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ECity Solicitor Thrusts Aside
Legal Technicality as to P. R.
T. Option.
OnS of tho lust legal technicalities ty
tvhlcli tho opponents of the Taylor tran
Alt program had endeavored to block.
actual construction work
on tho high-speed system
has been thrust asldo by
the City Solicitor. In ah
opinion to Transit Director
A. Merrltt Taylor, the City
Bollcltor yesterday announced that the
'municipality la not required to glvo tho
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company a
0-day option to build the Ilroad street
uBWay and tho Frankford elevated.
The Opinion of the City Solicitor, sup.
porters of the Taylor program declare
today, has cut away the last leg upon
which tho obstructionists had hoped to
stand In seeking delay, and has placed
prompt action squarely up to Councils.
The construction work now may do e
gtln In July, provided Councils pass tho
necessary enabling ordinances.
Tho Contention of tho obstructionists In
the Flnanco Commlttco of Councils was
that, under tho 1907 agreement with tho
Itnpld Transit Company, no new lines
could be constructed until the company
first had been granted a three-months'
option to construct tho lines Itself, If It
so desired.
COMPANY St'lUtENDKUED IUOHTS.
Dismissing any claims of the transit
company to build cither of tho proposed
lines, the City Solicitor said that, under
section seven of tho IWi agreement, tho
company hod surrendered Itn right to
build Ihe Broad street subway, and that
through Its failure to begin work on tho
Frankford elevated by 1910 It likewise sur
rendered Us rights to construct that line.
Mr. uyan also mado tho oltit that tho
city bound Itself not to let any other cor
poration build new lines until tho P. It. T.
had exercised Us option, but that tho
agreement ulu lint sas that tiio city useu
would not build lines without giving tho
transit company the first chance, and
that, since recent legislation had empow
ered the city to build such lines, It can do
so without considering the transit com
pany at all.
Mil. ' It YA.VS STATEM ENT.
In reference to tho city's right to pro
ceed with the ponstructlon of the new
lines, 'Mr. Ryan said In part:
"By the act of June 17, 1913 (P. L. 5:0),
plenary power was vested In cities of tho
first class to purchase, lease, locate, con
struct anil equip, or otherwise acquire
transit facilities and to own, maintain,
uso and operato the same within their
corporate limits and within the limits of
adjacent cities, horoughs and townships.
This power Is separate and independent
from that which existed In 1007, nnd re
lates to tho construction or other acqui
sition of transit facilities by the city as
a municipality. When the city, therefore.
determines to tako advantage of tho act
of 1913 and to build and operato railway
lines of any character, Its power to do
so Is unrestricted, and It Is not obliged
to offer the option to tho Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company before It shall
Itself proceed with tho undertaking. These
considerations are equally applicable both
to tho Frankford elevated lino nnd to tho
Broad street subway."
In reply to another question of Director
Taylor os to whether tho ordlnnnco pro
viding for the $0,000,000 was properly draft
ed, tho City Solicitor suggested a few
minor changes that might be desirable,
but he did not point out nny Important
. flaw,
Potty's Island Assessed
The New Jersey Roard of Equalization
of Taxes today fixed the assessment on
-Petty's Island at $100,000, which ls.th.o Iqw
est flguro by far ever fixed for this land.
I The local Camden assessors earlier this
fCUr ilACU UltJ uavnDIIICIIl ub hJ'J.VJ-J, Mill.
upon petition of attorneys representing
Joseph P. Muck, of Philadelphia, the own
er, this figure was reduced to $210,000.
THEATRICAL
SfWtKlK
I'liCwSl Pt?
ADELPHl "Kitty MacKay," with Irene
Halornan. An amusing crocs between
"Bunty" and "Per." With a very pretty
and accomplished actress S:l.",
FOJIREST "The Lady In Hed," with Valll
Valll, A new musical romedy with a lady'a
portrait for a plot Tuneful music, well
aur.r, but the book not so amusing nu might
tie. 8:13
IARIC "Tonlehfs the Nlsht," with Emmy
Wehten, Maurice Farkna and nn excellent
Enxllsh cast, Delightful, refined nnd fresh
as an English daisy. The good old plot of
"Pink Dominoes," 8.13
STOCK.
.WOODSIDE PARK 'The Chocolate Soldier."
with a musical stock company, headed by
Madza Caldwell. Oscar Straus masterpiece
of light opera revived at the opening of n
musical atoek season at Woodslde Parte.. S:15
WALNUT "The Rainbow." with William In
Sertoli and his new stock company. A. E.
Thomas' sentimental comedy of father and
daughter reunited 8:13
VAUDEVILLE.
KEITH'S Orace La Rue, the singing come
dienne; Will Rogers, the Oklahoma cow
boy. Ham Mann, In "Lots and Lots of It";
the Six Water Lilies; Doyle and Dltnn,
eccsntrlc dancers; Earle Reynolds and Nellie
Donegan, on roller skates; Emily Darrell
and Charles Conway, comedians; Henry 0.
Rudolph, tenor; Myrl and Deltnar and
motion pictures.
NIXON'S OR AND Trovato, violinist: the
Electrical Venus. "Lady Hetty." chlmpan
tea: Innes and Ryan, singers; the Langaons.
In "On the IJouuvarn ; Annur ntewart ana
Haul Keeler, dancers, and laughing movies.
nURLESQUE.
CASINO "Tha Olrl From the Follies."
TROCATERO "She's Out Again."
DlTMO.NT'f-Dumonfa, Minstrels In the last
week of the season,
PHOTOPLAYS
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near that can be obtained
SPECIAL ALL WEEK
FIRST SHOWINO of authentic motion
nlctures Of the ILL-FATED LUSITANIA
on her last trip from New York with many
Sot&bi passengers and scenes Incident to
ar sailing, In addition to variety program.
Showing 9 Reels Daily Change
Shotting all fas Stan and Prominent Artists
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SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM
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nlno Ledger will be pleated to an
wer questions relating to his depart
merit. Questions relating to family
affairs, of actors and actresses are
barred; absolutely.
Queries wilt not be answered by
letter. All letters mutt be addretted
to Photoplay Editor, Evening Ledger,
From tho days of Booth nnd Ilarrell to
these ndvnnccd tlmra of moving pictures
covers In a few words tho period of ac
tivity of Prank .1. Currier, of tho Vita
graph Players. Mr. Currier Is the man
who started Julia Marlowe on her ntflRO
career. Mr. Currier has many recollcc
tlons of the early days of Miss Marlowe,
when tho name of America's foremost
exponent of classical drama was yet un
sung, and at tho studio tho other day
he recited some.
"It was In tho early '80s," ho said,
"when I first met Miss Marlowe. She
was acting small rotes In tho company of
H. E. J. Miles and we I bclnp; the come
dian of tho company wero Btnerlnf? clas
sical dramas, Miss Marlowe was then
known ns Fanny Hrough.
"A strong attachment formed between
Ada Dow, the lending woman, and who,
by thf way, later became Mrs. Currier,
and Miss DrouBh. When tho season was
over Miss Dow took the younger woman
to her homo In Cincinnati, nnd they
remnlned thero for over a year. During
all this tlmo Miss Dow coached the
youngor woman.
"Then wo stnrtod on a search for a
manager to present Miss Marlowe, for
Miss Dow realized that she had brought
her charge us far as she could without
nn audience, but our efforts failed.
Finally wo got together money enough
to singe the "Lady of Lyons." Our first
night brought f 17 In the house, nnd bus
iness kept on this way, so that at tho
end of two weeks our money wns ex
hausted, anil wo returned to New York.
"However, wo wero confident that If
New York could only see Miss Marlowe,
for wo had changed her name for her
now venture that her success was as
sured. Flnnlly, I persuaded 'Hob' Miles
to lend us the RIJou Theatre for n spe
cial mntlneo. Henry E. Dlxcy was ap
pearing thero In "Adonis" nt the time.
"Having gotten tho theatre, my next
task was to get an nudlence. I Invited
managers, literary lights and critics to
attend the performance and we had a
splendid nudlence. At the end of the first
net, the stage carpenter came to mo and
said: 'What aro you going to do, they
aro all walking out on you?' Hut I was
euro that they would come back and they
did. It developed afterward that they
had only gone as far as tho lobby to dis
cuss enthusiastically the ability of tho
new star.
"Tho performance aroused a great deal
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of Interest In Miss Marlowe, and a few
weeks Inter we took tho Star Theatre
for a week's run, It wna after that
engagement that Lester Wnllack' and Col
onel 'Rob' Ingersoll wrote her letters
which I still have. Then wo went lo Chi
cngo, where nn accident to Miss Dow
brought the tour to nn end. After that
the destinies that shaped our lives pre
vented me from Hcelng much of Miss Mar
lowe, but I have alwnys rejoiced In the
splendid success that has been hers."
Currier's experience on tho stago hns
covered a wide range of characters nnd
was a fining training for his Introduc
tion Into the Held of motion pictures, filnco
he Joined the Vllagraph Players. Mr. Cur
rier ban been called upon to enact n
wide variety of characters, among his
latest being the part of the father In "Tho
Closing of the Circuit." On tho stage
Mr. Currier played tho part of the organ
grinder In the "Poor Little Rich Olrl";
"Pop" Clark, in "Tho Deep Purple," and
mnny others.
Qeorgo Fnwcctt, star of "Tho Law of
tho Lnnd," has gono to Los Angeles,
where ho will Join tho Morosco-Bosworth
forces to stnrt work on tho production of
"The Majesty of tho Law." This will
bo p.Mr. Fnwcctt's first oppcarnnco beforo
tho camera. Mr. Fawcett s stage ex
perience hns boon long nnd vnrlcd, his
first appearanco dating back to 1SSC. Some
of the best-known productions In which
ho has appeared on tho stago aro
"Tho Little Minister," with Maude
Adams; 'iTho Squaw Man," "The Man
of the Hour," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"
"A Oentlomnn of leisure" nnd "Aro You
a Crook?" He was also the founder of
the Fawcett Stock Compnny of Baltimore,
whom ho produced many notable produc
tions. Owen Moore, famous film netor, who
Is now engaged with the Keystone Film
Company, accompanied Alan Dwnn nnd
tho new Mrs Dwan to tho homo of n
prlrat In Lo. Angeles when they wore
married last week. Mary Plckford, who
Is Mrs. Owen Moore In private life, was
also one of the party, and after the cere
mony It wns mentioned In a conversa
tional wnv that Mr. nnd Mrs. Moore wero
married by a magistrate. The priest sug
gested hnt they be married again accord
ing to the rites of the Church nnd tho
Idon wn acted upon at once. When the
party left. Mr. and Mrs. Mooro wero the
SPRINT, ASH srM.MI.ll RF.SORTS
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1 m $ i 2ffl&Mmmm$
ranch nt Dettwood, Pa., last wesk. Tho
delegates not only had an opportunity
to aeo Director Edgar Jones film some
thrilling seenea for ono of his new three,
reel dramas, but had nn opportunity to
work In the mob scene. Tho delegates
wero especially Interested In tho now elec
trical equipment nt tho Luhln labora
tnrles.
Tho cntlro LUbln studio Is to produce
"Fifty Mllos From Boston" tho latter part
of the month In Philadelphia for tho bene
fit of tho Luhln Annual Beneficial Asso
ciation. Every leading man nnd leading
woman among tho Lunm players nas vol
unteered for tho occasion, and In order
that tho public may havo an opportunity
to sco all the favorlto players, n dif
ferent cast will appear In each of the
three nets. Practically every player In
tho studio, who hasn't a part, will appear
In specialties and In the chorus, rcrcy
Winter will bo the stago director.
FALL MAY KILL AOED MAN
CAUL VON HOFFMAN
Director of the Foreign Film
productions.
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OH Hours by Rail Irou Now York City.
UOLF Juno 15 to October 1st .MOTOltINO
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FRRN ROCK. PA.
KENILWOIITH INN. 7 miles from Reading
Terminal: now open. Alfred I.arzelers.
most mnrrled couplo In the picture busi
ness. Lubtn Notes
Tho men employed at the Luhln ranch
nt Helzwood, Pa., have organized a base
ball team nnd arc having lots of exciting
fun Saturday nftornoons. "Cutback" Joe
Riley, ono of tho Wst bronrho and steer
riders among tho cowboys and an expert
at trick roping, Is tho captain nnd plays
first base, while the second bag Is pre
sided over by Johnny Kecnan, another
cow punrher.
The membors of the Philadelphia sec
tion of the National Electric Light Asso
ciation held n field dny nt tho Lubln
SI'HINO ANI PI'.MMI-R RI'SOUTS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ,1,
CHALFONTE
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The Leeds Company
Leading lllga-C'lass Moderato-Rato Hotel.
A! nPMARI E Virginia av., nr. llch. Cap.
ftLULmrtiac .,f)0 Htenm heat, elevator.
tun parlors, private laths, etc.; excel, table.
IlOupwklv.j VJ updallv. Dklt. J. P. COPK.
III'in'OIID H I'll I NHS, PA.
Bedford Springs (Pa.) Hold and Baths
Spenil sour ltupplcst, bcn.lt hlepit summer
nt tills alluring resort. Latum nt .1000
nrren In the moat nttructlvp section of
tho Allegheny Mmintnlns. MAUNT'RIA
WATRR that rlvnla Hint of Mnrlenh.id
nnd f'urlsluvd. Kvery outdoor nnd Indoor
dlvrrpdon every convenience. Open for
automobile tourists May 2'Jth. Formal
opening June 12th.
II, i:. RI'.MIH, MltllilRcr.
nHOWN'B-.MII.I.H-lX-TllB-l'INE9. N. .1.
"THE INN" "Open All Year
Five thousand seres plnea; lakes, pnrliigs.
Fflorltn week-end anil tourist resort. Famous
southern cooking. New management.
I. L. A M S. UL'ItDEttS.
Fell or Jumped From Second Story
Window to Probable Death.
Bernard I-'rlel, "0 years old, 764 Bueknell
street, fell or Jumped from a second-story
window nt his homo early today and re
ceived Injuries which probably will cnuso
his death. Ho was taken to the Medico
Chlrurglcnl Hospital, where It was found
that ho had concussion of the brain, a
probable fracturo of tho okull and other
Injuries.
I'rlol called nt tho Mcdlco-ChlrurRlcal
Hospital last Prlday ond asked to ho
treated for pains In his head. According
lo Charles Krlel, his son, with whom ho
lives, tho old man Is feeble-minded, and
It Is believed thnt he Jumped out of tho
window.
Young Artists Play
At Wltherspoon Hall last nlcht two
young" artists, Florence Adolo Wlghtman
and durney Mattox, sava a join-. "
of considerable InteresL Ml Wight
man played, besides her chosen Instru
ment (tho harp), ft number of P atio
pieces! Mr. Mattox played tho violin
alone. William S. Thunder was tho ac
companist .
The claims of hoth these youthful
artists for serious consideration will un
doubtedly bo mado In tlmo. At present
they both play with a alet Bravlty, a
whole-hearted and successful effort , to
master the technique of their l"s'imenta
nnd tho dimcultles of the pieces tliej
chooso to play. Miss WlKhtman pronuMir
choso Mozart, tho eternal child of music,
for her opening numbor. She plajed
Bcnrlattl nnd Grief? with some hlnp of tho
samo awo and tho same delicacy. Hor
playlmt of the harp was more "mark
ablo. Confident, almost Imperturbable, In
her mastery of tho Instrument, she .was
nblo to dovoto herself to Its delicate
charms for nn effect which wns hoth
charmlnp; ruid Impressive.
Mr. Mattox, who played recently with
the PhllndelphlnOrchostra at one of Its
"Pop" concerts, has been heard hotter.
Hli tono ImI night tended to clous!,
and there wera llht Inac.r,,...i;"
bowing, But the fulness of his t6ti
ino executant restraint or h -.,?
were undeniably good, Ho retains 'WM
tho freshness of youth a eerui ,..1ssl
of sentiment which, If It be not strair,:
should make him oventnoiu. . . ,5J
nnil nffflntlnfr Artlaf. ,!
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LONDON, May 12.-Anthony F. tynjl
ing, ol tiuw icamna, iormer lawn i.M
champion of Great Britain nnd who ui
crai Ulrica lino uoen a memoer of ii.-5!
Australasian team In the Da,vli) r$H
matches, has beeh killed In the nt,ii '1
In tho Dardanelles. Mr. wiMtn-"L'WI
second lieutenant In the Rnvnt t?.i!' U
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