Unique vaudeville headliner at the Princess this week
The Princess theater presents a varied vaudeville bill headlined by August and August with Ten Minutes in the Dining Room a sharp juggling sketch. Also featuring the Jesse Sterling Highlanders, Helen and Olga Dorn, R. C. Faulkner, Almont Dumont and Coe, Carver and Jameson, Dixie Harris, and the Kanana Japs with juggling, dancing, song, and comic routines.
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Princess Theater
Jesse Sterling
Almont, Dumont and Coe
Carver and
Jameson
Dixie Harris
Humor Power Abolishes War Says Tree In Press Quote
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree argues humor could prevent war and cites Christmas 1914 as a rare moment of fraternization. He claims madmen lack humor and notes humor as a check on violence across history. Charles Dillingham adds New York theatre has its strongest year since 1907 with increased long runs and audience interest.
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Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Charles Dillingham
New York Hippodrome
New York
Bishop Candler Quotes Child Prayer Tale At Atlanta Luncheon
The Atlanta Georgian reports Bishop Candler recounting a luncheon anecdote about a little girl who prays differently. He notes some prayers rise no higher than a child’s comfort and asks if prayers are said regularly. The girl replies she prays to her mother's lap and to the bed at times.
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Candler
Atlanta
San Antonio Boy Gains Lead Role in The Balkan Prince
Bob Andrews of 231 Georgia avenue Beacon Hill California bound to star in The Balkan Prince produced by Famous Feature Film Company Los Angeles. He was born and raised in San Antonio and attended the local high school.
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Bob Andrews
San Antonio
T. G. Andrews
Georgia Avenue
Beacon Hill
California
Lancelot Ormsby
Los Angeles
Andrews
British Naval Victory Sinks German Gunboat on Lake Tanganyika
A British officer describes a Lake Tanganyika engagement in which the German gunboat Hedwig von Wiesman was sunk after a pursuit by motor boats, with the crew rescuing twelve Germans and ten Africans. Nine of the German crew were Königsberg men. a German ensign was captured. The report notes the action as a notable Allied naval success and mentions war trophies becoming fashionable in London.
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London
Hedwig von Wiessman
Lake Tanganyika
Central Africa
Hedwig von Wiesman
C. O
Fife
Mimi
Konigsberg
Prince Role Secured for Texas Star in The Balkan Prince
California producers announce Bob Andrews cast as the prince in The Balkan Prince. The author Ormsby says Andrews fit the part's honor and daring, with exterior shoots at the Cornelius Vanderbilt mansion in Santa Barbara. The Andrews family has historic Texas links and local showplace support.
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California
Mr. Andrews
Ormsby
Andrews
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Santa Barbara
West
Texas
Republic
Bob Andrews
Red- Gun Andrews
Richard Andrews
Concepcion
Birds Change Habits Because of the War
Paris reports a scientist notes war altered European bird behavior. Pheasants warn of raids, woodcocks altered routes across Britain to Brittany, while others skirt war zones. Snipe, thrushes, ducks, martins shift migratory paths. owls stay near trenches aiding in rodent control.
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Paris
England
France
Brittaay
Landes
Pyrenees
Scandinavia
Holland
Aisne
Champagne
Brittany
Russia
Poland
Black Sea
Sosphorus
Greece
Roumaniae
Italy
Switzerland
North Sea
Ireland
Tunis
Relations Strained Between Sweden and Russia
Stockholm May 27 reports say relations remain strained despite official assurances of friendship. In four to five weeks several hundred Swedish citizens were arrested as alleged German spies. Sweden protests to Russian authorities through its Petrograd ministers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Russia
Petrograd
German American aid tops East Prussia rebuild fund
The reconstruction league for East Prussia reports over 40000 dollars raised by Germans in South America. Buenos Ayres Germans sent 18000 dollars the largest single contribution. Twenty one German societies in Brazil contributed 11000 dollars.
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Erlin
The
League
East Prussia
South America
Buenos Ayres
Brazil
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Highlanders
Helen and
Olga Dorn
R. C. Faulkner
Almont, Dumont
Ed Coe
Dainty
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Jesse Sterlng
Ane Jameson
Botrom— Heten
Orca Dorn
Empire
Temptation
Erica
Paramount Pictures
Two Continents
Charlie Chaplin
House Peters
Barbara Tennant
Pathe Weekly
Texas State Guard
Fort Sam Houston
Japan
Hayakawa
Mr. Hayakawa
Lasky
Royal Today
Sweet Sisters
Jones
Fool’s Paradise
Chrystine Mayo
Paula Shay
Joseph Burke
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Mutt and
Jeff
Fanny Ward
Crane Wilbur
Marie Doro
Anna
Madam LA Presidente
BIG Country Store
300 Choice
Alice Brady
Woman IN
Gliren?s Sonc
Viola Dana Brady
Africa
Henry VIII
Memphis
Chicago
Southern Pacific
Medina
Call Crockett Carter-Mullaly
Cloudcroft
San Francisco
New Orleans
Sutherland Springs
Honolulu
Panama
Havana
EDW. McClannahan, C.P
T.A
A. R. Atkinson, D. F
P. A
Houston St
Gunter Hotel Corner
Crockett
Ath
St. Louis
East Houston Street
J. W. King
D. F
G. M. Bynum
C. P
T. A
G.R. R
Corpus Christi
City Ticket Office
General Office
S.a.&a.p. Ry
Tlessenger
W. W. Wool
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