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The Washington times., 1929-12-21
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20
SOLDIER dies
IN STAMPEDE
Walter c. BrunSon Is
TrampIed by Horses.

The body of Walter c. Brunson,
81, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Brunson, 2166 Sugar Grove avenue,
killed in the stampede of fifty
horses during artillery maneuvers
near Cheyenne, Wyo., Monday, was
en- route to this city today for burial
Three Indiana men were among
seven members of Battery A,
Seventy-sixth field artillery, that
were injured in the melee. They are:
Marvin w. Boyer, Newburg, Ind,
internal injuries.
Fillmore G. Lively, 20, Bloomfield,
Ind, head injuries.
August o. Shane, 81, Newburg,
Ind, head decorations and concus-
sion.
Brunson enlisted in the army two
years ago, and visited here last on
Christmas furlough in 1923. Burial
probably will be in Crown Hill ceme-
terry, members of the family said
today.
Surviving him, besides the par
ents, are two brothers, George and
Billy, and three sisters, Misses Mil
bred, Rachael and Mabel Brunson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20
CLIMBERS OF
PEAK RESCUED
FROM LEDGE
Companion of Man and
Wife Had HURLED to
Death Below.

BIZ United Press
ESTES PARKS Col, Aug. 90
After night and day of horror,
spent along narrow ledge of the
perpendicular east face of Longs
Peak near here, where third COM
panion, Charles w. Thiemeyer, g.,
of Denver, had hurtled 1900 feet to
his death Sunday, two expert noun
tain climbers were rescued by forest
rangers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Stacher Of
Boulder, Col, the two, we're near
exhaustion with cold and hunger
when the rangers dropped a rope
and dragged them TOO feet up to
the nearest place of safety.
Other rangers are searching the
great snowbeds at Chasm lake, 1890
feet below the top of the famous
14,000-foot peak, for Thiemeyer's
body.
Guides said there was only a
chance in a thousand that he lived.
Together the Stachers and THE
meyer had conquered many of Colo
radios lofty peaks, but never had
tried the ascent of the east face OF
Longs Peak.
This climb is regarded as one OF
the most dangerous in the world.
At places the mountain side is a
straight wall of rock rising thou
sands of feet.
Reaching Chimney Notch, cash
in the face of the east wall at 2
p. m. Thiemeyer climbed a precipice
a short distance ahead Of his COM
panions. A rope was tied about his
waist. He began looking for solid
rock to tie the rope so the Stachers
could pull themselves up.
Suddenly the StacherS saw THE
meyer slip on a stone. Stacher, hold
ing the lower end of the rope, braced
himself in the hope of stopping
Thiemeyer's fall and pulling him to
safety But the rope, burdened by
Thiemeyer's weight, whipped through
Stacher's hands, burning and cut
ting deep cash in each palm.
Thiemeyer swept on down the preci-
pice.
The Stachers cried for help, but
fog and clouds prevented the ranch
ers from locating them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20

Karl E. Voelter, former Indian
apolis flier, now sales promotion
manager Curtiss Flying Service, New
York City, who stopped in Indian
apolis Sunday en- route to st. Louis
to obtain a CurtiSs airplane entry
in the national air races at Cleve-
land.
Voelter, who served as manager
Of the Ambassador hotel and later
the Marott hotel before leaving In
dianapolis, will have charge of Cur
tiss activities during the air races
and show at Cleveland Aug. "a to
Sept. 2.
He managed the recent record
breaking sustained flight of Dale
Jackson and Forest O'Brine at st.
Louis in Curtiss Robin monoplane,
when Jackson and O'Brine remained
aloft more than 400 hours.
Voelter will stop here on his re-
turn from st. Louis and display his
racing plane at the CurtisS hangar
at the Curtiss-Mars Hill airport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20
CHILDREN, HUNG
BY WRISTS, ARE
BADLY BEATEN
Parents Are Sentenced to
Penitentiary for Cruel
Punishment.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
UNION CITY, N. j., Aug. 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Ihle have been
sentenced to the penitentiary for
hanging their three children by the
wrists and beating them with clubs.
Police Judge Alfred Moderelli tried
the couple and sentenced them
promptly Monday night after the
children, Dolph, 8; Emil Jr, z, and
Louis, 5, we're brought into court
with welts a quarter of an inch deep
in their wrists and bruises on their
bodies.
The boys said the punishment
began at 6 p. m. last Wednesday
and lasted until 1 q. m. Thursday.
Ropes were tied to door knob and
thrown over the door where they
we're bound to the boys wrist. Then
the ropes were pulled tight on the
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other side until the children,s feet

other side until the children,s feet
we're of the floor.
During the seven hours they were
suspended, the boys said their par
entS beat them frequently. Two of
the children had black eyes.
Edward A. Ransom Jr., secretary
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, said there have
been only two worse cases of cruelty
in my twenty-five years of expe-
rience with the society" He has
made arrangements to have the Or
ganization care for the boys while
the parents are in the pepitentiary.
lille was sentenced to serve one
year and his wife six months. In
their defense the Ihles said the boys
had stolen money from their mother
and spoken extensively to boarders
in the lille household.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20
$4,000 DAY
U. S. COST IN
FOREST FIRES
Use of Planes to Cut Ex-
pense Is Disputed by
Federal Officials.
BY MARTHA STRAYER
Times stan Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-Every
time the clock ticks off minute
Uncle Samuel spends more than $40
fighting forest fires.
Forest fires in government reser-
vations have cost the government
approximately half-n1illion dollars
since July l. not including salaries
Maid $500 patrolmen put on for tenn
porary duty during the forest fire
season. The daily expense is now
$4,000.
This could be cut down, says Ma
ior-GeneraI Amos Fries, retired
chief Of the army chemical warfare
service, by sprinkling chemicals
from airplanes.
Il could not, says the forest serv-
ice. department of agriculture.
The army has demonstrated that
such use Of airplanes is perfectly
practicable says General Fries.
Take carbon Observation-Disclosures
same chemical that is used in fire
extinguishers-and sprinkle 1t from
tanks slung under planes. Big army
bombers would be ideal for the job,
rs they could carry maximum load
and do not travel at high speed.
Big Fleets Needed
zone airplane wouldn't be worth
much but a fleet of twenty would.
One plane could cover a strip of ter
ritory a mile long and twenty feet
wide
THE planes would fly low-100 to
200 feet. They would be partic-
ularly valuable in brush fires, which
are a large part of the great western
forest Conf1agrations.
1.-The pilot or an assistant would
work the sprinkler, as the plane
travelled up to perhaps eighty miles
an hour. The effect would be ex-
actly like a sprinkling with rain but
the fire would not be eXtinguished
as it would be with water.
Fumes Of this fire eXtingaiShing
fluid choke the flames.
Says Chemicals Useless
1--WE have experimental with
chemicals and find them practically
useless with forest fires" an official
at the Forst Service said.
1.-THE reason is because they
uuench flames through fumes. The
fumes sink to the ground and ex-
tinguish ground fires, but they leave
the burning tree trunks, limbs, I'M
touched
mo better plan has been worked
out than the old fire line and back
fire system"
This system takes plenty of men
and plenty of work when the fire
has swept over miles of timber.
First a strip around the doomed
area, at a safe distance from the
flames, is cleared of trees. Then a
fire line is either dug or plowed in
the middle of the cleared space.
Next comes the backfire.
The flrehghters wait till night and
then set fire to the timber immedi-
ately inside of the cleared area.
They wait till night because fire
burns lower and is easier to handle
then.
When the main condagration,
roaring on, meets this backfire, it
has to stop. There's nothing to burn
beyond the backfire.
Then patrols finish the job, keep
ing watch to see that the fire keeps
behind the burned off f1reline and
cleared area.
During 1928, So per cent Of all
forest fires in government reserva-
tons we're kept within less than a
ten-mile area, according to the for
est service.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-20
SHAW'S NEW PLAY Is
ASSAILED BY CRITICS
Work Depicting King of England in
1862 Widely Discussed in Britain.

DU 1 HtteU FTGSS
LONDON, Aug. 20-London crit
les were at variance today as to the
merits of George Bernard Shaw'S
new play, "The Apple Cart" a work
depicting what is likely to happen
between the king of England and
the British cabinet in 1862.
Most critics minimized the force
fitness of the play, although agree
ing at the same time that it will be
one of the most widely discussed
productions of the current season.
Hammer Swaffer, one of the best
known critics in London, wrote that
''The Apple Cart" exposed Shaw "as
a man years behind the times. At
the age Of 70 he has nothing new to
say"
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
'4FEATHERS'IN
FINAL WEEK
AT MET"

-Four Feathers" Paramount's
spectacular tale OF the British
encounters in the Soudan, pro-
vides the locale and background
for an intensely interesting pic.
ture, beginning second weeks
showing at the Metropolitan Thea
ter.
Richard Arlen depicts the stellar
role with a freedom and versa.
tillty which makes the picture
an outstanding one OF It's type.
William Powell, Give Brook.
George Fawcett, Noah Beery and
Fay Wray lend excellent support.
Perhaps the outstanding feature
of -Four Feathers" 10 the re-
mBrkable photography. The jungle
scenes, taken by Cooper and
Schoedsack. are reminiscent OF
Chang" A bevy OF monkeys
hurtled into the river by a falling
bridge and an onrush of hippo
potami stampeding into the water
are marvellous. These two scenes
alone are OF sufficient merit to
make this production worth see
ing.
Pathe News surveys the worolds
important current happenings.
The pictures of the great inven.
tor, Thomas A. Edison, honored
at the golden light jubilee celebra-
ton at Dearborn, Mich, are ss-
pecially interesting. An AL Chris
tie comedy completes the bill.
H. K.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
GAYETY SHOW
IS BRIGHT
BURLESQUE

Joe Hurtig's "Bowery Bur.
lesuuers' were greeted by large
crowds at the Gayety Theater
yesterday. For many years a
great favorite with burlesque low
ers, this attraction still main.
tains a standard of all-round ex-
cellence. If good humor, light
music and graceful dance consti-
tutes real burlesque, then this
production is there from start to
finish.
Clyde Bates, a tramp comedian,
runs rioto in 100 lot of fool
ishness that kept the crowd in
fine humor. Bebe Almond sang
and danced with all the grace and
gayety that has ever marked her
offerings. Other oddities OF ex-
cellence were offered by Jim Hay
man, Abe Gore, Harry COnners,
Flo Heyman, Nan May and olive
Ward.
Two splendid numbers Of wit
and song are found in "A Night
in a Speak-easy" and Field Day
in Court" A snappy chorus of
youthful girlies embellish affairs
with sparkling bits Of song and
dance.
Manager Lake announces that at
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
matinees in the future beautiful
gifts will be distributed free TO
lucky women patrons.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
GLEANINGS
:AND
SCREENINGS
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

by ANDREW n, HElALcA
Jim Ring, of the Washington
newspaper Rings, who has been
the patient and willing pinch
hitter for this editors off mo-
ments, leaves the Fourth Estate
flat on Wednesday night to
labor henceforth in the vineyard
of statesmen.
Translated, this means Mr..
Ring goes to Capitol Hill to be-
come a trusted lieutenant on the
staff of Senator Capper, with
his particular duties defined as
clerk to the Senate District
Committee. Uncle Sam gains
an able employe and the Senate
personnel a talent that is ver-
satile. Mr.. Ring is one of the
theater's firmest friends. He
loves the movies, He finds
something worth while in every
drama and a decade Of first
nighting has not taken the
edge off a youthful enthusiasm.
The theater wins spokesman
in the Capitol lobbies and by
ways who will speak up for a
business that has furnished him
constant pleasure.
am assured that Mr.. Ring
will continue on the reviewing
staff of The Times. This knowl-
edge makes it a double pleasure
to congratulate both Senator
Capper and his new first aide.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
When Feature Is
Shown on Screen

FOx-Jack Holt and Ralph
Graves In Flight" At Ills
a. m,, 1877, 4:3s. 7,:2O and 1904
.. m.
KIETH'S-Betty Compson in
"Street Girl" At 1925, 1.27, 1929,
S.26, 1928 and $50 P. M.
PALACE-CIive Brooke in "The
Return of sherlock Holmes" At
IL, 2:S5. $40, 1885 and 9.55 p. m.
EARLE-C1ara Bow in 1.-THE
Saturday Night Kid" At 11:47,
1:5O. S:53. 5.37, $50 and 1853 p. m.
RTALTO-Ken May ard IN
"The Wagon Master" At 1859,
!, S:59, S, 1859 and 9:59 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson in
"The Trespasser." At 11.05, 1.07,
3:13, 5:1s, 7:25 and 9:31 p. m.
METROPOLITAN -Four
Feathers" with William Powell
and Richard ArIen. At 11:40, 1897,
$40. 5.37, 1877 and 9:37 p. m.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28

The Bow rebellion against negli.
geo drama seems to have brought
results. Instead OF spotlighting the
alluring curves of Paramounts
nrize flapper, the story OF The
Saturday Night Kid" concerns IT.
self more with Characterization
and the pictured incidents in the
romantic chapters of two depart.
men store sisters give the
rounded Clara a role OF genuine
appeal.
John V. A. WeaVer's stage play.
"Love 'Em and Leave EN-"
strengthened by some human and
breezy dialogue supplied by
George Abbott makes capital
screen diversion.
The two Barry girls work IN
Ginsbe"g's department store and
lead the ordinary hum-drum exist
ence Of the poorly paid. Mamie,
(played by Clara Bow ia always
content to play second fiddle to
her younger and weaker sister,
jamie. jamie borrows Mamie s
prettIes, jamie pliers Mamie's per-
fume, jamie makes Mamie do all
the work, jamie CANDLES with the
department stores welfare funds
and II il Mamie who takes the
blame and makes good the deficit.
jamie finally tries to take Mamie's
sweetheart, Bill, the department
store floor walker. Mamie Is re.
sentful but almost permits little
sister TO get away with this love
larceny. Finally she revolts
against this woody worm enforced
meekness. becomes for the mo-
ment hard boiled and slaps sister
down for we'll deserved punish
ment. Then, as usual, she gets
her man.
There is trace OF George
Kaufman's artistic satire in the
way Mr.. Weaver has harpooned
the department store inspirational
meeting. This scene Is helped
immensely by the sour looking
and efficient Edna May Oliver
who contributed a delicious piece
Of acting as the Ginsberg's per
sonal manager who wants tc
glorify the emporium with a stage
pageant.
Perhaps the best comedy is
projected when Clara Bow tempts
fortune with the bones. This is
funny crap game with the
flapper rolling the dice and
praying for enough 'naturals"
to keep her sister from disgrace.
How that child does talk to the
galloping cubes.
Jean Arthur has the unhappy
role Of the weak sister and
handles 1t neatly. James Hail.
about as wooden an actor as one
can find in the movies. walks
through the part Of fIoorwallier.
AS for La Bow. She remains the
tantaIizingly pretty flapper, fun
appealing. II you like Clara Bow
be sure to see her as Mamie
Barry.
The surrounding bill Of short
features Is a gem. There is
Eddie Miller in a short Vitaphone
in which he does Joe Cook,
but instead Of being four Hawai-
ians he Is a quartet. It's
camera trick but has some fine
barber shop melody. Taylor
Holmes proves he is one OF the hest
farceurs extant by a rollicking
piece OF acting in a cameo screen
farce in whCih he has the sssis-
tauce OF Carmel Myers and others.
A good news reel and some sooth-
ing strains in a Sweetheart"
medley completes program that
rates first class from start TO
finish.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
Al ALL ROUND
IS VERDICT
ON FOX

Much glory has covered the
deeds OF the Army and Navy
flIers in films, while the Marine
Corps has been left to the merry"
makings Of F'lagg and Quirt. and
now comes an epic OF the air
dedicated to the U. S. M. c., and
with appreciation to the entire
corps for the cooperation 1t gave
in the making of Flight" now
current at the Fox. Now. while
the Navy may control the Marine
Corps, any officer of the corps,
as we'll as the uns and mons, Will
click his heels in sharp salute and
say Marine, sir very emphatl-
cally, If accused Of being a Navy
man. And there is a difference;
ask any naval officer!
Flight" Is a story of the friend
ship of two men, one disgraCed
in the eyes of Young America for
q back-run in a famous football
game and the other a sergeant in
structer in the flying school of the
Marine Corps. Because OF the
kindness of the sergeant the boy
joins the service and goes to Pen
sacola with the cream of the
corps for flying instruction and is
there recognized as the boy who
let his squad in for a nationwide
"raZz" on that regrettable back
run! So, on the day he IS to SOLO
a taunt is thrown him about fly
ing backwards" as he takes off,
with the result that he grounds"
and the plane Is destroyed. Things
look rather bad for the boy, but
the sergeant still has faith in his
ability il he can make him pick
up his nerve, and when an order
comes for help from an outfit
stationed in Nicaragua, he asks
permission to take the boy along
as his mechanic and from that
moment things happen, for when
the squadron takes off at dawn,
the boy finds himself ordered as
observer with the man RESPONSE
BILE for his crash, the man whose
taunts had unnerved him. The boy
proves himself a man, worthy of
Marine wings and the fadeout is
consistent.
The picture Is exciting at times.
interesting at all times, and If
you are not thrilled at the thought
of men of this caIiber giving their
lives for your protection, then
Wen have to see what's to be
done about it! Jack Holt, Ralph
Graves and the Marine flying
corps comprise the cast, with Miss
Lila Lee holding the love interest.
With the entire cast lending It's
best efforts to the director, no
one person can be credited with
superior performance.
The stage. beautifully lighted
and extravag gantly set, offers
another OF the Marco
"ideas" that seem to have "Caught
on" so promisingly here, This one
Is called Thru the Gate" and
is presided over by John Irving
Fisher, who amuses himsef by
tossing nonsense over the foot
lights to Mr.. Brusiloff in the pit.
The spotlight catches Marvel, a
dancer attuned to vibrations;
Walter and Lenore, songsters;
Benny and Weston, eccentric tap
pers, and Lewis and Ames. whose
line of chatter is rather mis-
placed in so lovely n revue. The
Sunkist Ensemble is much in
evidence and do number OF
turns unusual for groups.
Mr.. Brusiloff and the concert
orchestra hold, with easy grace,
their reputation of Washington
finest" in presenting for this
weeks overture the immortal
"Tannhauser." The brasses were
especially effective and we'll timed,
Mr.. Brusiloff.
It's a great show and to miss
It is deprivation.-K. 7.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28


This reviewer caught street
Girl on Saturday night, when
1t was doing stand.up business.
Manager SHIELD, haggard from
overwork and lack of sleep on
his new job, was still packing in
the crowds at the last show of
the evening.
Maybe 1t was the opening of
a fayorits amusement place of
Washington that brought the
mobs, but the word that Street
Girl is q WOW will continue to
keep the lobby fun.
You wonder. mayhap, why the
tltla. It's like this: A four-pIece
orchestra, playing in a New York
heanery, Is a big success, but the
hoys don't know It. A pretty maid
OF far-off Aregon, not doing so
we'll in the big city, is picked up
by the quartet and given food,
drink and a place to sleep. She
turns out to be a swell violinlst,
and likewise good business
woman. Her business brains gets
the orchestra into a better restau-
rant and she becomes part of the
act,
She falls in love with the piano
player, and all Is going well un-
til one night when the prince
OF her native country drops into
r.
and kisses her on the forehead,
as princes will do. The piano
player sees red, and from then
on the picture moves swiftly to-
ward its big climax.
Betty Compson gives the title
role everything she has, which
is plenty-the only drawback
being that this writer doesn't like
a foreign accent. which Betty
adopts for this part; Jack Oakie
contributes a Eoodly number of
the laughs. Ned Sparks throws
in plenty Of rich, dry humor, but
1t is old Joe Cawthorn who
almost runs away with the play.
The talkies are going to see a lot
of old Joe, II he keeps up the
pace he set in street Girl
Johnny Harron and Ivan
Lebedeff do nicely in straight
roles, which are not nearly as
stereotyped as such parts usually
are. The photography. sound and
direction of Street Girl' are
flawless. It's a pleasure to recon.
mend this picture to everybody.
A trip on the "Broadway
Limited" is the subject Of an
extraordinary sound film, and the
newsreel completes the bill. Down
in the orchestra pit, with an
orchestra he calls the R-K-OlianS,
Is Freddy Clark. Keith's veteran
conductor, smiling from ear to
ear and apparently tickled to
death to be back at the. old stand.
i r.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
SUPER-SLE EUTH
FILM HER0AT
PALACE

Had It not been for wedding
1t Is doubtful II Sherlock Holmes
ever would have returned. Yet
because he was invited to such
a ceremony by his associate and
friend, DR.. Watson, the hero Of
A. Conan Doyle's famous detec-
tive stories was called upon to
solve one more murder mystery
before his actual retirement.
Arriving at the home OF the
groom Holmes finds the family
distracted by the sudden death
Of the young mans father. the
groom gone and every indication
Of a murder. DR.. Watson pre-.
walls upon Holmes to solve the
them to board steamer for
America.
On the ship Holmes discovers
that his old enemy. Moriarty,
again is at work and sets about
to trap him. Posing first as a
musician and then as a porter,
Holmes finds that the missing
bridegroom has heen captured and
held prisoner aboard the vessel.
lie Ia forced, however, to work
singlehanded because OF his in
ability to convince the ships
captain OF any wrongdoing on
the part OF any OF the crew. This
results in his discovery by Nor
iarty who seeks to kill Holmes
by a clever device containing a
poisonous alkaloid.
Holmes, however, illustrates
this plan by a method old to
sleuthing and in so doing causes
the death OF Moriarty, The bride
groom is released and plans are
at once set afoot for his mar
rage to DIR. Watson's daughter.
That, 1t would seem, ends The
Return of Sherlock Holmes"
The detective character is por-
trayed splendidIy by Give Brook.
Excellent support is given by a
little. .heraldcd cast.
On the Palace stage there is
presented a magical, musical re-
yue featuring Leon. the magician;
Earl La We're, a laughahle come.
dian; Mary and Bobby, fast-step-
ping duet; Olive May, clever in
genue: Walter Powell, a trick
trombone player, and the Fred
Evans Ensemble, all introduced
by AL Evans.
The Hearst Metrotone News and
an orchestra prelude, complete
the excellent Palace program.