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The Washington times., 1927-12-17


BELASCO Robtand,s NapOIe-
onIc drama, L'Aiglonn opens
Monday night At the Belasco. nm
der the auspices Of John b. VIII
liams with ! company 81 So play
ers. probably the largest produc-
tion ever accorded this story of
the Eaglet's flight. Effle Shan
non and George Marion head the
list Of ~ speaking parts Others
foremost In the cast OF principals
are William Courtleigh. Hubert
Wilke, Michael Strange (Mra.
John barrymore and Madeline
Delmar.
NATION Cecil Is. de Miles
production Of rThe Ktng OF
King ID be seen at the Ma
ti0nAl beginning Sunday brings
together three stars for. to 3
large extent. dominated the vi
enne theater 4 decade ago. The
three are Rudolph and Joseph
Schfldiraut. playing Caiphas ana
Judas and Victor Varconi as Pom
titus PLATE. The picture, dealing
with the life Of Christ and His
disciples ID now concluding d long
New York run ct top prices and
is being shown simultaneously
IN 4 half dozen of the larger
cities. With infinite care the pic
tlre takes the audience through
the coming. the persecution, the
crucifixiOn and the resurrection Of
the Saviour. Many Of the scenes
are careful color productions Of
great paintings and Jesus. short
stay on earth IL etched BY cam
era that bestOws unexpected
thought on angles, lights and coli
ors. Almost flaWless technic marks
the arrangement Or figures and
scenes and the constant use Of
transcripts from the bible, sets
the story In literary shrine.
KETTH'S Gladys CLARK and
Henry Bergman top q doubly-
headlined bin at Keith's for the
new week. with Mickey Daniels
and Peggy Eames. screen jlIve-
niles. sharing honors. Clark and
Bergman viii offer songs and
dances and the two kids from
Hal Roach's "our Gang come
dies win doubtless cut laugh-pro-
voking antics. First American
appearance will be made BY Herr
rnanos Williams, Argentine tango
dancer, accompanied BY Alfredo
Rode. Other acts include Olive
Olsen In ..VaudevilIetts;' Weir's
elephants: Joe wilton and Rex
Weber Ia Mr.. America Car
dini, . deceiver with cards and
tbs KitaymAa n q japanese nov.
city.
GAYETY FooIin Around
for the new week af the Gayety.
g.. - "a .la..4a.. Z
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beginning today in sH0neymoon
Hate" q story laid IN rO-
mantle Venice and concerning the
experiences OF millionaire's
daughter who meets i prince she
can't twist around the finger,
nlarries him to humiliate him and
discovers she Is adeduateiy
tanned. TulliO Carminati plays
the prince. a twO.reel comedy
and news reel and special music
by Breeslxin's orchestra win round
out the subsidiaries.
FOX Another of victor Her.
bert's most popular operattas,
''Sweethearts. with the fun Fox
Theater Company or seventy
singers ana ballet. win be the
stage feature at the Fox next
week with John Gilbert a. the
main screen attraction in 4 re-
vival Of Honor First" " one Of
the earlier pictures that brought
him film fame. John Wenger
win design the scenery and set
tings; Alexander Oumansky win
stage the ballet and other dance
numbers and Charles Sinclair. the
general production.
Another lavish overture offering
win be made IN conjunction with
the main stage piece. 1t win be
The Dance Of the Hours out
OF the opera "L.a Giacondas with
the Fox Ballot featured. The For
symphony Orchestra under the
direction of Adolphe 8. Kornspan
Will provide the musical settings
for both.
The screen feature, Honor
FfrSt, ana produced Nv FOx was
one Of the first pictures that
brought Gilbert To the front with
the fans. It has never been
shown here and presents 4 vivid
story of two brothers whose char
acter and romance are tried ID
the cracible OF war.
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The COIOrs Pola
Is Fond Of This
Season

Woman will instinctively like
the color creations which PoIa
Negri win affect during this year
and which supply the color MOTIF
for many of the gowns she wears
III THE Woman on Trial, her
latest Paramount starring pro.
ducticrl. says Travis Banton.
Hollywood style creator.
-Four new c0lors are Sunlight
Yellow, Desert Brown, Rain
Cray and Aurora Blue. white
will be much In evidence during
the temperate months, as win
peach blossom pink. 10 study
the cut and design of Miss Negrf's
costumes. go to Loew's Palace
sTheater where the picture which
Mauritz Stiller directed il now
being shown.
Because Miss NegrI Is
woman Of continental smartness
IN dress, possessing at the same
time marked individuality Or
personality in her choice of ap.
pare. think It will interest all
meticulous women to know what
she approves.
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3 GINNING 9 SUNDAY, DEcEMRER is
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the principals who appear at the
BeIaHco next week n an enlarged
production OF Rostand'e Air.
ionH:
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role Of Flambeau. Is one of the
most Vereafilt actors on the
American STAGE He has played
n every kind 81 theatrical enter.
tafnmeflf. from pantomins to
,ninstrelsy. Not only II re known
A. an actor. but Is recognized AZ
one 81 the leading stage directors
having urodncfd ali 81 the es4i3
successes for the late Henry ~
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de Critics Vote
Doug Thie
tie Best

~ the International Film
Exposition. held II Warsaw IN
October, 80 films we're shown
GO = Jury Of 40 Poles. elllbrae.
Ing artistic. literary and busi.
ness circles Of Poland. Dou.
glas Fairbanks ..Tle Thief 81
Bagdnd was uDanimOmsIr Sc
lacted Is the finest Of the $50
exhibited films; and, according.
Is, 4 received the first award.
RaouI Walsh, who directed
The Thief 81 Bagdad,' aOr
Douglas Fairbanks. subsequent.
" directed what Price EIOrY.s 2
and has Just completed Gloria
SwansOIl "Sadie Thompson
for United Artists. As Sorgt.
Tim O'Haga IN this film he
acts his first screen role since
he played John Wilkes Booth
IL y. w. Griffith's birth Og 4
Nation. 2
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Has the Essentials

Personality plilchritude ana
pep. are the three most essential
qualities of any revue, that An
atole FriedIand proves ID his
Night Club Revue which he ii
now presenting 1t LOews Palace.
This nevue has an array. of
beauties a gorgeous costumes
with twenty artista Including the
PaTisiene dance team. Leblanc
ana DuCharm. Rene Parker.
Formerly pf musical comedy and
Luciile Hays. Al lockers. mus
icai director personally Directs the
Palace SyncOpators during this
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Valuable Help

Valentino zImina who Is be-
coming known as one of the fin
est character actresses n Holly
wood, has q role In P0Ia Negri's
latest starring vehicle YThe
Woman on Trial, current at
LOeW's Palace She portrays q
friend of Miss Negri III the Latin
quarter Of Paris-a friend who
advises In behalf OF d marriage
for wealth rather than one Of
poverty and love.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
Average

The $142.6O average wage in December, 1926, is
gain of about $3.1O over the average for De-
cember, 1925, and $4.2O over December, 1924 This
average reflects the earnings of all employees in
cluding saaried executives and officials If we
consider only employees paid on an hourly basis
the average for December, 1926 was S13675 and
the average for the year under S16OO
The average hourly rate for straight-time work
on the railroads rose slightly from Sole in De-
cember, 1925, to $3.50 in December, 1926 In
creases to the shopcrafts and the train and en-
gne service employees were chiefly responsible for
this gain.
The total distributed by the railroads in wages
IN 1926 amounted to S2,99O,215,719. According to
The Wall Street Journal railroad executives ex-
pect that the wage increases which are going the
rounds will raise this about 5q6 or nearly $780,
100000 in 1927. That is, if the railroads do not
succeed in further speeding up the employees and
getting along with fewer the payrolls
The producers news., 1927-03-25

A kid strolled by soapbox crowd, and after
listenin sed aloud: 81 guess them unions amt for
me- for l am young and strong and free. A pay
IN Job I'll always get and l can hold it down, you
bet. This agitator is a bore-I guess I'll see the
baseball score"
Then thirty years went slipping by, and had
their way with that same guy. He still had jobs
WELL on and off. He got enuf to sleep and
scott He passed a soapbox on his walk, and
stopped to listen to the talk.
II | wuz young" he sed, "and well, sure
would fight and strike like hell"
The producers news., 1927-03-25
COOK MUS STAY
IN FEDEAL PEN
PENDlG A TEST

Washington, Marclp2 Frod
erick A. Cook will be .pt in the foS
eral penitentiary at L'venwortb mn mn
til test has been ma, of the ri@b+ ai'
of federal judge to lease nTis
oner on probation afte. a sentanoo
has begun, the departm,t of iustice
said today.
The former explorer I'd oil onar-
ator, sentenced to IA ye& for nsino
the mails to defraud, had cen ordaT
ed released, but the depament On
nounced today that it ha receivad
assurance from Federal JuSe Wilson
at Fort Worth who issued he ordar
several days ago for Cook release
that he would cooperate totest bis
Interpretation of probation w tbrn
an appeal to the circuit coul of an
peals.
District Attorney Zweifel Fort
Worth has been instructed tcanniv
to Judge Wilson for an orde sps
pending execution of the proation
decree.
The warden at Leavenworth hoe
been notified that stay OF exection
of the probation order has been ra-
quested. The department of iuSco
has taken the position that under bo
parole law 1925, federal judges re
authorized to grant probation oly
before sentence has begun. The isss
never has been tested in a circu
court of appeals.
The producers news., 1927-03-25

state land would be required to COM
pete with all bidders for a renewal
The new law makes it possible for
the board to release to the first
prospectOr without disadvantage to
the state.
Only one proposed constitutional
amendment wended its way through
the legislative channels this session.
This was senate bill II and it pro-
poses an amendment which would
provide county commissioner districts
in this state.
In charitable way the Twentieth
assembly enacted an appropriation to
care for former Senator o. G. Will
let, a leper living in Mineral county
and a pension of $3.50 per month for
Mrs. Robert B. Smith, living in Mis-
soula. Mrs. Smith is the widow of
the second governor of Montana and
has been public charge in Missoula
county.
Warrant Interest.
One of the first measures to pass
was one reducing the interest on state
warrants from Az per cent to 4 per
cent.
The only highway bill to survive
was one creating IL highway dis
tricts in the state for the construc-
tion of roads with the money deriv-
ed from the gasoline tax.
The legislature appropriated $685.
500 for additional land for the cam
pus at the State university at Mis-
soula. The bill has been signed and
the money paid on the lots.
A law was passed providing for the
nomination of presidential electors
and the election of delegates to ma
tional conventions.
At the close of the session Govern
or ]. E. Erickson had received a to-
tai of 157 house bills and Sc senate
bills. He had already signed SO OF
the house bills, leaving 104 bills from
that body on his hands at the close OF
the Legislature. Of the Sc senate
bills he had signed 26 and vetoed one
and had 20 measures remaining with
him when the legislators went home
He has Is days from the close of the
assembly to act upon the measures.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
$1,000 PER YEAR
By Leland OIds, Federated Press

Railroad employment, as usual, closed the year
on the downgrade with $4,000 workers laid off
between November and December, according to the
Interstate Commerce Commission Altogether 92,-
251 railroad workers have lost their jobs since
October, the high point of 1926.
The layoffs reveal the seasonal nature of main
tenance of way employment. About $4,000 of the
men laid off belonged in that department Others
losing their jobs include 1905 clerks, 1856 shop
men, 3118 transportation men other than train
enginemen and SIT train and engine service en-
plOyees
In all branches except the shops there were
more workers on the pay rolls in December 1926
than the previous December. Altogether there
were 206566 more railroad workers than a year
previous. But there were 1902 fewer shop en-
ployes.
The 1,773,864 railroad workers employed during
December received total of 1882, ,939 491 in wag-
es or an average Of $142.6O monthly apiece. With
the December report we recapituIate 1926 as
follows:
The producers news., 1927-03-25
MACHINERY DISPLACES MANY

Who will build our roads and dig our bitches if
we shut off immigration, the question usually put
by interests that want to swamp the labor market
of the country, is being answered by other inter
ests from the same side of the class line Pub
hcity distributed by the Chicago agents of the
Foote Co., makers of paving machinery reads:
Hundreds of laborers with shoves would be
required to mix the same amount of concrete in
the same time in the old fashioned way. But now
only single man is required to operate the ma
chine and the only use for a shovel is to put the
concrete smoothly into its place and to clear up
the loose gravel spilled by a careless truckdrver !"
The paving machine builds more than foot of
standard concrete highway per minute During
the summer the machines in use build total of
% miles of highway each day between sunrise
and sunset. single machine will build half a
mile day.
Mixing and spreading of the huge bucket of
concrete on the roadbed, the company announces
takes place in less time than it used to take for
husky labOrer to roll up his sleeves, spit on his
hands and get ready to mix concrete with a SHOW
el"
The labor so displaced gets no unemployment
The producers news., 1927-03-25
''DO IT now
SAYS EDUCATOR

Pupils who enter our school in
Spring show common sense, says
+. L. Watkins, Pres, Dakota Bus
mess College, Fargo. ''Classes are
smaller, progress is quicker, money
is saved, salaries begin sooner.
With D. B. c. ACTUAL BUS
INESS training (copyrighted-un-
obtainable elsewhere) you begin
work with experience, advance rapid
ly. Recentlypromoted: C.E. Hoist,
to cashier, GreatNorthernRy. Co.,
Plentywood, Mont. ;Geo. Wischer,
TO Ass'tCashier, SecurityState Bank,
Lawton. Follow the Successful
Apr. All. WriteF. L. Watkins,
Pres. 300 Front ST., Fargo.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
Please Don't Shoot!

"The only way to make pair of
pants last" shouted the tailor, SIS
to make the coat and vest first"
The producers news., 1927-03-25
Appropriations By Assembly
Total $694,OOO More Than
The States Estimated Income

Figures Compiled By State Account
ant Indicate That Appropriations
OF Tweneith Assembly Exceeded
IncOme-GOvernOr Erickson Still
Has 29 Measures on Which to Act.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
PLANS TO BE MADE FOR
KANSAS CITY MEET MAY
5-6-7.

= Grand Forks. N. Dak.-Word
= has been received here at the
= headquarters of the North DakO-
= ia Wheat Growers Association by
= A. J. Scott. secretary of the pool
organization, and member of the
international Wheat Pool Com
> mittee, that a meeting of that
committee has been called for
March 28th at Minneapolis, at
which time other members of the
international Committee will be
present to go over plans for the
> coming meeting at Kansas City,
= May 5-6-7.
At the Kansas City meeting,
representatives from all prOmin-
ent wheat producing countries
will be present. Russia, India,
Italy, Australia, Canada, ArgeR-
: tine, Sweden. Poland and the
United States will be represented.
Some Of these countries have
strong wheat pool organizations
at this time. and representatives
from all of the wheat pools will
= be present. Other countries not
having pool organizations at this
time will endeavOr through their
representatives TO learn of the
pool system of marketing and
take steps toward its promotion
in their countries.
x Mr.. Scott, in discussing the
purpose of the conference, said,
= contrary to the belief of many
= that the International Wheat
> Pool Conference aims to form a
world wheat pool, its real mis-
sion is to effect a coordination
) of operation and sales policy thru
which it is believed the farmers
of the great wheat producing
countries may benefit to a great
er degree in receiving a greater
share of the farm dollar hereto
fore. A plan of this nature will
be placed before the conference
at Kansas City in May, and it is
hoped that the countries repre-
sented will be able to work out
a policy that will be beneficial to
the wheat producers of the
world"
The Minneapolis meeting will
be attended only by the six mem
bers of the International Wheat
Pool committee, while the Kan
sas City conference will be held
in May when all of the repre-
sentatives of the various cOun-
tries, and pool representatives of
of the United States and Canada
will be present for the three day
meeting.
The producers news., 1927-03-25

ED PURDY'S PHILOS
The trouble with most humOr cen
sOrs is that they haven't got a cen
sOr humOr.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
) OF POLITICAL EDU-
CATION
Il .ET TgENIS
Continued from last Week.
CHAPTER II

The Development of Capitalism Up to the EpOc
of Finance CapitaI
The producers news., 1927-03-25

ant indicate That Appropriations
OF Tweneith Assembly Exceeded
IncOme-GOvernOr Erickson Still
Has 29 Measures on Which to Act.
Helena, March -"Outstanding"
legislation enacted by the Twentieth
assembly of Montana just closed in
cludes the appropriating of $694,56
more than the estimated income of
the state, according to figures COM
piled by the state accountant, but in
addition tc that there are measures
of Importance that have reached the
office of Governor John R. Erickson.
The Twentieth assembly provided
for the establishment at the state
prison at Deer Lodge of two manu-
featuring plants. These are to serve
the state in two ways. They will
furnish employment to prisoners,
something that has been advocated
consistently for many sessions, and
will probably save the state many
thousands Of dollars each year.
One measure provides for the es-
tablishment of an auto plate manu-
featuring plant which will supply all
of the plates used in this state and
later may supply other states. This
bill provides an appropriation to car
ry out the provisions of the act. An
other measure provides for the MAX
ing of clothing with convict labor,
the clothing to be used at the pris-
on, the state hospital for the insane,
and other institutions wearing cloth
ing that is furnished by the state.
Oil and Gas Leases.
House Bill 100 will make it pos
sible for the state board of land
commissioners to carry on the bust
ness of the leasing of oil and gas
lands without the complication of
who is entitled to a renewal of lease
in the event oil or gas is discovered
by those who first prospect for the
product Prior to the meeting of the
present assembly Attorney General
L. A. Foot had given the board of
land commissioners an opinion which
held that those who obtained the first
lease and drilled and found oil on
The producers news., 1927-03-25

insurance or job bonus. The enormously increas-
ed profits go to the machinery makers and the
road contractors.
The producers news., 1927-03-25
INTERNATIONAL WHEAT POOL COMMIT
TEE TO MEET IN MINNEAPOLIS MARCH 2S
Symptom No. /


The lamp in parlor was burning
Quite low, and the scared youth was
yearning
To snatch a sweet kiss
From the sweet little Miss,
But he didn't for. he was just learn
ing.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
}. c. HEADS TO FIGHT FOR
AlRP0 0RT APPROPRIATION
BEING
DRAF TED

The District Commissioners have
resumed consideration of plans for
getting an adequate airport for the
District of Columbia. Their request
for $4,000 to begin preliminary
work was incorporated in their esti.
mates in the deficiency bill and was
stricken out by the Budget Bureau.
Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer
Commissioner, announced today that
the commission Is determined to use
every effort to get action by Con.
gress at this session. They will
continue to advocate Graveley Point
as the location for the airport.
Among the questions now before
the Commissioners to be settled be-
fore the airport bill Is finally re.
drafted, will be:
What share of the expense shall
the District government bear?
What authority shall the District
exercise over the airport?
What relations will the Postoffice
Department and Department of
Commerce bear to the project?
Win Boiling Field be retained
merely as a training station and
closed to commercial planes and to
the general use OF the War De.
partment?
The airport is expected to cost
about 81, 100000. Its most important
patrons, in its early days of opera.
tion, Colonel Ladue believes, will be
Government departments.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
WIFE ACCUSES
!. {. ?. WILLIAMS

Charging her husband with
cruelty, Mrs. Grace Edna Williams,
of $500 Fourteenth st. n. w. today
filed a, petition in the District 'Su-
preme Court for separation and
alimony from Edward Pearce Will
liams. employed at 1416 st. n. w.
Through Attorney George F.. Sui
livan. Mrs. Williams says that for
the past three years her husband
has pursued studied course of
ill-treatment towards her.
Among other acts of cruelty. she
cites. is that of bringing home a
friend last August to live with them,
said friend living in their two
room apartment with herself and
husband and their two children for
four months. They were so crowded
she declared, that "the privacy to
which refined married lady is en-
titled in her own home was ma.
terially lessened and interfered
with"
She asks for $2475O alimony per
month, out of her husbands salary
of $4,000 per year.
The Washington times., 1927-12-29
.GEOLOG|STSUED
FOR DIVORCE

| Paul E. Plant, a geologist in the
Department of Interior, was today
sued for a limited divorce by his
wife, Mary Q. Plant, of 36 r st. N. E.
Plant, the wife says. has shifted
his affections to another woman.
She says she heard about the "other
woman in January, 1928. She took
him to task for it and declares that
her husband told her he would not
discard his new love. She then
charges that three days later he de-
serted her.
Following their separation she
alleges that they entered into a sep
aration agreement whereby he was
to pay her $40 per month but says
that he did not live up to it, primarily
because he spends most of his in
come on the other woman.
To make ends meet the wife says
that she works as filter of women s
clothes in department store. At
torneys Bell. Marshall, Rice and
Carmody represent Ms. Plant.