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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1915
Page
15
The stage world reports many names and projects. CBC Barnes, Darhor, and others stage camps, plus notices of tours, new plays, and adaptations. Stars like Mrs Leslie Carter, David Warfield, and Fred Ferry head tours and productions while new operas, comedies, and revivals loom for fall and next season.
After taking part in Kalem's four-act Sim production Maxim's at Midnight, several actresses from Maxim's, Bustino br's and Rector's revues became enamored with the film industry. Four have announced plans to pursue musical comedy work in motion pictures.
In New York on June 19 a 340 million company led by Aitken forms to place films on stage with legitimate productions. Griffith Sennett and others join to produce nationwide releases priced at two dollars. The merger links Mutual Film, New York Motion Picture, Reliance and Majestic with Keystone and several subsidiaries.
The stage and screen era mix in a week of show business news. Marguerite Clark returns to the screen in Gretna Green with Daniel Frohman producing via the Pseamunt program. The Clemenceau Case and The Goose Girl surface as sensational attractions alongside Chaplin’s comedy The Champ.
Paramount production brings a romantic comedy to Hackett theatres with Marie Doro in a five act screen adaptation. Charles Frohman oversees both play and film versions, praised as elaborate and entertaining with an exceptional supporting cast and vivid settings. Chaplin seen in a ropet comedy.
In Chicago on June 19 a man testified in a criminal court that he used a dog license to marry a woman and steal her money. Capt. J. O'Loren and Detectives Weissbaum face trial for taking pay to shield major criminals. He admitted staging the marriage scheme to obtain funds.
Fifty three brothers separated by war returns in conflict tale with casualties. One brother finds his sister and a grieving mother, Mrs Dibble, eighty five, mourns husband Fett and fear for survivors. Local fragments point to tragedy and reunion amidst loss.
In Amsterdam a call from the Society of Dutch Can tains and Mates of the Merchant Marine expresses firm indignation at German submarine attacks on merchant vessels. The movement echoes widespread concern among seafarers over the peril to commercial shipping and naval neutrality.
Read about hardy apples grown in Randolph including York Emperor and Ben Davis varieties. The eleventh annual commencement of Davis and Elkins College concluded with speeches by Hon. Si-PShaw key and Hon. Henry G. Davis awarding diplomas. Alumni meetings, upcoming July 2 by-laws, and a July 3 races program are noted along with social events and local weddings.
Dorothy Bunk, eighteen months old, daughter of George J. Bian of Algetown, wandered from her bed while asleep. She walked nearly three blocks before a teamster found her, turned her over to a patrolman, and later the door of the case was opened by police. The family was unaware of the disappearance.
A fragment from Indiana reports a traveling laborer accused of exhuming graves in a 500 grave operation. He allegedly moved over 362,500 cubic feet of earth and disturbed graves of murder, suicide, and accident victims. An Orbe Brojar was once a minister.
Fragmentary text mentions Harry Seannibal and Mary Potter with weights and heights, and Burton, holiday, and bride reference. Details are garbled and inconsistent, but implies measurements and a travel offer related to a group or wedding party.
In New York, a fourteen year old girl woke to two burglars peering at her bed. One threatened her with a knife but she moved swiftly from the bed to the door, escaping to safety. The assailants fled as she remained motionless before summoning help.
In Banks' oMisHa, Neb on June 19 a note about a car company to operate jitneys appears amid garbled lines. Louise Grant is referenced with a clerk and a government objection mentioned. The text includes stray names and phrases about banks, a “marble Moors” table, and a confused dialogue, suggesting a fragmented public notice or local gossip item with no clear event outcome.
A garbled report discusses attempts to raise a wrecked submarine off Honolulu. Gunner G. D. Stimson, in charge of diving, says the department hopes to keep details minimal until the vessel is raised. Possible crew survival remains uncertain as evidence and conditions are assessed.
The Muskogee rail plan, serving a 30,000 population, faces abandonment after a period of limited service. Officials stated the line operated modestly, with a 16 mile stretch of track and around twenty cars, but recent years saw reduced use and questions about the system’s viability.
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