Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 August 1914 — Page 9

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1914.

61,264 Cubic Yards of Space in Elmore Township Will Be Dredged.

By Special Correspondent. ODON, Ind., Aug. S.—The contract for the reconstruction of the Core ditch in Elmore township wag awarded the firm of Campbell, Polk and Sproatt, of Oaktown, by the county surveyor and ditch commissioners after bids from several contractors had been opened. The Oaktown mefi bid $6,126.40.

Sixty-one thousand, two hundred and sixty-four cubic yards of ditch will be reconstructed with a small dredge boat. The work originally was done by scrapers.

John R. Ketchem, of Elnora, with a bid of $670 was awarded the contract for the reconstruction of the lateral ditches.

WOMAN SUES FOR DIVORCE.

Says Husband Is Drunkard and is Cruel and Inhuman. By Special Correspondent.

ODON, Ind., Aug. 8.—Mrs. Mary E. Danner has filed suit in the circuit court for divorce from John A. Danner, alleging that he is an habitual drunkard, that he unjustly accused her of being a woman of abandoned character and in other ways treated her in a cruel and inhuman manner. She asks the custody of their one child, Alcien, 14 years old.

Well Proves a Gusher.

By Special Correspondent. ODON, Ind., Aug. 8.—The well which •was being drilled on the lot of George Henderson has proved to be a gusher. "Water was struck at a depth of 105 feet and it raised 85 feet in five minutes. The well is six inches in diameter and will furnish an abundance of good water. A 70-foot tower will be erected and a 14-foot wind mill installed which will pump the water into a 5,000 gallon tank. Water will be supplied to George Henderson, Hr. Anderson, Lowery Cooper, A. A. Lane and the schoolhouse from this well, which is by far the larg-est-which has been struck in some time.

Hoss-Eaton Wedding.

By Special Correspondent. ODON, Ind., Aug. 8.—James Hoss, of Plainville, and Miss Myrtle Eaton, of Cornetsville, were united in marriage by the Rev. Henry Denbo at Plainville. The bride is the daughter of William tEaton, of Bogard township and the igroom is the son of Anos Hoss, a wealthy farmer of Steele township. They will live at Washington.

IT WORKED.

A young lady took down the receiver and discovered that the telephone was in Use. "I just put on a pan of beans for dinner," she heard one woman complacently informing another.

She hung up the receiver and waited. Three times she waited, and then, exasperated, she broke into the conversation. "Madame, I smell your beans burning," she announced crisply. A horrified scream greeted the remark, and the young woman was able to put in her call.—Christian Endeavor World.

Arbuckle and Cobb on a Vacation

Maclyn Arbuckle and Irvin S. Cobb have been fishing or rusticating or something near Waddington, N. Y.

Mr. Cobb writes from his retreat, or resting place, or summer resort or camp: "I've come here to this place on the St. Lawrence river from my camp in Quebec co talk over with Mr. Arbuckle the character of Judge Priest of Kentucky, which he is to pay this fall in the comedy of 'Back Home,' made by Bayard Veiller, with some slight assistance from me, out of some stories of mine which appeared originally in the Saturday Evening Post and later in book form. "Mr. Arbuckle is probably the greatest little host of his size in the known world. He permits me vo wear his Boy Scout uniform and his white sailor suit, in which he looks like the crew of a battleship. He lets me drink his juleps and smoke his cigars and sleep in his special reinforced hammock after lunch. JCe has even offered to cut my hair for me. "Yesterday he took me fishing in his quarter-horse motorboat, the Bide-a-Wee, and after I had caught three bass and one baritone and he had snatched out of its native element one small pale tenor with a low retreating forehead— at least it looked like a tenor, though it may have been a sucker—he explained that he always permitted his guests to catch most of the fish in his river.

farther than that?"

LIKE DUCK

Palace Cafe and Bar

will serve a duck dinner Sunday in their newly equipped cafe for 50c,

SUNDAY, AUG. 9

6 o'clock dinner-

P. J. Monninger

Formerly of Mewes, Charge

Edwards & Love, Props. 725 Wabash Ave

ALL IS READY

Special prizes given by A. O. H.

Arrange for Irish Day

The Big Annual Event Scheduled for Next Wednesday Has Many Entries.

If you have Irish blood in you or if you have Irish affiliations or inclinations, you will be at the fair grounds next Wednesday when the big annual event is pulled off.

One of the features of the day will be a baseball game between the Vandalia and the Highland mill teams. There will also be a contest at dancing' between jiggers, doggers and tangoists, and a race between fat men.

The athletic events scheduled for the day are as follows: 1. Baseball—Terre Haute Maroons vs. Brazil Trojans. 2. Boys' running race—Under 12 years waist, M. Joseph Son. 3. Boys' running race—Under 16 years waist, Thorman & Schloss. 4. Boys' sack race—Cap, Lee Goodman & Son. 5. Girls' running race—Under 12 years box candy, Patsy. 6. Girls' running race—Under 16 hand-painted plate, L. A. of A. O. K. 7. Young ladies' race—Silk hose. 8. Fat ladies' race—Box of handkerchiefs, L. A. of A. O. H. 9. Men's race—Box of cigars, Shea Bros. 10. Fat men's race—Bottle wine, James Daugherty & Son. 11. Long jump—Silk supporters, M. F. & T. Clothing company. 12. Best jig and reel dancer (man) —Bottle of Irish Moss, G. C. Memerlng. 13. Best jig and reel dancer (lady) —Card and card case, Terre Haute Printing company. 14. Tug of war—Vandalia vs. Highland Mill—Box of cigars, O'Donnell Bros.

Woman Playwright Gets Morosco Prize

The prize of $1,000 offered early last season by Oliver Morosco for the best play submitted, goes to Geraldine Bonner and Hutcheson Boyd for a comedy, entitled "Lady Eileen."

The committee of award consisted of Elmei Harris, Richard Barry anu Mr. Morosco, and the choice was unanimous. The chief recommendation of "Lady Eileen," they say, is fine construction, a fresh viewpoint and an unusual appeal in the blend of heart interest and tears.

The successful contestants will receive a bonus of $1,000, and $1,500 in advance royalties for the American and foreign rights. Under the terms of the contest Mr. Morosco is to produce the play in Los Angeles within six weeks. This will be followed by a production in New York about October 15.

Over three thousand manuscripts were submitted.

Kept Them Away.

She—So you attended the outdoor performance last night. Didn't the mosquitoes bother you frightfully?

He—Not a bit you see the show was punk.—Boston Transcript.

J. J. FIJIERTY. JAMES J. CARIX)S.

WILLIAM F. KELLY.

Long Junket for 7 his Persian Play

Having completed the season in New York, Guy Bates Post and "Omar, the Tentmaker," has moved to the Pacific coast for the summer. Tully and Buckland, inc., the producers, have arranged a route which extends through to June, 1915, without a break, and the Persian love play has already entered on its long tour. The first move was a spectacular jump to San Francisco, with stops at Des Moines, Omaha and Salt Lake City. On June 14, Mr. Post began a two weeks' engagement at the Cort theater, San Francisco, to be followed with engagements in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. Then come Victoria and Vancouver, and the big production then makes long jumps to Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, arriving back in the States at Duluth on September 7. "Omar, the Tentmaker," promises to be more popular through the country even than "The Bird of Paradise," Richard Walton Tully's earlier success, which has been playing to big business on the road for two years, and which enters on its fourth season next fall.

7 his School Girl Now a Prima Donna

A year and a half ago, Miss Hattie Kneitel, who has been selected to play the leading singing role In 'The Dancing Duchess," was a school girl in New York. A prominent producer of vadueville heard her sing one day and gave her a position in a miniature musical play. Upon the conclusion of the engagement, Miss Kneitel happened to be passing the old Shubert office, at Thirty-ninth street and Broadway, New York. The idea seized her to call on Mr. Lee Shubert, and with a confidence, born of sudden impulse, she asked to be admitted into the sanctum of this manager. Two days later she sang at a concert for him and the following morning she was presented with a contract to play in the support of Gaby Deslys in "The Little Parisienne-"

Civic Pride Among Home Owners in Terre Haute

FLORAL UARPEIVS IN THE YAKD OF MK. AM) MKS. FRANK. H. JOHNSO K, 2127 WOBTH TWELFTH STREET

TERRE HAUTE TRIBUNE

Parched Corn and Burned-up Meadows Are Literally Flooded—Barn Struck By Lightning.

By Special Correspondent. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 8.—The best rain that has fallen in Greencastle in four months fell here last night, and the parched corn and burned up meadows of Putnam county were flooded. It has been estimated that the corn crop is badly damaged and less than one-half of a crop is expected by the farmers. The rain storm was accompanied by a severe electrical storm and the barn of Robert L. Browning in the eastern suburbs of the city was struck by lightning and destroyed. The loss is about $500.

Refused image License.

By Special Correspondent. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 8. County Clerk A. J. Hamrick refused to issue a marriage license to Miss Flossie Rogers, aged 15 years, and Joie Sims, aged 21, here this afternoon. The would-be bride lives in Mill Creek township and was accompanied by her parents. The family figured over a second time the girl's age and finally came to the conclusion that she would be sixteen on September 29, and while in the clerk's office they agreed to return on her birthday and let her be married at that time.

Prof. Whittaker Resigns.

By Special Correspondent. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 8.—Dean R. G. MlcCutchan of the DePauw school of music has announced that Prof. James S. Whittaker of the school faculty has resigned his place to accept a place with a piano company as a concert artist. Mr. MeCutchen at the same time announced that Miss Rosa Blackmore, of Chicago, will fill the vacancy. Miss Blackmore is a student from Leipzig and has done much concert work abroad.

Want Spanish War Vets.

By Special Correspondent GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug.

8.—

Frank J. Walsh, of Lafayette, Is in this city in an effort to organize a local camp of the United Spanish War Veterans. There are about twenty-five vets In this section who are eligible to membership In this national organization and in all probability a camp will be formed here within a short time.

8ends Money To Daughter.

By Special Correspondent. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug. 8.—On board the United States ship Tennessee which sailed for Europe Friday was $300 in gold from Dr. G. W. Bence, of this city, to his daughter, Bra, who Is supposed to be in Berlin, having been in school there at the time war broke out. The money was sent through Congressman Ralph W. Moss.

Will Decide Water Rates.

By Special Correspondent. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Aug.

tice has been received from the public service commission, saying they would decide the water rates case which they heard from this city, within the next twenty days. Judge Clark wrote the opinion in the case and his associate judges will act on it within the next three weeks.

Managers Troubles To!d in a Film

The Broadway star feature comedy in three parts, "Mr. Bingles' Melodrama,1' illustrates by pictures what may be the woes of a theatrical "angel" when he also is siezed with an ambition to be the leading actor in a play he backs. "Mr. Bingles' Melodrama," is a burlesque pure and simple, but has a connected story that is laughter-compelling, is replete with comical situations and contains many impossible incidents that become mirth provoking because of their being worked out with consummate artistry. The cast, which includes James Lackaye, William Humphrey, Hughie Mack, William Shea, Harry Northrup, Jack Harvey, Charles Eldridge, Flora Finch, Josie Sadler, Rose Tapley and Kate Price, is a guarantee of its fun-making qualities, and it is an established fact that no greater cast has ever been asse: *~'ed to present a three-part comedy picture. "Mr. Bingles' Melodrama" is booked at the Grand.

EACH CHAPTER COMPLETE

TODAY

Walter Miller in a 2 reel Victor •THE 00AST GUARD'S BRIDE'

Movie Programs For The Week

Crescent.

Sunday—"The House On the Hill," Vitagraph. Monday "The Condemning Hand,"

Blograph "Through Life's Win-, dow," Vitagraph. Tuesday "Old Man Hlggenbothan's

Daughter," Kalem "A Tale of 0,ld Tuscan," Edison, with Mabel Trumble and Herbert Prior. Wednesday—"The Lad From Old Ireland," Kalem "The New Stenographer," "Vitagraph. Thursday "The Heart Rebellious,"

Lubin.

Friday—"A Gentleman of Leisure," Essanay. Saturday—"While the Tide Was Rising," Edison "Broncho Billy Wins

Out," Essanay.

Savoy.

Monday—"A Wife From the Country," Reliance "Love and Salt Water:" "World's Oldest Living Things,"

Keystone "The Heaven of Good," Thanhouser. Tuesday—"The Feud of Beaver Creek,"

Kay-Bee "Wrong All Around," Komic. Wednesday—"The Lure of the Saw dust," American "How Izzy Stuck

To His Post," Reliance. Thursday—"Our Mutual Girl," Re liance "The Substitute," Thanhauser. Friday—"The Old Derelict," Majestic "Shorty Turns Judge," Broncho. Saturday—"Mabel's New Job," Keystone "Youth and Art"

Fountain.

Sunday—'"Bread Upon the Waters," Vitagraph "The Little Widow," Biograph. Monday Hearst-Sellg News Pictorial. Tuesday—"The Question and Answer

Man," Lubin Pathe Weekly "The Indian Agent," Kalem. Wednesday "John Ranee, Gentleman," Vitagraph Snalcesville's Home

Guard," Essanay, Victor Potel. Thursday—"His Kid Sister," Vitagraph "A Bit of Human Driftwood. Friday—"Gwendolyn, the Sewing Machine Girl," Biograph "Private

Bunny," "Within the Noose,". Lubin.

Orpheum.

Sunday—"On the Border," Reliance. Monday—"The Tavern of Tragedy," two part Majestic. Tuesday—"The Trap," two part American. Wednesday—Mutual Girl "Stranger

Than Death," two part Thanhouser. Thursday—"Shorty and the Fortune Teller," two part Broncho. Friday—"The Butterfly," American

Keystone Comedy. Saturday—"The Wagon of Death," two-part Reliance.

These Indians Sang German

Eliz Gergely, who, as Sari, in one of Henry W. Savage's companies of the famous operetta of that name will make her first appearance on the English speaking stage this season, is a native of Budapest and niece of Rosa Presburg, a celebrated European actress, who, for twenty-five years, was at the Court theatre in Hanover. Miss Gergely is authority for the statement that the American Indian is a fine singer, and in German at that. She knows because she's heard them at it. When she was a member of the Philadelphia German Theatre company a couple of years ago she went to the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., for a special performance for the red skin pupils. The piece was "Mina Von Barnhelm," and Miss Gergely played Franziska. After performance the Indian boys escorted her to the railroad station, singing. Did they ki-yi and whoop? They did not. They sang "Du, Du, Liegst Mir in Hertzen," sang it in German, and sang it well.

Modern Maxim.

Clothes make the man the lack cf them the Salome dancer.—Louisville Time*.

AMUSEMENTS.

THE TREY OF HEARTS

Was missent Thursday and we were unable to show it, and we di£ appointed 2,000 people who were anxious to see this wondertul serial story. Now we are fortunate to secure the 1st serial of 3 reels for

and we trust you will come early for we know we shall be unable to accomodate all if they come late-r-WE WILL FOLLOW THIS WITH THE SECOND INSTALLMENT

which will consist of 2 reels and thereafter each installment following will be shown EACH SUCCEEDING THURSDAY until the story of 15 series is complete. Don't Forget TUESDAY, the 11th—THURSDAY, the 13th

FIRST SERIES SECOND SERIES

MONDAY BOB LEONARD in a Rex

'THE SYMPHONY OF SOULS'

IN E S S E A E

THEATRICAL CHIT CHAT BY MIQTTE O'BRIEN

Continued From Page Eight.

greatest of Hamlets declared Minna Gale was the best of the Ophelias he had ever worked with. And Mr. Phister, in my judgment the ablest dramatic critic in this country, didn't take issue with Mr. Booth.

Maude Adams declares she will never go into motion pictures and has entered into an agreement to that effect with her manager, Charles Frohman, and Sir J. M. Barrle, whose plays she electrifies.

But you never can tell. Paderewski was saying a few years ago the pianolas would never get him, or words to that effect.

And the pianolas have him—so I see by the papers.

The Grand is one of the very few high class theaters in this section of the country that has remained open through this parlous period of innoxiousity and pessimistiflcalatlousness in theatricals. Those that have weathered the weather have been mostly given over to motion pictures. Manager Smith reasoned It out thusly: "What am I going to do when the rent comes around? Pay it! What with? Tribute from the public. How can I get them? Give theater goers a

Terre Haute Tenor Advances Rapidly

PAUL HYDE DA VIES.

Paul Hyde Davies, the former Terre Haute boy, who has achieved great success in the east during the past year, having been recognized by the Sullivan opera company and offered the position as leading tenor. Mr. Davies will fill a thirty weeks' engagement on the Pacific coast.

—By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

The Rockville Chautauqua

August 7 to 16,1914 Every Day a Big Day SUNDAY, AUGUST 9

Senator Robert M. La Follete. The Chicago Operatic Company. Dr. Earl Douglass Holtz, Pittsburgh.

AUGUST 12

Dr. Arthur Walwyn Evans, Welsh wit and humorist.

AUGUST 16

The Cathedral Choir of Eight Voices and One Pianist. H? Dr. Earl Douglass Holtz, Pittsburgh. Elbert Hubbard, the Philistine. Prices on Sundays—Adults 35 cents children 25 cents autos cents. rv$$ Appearance, the Ernest Gamble Concert Party, Wednesday, August 12. Also Harry A. Porter, entertainer, in "Abe Martin," and other sketches. Prices during week days—Adults 25 cents children, 15 cents autoa 15 cents. Drive in your cars to Rockville and attend the best community cha-"*"1^ tauqua. Write for program booklet. -£t

WEDNESDAY" J. WARREN KERRIGAN in a 2 reel Victor

"A MAN AND HIS BROTHER" By Request.

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C. E. LAMBERT, Secretary.

run for their money. Give 'em big city stuff, the kind of motion pictures they gladly pay a dollar to see in New York."

And even thus did he solve the problem. I don't think the enterprise of Charley Smith can be overpraised. Appreciating what he has done for Terra Haute as a purveyor of amusements and knowing what he is planning to da, I'm strong for him. Incidentally tha overflow from the Grand has helped every motion picture house in Terre Haute.

A story of how William A. Brady qualified as an actor when he sailed: for Europe recently on the Aqultania is going the rounds. It seems that he had made an unsuccessful attempt to give a ghip's concert. Following the failure several of the theatrical persons on board decided to give one late at night for their own amusement* Grace George and Laurette Taylor were among those who volunteered to take part in the Impromptu affair. I

William A. Brady was sitting in the smoking room at midnight when J. Hartley Manners approached him and said: "I have promised to appear hy thij little concert if you will." •. "You're on," replied Brady.

They forthwith joined the others, and Manners kept his promise by ren^ dering a recitation. Without a mof ment's hesitation Mr. Brady then mounted the platform and gave Fagin's death scene from "Oliver Twist" with' a vigor and vividness that won him hearty applause. WjW'v

MR. AND MRS. WI. VANDERBILT ARRIVE IN MILAN PENNILESS

Report Says Rich People Have Been Enroute From Austria Sinoo

Outbreak of War.

ROME, Aug.

8.—Penniless

and show

ing the effects of a perilous journey, William K. Vanderbilt and his wife today arrived In Milan from Austria, according to a dispatch received here. They have been en route ever slhce the outbreak of hostilities between Austria and Serfvia, being held up many times by the military authorities.

Vanderbilt immediately arranged with the American consul at Milan to supply him with funds on his arrival there. He had an ample amount of money when in Austria, but as soon as the war broke out transportation and hotel rates mounted so rapidly that his supply was soon depleted. He was forced to spend huge sums at various times to be allowed to proceed through the war zone.

Reason Enough.

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The Young Bride—I didn't accept Jim the first time he proposed. Miss Ryval (slightly envious)—I know it, my dear.

The Young Bride—How do ^yoi^ know? Miss Ryval—You weren't there.—1 Sketch. -o-

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