Labor Votes to Work With the President
Delegates at a federation meeting vote to support the Alliance for Labor and Democracy and its pacifist counterweight to the People's Council. Gompers defends the alliance while opponents push for a strong pro democracy stance amid war tensions. Roll call ends with 21 579 yeas to 402 nos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Mr. Gompers
People’s Council
Barnes
Philadelphia
Miss Shapiro
Burke
Sulphite Workers
Joseph P. Cannon
Mine Workers
Alliance
Walker
Illinois
Brown
Washington
Matthew Wall
Photo-Engravers
George Berry
Pressmen
Max S. Hayes
Typographical Union
James M. Duncan
Gompers
Minneapolis
Trades Unions
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
Western Labor Union
American Labor Union
Cannon
Yeas
Noes
Conroy Leads Orpheum bill with diving models act
Boston swimmer John F. Conroy opened the Orpheum Theatre program headlining an aquatic act and life savings demonstrations. The bill included Bertha Creighton company Our Husband, Weber and Pilcott, Mariella Johnson company, Murphy and Barry, and Kelley and Fern. Screen features shown were News Pictorial, a Mack Sennett farce Are Waitresses Safe, and The Judgment Trouse with Wilfred Lucas and Violet Heming. A Thursday change will bring photoplay Easy Money with Ethel Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Conroy
Boston
Orpheum Theatre
Mr. Conroy
Bertha Creighton
Mack Sennett
Sir Gilbert Parker
Wilfred Lucas
Violet Heming
Ethel Clayton
Gerard Returns to Old Law Firm in New York
Former ambassador James W. Gerard will resume practicing law with Bowers & Sands in New York. He left the firm nine years ago to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James W. Gerard
Germany
Bowers & Sands
Supreme Court
Melodrama at the Globe presents Unborn Child in Boston
Howard McKent Barnes’s melodrama Her Unborn Child opened at the Globe Theatre in Boston. The play argues for candor and plain talk as a young couple faces consequences and are guided to marriage by the mother’s steadfast stance. Mina Gleason starred as the girl's mother with strong humorous relief throughout. Daily matinees announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McKent Barnes
Boston
Globe Theatre
Mina Gleason
Howard Atheneum hosts French Frolics Burlesque show
Howard Atheneum drew a rousing reception for the French Frolics Burlesque with bright comedy and praised singing. Notable acts included Walter Finnegan Parker, John O Grant, Myrtle Cherry, and others amid vaudeville features such as gymnasts, the Four Dancing Demons, America Forever, and the educated dog Jazz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fields
Lena Daley
Howard Atheneum
Walter “Finnegan” Parker
John O. Grant
Myrtle Cherry
Charles Glick
Harry Morrissey
Frankie Burke
America
Johnny and Wise
Swift and Fleet
Robert Millis
Franklin Park Theatre Presents Maxine Elliott in Fighting Odds
Maxine Elliott stars at Franklin Park Theatre this week in Fighting Odds, delivering strong acting and elegant gowns. The vaudeville features Pup Pitt s Harry Garland the Fenwick girls and a show including Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne in The Adopted Son plus a full vaudeville change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Park Theatre
Maxine Elliot
Puppitts
Harry Garland
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Beacon Theatre Screens The Mark of Cain With Bab's Matinee Idol
Mrs. Vernon Castle stars in The Mark of Cain a romance mystery and detective drama shown all week at the Beacon Theatre Also on bill Marguerite Clark in Bab's Matinee Idol a light hearted companion feature
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Castle
Beacon Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Bab
Rab
Airplane plant workers take oath of allegiance in New Jersey
Five hundred aliens employed at Standard Aero in Elizabeth, New Jersey lined up to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. The company president said the oath does not confer citizenship but anyone refusing loyalty would not be welcomed. Brookline to provide free service flags for families with service members. The selectmen also approved three new policemen: James W. Tenra, James F. Huban and George Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Berry
Mr. Hayes
Federation
Gompers
Elizabeth
N. J
Standard Aero Corporation
United States
America
Harry E. Mingle
Stars and Stripes
Brookline
James W. Tenra
James F. Huban
George Hughes
Sugar for Chelsea sick public from Revere supply
Mayor Edward Willard of Chelsea announced that 100 pounds of sugar from the Revere Sugar Refining Company would be sold this morning at the police station. Only individuals with a physician's prescription proving need may buy the sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Willard
Chelsea
Revere Sugar Refining Company
Woman Kills Two Children Then Wounds Two, Suicide Attempt
Mrs Emma Hausele, 29, wife of coal mine foreman Charles Hausele, shot and killed two of her children and probably fatally wounded two others at the Hausele home in Mannoth mining town, then wounded herself, in a case likely to prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Pleasant
Penn
Emma Hausele
Charles Hausele
Hausele
Mannoth
Rothschild and Primrose in Palestine casualties
London reports Major Evelyn de Rothschild, son of the late Leopold de Rothschild, killed in Palestine. He served in the same regiment as his cousin, the Honorable Neil Primrose, son of the Earl of Rosebery, who recently died of wounds from Palestine fighting.
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Palestine
London
Evelyn de Rothschild
Leopold de Rothschild
Neil Primrose
Earl of Rosebery
Boston Opera House Prepares Biblical Spectacle The Wanderer
The Boston Opera House undergoes a full renovation for The Wanderer a lavish Prodigal Son production. William Elliot F Ray Comstock and Morris Gest lead the intent to present a reverent spectacle with new lobby lighting stained glass and Biblical scenes. A company of 20 with 90 ballet and 120 sheep flock readiness marks the dress rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Opera House
Boston
William Elliot
F. Ray Comstock
Morris Gest
Grass Widow Broadway-Style Run Delights Park Square Theatre
Park Square Theatre Boston presents The Grass Widow to appreciative audiences praising the book music and company. George Marton in his career spotlight Natalie Alt Gretchen Eastman Emma Janvier Victor Morley Robert Emmet Keane and the ensemble contribute richly. Engagement runs two more weeks then Upstairs and Down comes December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Grass Widow
Misalliance heads to final Plymouth Theatre week
The Shaw comedy Misalliance guided by William Faversham closes its Plymouth Theatre run in a week. Macklyn Arbuckle stars with a largely English cast, drawing significant discussion among local literary circles. Alma Tell leads The Melting of Molly next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Faversham
Plymouth Theatre
Macklyn Arbuckle
Molly
Alma Tell
Plymouth
Maclyn Arbuckle
Katharine Kaelred
Bernard Shaw
Show of Wonders at Shubert Plays On
The Shubert Theatre presents The Show of Wonders a revue with George Munroe Marilynn Miller the Howard brothers and other acts. A crowd pleasing feature is the lighthearted chorus girls bouncing rubber spheres into the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shubert
Messrs
George Munroe
Marilynn Miller
The
Howard Brothers
Tremont Theatre Shows Wartime Comedy Draws Boston
The Tremont Theatre in Boston hosts the amusing comedy Turn to the Right amid war tax strains and rumors, drawing strong audiences. On December 24 the attraction switches to The Boomerang with the original New York cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tremont
New York
Dove o' Mike at the Wilbur Theatre Nears Final Weeks
The Wilbur Theatre in Boston presents Dove o' Mike now entering its next to last week. George Hassell stars as a movie mad buster with a cast of notably pretty women, drawing a large audience as the musical comedy plays to locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dove O' Mike
Wilbur Theatre
Irish comedians lead vaudeville at St James Theatre
St James Theatre opened with Ryan and Rich field and company in Mag Haggerty's Father. Other acts included McGowan and Gordon in Two in One Billy Elliott the burnt cork monologist the Avendos and Sutter and Dell. On screen News Pictorial and The Fatal Ring final episode and The Little Princess with Mary Pickford. New bill Thursday features The Judgment House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan and
Richfield
Loew’s
Tremont Temple Screens Italian Fronts for Italian War Relief
Tremont Temple runs a week long engagement of The Italian Battlefront to benefit the New England Italian war relief fund. The footage shows Italian fronts with mountain warfare and high altitude batteries. Thursday is designated Allies Night with special observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
New England
Waldron's Casino Presents Liberty Girls and Cast
Waldron's Casino hosts a week long lineup headlined by Joseph A. Mitchell's book and Irish comedian Jack Conway. The Liberty Girls feature Miss Barry Melton Hilda Giles Patricia Baker Mae Penman with a versatile supporting cast including Mrs Conway James Collins Michael Puglia Brad Sutton Edward Griffen and Frank W. Martin. Burlesque choruses are larger than usual and perform with notable grace and vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew and Campbell
New Liberty Girls
Waldron
Joseph A. Mitchell
Philadelphia
Jack Conway
Michael Puglia
Brad Sutton
Edward Griffen
Frank W. Martin
Messrs Paynton and Green
Boston Theatre Draws Crowds for Pereira Sextette and Nearly Married
Madge Kennedy’s star power and the Pereira Sextette bring large audiences to the Boston Theatre. Kennedy also appears in Edgar Selwyn’s Nearly Married on screen, boosting the bill with laughter. The rainy night slows auto traffic as drivers repair tire damage from a road-house innkeeper’s schemes. The vaudeville lineup includes the Willie brothers Roach and McCurdy in A Touch of Nature, Dolly Gray and Bert Byron in A Girl's Weigh, Grace De Winters, a Mack Sennett comedy Are Waitress Safe, and the Hearst Pathe Pictorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Kennedy
Pereira
Boston
Missa Knnedy
Edgar Selwyn
Vaude Ville
Willie Brothers
Roach
McCurdy
Dolly Gray
Bert Byron
Grace de Winters
Hearst Pathe
Intimate Dance Revue of 1917 at B F Keiths Theatre
War or not the season holds crowds as B F Keiths Theatre presents a strong vaudeville bill. Bessie Clayton with Paisley Noon and the Mosconi brothers display praised dance sets and costuming while Frederic Santley Florrie Millership and a six member company perform The Girl and the Magazine. El Brendel Filo Bert mix comedy Waiting for Her, Nanette sings a new ballad with Jerry Jarnigan, Burns and Frabito perform comedy musical numbers, and the Gallerini sisters Gordon Gliding O Mearns Athos and Read and the Pathe Hearst pictorial finish the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Keith
Bessie Clayton
Paisley Noon
Moscon Brothers
Charles F. Strickland
Miss Clayton
Mosconi Brothers
Frederic Santley
Florrie Millership
Girl
Magazine
Santley
New York
el Brendel
Filo Bert
Mr. Brendel
Nanette
Jerry Jarnigan
Burns
Frabito
Gallarini
Bert
Harry Gordon
O’mearns
Athos
Read
Pathe-Hearst Pictorial
Music Master at Colonial Theatre Delights Boston Crowd
David Warfield stars as Herr von Barwig in The Music Master at the Colonial Theatre. The Boston public has warmly welcomed the charming romantic play with fine performances. The engagement is limited, a detail to note for theatergoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
David Warfield
Herr von Barwig
Boston
Maude Adams Stars In A Kiss for Cinderella At Hollis Street
Hollis Street Theatre presents Maude Adams in A Kiss for Cinderella next week to delighted Bostonians. Barrie’s playful imagination shines through with a genial lead performance and strong supporting company and scenery enhancing the charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Adams
Hollis Street
Miss Adams
The Mark of Cain at Modern Theatre this week
The Modern Theatre features The Mark of Cain with Mrs. Ver non Castle in a detective love romance mystery. Also on the bill Marguerite Clark stars in Bab's Matinee Tad, the final of the Bab stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark of Cain
Vernon Castle
Modern Theatre
Marguerite Clark
Copley Theatre Ends Run of The Man Who Stayed at Home
The Copley Theatre announces the end of its run as Saturday night December 22 begins the Henry Jewett Players regular repertory season. The war play drew strong crowds and enthusiastic audiences last night, with demand unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Theatre
Henry Jewett Players
Bowdoin Square Theatre screens The Honor System and more
The Bowdoin Square Theatre showed The Honor System yesterday, an enlightening prison life film featuring scenes from Yuma and Florence penitentiaries. It highlights inmate reform, education, and keeper influence. the program runs all week alongside The Fatal Ring and The Fighting Trail. Vaudeville stars Jack and Jessie Gibson and others performed, with Thursday amateurs and Friday bargain features scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Yuma
Florence
Jack
Jessie Gibson
Shorty de Witt
Cooper
Allie Johnson
Driscoll
Perry
Macy
Maybelle
Park Theatre Mixes Thrills With War Drama This Week
The Park Theatre offers multiple attractions led by When a Man Sees Red with William Farnum as a sailor rising from poverty to lead. The Voice of Conscience stars Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne, with a dramatic fight scene. In the Wake of the Huns, a French war picture, premieres in New England. Sid ney Drew and Margaret Millin Henry appear on opening, while the Park Symphony Orchestra under William A. Krauth receives warm applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
William Farnum
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
New England
France
Sidney Drew
Margaret Millin Henry
The
Park Symphony Orchestra
Willam A. Krauth
Gordon's Olympia Screens Who is Number One Episode
Gordon's Olympia presents Who is Number One episode three featuring Kathlen Clifford in daring escapades amid dizzy mountain pursuits. Also shown are Pathe Weekly films, Miss U. S. A. war romance with June Caprice, and a vaudeville bill with Willard's Temple of Music and acts by the Mannie Four and Charles Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon’s Olympia
Kathlen Clifford
Thepisode
Dizzy Heights
Pathe Weekly
Mannie Four
Charles
Amaros
Jeanette
Charles Riley
Little Princes at Scollay Square Olympia Boston
The Little Princes starring Mary Pickford played yesterday at Scollay Square Olympia in Boston with Pickford calling the role the best fit for her. The program included the Pathe News Weekly, vaudeville by the Tokio Girls and Evans and Wilson, and the comedy act An Accidental Happening by Gray and Graham with Al Libby on a balancing act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scollay Square Olympia
Boston
Mary Pickford
Evans
Wilson
Gray
Graham
al Libby
Exeter Street Theatre Presents Star Attractions This Week
This week's program features Clara Kimball Young in Magda and Constance Talmadge in Scandall with Mary Pickford in The Little Princess and Vivian Martin in The Trouble Buster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Kimball Young
Constance Talmadge
Mary Pickford
Vivian Martin
Copley Square
Magda
Goal Reached in YMCA Drive for War Work
The YMCA Red Triangle campaign closed last night with a strong victory in Boston. While official tallies are unavailable, indications show Boston metropolitan area surpassed its $1,800,000 goal and likely oversubscribed it, with Boston proper also exceeding its $1,000,000 allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Red Triangle
Boston
Y M C A War Fund Nears 35 Million Mark
New York reports the 35 million dollar Y M C A war fund has been raised with final tallies pending. Committees across 40 cities and 12 Boston districts plus 60 trades contributed, while Lexington Lynn Newton Quincy Weston Cambridge and others exceed quotas. The fund supports soldiers and sailors and contributors are urged to send in pledges as accountants tally results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War Fund
Young Men’s Christian Association
Soldiers and Sailors of America
George W. Perkins
War Work Council
Boston
Certified Public Accountants
William A. Gaston
Co. F. Weed
Metropolitan Y. M. C. A. War Work Fund
Waterfront fishing boom at South Boston pier harvests large catch
Nearly 1.25 million pounds of fresh groundfish arrived from 29 vessels at the South Boston fish pier, marking the largest day’s business in months. Prices slipped slightly but remained firm as Italian boat’s 1400 pounds of mackerel sold at 21 cents a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Fish Exchange
Gill Netters
Gloucester
Haddock
Cod
Pollock
Hake
John J. Fallon
Tidle
Lie Hammond
Sylvania
F. L. Oliver
Waltham
Rebecca
Rae
A. O
Edden
Anglo Marshall
Nee Brown
Leora Silveira
Disie G. Silva
Russell
Mary T. Fallon
el B. Penny
S. Grueby
Sylvester
Gleaner
Sarah
Gyda
Quoddy
Cusk
British Wool Shipment to Boston Under Government Supervision
The British government plans to ship about 400 000 bales of wool directly to Boston over the coming months, landed under home government supervision. A fire damaged holds of a steamer carrying 14 000 bales for Boston dealers, with no underwriter claims reported. Over 1 500 000 gallons of Porto Rico molasses arrived in Boston aboard a tanker, to be used by a local refining concern for high proof spirits and smokeless powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Textile Alliance
Home Government
Porto Rico
Bostonian Burlesquers at Gayety Theatre
Frank Finney author of burlesque material leads the Gayety production of Charles H. Waldron’s Bostonian Burlesquers this week. Finney calls the book Til Ole New York. He and Phil Ott deliver original plot clever lines and laugh pleasing situations provoking unprecedented audience laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Finney
Charles H. Waldron
Finney
Phil Ott
Lancaster Theatre Bill Mixed Dramatic Verses on Screen
Two photoplays illuminate the Lancaster Theatre program. North of 53 features Dustin Frar num in a virile Northwest tale as a man defends a woman’s reputation. Queen X centers Edna Goodrich as a female underworld leader. Thursday adds The Aryan with William S. Hart and Gods Country and the Woman with Nell Shipman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Theatre
Dustin Frarnum
Great Northwest
Queen X
Edna Goodrich
Underworld
William 8. Hart
Nell Shipman
Castle Square Theatre Presents Concert and Film Bill
The Castle Square Theatre offered a program featuring soprano Lora May Lamport and the Quaker Quartet in concert numbers. The film bill included News pictures Matt and Jeff cartoon, Burton Holmes travel picture, George Ade fable, and Barbary Sheep with Elsie Ferguson. An Algerian coast romance drives the plot with swift action. An entire change of concert and film bills will occur Thursday with The Lamb starring Douglas Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Lora May Lamport
Matt and Jeff
Burton Holmes
George Ade
Elsie Ferguson
Douglas Fairbanks
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Rosé Shapiro
Garment Workers of New York
the Alliance
Federa
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Ake
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Waldron’s Casino
Boston Theatre
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Exeter Street Theatre
Federal Street
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Howard
America Forever
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Frederic McKay
Maria Thompson Daviess
Bobbs- Merrill Co
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Fred—Santley
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Yewilbur
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George Hassell
Judgment House
Pereira Sextette
Willie Bros
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Ofat,dron
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Edna Goodri
Colonial Te
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Castle
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Fox
U.S.A
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Little Princess
Opera House
Lawrence M’carty
Boylston
Wanderer
Lionel Braham
Nance O’neil
James O'Neill
Jean Stuart Charles Dalton Sydney Herbert Frederick Lewis
Florence Auer
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Tom
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Exchange Trust Co
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Bostonians
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Huntington Avenue
Jordan Hall
Flonzaley Quartet
Kochel
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Dohnany
Haydn
Symphony Hall
Battlefront
Toe N. FE. Italien At Relief Fond
Temple
George H. Reid
M. P
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Tg If Ree
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Frieda Hempel
Margaret Keyes
Arthur Hackett
Arthur Middleton
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