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ST £ 012 3 ¥V %y \¢ S1 | IRE 2.15. THURSD/ VENING 15 2.15. iHURSDAY EVENIN £2.19. At Bethlehem Wednesday 7.30 Al De enem egnesally ¢. ‘éxE’ ACC%E ? - FRENCH MADE FEATURE BY THE FAMCUS AUTHOR “ABEL GANCE” AL, UGN ® The War Pictuce ‘3’ Accusa’’, Written and Directed by Abei Gance is a Sublime Feature, a Work ol Art with a Lefty Theme and many Dramatie Mom=n<s in its Aetion. The Actors, Actinge ia this ¥ilm, are among the First in France, the Composition of the Seenes are beautiful and Imoressive and there are Situations of*Superh Significance. It is a Picture Measuring Fully Up to the Standard act in "'The Three Musketeers’’. Maesron X/ A ™=F2s RS T T smm E £ 9435 A 3 Z A nwr 2 Two More Nighis Thursd2y May <4th, Meonday May 281, ADMISSION Reserved Bonis. ... ... .20y, General Entrance.... ... 15e. (e~ 10 Children ... ... ........ 1l them. are heroic enough to come herve to say what is to be said for thelr advan- tage’’. St. Andrews, Seotland, May 19th, —The United (States was two down to Great Brifain with erght to go at the conciusion of play yesterday in the golf tournament for the Walker Cup. Os two four ball four homes played today, Great Dritain won three of them. Until late in the afternoon it seemed certain that each team would win two foursomes, but sud- denly S. Davidson Herron, with a load of six up and ony 12 holes tc go began piaving like a beginnoer and threw wway the mateh and E. W, Holderness and W. 1.. Hope won on the ho ne green before a gallery of 4,000, To tie the British team for the trophy the [imted States oollers tomarrow must win five out of eight sin- gle matehes, They ne:d six victories to win A tie will enabie the men from overseas to retain tne cup woi a’ South- ampton a year ago. ilobert Gardner, capain, and Maxwell Marsten al2 e o. all the United States i2am tr.uaiphed yesterday. London, May 20th.—In the opening mateh started yesterday against UCam- bridge Usiversity the West indians scored 119 runs in the first invings. Cambrid e University 193 for eight wick- etls. Camden. S. ~ May 19th.—71 known dead and two unacevunted for was the toll o a sencol house dre at Clev=iand on Thursday night. The fire destroyed the school house at Cieve iand eight miles south of here, while an entertainmenrt was being held on the second floor of the building. Tae fire which destroyed the Lorame puilding apparently resuited from tiae explosion of an oil lamp on the stage sranged for the closing entertalvment ¢: the school. Within almost a brezath ti.e whole front of the sccond story room was ablaze. Secores of the audience made a neeried rush for the single enfrance to the stairwavs, desmie the eounsel of cooler heads. Some, unable to penetrate the jam to safety, leaped from the sec- ond storey window to die of injuries, or to be taker from the scene sufferinge from broken liinbs. The collapse of the narrow wooden stairway caused many of the deaths, a nuiaber of persons beiny crushed in the debris. The death list reads like a aster of the families of the community., Family after family was virtually wided our. In almost every instance, where parents are listed as dead. from one to four children perisheJ. London, May 19:h.—British shipown- ers in conterauce at the Board of Trade discussed the recent probibition ruliny of the Supreme Court of the United States, Represontatives of ‘the Chamber of Shipping, the Liverpaol stea:nsiuip owvners association and the Board of Trade, talked over the combplications arising from the ruling, after wnich the stiipowners proposec that the Foreion Oifi:e be requested to protest strongly to Washineton against any interference with the siipoing arrnn2emsants of other nations. In the enurese of the diseussion it was pointed oat ihar the adoption by other ecountries of sueh rezulations as projectad by the United S:ates woul:d have exiraoriinary consequences. London, May 19ih.—lerridc storms raced over the plains of Lomoardy yes tarday, part:cularly in the province of Bergamo, savs a Central News despaten frora Rome itoday. The rains changeild to hail winteh fell violently and covered many tracks of land to a eonsiderabia depth. The damawe to crops. says the meassace, is estimated at tens of millions of fire, Leeds, Mav 19th.—H. C Jolly. of Fox- grove, the Boalish professienal, defeated ' Walter Hagen, U S holder ot the British . open golf championship title, two up in ~ the final of the professional tournament nere today. L.ondon, May 20th.—Mr. Bonar Law sent his resignation to the King tonight, because of iil health. He was unable to present it personallv. The Kirne will summon one of the Conservative leaders to form a new cabinet., [l is cenerally ¢ accepied that Marquis Curzon will be the next Premier, ' London Bhlav 19th.—What is stated to be the bivgest transaction that has yot taken place in the whisky tiade is re- | terred ton the feilowing arnounce ment i made ir Dundee last night ‘‘ibe James Watson Co, Ltd. have sold their stocks of whiskey to the Buchanan, the Dewar and Messrs Walker e neerns and will go into voiuntary licuidation.”’ St. Andrewn, May 19th.— Cyril Tollv, former British amateur champion, de- feated Jess Sweetscr, the United States . champion, ot a36 hoie mateh played in today ‘s Waiker cup competition, by 3 u and ane to plav. Paris, Mayv (9th.—The army oi occup: - ticn in the kuhr is to be reinforeed by anodher fitieen to twenty thousand men, says ‘Le Malin'’. The paper says thut at a moment when fresh conversations may be cpened among the Allies, it is more necessary then ever to be able to - demcastrate, tl e solidity, the produectivi- t ty and dusability of the Freuch occupa- L tion. ’ Kingston Jamaica, May 19th—At a L ecombined meeting of the Jamaies Mer- [ ¢hants Exeonanve and Chamberof Com- merce and the Jamaiea lmperial Associa- tion held vesterday the following reso- © Jution was passcea unanimmously resolved that wt a joint meeting of the .Juamaica Chamber of Commerce and the Jamaiea Imperial Association held at the rooms of the chamber of cotnmerce specially convened tor ithe pacrpose on Fridav May 13th. 1923, it 1s the considered opirvicn of this meeting that His Exeellency the Governor be requested to enter a pro- test on behalf of Jamaica by cable to the Doniinion Government against aitera- | tion 10 tee dumping elause of the Canadi- an tariif, this meeting being convineed that alternation or relaxation wiil yrove - detrimental to the best interestsof the . osugar industry of Jamaiea and the other . British West Lndian colonies, This meet. ing is turther of the opinion that the contemplated relaxation 1 the aamp- ing clause of the Canadian tarifl is dis- tinely contrary to the spirit ol inter-kni- . pire trade, if not dirmetrically contrary to the letter of the Canadian West In- ~dies trude agreement and that if per- . sisted in by the Canadizn Government suct action would justify abrogation on . the part of Jamaica of the trade agrec- - ment, on the grounds that the contrace ! was not being fuliy complied with by the Canadian Government in other direc- e