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The Washington times., 1927-01-26
Civilians Suffer From
Lunacy Practices

astaent of the interesting of articles By
Donald Mcougu special Investigator The Washington Times
o lunGcy practice IN Washington.
The Washington times., 1927-01-13
AIRNEN
SEEK RECORD
By ARNE Kn.DAL
International News Services

COPENHAGEN. Jan. 1s.-How
high is it possible to ascend through
the air Is a question stirring the
Imagination Of the population OF this
city at present.
The question has gained new actu.
atty through the airplane competi-
ton held here recently ana which
was witnessed by an immense crowd.
Two Of the pilots Of the air service
Of the Danish navy succeeded in
breaking the Scandinavian record
for latitude, one soaring distance
Of 5000 meters through the air and
the other even reaching a Ioftitude
of 5000 meters.
The Thermometer of the Iatter's
machine showed So degrees Celsius
below zero. and not being adjusted
Tor a lower temperature It was
smashed IN. Experts think It is i'm.
possible to ascend higher with the
airplanes used for this competition,
as both the pilots declare that 1t
proved impossible to drive the ma.
chimes higher.
It Ia planned. however, to continue
the experiments early this year, and
then an attempt will be made to
break the world record. A number
OF new machines have been ordered
from England and which are pro.
vided with special apparatus that
can supply the motor with additional
air.
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odd Jaw POINT
IS RAISED

nv AuttfuattoM1t NEWS DoEvtoe
LEAvENWoRTH. Kan.-Jan. 10.
A strange point Of law Is involved
in an effort now being made to
obtain the release from the Federal
penitentiary here OF prisoner
known as "Duclxy' Holmes. convict.
ed nearly 20 wears ago Of the MIR
der Of woman in Washington.
d. G.
He was sentenced TO be hanged.
but after several women's organi.
Nations had petitioned AGAINST the
hanging. President Taft conmuted
the sentence to life Imprisonment.
Now Holmes seeks release on
habeas corpus proceedings. con.
tending that the President lacked
the constitutional right TO commute
the sentence except on petition OF
the condemned man. Holmes made
no request that his hanging be
stayed. he declares. II he had
made such a request. habeas cor.
pus proceedings could not be. sus.
tanned. The papers In the case
have been misplaced.
Federal Judge John Pollock will
hear the case soon. Holmes has
always maintained a good record
as prisoner.
The Washington times., 1927-01-13
LIE TAGs SUGGESTED

CHICAGO. Jan. 1s.--Automobile
licenses should be Issued Tor the lifs
Of the car instead Of annually. ID the
opinion Of h. G. Shirley, Of Rich.
nlond, va. president Of the Amer.
can Road Builders Association. The
cost Of the annual rush he estimated
at S24. 100000. Of which at least Tires.
fo,Irths could be saved.
The Washington times., 1927-01-13
Pupils Win Strike for
Bare Knees and ssFaos,'

CHICAGO. Jan. 1s.-Bare knees
and cigarettes have won against the
one.man school board Of chesterton.
Ind. Two hundred high school stu.
dents who walked out on a strike
returned. Mrs. Ethel Miller. ORA.
matte teacher. was back In the fold.
The coming school play. tBarba.
rosa Of Barberryp WIN have its 81.
The Washington times., 1927-01-13

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ray of bare knees ana putting ciea.
rettes. And the one-man school
board who had sought to ban 1t. all
on the grounds Of immortality, was
somewhat conscious Of having
bumped into a hornets nest.
The Washington times., 1927-01-13

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way. and carried away the entire
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The Washington times., 1927-01-13

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are nnen
The Washington times., 1927-01-13
.ROBs CHURCH OF LIGHTS

GEORGETOWN. Del. Jan. Ia
Authorities Of Sussex county are
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The Washington times., 1927-01-13
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26

Manifestos of intention and the
like have no place in the running of
a theatre. The whole point of the
thing is to put on plays as we'll as we
are able and to be judged by the fruit
of our work. To say that the New
Playwrights Theatre makes a special
appeal to the mass of people who
have been alienated by the stuffed
shirt atmosphere of the commercial
establishments does not mean that we
are committed to any ism or to any
special type of play. We believe that
any art that is living is good art, in
whatever form it may be cast. If it
lives up to this requirement its social
effect can be tremendous, for it can
hold a mirror up to the distortions
and social problems Of our chaotic
day. But this does not at all mean
that any solemn lesson is embedded
in the design of the thing.
One of the main criticisms which
| hear concerning my own play,
Loud Speaker" is that it is low
brow and popular in character. This
seems to me one of the main values
of the play and / am delighted that
many critics who came to the first
night of this entertainment expecting
symbolism sobs and solemnity went
away to write Mortified notices con-
corning the simple flippancy of the
show. 1t seems to me about time
that the idea of revolutionary thea
tire be divorced from the idea of a
preaehy message. It is the age-old
function of the theatre to express
feeling and thought in it's own terms
to saysit with laughs, emotion, the
electric spark that YIELDS actors and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26

audience. The only test of play is
the degree to which this audience
contact is established.
It is my own feeling that similarly
too much has been said about new
ness and oddity in the theatre. In a
sense of course every play must be
a new entity, because a creative play
house, if it is to exist at all, must be
a place of continually fresh inven-
ton. Beyond this reliance on fresh
ideas provided to be sure that the
ideas hold out), there is no essential
difference between the Playwrights
Theatre and any other organization
trying to present plays before an au-
dience. We are out to get audience
support, because we cannot exist
without it. We believe there is a
definite value in relying upon inven-
ton rather than upon the jaded tricks
which make up the bulk of the Broad
way output. And we believe that
this freshness can appeal to new
sort of crowd--the workers, the peo-
pie with living contacts and living
minds.
Such theatre cannot be high
brow and it cannot be dull, because
solemnity about art is as out of place
in American life as a telephone in a
medieval monastery, 1t is my inn
preston that most of the art-stuff in
the American theatre is monastic
Towering, wish-fulfiilment on the
part of people who would much pre-
fer to go back to the middle ages. But
this is the day of the telephone, and
we i've in country and in an age
which conspicuously takes nothing
seriously. Whether this curious
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
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quality of the American mind is an
asset or a horrible liability is a mat
ten rather for prophecy than for
dramatic presentation. It is a ques-
ton to be thrashed out on the lecture
platform. But the immediate concern
of the theatre is to reflect the life
about US with the robust carelessness
of the actual scene. / do not mean
carelessness in technique, or careless
ness in fundamental thinking. But
rather to find the design and mean
ing in the noisy gaudy life which we
see on every hand. There is bitter
ness in this and harsh laughter, as in
the grind Of the subway, the endless
whirring Of stockholders, the ner-
vous rhythm of the city.
This is not a matter of formula
or a technical trick. I stated in the
first paragraph of this article that
the Playwrights, in their experiment
tai work in Fifty-second street, are
not committed to any special type Of
play. AS a matter of fact, Earth
the Negro folk play by EN- JIG
Basshe. which alternates with cloud
Speaker" in the present repertory, is
an absolute contrast to it IN tech
nique and feeling. Earth" is ter
rifically stirring picture of the re-
ligious feeling Of race. 1t is rooted
in the very depths of the Negro con
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
The NetO Plays
MONDAY.


LOST drama by A. Thomas George AgneW Chamberlain,
based novel by Mr. Chamberlain presented
day night at the Mansfield Theatre by Ramsey Wallace The
players include: Ramsey Wallace, Crane Roande Full
Ter, Harry Davenport Mona Kingsley George Henry Trader
Edward Van Sloan, and Louise Macintosh
CHERRY BLOSSOMS musical play, with by Sgmund
Romberg, and book and lyrics by Harry Smith,
Monday night the 44th Theatre presented
Shuberts CHERRY Blossoms" which based "The Willow
Tree" by Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes, will
Marsh and Desired Enge featured Other
include: Ann Mbu, James Marshall Davenport
Harper, Frank Greene William Pringe and Ann Yago
MARINERS the Actors Theatre production of Cemence
Danes play starring Pauline Lord will the Plymouth,
beginning Monday night The includes: Hadee Wright
Arthur Wontner, Mary Kennedy Beuah Bondi
RUFUS LeMAIRES AFFAIRS with Charlotte Greenwood, Ted
Lewis and Lester Allen the stars will open the
Majestic Theatre West 44th Monday evening
TUESDAY.
THE LEGEND OF LEONORA," James M Barries
be reviewed at the Ritz Theatre Tuesday evening by William
A. Brady with Grace George the stellar McRae,
Mofat Johnston, Leonard Wiley George Thorpe
Cooper and Richard Simpson other members the
THE SCALAWAG" by David Higgins Musson
Mr. Higgins the principal role in Tuesday
night at the 49th Street Theatre by Cast Productions.
FRIDAY
"FOGBOUND play by Hugh Stanslaus STANCE, be
presented by Richard Herndon the Belmont
Friday night Nance ONe is featured Others in the
include: Alfred Hickman, Curtis Cooksey, Betty Lny
Blandck w. W. Shueworh Dorothy En, Lois Ross Parker
Fenely and William Johnston.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
DRAMA A
Does New York Want a
PrOletarian Theatre?
Reflect American Life With Robust Careless
ness, Says John Howard Lawson

John Howard LawsOn Professional produced by
Guild several is the finest labor written
Mr. Lawson likewise the author of Roger BOomer
and the directors the
leading he
crying out against u library demanding
movement fe play Of imagination
will preside at the the
the Street Theatre
seph Wood Krutch Helen Wes Romney Wye
speakers Other articles in this
drama being by NJ Og Lozowic
and N. Buchwald of the Freihet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26
Vaudeville Theatres

Starlight Amusement Park, in the
Bronx. announces that arrangements
have been completed to present the
Lyric Grand Opera Company in a
series of ten free open-air perform
ances of grand opera at Starlight
Park stadium this summer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-26

seriousness. But here again, in
manner utterly different from the
flippancies of my own play, you have
the direct contact across the foot
lights The play says exactly what
lit means to say.
Symbolism has no place in a real
theatre. Away with theories! Away
with aesthetics and formulasl Laugh
with us or at US. Give us feeling,
color, movement, above all vitality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
EVOLUTION FOES
BEGIN WARE ARE
New Organization Also
Fights All RadiCaIiSm.

BIZ United Press
ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. S.-LThe fight
for fundamentalism in American life
"a fight which includes the over
throw Of all political Relationships
on now with the Rev. John Roach
Straton. prominent New York pas.
tor. conducting it.
Straton yesterday announced he
would devote all of the time possible
hereafter to promoting the Supreme
Kingdom, Inc, an organization
started by Edward w. Clarke, for
mer imperial wizard OF the Ku-Klux
Kan.
1.-THE time has come in this coin
try when political radicalism must be
overthrown, commercialized amuse-
ments stopped and the schools of the
land organized on a. different educa-
tional basis" Straton said.
Straton. long one of the country's
leading fundamentalists, expects to
deliver series of lectures through
out the country and to direct the
religious program of the organlza-
tion.> Both he and Clark denied the
organization was a money-making
scheme.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
Custodian Peirce is
Busy Man These Days

Selecting committees may keep
Lieutenant Governor Harold Van Or
man and, Speaker of the House Har-
ry Leslie busy these days, but the
busiest man in the State seems to be
Benjamin S. PIERCE, Statehouse GUS
todian.
For weeks he has had corps of
men occupied in getting the Senate
chamber, House and offices into
shape for the Seventy-fiifth session.
In most cases as soon as the Job was
completed 1t had to be done over
again. There were meetings of the
public service commission, the tax
gatherers and agriculture board in
the House, after 1t was cleaned, so
Ben and his men were up nights get
ting it ready for the legislators.
Then there was the problem of
finding offices for every one. This
done it became matter of supplying
committee rooms. Desks were moved
into the corridors and every inch of
space is occupied.
Picking committees may be a
tough job" PIERCE declares, but
finding rooms to put them in is a
whole lot tougher"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
Washington Dispatches
Cruiser and DeStroyerS
From Manila.
'FEAR, FOR MISSIONARIES
Danger Felt for Those in
Isolated Areas.

BIZ United Press .,,
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.--Alarmed
by spreading anti foreign riots In
Central China, the administration
has ordered Admiral Williams. COM
mander of the Asiatic fleet, to go
from Manila to Shanghai with the
cruiser Pittsburgh and all available
destroyers.
Last reports from Consul General
Lockhart at .Hankow described the
situation there as critical, with all
American women and children pre-
pared to follow the fifty who Joined
the flight of the British to Shanghai.
American naval commanders
standing by at Hanl1ow on the
Yangtze river have been ordered to
use force only on major provocat1on
for actual protection of American
lives, officials here fearing that fire
from foreign guns might start bloody
reprisaIs by the Nationalist.
Especial concern is felt for the mis-
sionaries in isolated areas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
CHAPLIN SEEKING
$5O0,OOO IN SUIT
Declares Magazine Story of
His Life Is Libel.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. SIN one of
the first cases on record where a
screen star has objected to publicity,
Charles Chaplin. movie comedian,
has brought q, 100000 damage suit
against the Pictorial Review, which
has announced publication of a So
called intimate history" of Chap
Inns life.
Z The biography was written by Jim
Tully. former tramp and prize fight
er. who has become a magazine
writer and playwright.
Chaplin's complaint, filed In Fed
eral Court by Nathan Burkan, seeks
injunction to prevent publication of
further installments. The January
issue contains the first of the Tully
series.
The comedian says the biography
was not authorized and consists of
false statements tending to bring
him into disrepute and subject him
to scorn and contempt."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
THE SEQUEL TO SONIA

ing, You're lying!-Bet's sit here
quietly and have one perfect hour"
The next morning Sonia fastened
to call Elaine.
TITS the prettiest one I ever saw.
Elaine. And I marvel at the time
you must have spent searching for
it."
IT suppose you wondered what in
the world Don and 1 were doing
together"
1T did wonder how you happened
to meet there" Sonia admitted. hon
eshy."
Elaine sounded more friendly than
she had for some time.
Bob suggested that you people
come over tonight. Would you en-
joy a game of bridge?"
Sonia hesitated, remembering that
her own invitation had been scorned.
Then. determined to be broadminded,
she accepted.
Evening found them entering the
Wallace apartment. Bob, greeted
them joyfully.
Gosh. it's been ages since we've
been together. How are you, Sonia?
Put her there"
He took her hand with no sugges-
ton of the sentiment he had shown
in his office. She liked him better
in this friendly, hospitable mood.
Gone on, Don. To the kitchen"
Left alone Sonia and Elaine dis
| cussed the one thing they had in
common. Sonia sincerely admired
the. Judgment Elaine used in select
ink her clothes. She knew just
which color made an effective back
ground for her clear skin and snap
ping black eyes. Her sense of line
was infallible.
There's going to be sale at
Hale's tomorrow" conflded Elaine.
Wouldn't you like to go DOWN."
II just bought o coat" Sonia re-
piled. ruefully. And really shouldn't
get anything more this month. But
I'll go along
The men returned and the bridge
game started.
What's this hear about my wife
and your husband having lunch to-
gether?" laughed Bob as Sonia dealt
the cards.
''It was clever Of them, wasn't IT,"
But wait until you see what they
bought me-"
Bob looked across at her, limo.
Gently.
'Elaines due for a birthday next
month. Maybe we'll take a shopping
trip"
Sonia smiled. but Elaine retorted.
Looks like you'd already had one.
Since there's so much secrecy to
your telephone calls"
Don looked up surprised.
Funny thing, Don! Sonia calls
my husband while I'm in his office,
and when ! asked her about it, de-
MES 1t. p. :"
Go Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
JERRY TARBOT' ASKS AID
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-"Jerry
Tarbot." world war veteran who has
forgotten his name and has been all
over the. country vainly trying to
find his family or some one who can
identify him. appeared Friday before
the House veterans committee to ask
government relief
Il entered the army as a man, but
now am a bum" Tarbot said.
Representative Carter Rep.), Cali.
formal. has introduced a bill provid.
ing government care for Tarbot.
Representative Norton Dem.), New
Jersey, and Rogers Rep.). Massachu-
sets, women members of the House,
are supporting the bill in response
to hundreds OF letters from war
mothers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-08
TO
GREET OFFICIALS
State Officers Will Be In
stalled at Meeting Sunday.

Indianapolis Legionnaires will assist
the State department of the Ameri-
can Legion in entertaining between
400 and 500 post commanders, adult
ants and service officers of the or
ganization who will arrive tonight
and Sunday morning for the second
annual State conference here Sun
day.
Installation of officers by National
Commander Howard p. Savage and
discussion of plans for the coming
years work will be held. Paul V.
McNutt of Bloomington, will formal
ly take Office as department com
mander
Indianapolis men among the Of
Ulcers to be installed are. Robert Dag
gett, finance officer, and Ben A.
Wieneke, district committeeman.
Among the speakers at the confer.
ence are: National Commander Saw.
age; Department Commander Nc
Mutt; Department Adjutant ]. II.
Klinger; the retiring department
commander; Clarence A. Jackson of
Newcastle and John II. Ale, man
ager of the veterans bureau offices
here indianapolis Legionnaires on
the program. include; Bowman Elder,
national French convention commit.
tee chairman; Dan Sewers, national
Commun1ty Service director Frank
G. Cross, national Americanism di.
rector, and Philip Stapp, national en-.
dowment director.