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The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Grabs Close to Washington

Prolonged drought Maryland Virginia and the District has
brought crabs up the Potomac River within few miles
and soft crabs have been caught in tributaries this side Of Fort
Washington and fishermen say they will get closer to
Washington unless there heavy rain to muddy the Potomac
in which case they will make hasty retreat.
At time in all the history of the Potomac has the river
been low There has been insufficient fresh waters hold
the salt water tides back and salt water pushing close this
city, bringing crabs and salt water fish with it,
Those who catching crabs between Washington and the
regular grabbing regions should remember that the laws Of
Virginia and Maryland severely punish those who take kill
Sponge female crabs the destruction of mother
crabs that at time ending the crab industry
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
True Story of "Dixie"
Remains to Be Written

Editor, Times: q .s
I have been reading with
much interest the various letters
relating to "Why Dixie is so
inspiring wherever and when
ever played" Would q lucid
Because it rs Dixie" answer
the question? But why the
acrimonious feeling expressed
in some Of these letters? Daniel
Decatur Emmett, the author,
was born and died in Mt. Yer
non, Ohio, in the North. Would
Dixie have been more inspira-
tional if it had been written in
Atlanta, Ca? Certainly not.
Both places are in the United
States, and that should be good
enough for anybody; in fact,
for ALL Of us.
Some of your correspondents
mentioned probably greater
American composers, but failed
to include two Of the greatest:
one from the NORTH, George
Cooper, born and died in New
York city; the other, will s.
Hays, from the SOUTH, born
and died in Louisville. George
Cooper was one Of the very few
who collaborated with Stephen
C.. Foster. He wrote literally
hundreds Of songs that had con.
siderable vogue, Sweet Gene
We've" being the most conspic-
uouS. Will s. Hays was equally
prolific; his "Mollie Darling"
is still being ordered in the
music stores.
] have been. dslYing for pixia
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

Of fuel to be carried against
many contingencies - leaking
pipes and reservoirs. defective
feed lines, the possibility Of be.
ing lost, the danger of head
winds causing delay, and many
other hazards. The difficulties
in raising the plane from the
ground at the takeoff are not
to be exaggerated. Valuable
lives have been lost at the
takeoff, and Lindbergh's flight
missed happening by the veri-
est hairs breadth.
The dangers and uncertain.
ties Of flight cannot be eXag-
gerated.
There is the terrible, binding
fog - impenetrable, mySterioul
and menacing.
There was nothing more
awe inspiring" wrote Chamber
lin and Levine: nothing more
uncanny on the entire trip than
the hours during which we
we're flying through dense mas
ses of fog, often absolutely un-
aware where we might. be or
what we might strike at the
next moment.
Fog in the daytime was bad
enough, but it was worse at
night, when we were roaring
along without seeing anything
except the blue flame from the
exhaust pipes, which you don't
; notice at all in the daylight"
And always the. menace of
sleet and snow, the ice forming
on the plane-threatening de-
scent and a watery grave. Sure:
ly these transatlantic aviators
fully deserve the title Of
knights of the air."
Copyright, 1880. International Feature
Service, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Where's Madagascar?
And Why?

police in Philadelphia forced to submit intelligence
test have protested against the catch questions contained
It. They had the States along the Mexican border
the River Nile.
One cop who failed to pass asks the examiners what the
big idea is He has been traffic duty quite while now
but no rotorist or pedestrian to him for directions
to the Mexican border Madagascar Mozambique or
the Nile And if they did, he says he would know what to
do with them.
Others will share the perpexity of this puzzled police
man. What earth have these questions got to do with
policing And, if So why?
Il seems to us the aggeved bluecoat shows considerably
more intelligence in protesting against the test than his ex
amners did in putting it. We hope he meets them trattic
uoste and they ask him the shortest way TO
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Movie Fan Discusses
The Musicians Strike

Editor, Times:
see by your paper that Wash
ington may soon be without
movies, all because OF q contract
clause and the unions.
Unions are undoubtedly a
good thing. They protect the
poor working man, who; by him.
self, would stand no chance
against big business. But when
they demand that no less than a
set number determined by them
shall be employed they are en-
croaching upon territory which
is unsafe.
After all, who knows how
many musicians a theater can
employ and still show a profit:
the owner, and only the owner.
The movie magnates are not
free from blame. They should
not attempt to replace music
from living musicians, with the
canned variety, but should sup
plement the first with the latter.
Robots are coming into popular
ity, it's true, and this is the me
chanical age, but actual flesh
and blood will never Succunnb
entirely to wires and records.
The two, employer on one
hand and employe on the other,
should arbitrate with the inten-
tion of giving in a bit to the
other. They both need each
other, and the public needs them
both, and the public must be
considered, for it supports the
moving picture industry as well
as the musicians.
If the places were to close
neither one would emerge victor,
while both would suffer. They
owe it to themselves and to the
public to do so, especially as the
real movie season is just start
ing. MOVIE FAN.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
1. What does the expression
"nee" mean?
2. OF what is an olive branch
considered an emblem?
3. What is meant by par
quetry?
4. What is salmagundi?
5, What does the expression
via" mean?
Match correctly:
6. decorum
melodiouS
Z. appreciation
weak
8. canorouS
8. feeble StoutnesS
approval
10. ernbonpoint
propriety
Fill each blank:
II. Weatherbeaten m e q ms
by exposure.
IL. Buffalo is a port on
Lake --.
13. Carbon dioxide extin-
guiShes -.
IL. Dejeuner means -.
Is. A fiance Is Q per.
son.
GAnsWeEs an Magazine Isga,l
The Washington times., 1930-08-27
Wants More Maryland
Political News

Editor, Times:
For weeks I have scanned
the Washington Times, my IA
vorite afternoon paper, for
news Of the political fight now
being staged in Montgomery
County. Old time residents
say they cannot remember the
day that the Lee faction were
forced to fight as they are do
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

data for a number Of years,
and some day I might give it to
the public. You will all be sur
prised to know that the true
story has never been written.
EDW. Leroy RICE.
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

Luring Of Mexicans
To U. s. Condemned
Editor, Times:
Your immigration article just
at hand revives memories Of
The Washington times., 1930-08-27

of the county. Why cannot The
Times tell us in its columns
ing this year to retain control
the true story Of the fight.
The papers here are biased Of
course. One is controlled by
Major e. Brooke Lee and that
condemns the other side. The
other is controlled by the anti
Lee faction and that gives only
its version. Come onl Let
The Times tell us what is what.
ROCKVILLE CITIZEN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Trade Review Takes Optimistic Tone As Autumn Season Opens

DIN were two girls doing Z sister act
CLANCY WAS struck with the charm,
and beauty Of one Of them. Hasel
Hastings. Soon the second comedian
and the pretty dancer were ntarrted.
Thai was q ..eaxs ego, and that mar
riage endured happily until the end
and was blessed witi,.a son. Creighton
CLANCY. who y now q successful
young lawyer.
Soon after marria"e. CLANCY and
his wife drifted to Los Angeles 10 totuf
q stock company. On the roal, it
went broke In Southern California,
Not having sufficient money 70 get to.
Chicago. CLANCY decided to take a
fling at the movies and GIT his first
job as an extra"
In the old blood-and- thunder two
reelers of that bygoue day he played
almost Every part-cowbUy, Indian,
hero and vtllain-but mostly. the
heavy" His first picture in which
he was given screen credit was a
blood-curdling thriller that went
GIRL"
CLANCY stu dreamed OF his CHAR
acter parts. For Z time he was q d.
rector. Gradually, Is his reputation
grew. he forced recognition and won.
His chance came. when George
Loane Tucker VAS making 1.-THE MIR
acle Man" with Thomas Meighan and
Betty compson 8 the starr. CLANCY
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

apparition straight out of a horrible
nightmare, that made millions OF
lnovie-goers shudder were the results
Of a lifetime of hard work In the twin
arts Of makeup and mimicry. And
their price was the self imposed tor
ture of cruel, but deity hidden, face
clamps that warped the features; OF
chemicals used to simulate hideous
scars; Of q milky glass eye, worn under
the lid, to feign the empty stare of
a blind man; or q tightly laced strait
jacket that bound his legs or his arms
behind him and made him look like
an armless or legless circus freak.
For CLANCY suffered for his art
literally. In The Hunchback of
Notre Dame" he wore a 60-pound me-
tallic jacket to twist his body into a
horrible shape; his face was so dis
torted with clamps, false teeth, putty,
wax and whatnot that he had to take
his lunch through a straw.
y X 4
Chaney's artistry of makeup was
acquired, but mimicry he came by
naturally.
AAAC oCO1y &OCS U0VA w wy AA
Colorado. Springs, COL. whose parents
were deaf muteS and whose mother
was an invalid. Being compelled to
use the sign language. he learned the
art Of pantolnime by talking with his
fingers. Soon he found that he could
do things-by enacting various expe-
riences at school, etc.-that would
make his sick mother laugh. Then he
began to tell her stories, not by read
ing to her but by acting what he had
read in books and magazines.
It was during this period he learned
the first elements in makeup.
X X \
The four children In the CLANCY
family-all Of whom were normal
were never really in poverty. but~it
was necessary for them ia. quit school
at an early age and 60 to work.
/. Lon, always q lover of the rough
outdoor. got his first job as q tour
list guide at Pixies Peak.
When he applied ut the Colorado
Springs opera house the manager
laugh at him. Undaunted, he took q
job as prop boy and began shifting
scenery. The actors fascinated him
and he watched them closely. spend
ing as much time in their dressing
rooms as they would permit.
About this time Richard Mansfield,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

the famous character actor Of q gen.
Grafton ago, stopped off at Colorado
Springs. On successive nights Mans
field played "Dr. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde" and Ivan, the Terrible"-and
the boy, watching with bated breath
from the wings, there pictured his own
future. He would be q character actor
like Mansfield-a great actor, q man
who could take or dozens of faces and
grip the interest Of his audience like
a steel wise.
BY this time his elder brother, John,
had got a job in the theater and his
father, thinking mi actor in the fam
lily was enough, shipped Lon of to
Denver to learn a trade as q paper
hanger.
One day the young paper hanger
received q telegram from his brother,
asking him to return to Colorado
Springs at once and play a small role
with a comic opera company he Ind
organized
And SO Lon CLANCY became an
actor. But it was not the kind Of
acting-the portrayal Of powerful
character roles-that he had set his
dreams upon.
Instead, he became q pink-tinted
chorus man, caperin around in coE1ic
operas and, In addition, attending to
the company's transportation prob
lens and properties. They barn
stormed for a while-and then went
broke.
Lon heard q musical comedy in
Chicago was looking for q dancer and
a second comedian. He got the Job,
but that company soon went broke on
the road and CLANCY borrowed $40
from a colored stage hand to get back
to Chicago.
Jobs were scarce. but CLANCY hung
on. He filled in as. an actor when
ever he could get a chance to play.
regardless OF the role, and at other
times worked as a stage hand. He
still held his card In the stage hands
uni0n-and continued to do so until
his death.
Lon finally drifted west with 4
vaudeville troupe. In San Francisco
he worked with. the Ferris Hartman
Opera company and then joined the
famous comedians. Kolb and Dill, Is
stage director and second comedian.
On the same bill with Kolb and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

was given the part Of Frog" the
SQu1rming cripple. Out OF sheer hid
eousness be made art: his success was
instantaneous, his future was assured
and his dreams fulfilled.
From then on, CLANCY played moth
Ing but character parts and sta<dom
MAS his.
1.-THE Man Of q Thousand Faces
had ut last turned his face toAthe
movies and achieved his goal. In life.
NEXT: Lon Chaney's early days
b the movies . /. . and how he suf-
feged ;phystcal tortures. for the sake
Of sorbe Of his most famous hideous
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Rom another woman. HI perform
pee Is intensely human AID convirc-

rum another woman. .1T PERFORM
pee Is intensely human AID convipc-
She is supported BY a cast Of or
mer stage favorites, including Olive
Tell, Lowell Sherman. Purnell Pratt
and Kenneth Thomson. :
There Il not q dull moment " TN
picture which tells an entertaining
story of,a cycle Of victims. The nus
band Is victtmized bv q siren; the
siren Is victimixed by a clever, lovabie
but INSCRIPTIONS man, admirably par
trayed by Lowell Sherman.
How he and the siren are finally
out-maneuvered by Miss Daniels, Is
the wife, makes q climax as unustia!
as 1t 1 worth seeing. A splendid
thread VI ironic humor runs through.
out the performance, both IN stu
and In dialogue.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
AT THE MOVIES
PARAMOUNT

"Aybody;A Woman" q new and
poignant story. from the pen Of the
well known author, Gouverneur Nor
ris, which Paramount has dramatized
the talking screen, unites those
talented and thoroughly delightful
players. Ruth Chatterton and Give
Brook, In their first co-starring pic
ture since "The Laughing Lady"
Imaginattvely directed by Dorothy
Arzner. the only woman director now
actively engaged in the making of
talking pictures, <.Anybody's Woman"
energies asa vital and daring picture
Of human emotions, one that reveals
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

All markets are o0lng Watcneo WIn
unusual attention now for possible
changes OF trend. and the steadier
conditions In hides are not passing
unnoticed. Although price declines
have not wholly disappeared. packers'
efforts to check the downward move-
ment appear to be meeting with more
success. and Q few advances actually
have occurred. No large turnover,
Is Q thorough test Of quotations. has
been witnessed. but II 10 considered
logical 70 assume that some improve
ment should occur next month. With
the same expectation prevailing In
the leather trade. thsre also Il .
slightly better undertone In that
quarter, even without any present
galn IN bu1tness, Results during the
summer soon To end were disappolnt.
tng 70 many Interests. but tbs needs
Of = new season are locked forward
70 - = stimulus 70 buying OF foot.
W~St
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
BY DAN THOMAS
MIA S~~~ws~> V~HY~sA-.A

Copyright, 1880, NEA Service, Inc.)
Hollywood, Sept. Lion CLANCY,
dead, is as much a mystery as was
Lon CLANCY, tsiive.
The star whom Hollywood never
really knew End the greatest char
acter actor III the history of motion
pictures has carried to the grave with
him his silent, retiring personality.
which was al battling as any Of the
weird roles he played in the films.
For no n m Hollywood, except for
= few-and q very few-intimate
friends, every 7 ally knew Lon CLANCY.
Unlike MOI movie idols, CLANCY
hated tho til seled life that most Of
them led. He made few public ap-
pearances, he attended practically no
brilliant "firt nights" he Stunned
gay parties, he wore heavy glasses rs
q disguise IT, protect himself from
hero-worship lers, he refused to dis
cuss his personal life with interview
ers. he was happily married, he lived
quietly with mis- falnily-and his art.
For Chanec, found greater pleasure
In DOMINIC rough clothes and fishing
for trout, with q pipe between his
teeth, in the solitude of q mountain
stream; in inkering with an anna
tours movie camera and developing
his own film just for the fun Of it;
In reading teavy books on penology,
which had q ade him an authority on
crime and It's prevention: in trailing,
like q shado.v. cripples and other de-
formed characters whom he encoun-
tered on thu street so that he might
watch them and observe the particu-
lar peculiark les Of q distorted limb, OF
. certain tgitching muscle, Or the
CLASSY stare " q blinded eye and thus
portray thes. human defects in some
weird chars cter In the films.
X \ X
The hideol is faces, like some terrible
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
Greatest Character
Actor Started Career AS Prop BOu|

Editors Note: This is the first
OF six daily stories on the life of
Lon CLANCY, the screens greatest
character actor. by Dan Thomas.
Hollywood correspondent of Trib-
une and MIA Service. In his
subsequent tories, Thomas will
tell more about this amazing actor
and his worl. in the hideous roles
that made him the movies great
est male dra wing card for years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02
CAPITOL THFATRE

!. Lawful Larceny" Radio Pictures
all-talkng drama at the Capitol
theatre, is q faithful adaptation of the
original New York stage success, and is
just as entertaining.
Bebe Daniels, the star, scores in
an entirely new role. that of a wife
who sets out to recover her husband
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-02

The hideols faces, like some terrible
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-31
WHO WANTS TO PAY MORE FOB GASOLINE?

The feeble effort now being made to assal as detrimental to the
interests of Montana, Senator Walsh's vote against the tariff on the
importation of crude oil, is like all their challenges of his good
Judgment. conceived in ignorance and bred in prejudice. 1t is a
specious argument; an out and out appeal to the minimizing and I'M
informed.
1t is obvious that there are more consumers of products of crude
oil in this state than there re producers, and that the same con
dition prevails in all of the other states of the Union. 1t is equally
obvious even to the most casual observer, that atruism is not the
governing principle of the commercial activities of the oil operator
and producer. He, like all the rest of u.s. is working to make money.
If it costs him more to produce his oil, the consumer is going to
pay him a proportonately higher price. If the demand for his product
is increased, due to increased consumption or decreased production,
he is going to exercise the normal, human and business-ike instinct
to make the consumer pay more for it.
Senator Walsh voted against the tariff ON crude oil When he
the greatest good to the greatest number. In other words, he was
taking into consideration the interests of the great mass OF the
people of Montana who are consumers of refined products; the extra
cents added by the proposed tariff to the price it costs JOIN Smith
to fill his fivver with gasoline.
The very purpose of a protective duty is to increase the price
or to prevent a decrease in the price of the domestic commodity.
The annual consumption of crude petroleum is approximately 900,
OOO 900 barrels. A duty of $1O0 per barrel would have the inevitable
result of increasing the value of the domestic product a like sum-,
and it would cost the refners annually, the tidy sum of $9OOOOOOO0
Who would pay this, eventually? The refners? That is what the
republicans try to make us believe. But we know that the refneFs
are far removed from any desire to play Santa Claus to that extent
Tohn Smith and the rest Of us pay it. And don't forget that a tariff
on crude of ten cents a barrel would mean S9OOOO,OOO that John
Smith and the rest of us would have to pay. dc W e want TO pay
more for gasoline that is already too high?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-31
WALSH OPPOSED HIGHER SUGAR

Senator Walsh voted against increasing the tariff On imported
sugar A higher tariff would mean a higher price to consumers.
His position on sugar was the same as it was o n crude oil, that
virtually everybody has to buy oil and sugar while only a few deal
in them. When the fight was on over the amendment to the sugar
tariff he summarized his argument, made on the floor of the Senate,
as follows:
ANY way, l repeat, I merely desired to state my own position with
respect to this matter. 1 could not, under these circumstances, think
of taking a dollar out of the pockets of the farmers of the State OF
Montana who raise wheat IT raise cattle, o. the miners who work in
the mines in Butte, for the purpose of swelling these very satisfactory
profits which have been made by the Great Western Sugar Co. Those
farmers and miners have no one to represent them except their repre-
sentatives upon this floor and upon the floor of the other House. The
sugar factories have had here a powerful lobby advocating their cause;
and nobody blames them for that They have contributed very nperaly
to the $4,000 which has been raised by the interests advocating this
increase in the duty, and they are here with representatives with
literature to establish their case. Unless we upon this moor speak III
the interest of the general consumer OF sugar In the State or montana
his voice is not heard at all.
81 felt that my duty would not be done unless laid these facts
before the Senate and indicated the reason why can not support this
amendment"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-31
Political Column
q q e Z q g q g q q q & q
F. A. SCH IDT

F. A. SCHMIDT
Independent candidate for Clerk
and Recorder of Roosevelt county.
Born in Philadelphia, Penn, in
1874. Resided in Iowa and South
Dakota before settling on land
near Volt, Montana, in 1915. Farm
ed a section to a section and a
half for ten years. Experienced
in real estate, insurance, banking
and general business. Married.
several sons and daughters who
received their education in the
schools of Montana.
Running in the INDEPENDENT
column on the election ballot, in
dependent of all parties and fac
tions. Competent to fill the office
and If elected will devote entire
time to the job and will not en-
gage in any other business.
Pledged to ECONOMY, ACCUR-
ACY, COURTESY and PROMPT
NESS.
VIII sincerely appreciate the
vote and support of all those who
see fit to favor his candidacy.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-10-31
a POINT I'M A PAGE

We hope Herald readers will give close attention to the paid
spread O page 8 of this issue. Possibly they will discover
the one insignificant point made in the whole batch OF extremely INN nml
For fear some of you cannot discover the peg m "hicn
the story hangs we will tell you.
Wheeler told the President he would not oppose Galen II ne Tres %s
idn+ ehouId annoint Galen to the United States Supreme bench. rms
vas was horribly inconsistent in Wheeler after he had opposed Galen
for a place on the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Here's the catch. There was some chance Judge Galen mlgm D
named TO the l. c. c. He was said to have strong backing. Bt hefe
was not even a remote, outside chance of the Montana JnSIce pSms
named for the U. S. Supreme court. Or of being confirmed Il ne
They check a man up rather closely for that jon.
Besides that, Senator Wheeler is not a candidate IN MS cam
naion Where is the argument against Senator Walsh?