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iiihrough tho riaa Ifc war shares and the
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co that Philadelphia Is
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ted," these Bomo orators
J gthem. Te t theso very orators are
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Taalr whole nlan of campaign on tho
jby n that Philadelphia Is asleep.
EJ,W, and ovTyHody elso knows, that
I neiito selected as Smith was selected
n greedy sort of campaign being
IJJJtdr Smith, would stand no more
fethab a Cossack In Berlin were tho
ran of this community awako to the
YVjioss oi me conspiracy aimed
Mrlolr sources and taxes.
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fJ" AM JS DOING HIS DUTY
m of Haitian Independence will
1 ended, and in place of a state of
M -u 'qelv called self-irovernmont. thern
' KnataSne semblance of order and
Bo yieiertr Hfo and property under the
1 m tc'nleatatlves ot tho United States
MA' er1'0 ora'iB0 was ended jpt-tew
' W uS. ttho estabUshjasjit- ofsomethlnfi
inchjEWfTwanclal protectorate and
ordfJJ Ico Is to be employed In Haiti.
$ 'in iie'03 are already '" charge of
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A1A Vl IlllViiUl. XL U1UIIU. UCJS.il
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;f,lan Government is ratifying a
fmurpr-fTizlaZ the United States to as-
nrnjioyion ot a iiroiecioraio; uui inui.
? u't t Jtnows very well that It has no
V'foTio matter. If It docs not ratify
jn i-A V?jfifiy " ""' have to do so
is rejiieuin. The United States Is nt
pomghtaB necessity of looking after
Sudlrtnd?n ,ts neighborhood and guar
the I the world that the International
iUejU nestose States will bo respected.
ear "B'atea does not undertake this
ntheo Power will step In. We aro
Fi thne same sort or work in Micn-
11 Cb American marines are In con-
C ,.1 on sufferance.
maVaaeail la InAn . a va en I m e-k AUa I
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Pj iaitAo Vutitta A Anlw aiiAk nmn
rernraent as Jlr. Bryan will make
ke of aseumlHg that these States
e adte Independent and self-governing
to Hpr saying that they are. Such men
ctlon looftely as the statesman who told
r,i'Uvt If you called a cow's tall a leg
tot ht '
h Uiej OFFICERS FOR THE NAVY
SU 2$0 atdtfj to tho corps at Annapo-
11 offlccra. What about tho
f (,nlrr, varda. -whlnh rout mllllnn-
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Df nip.ugjfetarles of the Navy almost
I H In cther declared to be worse than
3 'illfe patrtyt?n 0n8 ot them' at 8ll6ht
j u(nit Hill and rflnvercea into an excellent
,i i-arK. a repreamoer or onicers In traln
iZilV? j?55rtrnerupled, not merely In
bnerLrpS" There I, the mat
ur . aiiposacolajiv. Tlfl. which Is won-
--elr suited XorVfihool purposes, and
i!)RT (janothcr at Portamouth. Iet the
int make some use of the facilities
f yr,alrady has at hand,
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GHING AT TnE VARES
Tjf ch easy marks that tho
JmafoMkiael teaders have given 110
JTTTV mt NMtetHta that Smith Is as
i McNlchol man. They
at flmlth hnjt hMn Mah.
LjfMn4tili m tor years, and
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't"Hn-0 watr- aaevn.
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:::yT.JWtt SaiUH la admittedly
( mrtt hf dees not own
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on by his iormM" enemle who pertunded 1
pftvlnif material for the highway to victory
for the Gang Ho was easy, bo easy that It
must havo been difficult for those who were
buncoing him to keep from laughing In his
face. If tho Vnrcs themselves have not tho
nerve to resent such political thuggery thero
must bo enough sclf-rcspcctlng citizens to'f
register their protest against It at tho polls
by voting for n, renl man who Is hh own
mnstor, and thereby rebuking tho leaders
who tricked their followers Into consenting
to n dummy oandldato and condemning those
other leaders who aro planning to pull the
strings that rnako tho dummy move.
A MIGHTY BLOW
ASIDE from Its direct objective, there
ATI nro threo main purposes to be achieved
by the Initiation of a vigorous and mighty
offensive on the part of the Allies In the
West:
1. The relief of premure In tho Bast at a
time when the Cmr's forces aro Just
About to turn and present a fighting
front.
2. The prevention of a llalkan campaign
for the relief of Constantinople, to which
an army of 600,000 men had been dedi
cated by tho Central Towers.
3. The rehabilitation of the credit of Eng
land and her nlllcs by a demonstration
In force of their ability more than to
hold their own on the main battle front.
Two of these objectives aro In tho way of
being achloved. It Is reported, appar
ently authentically, that tho withdrawal of
troops from Poland has begun. Thoy are
being rushed, as only German efficiency can
ruMi them, to nandors. This means a weak
ening of the Poland armies at the very
time when their full strength Is required to
boat back tho turning Bear, with what result
no man can prophesy, for Russian arms and
Russian Btrategy nro forever a baffling mys
tery. Russia Is most dangerous when ap
parently most thoroughly beaten. Tho Kaiser
himself Is reported to bo on his way to tho
West.
Tho market yesterday showed plainly
enough tho meaning of this success of tho
Allies. "War stocks advanced. That augurs
tho Hucccssful floating ot tho loan. The
promlso of a victor to pay Is very different
from tho promlso of a loser, and tho events
In tho West slnco Friday hnvo caused opti
mism, too much optimism, perhaps, to oozo
from every sympathizer with tho Allies. No
great victory has been won, but tho possi
bility of It has been emphasized and the In
vincibility of tho German machlno has been
receiving a fearful blow.
Bulgaria's hesitancy, when sho had already
put ono foot Into tho flro, Is significant.
Yesterday two Bulgnrlan armies were report
ed to be moving, ono to lnvado Macedonia
and tho other to protect tho Servian frontier.
They nre likely to stop beforo an Irretriev
able step has been taken. For the ruling
classes to pick a winner Is one thing, bu
to throw their lot In with a loser Is an
other. The significant triumph In tho West,
calling, as It does, for every ounce of German
strengtl to prevent its ''culmination, must
teach Czar Ferdlnana s advisers to boware
of expecting too much help from Berlin.
Bulgaria' fighting It alone, would bo tho Bul
garia of tho second Balkan War, a torn and
'Dlecdlng corpse, this time without hope of
resuscitation.
Tho war Is entering on a new stage, and
It Is possible that the Allies havo seen their
darkest days.
THE ENEMIES IT HAS MADE
THE keeper of the brothel does not want
women to vote. The gambler who lives
on the wages that ought to bo carried to
tho homo on Saturday night Is against
woman's suffrage. Tho political boss who
capitalizes heelers and knows no patriotism,
except that which puts public funds Into
his pocket, Is sure that tho place- of woman
Is In the home. The exploiter of child labor
and of woman labor, the louts who hang
around corners nnd wait for election day to
get money for their votes nnd free beer for
their stomachs, parasites of every sort and
condition, all are unanimous In opposition
to the ballot for women. Let good men look
at these antagonists of tho Cause and love
It for the enemies It has made.
Mexico's corn king Is not a chiropodist.
Will It "be any easier to recognize Obre
gon than Carranza?
Thoro were horses as well as society folk
at the Bryn Mawr show yesterday.
The man who abandons his wife and gives
his' small boy cigarettes really ought to be
arrested.
The Jitney problem Is now a conundrum:
When Is a club not a club? The courts will
have to answer It.
If the F class of submarines had been or
dered out of commission before F-4 sank In
Honolulu harbor the families of the crew of
that unseaworthy boat would not now be
mourning.
If you see a man trying to reach the middle
of his back with his hand and acting like
a contortionist In the process, a look at the
thermometer will suggest winter flannels as
tho reason.
No sooner had the Kaiser began to make
himself comfortable on the eastern front than
the Allies began to get active on his western
front. Thoy seem to have no regard for his
strength or bis peace of mind.
Von Bernstorff is advising Berlin about
the progress ot the loan 'negotiations; but
so long as he remembers what has hap
pened to his friend Dumba he will refrain
from giving advice to Washington about
them.
f
The boys. who went to war In the sixties
were anxious to look like veterans. The vet
erans who have gone to Washington to cele
brate the 60th anniversary of the end of the
war aro pleased to be told that thoy act like
bpys.
"-- 1 1 eepeMieeeeeeeeeeai
Kelr Hardle shocked the Mother of Parlia
ments when ho took his seat In the Brit! ah
Hoiib of Commons wearing a cap. It w as
not lonV after the first shook that he shock ed
... ,Av-. .,. .1.1 .! - .. .
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the things that he said about
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NO LSDQBB ffflLAPELPHlA,
flTTH P"ROPTTTnT Of?
THE COAL MINE
1 1 a
Keir Hurdle, Whoso Long Career in
English Politics as Labor Leader.
Has Ended With His Death.
A Picturesque Figuro
By ELLIS RANDALL
KEin HARDIE, "tho prophet ot the coftt
mine." "tho pit-lad ot politics," is dead
nt tho ago of fifty-nlno. Coal was the back
ground of, tho wholo llfo of Kelr Hardlo. This
Illustrious member of tho House of Commons
was barely eight
years old when first
ho went to work In h
coal mine. For years
It was his destiny to
see, feel, smell and
pound coal. For years
he woro a grimy
cap that fitted closo
to his skull, a metal
lamp that dangled In
his hand or was fit
ted upon his head,
and clothes that
would have appalled
KKin iiardiq a chimney sweep.
Outwardly his career fulfilled all the re
quirements of a Smiles hero. He read Carlylo
and John Stuart Mill, and como out of the
pit at twenty-three with an idea, a purposo,
a mission. He would bo an Ishmaellte. He
would create a party of political Ishmaelltes,
and with them would march Into the fat pas
tures of Canaan and challenge the ancient
tyrants. He resembled Gladstone In the at
tention ho paid to problems of religion and
the fierceness of tho conviction with which ho
accepted tho will of God. Labor agitation
was to hltn a species of applied theology.
Politics with him hinged directly on life, nnd
life In turn hinged on the ever-felt myster
ies of weal and woo, righteousness and In
justice, time and eternity. It was this note
nnd nil tho Implications of this note which
wero so poignant In his oratory an oratory
which has been described as ono which
"unites a perfect literary finish with tho
homeliness of tho Scotch accent."
A "Self-Help" Hero
Literary finish? Never sent to school he
used tho languago llko an Oxford don. In
his teens ho know tho Blblo and Tammas
Carljlo by heart. And ho kept on with his
reading and his thinking and his formulation
of ambitions, nnd at twenty-four he entered
tho trade union movement, then In Its In
fancy. A few years lator he turned editor.
At thirty ho stood for tho House of Commons
and nt thlrty-slx he was elected. He entered
Westminster with a flourish of trumpets
(provided by an enthusiastic company of his
constituents) and what a contemporary
called "an nmorphous arrangement of tpa'st
colored tweed." Kelr Hardlc's golf cap bo
camo as much a symbol of English polltlcil
llfo as Gladstone's collars or Mr. Chamber
lain's monocle, As for the "brass band," Mr.
Hardlo miny times explained that It con
sisted of a solitary cornet.
1 hough ho traveled all over tho world he
novor acquired the cosmopolitan touoh or
lost tho qunlntness of his provincialism. He
fought his fights In worklngman's gnrb. He
gave of his wages to feed tho hungry. He
more than onco took oft his owr. coat to
clothe the destitute Even his enemies have
given him tho great tltlo of Christian gentle
man. Nover did hisses cause him to lose his
equanimity. Nevor did insults causo him to
lose his temper. Physical and moral courage
wero In him conjoined. This little, almost
frail-looking man was mobbed at ono time
or another In nearly every town In the coun
try. Ills fearless Integrity of mind was re
vealed quite as clearly In his opposition to
tho Boer War and to entry Into tho present
world conflict. Ho spoko with tho solemnity
of a Hebrew prophet, but nover in his
speech appeared any cant of Socialistic ex
hortation and never any attempt to arouse a
superficial emotion over the sufferings of his
class.
With all the ruggodness of his naturo
there was no roughness. He was a versatile
man. Ho mado hobbles of such things as
ballads and chapbooks of literature. He wns
a frequent visitor to the art galleries of
London nnd the Continent. Ho loved and
studied the architecture of tho cathedrals of
Europe. Ho was deeply Interested In plant
life, and becamo almost an authority In the
science of botany. Such wero tho tastes of
a proletarian labor leader of peasant origin.
Kelr Hardlo's mission was to detach the
Labor section from Liberalism and make it
in name and fact the Independent Labor
party, of which ho was for years to be the
leader. Ho also founded tho Labor Leader,
and was a frequent figure In tho reviews
and magazines. His writing, like his
speeches, ran counter to most of the precon
colved Ideas, and he never studied sequenco
of thought so long ns he could express his
views with vigor. Tears ago ho left the
Tabians and after that thero was nothing In
common between the Kelr Hardle of the
Labor platform and the Intellectual or dilet
tante Socialism of certain former associates
of his who have betaken themselves to lit
erature. A Cottage In the Heart of London
For some years Kelr Hardle lived, when
in London, in a secluded court off Fet
ter lane, Fleet street, and cultivated con
genial company In a .surrounding of books
chiefly relating to politics, Carlylo, Burns
and the ballad literature of Scotland. There
is a pleasant little story, as a friend of Mr,
S. R. Llttlewood has written of the Labor
leader's discovery of this London homo of
his. He had Just determined to leave an
almost equally old house In Chelsea. There
ho had lived, over since he came to town,
out of reverence tor the memory of Carlyle.
But he wished to be nearer his work in Fleet
street. So he wandered everywhere around,
seeking a lodging that he could care for, and
found his way by chance to Nevill's Court.
Delighted with the place, he tapped at this
very door and applied for the vacant rooms.
The good landlady, however, after looking
him up and down, refused to let him have
them without references. He never relin
quished his working-class garb, and she was
quito astounded when the rough-clad stran
ger suggested the names of several members
of Parliament as sponsors for his respect
ability. THE LAST CHEEK
In refusing to arrange safe conduct for for
mer Ambassador Dumba until the Austrian
Government complies with its request for his
recall, the American Government Implies that it
has run out of heek to turn. Kansas City
Star.
ON WRONG
It begins to look as if Bulgaria didn't have
her neutrality on stralghtr-Cleveland Plata
Delr.
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ALLIES' STRATEGY IN WEST
German Lines Threatened at Vital Places Important Railways
Menaced by French DriveLoss of Roads May Compel
Retreat of Kaiser's Forces
By FRANK
AT THE outset of a discussion of tho new
tj- operations In tho Weft t is well to bear
In mind certain facts. There Is always the
possibility that any Allied "drlvo" may turn
out to bo the long-waited grand offensive
which will sweep tho Germans out of France,
Tho actual situation of German communica
tions Is such that a 20-mlle advance, either
'In Artols or Champagne, would probably
compel tho Germans to go back to the
frontier from Llllo to Vet dun
Such a consequence Is still but a remoto
possibility Tho most sanguine of Allied ob
servers has not ypt ventured to suggest that
German numbers havo boon reduced that Is,
that the armies actually In the fiold have be
gun to diminish because there wero no re
servos to replace losses. They have only
claimed that reserves wero being exhausted
rapidly and that some time next year tho
armies might In turn begin to grow smaller
because there was left nothing to replace
casualties.
Accordingly, there is llttlo reason to believe
that the Germans will not be able to con
centrate reinforcements behind the present
breaks. They are outnumbered In tho West,
perhaps two to ono, certainly three to two.
But this is not a hoavy disparity In view of
tho fact that they havo the defensive and ore
Btandlng In positions that havo long been,
prepared and that consist of soveral lines,
one behind another. With this preliminary
caution It is now possiblo to deal directly
lth the operation still In progress.
Similar to Warsaw Salient
Every ono Is familiar with the main cir
cumstances of the recent Polish campaign:
tho Warsaw salient is still recalled by those
who followed tho campaign In the East. Now
tho position of tho Germans In France la
wholly comparable to that of the Russians in
Poland In the days beforo Warsaw fell. The
Russian position was a broad ourve, resting,
on the north, on the fortresses of the Narew-Bobr-NIeraen
line, and, on the south, on tho
Lutsk-Dubno-Bovno triangle.
Tho German strategy waa comprehended in
two converging attacks upon the extremities
of the circle, Hlndenburg striking south,
Mackensen north, and both aiming at the rail
roads far behind Warsaw, on which tho Rus
sians depended for their munitioning and
supplies. The operation In France is wholly
analogous. The German position from Lille
to the Argonne is a wide curvo. It Is being
attacked at the extremities, and the objec
tives of the attacking armies aro the rail
roads behind the German centre south of
Laon, which corresponds to the Warsaw posi
tion. The two points of attack have been selected
with due regard to the communications be
hind them, and also to the fact that they are
the only places where an attack can promise
real success. The Germans attempted first
to break through at the, Bzura-Bawjca front
and take Warsaw by frontal attack. The Al
lies made a similar effort along the Alsne, nt
the Champagne highlands, a year ago, and
were promptly and permanently checked and
subsequently thrown back around Solssons.
The character of the country is such that
there is next to no chance to succeed in at
tack from Hoye to Craonne, so great are
the natural obstacles.
Situation at Lille Unchanged
About Lille and between Lille and the sea
the situation is the same. The British have
lost, not gained, ground since the battle ot
Tpres and have never made any progress
since the first days of the fighting in Flan
ders, Lille is protected by the forts which
surround it, forts dismantled by the French,
but rebuilt by tho Germans in tho lost year.
East of Champagne is the Argonne, where
the French and Germans have been fighting
in the forest for a year with but little change
of front. But south of Lille and west of the
Argonne are two positions which offer a
promise of success to the assailant. The
country in the north is fiat, there are many
roads and the French victory north ot Arras
in May gave the Allies possession of the
Lorette hills, which dominate the country tor
miles around.
South from Lille toLa Bassee the German
line is apparently impregnable but south of
La Bassee is a front ot some 20 miles to
Arras against which the Allies have deliv
ered their atack. An offensive pushed loss
than 20 miles east to Doual would cut the
network of railroads upon which the Ger
mans between Lille end St. Quenttn depend.
It would probably compel the evacuation ot
U wfeele Oenaaa peajttai est the W u
H. SIMONDS
the Alsne. It might imperil Llllo so seriously
as to necessitate a retirement hero, too.
Such an advanco would bo the maximum
of present possibilities. But tho possiblo local
gain Is not Inconsiderable. Immediately In
front of the British and French lines, when
tho present advance began, was tho Im
portant city of Lens, which is tho greatest
coal town in France. It Is also tho chief
railroad centro for tho Germans on their front
from Lille to Noyon. To capture it would be
to compel tho Germans to draw back toward
Doual. Its Investment would transform La
Bassee Into an extremely dangerous salient,
would be a threat to Lille and would give
Franco her lost coal mines, a valuable gain.
It would also restore to France one of the
main trunk lines from Paris to the north.
Tho fall of Lens, If it Is to fall, will make
the La Bassee position perilous, and the con
sequences ot the British advance may well
be a general German retirement upon Llllo
and Doual.
In Champagne
Turning to Champagne, the purpose ot the
French drive here is quite plain. The bat
tlefield Is a wild, open, rolling country with
low hills, few villages and no obstacles, the
scene of the defeat of Attlla and tho victory
of Valmy. Here tho French attacked with
2G0.000 last spring and were held, after a
small advance and a loss of 75,000, according
to the German claims. But If the present ad
vance could be pushed five miles, from
Perthes, Beausejour and Soualn to Somme-Py,
the Fronch would gain the Bazancourt-Chal-lerange
rajlroad, upon which all the Germans
from (he eastern forts of Rhelms to the Ar
gonne depend for munitioning.
Such an advance twould probably compel
the Germans holding the forts north and
east of Rhelms to retire, because it would
threaten their rear and left flank. It would
quite as seriously threaten the tight flank
of the Crown Prince's army, which has been
attempting to crowd through the forest) to
the railroad from Rhelms to Verdun and iso
late the latter fortress. It would have to go
back, and this would relieve all pressure upon
Verdun. Both Rhelms and Verdun would
thus be permanently relieved from German
menace.
A push of another five miles would carry
the French to the Vouzlers-Le Chatelet rail
road, which parallels the Challcrange-Bazan-court
lino. If they could cut this the Ger
mans would have to retire behind tho Alsne,
from Craonne to Rethel, and the whole threat
to the French barrier fortresses from tho
north would be abolished. On the other hand,
such h. retreat would expose the flank of tho
Germans holding tho Champagne hills from
Craonne to Laon and might compel a general
retirement.
BULLETS AND BALLOTS
Hoary with age, decrepit with Infirmities, al
ways a despicable and wizened little creature,
It has at last received Its death blow. Let it
be carried out and burled, but do not ask us to
strew flowers on Its grave.
Tears ago it entered the field to challenge
woman's plea for the ballot. "Women cannot
bear arms," it said. "They cannot do military
service; therefore they should not vote."
And through all the years it has kept bobbing
up Impertinently with its cheap, contemptible
little cry, unshamed and unsllenced by the fact
that women bear soldiers and the heaviest griefs
and sacrifices that soldiering brings.
But now it has been slain. Oddly enough,
AMUSEMENTS
lo ESUEnALDA"
Coming- Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Charlotte Walker In "Out of Darkneee"
and ITALIAN and OEItMAN
10c WAR PICTU.RES 10g
WITH LECTUnEn J-vo
ACTUAL NAVAL, BATTLE
THE WALNUT ""ik,,,
Edith Taliaferro
anil EAIILB BR.OWNB
In Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
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Philadelphia Orchestra
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It was Premier Asquith, the man who, more
than any other man In England, has fought
suffrage, who knocked It down and out.
"This is n. war of mechanism, organization,
endurance," ho said. "All that is needed now
to complete the work Is an adequate supply of
labor. In this field none are moro fitted for the
work than women."
As surely as the hands of the men who hold
rifles In tho trenches In Flanders, so surely
are the hands of the women In the factories of
England doing military service. Shall not the
woman who molds bullets In the empire's hour
of peril mark ballots In its days of peaco? Chi
cago Evening Post.
"PARTNERS"
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., told the miners of
his Colorado company that ho and they , ,
partners In the business.
There was nn elderly lawjer In Jefferson C.ty
who formed a partnership with a young lawyer
on the basis of "dividing the small fees." The
older lawyer was to keep the big fees. Kansas
City Star.
AMUSEMENTS
The State Board of Censors
Have DemandecLCertain Eliminations
IN THE FILM
"THE FATAL
CARD"
(Featurlnv JOHN MASON and XIAZEL DAWN)
NOW DEINQ EXHIBITED AT THE
STANLEY
THEATRE
MAnKET STItEET ABOVE SIXTEENTH
The Paramount Picture a Corporation, dis
tributors of the Dim, and Daniel Frobman.
producer, havo notllled the management 01
the Stanley Theatre, to consent to certain
eliminations, but are unwilling to permit en
tire eliminations, as requested, as they are In
no waye objeotlonable, and to do eo would
destroy tho entire effeot of the master mind
who conceived the scenario.
It Is the desire of the aforesaid company
to present to the publlo the flntebed work of
tho producer.
Onlne to this fact, unless there be a modi
fication of the eliminations requested, tbli
ploturo will be withdrawn until
PASSED UPON BY THE COURT
AlrDJ!iJTa PLACE ANOTUBB PARAMOUNT
PICTUKB WILL UB BtfB8TlTUXKD
FORREST Now
TWICE DAILT !
Mat& 2:15
Eves. 8:15
D. W. GRIFFITH'S
THE
BIRTH
OF A
NATION
18,000 People 3000 Horses
B. P. KEITH'S THEATRE
CHESTNUT TWELFTH STREETS
SCORED A MUSICAL TRIUMPH!
DAVID BISPHAM
EMINENT AMERICAN OPBltATlO BARITONB
BRILLIANT SURROUNDING SHOWl
"SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIOIIT"
JULIAN HOSE: MoWATTEllS & TYSON LIGHT..
NEn - ALEXANDER SIX AMERICAN DANCERS.
OTHERS.
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oeeie Thursday
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AND
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.?efemedb; DADDY LONG LEGS
GARRICK "SriSffi.Ttt.
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The Lauthtnr Comedy Sensation
POTASH & PERLMriTTP.T?
Mshts and Saturday Mat. BOe 7fia 11 nn ti nn
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