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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1918)
THE I BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1918. ; , ThreeTike IB E RT Y LOAN HEADP ALL BUSY HERE ONSUNDA State Red Cross Headquarters - Moved to Farnam Build v ing; No Early Bond Sales. Sunday was not entirely a day of .' fest for the captains of the Liberty loan selling forces. They gathered at the Wead building at Eighteenth and Farnam at 9 a. m. and helped , move the state Red Cross headquar ters to the Farnam building at Thirteenth and Farnam. Thomas C. Byrne, state chairman of the Liberty loan, and Frank W. Judson, state director of the Red Cross, carried out the first desk. -Then the gang pitched in aiid made simr! ursflr ri 4clre rViair filintr cabinets, typewriting machines and Red Cross literature. Three hours later four large van loads of furni ture and fixtures were located in the new headquarters. a & l I great many v-Miiana caciulivcs developed muscle no one knew they nAtrtsiH Hnnnrt fnr hravv lift ing went to W. B. T. Belt and W. B. Tagg. The ribbons for bossing went to Harry Whitehouse and Bill Pixley. i Afraid of Precedent. "If my wife could see me now," laughed a prominent Umana business man, "she would keep me busy mov . ing furniture around the house. I don't mind moving stuff for the Red Cross, but I draw the line in my own portals." The pep and vim displayed by the iiocriy loan woijicis gives a iuh sight into what is going to happen when they can break loose on sell ing bonds. When the captains had time to converse the chief topic of discus sion was whether O. T. Eastman, Douglas county chairman, could hold his organization in leash until Monday, October 7. The plan of the fourth Liberty loan campaign, as laid down in Washington, was that no bonds were to be sold until Monday. Oc 'tober 7. Between September 28 and ; October 6 the main thing was to "whoop her up." No Early Sales. ' AW districts were asked to guar antee they would live up to the plan, and of course Omaha assented. So the workers were astounded when they picked up their Sunday papers and found Alaska had already gone across, that Illinois expected to go over on October 5, and that large -subscriptions had already been received in New York City. ' St. Louis 6tole a march on Omaha by securing for its campaign the 164th depot brigade band of Camp Funston. This was formerly the Sixth Nebraska infantry band and is " lead by Lieut. R. J. Webb, former ly president of the musician's union in Omaha. , . This week will not be as lively in Liberty loan circles as in most cities because of the Ak-Sar-Ben -festivities. Loan officials here con sider no parade necessary because the Ak-Sar-Ben electrical parade, "The Allies' Answer." is looked upon as the best sort of Liberty loan propaganda. May Use Omaha Floats. Frank R. Wilson, national publi city director ot tne liDeny iu4u, may send a man from Washington to see the parade. It has been sug gested that the Ak-Sar-Ben floats be commandeered by the govern ment and used throughout the United States in connection with the next loan. There will be a Liberty loan float in the Ak-Sar-Ben electrical parade Before the parade a flotilla ot whippet tanks will advertise the loan to the people who are waiting to see the big show. These whip pets Will be used in the day-light parade Thursday. Later in the week they will appear in South Omaha, Benson, Dundee and Florence. A Liberty loan parade will be put on Friday evening by the Jacob A. Riis league. All citizens of Danish descent are urged to be present. The parade will break up at the auditorium, where there will be a mass meeting addressed by Mayor Smith, Sophus F. Neble. Iter. V. i t t t.a1m nf spa trip. Hensen ana i. jr. Wash. The show will end with a war film. . Danes Meeting Here. The annual executive committee meeting of the Danish Brotherhood, a national organization with head quarters in Omaha, is in session this week and many Danes of national reputation will participate in the orogram. The order announces that R will make a $50,000 subscription to the fourth Liberty loan and asks permission to help build the Tower It t :v.... Omaha is taking on a Liberty loan .!r Sunday morning early pedes- : a. . u n A " Atrians found signs cuy stencilled aU along the sidewalk. The foundation of the 'Tower of Liberty" had assumed formidable ' proportions on the court house lawn. The traffic cops were holding in one hand a sign reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds." Many of the leading re tail windows had been dressed for the coming campaign. Returned Soldiers Talk. Two more returned soldiers have arrived and will be booked by R. A. ' Van Orsdel. They are Corporals HO. Maxwell and Karl C. Schrei ber. They will appear first in Oma ha and then will be sent into the state. Seven more sobers arrive today. The speakers committee s being besieged with telegraphic re quests from out in the state for re turned so'.dier speakers. Bainbridge Colby of the Shipping ; board, will make a Liberty loan ad dress at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday noon, October 10. Miss Ruth Farnam, the first American woman soldier in the war, appears in Omaha Sunday, October 13. A volunteer reporter is wanted for a week or ten days by Arthur Thomas, director of news publicity. Any man or woman with newspaper experience, who can give all or part of his or her time to Liberty loan work, i is asked to telephone Mr. Thomas at once at the Chamber of Commerce, - Briej City News Lighting Fixtures. Burgess-Granden Have Root Print It New Beacon 1'ress. i Dr. J. P. Lord, suite 830 City Na- ' onal Bank Bldg. Practice lesumed. ; Congressman Lobeck's office. .'17 Karbach Tlock. Phone tyler 3834. I Robbed of Cash J. K. Smith, 2323 1 South Thirteenth street, manager of . the Smith Lock and Manufacturing company, was robbed of $22 cash and a check of 35 cents on the carnival grounds Saturday night. Break Cash Register1 Burglars entered the Pioneer Glass and Paint company Saturday night, breaking Into the cash register and taking $10 and S4 in stamps. Police found a small bottle of nltro-glycerlne lying on the floor and believe there would have been an attempt to blow the safe, had not something occured to Interrupt the act. Fine fireplace goods at Sunderland's. State Council of Defense Endorses War Work Campaign The following letter from George Coupland of the state council of de fense to Executive Secretary L. C. Oberlies, indicates that the council is endorsing the United War Work campaign. After the Liberty loan, it is expected that all government activities will co-operate in mak ing this drive a success. "We have your letter of Septem ber 26, relative to the Unified War Work campaign. This council cer tainly will give you every assistance possible in making your contemplat ed drive a success. "We are heartily in sympathy with the combination of activities sug gested and believe that it is the most effective method of raising the needed funds., All of the activities named are doing splendid service and we feel sure that a generous support will be given by our Ne braska people. "I think that after the Liberty bond campaign is over it would be a very good thing for us to address the local county councils, asking for their co-operation with your local committees. We shall be glad to do this." University of Omaha Opens a Night School September 30 Something new has been intro duced into Omaha by the founding of a night university at the Univer sity of Omaha. Night grammar school and high school courses have ben offered to the people of this city, but this is the first time the ad vantage of a night university has been presented. The registration for courses be gan September 23 and school begins on the 30th of the month. In addi tion to the work at the university building Twenty-fourth and Pratt a few courses will be offered at the Council Bluffs library for those in that city. The following courses will be giv er if five or more register for them: Psychology, Latin, Spanish, French, bookkeeping, history, rhetoric, radio work, chemistry, short hand, type writing, mechanical drawing, alge bra, English, journalism, public speaking, playground tests and lit erature. More than 130 teachers have reg istered for the extension courses being prcsenetd on the afternoons of the week and all day Saturday. Legislation Held Up By Absence of Quorum Washington, Sept. 29. Frequent calls for a quorum in the house yes terday held up progress on the ad ministration emergency power bill. Four calls were made during the session with as many as 200 mem bers answering present, though most of the time but a small part of them were in their seats. Disturbed by the small attend ance, Representative Sims of Ten nessee, democrat in charge of the bill, called members to task for their absence from the chamber. His praise for the republicans for at tendance and for not seeking to de lay the measure led Representative Nicholls of South Carolina to in quire whether the Tennessee mem ber was making a democratic or a republican speech, which Mr. Sims answered by saying he was "mak ing's patriotic speech in the inter ests of the country." Masonic Funeral Sunday Afternoon for J. V. Hayward J. Verne Hayward, son of Mrs. George Hayward and brother of Ralph Hayward of the Sheridan Coal company, was buried yesterday afternoon at Forest Lawn ceme tery. Services were held at 2:30 under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. He was 28 years old, born in Omaha and lived here nearly all of his life. He had many acquaintances and friends in this city, particularly in railroad circles. He was in the employment of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail road and the Colorado Midland for many years and at the time of his death was purchasing agent for the Drake Realty Construction com pany. Liberty Loan Meeting At Auditorium Tonight All of the city churches will omit services this evening to permit their congregations to take part in the big Liberty loan mass meeting at the Auditorium. It is expected that the big build ing will be packed to its capacity and the chief part of the city's bond quota will be raised. The battle field news of the last few days has sent a wave of bubbling enthusiasm over the city, which will be reflected in the spirit of the big gathering tonight. Omaha Boy Dies at Camp Dodge of Spanish Influenza Herbert Hatz, stationed at Camp Dodge, la., died of Spanish influ enza Sunday evening. He is the son of G. J. Hatz, 1627 Binney street, and formerly was an employe of the Union Pacific headquarters. According to the telegram received by Mr. Hatz, his son had been ill only since last Tuesday. PUBLIC WORK TO BE REDUCED TO LOWEST MINIMUM State Engineer Johnson Noti fies County and Municipal Officers What is Ex pected of Them. AT THE THEATERS "The State Highway department is in receipt of bulletin No. 1, issued by the United States Highways council, the full text of which is in cluded in this communication. The bulletin is now in effect, and this department requests that you give its contents careful consideration to the end that the public interests shall be protected and served to the full est extent possible under existing conditions," says George E. John son, state engineer, in his communi cation to county boards, city coun cils, city and county engineers. "During the period of the war, the United States Highways council must have the co-operation of each State Highway department and the officers of the various municipalities in each state, to be able to take care of the essential domestic needs, the materials, transportation facilities, and funds, that may be spared above the requirements of the war activi ties. "The department requests that no advertisements for bids be made, and no new contracts let, involving the issuance of bonds, use of railway transportation, the use of coal or oil as fuel, the use of cement, brick, as phalt, oil, tar, crushed stone or steel, (also sand and gravel, where short age exists), until the project is sub mitted to this department. Cutting Out Public Work. "Bulletin No. 23, issued September 26, by Priorities commission, through the United States High ways council, says that contractors and others engaged in construction of street pavements and roadways, including bridges and culverts, now substantially underway, are author ized to continue such construction, and manufacturers and distributors of, and dealers in materials used in connection therewith, may continue to furnish same for construction work up to November 1, 1918. "All counties and municipalities contemplating the issuance of bonds for highway or street improvements, either for work yet to be done, or to refund indebtedness which may have been incurred, shall file a state ment of such proposed bond issue with this department at once. "Careful consideration should be given at once to the requirements for next year's work. This depart ment -nust prepare a program for submission to the United States Highways council for 1919 construc tion work, and the blanks have been forwarded to each county and municipality, together with request for statement of materials, transpor tation requirements, and funds se cured by bond issues. "It is highly important that atl essential work be outlined, as no projects not included in this state ment will be later approved except those of an emergency nature." Three Heads of Food Department Plan to Visit Omaha on Trip October 10 Omaha will be hon ored by a visit from three heads of the food admimstration, Washing ton. Gurdon W. Wattles, federal food administrator for Nebraska, Sunday received a wire from J. W. Hallowell. director of states organi zation, saying that he, Theodore Whitmarsh and R. W. Boyden would arrive in Omaha October 10 for a day's visit at the local office. The coming of these men assures important conferences during the day and Food Administrator Wat tles will arrange a suitable program for their stay. Mr. Boyden is director of the en forcement division of the United States organization, while Mr. Whitmarsh has charge of all whole sale activities and other matters re lating to the general distribution of foodstuffs. The officials are making a tour of the important food cities of the country, which includes the coast cities. "I am much pleased that we will have these men with us for a day," said Mr. Wattles. "It will provide an opportunity for, our business men to meet men who are in charge of important activities in Washing ton. It will also permit us to get clear ideas of many enforcement matters, which will be of interest to our business men. Omahans remem ber Mr. Hallowell, who created a favorable reputation during his visit here last spring." Metz Bombardment Getting on Nerves of People of Germany Amsterdam, Sept. 29. The Am erican bombardment of the fort resses of eMtz is getting on the norves of the German people. This is emphasized by a correspondent of the Rhenisch West Phalin Gagette of Essen who visited Metz on Thursday. When the bombardment of the fortress area started the inhabit ants of the city believed an air raid was in progress and took to the cellars. When the truth became known many persons left the city hut most of them now have return ed. Between September 22 and Sep tember 26 the correspondent says 4 shells fell in the outskirts of the city, where the forts are located, killing a few persons and doing dam age to property. Car Burned in Garage of Emerson Laundry The Emerson laundry, Twenty fourth and Paul streets, was slightly damaged early Sunday morning, when a blaze of unknown origin was discovered in the garage. A Ford touring car in the garage was burned The loss is estimated at about $2,000. I DERWENT HALL CAINE, in his new one-act play, "The Iron Hand," at the Orpheum yesterday, responded to curtain calls by stepping out of his role of Vic tor Lambotte and by speaking to Omaha people briefly as an in valided member of the British navy and the son of Hall Caine. Impassionately he stated that the enthusiastic manner in which Omaha received his little play indi cated that the heart of America is with the allies and that the fate of Belgium, as suggested in the play, would have been inflicted on other nations if the Iron hand of the Huns had not been restrained. Mr. Caine is an actor in his own right and does not capitalize on his father's fame. "The Iron Hand"" is a pow erful presentation of the Hohenzol lern ideas of military necessity, of "schrecklichkeit." It shows that "a German is a German and a Belgian is a Belgian," and that "liberty must go on." It also emphasizes the German policy of knowing neither mercy nor remorse in gaining mili tary ends. The play is founded on the kaiser's speech to the Potsdam recruits: "Children of my guard, you are now my soldiers mine, body and soull You have sworn to obey all of my commands. From this day on you must know but one enemy, and that enemy is my en emy. And if I command you some day to fire upon your own relatives your fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers, perhaps remember your oath, and obey." Supporting Mr. Caine are J. J. Mulrey, Theodore Kerwell, Carl Dietz, Frank Johnston, Robert Whitehouse, J. B. Rorke, Lillian Paige and Frances Stamford. Mr. Deitz, as Captain von Muller of the German army, incurs the hatred of all through his dramatic interpreta tion of the overbearing manners of the German military. The scene is laid in Belgium, in a chateau which has been invaded by the Huns. The loyalty of the Belgians even in cap tivity is forcefully depicted in con trast to the atrocious methods of the "iron hand." The play is one of the best of its class that has been offered in this vaudeville house. Moran and Mack, "Two Black Crows," keep their audiences in continuous merriment with a lot of nonsensical chatter. Tina Lerner, Russian pianist, is a musician of un usual ability and she has a personal charm which adds to her accom plishment. Ivan Bankhoff and com panion dancers in "The Dancing Master," are worthy exponents of Terpischore. Their act is above the ordinary. Equilli brothers are marvels of physical development. Lowell R. Drew and Vesta Wallace offer a skit entitled "At the Soda Fountain," which is for fun only. Val Yda of fers a vocal repertoire in various voices. The official weekly allied war review shows interesting scenes along the western front, "The Ladies From Hell," arousing hearty applause as they march along. The Orpheum travel weekly is another interesting screen presentation. Fiske O'Hara Still Sings. Irish love-making and good sing ing make Fiske O'Hara's vehicle, "Marry In Haste," a thoroughly en joyable bit of romance, and a big audience at the Brandeis theater Sunday night gave it an eager wel come. O'Hara's acting is natural and his voice might almost be called won derful. His tones are deep and clear and, someway, he sort o' sends the sentimental little messages of his songs to the hearts of his audience. He sings four songs during the per formance, "That's the Kind of a Girl for Me," "Peggy McVey," "I'm Falling in Love With You, Dear" and "There's a Chartn of Dear Old Ireland in Your Eyes." The plot affords funny situations; Lord Richard Leigh (Fiske O'Hara) is a bachelor and enjoys it. His father insists that he marry and so he makes up his mind to marry the first girl he meets. It happens to be a Freich maid. The fun starts after the marriage and the audience is kept chuckling at the episodes. At last, "like all true Irishmen," Lord Richard falls in love and, al though he admits that he "feels aw fully foolish," the play ends hap- l'i'y- , , Patricia Clary plays the part of Lady Peggy McVey and is charm ing in her role of a witty and some what saucy "maid ot old Erin." Ger trude Ritchie as Lady Evelyn O'Conner captivates the audience by natural acting and a pleasing voice. Both women appear in beautiful styles of the 18th century and the quaint costumes add much in mak ing the play effective. The support ing cast includes Mary Louise Mat lov Laurette Allen. Robert Russell. T.'P. Sullivan, W. T. Sheehan, J. E. Miller and Dean Reed. Empress Goes in for Variety. A particularly diversified program is offered at the Empress theater for the starting of Ak-Sar-Ben. As a headliner. "Cheo San," a miniature comic opera with 10 people partici natine. eives a merry tinge of mer riment and music. Billy DeWitt and Mabelle Gunther co-star in a comedy skit, "Baby Eyes and Baby S:ze," which Sunday's audience re ceived with great applause. Cora I Greve. in a renertoire of high-class i musical selections, and the Wille Brothers, acrobatic artists, close the vaudeville program. Jane and Katherine Lee in "Swat the Spy," a sparkling Fox comedy-drama, is the ; feature on the photoplay bill. i Musical Show at Gayety. The Gayety is offering the only, musical show in town Ak-Sar-Ben week. The attraction is Al Reeves and his big Beauty Show, and seats should go for a premium. Matinee daily all week On parade days and nights the curtain rises after the pageants pass the Gayety. Civilians May Now Get Into Army Air Service Notice comes from Washington that from now on civilians will be commissioned for balloon, airplane and other branches of the air serv ice. Application may be may to the Aviation Examing board, Min neapolis. Applicants for the tal'oon service must he 18 to 45 and airplane men, i 18 to 30 years old. GERMANS WOULD SPREAD DISCORD AM0NG8ELGIANS Propaganda of Governor Gen eral Von Bissing Fails to Bring About Results Expected. One of the most carefully con sidered, insidious, and yet wholly unsuccessful methods adopted by the Germans to secure permanent control of Belgium has been the fo menting of hatred between the two races which inhabit the country so that one of them may be glad to rely on German support in order to secure ascendency. , The approximately 8,000,000 in habitants of Belgium are about equally divided between Flemings and Wallons with a slight predom inance of the former in numbers. The dividing line runs from Ypres through Brussels to the Dutch bor der, the people living north of it being Flemings who speak Flemish, a language very closely akin to Dutch, and the people who live south of it being Wallons who speak French. Most of the agri cultural population is in Flanders; most of the industrial population is found among the Wallons. French is the language of the cultured and the wealthy so that although few Wallons speak Flemish, many Flem ish speak French. Despite the differ ence in language, however, the two peoples lived in unity and content ment because the two languages were legally upon an equality in the legislature, the courts and the schools. To Provoke III Feeling. As soon as the Germans were well established in Belgium, Governor General von Bissing founded the "Vlamisches Buro" which has since been one of the most active depart ments of the German administra tion. German specialists in philo ology and ethnography flooded the neutral press with inspired state ments pretending to show that Bel gium was deeply divided between two opposing factions and insisting upon the urgent need of German control in order to settle the Flem ish problem. The Germans fol lowed up this propaganda with three measures designed to deelop per manent animosity between the two peoples. They have been unsuc cessful in all of them. The first and simplest, and the one in which they expected an immedi ate and favorable response from the Flemings, was the university prob lem. The authorities of the four universities had kept them shut after the German invasion despite the insistance of the German ad ministration that they open. Professors Deported. In December 1915 notice was given that the administration would open Ghent university and that Flemish would be the sole language of instruction. To the amazement of the Germans the most vigorous protestants to the measure were the Flemish themselves led by Pro fessor Paul Fredericq. For this activity he and Professor Henri Pirenne, another eminent profes sor of history at Ghent were de ported on March 18, 1916 to prison camps in Germany where they were brutally treated. This did not pre vent their colleagues from making an emphatic protest. The University of Ghent was opened with seven professors, one German, one Dutch and five Bel gians, all men of no distinction. In addition there were a dozen teachers of minor rank, chiefly Ger man and Dutch. As was to be ex pected, the university was boycot ted. At the beginning of 1917, it contained but 138 students of whom only a small number were following rc ular courses. Practically all of them had entered the university to avoid deportation and forced labor behind the front. Two Capitals for Belgium. The second method adopted by the Germans to attain their aim was the division of Belgium March 21, 1917 into two administrative areas, one Flemish with Brussels as the capitol, the other Wallon with Na mur as the capitoL this despite the fact that the majority of the people of Brussels speak French. In the Flemish area the two lan guages were no longer to be on a legal equality. All official corre spondence was to be in Flemish. The courts were to hold their ses sions in Flemish and instruction in all schools and educational institu tions was to be in Flemish. This action led to the most pro found resentment. Almost the en? tire Belgian judiciary resigned and were followed by many civil offi cials who preferred to give up their liyilihood rather than assist in the dismemberment of their country. Many were arrested and deported to Germany. Over five hundred members of the bar signed a peti tion against the decree of partition to which were also appended the signatures of all former senators and deputies still in Belgium, the most prominent Flemish leaders and members of municipal councils. When Cardinal Mercier wrote to the governor general that under international law an invaded coun try continued to carry on its activ ities under native forms and meth ods of administration, he received an answer that the subject vas not one for discussion. The third measure adopted by the Germans was to establish a Council of Flanders, whose duty was to cre ate an autonomous state out of the Flemish-speaking portion of Bel gium. The council was composed of thirty members, selected from the very small group of copper head Belgians known as activists. These renegades sent a deputation to Berlin with the request that the division of their native land be put into effect. The council and the activists generally who are con temptible in number and composi tion are hated by all the Belsrans. insulted, hissed at, and mobbed at every opportunity. Their lives would not be worth a centime but for German police protection. They are very "active" holding meetings and processions which are very pro vocative of disorder. February 9, 1918 the chief juctice and two asso ciate judges of the court of anneals at Brussels were arrested and de ported to Germany for instituting proceedings against the activists, j Carnival Sidelights The educated flees for instance. The ones in the sideshow, I mean, that hop through hoops and dance and everything. Two men were standing outside having just come from watching them perform. One wore a rather startled look. "Do you think them is really edu cated fleas?" asked his companion. "I'm almost sure of it," answered the startled one. "I've already missed a five-spot 1" Saturday afternoon some of the artists with the shows were making the rounds on a visiting tour. They were looking at the tall man the boy who is more than eight feet high and weighs 290 pounds. "What do you think," said on of the artists. "Did you know the lit tle midget over in our show was born in the same town as him? They used to go to school together." "Gee I" exclaimed a spectator as he turned to go "I wish I knew the name of that town." "La La Hoo-la; half-man, half woman," yelled the announcer. So they went in the girl and .he boy, both from the country. As usual he took off his hat as soon as he en tered the tent, which aggravated her because it spotted him for a rube. They walked slowly around La La Hoo-la's pen. Suddenly she said: "You can put on your hat now, dear." "Eh, what?" he stammered. "Why is that?" "Because we're on the man-side, now I" she lisped. The announcer at the Liberty show has a very alluring way of put ting his significant phrases. "Now understand, people, these young la dies are giving a regular show, of course if ..our religious belief inter feres don't go in, but if you can go in why, well-it's SOME SHOW. A spectator with chin whiskers, and eyes glued to the "second from the end," jammed his hand in his pocket and started for the ticket seller. "Ezra, Ezra," screamed his hor rified wife, "we ain't going in THERE, be we?" "We sure are," said Ezra handing up his money. "I ain't going to have anybody say I'm a conscien tious objector. TIASmtfTGom FILMLAND PHOTO PlAY OFFERING J. FOR TODAY" On the Screen Today RIAI.TO FEED STONE in "THE GOAT." STRAND "CRASHING THROUGH TO BERLIN." SIN ETHEL CLATTON la "A SOUL WITHOUT WINDOWS." MISB NAZIMOVA In "TOTS OF FATE." EMPRESS J ANK and KATHERINE LEE In "SWAT THE SPY." LOTHROP 24th and Lothrop ALICE BRADY In , "THE DEATH DANCE." KOHLFF 2669 Leavenworth WIL LIAM DESMOND In "SOCIETY FOB SALE." GRAND 16th and Binney MARY PICKFORD In "M'LISS." ORPHEUM South Side HARRY MESTAYER In "HIGH TIDE." MARYXAND 13th and Pine ALICE BRADY In "A WOMAN ALONE." APOMO 29th and Leavenworth CONSTANCE TALMADGE in "GOOD NIGHT, PAUL." SCENARIO writers have pre pared for Theda Bara a new version of thee story of Salome, that the famous "vampire" may have another opportunity of dis playing her capacity for illuminat ing evil passions. In this tale Salome appears as a woman of ma ture judgment, ambitious, unscru pulous and cruel. Not one redeem ing trait does she disclose; not one act of kindness is shown to her credit. Misery, death, destruction follow her path as on that of the German army. And all the shocking events of her wicked career are set in an environment of oriental luxury and opulence. The photography is perfect, the staging elaborate, show ing a splendid conception of detail as to the palace in which Herod and his lewd court held unseemly revels. Contrasting strongly against this is the background in which John the Baptist is shown truly a wilder ness, uninviting and forbidding. Here is a truly worthy work of imagination, preserved for the spectator by the art of the photo grapher. Spectacular touches are added by the clever employment of trick photography, such as the sign from heaven, when John is trans figured, the cross he raises glowing Twenty-Eight Autoists to Appear in Court Today Twenty-eight autoists will appear before Police Judge Fitzgerald this morning to answer charges of traf fic violations. They are classified on the police docket as fo'lows: For violation of parking rules, 18; speeding, 7; obstruction of fire hy drants, 7. Cash Register Rifled. Thieves rifled the cash register of the Pioneer Glass and Paint com pany, 1323 Harney street, Saturday night, getting $10 in silver and be tween $3 and $4 in postage stamps. They also ransacked many of the desks in the office. Investigation showed that an attempt had been made to blow the safe, as the cracks were found to be already "soaped." Two Cars Stolen. W. G. Shriver, 1902 North Twenty-fifth street, today is bemoaning the loss of his Ford car, which he reported to police was stolen from his garage late Saturday night. W. M. Lana, 525 Park avenue, also re ports that sometime during the last 48 hours, his Buick Six touring car had also disappeared. AK-SAR-BEN VISITORS , ATTENTION! Don't fail to see the "Briar Rose" Crochet Work. On display in the win dow of Burgess-Nash Co. store. The third book. Novelty Number, Vol. 8, just out. On sale at the various Art Needlework Department!! in the city. GO AFTER THE TRADE through a well lighted window display. Mazda lamps of all descriptions are sold by NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY PHOTOPLAYS. with celestial light, while a thunder bolt destroys the heroic statue of Jupiter. The great mob scene, where the people fought unarmed abainst the Roman soldiers, and the finale, showing the revelers fleeing from the palace in dread of the divine wrath as a thunderstorm rocks the place, are excellent. The acting is just what may be looked for in pictures, pantomine that may or may not give the impression de sired, although the titles are so worded as to lead the thought. Theda Bara may still hold her eminence as a super-vampire, but Sarah Bernhardt's place as an ac tress still is secure. "Crashing Through to Berlin," a wonderful story of the great world war, created on the basis of actual facts, is the film attraction at the Strand all this week. Several scenes in the offering depict faith fully occurrences on the western front in Europe. In addition there is a James Montgomery Flagg comedy, "The Romance of Brass Tacks," and the Pathe news. Another musical comedy favorite in filmland. This time it's Fred Stone, who is appearing at the Rialto theater in his first photoplay production, "The Goat," He plays the part of a janitor around a mov ing picture studio and his antics produce a veritable avalanche of laughter. The official government war pictures and a comedy are also on the bill. Ethel Clayton, appearing at the Sun, in "A Soul Without Windows," portrays the strongest part in which she has appeared while with this company. The story is of a little girl of the Shaker colony, who has inherited a love for music. It is throughher music that she finds love and happiness. Tuesday will be seen Sessue Hayakawa in'The Honorof His House." Mme. Nazimova in "Toys of Fate," on the screen at the Muse, plays a brilliant role that brings back to memory her appearance in this part on the speaking stage. The production has been well handled and the famous star receives ex cellent support from her company. PHOTOPLAYS. ETHEL CLAYTON -m- "A Soul Without Windows" Tuesday SESSUE HAYAKAWA BOYD'S TODAY ALL WEEK TWICE DAILY 2:30 8:20 Two Shows Wednesday Evening . 5000 People 2800 Animals 6 Months in the Making More Than a MILLION in Money THEDA BARA AT HER VERY BEST That's Salome " t MATINEE PRICES SAME AS NIIE LOTHROP uth"p ALICE BRADY in "THE DEATH DANCE." FATTY ARBUCKLE in "MOONSHINE." teSgSS 3 'n II "CRASHING THROUGH TO BERLIN" Goat uiDDons, inree iiinebw Wounded in France Tells of the Thrifts c - , Chicago. Sept. 29. (Special Tele gram.) Floyd Gibbons, American war correspondent three times ! wounded while on the western front in the pursuit of his duty, received a rousing welcome from an immense gathering twice today in the Chicago auditorium, where he gave his nar rative of the war. It was from "legwork" as a Chl; cago reporter that Gibbons war ; taken just before the United States went into the war to go to Europe. Less than 10 days after he left the city he sent his historic account from Queenstown of the torpedoeing of the Laconia, the liner he selected for the trip, in preference to sailing on the "safe conduct" boat whicn took von Berinstorf home to Hun land. With the socket of the lost eye bandaged and an arm in a sling Gibbons, smiling and e asy, held his audience with the most remarkable and original discourse which has yet come out of the war from a first hand observer. His was not a set speech, or formal address, but a seemingly casual account of things he had seen and events through which he had lived. He appeared to be permitting the mood of his aud ience to sway him from one point to another and alternated episodes . that evoked gales of laughter witb instances that hushed the throngs. The audience tonight repeatedly! cheered him as he told, first of the heroic conduct of passengers and crew on the doomed Laconia and next of the style in which the marine ; corps carried itself to victory in the fight at Chateau Thierry. He started at 8:30 o'clock, planning to finish at 10:15, but it was 11:15 be- ' fore the dilightcd. instructed, laugh. V ing cheering audience permitted him . to bo from the stasre. More than . 6,000 persons heard him in the two addresses. AMCSFMENTS. JJRANDEie THEATER u TriVIPUT All This Week. Augustus Pitou Presents FISKE O'HARA In the New Romantic Farce "Marry in Haste" By Anna Nichols HEAR O'HARA'S NEW SONGS ' Mats. 25c to $1. Nights 25c to 1J0 ComingntE- Brandeis D. Hearts World Night W. Griffith's Supreme Triumph of The Greatest' k vent of the Season PRICES: '' Nights 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. Daily Matinees 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Vaudeville and Photo Plays. CHEO SAN Miniature Comic Opera. CORA GREVE " PRIMA DONNA DE WITT & GUNTHER Baby Eyes and Baby Size. WILLE BROS. ' Art of Equilibriam. Jane ind Katherine LEE in "SWAT THE FLY !, SUPERIOR VAUDEVILLE Matinee Daily, 2:13 Night. Silt AK-SAR-BEN WEEK , . MORAN MACKI DERWENT HALL CAINE I 7JN L " J 1 1 Ivas Btnkorf 4 Ce.; fullll Bro..; Official Weekly AHUd WirWB?ej Orpheum Traml Wxkly. Prlcei: MatlnMi, 10c. 2Se V toe. Bexet Stalli, SOo and 75c: Nlohta, 10. 250, 0e 4 JSa, Boxh and Stalls. 11.00. Few 11.00 Suaday. BRILLIANT MUSICAL BURLESQUE Twice Daily Mai. Today Final Performance Friday Nite SECOND. BUJ ONLY TO AK T SAR-BEN ITSELF Purposely Booked for Carnival Wee) 4,M r n -give OLD pM II ME finrrm PAL" REEVES 3IG BEAUTY SilOlV Fits the Spirit of Ak-Sar-Ben as Closely as Paper on a Wall ilouncy, Bouncy Beauty Chorus lr Readnr: No Ak-Bar-Bm werk would be eom plate without tot finlh!n Unwhetaf auprema Jot rumlthad enU by the Gar, ety. Ualtort to Omstia should twun r.;,,iM,r.nM.kmnr '" iu in In than then are seat nnihi. like It hark home. "sie-nouuai OLD MAX JOH.V3Q.V. Mar. (Jew. v.-. . nnjwc. AND NITlr rilPTAlM D A lc ce lii."'iE3. ;ir.FANT .' . THE PAGEANTS PASS tSVIE. 1 '.1 ahoavlM
