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The Washington times., 1928-12-10
BOY DENIES
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GIRL

4 SHETiiiiS17-as- .al;7l .I..:.7.1.. Dee. 10
(IN.s.). While I9-year-old
Lee Bracey continued to deny
; he killed Flossie Carter, 27-
year-old school teacher, Mont
calm county authorities today
seized Bracey's clothes from
his room at 0livet College to
examine them for possible
,bloodstains.
Authorities also said they would
question a young Sheridan business
man. whom, they said. had angered
Bracey by taking Miss Carter to
parties.
This man, officers said, had been
with Miss Carter last Monday night,
and had often taken her places. de-
spite Bracey's protestations.
He Sobs
the inouisition in the undertaking
establishment several times glanc-
. ing at the battered form of the girl
land exclaiming:
My poor dearT
The teachers head had been
crushed. apparently by an ak or q
hammer, doctors reported after the
post mortem.
She had been criminaliy attacked.
the medical examination also re-
yeaied. Her clothes were badly
torn. The death-dealing implement
could not be found.
Prof. Clyde Wilcox, of Olivet
College, who has been Bracey's
chief witness in establishing his
alibi, told officers that he had
dropped Bracey in Sheridan about
Z $50 o'clock Saturday night. after
driving him from the college.
DR.. Lou Bracey. of Sheridan. the
boys foster father. said Lee came
home about O'Clock FRIDAY night
and added that ne could account
for every minute Of his sons time
until the boy left Saturday after
noon with Prof. Wilcox on the re-
turn trip to Oliver.
Note Found On Body
A jury, impanelled by Coroner
Charles King. last night returned
an opinion that Miss Carter was
Amurdered Friday night.
A note found on the body read:
''I did this myself. Please don [
blame anyone" 1t was written
with punctuation. and with the
o word "blame" capitalized in the
middle OF the sentence.
The suggestion of suicide was
ignored by all experts. police and
medical. it being considered an i'm
possibility for her 10 inflict the
type OF wounds from which she
died.
The post mortem was conduc
by two Sheridan doctors, one of
htfena being DR.. Lou Bracey, foster
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BANK STATEMENTS

washington Clearing House,
$4.825, ,625.S2.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $11O,OOO,OOO.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, SSH ,OOO,0 600.
Treasury balance, $6s, ,3s9, dl8. .9S.
Customs receipts, $1l $3.50, ,64S.6S.
The Washington times., 1928-12-10

truck or along the railroad.
The children are dressed In Va st.
Continued on PaSe 8 Column sl
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Liner Celtic On Rocks
Rally in Radio
Gives Heart
To Bulls
By W. 5. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, u.N.S.l--
Radio Corporation of America
which declined more than 100 points
last week. rallied IA points to 80
during early trading in Wall Street
today. The bull" hammered
pretty hard in the three previous
sessions. took heart. for the rest OF
the list reacted sympatheticaIly to
the strength in radio and early
prices were generally higher. Gains
for the most part. however. ranged
from a fraction TO 41z points.
Bulls Regain Confidence
A Az point gain in General
Motors encouraged the "bulls.
United States Steel. General Eiec:
tric, Sears Roebuck. and other
the bulls" manifested more conf
dence than they have since last
Wednesday.
Trading was moderately active in
the first half hour-886, 900 shares
having been dealt in. During some
of the recently spectacular sessions
more than 100000 shares were
transacted in similar period.
With the ground from under their
feet crumbling and sliding. thou
sands of small traders are blinking
today and wondering what it is all
about: for in three days of selling
on the stock exchange, the market
as a whole and it's representative
Industrial and railroad stocks, have
been swept back to the price level
Of the first week in November,
before the so-called Hoover market
had preened its wings for its SEN
sational aerial flight.
Boom Completely FIattened
Where are their stocks? Where
are their profits? What have they
to show for the spectacular up
rushes in the prices of stocks
bought about election time? For
answer look at today's stock quo
tatiOns, which show the major re-
suits of the Hoover stock boom to
have flattened out like a pancake
and disappeared like chaff before
the high wind
Shorn of the wool that has been
growing on tender backs, the Wall
Street lambs stand shiVering today
waiting for the next move in Wall
Street. Some OF them have lost all
and are unable. to play the game.
Others. though badly crippled, have
strength enough and resources
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
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Sole Hope for Many
Is In Good FeLLowS

This is not the Of Dickens Christmas CAROL but
picture of conditions that will actually exist for
tiny tot gray of the great Yuletide feast
will heartbroken babies that there is Santa
for the poor. e...
The Washington times., 1928-12-10

Today's Classified ads will tell yOu
of desirable apartments for rent /.
Ioaatad and priced to suit yonr In
diViduaI need1s
Evening star., 1928-12-09
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Notes of the Stage and It's People.

in succession the prize offered by the
Princeton dramatic organization for
the best play coming from a local col
legiate. Last year his play, open Col
lars" was the winner: this year it is a
three-act play called "Crocodiles Are
Happy"
L. F. Lebret, Dutch theatrical pro-
ducer, will revive Madame Pompa-
dour" In New York early in the new
year. Beppie De Vries, prima donna
Miss De Vries recently arrived in this
country from Australia, where she
starred in this operetta for nine
months. Mr. Lebret may be associated
with Martin Beck in this venture.
Florenz ziegfeld says his next pro-
duction will be "Show Girl" instead of
the musical version of East Is West"
Washington may get the first look at
the new production.
Leslie, the producer, that he will pre-
York in March, and that A. H. Woods
will be associated with him.
Mrs. Robert B. Mantell, known as
Genevieve Hamper on the stage, will
head a new Shakespearean company
early In 1929 which will present a
repertoire of five plays. John Alex
|ander will play the leading male roles,
and there will be an assisting company
of 25 players. "As You Like It."
Macbeth" THE Merchant of Venice, !"
Romeo and Juliet" and Julius Caesar"
are the plays selected for the repertoire.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
BELAsCO-"WiIdfiower."

"Wildflower," with all the principals
OF the Savoy Musical Comedy Co., its
youthful beauty chorus, special orches-
ira, male octette, new scenery and
colorful costumes, is announced as this
weeks attraction of Charles Emerson
Cooks Savoy Musical Comedy Co. at
opening this evening.
"Wildhower" is Arthur Hammer
STEMS musical comedy triumph. which
ran for Is months in London and for
over year in New York. It's story,
laid amid the brilliant scenes in south
ern Italy. has romantic, a human
appeal and. in its comedy phases, an
irresponsible gayety.
The music, by Vincent Youmans and
Herbert Stothart. includes song hits.
such as "Bambalina," 'Wildfower,"
April Blossoms" "Good-by, Little
Rosebud" and You Can't Blame Girl
for Dreaming"
Miss Renee Hamilton viii sing the
title role. and the operetta also serves
to introduce to Washington audiences
Robert Capron, who has been with Mr.
Cooks organization all season in other
cities, in the role of Gabby, as we'll
as Dolly Parker in famous speciality
dances. Mr.. Capron and Miss Parker
were headlined in vaudeville before he
joined the Savoy Musical Comedy Co.
Carrie Reynolds, in the role of
Lucrezia, essays the same comedy part
she played in the Broadway produc-
ton. Eddie Morris, as CASTOR La
Roche, will appear in the role he origt-
Evening star., 1928-12-09
NATIONAL-"Jim the Penman."

Another revival of an old favorite
Sir Charles Youngs Jim the Penman,"
a great crook play of the days of yore,
comes to the National Theater this
week, commencing tomorrow night.
Jim the Penman'' was about the
first and still remains the best of the
crime plays" 1t was, perhaps, the
greatest success ever presented in the
famous old Madison Square Theater,
New York, which f1ourished under the
management of A. M. Palmer. 1t
should be theatrical treat to playgoers
both of the elder and of the younger
generations.
Jim the Penman" is to be played by
an all-star cast, another of those as
sembled by George C. Tyler, who in the
past has given superb production to
such masterpieces as Diplomacy" "She
Stoops to Conquer" "Trelawny of the
Wells" School for Scandal and The
Rivals" and this season is presenting
The Beaux Stratagem" and Mac
beth," as well as Jim the Penman."
In the cast of players are William
Faversham, Cecilia LOTUS, Jacob Ben
Ami Charles Richman, Helen Lowell,
Reginald Mason, Vernon Steel, Cecile
Dixon, Lawrence D'Orsay, Edward EN-
cry, Marguerite st. John, Fuller Mel
l1Sh, Frank Hearn and Harry Joyner.
The play was staged by Frederick
StanhODe
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Why Costume Drama Failed.
ZX1HEN the costume drama was at its


W most fourishirfg vogue in the films,
complaints began to pour in from the
fans because the elaborate outfits buried
SO many of the characters under heavy
layers of clothes that film fans often
found it was difficult to identify their
favorite players in the various person.
ages of the story. When every one was
wearing long, curly hair or powdered
wigs or ruffs or lace sleeves or satin
breeches, it was difficult for spectators
to figure out which was the hero and
which was the man they wanted shot.
Queen Elizabeth became confused with
one of her maids in waiting. The DASH
ing young hero of the French Revolution
was hard to tell apart from his philan-
dering father, except that dad seemed
much more likely to trip over his sword.
For this reason, among others, says
close observer, costume pictures went
into something of decline, with only
Douglas Fairbanks keeping the faith,
and he only and always could be iden-
titled by his waving legs.
Nevertheless, such films appear likely
to fit back over our horizon again, be-
cause they have the sure and unmistak
able method of the voice to identify the
young gallant, no matter how much he
may be swathed in ruffles. "Napoleons
Barber has already heralded this re-
birth, says the observer. The reception
which 1t received at its opening at Sid
Grauman's Chinese Theater in Holly
wood, 1t is claimed, testified to new
advance In costume pictures.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
DOLORES DEL RIO Earle
Son of a Noted Composer.

A RMY officer, musical comedy star,
author, scenarist, technical director
and character actor are just few of
the occupations followed by Harry
Reinhardt, son of the late famous
viennese composer, Heinrich Reinhardt,
who made use of two of these pro-
fessions in the filming of Dream of
Love-" Fred Niblo productions for
Metro Goldwyn- Mayer. in which Joan
Crawford and Nils Asther have the
leading roles.
Reinhardt acted as technical aide and
he also plays a prominent role.
During the World War young Rein
hardt was lieutenant in the Austrian
Army and was severely wounded just
before the signing of the Armistice in
1913
While recuperating, he went to work
in his famous fathers theater in Vienna.
After gaining recognition in his own
country and the capitals of other Euro
pean countries, he came to America
and entered motion pictures.
He has played featured roles In
number of American films and he has
also written more than a dozen see
narios that have been successfully pro-
duced.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

The Chicago production Of "The
Front Page" is reported to have sold
out for two weeks ahead. Its f1rst-night
receipts were $3,560.
Boom, BOOM" a musical comedy,
with Frank Mcintyre and Ann Seymour
in its chief roles, opens this week in
Wilmington Werner Jansen has writ
ten the score. Fanny Todd Mitchell the
book, and Mann Holliner the lyrics. Roy
Atwell is also in the cast.
The new Earl Carroll musical COM
edy has at last been named "Floretta,"
and is scheduled to open In the middle
of January with four stars in the cast
Three of these have already been en-
gagged, Fannie Brice, Lionel Atwill and
Leon Enrol.
John Murray Anderson will super
wise the entire stage production of
Hello Daddy" the Lew Fields musical
comedy, which reaches Broadway
Christmas week.
The play announced by the New York
Theater Guild as Playing at Love-" in
which Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
are to be seen, will be known instead as
Caprice" This play, which is the
work of the Viennese journalist Sill
vara, was put In rehearsal by the Guild
last Spring with Richard Bennett in its
cast, but did not reach production. The
Guild will present the play for the first
time in Boston next week, marking the
first occasion this organization has had
an initial presentation outside Of New
York.
The English rights to "This Thing
Called Love-" now running successfully
in New York, have been acquired by
Percy Burton, who is now in this coun-
try.
A new play by Maxwell Anderson has
been accepted by Richard Herndon for
production in the near future. Clai-
borne Foster, now appearing in Tin
Pan Alley" will have the leading role
Michael Micha lesko, .Yiddish musical
comedy star, will be starred by William
Roland in 1.-THE Odesser Bridegroom" !"
by Louis FREEMAN and S. Secunda.
which opened In New York last Friday
night.
Eric Barnouw, an undergraduate at
Princeton, has won for the second time
Evening star., 1928-12-09
A Season Under Way
Of Exceptional Brilliance
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.

finely original playwright Molnar,
based upon the idea that the
genius of WickedneSs can devise
a machine which will deprive a
man of his honor and his sense
of social responsibility. 1t is
electrically operated and Mr..
Belasco, who, like other managers,
has had his difficulties with elec-
tricians, has probably found salts
faction in grasping this opportu-
nifty to dramatize a switchboard.
xx X X
The National Theater enters
upon domain of luminous con-
Stellations. AS eminent producers
specialize, George C. Tyler selects
as his own particular field plays
that have long been valued and
players whose experience enables
them to know just what is re-
quired in technique and what
must be respected in tradition.
The cast of "Jim the Penman"
contains names in abundance of
players who must be welcomed as
time-tried friends. The ReStora-
ton comedy, "The BeauX'
Stratagem," another Tylor revival
now en- route for the National
stage, creates the usual inquiSi-
tiveneSS as to how a single cast
can utilize so many distinguished
regulations.
It becomes almost obligatory to
revive the anecdote about Henry
E. Dixey's denial that he imper-
Sonated the hindlegS of the heifer
in Rice'S "Evangeline"; explain
ing that instead of the hindlegS
he did the forelegs. The AdoniS
of extravaganza days is one of
the members of "The BeauX'
Strategem."
Tyler will carry out his revival
ideas not only on the stage, but
in the box office, enabling a
startled public to see once more
7 a SO scale of prices hanging like
a fine old portrait among the pic
lures on the wall.
| X X X X
"a Night in Spain" appealed TO
the following that demands revueS
and is willing to concede that they
cannot all be put together by a
bailiff. Those not so habitually
enthusiastic about revueS were
disposed to regard the climate of
Spain as being miSrepreSented
and the night a trifie chilly.
! ~ X X X
In "WildfoWer," next in the
musical series at the BelaSco
Theater, there are four principals
who appeared in the original New
York and London caSts-Renee
Hamilton, who does the title role;
Eddie Morris, in the part of CASTOR
La Roche in the London produc-
tion; also Carrie Reynolds as
Lucrezia and Lew ChriSty as
Lugui in the New York production
and on tour. This fact shall as
sure another of the performances
whose smoothness has been a
lmatter of wide comment and o1
some surprise to those who regard
musical comedy as presenting
peculiar difficulties because of the
need of three times the rehearsal
required for a speaking comedy
rehearsal not only for lines anC
business, but for choruSes and ar
orchestra.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

mated in the London production. Frank
Gallagher, Lew Christy, Beatrice Lee.
Jack Blossom, Ann Gillespie will also
have important roles.
WARDMAN PARK-"King Arthur"
king Arthur" will be the theme of
the next play in the play series at
Wardman Park Theater Friday and
Saturday of this week
Only two notable plays have ever been
presented around the famous and much
loved legends of King Arthur. One was
play made famous by Henry Irving
and the other, Elaine by Annie Rus
SELL
1t is the purpose of Mrs. Tinnin and
Miss Brown, who are directing the
play series at Wardman Park, to give In
the course of the year at least three
plays around the famous knights Of
the Round Table. The first is this one
presenting King Arthur in his youth
the boy who, alone of all the knight
hood of the kingdom, was able to draw
the sword that was buried deep in the
anvil before the door of the great
cathedral. The play is set at the time
in England's history when there was
no one great king. but many little
kings, and the country was plunged in
darkness and crime and the great
yearnlng all through the land was for
great and noble king, but all knight
hood knew that only he who could draw
the mystic sword could be the right
overload of Britain.
A fascinating figure in the play Is Sir
Kay of Bonmaison, the foSter-brother of
Arthur, a gallant knight Of whom the
boy Arthur is very proud, for he be-
lieves with all his heart that all things
are possible to Kay. In the great scene
of the tourney Sir Kay is the valiant
hero and Sir Arthur is proud. indeed,
to attend him as squire-at-arms. Sir
Kay's desperate need of a sword In the
midst OF the bout sets Arthur out in
frenzied search for keen blade to do
his brother service. 1t is then he, In
transcendent mood, comes upon the
silent sword and without any thought
or knowledge of what the incident por-
tended draws 1t easily from its place.
The performances will be given. as
usual, Friday afternoon at 3:45 O'Clock,
Friday evening at 8:15 and Saturday
afternoon at 2:30. The cast will be
the same as in previous productions.
PRESIDENT-HilI's Indoor Circus.
Today marks the beginning of the
second week in which Washingtonians
may see the only Winter-time circus.
under the direction of Will Hill, inter-
national Snowman and ringmaster. Due
TO the additions of several acts, together
with the augmentation of the band, the
show this week, 1t is promised, will be
larger and it is said better.
One Of the high lights Of the per-
tormance Is the act in which the
trained seals do everything but talk,
CONTINUED on Third Rag1
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Twin Brothers.
VERSATILITY and Allan Hale


screen actors, are twin brothers!
During the five years the Pathe fca-
tured player worked on the Philadel
phia Evening Bulletin he served as cub
reporter, proofreader, obituary editor,
cashier and salesman Of display ad-
vertising.
He left the newspaper business to
study osteopathy and graduated in due
time as an osteopathic physician.
He quit that profession when he was
offered a part in the stage play THE
Message From Mars" and utilized his
spare time in studying voice for the
opera. Needing some extra money, he
wrote a scenario, which he sold readily
Other scenarios followed and then came
a chance to work in pictures as an
actor.
His success was such that he follow
ed that work ever since. his versatility
is further attested by the fact he has
played more different types of roles
than any other actor. 50 It Is claimed.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
To Direct Elsie Janis Story.

TOt1N OFtOM WELA, DIUdUW"J "NUUI
and stage director, will have as his
first Paramount directorial assignment
the Elsie Janis story. "Close Harmony"
it has been announced by B. P. Schul-
berg. general manager Of West Coast
production.
Mr.. Cromwell was last seen on the
New York stage in Gentlemen Of the
Press" and has been in Hollywood but
five weeks. yet he has been kept busy.
He recently completed work in the lead
ing male role of THE Dummy" the
Paramount all-talking picture.
''Close Harmony" an all-dialogue pic
ture, will be story of the stage and
behind the curtains.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

Nothing could be more flip
PANTY graceful than the manner
in which Mr.. Carpenters play
"The Bachelor Father" disposes
of any old, lingering impressions
regarding ruined lives and paSts
that can never be forgotten. There
is no heroine victimized by an un-
ScrupulouS villain and singing
with pathos of the grief that re-
suits when lovely woman stoops to
folly. There are no concealmentS
whatever in 1.-THE Bachelor Father"
and there is even a little whimsi-
cal humor in discussing the free
dom from obligations which the
youngsters this Bachelor Father
condeScends to educate are very
much inclined to favor.
X X X
The production is typical ex-
ample of the BelaSco skill in cast
ing a play. 1t may be doubted
whether a theme requiring such
delicate management could be dis
cuSSed at all without an actor like
G. Aubrey Smith to provide dex-
trous and unerring touches that
must be employed when a char
acter Of auStere personality meltS
into sympathetic impulses of COM
mon humanity. The role is one
which could easily stand lnde-
pendently as a creation worthy
of a star II the other characters
were not so diverse in type and
so eXacting in requirement.
X X \ x
Almost every scene demands a
careful discernment to keep 1t
from lapSing into "a breadth of
idea which would appeal only to
a cruder sense of the comic. Geof-
frey Kerr has restraint and yet
plenty Of emphasis in the scenes
cals-.<z1-e for it.
II there is any eXaggeration in
the playing it is that OF June
Walker as the girl who has battled
with conditions in New York on
a salary by no means super
abundant and who in her inde-
pendent manners has picked up
a vocabulary which would do
credit to George Ade in his most
brilliant hours. This vocabulary
rather detractS from the idea of
naturalneSs for what may seem
a strange reason. It is entirely
too clever-ton good to be true to
nature. A gil @hO could spin of
such rugged pictureSqueness of
metaphor with so much unheSl-
tating speed would have found
occupation as a contributor to
print in a style now particularly
appreciated and quite lucrative.
Miss Walker has very reSpon-
Sible role, almost as conspicuous
as that played by Edna Hubbard
in Ladies of the Evening" though
without the overworldlineSS and
also the underworldliness of the
Hubbard part. THE Bachelor
Father" is a piece of machinery
put together like a watch and
clicking finely.
x X x
Having made study of the
Subtler mechanics of the stage
Mr.. Belasco etherializes from
time to time and proceeds as in
the case of Peter Grimm tC
metaphysical explorations. If the
play Nina" proves as interesting
as the literature based upon it
a new marvel will be shown, ever
more radical in departure from
accepted forms than Eugene
O'Neill'S Strange Interlude'
which starts at flve-thirty anc
utilizes a call for dinner as ont
of the incidents of climax in 9
highly dramatic evening. Nina
does not change the time sched'
ule, but develops mechanical
theme under the guidance OF tha
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Jack Connolly.
TACK CONNOIIY. Enron

TACK CONNOLLY. European director
for Fox Movietone News, last We'd
nesday, sailed back to his post in Paris,
but to be accurate it should be posts
for this former Washingtonian has
headquarters in Paris, London and
Berlin.
Mr.. Connolly's hurried trip to Wash
ington and New York was for two pur-
poses: A conference with CORTLAND
Smith, chief of the Movietone News
Service and with William Fox; to make
arrangements for the first recording of
an opening of Congress.
And Jack did 1t. He won his fame
as a doer of big and unusual things.
Evening star., 1928-12-09
Not What He Seems.

r OUIS WOLHEIM, well-known screen
H actor who plays racketeer in
Pathe's 1.-THE Shady Lady" looks like
an -prize-fghter. but in reality he
is one of the screens most polished
gentlemen.
His peculiarly pugnacious looking
nose is the result of an accident on the
foot ball field He was at one time
star fullback at Cornell.
While it was Lionel Barrymore who
enticed him to the stage. it was John
Barrymore who brought him into pic
lures. H.
Evening star., 1928-12-09

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