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BIG ATTRACTION COMING TO THE OPERA HOUSE 4'Tbe Kaiser's Finish" to be Presented to Movie Fans of Abbeville on December 26th and 27th. Bismark's dream of a world conquest by German arms has the start of its attempt fit accomplishment by the sending of German men of all classes?military, bankers, brokers, manufacturers, salesmen, lawyers, farmers, clerks, and even laborers? to all parts of the world, there to take up their :esidene?3, in t < *1 by funds from the Hohenzollern war chest, to watch, wait and study for the benefit and information of Imperialism until "The Day." The Kaiser's life, by his own adw.;cemn. is dominated by the same) principles which actuated Napoleon, Alexand#r, Julious Caesar, Theodore the Second and Frederich the Great for the mastery of the world. But he places himself above them in ability, determination and power to achieve, ending his self-flattery with the laconic criticism that "where they failed I shall succeed by Divine aid." On one of his visits to his great ? email npflc;. army camps tie stops a ow... ^ ant home for a drink of water. Attracted by the sweetnes of the young-' wife, who serves him, he leaves his bodyguard outside and follows her into the house. There he attacks her in brutal fashion, leaving her prostrate, an innocent victim to the lust that has characterized the stay of his armies in Belgium and France. The husband returns, his attitute of homage at first sight of the Imperial ruler just emerging from his home turned to a mania of rage when he glimses his wife through the open door. He lunges at the Kaiser, striking him down, only to return and receive a deadly bullet from the gun of an ac companying officer. The Kaiser returns to Berlin, elated at the condition of his armed forces in all branches. A council of staff officers is called. Again they are told ] that within but a few years Germany's military strength and effi- ( ciency will have developed into the i dawn o fthe long-promised "Day", j Hardly has the baby son, born to the widowed peasant girl, become old enough to wean when he is taken from her by emissaries of the Kaiser. The boy is taken to America by Dr. Carl von Strompf. Richard Busch, a wealthy GermanAmerican, is in Berlin on business for his American organization, when he receives word tnat nis wus uao leaving a baby boy. Conditions make it impossible for him to return before six months have elapsed. Robert Busch grows to manhood, surrounded by luxury and comfort, and worshipped by his sister, Emily. Early in 1914 another council is; held in Berlin. The Kaiser loosens the; steel bands holding his forces in leash! and preparations are secretly started j for severing them completely, in read iness for the march to Paris. The comments and pledges of his taff indicate their conviction that "might makes right", that "war shall ,be' waged mercilessly, leaving the enemy j naught but their*eyes with which to' * ' 1 ~ ?nro I weep," ana taat uic uppicjotu so because the Germans are supreme". The war clouds gather and ' then the storm breaks in terrible! fury. Follows the desecration of Belgium the heroic struggle against superior numbers by the small legions of King Albert, equalling their German foemen only in the determination not to ho beaten. Northern France is overrun, old men and children are maim-j ed and murdered, the women are violated, and Gel-man blood lust drinks to the full. Then the tide is stemmed by the| flower of France England rushes! her first gallant fifty thousand, of; whom but seven hundred returned.) The "Kilted Ladies from Hell" strike j +Vio Tfnicpr's armies. Can-. ada speeds briefly trained fighters to! the front, and Imperial Germany i rants at the first check to the torrent' that started to make Berlin the capital of the world. Emily Busch, p^psionately loyal to j America, an ardent patriot, pleads! with her brother to enlist. He con-j suites his father, and is told that he is afflicted with a peculiar blood disease, which makes itself manifest in every fourth generation, of which he is a member, producing scrofula and gradual physical decline. Robert seeks Dr. Strumpf, neighbor and family physician, for con firmation. The doctor tells him more. He learns that he is the son of a German peasant woman and the all supreme war lord. He is told how Dr. Strumpf substituted him for the ba-, by boy who had followed his mother in death by but a few hours. Overcome, Robert finds this startling revelation of his royal parentage a thing sickening and distasteful. Thoroughly imbued with the spirit of i America and American freedom, he remains loyal. But to Dr. Strumpf he feigns ardor for Germany. He is i made a member of the Pan-German League, a national organization of i spies, doing a stealthy work of destruction and murder. He volunteers to act for the Secret ' Service in trapping members of the League. His loyalty to the latter re- 1 mains unquestioned, and he is finally i ! entrusted with a mission to Berlin] ' and the Kaiser. The day before his | 1 departure the League quarters, in a ' subterranean chamber, are raided. One of the spies is his father, previ- 1 ously unrecognized by Robert in his 1 hood and long black robe. Disgraced, 1 the elder Busch commits suicide to 1 save his daughter from social and ' financial ruin. ' Possessed of a ling bestowed by the Crown Prince on one of his girl companions, Robert makes his way < to German army headquarters. He 1 meets the Crown Prince, his step- ' brother, and is struck by the remark- ' able resemblance between them. At 5 fVio fircf nnnnrtunitv he shoots and y kills the imbecile leader of one of ( his father's armies. His-resemblance ( to the dead Prince is so close that ( only the addition of a small Imperial 1 mustache makes it complete. After ( a series of exciting adventures he makes his way to the Kaiser's head- 1 quarters. The important members of J the General Staff are in deep con- ^ sultation with their ruler over the in- 1 vention of a new and deadly bomb, I designed particularly by a German 1 chemist for use by aviators in destroying hospitals and hospital transport ships. ' The conference ends, the officers ? dpnnrf: leaving the Kaiser eloatine: over the possibilities of further wanton killing that lurk in the small black iron ball on the table before him. Robert enters, dressed in the | uniform of the Crown Prince. The Kaiser instantly detects the deception, crying, "You are not my son!" "I am your son, but I am also a son of America, where autocratic brutality, Kaiserism with its stench of murder, maiming, destruction, devastation, suffering and lowest criminality is a thing loathed and despised." In a series of vivid pictorial sen-j sations Robert drives home to the: I Kaiser at the point of his automatic: the suffering he has wrought, the I great armies sweeping across the At-j | lantic irom America, tne recent Allied triumphs on the Western Front,! the promise of more and greater, ones, the ultimate doom.of Imperial1 Germanism, the conquering Allied hosts of the air, the supreme artil-j tery commands of the American,: French, English and Italian forces,1 taking him through a gamut of dra-j matic picturizations ending with the words: "And now you are going before the Divine Being, whose name you| have reviled and dragged through the bloody mud of Belgium and France.", A shot and the Kaiser falls. Instant-' ly the place swarms with officers and men. Robert seizes the bomb-pat-: tern for thousands proposed for the destruction of hospitals* harboring wounded and dying and explodes it in the midst of those seeking to overpower him. The tremendous building is shattered to its foundations,1 carrying into death the loyal American youth who struck direct to the heart of the writhing serpent that tmeacened the foundations of Right, j and Democracy, taking with him the, staunchcst supporters of Kaisrism. OVER LUSITANIA'S GRAVE. London, Dec. 14.?The George Wellington, 'bear!ng President Wil-j son and his ovficiU pfutv passed over th grave of the Lusitania, west of Ireland, late Thursday. Many ships from Queenstown met and* saluted the big liner. Engraved Cards and Invitations at The Press and Banner. 666 cures Headaches, Biliousness,! Loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that tired aching feeling due to Malaria or Colds. ing the Presidential flag. As they reared the landing slip the warships ind shore batteries fired a salute of 21 guns and a band struck up "The Star Spangled Banner." Responded to Cheers. The President responded to the :heers and hand waving of sailors ?id doughboys as he entered the automobile that took him to the station. The road from the pier to the; station which wound along a hill, | was lined with soldiers, including a iompany of French poilus as a spe-j :ial guard of honor. Groups of school :hildren waved flags and sang ?the' lational songs of France and Ameri-j ;a. Doughboys and sailor movie oper-j itors, recruited from the signal corps swarmed about the President as he anded from the tug, filmed.him as le passed through the street and took Darting shots of him as the train lulled out of Paris. Sun Shines for Wilton. The brilliant sunlight brought the luge replica of the statue of liberty PRESIDENT WILSON SETS FOOT ON FRENCH SOIL FRIDAY 13 Mrs. Wilson Preceded President Wilson Carrying Small Flag. Historic | Voyage Uneventful. Big Celebration Follows Event in Brest. Brest, Dec. 14.?President Wilson stepped ashore on French soil at 3:22 o'clock Friday afternoon. Mrs. Wilson preceded the President carrying a small flag. The George Washington dropped its anchor at 1:36. As the liner completed her historic voyage, a launch bearing the official party shot alongside. In it were Col. House, General Bliss, General Pershing, Admiral Benson, Admiral Wilson and the President and his perSnnol TVt QTT ram o in nrl o ?vuu< x iicj x ciiiamcu auvaiu UIHU the President and his personal party :ame ashore. The President and Mrs. Wilson left the George Washington in a tug fly in the city into sharp relief and! turned the flags and bunting into a riot of color. The hills rising from| the water front wore crowded withj Breton women and girls in their quaint native costumes. The official recognition on shore was headed by Mayor Hervagault. The mayor in welcoming the President saluted him as the "messenger j of justice and peace." "You bring to tormented Europe | the comfort of your authoritative j voice in the debates which will endi our quarrels," he said. Included in the reception committee were Foreign Minister Pichon, Marine Minister Leygues and Andre Tardieu commissioner of FrancoAmerican relations. Eight American canteen workers presented Mrs. Wilson with a bouquet as she stepped on to the pier. They were the only women participating in the ceremonies. Wilson's Reply. Responding to the mayor's speech the President expressed the close association Americans feel toward Brest, owing to the welcome accorded the men coming to fight in the common cause against an outlaw. The President received the delegation's greetings in a pavilion decked with flags, erected on the pier. In the back ground were Miss Wilson, General Bliss and General Pershing. 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