\ Federation of Women'a
Clubs Ends Meeting
Federation Women’s Clubs
Hear Expert’s Plain Talk
250 ENTOMBED
Chicago George J. Kneeland did
some plain talking to delegates to the
BY EXPLOSION
General Federation of Women's club* j
Chicago The 12th biennial conven-
I tion of the General Federation of
j Women's club» passed Into history
in convention here.
Thursday night as one of the moat suc
Mr. Kneeland is director of the de
Biplane Explodes Bin Dirigible cessful ever held.
Aeronauts in Air Many Hours partment of investigation of the Amer-I Of Fifty Rescued Only Fourteen
lean Social Hygiene a»»o<-iation. Hia I
Features of the day were a protest
When Two Collide.
and Go Many Miles.
remark* were baited on statistic* |
Are Still Living.
against the indorsement of suffrage
gathered by his investigators.
He;
for women and a burst of giving which
found that a prolific source of supply ;
I (toured »20,000 in comparatively «mull
to commercialized vice comes from
Army OfHcrra Obey (inlrrt to ( on-
Of
Fourth
Kxcurúun
txost
in
Wild»
sums into the treasury of the federa
girls between the ages of 15 and 18 Disaster to Alberta/'otlierg Come»
duct Thriiut'litt aa in Actual
F'ore.t Reserve and Wander
Without Warning~and Cause
years, the dangerous age of the devel- j
tion and completed the endowment
Combat in the Air.
Aimle»»lu Five Dag».
opment of the »ex instinct, and that a ;
Cannot De Determined.
fund of »100,000.
startling minority of these come from j
When the women started out to get
home* other than those of poverty and I
ignorance.
Vienna Nine terribly burned and the fund they evolved a plan whereby
The National balloon race 1» over.
Mr. Kneeland'» agent* in the last | Lethbridge, Alberta — A terrific ex
mutilated Ixxliew, the splintered frag for »60 the giver may name some per
Catpain Walts, in th<> Kansas City
manta of an aeroplane and the rharre<l son or organisation to be listed on 111, won with a distance of between 75 year have gather«-«! complete histories plu»*®*1, coming without warning, Sat-
of 300 girls not yet professionally Im- urday entombed 250 miners employ«!
remnants of a big dirigible balloon are the honor memltership roll; »100 ad und HU miles.
moral, but well started on the down- ' in mine No. 20, of the Hillcrest Col
the mut»’ records of one of th»» most
Roy
Donaldson
and
Aide
Henderson,
mits to the roll of honor, anti »500 to
tragi»’ disasters since man learned to the founder's list.
who sailed away in the Springfield III, ward path.
lieries, Ltd. Of the 50 rescued, only
Contrary to the general impression
fly.
landed at Blue Lake, northeast of
14 were ^living.
Despite effort* of
Mrs.
I'erey
V.
Penny
packer,
the
•nd
the
reports
of
some
investigators
The catastrophe, which resulted in
I'ortland, a distance of 45 to 50 miles,
president,
started
things
with
an
elo
the
two-score
mine
expert*, laboring
that
a
majority
of
these
girls
were
th»’ <!« sth of all concern»’«!, followed a
pies for funds and New York and won second place.
feeble-minded or subnormal, Mr. Knee amid the ¡»isonous gases and debris,
mirni»* attack by th«' ueniplano on th«’ quent
Captain
Berry,
of
St.
Louie,
won
state resfatnded with a statement that
dirigible at a great height at the Aus- the women of that state hail completed third, arxl Captain Honeywell fourth. land said that the majority of the hope of rescuing alive the 200 men yet
Irian army maneuvers, and it served to
The four balloon» that started from girls were intelligent.
their share of the endowment with
"Some of them,” he assert«!, “come in the mine is waning.
show, rn«»rc than any previous accident »4700.
Portland
during the Rose Festival are
Other states followed suit an«l
At dusk a silent group of wives and
to flying inachincH has done, the hor several women paid for the distinction account«! for, their pilots and aides from such homes ax yours; some live j
ror« that would be likely to altenu»! for their husbands
are safe, either at home or on their at home in idleness and ease. We. mother» stood at the mouth of the
have letters from them showing1 mine which had been closed by the ex
aerial warfare.
Robert J. Burdette »¡Hike for way back to Eastern cities.
The dirigible military balloon Koert- the Mrs.
It was not until Wednesday, nearly marked intelligence and facility of plosion, still hopeful that rescue would
press:
expression. You will agree with me
ling left Fischamend, a market town
"My husband is a newspaperman," a week later, that the public generally they are typical American girls, i be made.
11 miles from Veinna.
She was in
breathed
a
sigh
of
relief
and
relatives
ctirnmand of Captain Johann Hau* she said. "My two sons are newspa- of Wilbur Henderson and Roy Donald daughters of respectable and prosper-1 The explosion, which occurred about
and I have ink on my thumbs. '
ous parents.
! 9 o’clock in the morning, shook the
wirth. At the lapse of half an hour a permen
1 will give »100 to place the press on son rendered thanks when the joyful
"But it is only fair to say that the countryside for miles, lifted the roofs
military aeroplane of the biplan»’ type, the honor list.”
news of their safety was announced.
majority are |>oor, coarse and ignorant,
w ith Lieutenant Flats and Lieutenant
The program committee under-esti- ' The news was flashed by telephone i with a wide knoweldge of evil and from many miners' cabins and demol-
lloosk alatard, starte»! in pursuit.
to
Portland
from
a
ranger's
hut,
in
the
i ¡shed numerous small buildings. A
mated the interest felt in the confer-
little conception of gotxi."
It was the intention of Captain ence
moment after the explosion, a score of
of the legislatutive committee wild and savage country to the east of
Hauswirth to take photographs of th»*,
panic-stricken surface workers rushed
the chairman of departments and Bull Ron reserve, that the two emaci
movements of troops ladow and then | and
ated
men,
almost
on
the
point
of
col-
' from the mine, followed by a dense
Alaska’s Greatest Mount
assigned it to a separate hall. The
to join in the maneuvers. At the ’ crowd wax so great here that the Fire lapne, had staggered towards hia door
of smoke and poisonous fumes.
in Alarming Eruption cloud
sain«’ time he was to keep out of rang«* department protested ««nd the auditor- I begging for food.
When the first rescue crew arrived a
of any of th«’ mompiito craft which ium, which was vacant for the after- 1 The three other balloons had licen
Seward, Alaska — A light fall of large force of men set about to clear
might seek to attack him. The new« noon, was taken and every seat was accounted for by the following Satur sulphur dust here Wednesday night the »haft. Thousands of tons of rock
had gone abr»m<l that something in th«* I filled.
day. When no news had come of the has caused the belief that Mount Kat had fallen into the mine and it is
nature of a sham aerial fight would (
last, the Springfield, the delay led to mai, the greatest volcano on the Alas feared that the men, even had they,
take place, and at K‘M*nigsl»« rg, the
general alarm, which gave place in the kan peninsula, 300 miles west of here, escaped death from the poisonous j
scene of the engagement, a big crow«! 1 Roosevelt Will Not Enter
minds of the majority of people to a IM
ti.rnin in omrdinn
is again
eruption.
I fumes, probably were crushed to death j
had gathered.
feeling that too much time had elapsed ' The fall of sulphur dust followed by the falling debris.
Fall
Political
Campaign
Quickly the smaller but much s|a*ed- '
for either of the two occupants to be j an unusually dark day, during which 1 No information as to what caused ■
ier craft overtook the big nriship.
Ixmdon - Colonel Theodore Roose- i alive.
the sky was overcast with heavy clouds the explosion has been obtained, but I
As might a wasp bent on attacking veil is suffering from an affection of
Each hour had lessened their' high in the air. Report» from Valdez ' it ¡» believed it was due to the form-'
»«»me durnay enemy, the acroplnn«»
chances, while the possibilities of find-1 »ay a severe earthquake was felt there ing of gasses.
circles! several times around the ba I- ; the larynx as a direct result of the ing them by search, remote at any but no seismic disturbance was noticed
Two trains filled with expert mine ;
l«M«n, now darting close to her, and hardships he endured in his recent time, bail been still further lessened here.
| workers, doctors, nurses and officiate '
then away.
by
the
various
rumors
and
fictitious
Brazilian trip, which will effectually
No report* from Kodiak or other! of railway» arrived and the work of |
Meanwhile the balloon continued to prevent him from taking part as an reports that the balloon had been seen points in the vicinity of Mount Kat- rescue was begun. As the rescue par- |
rise until it was ala>ut 1300 feet from
here, there and everywhere.
mai have been received, and whether | ties entered the mine they found, [
the ground. The aeroplane, at a still orator in the political campaign in the
This is why the telephone carried the volcano is in violent eruption or jumped in a chaotic mass, horses, tim
United
States
this
fall
and
compel
greater height, maneuvered until it
such welcome news.
The aeronauts has merely discharged a large volume bers, wagons and mining parapher
ap|M’ared to be nearly over the airship, j him to exercise the greatest care for were safe. No one knew definitely of sulphur-laden smoke is not known. nalia. the scene being]indicative of the
Then it made its descent. It was the . some months to come.
any more than that.
Two years ago last Thursday Mount force of the explosion.
evident intention of the pilot of the
"This is my answer to those who ' Then the search parties organized, Katmai burst forth in violent eruption,
aeroplane to take up a ¡MNiilion di-
by W. M. Davis, who immediately had covering Kodiak and adjacent islands
rvctly above th«* dirigible within strik wanted me to go into a campaign," ; telephoned the glad tidings, set out and the mainland within a radius of Buxine»» Interest “Lobby”
said
Colonel
Roosevelt
in
describing
ing distance, but, »»wing to a fatal
from their headquarters to go to Aims 100 miles of the volcano with a deep
Defied by\ President Wilson
miscalculation, either of the distance the condition of his throat. "If any and from there to Walkers' Prairie layer of volcanic ash.
Washington, D. C.—President Wil-
separating the two craft or of speed, one expected me to do so, I cannot to find the wanderers.
the n«»sv of the biplane struck the en now."
It is considered remarkable that,
i son came out Wednesday with a flat
The announcement of the ex-presi- with all the searchers at work, forest Eight Hours’ Hain Storm
velope of the airship and ripped it
I declaration that, despite what he char-
dent's disability was after he had paid rangers, deputy sheriffs, private citi
wide »»pen.
in
1
aris
Brings
Death
to
S
acterized as a deliberate campaign by
a
visit
to
Sir
St.
Clair
Thompson,
pro
tremendous explosion followed;
zen», dwellers in the neighborhood,
fessor
of
laryngology
and
physician
of
,
Baria
—
The
death
toll
from
Tues-
'
certain interests to bring about an ad-
the balloon burnt into flames, which
working almost night and day to find
envelope»] the biplane, and in a mo diseases of the nose and throat in them, these two men found themselves. day's tempest stands at eight. Eight journment of congress and post pone-
ment the wreckage began to drop, : Kings College hospital, a specialist Until they walked into the ranger's other persons as far as is known, have ment of the administration’s trust leg-
crashing at length like lead to the 1 whom he had consulted when he was cabin, not a [>crnon had seen them nor disappeared and 70 were injured islation program, he would use every
in Iamdon in 1910.
slope of a hill.
a word from them could have come to through the collapse of sections of the ' influence at his command to get the
—
The exertion of addressing the 1 any living soul unless there had been Baris streete.
pending bills through
Royal Geographical society recently a man station«'« practically on every
One
of
the
finest
quarters
of
Baris
this session,
Male Suffragist Pitched
brought about a culmination of the' five yards of ground.
can hardly be recognized, so extensive j Choosing his words carefully, the |
weaknesses
which
Colonel
Roosevelt
’
s
■
Into Lake by Crowd
The landing places and results of the was the wreckage caused by the storm. | President disclosed his belief that or-|
Police keep back the curious specta-[ ganized distribution of circular letters
I.«»n«lon
A nearby artificial lake I friends observed on his arrival in ' race are as follows:
gave a big crowd a unique opportunity London.
WatL« and Fawcett Winners with tors, for the wood pavement for yards | and telegrams among business men, I
It wax on account of throat trouble 1 a flight of 75 to 80 miles. Watts gets around the great cavities caused by : members of congress and other public
Sunday to vent its warth on sufTragist
interrupters of David Lloyd-(«e<»rgef I that ho insisted on x|M>aking in a small first prize. Land«! 9:20 Friday morn the flood undulates under the pressure , officials, calling for an adjournment of !
congress, a halt in the trust bills, an j
chancellor of the exchequer, who spoke ; hall instead of a large one in which ing 11 miles north of Cascadia, Linn of the moving earth undeneath.
Police, firemen, soldiers and laborers increase in freight rates for the rail
at Denmark Hill, in the south of lx>n- i the society had wished to hold the county.
<!on, but chivalrous discrimination was | meeting in order to accommodate the
Donaldson and Henderson—Winners are clearing away the debris in search roads and a “rest for business” was;
! responsible for what he recently de- i
employe»! as between the men an<! great number who had sought to ob of secorni honors with a flight of 45 of bodies, but the work is slow.
Public opinion has been aroused by ! scribed as *a "psychological depres- ,
women diaturbers, the women being tain seats.
miles, landing near Blue Lake, in Bull
the disaster and the press is unani sion.”
chase»l off the grounds and the men be
Run district, at 7 a. m. last Friday.
Threaten» Arrest of Carden.
ing ducked in the lake.
Berry and Morrison
Winners of mous in its attacks on the authorities,
The man who fared worst was a
Vena Cruz British subjects who third honors with flight of 27 miles. who, it is pointed out, have permitted WORLD’S POLO TITLE
clergyman, said to be a member of arrived here from Mexico City report Landed at 8 p. m., same day of flight, the capital to be honeycombed by sub
ways, electric, water and gas mains,
Sylvia I’ankhurst's East End army.
IS LOST BY AMERICA
ed a recent clash between President | near Clarkes, Clackamas county.
Undeterred by the fate that had be Huerta and Sir Lionel (’anion, the j Honeywell and Stewart — Last in without a semblance of supervision.
Westbury, L. I.—The .!•-national
Three additional caveins occurred at
fallen other disturtiers, h<» demand»*»! British minister. The dispute anise race, with 18-mile flight.
Landed
to know* why the government had not I over the advice volunteered by Sir j 7:30 p. m.. same day of flight, near the Rue Gluck, the Plance de Rome polo cup, emblematic oi the world's
! and at the Saint I.azare station and championship, will cross the ocean
given votes to women. The spectators 1 Lionel that the de facto president Beaver Creek. Clackamas county.
rushed and carried him off his feet and I should resign and leave the country | All four of the balloons landed in at the Place d'lena. At one of these , again. It was won here Wednesday
points a telephone junction box was j by the English team in the second
pitched him headlong into the lake, immediately.
The British minister i Oregon.
destroy«!, cutting off 3000 subscrib j game of the series with the United
from which, after frequent immcr , also offered General Huerta safe con
States, by a score of 4 to 2j.
ers.
•
«ions, h«* was rescued in a half-drowned | duct and a warship to take him and his ’
When the eighth and final period
Notorious Chinese Brigand
At Troyes lightning struck a mili
condition.
family to any port he might name.
opened the American four was leading
tary
tent,
killing
a
soldier
and
injuring
Escapes \Wi th 1000 Men several others.
Huerta is said to have become enraged
by a fraction of a point, but despite
Peace Mediaton Gain
and threatened to arrest Carden.
their desperate efforts they could not
Pekin—“White Wolf,” the notori
New Lease of Lite
better the advantage.
Each team
ous Chinese brigand, together with
Rebellion Mere "Rehearsal."
Fancg Trunk» Are Doomed.
1000 of hi* followers, broke through
Rome —■ Those responsible for the scored a goal in this period, but the
Niagara Fall», Ont.- Instead of ad
i defenders, in their anxiety to clinch
Detroit Freak tnmks. embellished the circle of regular troops which had
journing abruptly, as had been expect
revolutionary movement In Romagna, , the victory, transgressed the rules by
ed, the mediation proceeding« will l>e with cónica protuberances, slant sides surrounded him on Lily mountain, which includes the provinces of Bolo sharp crossing and’were penalized for
and unusual tops, soon may lie unpop- I 1000 miles to the south of Lanchow,
prolonged for perhaps another week.
gna. Ferrara. Ravenna, and Forli, now fouling.
The change was brought about as a ular among the best trunk society. since June 4.
“White Wolf,” after devastating declare that the event» of the past
result of the visit of Minister Noan, of The American association of General
week, now temporarily subsided, have
A Francoir Villon Born.
Argentina, to Washington, when' he Baggage agents opened its annual 1 the provinces of Nan and Shen Si, on only been a general rehearsal and that
London—Sylvia Pankhurst, accord- |
conferred with President Wilson and convention here with the avowed pur-1 June 4, attacked Tao Chow, in the ex the first presentation of the revolution
Secretary Bryan. Dr. Noan brought pose of taking concerted action to urge I treme south of Kan Su, and. after ary drama will be given soon and will ing to a statement, has^undertaken a |
back a spirit of optimism and some the Interstate commerce commission robbing the inhabitants, burned the "go" better.
The press generally hunger and thirst strike.» whether in >
new ideas which he imparted to the to consider a plan for the standardiza- I town to the ground. He and his fol reviewing the uprisings concludes that or out of prison, until Premier Asquith j
lowers
were
surrounded
afterward
by
tion
of
trunk»,
both
as
to
size
and
con
other conferees.
these were not due merely to excite consents to receive a suffragette depu
the regular troops.
The determination which seems to struction.
ment of the moment, but constituted tation. "If I were king. (I would not
have been reached is to to keep the
always be getting behind the wooden
a planned political revolution.
Turk»
Take
Bar
Step».
"Eugenic" Law Sustained.
mediation board from formal adjourn
wall of the wooden heads of my minis
Ixvndon — An Exchange Telegraph
Madison, Wis. - The Supreme court
ters,” said H. W. Nevinson, a war cor
ment.
______________
/5>U
Keep»
Ixing
Vigil.
upheld the so-called "eugenics law,” company’s dispatch from Constantino
respondent. “I have lost my respect
Tacoma, Wash.—Terror stricken, 8- for the king and think him a poor,
1‘anilc Denied Duet.
which had been held unconstitutional ple says a state of seige has been pro
unimaginative
San Quentin The state board of by a lower court in Milwaukee. The claimed by the Turkish govenment at year-old Stanley Gilmore stood a lone unadventurous and
death watch for eight hours Wednes
prison directors by a vote of 4 to 1 de eugenic marriage law requires male Smyrna, in Asia Minor, and along the day over the lifeless body of his 4- creature, too much like his relative,
applicants for marriage licenses to un
the emperor of Russia.”
nied the application for parole of dergo blood tests as to a condition to Dardanelles, to put a stop to the emi year-old brother, Hubert, who acci
gration
of
Greeks
in
Turkey.
The
Abraham Ruef, the former political granting of a license and was enacted
dentally shot himself while their par
Woman Swims 7 Mile».
question of the expulsion or forced mi ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Gilmore, of
Is»«« of San Francisco, who is serving by the last legislature.
gration
of
Greeks
from
Turkish
terri
Newport News, Va.—Miss Elizabeth
a 14-year term in the penitentiary as
Wilkeson, were in Tacoma. When the
tory has recently been the cause of mother and father returned home they Upton Mehehan, Saturday swam across
the result of a conviction in 1908 in
Fierce Tribe IH»per»ed.
sharp protests from the Greek govern found little Stanley lying on the floor Hampton Roads, thereby winning the
the so-called graft prosecution on a
Oudja, Morocco - Columns of French ment and a veiled threat of war. Both by the side of the bed, on which he distinction of being the first woman
charge of offering a bribe to a super
She swam
visor. According to the rules of the troops under General Baumgarten and Greece and Turkey are making prepar had lifted his brother, whom he found to accomplish the task.
Iwiartl Ruef’» application cannot come General Gourard, after four days of ations for armed conflict.
dead at noon. He was in a nervous from Pine Beach to Old Point, a dis
tance of seven miles, in two hours and
up again within one year, except on almost continuous fighting, have dis
collapse.
28 minutes, considered byjjexperts to
the recommendation of the warden or persed the fierce Riata tribe. The
Father of Duchess Sued.
troops burned the villages and kill«!
be splendid time.
a director’s motion to reconsider.
Sheep Die Mustcriouslg.
New York A siut for 1100,000 dam
and wounded hundreds of tribesmen. ages for alleged breach of promise has
Pendleton, Or.—About 400 sheep
The French lost 11 killed and 53 been brought against Eugene Zimmer running on the range in the mountains
Gila Monster Bites Man.
Vessel Thread» Canal.
•
Medford, Or. .lames King, a carni wounded.
Panama—The seagoing dredge Cule
man, of Cincinnati, father of the near Meacham, in the eastern part of
val snake charmer, was bitten by a
Duchess of Manchester, by Miss Icy Umatilla county, have died mysterious bra, a vessel of 3000 tons, has made a
20- Year Dill Advanced.
(iila monster Sunday night in the pres
Wareham, a dog fancier of this city, ly in the last few days, according to complete continuous trip through the
Washington, D. C. — It was an it was learned here. According to an reports received here by Al and Wil canal. The time required was about
ence of scores of women and chidren,
dozens of whom fainted.
King be nounced by the house leaders that the affidavit by Miss Wareham. reciting liam Slusher, who have a large flock nine hours. The prospect of the early
came hysterical and fell in a collapse 20-year reclamation extension bill the grounds for suit given in the com in that district. Al Slusher hurried to passage of large merchant vessels.
in the pit.
Attaches pried the rep which Western members are pushing plaint, the alleged promise to marry the mountains with a crew of men to Colonel Goethals says, depends on the
tile's jaws apart and rushed King to a for consideration will be brought be was made in thia city onor about De investigate. It is reported that the complete stoppage of the movement of
fore the house this week.
cember 20, last.
hospital. His life is despaired of.
sheep apparently died of poisioning. earth into the canal at Cuaracha.
I
FRANK DAYTON
Frank Dayton has been with a prom
inent motion picture producing com
pany for four years. Previous to hl*
joining the company, be was in "In Old
Kentucky,” for eight years, not con
secutively, but at different times. Hl*
theatrical engagement* have been long
ones. Before joining the "In Old Ken
tucky" company Mr. Dayton played in
the following companies under the
management of Charles Frohman :
"8henandoah." as Col. Kercheval
West; "Lost Paradise." aa Ralph
Standish; “The Girl I Left Behind
Me.” as Private Jone*, and Empire.
New York theater productlcna. Mr.
Dayiou plays heavy dramatic leads
and is especially adapted for modern
character type*.
DEPICTING
LIFE
OF
VILLA
Moving Picture Reels Make Hero of
the War Leader of Mexican Con
stitutionalists.
Here Is the general synopsis ot the
war n.’m entitled “The Life of Gen
eral Villa:" "Years ago Pancho Villa
was a young rancher living alone with
bis pretty young sister and doing welL
One day a young lieutenant of the
Mexican federal army came to that
locality with another young officer.
The lieutenant became smitten with
Villa s sister, and with the aid of his
companion abducted her and ruined
her. The sister, after telling her
brother, died and Villa journeyed to the
garrison town and killed the lieuten
ant. but tbe companion escaped. Villa
tben sold bis ranch and with a small
body of men escaped to the mountains,
vowing warfare on all mankind In re
venge for tbe death and ruin ot hia
sister. He became a bandit, and by
meeting and defeating other bandits
became tbe chief ot a great band, tbe
terror of tbe northern part ot Mexico.
He was particularly sore at tbe fed
eral government, and when the revolu
tion broke out be sided with tbe revo
lutionists and their leader. Sallying
forth from the mountains, he blew up
train loads ot federal» and met and de
feated every federal army that was
sent against him, captured town after
town and city after city. At tbe last
great and decisive battle be meets face
to face tbe federal officer who had as
sisted in tbe abduction ot his sister
and helped to start him on his road to
banditry and outlawry. He kills tbe
federal officer with his own hands on
tbe battlefield. The federate are de
feated and Villa is finally proclaimed
president of tbe republic of Mexico—
he who was once an outlaw with a
price upon bls head.“
War Theme of Many Reela.
War te turnishing the theme for
many motion picture reels row being
prepared. A company 1s at work on a
aeries ot scene» that show Uncle
Sam s soldier boys in every arm of the
service—infantry, cavalry, artillery
and the signal corps; in setting up ex
ercises. in making and breaking camp,
in drills and skirmishes, and in caval
ry tactics in which the troopers quite
outdo tbe feats of ordinary circus rid
ers. A reel will be devoted to tbe en
tralnment of all forces. Including ar
tillery, and their movements in the
field. In this latter detail will be
abown large bodies ot men. full bat
talions of cavalry, and batteries of ar
tillery up to the war standard, scout
ing. reconnoitering, making thetr way
over rough country, fording rivers;
in tact, all of tbe experiences that an
army In the field encounter*. Tbe
pictures were taken under tbe aus
pices of the United States war de
partment
New Comedy "Movie.*
Blanche Ring and the entire cast ot
"When Claudia Smiles," now playing
in New York, were filmed recently In
the "Why Is the Ocean So Near ths
tihore?" number. Later. Norma Phil
lips, "Our Mutual Girl.” tn a black
and white costume, danced the "Boys!
Boys! Boys" number with the male
chorus.
Favorite Actor Convalescent.
Little Bobby Connelly, who has been
sick with pneumonia for three weeks,
is reported to be convalescent He
will soon be seen in some new life
portrayals as Sonny Jim, which char
acter he has already made famous un
der the direction ot Tefft Johnson.
William Farnum Engaged.
William Farnum will be presented
In "The Redemption of David Coraoa."
by Charlea Frederic Uosa