen, stabbing her to her
death.
ActorA-singer. Which is greater
defies analysis. Yet to see and hear
this Russianized Carmen is to have
the most thrilling experience, the
theater may offer. The music be-
comes more thrilling. 1t is in no
way distorted: 1t Is emotion.
| spontaneous, the impulsive need
| OF the scene before u.s.
Yet foremost comes the Carmen
! of Olga Baklanova. There has
been no crater dramatic Carmen.
1 She. does not play-act. Her con-
quest comes from her eyes, not a
/ cheap physical approach. Fatal
istic gypsy, the facial play of this
| artist, her 1.-THE panther body, her
voice that is fine yet that stays
within the drama, bring us an
4 experience that would be new al
| a dozen repetitions, so vivid 1,
is. And she In most beautiful
The Jose OF Ivan VeAikanofi
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
Films AS Tutors

Now, just as the Charleston has
seized upon the fancy of the
American public, the motion pic.
lures come to the front with
scenarios giving six screen les
sons in the gentle and intricate
mysteries Of the Charleston.
national dancing masters, who,
by the way. initiated the PRINCE
heads the cast of these new
cinema pictures, which, besides.
illustrating all movements, add
slow motion films giving all de-
The Washington times., 1926-03-23
'CARMEN' OF MOSCOW
PI AYERS MARVEL
BY JESSIE MCBRIDE

Bizets tragic opera Carmenony set IN new
with gripping reality in it's the almost
and the Soldier that the
Musical Studio opened week Of opera with at ros