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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1924

Page

3

Evacuation Talks Move Forward at International Conference

Aug 11 1924 London report says key French and Belgian delegates seek agreement on Ruhr evacuation before next meeting with Germany. Dawes plan protocols advance as Paris agrees to Herriot’s stance. Officials discuss permanent Dawes plan agent and potential successors. Downing Street briefings note Herriot’s Paris report and allied discussions.

Associated Press London Ruhr Europe Hervice Paris Dawes Committee Marshall Separation Commission Germany James A. Logan Dwight W. Morrow J. YP. Morgan & Co Paul D. Cravath Owen TD. Young Daties Bir Snaders No. 19 Downing Street M. Herriot

Civil War nurse recognizes patient at Hotel Vendome

Mrs. Alice Carey Rislay of Columbia Missouri, national president of the army nurses, identified B R Brooker of Fitzgerald Georgia in the Hotel Vendome lobby. She cared for him in 1864 New Orleans. Rislay, 54, has been active at the G A R reunion with Massachusetts Army Nurses president Mrs. Fannie T Hazen of Cambridge.

Boston Alice Carey Rislay Columbia Army Hotel Vendome B. R. Brooker Fitzgerald

Allied railway men on German lines face Ruhr evacuation tie in

The conference weighs the allied railway workers remaining on German rails and links the Ruhr evacuation to the broader talks. Officials expect both issues to be settled together, though the Ruhr matter may be handled separately from the conference.

Ther Ruhr

Germans in London Celebrate Freedom

Germans in London mark the fifth anniversary of the Weimar constitution with a flag at the German embassy. Chancellor Marx attends the reparations conference and will host a reception for conference delegates and the German colony of London.

London Marx

Security of France Solved by Herriot Plan

Paris August 11 Premier Herriot said France’s security would be solved by a League of Nations plan to monitor German disarmament. Paul Bonvorn, Socialist deputy and head of the defense committee, chaired the study. Confidence grows the plan will be adopted at Geneva in September. Herriot said he would back the plan in person before the assembly.

Paris France League of Nations Premier Herriot Paul Bonvonr Higher Committee of National Defense League of Nations Assembly Geneva le Matin

Houston Doctor Held for Forgery and Drug Theft

A 26 year old Byron Texas physician identified as J Arnold Leverton faced charges in Houston for wholesale forgeries of checks and narcotic prescriptions. Prosecutors allege forged prescriptions obtained morphine and cocaine from local drug stores and theft of several hundred grains of morphine and cocaine as part of the scheme.

Associated Press Houston Texas Aus Asx J. Arnold Leverton Byron Leverton Eotice

Prince of Wales to attend private luncheon during US visit

Washington reports the Prince of Wales will arrive August 3 aboard the Berengaria for polo matches at Meadowbrook. A formal White House reception will precede a private luncheon, with a single large social event planned by Clarence Mackay at Harper Hill on September 6. The royal party will stay in Syosset, Long Island, with Major Solbert assigned as personal aide.

Washington, D.C Prince of Wales United States Meadowbrook Washington Post New York White House George Lord’. Renfrew Calvin Coolidge Jr Hughes Mellon Clarence Mackay Harper Hill Monty ‘Waterbury London Coolidge Major Solbert Prince United State James A. Burden Syosset Long Island Rogers Winthrope Rane Manitoba

Hemorrhage Fatal for Fort Sam Soldier Kinney

Sergeant James T. Kinney of Battery Fifteenth Field Artillery died from a hemorrhage at Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital after removal from city jail. A board investigates the death with testimony from jail and hospital officers. Kinney, 54, from Providence, R. I., was treated after a Saturday collapse near Main Avenue and Travis Street. poisoning is considered a probable cause. funeral plans await family word.

James T. Kinney Fifteenth Field Artillery Kinney Fort Sam Houston Sergeant Kinney Main Avenue Travis Street Barry Roberts Central Station Providence, &. J

Bandits nab watch in Sunday hold up

Three Mexican bandits in a car held up T. M. Williams at 1900 West Commerce Street early Sunday morning stealing a 16 jewel watch after brandishing a pistol. Earlier Frank Zizik was beaten by the same trio near his home following a failed invitation. Police Captain Brown and Detectives Carver and Russell investigate. suspects described as a tall man in a leather jumper and two shorter heavyset men.

T. M. Williams Maverick Street West Commerce Street Williams Frank “Izik North Street Mr. Zizik Thor iMn Zixik Brown Carver Russel

Marriage Problem Dominates City Theaters With One Exception

San Antonio showtimes center on domestic dramas and comedies. Single Wives at the Palace presents a jumbled marriage dilemma with fair acting and photography. The Empire features The Arab with lavish scenery and strong performances by Roman Novarro. Borrowed Husbands at the Rialto offers a wife seeking temporary husbands with uneven amusement. The Royal screens Flo Le Roy and The Shadow of the East by E M Hull, while Indian mysticism appears in The Princess with Jack Dempsey and Beatrice in Changing Husbands offering laughs and thrills. The program closes with a climactic resolution and solid overall merit, highlighted by Liszt and Mme Marvel Gordon in concert と.

San Antonio Tols Empire Edgar Selwyn Roman Novarro Rialto Royal Flo le Roy Grandpop E. M. Hull Jack Dempsey Teatrice Joy Beatrice

Mystic Revealer and East Mysticism at Royal Theater

The Royal opens the week with The Shadow of the Host featuring Frank Mayo Mildred Harris and Norman Kerry. Kunwar the Indian servant performs rites revealing Craven as the Shadow of the East while a white man and Indian bride face love and fate. Delighting Century comedy Fox review and Royal News accompany the feature with the mystic revealer Flore Roy delivering uncanny answers.

Royal Theater Desert the Royal Frank Mayo Mildred Harris Norman Kerry Bertram Grassler Eunsyar Lord Craven Craven Kunwar Fox Review Royal News Flore Roy

Single Wives Stars Tellegen Sills and Griffith at Palace

The film Single Wives features Tellegen, Sills and Griffith exploring the misunderstood wife through three angles. A mother with a drinking husband and a former suitor, and Corinne Griffith as the oldest daughter with a husband obsessed with business drive the drama.

Palsee Corinne Griffith

Borrowed Husbands at Rialto Explores Marital Chaos

A Rialto week offering presents Borrowed Husbands about a young wife separated from her husband who exploits friends’ desires to borrow their husbands. The plot entangles three or four families and a bachelor posing as a widow, with two characters killed off to ease tension. Cast includes Florence idol Robert Gordon Werle Williams Rockcliffe Fellows Kathryn Adams and more. The program also features The Scenario School comedy.

Rialto Theater South America Florence Robert Gordon Werle Williams Rockcliffe Fellows Kathryn Adams

The Arab Empire Offering at the Empire

The Arab starring Ramon Navarro and Alice Terry plays this week at the Empire. Filmed in Algiers and Tunis, the desert romance unfolds amid striking scenes and Ingram’s acclaimed direction. Novarro portrays the tribal son while Miss Terry debuts her natural bobbed hair in a tale of desert love.

Rex Ingram Empire Ramon Navarro Allice Terry Algiers Tunis Four Horsemen Mr. Ingram Novarro Alice Terry

Coalition Candidate Defeated in Hattes-Alpes Vote

In Hattes-Alpes France on August 11 the government coalition lost to Maurice De Rothschild, banker, who defeated Gilbert Planche son of a deceased radical socialist deputy. The result came as the Ruhr occupation cabinet decision neared.

Gap France Hattes-Alpes Maurice de Rothschild Gilbert Planche

Leatrice Joy Star in Dual Role at the Princess

Leatrice Joy plays two parts in a comedy at the Princess theater this week, a dual role of a timid actress and a society matron who longs for the stage. A case of mistaken identity drives the plot as both women swap places, leading to romantic entanglements and a Reno finale. Also on the program is So This Is Paris with Jack Dempsey.

Leatrice Joy Reno Princess News and Wight Win Paris Jack Dempsey

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