Noted jockey becomes movie star Clifton Ray
Ray Clifton, once a celebrated jockey riding for Mike Dwyer and other old timers, quits racing after an accident at Sheepshead Bay. He turns to acting, adopting his real name Clifton, and appears in stage productions like The Virginian and Rip Van Winkle. He later acts in films with Essanay Crystal and Kru... Executive continues with The Coming of Emmy Jane When First We Met and The Rivals.
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Ray
Clifton
C K
C. D. Ray
Mike Dwyer
Vanderbilt
Ed “Gardner
Ttarf
Baldwin
Sheepshead Bay
Neil Burgess
County Fair
Tim
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
The
Essanay
Crystal Company
New York
Santa Barbara
H. C. Matthews
A. M. Kennedy Studion
Kriterion
Emmy Jane
McDonald Engaged for Four Reel Film Project
William McDonald, former Keystone burlesque performer, has been signed by 5.8 Hutchinson of the American Film Manufacturing Company for a leading role in the four reel production The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs. He is also known on the speaking stage for roles in Madam Sherry and other plays.
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William McDonald
Keystone Players
Hutchinson
American Film Manufacturing Company
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Mr. McDonald
Sherry
Anti-Ver Aik Fund Started in Berlin War Appeal
The central committee in charge of gifts to German soldiers started the anti ver min/und fund appealing to every German to contribute at least one mark. Berlin banks and branches in major cities serve as depositors and agents. Soldiers in the east report terrible hunger thirst and sickness as the pest and lack of funds hinder combat supplies and care. The appeal, headed Give Quickly The Need Is Urgent, is seen as perhaps the largest campaign of its kind in history.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Central Committee
Former reporter becomes picture director at American studios
Archer McMackin, once a Chicago City Press cub and later a Los Angeles humor director, leaves journalism for a new role at American Film Company Santa Barbara. His background in crime, morgue visits, inquests, and police court coverage informs his motion picture comedy and his staff expect big things from him in his new assignment.
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Archer McMackin
Los Angeles
American Film Company
Santa Barbara
McMackin
Chicago City
Cub
School of Human Nature
MceMackin
American Studios
West Virginia Law Notes Debuts in The Bar Magazine
Morgantown reports the April issue of The Bar adds a new department Notes on West Virginia Law. West Virginia University College of Law students edit the section with faculty support. Four issues yearly will feature state case discussions, elevating the law school’s standing alongside Harvard Columbia and Pennsylvania law reviews.
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Morgantown
the Bar
West Virginia
West Virginia Universit Law School
The
Bar
College of Law
Law Faculty
David C. Howard
Benjamin Ashworth
Fred B. Deem
Robert L. Hogg
Frederick L. Lemley
Charles E. Mahan, Jr
John J. Mathison
Stanley Bruce Wilson
Law College
Harvard Law Review
Columbia
Pennsylvania Law Colleges
Illinois Law Review
Northwestern University
Union
Towa
Missouri
University Law College
Iowa
State Bar Association
Greater Than Art leads Edison weekly releases in April
Lee Arthur, the dramatist, has penned his first three reeler for Edison, “Greater Than Art.” The story follows a young woman who sacrifices honor for art and later loves a new suitor, risking her artistic future. Gertrude McCoy stars as the girl with Duncan McRae, Bigelow Cooper, and Edward Earle in supporting roles. Arthur aims for power on film akin to his stage works.
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Lee Arthur
Edison Company
Edison
Arthur
Gertrude McCoy
Campaign to End Sing Sing Starts For Reform
The Prison Association of New York launches a campaign against rebuilding Sing Sing Ossining arguing for a modern farm prison at Beckman site. The plan cites $1,000,000 in savings and requests $500,000 for Beckman and $100,000 for tramp colony. Experts nationwide back farm industrial model and warn against the old penitentiary design.
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New York
Sing Sing
Prison Association of
Ossining
Beckman
Wingdale
Belgium
Tolland
Germany
Sing. Sing
Charles R.henderson
Henderson
Joseph F. Ayers
American Prison Association
State Association
Bloody Tower Opens to Public at Tower of London
London April 10 The Bloody Tower at the Tower of London, where the Princes in the Tower were imprisoned, has been opened to the public after years as warders quarters. The walls still bear inscriptions left by former prisoners, a stark record of their long confinement.
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Associated Press
London
Tower of London
Atheneum Club Employs Women Servants
In London on April 10 the Atheneum Club, once exclusive to men, will hire women waiters due to many male staff enlisting. Parlor maids will serve drinks and afternoon tea as the club adapts to wartime staffing needs.
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Associated Frasa
London
Atheneum Club
Pay Department of the English Army Expands Rapidly
London April 10 The pay department of the British army now employs about 7,000 clerks and nearly 70 officers, ten times peacetime needs. The main office has moved twice since the war began, using private houses to expand work space. Since August the army has operated day and night to issue pay in French treasury notes in the field, with soldiers carrying pay books and receiving weekly wages even in trenches.
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Associated Press
London
Parmaster
Bonden
Army
Heliograph used by Tonasket grocer to send sales signals
A Tonasket Washington grocer uses a heliograph to signal inquiries and quotations to a forest service station fifteen miles away. An improvised mirror in front of an automobile headlight flashes messages along the forest service route, receiving replies by the same method.
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Tonasket
Wash
Forest Service
Grocers
Cockroach Pet of a Grand Rapids Clerk
In Grand Rapids on April 10 Edgar Aldridge a clerk at police headquarters keeps a pet cockroach that is treated as a regular animal. It roams the general office during his shifts, perches on his fingers and greets him with its antennae when he returns.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Edgar
Aldridge
Nineveh
Wever
State College Notes to Aid WV Law Practice
The State University College of Law forms a select board to edit legal notes on West Virginia law. The notes aim to help practitioners by clarifying obscure statutes and promoting efficient research, becoming a valuable lime saver and reader resource for the Bar across the state.
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College of Law
the State University
West Virginia
College Jha
Sid Chaplin Tops Keystone Comedy World Scene
Sid Chaplin, praised as the funniest man in the world, stars among Keystone comedians on Mutual. A picnic scene showcases his apple catching antics highlighting his famed slapstick talent to global audiences.
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Sid Chaplin
Keystone
Mutual
Mr. Chaplin
Lubin Comedians at Jacksonville in New Lubin Studio News
Frank Farrington heads a band of conspirators in The Million Dollar Mystery and The 20 000 000 Mystery at the Lubin southern studio in Jacksonville Fla. Mary Elizabeth Forbes stars as Mme Du Val with Captain Radcliffe. The newer policy favors one reelers with snappy wholesome humor and a strong comedy lineup led by Billy Reeves and an expanded company including Daley DeForest, Billy Potter, Johnnie Doyle, and more.
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Frank Farrington
Thanhouser-Mutual
Captain Radcliffe
Mme. du Val
Mary Elizabeth Forbes
Zadora
Miss Forbes
Brooks
Lubin Southern
Jacksonville
Fla
Tor Lubin
Arthur D. Hotaling
Lubin
Isim
Billy Reeves
Reeves
Willigmas
Tucker
Wells
Tuker
Cigarettes sent to Von Hindenburg's army by Turkish corps
Berlin April 10 A Turkish First Army corps sent a large donation of cigarets to General von Hindenburg’s forces. Soldiers and officers supplied the funds to purchase the smokes to celebrate the German victory in the Masurian Lakes district.
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von Hindenburg
Associated Press
Berlin
East
Masurian Lakes
Major General G R Roberts III Seriously Ill in London
General Roberts III, brother of the late field marshal, is gravely ill at his home on the Thames in Richmond. He is 88 years old.
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London
G. R. Roberts
Field Marshall
Richmond On the Thames
Mystery Potato Message Found in West Nashville
In West Nashville a Mrs Walter Lovell found a potato while preparing dinner. A heavy brown object resembling a potato bore a written message reading Peter Johnson Edmore and names Harry Hansen Edmore Michaelgeo in indelible pencil. The peeling was smooth and the potato weighed about three pounds.
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Nashiviliud
Tenn
Nashville
Walter Lovell
Peter “Johnson
Edmore
Harry, Hansen
Michelegeo
Rae
Reward plan to curb bread use in Rotenburg district
Berlin dispatch reports Rotenburg district magistrate launches a novel reward system to reduce bread consumption. After April 7, payments or rewards will be given to residents who do not tear up bread card tickets, with larger rewards for fewer tickets remaining at week’s end.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rotenburg
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