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' egent Theatrei
Today at 2:15.? and 9" 3'
I‘u ruinouni 4.: I craft. Stars
Ethel ClaaivtoTi~
in ”in Forceml Drama or
‘The l3th°goivruggndmen
Regent Comedy it
hursday. Friday. Satur-
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KEENE 6s. ruXWDRTH
Colored Piano, Singing and Dine-
ing Artists
TOBY &. FRANK <
Costume Song and Dance Act
Harry Cakes &. Co.
0 -——in—- ‘
“REUBEN IN TOWN”
A Side Splitting Comedy Skit
DOBBS &. WALSH
The Chatter Kings
“THE RIDING DEMOTTS"
Direct from the Barnum show
with their own circus horses and
.a car of effects.
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Bryant Washburn in . =,
‘Too Winch Johnson’
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T‘ 6:45; Pictures Only at 9.
riday Feature—Mae Murray in
. “The Big Little Person."
wrday Feature——Pearl White in
1 “The Black Secret."
. audeville and Pictures—2:15 and
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playing tomorrow with vaudeville, are‘
the exqq'siteflgowns' which are dis-1
played during the course of the action.
Two of the actresses in the cast have;
the roles of» idle and extravagant wives!
who keep their husbands continuallyy
struggling to supply their whims. In2
keeping with their part. they are git-i
tired in the most expensive looking}
costumes. all in the latest mode. More ;
over, their chief occupations seem to be
removing new creations of the nfiillin-
ors and fashionable modistes from
their boxes. i
REGENT TODAY
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Ethel Clayton Stars In Forceful Dra~
ma or Life “The' Thirteenth
Commandment” }
Ethel Clayton's latest picture, "The’
Thirteenth Commandment." will be
shown at the Regent Theatre today.
At 2:15, 7 and 9
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Paraxnoun. Offers_ 5
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Bryant Washburn ’ ,
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The Sensational Comedy Hit
“Too Much Johnson”
Fox News .
Palace Mid Week Comedy
L Thursday. (Friday. Satur-
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5—Big Acts of Palace
Standard Vaudeville—5
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“HIS TAKING" WAY"
'_ A satire on the modern motion
, piciures, presented by an excciieu
. company of ten people
IN THREE ACT?)
The Biggest Act in Vaudeville
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, Ethel Clayton in
“The l3th__Cornmandment”
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Friday—Madlaine Traverse in "The i
Splendid Sin.” . .
Saturday—Antonio Moreno, In “That
Invisible Hand.”
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HOYT’S .
The Best Produced Pictures .
Thursday
William Russell in'
“Sonic Liar"
Friday
Tom Moore in
"Man and ills Monéyl’
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,The story was adapted from Rupert
lIHughes.’ magazine seil’lal and novel of
sthe same name. Daphne Kip, the cend
itral figure is a. girl in a middle western
city who has always been given all she
lwanted “by a father who is hardly;
Iqual'fied financially to give it. She
,becomes engaged iv a young
iYorkcr, who, from the money he
spends ’on her is apparently very rich.
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tuguese settlement in China on a pen-
insula at the mouth lot the Canton
river. about forty miles frcm;.l~long
Kong. It hasten area of twentyeone
square miles. 6‘ , s,
INVESTIGATE ACClDENT i
- ’ ‘.'ro POWHATAN
W'ASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—-lnvestl—
gallon of the cause or the disabling of
the army transport Powhatan at sea
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iis being made by an dlficial board sit-
Iting at New York. In announcing this
today, the war department said re-,
ports. regarding Bolshevik activity by 2
members 9!. the transport's crew or
others on board had thus far been
proven to be without foundation.
From information manual i, were it
appears that in a heavy gale a bunker
bulkhead was carried away. allowing
about 75 tons of coal to shift. The fuel
choked the pumps and they couhl \not
keep up with a leakage through a
clogged ash ejector. In spite of the
rapidly rising water in the liter-00111,;
it was said, all the firemen remained
on duty until‘ orderedout by the chief a
engineerswhen the water was should-
er high.
ACQUITTAL OF MURDER CHARGE”
. LOS ANGELES, 031., Jan. 28.—-Ac—}
f quitted . on a charge of murder, O.imaile.to date indicate thtt practically
, Kaneda is back In jail here today forlall of the victims of thlsputbreait are.
i report indicates,
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.7 7 improvement f
’ , caste? so quick-
't lens .to We, a patients ,
1y ma 9 ' ‘ as: in WT: city.
to the emergency
have been changed W the _re-_
may 1, could be accompanied. _
Tie following bulletin relative to/
influenza was issued. yesterday by Dr.
John T. Black, Slate commissioneroi
health:
Influenza is again approaching the
high water mark. Itsjrlse is yelp:
Watched. with considerable interest
and concern, although. "such a devastat-
ing flood as was emuenced in the
run of “1918 does not seem probable.
During the first three weks of Jan- '
were 16 copes reported in
and during the week just
this weeks morbidity
the large majority of
these Were, in Waterbury”. Within the
last ten days outbreaksvhavie been re
ported throughout the country. partic-
ularly in New York, Chicago, San
Francisco and Dallas. ‘
The disease itself does not seem to
be as virulent a type as that of the last
epidemic, simulating more closely the
so—called "old-fashioned grippe." Thus
far, the cases are mild, rarely compllv
cated and few latal. Of the cities re~
porting, New Haven and Hartford
baVe had one death each and Water-
bury two. ..
Such investigations as
uary there
the state,
ended 1.123. ‘As
have been
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,on her trip to the metropolis to our an indefinite stay, at his own requestiamong those who escaped the last epi—i
'chase her trousseau, she'discovers
.that \Yimborn, her fiance, is really a‘
poor man. but. like her father, (is going?
into debt to satisfy her unreasonable
demands.
He is paying board to the sheriff for
the privilege of remalnzng'. l
Kaneda was accused '
demic. This in accord With the gener-
al belief that one attack establishes
immunity from further attacks. A
icaused the death of another Japanese!
of having 3. , .
disconcerting feature of the situation.
here recently. He was discharged anenhowever, 13 the fact “I“ there are
trial, but his atto’rfley told the courtiover a, million 9809“ “it Connecticut
that the man (cared. the vengeance otiFhO d-d not 113“! Influenza 183i year.
.has
.wifo, and an irascible mother-in-law. of Social Research."
-The first named filling leads him to were served afterwards
; accept
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l tails involves
, labor unions, and an extension of the!
REGENT TOMORROW ‘ friends of the deceased and wanted
A Roaring fiiot Of Laughs, Bryant 00““? arrange to leave. the CHY-
Washburn In “Too Much John-
son" The funeral of Mrs. Eliza McGrath
Williampouatic‘s famous farce, “Too; :gogtplancaer 3351318011331;ng :3“ (‘91' will:
Much Johnson}? has reached the screen !, celebrating the mass. .The pallbearers
and will be seen at the Recent The- were Edward and William Riley, John
atre tomorrow with fivoncts of vaude— .O‘Donnld and James Barrey. John
ville, with Bryant \Vashhurn in the' Coleman was flower bearer. interment
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starfi‘ng role. The play was originally 100k place in St‘ M31" 3 cemetery.
produced some twenty-five years ago
Funeral of Mrs. McGrath.
A meeting was held in the Sunday
with Mr. Gillette playing the lead and: school room of the First Congregation-
al Church, last night. A large attend-
was hailed as the best American farce, .
or the day. it is said to be even, more, :31?! :fizrl’t‘ifgogzetg; aggnz’nnigzfi‘
entertaining as a motion picture.‘ .lé'm- spech was given by Prof. Mitchel,
The hero is Augustus Billings, who 2:32va o¥oéglifg1rtmzerg with the Elm.
a fondness for yachting, a pretty SOClilJy Problems From nthe ggzgiailoirngt
Refreshments
and those
the invitation of a flirtatious , PTO-WWWt greatly enjoyed the 'evennlg.
in party to Mexico. The mathema-
law gets on his trail. Complication
over a mix-spin nameS. a jealous lins-
band, and other mirth—provoking de-
Billings
from which he eitilfcates himself by a
'clever trick.
walk. in the house owned by Miss
Claven, and occupied by John Mc-
-Loughiin. The family placed some ho;
ashesflfiez‘lir then cellar door. The house
_ _ :was 9 or smoke but very l tile
mic a 1119'!" f damage was done. ' fi
Arrangements were completed, last
night, at a meeting of Old wen Come
mandcry, U. 0. G. S.. for an entertain-
lment to be held Tuesday, February
10. An interesting program has been
prepared. invited guests only will be
present.
A committee meeting was held last
night to plan for the 25th anniversary
,of Putnam Hose Company. It was
voted to give a dance on March 17th.
at the Elks’ Home, with 300 pounds of
sugar as prizes. ‘
{LOOKING AFTER VIRGIN ISLANDS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.———With a.
view to determining whether the Vir-
gin Islands, the most recently acquir-
ed Unitcd States territory, should be
removed from the naval supervision
under Which they have been since pur—
chased from Denmark, a. joint Con-
gressional committee left Washington:
today to visit the islands. The com-| mghtcglsb £11313: {V2115 be ”zed ‘0'
iniuee comprises three Senators amigo: the weekly md”“ga’:‘e:° ‘m" “at;
gggaEgeg'isggtfit‘xs": “”1“de 56“" South Norwalk Club. tonight, «Hearts
L e y‘ i wj'ilIhbe played" tonight.
‘ erewiil be a sociable held b the
ANCIENT ORDER OF CLEANERS. ;.Girls'_ Friendly Scam), in the {Triu-
l It P: ri -
AanLAlOlAZOO,’ Mich. Jan. 28.—Tbg:29yth_ ‘ 5h “33- Thursdm January
c ent rder o Gleaners opened its, Paul Magner of 16 Be d
annual convention here today with is home on a five day viaiemiv‘ggz;
nearly 2,000 delegates from 14 States. Holy Cross, where he m a. student
lugfitend-ance. l 13- VViUmP-‘n. of Bridgeport was in
8 report of the legislative com-,town yesterday on business ' .
mittee favored _endorsement of the: L. A Darling of Danb r
League of Nimbus, closer afliliation’ visitor in town " t rda “ 5" was a
between farmers’ organizations and? m e, I
. , , —KNIGHT5 OF COLUMBUS FAIR.
period of box eminent cont 1 of - ‘
’° ““1 iRed Mons Hall, tonight. Dancing.
permission to stay in jail until he,
. , t . , 11 her one. 'acht-' At. 1:30 this afternoon there was a.
dowager o accompa.y 3’ fire, at 19 Chestnut street, South Nor
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many or whom are liable to infection.
It is true that. many of these are nat-
ural iummnes, but a lullciently large
number of non-immunea remain to
make it advisable to take all the pre-
cautionary measures .poosibie.
Health officers should immediately:
get. in touch with thd‘ physicians oi;
their towns and arrange for prompt;
and regular reporting. influenza. is;
a reportable disease and reports '
should; be In the usual form unlesa tpl~
demic conditions prevail. when more-
ly the total number of cases seen each
day may be accepted by the health of-
floor.
Deaths from pneumonia following in-
fluenza or in grippe should he so P’e'
corded on the death certificate. rhy-
sicians should be urged to pronuwly‘
or other assistance.
The use of vaccines fortbe preven-
tion or treatment of influenza is not
recommended, for th reason that it is
impo'ssl e to-seeur
vaccine until the causative organism
l Plowing and quarantlning are not
:requt‘. unless the afflicted person
displays unreasonable carelessness or
disregard for the. Welfare of others.
:Disinfeciion cf the home after recov-
;eiy is unnecessary. Private funerals
ishould be required by the health offl-
ieer if the disease becomes unduly pre~
:valcut.
l Non-essential public gatherings such
as dances. etc., should be forbidden If
the disease shows any tendency tine
nrd undue prevalence. Schools should
.be allowed to“ remainopen under mods
glcal supervision as well as theatres. ll
iwell vetnllated. in good sanitary con'
idition and if an effort is made to de-
bar those suffering with or
go I
An edort should be made to soothat
the law forbidding the use of common
drinking cups. towels. etc, is rigidly
enforced. Soda fountains and other
; closed it not equipped with paper uten~
Isils or satisfactory means for steriliza-
‘t on. ,
The State Department of Health is
in a position to render health officers
such.advioe or assistance as may be
.desired. it it becomes necessary. an
ieifori. will be made to supply phrasi-
cians, nurses and hospital equipment
demlc. influenza headquarters have
established and until further no~
tice wlll be open from 8 a. m. to 10 p.
m., 306 Church street, Hartford. Tel-
ephone Chatter 7121. . .
Saturday
Gladys Hulette in
“His? W” ' roads
“Elmo the Mighty? .....
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PALAC E TODAY
Vrroo' Much. Moth'er-i'nJaw Spoiled His
Fun See Bryant‘Washburn In
“Too Much Johnson"
Billings’ mother~in‘-law was one;of.
those “capable" women. She ran her'
daughter, Billings‘ wife, and She tried
to run him out of the house when he;
settled 'down in an easy chair of an
evening and drew forth his old caked
jimmypipe that you read about in the,
jazzy tobacco ads. And his mother-in—
iaw, never having been through a gas
mack, told him he would have to
change his pipe or hisplace of resid-
g"nee. So Billings, being fond ofyafihjt‘
mg. went on a sea trip where there was
no one to complain but the gulls.
Forthwith his troubles began . 3’ '_ « .
Bryant Washzbum’is “the bar-used
Billings in his new screen farce,
"\iuch Jolmson,”“vvhlch will claret}
"Palace Theatre today. It isr'ai'm
mount-Artcraft picture direqu
Donald Crisp. Lois Wilson is thew
.‘na woman. ’3 . ».
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PALACE 'Tomosnow
A Great Woman Pictune'Et‘il
In "The Thirteenth
One of the pleasing,
Women patrons o! '
where Ethel -
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7' preyéngt‘s out as
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All reports received as "In grip. y f"
pe" should be classified as influenza. ‘ ,.
report any family in need of nursing
a true influenza ; ‘5...
is Known. .
places serving food or drink should be .
as they were during. the previous epl- .
. J ’ t. .. Quince s maids, men.
new Iii-NEW JERSEY .
IN THREAT fro SHOOT
’ enhanced mm: rage
he declined tb‘be intervieWed. ’
Miss Johnson began teaching in the
special class for defective children at
the, Arsenal s‘ 00! on September 3.
the beginning 0 the last fall term. and
continued until Chrlsmus recess.
since whirl: time she has not been a
member oldie teaching staff. As far
as couldrbe learned. she did. not give
her address to the school authorities
but had her mail addressed to "Golden ,'
al Delivery. Hartford, Conn." Her 5111- ]
ary was $1.500. She said she Was 22‘
years old. -‘
When Miss Johnsrm came here. she
said or." had had three. and one-half.
years or outside teaching work pre-
viou-aly. in 1913-16, at Vinccnnes, ind..-
thc home of her parents: in 1918-17. in '
a private school, in New York; in 3
1917-13. in a grammar school, at Perth _
Ambuv. N. J.. and in 191249. rm to the. .
latter part of last spring, at Honolulu.
These facts tally exactly with hen-v
story to the New Brunswick police
that she came i'rom Honolulu to no
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COATS ........ $22.50. $29.95. $34.95
suns ..... 324.95.329.95. $35.96
new SPRING DRESSES ........ $24.95 to $45.69
FURS AT SPECIAL PRICES. .,
KIMONOS ONE-HALF PRICE.
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CHARGE ACCOUNTS OPENED.
married last June to Liddle, who Is
employed by the l'nited Shir-s Ship-
pzng Board. near Penn Ambcy, the
home 02‘ his father. a welbto-do con—z
tractor. in hr"? arrival, according to
the story she told the police, the en-
gagement was broken off, and she is
inclined to put the blame on Liddle’s
family. whom she charged with perse-E
nitiun f
Miss Johnson is held on a technical}
charge of c'rrying n ri-volrerwifigmui a.
permit. In reply to the action of Lid-i
(iii: in prefcrring charm-s against her,3
she got a warrant for his arrest. She,
maintains the (lenlel that she got ihe
revolver to shoot Liddle.
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