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\ THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY international PICTORIAL NEWS FRANK BGRZAGE PRODUCTION 6CHILDREN OF THE BUST A FIRST NATIONAL PICTURE A Drar of Hearts and Fences by Director of | “Humoresque” jSj. \ MACK SE^NETT 1 RIEL COMEDY - “BY HECK” With Billy Bevan and Mildred June A 10 Reel Show at 7:30 and 9:20 PRICES—10-25-50-Loges 60 cents Coming Sunday—GLADYS WALTON With the opening of the big mil lion dollar race course at Miami, January 15, the eyes of the sport ing World turn to what promises to be America’s show race Dlant. The opening also marks the ful fillment of the dream of J. M. Smoot, wealthy man of B jflfalo. who organized and built tbo new colossal institution for the wslJ known sport of kings. At Miami this winter the kings • of the racing world will be seen, bcth men and horses. Luke Cas sidy, whose name is synonymous :v7ith hone-racing, is general man ager of the Miami Jockey Club; wijilo Man Cassidy, who has start ed more horses than any othnr liv ing man is official starter. John I. Day, America's well known racing authority and writer, is presiding steward and one of the directors. Mr. Smoot, himself, is not a rac ing man. He simply went down to Mi aim a year or so ago on a _ vacation and what he saw, there Impressed him so Auch that he de a high-class racing in stitution ought to be provided for • thousands of sport lovers who have helped make Miami famous. Yachting, golf, polo, Jai Alai, ten a* .*nA.°tb.er sports have attract L ed to Miami the cream in their re spective lines. Now, this winter ' of the turf have their inning. Ww. 8gJ[?n o’clock one evening .1 S”?”* 8rnved in Miami. the. thriving winter com mumtv and constantly increasing attendance, he dreamed of build ing a great race track, shaded by mi?i and tanned by breezes from the blue waters of Biscayne Bay. Unacquainted with Miami, he pick ed op the telephone directory and reading the advertisement of the x* irst National Bank on the cover, % introduced himself next day to Ed ward C. Rorafh, its president, who referred him to Frank B. Shutts. publisher of the Miami Herald and the citys leading lawyer. Mr. Smoot told his plan to Mr. Shutts, who, believing nothing is impos sible,, and having proved it by what be kimself has accomplished, ad vised him to “go to it.” Smoot Worked Quickly. Mr. Smoot works quickly. By the afternoon of the following day he -had his hank and legal connections established and the charter of the Miami Jockey Club under prepara tion. .He hastened, north, drganiz ' ed has board of directors and re tarding to Miami ip the following November; the charter was grant >i ed. The result is that the Miami - Jockey Club is perhaps the finest race course in America; -one that •lull •*— — • i » J. M. SMOOT i PRES ! MIAMI JOCtCEV CUUfe at Buenos Aires and Havana, both in beauty and speed possibilities. The track is located at Hialeah, a suburb of the city of Miami, five and a half miles from the center of the city, ft is reached by five beautiful boulevards and a spur of the, Florida East Coast Railroad. Sitilated in the midst of palms and sub-tropical surroundings, the course is within sight of Bay Bis cayne, one of the most beautiful bodies of water on the Atlantic Coast, and is fanned by ocean breezes from the Gulf Btream which skirts the coast of F'lorida. near the old Spanish Main. Grand Stand Seats 5,000. The track is a mile oval with three-fourths and one-and-one fourth chutes. The grandstand has a seating capacity of five thousand. The club house, • very Attractions jjt iiicatets ji ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT I _ COLISEUM—Lois Wilson in "Rug gles of Red Gap.” PALACE—‘’Children of Dust.” — COMING ATThaCTIONS PALACE—G'adys V/altcn in ‘The Untamable.” COLISEUM—“The Old Foo'.” I DOG ACTOR IN CAS IJ AT COLISEUM TONIGHT Meet “Rugglea <i tted (lap." Mr Barker! And Mr. Burk r acknow ledges the Introduction with a wag ol Ills shaggy tail and a world of friend Uness beaming from nis eyes. For Mr. Barker is a dog. great, big, hairy dog-a bout-town with the usual doggone failings of good nat ure and fleas. Edward Horton, who plays Haggles in the screen version cf the Harry Leon Wilson story. “Rugglea of Hod Clap." met Mr. Barker for the firsi time. The tw!> have much t> dt with each other in this Parana am picture, which James Cruza, the mat who directed ‘‘The Covt rod Wagon.’ produced and which tomes to llit 'a REAL INJUN FIGHTER IN "THE OLD FOUl 1 listen Lids! J'ever s *e a real, 11 vt Indian figlvtor? U you didn't here', your chance. Sove up your pennio qy make dad take you t , me Col seiiiii theatre Saturday night only win-re they re going to play The Ole Fool." In the picture Is an o', 1 actor Monte Collins, who play., the part c.i Pop Hardy, a Civil War veteran. He's : the matt, tellers^ Yes, siree, whet he was young he .fought real, wtnl j whooping, scalp gathering Injuns out 1 West. "THE UNTAMEABLE" COMING TO PALACE The extraordinary experiences ol | a girl who possessed a daul personal jity, a nature that amounted virtually to a dual identity, are presented it "i ,ta Utitameahle.” the Universal attraction starring Gladys Walton winch is coining to the Palace. The fill's character existed in twi distinct realms, one good, the othei |e\u. In a way. her life was that ol la feminine "Jeky.ll and Hyde" ex I Istenct. Her more natural self was that ol • a sweet, charming and generous girl i >di ■ was at,..emu with a tarrihh | temper that occasionally got beyond the grip of her control. In this stutt j of mind, site was cruel, selfish and overhearing. Through tlie hypnotic influence ol a skillful and unscrupulous doctor the vicious side of her nature be came virtually the subject of hi; FRANCE MAY SOON LIMIT IMMIGRATION I -— | Flow o( Foreign Workers Be gins to Alarm France— Restrictions Next. PA Ills, Jan. 14. — The French i government is beginning to take ; notice of the ever increasing immi gration which lias brought the total of foreign workingmen in France j io about 2,000,000. This number is approximately live per cent of the total population, anil in offic ial cir cles it is said France may soon have to follow the example of the United States and limit immigra tion. ;! The inflow pf workers in 13 23 waff approximately 272,000, mostly from Italy, Poland, Spain and Bel gium. Sixty per cent of those men .vent to tile devastated regions. France encouraged immigration ifter the war because she sorely needed men to replace the great Wastage of hand labor from 1314 to 1318. Annoying difficulties, however, have arisen through ttie j 1: 1 _THi 1SDAY and FRIDAY_| = Just imapine one of the fun- § !.!• :' stories in all fiction in* S the of the master-di- § = red dr, J tunes (huze, pro- 3 ducer of “The Covered Wa- S con." Hollywood/ rfr. s = ) oil'll hutch 'ill! your sides § = _ ache! 1 | one sii(nr each night\ = § = —THE PLAYERS— A = LOIS WILSON £ . = FRITZI RIDEWAY = = LOUISE DRESSER = = EDWARD HORTON = ~ ERNEST TORRENCE = = CHARLES OGLE = • I UOV II VI • h I ’ n v IIUHI'IVia W1 » » / . jignera in what was on ;e the war zone and the participation of for eigners in communist ugitation lias •aimed some alarm. There is an undisguised feeling that, though mported labor lias rendered France ' ?reet1 service, ihe has now about enough of it, particularly since there is a strong communistic itraln running all through the for eign laboring element. --♦■»■» Vienna Yields to Radio And Grocers Sell Sets VIENNA, Jan. 15.—Although it has been slow in coming, radio lias finally invaded Vienna and tlit* people' ire succumbing in droves. A dozen or more Austrian firms nuking receiving sets an,I in line, loginning their prices were high. Some public benefactor, however, •onceivod l lie Idea of popular lectures ; •o tell ihe amateur how to make his jwn set. ami the result of Ibis pro cedure has been twofold; the nmk , >rs are cutting prices, and some 200 small firms are manufacturing parts. Receiving sets are now sold all over Ihe city, tailors, grocers and florists joining in the competition. There are mine 60,000 receivers in the city, hut only a few can do more than pick ip tlie local broadcasting station. This station attempts to collect, but with indifferent success, a monthly barge of 28 cents from each listen coliseum nmiflin. Hr ides Mr. Horton there are many other players of prominence like Krnost Torrence. Frit z i Ridgeway diaries Ogle* and Louis Dresser "Ruggles of Red Gap ' is a photoplay that »in he heartily welcomed hy all who enjoy the best the motion ^.iglnre art can provide. “CHILDREN OF DUST” AT PALACE TONIGHT Starting tonight, the Palace theatre offers in “Children of Dust.” a First .National picture, one of the greatest heart-interest films ever produced It was made hy Frank Borzage, ere ator of "Ilumorestiue” and other not able films, front a:t adaptation of tin magazine story ' i erwilliget The story is of a youth named Ter williger who "adopts” o*d Archer caretaker of an estate, ns his father The boy silently,loves Helen, daugh ter of the wealthy owners of the estate. Terwilliger shoulders the blame fot a supposed theft, in order that his rival may not he suspected and it; the working out1 of the resultant com plications^the true art of Borzage it revealed. A powerful climax closet a mighty story of real people. With an International news reel up-to-date, and a Mack Sennett com edy, “By Heck,” with Mitchell .lum and Billy Bevan, & good entertain ntent is promised. -- -— Germans Plan Uniform Tragic Rules for Reicl BERLIN, Jan. II.—With the re ! establishment of normal condition: j ,r» Germany, the pf-obiem of traffii j»nd transportation Is becoming ar increasingly li\e on*. The muddli which has reau Utflj '.in nerlln froti ■the attetnpt of the police to Intro Iduce American ideas of traffic regie lation has led private citizens t. I liand tiiemselves together in an or ganization known as the Varkehts iwaeht, the Traffic'Watch, j Eighteen organ izatlona, compris ling a total membership of 7!>0,0<M I German citizens, were represented I at the first meeting. They inrlmlec j automobile dealers, automoblli | clubs, motor cycle dubs, taxical lowners’ associations, touring clubs federations of bicycle dubs, etc. i The Verkehrswadit will seek tc 'bring about uniformity of traffii 'regulations throughout Germany j mil will work for the building oi | more auto roads, better undertaking i between the various component or ! ganizations, and tlie enlightenmeni I of tlic public on traffic matters. ___ Study ibe etoie ads—and lean ! ibout those new things which rr< | iimwn for this flr*f*Tltne today. If ever a comedy could be called a scream from f = start to finish, THIS is it! And when, in the final | = scene, Ruggles whoops it up in true American style, S = you’ll want to join in the general cry: I | _ "IT’S A JOY—Snub Pollard Comedy 5 I A FOX NEWS OPENS THE SHOW | = 10-20-50-L.oges GO cents § ■ ;■ * ’ ( ■ Wji !v~ Man MHO NEVER MADE A Juu(k, BETiON'A HORSE-RACE, BUILDS ‘’aSKEWr1' MILLION; DOLLAR TRACK, AT MIAMI + . ■j IN THe BOG'ANO W)T OOG'.OATT FOP $ F Gallop on the m\ a/ai track jockeys jack " _TMORADYKE A4C> C AKEE5 Surf kiosk,of the tt j/mEs' stable, im a worh^duy 6'(' AA J. AYE as. Eoa’-.V.AM early arrivals at the track »ert such well known steppers as Rockyford. Fla*. Halt Pint and Toppanite. of tne William Wood man’s string, of New York. Sky scraper, of the W. J. Booth stable of 9: Venus, leader of the J R Thornby Kentucky stables: Pegas us, New Gold and Silver Slippers, of the Aodiey Farms: Watch Charm and Red Wine, of the Rlc Keever string, and others. Others are Miss Star, from the Vanderbilt stables. Bud Fisher’s Nellie Morse, J. L. Richard's Spot Cash. Joseph Morrone’s My Play. Hoy and Nautical. Famous Racing Colors Seen. The colors of the greatest racing stables in America down at Miami, this winter, include those of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt. Mrs. 1 aviie Whitney. Sam II. Harris, theatrical man. the Wilson-Salmon string, the Kaneocas and Widener stables, the former being those of Harry Sinclair the oil magnate; the Cosden and the Ward stables. Among the well known jockeys registered are "Little Johnnie" , Callahan. Clarence Rummer. John nie McAtee. Clarence Turner, Andy Shuttinger, E. Scobie, Frank Keough, C. Lang. H. Thurber, Ivan Parke and others whose names > are equally well known. Mr. Smoot, who gave personal supervision to every detail of the track and building construction, , announced at the outset that the i Miami meet would be conducted i along the higbesb-elaae lines and that none of the objectionable fea tures in vogue at so many nee tracks would be tolerated. Be said the epplications pc resit tivoae i in charge to select only the cream of the .Vsgiica- U»*i wad .that dtp track would cater to only the ^esc element who enjoy the spurt ot kings. The track, he said, would be u place where an atmosphere of dignity, high ideals of business, and clcun spurt would always prs vail. The Dixie Highway leads direct ly to Miami from several other well-known Florida resorts. Many millionaire sportsmen, going to Florida in their yachts, live on them and motor out to the track, only e few miuutes distance from Bay Biscayne. The Florida East Coast Railway, recognizing the impo. jtnee of this undertaking in connection with them railway system, built ap proximately five miles of reilnoed direct to the plant and at the gates of the racing plant have con structed a loading and unloodihg platform for horses and a psssoo ger platform of some 1,600 foot in length to take care of paasea gei> Their schedule includes o train de luxe, operating between Palm Beach. 70 miles distance, and the race course direct daily. Mr. Smoot, who is 43 yean of age, and a native of Virginia, k well known throughout the Usated States. He is a man ktao af fairs, who has achieved % ami in the North. N< iljUt for years national mitteeman from chairman of the buard of the trade. Other dates of Mr. Smoot i Comma, owner of ' Courier mid Inquirer, of tho - - .. ; « mx^vsmW-1 I AMI TABLES ARE OST UP-TO tTE OF ANV ACINS SflTUTIOM overlooks every bit of the track It is elevated to a height tbaf prevents those standing in front oi the grandstand from interfering with the vision of those occupying grandstand seats. The complete plant represent! an investment considerably ovei a million dollars, the construction alone costing approximately three, quarters of a Million dollars, ll I required approximately elever months of continuous work tc build the olant. Horse owners anc trainers who have seen the mag nilicent oval, pronounce it one of the finest tracks in the country 1 and predict that it will be one ol the fastest. Mr. Smoot gatherec about him in the work the most expert available talent in all lines with a view to a.*!'-ring to wintej visitors to Miami Hha 1—t mW in race track construction and tha best to be seen anywhere in horse racing. The stables art built in twenty one units, seven of which consist of thirty stalls, and fourteen con sisting of 60 stalls each. As soon us the cold weather put an end to the fall race meets in the north, the horses began appearing at Miami and some tryouts were started, even while the surface ol the track was being worked down Among the racers early quarter ed in the stables at Hialeah, wert many well known throughout lh< country, shipped bv owners whose advance representatives placet their approval on the Miami plant Sever*! owners, who had tirst ship ped only one or two horse* decid ed, on arrival, to ship more ol their strings immediately, includ ing thoroughbreds now at Havana Tia Juana and Jefferson Pari tracks. Among the headline racers non At the Miami track is Wise Coun sellor of the Ward stables, wIm beat the French racs horse Epio ard, and Is possibly the most wida ly known borse in America; an other star racer is In Memorlam who beat the famous Zev, and wftt Wise Counsellor as stable matai are Worthmore and Indian Trail With In Memorinm is Great Jasm of the Carl Weidemann string Sunshine and Sun Altos bend tin Uisac- p».-irg of about twehn bore**. JUimiig tho ocsiroe «£ yUta exclusive affair, accomodates one thousand persons. Stables have been provided for more than one thousand horses, and the reserva tions promptly filled them. The general plan of architecture is Spanish and Venetian. The com : position of the track is unusual. It rests on a deposit peculiar to Florida, left by some thousands of years of a receding sea. On this has been spread train-loads of marl from the Florida Kverglades nearby, making a surface smooth as a table, hard, vet easily yield ing to the racer's hoofs. The grandstand, jockey club. |administration building and pad dock. are all of reinforced concrete j construction, the grandstand hav I ing a novel apron-like roof sup j ported by a steel superstructure. The concrete and steal grandstand