The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1915, Page 8

RR ee : saa tin Theda Bara, in @ grippin Secret,” Colonial. Ruth Roland, star of “The Pursuit of Pleasure,” at the Clemmer Sunday. IT’S BRAND NEW Now Playing Capacity ALASKA ! Pending the completion of the new Coliseum theatre, now in the course of construction at Fifth and Pike, the Paramount program bas been transferred to the Alaska. During the next few months such famous stars as Geraldine Farrar, in “Carmen,” Cyril Maude, in Ibsen's “Peer Gynt,” and Mary Pickford, in “Madam Butterfly,” will be seen at the Second ave. playhouse, Mary Pickford heads Sunday's! show in her success of successe “Raga.” Little Mary impersona the {lbtreated child of a drunken} father. There are two fights in thie pleture, in which Miss Pickford is) the central figure. In one she ree cues a stray dog that is being abused by small boys, and battles effectively with the youngsters, In another she fights a barroom full of loafers when she goes in search of her father. There is a pleasing romance In the girl's attachment for the young Easterner, and at the conclusion # sharp contrast showing “Raga” as & young lady of wealth and fashion. eee | COLONIAL Manager Hamrick has continued | he engagement of Theda Bara tn} ady Audiey’s Secret” for one | Week, commencing Sunday In brief, the story of “Lady Aud * is this: George Tall | boys Helen Devennant Later «a child is orn to them, and the family physt jelan tells them that maternity lamong the women of the Deven- jnants has always caused insanity Tallboys, desperate’ because of Wi ay the! poverty, oes to the Australian | BB cia fields, leaving his wife in des- |titute circumstances, Meeting Lord Audley, she marries him, inserting | a death notice in the paper. | George makes his fortune and re- | |turns, to hear his wife f* dead. He! a lis invited to a shooting party at |Lord Audley’ There he meets his Gh pee | f08mer wife, who, in a wild burst of EB tosanity, throws him down a well. a | From this potnt on, the story ts without a let-up In ite dramatic in tensity. Probaby not another ac ‘tress could so virllely have por- trayed the role of the wife as Theda Bara. | ° | MELBOURNE FB) Dainty Marguertte Ciark heads the Melbourne's new Dill, which opens Sunday in the picturized ro mance, “Gretna Green.” The set- ings are laid In the early 19th cen Now Scoring Biggest Hit of Her Career in AUDLEY’S SECRET IT’S WONDERFUL IT HOLDS YOU IN BREATHLESS SUSPENSE , the lovers’ haven lin Scotland, Just over the English border, added a dash of romance | and excitement to many true love} affairs Miss Clark plays the role of Dolly Erskine, a little English belle who is a bit of a flirt, who goes to Gretna Green with the Earl of Bassett to prevent the disgraceful elopement of Dolly's frivolous sister. The earl who had been paying court to Dolly in the guise of a riding master, per-| suades her to marry him while on the scene of so many other mar riages. “SHE IS NOT A VAMP FULL TO THE BRIM OF HEART INTEREST AND BIG CLIMAXES EXTRA! Fay Tincher in “The Deacon’s It’s a comedy riot. CLEMMER | Ruth Roland and Henry King are featured in the wonderful drama of soctety ife, “The Pursuit of Pleas- ure,” which comes to the Clemmer for three days, starting Sunday It is the story of a woman who, Whiskers.” See Miss Tincher in her famous . ° ignoring her birthright, the privi prize bathing costume. lege of bearing childeen, because of HB ag the restrictions of her youth, at last comes to the realization that an CRAWFORD—ORGANIST BBB there is something missing In her life. ga But that something has disap all Og peared forever from her horizon and the final realization comple! overcomes her. It is a well gripping drama, selected cast SO COME EARLY TODAY—AND ALL NEXT WEEK COLONIAL: The Cool, Perfectly Ventilated Theatre 10c ADULTS; 5c CHiLDREN acted, surprisingly with an excellently |Liserty | The Universal scored a decided hit in thelr five-part Broadway fea- ture production which be \gins a three-day engagement at the Liberty Sunday. Hilla Hall plays the title role. ewel” contains pathos in abund ‘HIS PREHISTORIC PAST 5c One of Mis Funniest Character Roles, 5c—CLASS ATi? Starts ‘Tomorrow. CHAS CHAPLIN 4 ig scene from “Lady Audley's Mary Pickford to Play “Rags” at Alaska; Theda Bara and Ruth Rowland on New Bills jance, but {s leavened thruout with; smiles that will alternate with the tears of the susceptible. Tho story is that of a child brought up In a home where Chris. tlan BSelence holds sway-—where a drunken father has been reformed into a useful citizen Lois Weber wrote the script there is every reason to believe produced It eee | ALHAMBRA Charlie Chaplin {# stil! convulsing patrons of the Athan in bis latest and best comedy effort, “The Bank,” which closes a week's en- fagement Sunday. Chaplin, as the janitor of the bank, in the funniest thing that has ever appeared on the screen. He falls tn love with the stenographer, | f0e8 to sleep and dream of reecu- ing her from bank robbers, to wake up and find himself kissing his mop. THE SEATTLE STAR STAR’S MOVING PICTURE DEPARTMENT; WHAT’S ON AT LOCAL THEATRES A charming scene trom Clark, Melbourne, Sunday. ” Viola Dana, Pat Robert Conness are featured In “On Dangerous Paths,” a four-part dra ma of a little country girl who seeks her fortune in the city. eee CLASS A Heading the Class A's new bill Sunday ts Chariie Chaplin In a new copy of one of his funniest comedies, “His Prehistoric Past.” asleep on a park bench, going back to the days when the in habitants of the earth wore but skins and lived in caves, He gets on the good side of the king, and ma’ sto cop off one of the ruler's | barem. He manages to get into a lot of trouble, until the king bounces a rock off his head. Then Charlie wakes up to find a burly policeman | gently tapping him with his stick. Two good dramas are on the same Voit. PREACHER WILL |U.S, CASHIER CO, COTO MILITARY | OFFICERS ARE TRAINING CAMP’ Rev. R. W. MacCullough, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church a 16th ave. and Harrison street en- rolled for the military training jeamp to be held at American lake from next Monday to Sept. 12 Up to noon Saturday 74 had acta ally enrolled in Seattie; eight tn Tacoma; 1 in Portland. Three rep- resentatives from Spokane, and one from Port Angeles are in the elty Rufos Smith, a physician In the! New York block, has agreed to pay the expenses of one man, Col. R. H. Wilson, post command. er at Fort Lawton In charge of the camp, expects several to enroll at! Cosgrove, American lake,* Monday before 4p. m., when all are sup posed to report AUSTRALIA SENDS GOLD FOR WAR DEBT SAN FRANCISCO, Shipments of gold than $18,000,000 will arrive from Sydney, Australia, soon, San Fran- cisco bankers announced today. The gold is Intended to be used as payment for war debts contracted by Great Britain. It Is safer to ship across the Pacific than submarine infested zone of the At lantic Aug. 21.— totaling more | HaHa CAAPS Sunday thru the} i day ‘GOOD MORNING!” Your favorite star in one of her best plays—Starting 10c-MELBOURNE-5c SECOND AT UNIVERSITY PORTLAND, Aug. 21.—The six lormer officers and salesmen of the U. 8. Cashier company, who have on trial here for several | | been | werks on charges of conspiracy to} fraudulently use the U. 8. mails tn the furtherance of a stock selling scheme were convicted today in j federal court. The jury returned a verdict of gullty The men are Frank Menefee, president of the company; C. A Campbell, vico president and dt rector; F. M. LeMonn, ex-sales manager; O. E. Gernert, ex-assist ant sales manager; B. F. Bonne well and H. M, Todd, former stock \ salesmen. | | Seattle credit men forgot their! troubles Saturday and hied them-| selves with their wives and picnic | baskets to Wildwood park, where all hands enjoyed a baseball game 4 a program of field sports, and,| in the evening, dancing. 0. 1a| | Woods, president of the Seattle As-| sociation ot Co redit Mer bad charge. | BIELSK CAPTURED BERLIN, Aug. 21—(Via Wire-| less to London).—Gen. Von Gall- wits's forces have captured the| | city of Bielsk, it was announced to- 2 2PM PZHAMAN 3 at the | | “uretna Gfeen,” O'Malley and FOUND GUILTY: | Lumley, 1 jan, | Bret jas to her sanity at Bellevue ja cablegram | Bruguiere’s | ered SEATTLE MEN WILL ject of | ship.” AP il athe PPP PPP PP PPP POPP with Marguerite Mary Pickford, in a pretty scene from comes | to the _ Alaska Gunday. (RAINIER VALLEY RENICKLAWTO [DUGDALE LANDS: | FOLK WILL HOLD COST TAXPAYER IN LAW'S CLUTCH PICNIC SUNDAY $150,0001N’16 FOR SPEEDING With the idea of Interesting Proponents of the Renick Iaw—| D. FE. Dugdale, our well-known Rainier vailey’s thousands in that insidious measure passed by | baseball magnate, is due to spend the fact that nothing has been the notorious last legislature,|some nervous hours between now done by the park board toward which probibits cities of the first|/and next Tuesday, when he is * transferring money from one trust fund to another, and which is developing the natural beauties of Seward park, on the shores appear in police court to answer ts a charge of speeding his autome of Lake Washington, between “Ang to cont this elty thousands of | bile Brighton Beach and Leschi unnecessary dollars in interest on Dugdale was srrested Friday af} | park, the Rainier Valiey Fiesta orrowed money-—should put this/ernoon by Motorcycle Policeman | Committee has arranged for a nformation in their pipes |M. F. Arbogast. Arbogast says be monster basket picnic to be Tt i Suet the! \Wuihenece hour oe fe “ Pe teeny cote eee tinea; | ‘The council budget committee| It will be Dugdale's misfortune te 193.7 acres, forming the park. Friday yoted to provide $125,000 for face, tn court, Judge MacMahen, A program of free land and water i2terest on bonds which will have|/who has a fondness for senéiag sports, including motorboat and| ‘©, be sold next year to raise money | auto speeders to jail. Some tanoe races, the thrilling sport of Which, Were ft not for the Renick|ago MacMahon fixed a schedule en - - law, could have been borrowed | rates, Offenders were to be fined sauaplaning, which consists of ri’) from funds in which money was|$5 for each mile they were trav Fn. Se: 8 gene Seve lying idle. An additional $30,000/ing more than 20 speed by a motorboat; water base| was voted for interest on the war. ball, and innumerable beach foi, |rants which the and competitions for young and O14,) trom now until | Thus, an autoist going 40 miles city must issue/an hour would get a fine of $100. next year's taxes; Any going more than 40 milesan been arranged begin. j Mahon said, would go to | Substantial prizes have been! pefore the Renick law salsa ~~ vs " jhung up by public-spirited business) passed the city drew on funds in men of Rainier valley which money was lying fdle, to tide The committee expects to enter) itself over the time when the avall- tain 20,000 pleasure seekers able money from paid-up taxes had The park board acquired the park! been expended, and when money | | stance will cost the city more thas 150,000. And this {s only one of several penineula five years ago at a cost/from the next year’s taxes began | **7 ig which the city will be of $322,020.60 and has been paying| coming {n, at which time the | 67Pped. linterest at the rate of $19,000 a|money would be returned to the year, while the tract was left in| funds from which tt was borrowed. Willlam Whiteman, 1608 North practically Its original condition. | But now, instead of borrowing | 27th et., caught in drum of hoisting In natural beauties, the park {s| from ee own 95a Ps ae ba | must! winch at plant of Basic Products ‘unmatched, w ake near {ts|/ go to the money lenders and pay a/ center, en” nae valleys,| high interest rate. | Co., 2936 16th ave, Friday. He may open spaces, stretches of beach, and The Renick law in this one tn-| die. finest uncut timber near Se-! —_ — Rainier valley business men have| already started a movement. urging| the park board to spend some/ money developing the park. | 19 MEN DROWNED | | OFF ARMY DREDGE Coming Tomorrow Pursuit of Pleasure RUTHROLAND In a Vivid Drama of Undiluted Realism. The Story of a Woman Who Repented Too Late. Asking the Question “OE e Bigoted Father? Who Pa SI) The Life-Scorched Wife? @ The Disillusioned Hasband? a: on n the ‘aeesions CHARLES CHAPLIN In One of His Famous Comedies WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 —Nine. | teen men are missing and are prob. ably lost from the army dredger, | San Bernard, which was recovered | today five milea from the Brazos | river, it was announced at the war | department. The dredge was} swept away during the Galveston | storm. ADMITS MURDER OF WEALTHY UNCLE 21 Iowa, Aug -Arthur , today confessed to the police ‘that he murdered his wealthy uncle, Thomas J. Smalley, BOONE, Lumley sald the pitiful condition 1% his parents incited him to the ja ed. His mother was starving and his father sic wa ‘DAUGHTER OF ‘BRET HARTE IN BELLEVUE NEW YORK, Aug. believed to be Harte Steel, eldest Harte, 1s under 21—A wom: Mrs, Jessamy | daughter of| observation | Mrs.) hus. been Steele is estranged from her band and at times has troubled mentally BODY OF AMERICAN WOMAN RECOVERED | NEW YORK, Aug. Marion Brugulere, a law of Mrs. Josephine who perished when Arable was sunk, t saying her The body maid was 21.—Mres. daughter-in Bruguiere, the liner received had Mrs rec lay Col. Heeza Liar In Another of His Funny Cartoons. body of also been found DEBATE AT EVERETT Judge Thomas Barke BE, Bradford are to m joint debate at Ey Munietpal Systems vs and James pt tonight in tt on the sub Ownership of Private Owner Water Uncalled for property confiscat ed from persons convicted erimes, to be auctioned off at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon tn liee court. o po