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2 THE EVENING STANDARD. OODEN, UTAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 191S.
I4SQUITH
TO RESIGN
English Premier Anx
ious to Get Out of Tur
moil of Politics
London, March S. -The report has
again been revived (hat Mr Asquitfa
is preparing to resign the premier
siiij) nnri thai befort ion he will re-
I turn to the house of lords. There la
no doubt that he would like to resign
and get out of the lurmoll of politics,
but It 13 just as certain that he will
not give up. unlenF. of course, forced
to do so, until the home rule bill
finally becomes law, which, except for
accidents, if should do in May, 1914.
Mr Aequith has pledged himself to
do hla best 10 give Ireland sHf gov
ernment, ; i n rj besides he is anxious
that hip name should be identified
with ihe accomplishment of this meas
ure as Mr (JIadstone's was with its
advancement Some of ihe proposals
nf ihe radical members of his cabi
net are not altogether lo his llkinc.
and latterl he lias found It more and
more difficult to curb some of them
o that when home rule becomes an
accomplished fact, and the end of the
present parliament affords the oppor
tunitj It is expected that he will hand
over the reins to some younger man.
IPASTIMEON
CONTINENT
Daring Air Pilots Mysti
fy People By Flashing
Lights at Night
London. Mar 8 A popular pns
tln.e nowaday? with continental avia
tors would seem to be thin trips bv
night over England. Daring air pil
ots in Germany or France leave their
moorings at dusk, speed over the
channel, and then circle over British
rifles and, forts, flashing their lights
to mystify and alarm the people be
low them. W ith the first indications
I or nawn the adventure comes to an
end The prowling blrdman head6 for
home houses his machine before the
sun Is well up, and leaves the offl-i
cials of England to report his incur
sion to the war office In London
Reports of these night isits be-I
came so genera! and were at the
same time so disconcert in;:, that the!
government finallv took official ac-1
tion and passed a bill prohibiting the
passage, of aircraft over certain speci
Ifled area Aircraft violating this
regulation will be fired on and other
wise warned away, The bill was in
troduced Into the houce of commons
by- Colonel Seele, secretary of war.
Rn dit passed through all Its-stages at
one sotting, without discussion It
want to the iords Hie day before re
cess, and passed that house just as
hurriedly. How the measure Is to
he enforce has aroused considerable
interested speculation The bill au
thorises the proper officers, after
eivlng a proscribed warning, to fire
at am aircraft Infringing this law,
and to use anv and every other means I
to prevent infractions The govern
ment is providing "sky guns" to re
pel these aerial trespassers, and it
will also have the services of the
naval aeroplanes and hydroplanes
nd the f!ylng fleet of the army,
which epnslsta of about a dozen aero
p'nneu and three small airships
Mldnloht Visits Forbidden.
Fvuerte have ven grave doubts
whether these precautions will bo
c..r. - a. ..... I
Idui in h-iil uj prevent tne minnight
visits Colonel Seoley, In Introducing
the bill, said It was not aircraft He
loiiKlne to foreign governments that
were aimed at, but mischievous pri
vate persons, possibly from over
pens, who might 'hover over places
where there are combustible stores,
to the great inconvenience of the
people of the countn "
What tr.-ne rise to the action ol the
government were reliable reports. In
some eaeos from army officers, that
aircraft had been seen oei Dover,
Sheerness Portsmouth and Liverpool,
and on at least two occasions as far
west as Cardiff, always at night The
first visits were paid in October and
I KEEP YOUR
H 0 v Use of
I CUTICURA
gtS' And occasional use of Cuti
gjjjl cura Ointment. No other
WSm emollients do so much to
prevent pore-clogging, pim
ps! pies, blackheads, red, rough
HI hands, dandruff, itching
HI 6calis and falling hair.
HHi CMlMin tow sod O1nloot told Ovoucljout Ot
HHi wonu. iJciid pnul for 1m iipr, , f eclimi: li p.
H toot. JlHOitim ' CuUoui. Lpk liF. BastSS,
they have continued up to the present
time At first there was an incllna-
Hon to make light of them, or to as
cribe the moving lights and the noise
iot the propeller to some ait ship pri
v. tely owned In England. Rut Inves
tigation showed thai this could not be
and now the government places the
blame on privatel) owned foreign
airships
Military Aviators.
Somp people, however, discard this
assumption, and declare that at lest
one of the aerial visitors came from
Borkum, the German fortress nearest
the English coast From Borkum it
would bo a very simple matter for n
modern airship to pass over the
North sea and even right across Eng
land, as in the case of the ship that
flew over Cardiff, and be back at her
base before morning. Those who
claim lo have evidence that this
fllrcht was made from Borkum go
further and sa- that the German
government has several airships at
Bmden and that when ii flight over
England Is projected one of these
crafts Is taken to Borkum and the
Man made from there.
Germany Has Twelve Airships
According to official returns Ger
man had twelve airships of lare
dimensions at ihe end of lfi12, and it
is believed that she has added to this
nrmler since. There are also ten
privately owned airships in Germany.
Again?t these England has three air
ships of very small dimensions, and
one large airship now under construc
tion in Germain. England has a
greater number of aeroplanes than
German however, and when a pros
pective battle in the air Is discussed
British officers argue that an aero
plane, acting; as a destroyer, could
very easilv put a night -prowling air
ship out of business
LITTLE TOWN HAS
NO POOR PEOPLE
Paris. March J? From times to
which the memory of man runneth
not hack. th6 pretty town of Stein on
the Rhine has had no taxes. The com
mon Ian. Is belonging to the towushlp
yielded revenues sufficient to pay all
publb expenses and they were 'et
to the people .ii prices so moderate
that not a poor family was to be
found in Stein. The local authorities
overspent last year and are now Irv
ing to lay a tax of one-half of 1 per
cent on the property holders. They
all refuse to pay, and there seems to
be no way of making them
EXPLORERS
NEW TASK
Scientists to Establish
Chain of Circumpolar
Observations
Paris March 8 Referring to the
tragic end of Captain Robert K Scoti
on his recent voyage to the south
pole, M Schrader, the eminent Frem h
geographer, expresses the opinion
that the death of the English explor
er is the last net in the drama of
the polar point obsession which has
caused the loss of so many lives.
The discoveries of Peary Amund
sen and Scott hae at last removed
the imperative desire of scientists to
find the poles, M. Schrader declares,
and leave the way clear lor a consid
erable and important task, the results
of which will be far reaching. This
consists in establishing a chain of j
circumpolar observations, a vast sys-;
tem of scientific 'monasteries," inter
national in character
Study of Currents.
The atmospheric and marine cur
rents which circulate, winter and
ftimmer alike round the pole perpet
ually mix water and air. The cold
v. uters descend toward the south, car
rying quantities of lee. and are con
tinually replaced by masses of wann
j er water which come from the Atlan
tic Above- these ice fields, floating
j toward the south, hovers a layer of
cold air ever falling on to the fro
zen mass beneath, as a heavy svrnp
; drops and remains at the bottom of
the glass of water. In their turn the
; eea breezes push and stir up this
mass of cold air, lift If from Its Icy
bed. and send it to cool America and
Europe.
Cold Masses of Air.
These cold masses of air as soon as
they ome n contact with the tepid
atmosphere of the Atlantic, condense
the molBture precipitate rain, and
brew tempests Thus, by developing
an accurate knowledge ol the courses
of the Ice fields, by following them
in their southward course and obsr r-.
ing the phenomena of their slow fu
sion in the middle of the Atlantic, it
would be possible lo foretell to a great
extent the force Of the winds, the al
ternation and character of the sea
sons, and the likelihood of drouth or
wet. Warning against atmospheric
dangers could be given, and there
would be ample time to adopt such
precautions as circumstances should
dictate
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ENGLISH
DISAGREE
Wide Difference of
Opinion as to Details
of a Suffrage Bill
London. March 8 Those Eiberul
members of the house of commons
who support women's suffroge hae
agreed upon a bill which will be In
troduced ,.i the , vf s-88lon of par
llament but they have not been sue
cessfui in getting the Unionists
Uaborites, who also believe In giving
the vote to won a, to act with them
In fact there Is a very wide differ
ence of opinion among the suffragists
as to how broadly the franchise
should be extended in the caBe of
women
The bill or the Liberal sufTraglstB
would confer the narltaiHentarv fran
chise on (li women, whether married
or unmarried, who. If they were men
would be entitled to be register.',!
and to vote lu reBpecl of a household
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T Y , , , ggg
. J grogsS-eaS BURNS SLEUTHING ON THE SCREENS
(SSmMm THE MODERN DETECTIVE SEEN AT WORK
l$Bk WffloFmL IN THRILLING M0TI0N PICTURES
M-uSSB. 1?. mBffi&S I 0 ' "Star" to make appearance farm" if in reality a deserted negr - tracks at the rear rf the train, th
fw' n ;rpBE$ fes jSjP11 SFK3Sy Li' ' " r" :,',r" " Detective WUI- rabin on a barren, worthless lot camera was started again and pictures
AllC wm J- Burn. The itory be enacts is, In Was&it D. C, .rn wcrr (al.cn f)f th lcors crawlir trov
Camera Men in
Mexico City
Taking Pictures of Battles in
a Rain ol Miot and Shell.
Actual scenes from the rcenf upris
ing in Mexico City and the ovrrthiow
and slaying of President Francisco
Madero. following that ol hjs brother.
Gustavo, will be shown in pic'nres by
the Universal Film Manufacturing Com
pany. Within an hour if'er word of
the militancy of Felix D:i7 had readied
the offices of a New York r.. vipapcr. a
represenntivc of the company was en i
route to Mexico City li? w.i accom
panied by a raTicra man equipped with
the most rapid and dependable photo
graphic outfit obtainable 1 iif two men
went directly to Mexico City Both
v ere armed with passports and recom
mendations from the War Department
of the United States, obtained after
half an hour of rapid-fire telegraphing
between New York and Washington
They already have taken several
thousand feet of film showing the actual
battles in the streets, including the at
tack on the American Club, and its sub
sequent destruction by the rebel soldiers,
the cannonadmc of the Capitol building,
the struggles in the streets, the night
attacks and the fearful carnage wrought
by the shelling oi the residential sec
tions of the city.
Utmost danger attended the taking of
the pictures Despite their passports
and the papers admitting them to every
portion ot the cit. the photographer
and representative were obliged to use
stratrgy to gain advantageous posi
tions where they could take pic
tures unmolested On one occasion,
while the fighting between flic opposing
forces was at its hercrst height, one of
the legs oi the tripod was shot from
beneath the camera, overturning the in
strument The camera man barely es
caped injur as the bullet sped between
his legs He was forced to seize the
machine and flee for shelter, with shells
ran ,ig about him. throwing debris and
walls high in the air.
The ord ers issued both by Madero j
and Diaz prohibiting the attendance of
either Red Cross or White Cross nurses
threatcrcd to result in the breaking out
of a pestilence As is 'hown in these
films, the bo-lies of countless dead and
dying soldiers and civilians were
Strewn through the streets, from one
side of thi rit to the other Mam
scenes were taken after the battlev
showing th 'tificnns ad agony of the
wounded
qualification; I e . as Inhabitant s or
I occupiers of dwelling housss; and (8)
the wives of mcb Inhabitant OCOS
I piers, residing on the same prem
1 le aa their husbands. The bill
Notes from the Studios
The release bv the Vitagraph Com
pany of "Pickwick Papers," in two
parts, has delighted all lovers of Dick
ens' favorite work. Every scene in
both part was made in the famous
haunts of Pickwick. Every character
j seems a living reproduction of Cruik
shank's famous cartoons John Bunny
as Pickwick gives the film added inter
est a e e
Ten thousand soldiers of the Imperial
Russian Army figure in a Pathe play,
"The Pptrcat from Moscow" The film
reproduces the historical retreat of
Napoleon's army from Moscow in 1812
I he scenes for the most part are enacted
on the Jites upon winch they originally
occurred and the ensembles are modeled
after the famous painting by Verest-chagin.
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The eighth picture in the popular
Fdison series of "What Happened to
Mary" an adenture styled "A Will
and a Way " is the first attempt madr
by any film manufacturer to produce a
motion picture story in serial form. The
innovation is in line with a recent pro
phocy by the great imentor that the
day is not far distant when well known
writers will submit their itories to mo
tion picture manufacturers for publica
tion in installments on films instead of
to mag.T7inej and other periodicals as
at present Whether this be true or
not. the fact remains that the adven
tures oi "Mary" have been followed
from weed to week with keen interest
bv thousands oi habitues i the photo
play theitrcs.
a e e
hakespi - p 's immortal drm3, "The
Merchant of Venice." has been adapted
to motion picture in two reels under the
title "Shylock." and is released this
month. The film is an Fclipse production
and was made abroad. The leading
t haracters in costume are introduced
with the aid of vry clever dissolving
effects, and then the story proper opens
wlh a scene showing the Rialto in
Venice, where BassSMO is telling bis
triend Antonio, the merchant, of his
love for thr beautiful and n:h Portia
From this point the story progresses
much the same as the original text with
the omission of some of the minor de
tails The part of Shylock is abl taken
b) Harry Raur. of the Athenec Theatre,
Pans Miss Pepa Bonafc makes a
beautiful and bewitching Portia.
would restrict the franchise to women
over L'5 years or axe Thin bill would
receive the support of ibose memberB
of the cabinet who support the vote
for wonieu.
of course, a detective story, and. equally
of course, sensational. The detective
work illustrated is, however, vastly dif
ferent from that presented for so many
vears in the usual detective melo drama,
and it; sensationalism stands out with
binnbr difference
Burns pursues his work coolly and
calmly alons: undeviating, scientific
lines that inevitably attain the results
he is seeking This drama oi the films
pictures Burns doing his work as he
does it in daily life. It is based wholly
upon facts Its sensationalism is that
of intense realism.
It was not easy to induce the famous
delect i e to lend his name and person
to the motion picture stage, but he was
finally brought to see the great good he'
could thir accomplish and when he at
last, gave assent he did so wholeheart
edly, and gav every possible assistance
to the work of preparing the drama in
which lie was to ugurc so prominently.
Ml Bunvs's Own Diama
Throughout the year in which this
film drama has been in course of prep
aration Mr. Burns has given much
thought and time to its production. The
scenario, in three parts, is written at his
dictation, from bis personal experiences,
and he was insistent that every scene
should be a faithful reproduction of
actual life. Those scenes were photo
graphed in Mr Burns' New York office,
in a Southern state, in Washington,
D C, on an ocean liner and on a rail
road in New Jersey To produce the
last scene it was necessary to lease an
entire branch of the railroad
This photoplay is entitled "Detective
William J Burns in the Exposure of
the Land Swindlers" and it depicts the
operations of certain unscrupulous pol
iticians who are engaged in a fraudu
lent land scheme. The story told by
the films is, in brief
Thf Stopv or the Play
The country i- flooded with the allur
ing literature of the Nelson Land Com
pany, which alleges that investors are
establishing comfortable homes on pros
perous farm lands which they control
Fdwards, a hard working man in mod
erate circumstances, living in Vermont,
answers an advertisement which reads
"Come to the South and In e like a
king. Ten acres will make you inde
pendent Many make S500 a year on
each acre." Edwards invests all of his
savings and takes his wife and daugh
ter Kitty to the new country. When lie
arrives in the South he discovers that
"the comfortable home on a prosperous
L?tK 8u,Tra6 in the house
he Unionists would not go so tar as
SJMrJJ?11 nd ,ne Laborltes would
go further. The former suport what
known as the conciliation bill.J
Cordon takes Mary Archer to hear an
address given by Detective William J
i Burn; Cordon is greatly impressed bv
the remarks of the noted detective and
I makes a memorandum of the state
J merit "Every criminal leaves a track
I through which he may be traced There
are no mysteries, and a failure to ob
tain results indicates that the matter has
not been properly or thoroughly inves
tigated "
Returning to the South, Gordon meets
the Edwards family and karns of their
plight lie promises to call for an in
vestigation at Washington and when he
again visits the capital he seeks the aid
of Mary's father, little knowing that
Archer, the lobbyist is hand in glove
with the Nelson Company Archer's
influence is so strong that the investi
gating committee reports that no fraud
exists and Gordon is about to despair
when he finds th'- memorandum made
at the Burns lecture. He decides to
place the case before the great detec
tive. How the Rogt-fs Are Caught
How Barns through the identifica
tion of linger prints on one of the land
contracts and by the installation of the
dictagraph, which records the conver
sations at a meeting of the land grafters,
reveals the source of the fraud: how
Gordon in an impassioned speech in the
House of Rcpre;cntatics secures an
investigation winch wipes out the
swindle, offers a series of thrilling
scenes which have never been equaled
in a photoplay.
In his flight Archer boards an ocean
liner and keeps in touch with his con
federates by wireless, while NVU.n. tic
land agtnt. flets in an autotn il ile which
is wrecked by an express tram
The automobile was aetu.-i!v wrecked
bv an engine which tossed it thirtv i
sway from the trark For the pur
pose of the picture, however, the
wrecked machine was again placed on
mm it mom siwiuittY umwni iusu Minu rusm mm Mxissosn osostot mm IkkwT I
Howard M Mitchell is one of the
very important players of the Lttbin
Home Stock Company He was born
and educated m Pittsburg Although
usually assigned to heavy roles he is
very popular with toe patrons of moving
pictures and the Lubin Company receive
many lctten of appreciation of his work
He is an athlete and o.jiert swimmer
and very popular with his associated of
the studio.
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Ormi Hawley always hae things and
people come her way It seems per
fectly natural for them to do so. and
Ormi lets them, trusting to fate and the
scenario editors to have rvent turn
out right, and thrv always do further
more, it is Miss Ormi's lot to play the
fooctv girl, which pan permits of her
wearing the loveliest clothes, and it is
also Miss Ormi with whom the rich
young man and the pocr but deri:ig
rival always end ever fail is lovc.
Miss Irene Boyle has attracted no lit
tle attention through her sinking per
sonality and the spirit of darin in
which she has enacted a variety of
strenuous roles Miss Boyle had pre
viously achieved an enviable reputation
as a model for noted artists and pho
tographers, and her first appearance in
a photo-play caused considerable com
ment among those who had become
acquainted with her iikentss in maga
nne illustrations and art studies. The
fact that Miss Boyle is a skilled athlete
particularly equips her for motion pic
ture work. Bein an expert iwimmer
and horsewoman .dic Ins Ken featured
in a number of scniational pictures,
One of the latest additions to the
ranks of the Kalem players is Miss
Anna Quirentia Nilssoo, the charming
leading woman now associated with the
organization located at Jacksonville.
Fla Although Miss Nilason made her
debut in motion pictures hut a few
months ago. she has already gamed a
host Of admirers bv her artistic work
and pleasing personal, ty Tins versatile
young woman was born in Mariestadt.
Sweden and receive! her education in
Stockholm. At an early 3Ce she dis
played exceptional ability as a painter
and after finishing her course in Stock
holm, she studied two reari in Paris,
earning her way through school by de
Signing gowns for a Parisian firm Later
she catne to New York, where her
3 i . clfnds found in 'r beautiful
model She the original of many illus
trations in leading magazine.
Jenny Nelson was born in Copen
hagen, Denmark, and played for four
years in the King's Theatre During
this time she also posed for the artists
of the city and later worked in the
studios of Pans, New York and Phila
delphia She is a clever musiciaa, fa
voring the viohn and has been success
ful in concert and vaudeville, he is a
fearless rider and thoroughly enjoys a
fight with a bucking broncho.
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Pat" of the photo-play theatres
hav.- -.ed a new "beauty" in recent
proluL..ns. Her name is Marguerite I
Dmrtot, and she is undoubtedly the
youngest leading lady in motion pic
tures Miss Courtot. who was bprn in
Baltimore, is now living in Jacksonville I
Fla.. with her mother and it a valued I
which confers the vote on women
property owners or women who oc
cupy houses In depend nt iv The La-
hor party la out for udult suffrage for
I both men and women They point
leneath the wrecked machine The pic
1 1 : r s showing an expensive seven-seat
car hurtling through the air have occa
ioned comment regarding the lengths
to which th film manufacturers will gu
these days to achieve realism.
The DtTRcrivr or Reality
When Mr Burns was first asked to
appear in this play, he remarked in his
characteristically direct manner: "The
detective of fiction and the detective ol
I reality are two entirely different per
sons It you propose to portray my
methods you will find none of the blood
and thunder commonly associated witb
the imaginary sleuths because my work
onducted along scientific lines en
trely." It if therefore in the faithfni
repre er.tafnn of Mr Burns's method!
that the play has its thrill as his qnc
work i s strongly contrasted with the
operations of the swindlers and theif
desperate efforts to escape the nci
which the detective slowly but surely
draws about them.
A notable company of artists was
assembled by the Kalem Comnanv to
portray the leading parts in support ol
r Hums. Miss Alice Joyce, the lead
ing lad) whose personality is known
wherever motion pictures are presented,
enacts the strong emotional role of
Miry Archer, the daughter of the
lobbyist.
Anart from the thrilling story, the
production will enable people who have
never visited the National Capital to
Form an acquaintance with the mam
thoroughfares and buildings in Wash
The scene representing ths
House of Representatives in session is
one of the greatest achievements in
photo-play production s there is no
studio stagr in existence which will
- i the construction of such a setting,
Kalem sent scenic artists and carpenters
t ashington for the purpose of mak
ing accurate sketches and plans, and
built the set on a special outdoor stage,
i member of one of the four producing!
companies at that point. During th
; season she has appeared in such feature
production- as "The War Correspond
ent" and "The Grim Toll of War."
I I
Edwin Carewe i the leading man of
the Lubin Stock Companj, now stationed
at Jacksonville, Fla Mr Carewe has ,
had thirteen years of stage experience,
having supported Chauncev Olcott, Ed
ward Ilarrigan. Otis Skinner. Rosa
Loghlan, Joe Weber and other stars and
, has been in the cast of many Broadway
productions. He is a quarter-breed
Chickasaw Indian and owns 190 acres of
Indian fand at Ardmore. Okla He is 3
vear. of age and was educated at th
universities of Texas and Missouri.
Some time ago Mr Kenean Burt
director of one of the Kalem companies,
itartid upoif a production whirh re
quired as one of the leading character
a girl of distinguished beauty. Mr.
Buei'a attention was directed to MuS
Alice Joyce, who had achieved consid
erable fame in the field of art as a
model for artists and photographers.
Tli- services of Miss Joyce were se
cured for this production, in which he
displayed intelligence and particular
adaptability for the moving picture held.
As s result slie entered into a contract
with the Kalem Company, covering
number of years, and accompanied Mr
Quel's organisation to California, wherf .
for some time past jhc has acted a i
leading lady. I
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out that either of the other bills would
ahut out thousands of working slrls
and women who reside with theli
parents or at any rate have no inde
pendent place of residence.
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