The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 14, 1916, Page 12, Image 12
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MOVIE MEN SCORE (V
ONE ON UNCLE SAM A
Wi|Jard-Johnson iijzht at Havana
May lie Shown on Hroad
wav Without Actuallv Import. ;e
in;r Into I'nited States, v
r?
v.'a lagUu. April 11 -Trust the} ni
a
r: >tion picture people to do a thiug
1* - ?nt to do lf it an l>" done. oc
A -it .atlcm t at is attracting ->ouio
ci
sM.ciiti i at tii ' hands ot the federal
, > . hf> , v/?- t!~r ?r. well as n
j. NV V-rk t -ported from thej
t !?n * stat-\ '
It ?.?. m be recalled that when Jack it
J mii.- and J '-- Willsr i hi'! a scrap
ir
doao .r Havan;- 'he nation pi'.turej .
f n\ . tv i " ei forhiddeni 01
t i b? ii.r?or'-?'i ' * f L"itn*d ?tat?-?
c!
It w;<.? o' ill .>?>.. : v th-m to b-. 0<
?h.?-v:j N- V :k -t t. wheroip
,4j
t: -e P" ipt ' r-r... <.ri,
their p -^ductlcr. than In any otheri.
hut c ?'. - tl. pi< tur >. or the films,
lot - -h 'ni '. ,, -.i ns
1'- v * orbi'l ' ! r
riu; i ir. .?r.getiiu1- of some
hody so .t tr . foand a way. A E
fe * day <2- ?ji .- ntativf of one1
<v 'be r . \ir. < -r/f-rns took a ptvoia
hi. < consisting of th-'
fit lit f:i". - mi his way from' $
s>nv? point >nf- o?" th<- islands ot"
th sea beyond the l?o- ler- of th- a
if. a d Srv ? r-.nadi, T :i he '?
mvlo p. -a a;, partly L> train, partly
ny auto obile. and partly by foot. ?
wrhi- pf -ir ;> par to the bor- *]
i" line bft? . rm... la and New p
V rk t t - port r <> |rs jour- (I
d" tli-'' ? accomn! ^:i f 1 r>ti foot, a
.?- in oi- nor.-s-.ary by the fact that
eh r a h-? v .i- folio vine crossed '*
r!- hoi i-r b.'fnn r---i tie the point ''
of his ! -stiiK-t >11. ni.l as lie i-.ilC
Ti > carry ' f in- \ i:' hiiu on tl at
! ;:? \ : f-f :i - th" prohibi- v
r - v- ' nto |h
- m ole ..-1v a mile jS
h 'rip t. i/Ot - itl. the pack- ti
: Iln. - or. his shoulder. ?n
? in- pain* * dost !r. at Ion. ho was hi
n. other representatives of his
a ,i\' -ra h had -one ahead of him
vnj ia-1 t- . a lar--- tent astride
M >.?- I:n A considerable porp
n >t tii" ?pn< (: covered by the t<*nt
' - Canadian -oil .,uil the rest of :r ,
in
?- American terltory.
f) tii<- Canadian side a screen was a|
pi" up and the fight films were "put if
.? Tlie Jolinson-Wiilanl fight wa- ui
\ ii to an :mi -n " ot about four. fo
nost of w hom were hi the United i*
.*? .? os nri"~? of i'i? t*ittthough in al
ftins fr'.io f?,? i another. 'l|
-.o '.ator might c.isilv transfer the
fv"isfllction of hi- body front Wa?!i ,j,
sfon to Lmdon -front I'resldeut tli
^ ;?on't dominion i.. t -i? sovereignty lb
V King Georg". pt
t fi'A inehc- within the American
- a mo tins picti'i- machine bait *>1
t? - rer'ed and when the "show" ^
going on over in Canada a dis
(. :; of some ttfi incite* front the
x>_.d r -tlie operator of the motion j(
(*;. :?! e machine pot entirely new 8t
made front the scene- that tli
.'. ii h-dng shown on the screen In a:
this V : v he spi -ir.lr.iwl in :*1
ni of the film* v ' Msc imp f w
f: -it had boon forbidden. and vet th
(> . *1.1 in i. importation had not
> n \ iolated. nccoidini: to the v'ew
V i
v 11o* film company concerned. It )(
f- their intention. ??< . online to re- <
pot published. to exhibit tiie film (
on V.ro.ulv.ay a thing that has lii+t:
. *? desired by tin- promoters asi ,,
i.* ! a- some tew thousands of
"'f.:1 " 1 n Ww York ritv for a Ion
Wme.
\\"h r tiie film^ are legnllv >n
I* Foiled Stales j< n question thn'
paroles -nine of the lawyers wh
ha e paid more or less attention t . (
He* Incident. It is tru- thtit tie* pa'
tt.Mjlar films that wer?" taken tit H < ^
v . v not been imported into
. c . tefl States: lot; in a sen-;**
rept "sentntion of the light has been
"imported." though it catne hy a
method that is not tangible or tna (.
rr-ri.il It is Hi#* view of sump that
hv -malfiRv with wireless telecrap1 ,j
m> i n 'Mi*, vs 11i' h ar. under the con
rrol of the Rovernment, oven ther?
is .??? material transportation or
t.i"lis ion concerned. the eivornn
e:u would have the r.ftht to apply
t' satin principles to the srcurine
f iliiis in the manner suggested
I.v the t>?t of the owners of the!
J ihni'ii1 W'lard films.
liwleeil. it Is pointed out that if
ttould he an eaav matter. If such
*rere not the on?e. for ihr mo?dne
picture people to rvold all custom*
duties on film a by mere'v ?etMttg
au plants at the hftrri.T t?v vrht??'? |
.Hina could be re-phMoRra^hM and
thvirt "Imp'* from one country
another without actiiAllr helper imported.
Whatever view is correct. on? has
t > "ha id it to" the motion picture
man who conceived and executed the
tinw*? pUa.
I
ICRS UPHEAVALS MAY COME
hundani Proof That Nature's Reslstle?e
Force; Have Not Been Forever
Quieted.
Ti'i? VV atatcli mountains, once a 1
ve 1 plain and formed through some
igantic upheaval of nature, are atlll
istless. showing that the process of
atur? which carved the peaks and
inyon* 1* still in progress. During
l? long period of slow earth movetent
which made these mountains,
at-Iytng parallel beds of rock were lo- t
k!> tlirn?il nn ?>l?aa rrnm ?,1 a.l onH
? ? ?r*?" ?- i
>lded it* ? wonderfully Intricate miner.
These upturned and crumpled rocks
ro well shown In Ogden canyon. Tfce ,
e?* face of the Wasatch range is beev>wi
to mark the plane of a normal
arth fault at a nearly vortical crack 1
* the earth's crust, the rocks on the ,
is? aid" of which went up or those
n the 3?dc "*eut down A uumer
of parallel faults were developed '
lose together and the broken pieces
' the earth s crust between them were
.shed up. ihe rocks on one side of
iOh crack riding up over those on :
:e other side until the great tnoun- (
i.r. range was formed. (
!ED ALWAYS DANCER SIGNAL
Ixcellent Reasons Why That Color '
Should Have Seen Selected for
the Purpose. |
Everywhere you turn, red is used to 1
ignify danger.
As tail-lamps to motors and trains.j:
t toru-up streets, red lights universal '
r announce ' Danger!" ! .
Why is red used in preference to any I i
ther color * There is a very good and ' .
lilBclent reason for this. Red. no mat-'
s now instant. never ceases to ap ' ^
ear red It retains its color better'
tan any other, and plays no illusion- ;
ry tricks with your eyesight.
Enjoying normal weather conditions.;'
xe ranges of colored lights in use on <
ie railways are recognized as tol 1
>ws ' J
Red 3'a miles; green. 2Vfe to 3 ,
nles lunar white. 2 to 21 ? miles. It ,
ill be seen that red is tar ahead of
s fellows Green, its nearest rival,
. of course, the color of which natrv
makes such < xtenslve use. Gonse- 1
n-nt.ly. green is much more liable to
u >tn? absorbed in any background t
tun rod. ji
That in why red takes pride oi <
lace.?Answers. , ,
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Able to Defy Burglars. /
The story of the strong room is noth- ^
H more than one long light between
le safemaker and the burglar. But
last the vault maker would appear
> have won and it is the boast of
iperta that many of the strong rooms v
iund in the more up-to-date safe de- J
>slts, banks and other institutions
e not only burglar proof, but proof (i
;ainst atta.k in armed mobs and j,
so from earthquake shocks. Their 1
oat steel walls arc absolutely un-ilUble
on account of the hardness of '
ie metal employed, while by welding ' n
ie plates together it is virtually 1m
tssihle to burn through them . c
Then, by means of time and comnatton
locks, it is impossible to open > o
ie doors without a key and a knowl- , <
tge or the combination, once they |
e closed. As a further precaution, j
any of these strong rooms are so
^signed that an electrical alarm is
landed shouhl attack be made upon
lem. or the basement in which they
e sit-aiud is tlooded with water the I
oraont their mechanism is tampered
ith
\Mtll. \\ K \1TIIS
id now another lyric April blows
r dim tunes from the hills,
iring roses twine,
oar floods of sunlight, cool with
moil..tain snows,
rim all the world with sparkling
goldr n wine.
(I ,io> > in horn a,"ii:n. old dreams
arise,
ml call my spirit, life far, gloaming
seas.
Id sweetheart* kiss my brow and
nuiuth and eyes.
"if 1 |i grown sweet as April rev
1
I
>rgoti?n Aprils. ? I ji ?f in cherry
blooms
iu?> drift!- k hark atony the orchard
reams;
*hey fill my heart with golden faint
perfumes,
tnd haunt me with the lethargy of
d reams
?Perrln Hoinies Lowery.
Reducing Tuberculosis Mortality.
Lord Rosebery. in a I?ndon address
on tuberculosis, said that preventive
measure* had reduced the mortality
from -consumption in London by 33
per cent between 1901 and 1911. and
t>y 14 por rant in l^nfflAnn ana waies
for the ?arae period
APRIL
No a is high-tide of the year
And whatever of life hath ebbed
a way
Cone* flooding back with a rippling
sheer
Into every bare Inlet and creek
and bay.
?Jam** Rnaaeaa Lowell.
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THE LANCASTER NEW
A SPLENDID
EASTER STORY
rHF, RESURRECTION
OF RICHARD RICE
By latiiev h.
The. shadows of the night were
mm iv i'iu.'iimk hi ii|>i'u i ne grcHi I'uy,
From the office buildings and factories
streamed forth the workers.
Fhe soft fall of the April rain, gave
evidence of spring, but the chill
ivhich swept along with it told that
vlnter had as yet not departed. From
numerous windows the lights twinked.
and from equally numerous trolley
cars the blatant, discordant gong
rounder. It was Saturday night!
md the crowd, merry and impatient
u the same time, was anxious to
cot home. For to-morrow was Faster.
Easter with her lilies and her
lights; with her fine clothes, her
dowers and her music. And the
ivoik of the week was slowly fading
from the minds of many, in the
brighter recollection of the Khistoi
"Well, olil top." smiled the tmblian.
"sort of soused."
"(Jo 'long with you." retored the
ther." do you take tne for n pint
up. See" and ho stretched out Tils
and toward the bur "see that there
fork of yours, why man I've drunk
hat much ten times over in the last
wo years. Soused? I'm no gutter
nipe. firing me a whiskey
traight." The bar keeper went
ark to his liar with a smile. TT >
ad seen many n one just that way.
'his man. despite his uncut beard,
lis tattered clothes, his half ti|/sy
onditton, had once been a gent feitan.
Perhaps he had once been a
aoderate drinker, he mused FJltt
ow Fft> chuckled to himself This
mnr piece of floatsam actually
bought that ho could drink tho Atuntio
Owin. and get away with it.
tonrehow his hoart wnrmed to th<nan.
Maybe there was a wife at
rontp, and litfte children Maybe he
rould after nil straighten up. But
hat was not his concern So he
nixed the whiskey, and st;? rued to
hp table
Rut the wind had blown in an>fher
person As the publican advanced
from bis bar. this yotrng. slin
iir! advanced from the door N'n S-i 1
radon lassie she. Her's wn* a fac?
which to see was not easy to forget
^lu came timidly forward and stoor'
by the publican as lie placed tlv
whiskey on the smalt table.
"May I speak to him." she m
terrupted.
"Yes. miss." he laughed, "hut
can't be responsible for his answer.
Then ns If deafrfng to get her out o
the place, be remarked: "*Bett<
leave hiiu alone. lie's pretty bft
soused rlehi now. and he mav nr
I ke It."
Hut the ynuDe girl was payiii
no attention to htm. Hhe had a<
vanced and placing hei hand on tt
shoulder or the drunken wretch, si
asked:
"Won't yon come .round to tl
Trinity Mission with me? It's on
just around the corner. Plea
come?"
The man startled. Through t
water In his eyea he looked at h<
How strangely familiar that fa
was. Put no, that coold not be tn
resurrection.
Down a squalid side street lurched
md rolled a man. From one sid?to
the other he reeled. His un
diaved face, his bleared eyes, his
unsteady gait, all gave evidence to
i too palpable fact. He was a drunkird.
For him there was no Raster.
How could there he? His only mode
was the wild delirium of his
1 reams. Flowers? The blear in his
>.ve made everything look red
'lothes? His scattered garments once
bore that name. On he lurched
fow a young girl, hurrying boulevard
stepped to one side to avoid
lini. A little farther on a street
:aroin stepped into the gutter and
uade faces at htm. To none of them
rave he one moment's heed.
Square after square lie covered
litis. First in the cutter, and tlie'i
gainst fences. Suddenly his blear
>d eye tok on the chost of an e\>ression.
Surely lie could not b*
nistaken. It had always stood there
a hoy lie remembered Its frosted
loors, its ornamental class windows.
\s a young man, he recalled its
aint, sickly aroma, enticing. porttading.
urging. Ah. there was
rami til, and cheer within, and this
kpril rain was very cold.
On he lurched, past the swinging
loors. How good it felt! he stunitled
forward, and fell into, rather
liati took, ills seat. For a few nmnents
lie blinked in the fierre glare
f the liclits
S AI'lilL 14. 1916
And the name. Trinity? Trinity?
"Why, why," he stammered "I was
" He stopped and gazed blankly
at her.
"What do you want me at Trinity
Mission for, eh? he sneered. "I'm
no goody, goody. You church people
'? But something in her
face stopped him
"Please." she entreated. "We
want to help you.'* She patted him
again on the shoulder. "Oh," she
said, "how wet you are. Where are
you going to sleep to-night?''
"Say, pard," broke in the bar keeper,"
"better go along with the young
lady. They've got the lid on tight
in this town now, and after twelve
I'll have to fling you out."
l)..t A .K. ?? 1 M
uui iiitr uuiri uidut' nu ii-'pi). mstead
he placed the tumbler to his
lips and began to sip the fiery stuff
slowly. Tlie girl looked first at hint
and then ;.t the publican. She hesitated
for a moment.
"You better go on back, miss,"
the barkeeper said. "When 1 close
at twelve I'll see if I can get him to
come around."
From the door of the public house
. a the last stroke of twelve the man
lurched, lie was drunk, horribly so.
Hut the last drink had braced him
up. Everything seemed strangely
familiar. lie knew this corner well.
That saloou had always stood there.
And he knew where Trinity Mission
was. Why not go there and spend
the night? lie could get away eatly
In the morning and no one need be
i the wiser for it. Why had he eveen
me back here? And why had that
face so troubled him? Me would go.
anyway.
Into the door of the little mission
he lurched. He flung himself into
the last seat. At least, he could
dose. He need not listen. Hut what
was ail this? He almost laughed
out. The usual crowd was there.
Men on their uppers, women with
pasts carefully concealed, the young
plunger, the old hand at the business.
And what was this the man
on the platform was telling thai
crowd? \\*h> . that to-morrow was
Master. And that Raster meant tin
resurrection of Christ. There was
nothing to lnngh at in that. Hut
this was the funny part.
"Vim men and women." he said,
"arc dead. Dead to your families,
to society, to usefulness in the world
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Why not come buck to-morrow an<l
start all over again. Come back to
life. Go back home. There Is hop* W
for every one of you In Christ.'' if tl
The man on the back seat chuck- ti,0
led. lie had heard just such stuff jure,
in a hundred mission halls in a hundred
different cities. And he had 1 u
never come back to life. All he wcu
cared for was a bed, and something attei
to eat. He did wish they would get |(jea
through singing and praying. But on
what was this?
has
"Before we go to-night." continued
the man on the platform, "1 want t0 ^
to ask that you will assist me in """
finding a man. He is one of these tlve
lead men. Five years ago he left to d
his home. He was cashier of the ly t<
First National ban!: of this city. His not
accounts were found short. He was ougl
convicted of embezzlement, a?d sent of tl
to the penitentiary. From there ho that
escaped, and has been at large eve! tern
since. No." and he cast a quiet tion
glance over the crowd, "I don't want mus
you to peach on him, for it has just do r
come t ? light that he did not em- mist
bezzle Ihe money. A friend of his It it
took it. and he has iu;lde a confes-Jbrit
sion. We want to find this man, ate
bring him back to life again, and the!
give him back to his family. His peo|
name is pret
The man on the back seat held P
his breath. There was the young ni'K
girl who had found hint in the sa- ('Pe<
loon. How familiar she looked. And reas
that older woman over there in the ',e '
choir with the tears on her checks? >'l'm
Why, why, no. it could not be true. Boni
That had been his name once, but tor
now he was known from New York
to Frisco as Drunken Dick. He rose heai
to his feet. Benches, men and wo- ,08E
men. the man on the platform, reeled
about him. He staggered forward. If?oei
"Rlrhanl!" , mor
It was the woman In the choir.,in 1
She too. had gotten to hor feet. ' sOU
"Father!" vv<>n
The clear young voice of the girl
of the saloon rang. '}-v
The man stumbled forward. The 'n"'
one on the platform took him by the a bo
hand. \ stillness fell on the crowd. VNiU
"Richard Ft Ice has come to life ' u-1
again.'' he announced. con:
And a gray haired woman mur- I'-x 1'
mered softly:-"Tliis.
my son. was dead, and Is
- ?-? true Intl nnd lu Xt**.'
found."" " 1?^
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our Next Pair
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<;OI\G TO CHURCH
e go to church to worship and,
int purpose is lost sight of all
social betterment idea9 and lecs
aiming at the improvement of
mind are beside the point. It
Id be interesting to compare the
ndance at churches in which the
of making the service border
the character of entertainment
been followed with what it used
e In the days when worship \nd t
ship only was the service attrao- ^
; but, if the service element tends
isappear. tl en the change is like>
do more harm than good. It is
social enjoyment that people
it to seek in church; the ideal
he minister should not merely Do
of getting people away from the
ptation of the streets. Kecita
s from the parts and beautiful
ic will be of little avail, if they
lot form part of a direct and un;akable
preaching of the goapel.
s not by alluring people with the
of enjoyment that their souls
to be won: it is by appealing to
r sense of duty. To inveigle
;>le into church under specious
oxts is not likely to win ther.i
raver and. unless they pray, they
lit just ;ts well stay at home. In1
a man of character may very
lonably resent the trick?for such
s likely to esteem it ? of getting
i 11 to church with a promise of
e entertainment. Rut the miniswith
a high ideal of the responslv.
who bids him to come and
r the word of God. will command
iect and stands a better chance
winning the man for a churchr.
We have had too much of the
etricious and the ad captandum
rjur churches: why not try the
nd and substantial fare which
I the hearts and minds of a genion
ago? The Rible explained
a minister in sloemn earnest, is
litely more interesting tlian talk
ill magic lantern slides. Ji
it men to come to churrlij?or
i souls' good, why not appeal to
science?- -Tin Uocliostet Postiress.
Piles Cured in ri to 14 Days.
r druggist will refund money if PA 7.Q
TS1EST fails to cuit any ca--e of Itching,
d, Weeding or Protruding Vilesin6to:' '"a-, *
Crr.t application ufvc* Fa>e a?*\ Rest. 4">c
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