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And Her Own
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TODAY, THURSDAY
Jesse L. Lasky Presents
America’s Most Versatile
screen Star '
FANNIE WARD
in
“FOR THE DEFENSE"
HEARST NEWS PIC-
TORIAL
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‘Slll’PORIS IJMPIRES
'. NEW YORK, August lid—National
League club owners, who gathered
here yesterday at a special conference
{which lasted for more than four
hours, Went on record as strongly‘sup
porting the league's umpires. String-
tent action was taken in defense of the
sirbiiers and the support of rules gov-
_ ruling the department
., {while on the field.
> "At this meeting the magnates went
strongly on record that these rules‘
film“ be strictly enforced." Mr. Toner
prided. , ’
l‘resldent Tener stated that "no
‘ponsldenation was given" to a protest
hlgncd by hundreds of Bdston "fans"
lsoinmenting on the decisions of va-
Hons umpires in'BostonT 7
_ A resolution was passed making
compulsory to announcement to scor-'
[era of the complete lineup of teams
at least five minutes file'fore the be-
ginning of games. , ~ .
a. President Toner was ,warm in the
praise of National League umpires.j.
’ “The National League has ‘Iakai.
Mcin cognizance of the 25 year-f,
milder)! Umpire Elastic. saldtlie
league president “and next" Salinity
THERA nanA IN
“UNDER TWO FLAGS"
"Tonoaaow'
DUSTIN FARNUM IN
“DAVY caochT-T"
SATURDAY
LEAH BAIRD IN
“LIGHTS OF NEW YORK”
BILLIE BURKE IN “GLORI'A’S ROMANCE”
One Night Only
TuesdayyAugusg 15
This-ls-Not—a-Movlng-Plcture ‘
MAY ROB'SON—HERSELF
“THE MAKING OVER 0F MRS. MATT”
A Comedy by james Forbes
Author of “Chorus Lady,” Etc.
50¢. 75¢. $1.00. 81.50
Seats on Sale Tomorrow—Friday—Io O’Clock
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The Coolest Spot In Town.
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; PIRATES FOR MAPLE LEAFS.
iiicldcr Jimmy \‘iox. of the Pirates.
tare about to be transferred to the pleads with him to return to hll (hegpen golf tournament at the Shawl
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Maple Leaf payroll. As Oscar Stan—
of players .
trams nuts to sun IN
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Photoolay “Under Two Flags" Io
Taken from Outda's Masterpiece—P
Has All the Fire of War. ‘
‘i Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes) is eld-
iesi son of the Viscount Royalieu. His
younger brother Berkeley (Stanhop'i
. Wheaicrofli is a u'eakllng who throws ,
away at the gaming table all (he'
Emoney he can get his hands on. This
lpenchant of Berkley’s leads him al-
imost to ruin. He contracts more
idebia than he can pay. His brother
;can spare no more cash. Berkley. to
2 meet his obligations. is forced to forge
a check, signing to it the name of
aLgrd Rockingham (Charles Craig,) a
iii-lend of the the family.
Venetia (Claire \l'hitney,) sister of
ERockingham. knows that the Cecila
need mdney. She begs Bertie, whom
;she loves, to let her help him, and
,el'en offer-.5 him money, but Bertie re~
fuses,
Meanwhile. the money lender who
has cashed Berkley‘s forged note
Company In
Eve. 7:15 and 9
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discovers the deception, and rushes to
.the Cecile" home with a detective.
" n idone, shoulders the blame for the
'crime. Rockingham learns of it. and
1The detective insists on arresting
. ‘Bertie and is about to do so, when
from the house. and after a frantic
frush across country. escapes com-
‘han.) goes with him. Back in his
. English home his friends hear that he
fBertie. realizing what his brother has
offers to pay the value of the note.
,the young man eludes him. rushes
"pletely. Rake. his valet (Joe Cre-
,has been killed in a continental rail.
FRIDAY ‘_ road accldrnt. and they mourn for him.
Time passes, and Bertie and Rake,
FRANK KEENAN “(have wandered to Algeria. There
in it ‘they both enlist in the French army.
{and take their places as privates in
“ " lihe ranks. There. too. they meet
THE PHANTOM lCigsrette. .the mail carrier and
daughter of the regiment (Theda
”Bara.) a girl whom all the soldiers
glove with brotherly affection.
, During the days of life at the camp,
VBertie has found that he has made
fan enemy of the Marquis de Chateau-
:lroye (Stuart Holmes.) colonel in c m-
}mand'of the barracks The haired
'between the two men had Sprung up
ialmost without cause, it is increased
{when Bertie. finding that the colonel
Ahau captured the wife of an Autism
And a Keystor‘ Comedy
SATURDAY.
CONSTANCE COLLIER
in
“THE CODE OF
MARCIA GRAY'V}: Emir and is about to use her for vile‘
' ‘ purposes. loves his superior to release
| Bertie himself takes the woman
. , 5 her.
min a - - u- u- - i- I "R\OMONA” “- . 3 back to her husband. and wolves a‘
um i pledge of eternal friendliness from the
lEniir. h‘tn
‘ There follow: an encounter wit a
the case 0‘ Johnny Eve” and Man- Arabians. in which Bertie is sent to
iiil.i'“§i'§§.“w§: 9-23. $333333? “‘"m‘ “"‘m‘ “9“”. "’."‘“ ”mm"
er. Cigarette, merahelminxl! in
closed." “ love with the man, rushes to his old
“In the furtherance of sportsman-i She practically inrccs (‘haieaurol‘e to
ship coaching by players from theisend mcnforccments to succor the
{bench must and will be. restricted"}mmll force of Frenchman. Then. (01'
said I‘r cnt ‘Tener. “The illul'l‘rs'hcr bravery in winning the day for
in) not m be allowed ‘0 fiddle” 1‘93 France. she is decorated with the lie-
lrm-ks to or about umpire! Opposing} glon of Honor by the Marshal of the
players or spectators.” troop;
By some unlucky
Rockingham. Veneila and Berkeley
.Cecll. now Viscount Royalleu, comeuo
iihe French Barricks in Algeria. There
:they recognize Bertie. and Venetia
Outgglder Daniel Costello and In.
Maple Leafs according to an on native land and claim his title and
nouncement made in Toronto yeslcrfflm“e The man romung firm. until
day. Viox. it. is expected, will be used Venetia fall‘s sobbing into a chair.
in the outfield, together with Costello Chateauroye. who is in love with the
and Jack Murray. former Giant. Cos. fah- English» lady, hears-the soils. and
tclio has been of little use to the Pl-‘em‘era .1“.an He make, u mm.
mics this year. while Vic]: now Is in [ng remark to Bertie, and the Eug-§
PmSDWE'h refoi'i’rlns from an injured ; lishman. overwhelmed by his sense of
M“ Zinjusiice. pounces on his superior.
Preside“l 340051er now is in no.1 In the court-martial that follows,
troit arranging for the transfer from Bertieis condemned to die. Cigarette.
the Tigers of Catcher Red McKee, hoping against hope. rides to the
who earlier in the season was on tho, Marshal to get a reprieve for . him.
’ Aided by her Cross of the Legion
of Honor. she gets it. and starts
the barricks. But the Arabs a
,after her, and finally overtake her.
lalthough she makes a desperate leap
across a chasm on her horse. Taken
before the Emir. she explains to hit/n
age is back in the Tiger lineup,‘ Mc~
Kee's services are likely to be dis.
pared with. ’
LIGHTNING OUSTS ENGINEER.
New Haven‘ Motor Struck by Bo!~ at.
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New Rochelle Tuesday.
‘ the Civil War, Knowing all the du~ try by the Sisters in France to escape
‘tlcs of I "II old-time Southern house. the "r ")an How.ghp égcgpeg (mm,
stroke of fate. ‘
’ rim: Thur-as
she sets a horse. us'FRANK KuNAN
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ridel who. no amen, through ACTING SINCE lsn. ,
a blinding sans—storm. toward the —— '
barricks ' With each succeeding production in‘
which Frank Keenan is starred miles
of the photodrama declare that he is;
establishing a precedent in the matter
of makeup for the various characters
I
Shamans: just as the firing squad
is taking its aim. Madly the rides
before then. It is too late. They
Bertie. falls to the grOund. mortally,
have fired. and Cigarette. instead of which he portrays. His best work in
wounded. Unis line so far is said l0 have been
idone for “The Phantom.“ Just releas-
led on the Triangle programme.
Keenan attributes his ability to his
long experience on the stage. an ex-
perience which dates back to the be
ginning of his notable career in 1878.
Like all ac‘ors who have been con-
stantly before the public. for such a
long term of years. he has played many
parts, the majority of whkh have de-
manded that he appear in strong char—
acteristions. His appearance as Jack
Rance, in "The Girl of the Golden
West,‘ which role he created, is one of
the memorable achievements in the
history of the speaking stage. His
characterisation of “Buck" Warren in
“The Warrens of Virginia," has done
more than any one thing. it is said. to
establish a certain type of Southern
gentleman in the minds of the Ameri-
can people. Palace theatre. Fridai'.
REAL VITAL MAY ROMON
COMEDY.
A distinctly American comedY. re»
dolent of the soil. entitled, “The Milk-
ing Over of Mrs. Matt." will be pre-
sented at the Regent theatre, one
night only Tuesday. August 15th. with
May Robson, that typical comedienne.
in the title role. The comedy is said
to be uncommonly bright, the charac-
teri real and vital, and the story one
that will find a response in the breasts
of American .women and thinking men.
Yet withai it tells a story in which love
and sentiment predominate and laugh-
ter holds sway.
Miss Robson in the title role.
through her personality, her facial ex-
pressions and the magic of her voice.
we are (old. will triumph again in her
portrayal of “Ira. Matt," even more
strikingly than she did in her former
success. "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary." A splendid production and a
capable dramatic company are beinl
brought along by Miss Robson. so that
mm the atmosphere. and locale may
be properly staged. Seats on sale to-
marrow. Friday at 10 o‘clock.
After having crpaied such a success
in “The Cheat" and “Tennessee's Pard-
ner” Fannie Ward. the distinguished
American actress, will be seen at the
Palace theatre. today, in the Jesse l“
Larky production of “For the De-
fense," which was written especially
.for her by Hector Tumbull, author of
."The Cheat." -
A bit of animated atmosphere is ad!
ded to the Pallas picture "Davy Crock- as a wealthy young society woman; in
elt"Qiy the ebony colored house ser- . "Tennessee's Pard " she was a little; ‘ 6
mm of the Vlushn‘l. Born In Ilfl~orphan girl in the early days of Call-
very eight-six years no he only known fornia; is “For the Defense," she will,
that he was called Jim Biddle because be seen an a little French novice, di-i '
his owner‘s name was Biddle. Aft-'rect from the convent. it is a Para-i
or years of servitude, at first as a mount Picture. .‘ '
farm hand in the cotton fields and af-l The plot of ‘For the Defense" has
tel-wards as a house servant at the bit‘ to do with the adventures of the littleI
colonial mansion, he was liberated by French girl who was sent to this coun- is
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servant and priormlng the mass he's runner of a disreputable house ln" .
used to in the Anti-Helium days. Bid-Y New York who persuaded her to go
(1!? give in authentic touch lhll ll ‘ with him, and is the only witness to a)
but a part of the elaborate care used , murder, how she afterwards. unknow4
to make this interestlns story of thejingly, meets the man who is falsely
southern frontier live in II realistic accused of the crime. and fails in love
setting. :wlth him and how, by a clever trick.’
This PaliuParnmoum pholoullr Is able to get I confession from the.
comes to the Regent. Friday. Lreal murderer and thus exonmrtc fie
.msn she loves from conviction. lends
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REGULAII; ~DE8ERTED {ROM éto make the picture dramatic in Its
- ”NOMLEG.‘ ‘ -theme. stirring in its action and uti-
; 4 e M luauai In its motive.
l Notices received yesterday from "‘8' It is expected 'by the Lasky Com-
adlutant general of the United States'mny that m, production will score
army show three dOSOI’UODB from UlG'evgn . greater BUCCC‘SEI than ”The
regular forces. stationed at Nogalcs. Cheat" and with this idea in t'leu'yhava
Aria. Paul C. Runtzel. it prints 0‘ "’9 surrounded her with a cast of unusual
first class. who was connected with excellence, composed of such famous
the medical department. is reported to ‘ artists as Jack Dean. lloracee n. vir-
have deserted on July 10, Jesse “pent". who scored such a wow... u
liars and Fred B. Hush". privates in ' the. drunken husband in "The Golden .
TNOD P- Fl”! CNN”. are RWY’N Chance." James Neill, Camil‘n A'uor,
to have deserted on July 15. who will be remembered as the llllcll- (
-—-—-----——‘ es: in the "Chimmie Fadden" serier.\
énaceu Leaos FIELD or Gertrude Keller and other members of
GOLFERS AT, SHAWNEE.‘ the Lasky all star orgr" .tion.
The production it ~ .ide (Ind-er tho
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‘ SHAWNEEDN-DELEWARE. Pa..1direction of Frsri. Reicher and the:
‘August 10.——Waiter Hggen' of Rochellg photorrarhy i: of the Usual Lastly cx-i
ter. Metropolitan open champion won‘cellem‘e-
'3:
nee (‘ouniry Club yesterday with oi WELLS TO TRY AGAIN.
score of 298 for 72 holes. Haze had
a card of 150 for the am so fiolesu Bmmmer W91". “0 IS 5”“ W“
He covered the morning round yester-‘.""“'-V“"“mm champion °f England.
day in 75 and finished the fourth round .will be ““9" “9°" “3““ to defend;
in 73 his title in a 20-round bout at the‘
Herbert R a ”would 0, Bhflw§West End Music Hall, of Londonmcxt'
.10 was second wl h 802, and James'eek' He will 5° ”am" 09m" “I;
? phia. third with Harry Reeves, another English heavy».
if f
‘M. Barnes, P -
gsol ’ iweip-ht. They will box for a purse
{ We 'of $2,500, of which the winner will get
' {1,750 and the loser $750
: PHILLIEB RECALL NEW LONDON
mavens. ,
The Philadelphia irrational: have}
' called Pitcher Fortune. Outllelder)
Wetsor and Catcher Fish from the'
New London club. The trio will re-
port to the Phillies at the close of
the Editors League season.
STANDARDIZING WIRELESO'
The progress made in wireless teleg-
raphy during recent years has not been
so much in the direction of new inven;
tions and startling deveklpments as it
.has been~ in standardisation of ex-
isting‘apparatuu. it is not so long ago
that every ship station. with but few
NEW HAVEN, Aug. lit-According,
to a report received by the New ‘Ha—i
ven railway _ofli'ces here yesterday;
electric motor No. 097. in service on ,
the’New York Division. was struck by .
lightning at New Rochelle Tu‘esdu! .
afternoon. While no particular dam.
age was done, the motor took tire. to! f
escapozpwhich Engineer 8. E. Rich- ’
mood jumped off and suffered a
sprained ankle. He was able to con
tinue his trip with another motor. the, ‘
report ‘here says, ' ‘
RED SOX PERCH ON
‘ F, TOP ONCE AGAIN
CHICAGO, August 10.—Boston‘ one
on Chicago out of am place, an;
American League pennant race yeitor- = 1
day by winning a winning pits-r g
“dogs 2 to 1. Jim soda andnrnsst
"exceptions. was unique; although the
same wireless telegraph company .
which operated sets on numerous oth-
er ships; During the past one or two
years. the leading Ameri wireless
. companies have been “2% every‘
effort toward making their stalls-
tkins as simply as possible of stand-
fprd design andrnoreover, with inter-
j}hangeabi-{pma. ’ p '
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_ none, TROUBLE.
_‘ cted young man paced
jwildiyaaross the floor_ _ ‘-
: "mes Merrill, that beautiful young
_,;ladyvtlist l was engaged to has asked}
'th..,,yrell.s.cheori a}. -. Don't take
so hard." lilslfland said. “1 our; i‘
you honepontihoml‘f' . . 3
'au. new is ill. mumfluld
wv~-~.W....;.;....:;;‘.L.::
in "The Client." Miss Ward was seen Wmmmm
mad, Wednnd'mmulned by the '
“to have her letterpreturned,” he said ’
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