Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 3, 1916, Page 13

A ‘‘and Slrato?, or . tion in 1 THE OMAH American Bar Association The American Bar association has just closed its thirty-eighth annual Session at Chicago, after a week of) strenuous business. More than 1,000 delegates from every state and ter-| ritory and the colonies were in evi- dence. Nebraska was represented by twenty-six delegates, including Su- preme Court Judges Letton and Mor- risey and Dean William G. Hastings of the Nebraska -Law school. Ex-Senator Elihu Root of New York | and former secretary of state as . president of the association, opened the session. His address, “Public Service by the Bar,” had a greater significance as a public document than ! 1 message to lawyers only. Within its lines can be read the opinion of | this statesman of 'the after-effect of the war upon America in the world- wide competition which must follow. The keynote of his speech was, that Americans, after the war, in order to hold their place in the new adjust- ment of the world competition, must increase their efficiency and conserve their powers. In the world’'s work keener competition in all economic activities of human endeavor will come. The warring nations return- ing to peaceful competition of produc- tion and commerce will have a vastly ‘increased power to compete. And the necissity to repair the enormous waste and to supply the pressing de- mands will be spurred by their train- ing of hardship and sacrifice. There must be a change of the 'in- dividual attitude toward the govern- ment of trying to get something out of the country and in trying to shirk the responsibility to serve it. Our minds have been filled with the as- sertion of our rights and we have thought too little of ‘our duty. Na- tional strength requires the spirit of solidarity among the people of the nation. Sectional or class misunder- standing and hatred or dislike are ele- ments of 'vital weakness. To be strong a_nation’s citizenship must be a title to friendsnip and kindly interest among all her citizens, where the pegple will be one for all and all for one. The rights and privileges, the property and liberty and life of every American, whether he be at home or in Mexico or in the far east,’'on land or 'sea, are our concern and the con- cern of each of us. J The test of efficiency as applied to the lawyer's business shows that there is no country in the world in which, the doing of justice is bur- dened by such heavy overhead charges. The delays of litigation, the badly adjusted machinery of adminis- tration and the technicality of proced- ure cause enormous waste The product is disproportionate to the plant and the working force. The ease with which admission to the bar is secured in many jurisdictions has crowded the bar with more lawyers than are neces- sary to do the business. If the law- yer's business were conducted like the business of any great industrial planit which is striving for highest ef- ficiency at least cost, a considerable percentage of the 114,000 practicing lawyers would be discharged. —_— At the closing session, Senator C‘eorn Sutherland of Utah was elected president of the association, N. Y., was the general preference the, theeting for 1917, The Nebraska officers elected are Frank M. Hall of Lincoln, vice presi- dent for Nebraska; Matthew A. Hall of' Omaha, member . of .the general committee; Charles S. Elgutter .and William C. Fraser of Omaha, Judge ~Ernest B. Perry of Cambridge -and Judge William E. Stewart of Lincoln, _members of the local council. Nebraska lawyers have been inti- ‘mately identified with the American Bar association. The relationship as- sufned prominence when James E. Woolworth of Omaha was elected its nineteenth president in 1896, and the fellowship was welded all the strong- er with the succession of Charles F. " Manderson, also of Omaha, as its twenty-second president. Mention also must be made -of Frederick W. Lehmann, president of the associa- ' , although credited to St, Louis, was reared in Nebraska City, where: he first hung out his shingle. It is not recorded that any. other state, with the possible 'exception of New York, drafted from its distin- guished lawyers three presidents for this venerable organization. And it was on the cards of the association to have selected another Omaha law- yer for'its president, the late lament- CHARLES §. ELGUTTE! ed Ralph Breckenridge, had his promising life not been cut short by accident three years ago. One need only run over the pro- grams of the annual meetings of the American Bar association to find how prominently Nebraska lawyers have figured in its proceedings. A session of the association would indeed be a dull place if it did not include one of the masterful orations of Henry D. Estabrook, or a scholarly address from Roscoe Pound, now professor at the Harvard L2w school. The an- nual dinners of the association have had on the toast cards William F. Gurley, of course, from Omaha, and | that wit, the Mark Twain of Nebras- !kl. who never fails to set the table in |a roar, John ‘F. Dryden of Kearney. | In the more technical work of the | association, which has for its objec: |the advancement of the science of | jurisprudence, the promotion of the administration. of justice and the se- curing of ' uniformity of legislation throughout the United States, appear many Nebraska names. Ralph Breck- enridge for many years was chairman of the committee on insurance; Wil- ' D. McHugh and Matthew ‘A. Hall have served as members of the gen- eral council for Nebraska; J. A. C. | Kennedy, John J. Sullivan, John L. | Webster, William J. Hastings, dean of Nebraska; Frank Irvine, some time commissioner of the Nebraska su- preme court, later dean of the law 1 school of Cornell university, and now one of the public service commission- ers of New York; Henry H. Wilson of Lincoln and others are serving, or ‘havn served, the association on many {important committees. More than 100 members of the Nebraska bar, representing at least 10 per cent of the lawyers of the state, are enrolled jin its membership. In its nearly forty years of exist- | ence the association has corrected | many abudes. To begin with it has | been instrumental in raising the stan- dard of legal education and the re- quirements for admission to the prac- tice, thereby insuring to the public men trained in their profession with | the same care and fidelity as the phy- sician of the first rank . The associa- tion has adopted a code of ethics of purgiifg the, profession of unworthy members. It has recommended stan- dards of conduct for judges to win the respect of the peoplein the integrity, impartiality and ability of the judi- ciary. In and out of season the asso- ciation has labored to simplify the | administration of law in courts and to speed up its procedure, advocated by such authority as ex-President Taft and Elihu Root. ‘Who could expect less when such men as Woodrow Wil- son and Charles E. Hughes are en- rolled as members? One of its most beneficial efforts has' been directed to secure uniform state laws in such vi- tal matters as marriage and divorce, workmen’s compensation laws, b}ils and notes, sales, land registration acts, warchouse receipts and such other laws of our forty-cight separate states which affect interstate interests or the rights and remedies of citi- zens in their family and property re- lations. To correct such a mocker, on justice as a marriage after di- vorce is valid in Nevada, but invalid in New York, with all the attending legal confusion which may arise from the legitimacy of children, the right of heirship, the devolution of proper- ty in such a case, falls within the province of the American Bar asso- ciation, To enfertain the American Bar as- sociation in annual convention, rep- resenting a membership - of 10,000, would do honor to any city. With all the prestige of Nebraska lawyers it has not yet been the good fortune of Omaha to be placed on the list. It is not improbable, however, that Omaha will be selected its conven- tion city in 1918, for the policy of the association is to alternate its sessions annually between the east and west. The association goes east again in 1917. Your visiting lawyer is a man of discretion and good taste; he requires the best there is- for both his physi- cal and intellectual well-being. And when he attends the annual sessions of his national society he seeks both recreation and pleasure, for all work and no golf makes him indeed a dull fellow,. With good grace the Amer- ican Bar association may be invited to meet in Omaha in 1918, e e ——————— e Hipp Management Promises Meritorious Week’s Bill A bill of considerable merit is offer- ed Hipp patrons for the coming week, according to Manager Bilz. A World feature will be on today and Monday, when Frances Nelson, E. K. Lincoin and June Elvidge will be starred b W. A. Brady in “The Almighty Dof- lar.,” * Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, comes iftwood” one of the most heralded pictures, one that played a week in a Kansas City house at in- creased admission price. Friday and Saturday the manage- ment presents Christine Mayo, Paul Shay and Joseph Burke in “A Fool's Paradise.” As a feature production this number comes well recommended f!}']om other cities where it has been shown. Mixed Films and Features Programed at the Omaha A program of mixed films and five- reel features will be shown at the Omaha for this week. Today’s bill calls for three dramas, “The Panel Game,” ‘“Weapons of Love,” and “Knights of the Knight” Monday, Gail Kane will be seen in a World feature, “Paying the Price.” Tuesday will ‘show a Laemmle program of dramas and comedies. Wednesday, Ella Hall in “Little Eve Edgerton,” a Bluebird feature. Thursday is Mar; Boland in “The Price of Happiness,” a World feature. Friday, Louise Lovely will be seen in “The Grip of Jealousy.” Saturday night a Laemmle program bill will be shown. Manager Finch Bills Promising Program Manager Finch, at the Diamond, has billed a promising program for the coming week. Today the bill calls for “Far From the Maddening Crowd,” with Florence Turner in_ the leading rale. “Jerry's Celebration” will furnish the faughs. Monday, Jack Richardson will be seen in “El Diablo,” Tuesday, the thirteenth epi- sode of “The Secret of the Subn&- rine.” Wednesday, a Mutual pro- gram with short dramas and com- edies. Thursday, an American drama, with Edward Coxen and Lizette Thorne, called “The Key” Friday, the foufth episode of “Liberty,” and Saturday, a drama in four reels, en- titled, “Rumpelstilskin,” and a Fal- staf comedy, Interesting Programs Promised at the Palm Mr. Freeman, manager of the Palm theater, Founcentl? and Doug- las, has cngaEed the Lew Rose stock company of hicago to appear every d'ay in connection with the regular picture show. They will make their debut Thursday, September 7, with a lively comedy farce, with lots of dancing, song and comedy, The pic- ture featg{e for today is “The Girl ;-‘i%’lnm I'.rlsctcth," featuring Helen es in the epi; i the Drawbridge.” PiSde L Talented Organist Now Playing at the Muse . Edward Horton, a talented organ- ist, is now playing at the Muse thea- ter. Mr. Horton has just finished an englgerqenl of more than'a ear at the Casino theater in Des oines, where he attracted the comment of the public and the press. Previous to his Des Moines engagement he glayed in St. Paul's and Denver's est theaters, Omaha people who beard Mr. Horton at the Friday and Saturday performances at the Muse are generous in their praise of his ability to “play the pictures.” Mother of Five Fined for Taking Wheat from Cars Mrs. Mary Pecha was fined $1 and costs by Justice Claiborne on a charge of stealing 300 pounds of wheat which she swept from emptied grain cars. She has five children, v ) of the law school of the University | ¥ | comedies _on | who left home August 31, Miss Evan-Burrow Fontaine At the Orpheum Mabel Yon Buren i "Ramona’ Coming s the Branders that this is the tfme for o?ening the winter season of activity at the Omaha theaters, the schedule in sight shows about as lit- allurement as any ever here. Today the of offered begins with an drama at popular prices; the Or- tle pheum and Gayety are already in line, and next -Sunday the Brandeis will present a film play, and a week later the Krug starts a new stock company on a forty-week journey. Nowhere does anything of real inter- est or merit appear. while attractions are tentatively prom- ised for later in the season, but noth- ing definite. This may be an echo of the situation in New York, where the new season began a week ago, but so far, with only revivals of last season’s farces and a couple of new old lines—absolutely nothing of real consequence. There the producers are promising . that something may be done later in the season, but all seem to be under the influence of the bugaboo of the movies and the approaching-election. It is a bad time, the managers argue, to undertake any pretentious produc- tion, for the people are so excited over politics they will pay no attention to the theater. This condition prevails each four years, so those who expect to get any pleasure at the play may as well make up their minds to wait for at least two months, What will happen then not even the New York moguls can tell. It was bruited about New York last week that the Shuberts were trying to lure E, H. Sothern back to the stage, promising him a most tempting return for twenty-six weeks of tour- ing in “If I Were King.” Mr. Sothern has not given a definite answer, and it may be he will recall his “farewell,” and take one more trip around the cities in which he has been more {,npullr than he ever was in New ork. The further gossip of Gotham is that Willie Collier, Robert Edeson and several other actors are to be brought back from the photo studios and given an opportunity once more to play in honest-to-goodness plays, where flesh and blood is presented to the public, and not shadows. But this is not verified, and may be only a bit of press agent's chatter, One thing against its likelihood fs that neither of the persons mentioned is devoid of ability, each having proved capacity and understanding as an actor, thereby eliminating themselves from the general scheme of the Broad- way producer, who only seeks expe- rience when he is employing such stars as Al Jolson and Frank Tinney. One item of interest to those who still take the theater seriously—and there are a few such—is contained in a letter received during the week from Dr. Charles William Wallace. He says he has engaged himself to de- liver a series of lectures in the United States this winter on his Shakes- pearean research work, beginning in November. The Omaha section of the Drama league is interested to the ex- tent that an effort will likely be made to secure Dr. Wallace for an evening here, The more definite announce- ment will be made later. prmta st Miss Tina Leone, who is to he lead- ing woman at the Krug when it opens, will, according to the press agent, give readings from her own writingse at noon each day at some factory, The press agent goes on with the statement that “Miss Leone seeks rest and health, hence her com- ing to Omaha.” As she will only be ' Boyd | offering of melo-| Some worth- A SUNDAY BEE: At the 0r//mm At the fm/vress HILE the calendar spggests|asked to play seven nights and-four | The publishers of Mrs. Jackson's nov- | matinees each’ week, besides attend- ing a daily rehearsal, one might be | pardoned for asking what Miss Leone | would do if she took a notion to get busy. W S y The Krug opens Saturday evening, | September 16. The opening play will be Augustus Thomas’ “Arizona.” Wil- liam's Select players will be equal in | every phase to a masterful presenta- | tion, says Manager “Billy” Cole.. The | regular announcement will be made | of the opening of the box office; and until then no seats will be laid away. —— Hawaiian, Egyptian, Greek and East Indian dances will be the head- Iline feature of this week's bill at the | Orpheum theater, presented by Miss i Evan Burrows Fontaine. Her produc- tion is one of the most lavish ever | offered in vaudeville, Kenneth Har- lan, who will be remembered as an associate of Gertrude Hoffman, is one of the members of her company. “An Innocent Bystander” is Homer Miles' latest sketch, in which he is supported by Helen Ray. In the pre- ! sentation of his latest sketch he has a company of five people. Leipzig, card manipulator, wears a handsome medal presented to him by a society of Eng- lish magicians. Edward Miller and Helene Vincent, vocalists, present a musical comedy sketch called “In the Cool of the Evening.”” “The Girl in the Moon" is a spectacular singing nov- elty with a mystical and charming finish. A dainty maid sails out over the audience, sitting on a new moon. She sings as she goes and drops pretty blossoms. A musical act is offered by Harry Stettner, ’cellist, and Edna Bentz, pianist. Equilibrluts and foot | The Orpheum Travel weekly is to quin, Indo-China, and lovely Catsol- mia, Spain. The Orpheum announces ' for the week of September 10 Melville Ellis and Miss Irene ‘;rdonl as the headline attraction. r. Ellis has distinguished himself as an American %llno virtuoso and Miss Bordoni is a rench chanteuse and Parls favorite, “Honer Thy Children,” a playlet by Samuel and Clara Lipman, which has been meeting with success, comes to the Orpheum as a special feature at- traction of the bill for the week of September 10, | b Accompanied by a full symphony orchestra and a cherus of California Mission singers, “Ramona,” W, H. Clune's cinema-operatic production of Helen Hunt {nc son's famous novel | of the old California missions and the Mission Indians will be seen for the | first time in Omaha beginning Sun-} day, September 10, at the Brandeis| theater for a limited engagement, with | matinee every day. | “Ramona” was produced in Los| Angelep early last spring and for ten | weeks it packed the largest theater in the 'southwestern California city, | which lies in the very heart of the! “Ramena” country, It was then tak- en to New York, where it captivated | a theatrical clientele, supposed to be impervious to anything not rife with sensationalism, Chicago was the next city to welcome “Ramona” and in the dead of summer with the terrific heat wave in full blast, the California maiden drew hosts of playgoers into the Auditorium, Several other cities of California and the east have wit- nessed “Ramona” and in the five months of its career the play is esti- mated to have drawn 2,000,000 specta- tors, Everyhody is familiar with the gen- eral outlines of the story, “Ramona.” — . S Municipal Swimming Pools Are to Close for Season The swimming pools at Riverview and Spring Lake parks/will be closed for the season tonight, at the close of the day’s patronage. Municipal beach at Carter lake will be open on Labor day and that will be the last of the season. Parents Appeal to Police \ To Locate Missing Children Mrs. Bessic Beigh, 2120 Harney street, is trying fo locate her daugh-| ter, Lottie Lancaster, 18 years old,| L C Hayne of Shenandeah, Ia., has asked the Omaha police to try and locate his son, Lewis C. Haynes, jr. Mrs. ], Cartney, 1721 Cuming street, is trying to locate Anna Hoehn, 18 years old, who left home last Wednesday, ‘Omaha Makes Good Health Record for Month of August Omaha's health record for’ August was something to which the city may point with pride. The following con- tagious and infectious discases were reported: Scarlet fever, 6; measles, 1; mumps, 1; dyphtheria, 6; typhoid fever, 2; smallpox, 5; chickenpox, 2; tuberculosis, 11, ) SEPTEMBER_ 3, 1916. |is the central figure, this time in new surroundings and affected by person- alities that bring out all his wonder- ful spiritual qualities. Edward E. Rose, the author, has made a Teature of the comedy in the characters of Bridget Malley and Patrick Shea, sep- arated by some perverse whim of life | but reunited through the kindness of Father Kelly. Edward E. Rose is the author of | “The Little Girl that God Forgot,” a new melodrama which will have its | first local presentation at the Boyd theater for four days commencing | next Sunday matinee, with matinee | Wednesday. The story of “The Lit- tle Girl that God Forgot” is not sac- rilegious, but a clean story with a 3—B ing and talking sketch,- and Manning and Lee a real classy novelty in vaudeville, Dave Marion's musical revue, “The World of Frolics,” is the attraction at the popular Gayety theater until next Friday night, with daily matinee. Coming as it does, direct from an engagement at the Columbia theater, Chicago, where it was played 154 times to more than 150,000 paid ad- missions, in its all-summer run, “The World of Frolics” brings to burlesque a record for pleased audiences that has never been equalled in the history of that form of entertainment. Tomor- row there will be a grand Labor day matinee at 3 o'clock. Today's matinee | the Boyd today matinee, | jugglers are the three Kitaro brothers, | show Cairo, Egypt; the Gulf of Ton- | moral lesson told in the best vein of | starts at the same time. the most prolific writers of “best sell- ers” in play form. el { | Three girls who defy the laws 9( gravitation are the feature of the bill | opening at the Emfpre:]s tod:ykfo‘r‘_lggr | | first four days of the week. e Aeroplane Girls" is the name of the | FOUR n‘v‘_shmul TODAY SULLIVAN'S BEAR offering and they undertake feats that YES! range from acrobatic to contortion, | The Largest on the Stage Tesste lorame il ! n Ny Molhers ,bH'} At Boyds their only support being the bars of the flying trapeze attached to a re- volving machine. The largest per- | forming bear in the world, known as | Sullivan's bear, appears on the same | | bill, His training ranges from riding | | an automobile to dressing like a reg-| |ular boulevard dude. John A. West | and company present a comedy, sing- Aecroplane Girls Sensational Novelty Gymnasts, John A. West & Co., Musical Comedy Sketch. Manning and Lee Singing and Talking Oddity. Best and Latest Photo- plays . Borglum Piano School | 2661 Douglas Street. August M. Borglum, Madame Borglum (Pupils of Wager Swayne) Solfege-Schvarte Method, Paris Harmony-—Public Performance. “OMAHA'S FUN CENTER.” Dally Mats,, 18-26-80¢ Evngs., 18-28-80-78¢. Direct From 184 Times in Chicago DAVE MARION AR MosT doxatous | twiet «THE WORLD OF FROLICS” ol | Original Chicage Cast ek Days. | e e BASE BALL {OMAHA vs. SIOUX CITY ; ROURKE PARK SEPTEMBER 4 AND 8 T™WO GAM'"E! MONDAY, First Ry Ga Tues¥ SERTS AT B KrugPark itk OFFICIAL LABOR DAY PICNIC Auspices Omaha Central Labor Union. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. DANCING ALL DAY Roller Skating All Da; Preisman's Orchestra Many Other Attractions / Agnes ‘Bekhler ¢l announce that 3,800,000 copies have been sold, In filming “Ramona” Mr. Clune followed the story much more closely than is usual with makers of stage dramas or photoplays. He is credited with having caught admira- bly the spirit of the romance and: of California and consequently those that already love the story will have | their delight enhanced. hose who have not read “Ramona” can follow the story equally well, for Mr, Clune has made the tale complete. st ek Phone Douglas 494. Matinee: Daily 2:1! Every 2:15, 8:15 | The Best of Vaudeville | Night 8:15 WEEK STARTING MATINEE TODAY "winows FONTAINE BURROWS Assisted by MR. KENETH HARLAN AND COMPANY of Classic Dancers. In an Elaborate Arranggment of Hawaiian, Egyptian, Greek and East Indian ative Dance Pantomimes, WA “My’ Mother's Rosary” comes tol! i for four days E with daily matinees. The story is a gripping one and shows evil results in a man who has lost faith, who lives on | the physical side of life and who cher- Leipzig Edward Miller and ishes thoughts of hatred and revenge. 5 Fa the same lovable priest The Cal-h-u%.::-‘m-uud Card Helene Vincent ; InaM " e Cool 6 “Three Kitaro Brothers Superlative T' Japanese Father Kelly, s ROSCOE MILLER, TENOR ADAM'S ZAXAPHONE Sketchette, . the lnllu.'P' T T R B The tacular Singing Novelty, “The Girl in the Moon” Vaudeville's Most Pretentious Offering. Yostortia's Mosh. Prointioes SIes ORCHESTRA Harry Stettner and Hanpeom Park Pavilion Edna Bentz Orpheum Travel W Labor Day, 2:30 to. 6 P. M. CELLIST—PIANIST ADMISSION. FREE - ! HOMER MILES %HELEN RAY| “AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER” by Homer Miles lory, 10c; bes t Saturday and Privia—datines, gullery 03] b S ) T MANAWA —LABOR DAY — Last Day of Park Season SUN., MON,, TUES., WED,, SEPTEMBER 3 456 HEATER | 25c. MATINEES EVERY DAY-2: SPEAKING DRAMA NIGHT PRICES 10c TO 50¢ Rowland & Clifford, Inc., Offer a Grand Now Play MY MOTHER’S ROSARY Written and Staged by the Auther of Many ™ | COMPANY, I COSTUMES A Ko Sy AGE SETTINGS BEVOND COMPARISON Your Old Friend Father Kelly Appears in a New Role BOYD’S THEATER Fox Featyre Films Every Even- ing—FREE —SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3— THEDA BARA “Under Two Flags” A terly picturization of Quida’s internationally famous wrnc soxrive | dhie MUSIC CULTURE EsiesSsesi DANCING individual it. ALY Deviaul Fd ikar THE OMAHA SCHOOL OF ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTS inspires the highest beauty of expression. Catalog on est. Address HENRY Coxfi‘htmmn Block. | BRANDElS g i s o 10 Twice THEATER September Daily Elliott and Sherman (Promoters of “The Birth of a Nation”), Present CLUNES CINEMA—OPERATIC SPECTACLE GRAND OPERATIC SCORE INDIAN AND SPANISH MELODIES Interpreted by by the e Sweeros? Mory over 70/ FOUNDED ON HELEN HUNT JACKSON’S FAMOUS NOVEL OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSION INDIANS Seat Sale Opens Thurs. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS OF MISSION SINGERS P . Matinees, 25¢ and 50c. rices { Nights, 25¢, 50c, 75¢; boxes, $1.00.