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Interesting Pen Impressions of the Coming At tractionson . . . WITHER WELL-KNOWN TAL NOW ON THE SCREEN Real Irish Background Pro- vided for Splendid Story for the Movies When Fox Films executives decid- ed to make a screen version of "Mo- ther Machree," Rida Johnson Young's heart-gripping story of mother-love, it was asnounced that no reasonable expense would be spared in efforts to supply the necessary Irish back- grounds, With this thought uppermost John Ford's special camera crew was in- structed to 'dig into the heart of Ireland and come home with the goods." In order to accomplish this it was necessary to follow the life history sf Ellen McHugh, as typified by Belle Bennett. Ford's camera crew proceeded to Dublin, made all inci- dental arrangements with the Irish Free State officials, and then char- tered special Rolls-Royce motor cars to take them to the Atlantic coast of Galway in the West of Ireland, Here, starting with a tiny cottage --the home of Ellen McHugh--the company worked many days laying the foundations for this gripping narrative. Scenes also were filmed at Dublin, the port of embarkation on the East coast. "We toured rural Ireland and pick- ed out locations in Some of the most beautiful spots conceivable," said Ford. "We used abbeys and ancient castles, quaint rustic nooks, rivers, the sea and waterfalls of entrancing beauty. "Storms were the greatest handi- caps, and the Irish colleens our greatest joy. Charming native lassies and shy little lads--pecasant boys driving donkeys--were available on all sides for extra bits. At first it was hard to photograph them, for they were totally ignorant of motion picture procedure, but Chief Camera- man Berquist and Assistant Director James Dunne of our Hollywood staff, won their friendship and accomplish- ed great things. "The primitive conditions under which these Irish peasants live are almost inconceivable. Their utter simplicity and constant frugality are simply unbelievable. "Our men, entering humble thatch- ed huts, were shocked at_the crudity of their surroundings. In all their experience they had never seen any- thing like this among the white races. 3 "These huts, one small room with- out fireplaces, were used by the en- tire family. The crude fuel was peat- turf cut by boys and girls from nearby bogs. Chickens, ducks, a goat or a pig shared the shelter. Some- times there was a cow but seldom a partition, 4 "The company was constantly men- aced by storms, and there were in- numerable delays, but the people were simple and kindly and many fine shots were obtained. By dodg- ing around mountains, out of the path of storms, our camera boys got magnificent scenic effects. These match 'admirably with the American sequences and give Miss Bennett and the entire company gorgeous back- grounds for Miss Johnson's story." "Mother Machree" includes in _its cast Victor McLaglen, Ted McNa- mara, Constance Howard, Neil Ham- ilton, Eulalie Jensen, Pat Somerset, Rodney Hildebrand, William Platt, Philippe De Lacey and others, and will have an early showing at the Regent Theatre. FINE NEW OFFICES The offices of the Canadian Gov- ernment agent in Minnesota, Mr. Knute Haddeland, have recently, been transferred from St. Paul to the twin city of Minneapolis, in _hand- some new quarters in the Foshay tower, a splendid building just com- pleted. The new quarters provided ample opportunity for display of various prize Canadian products, and for the maintenance of the bureau of information for Canada in that part of the United States. | on the Auction Block of Midnight IRA ll bl big city! You were thrilled by Olive Borden in Gang War. Now see her in the mighty war with the forces of evil that confront the little girl who goes to the Added Attractions Huntly Gordon Daphne Pollard Seena Owen Comedy - Fox News OLIVE BORDEN SEEN _ IN FINE NEW ROLE Olive Borden's rise to stardom in the short space of two years is con- sidered phenomenal in film circles, because she did not serve a long "extra" apprenticeship. To be exact, Miss Borden worked but three days in the extra ranks. This happened on her arrival in Hollywood, where she came to seek her fortune in the movies. It was the late Scott Syd- ney, Hal Roach, director, who dis- covered her potential ability, and signed her for a two-recl comedy lead. Several leading roles followed, until Fox noticed her work, and en- gaged her on a two-year starring contract. Olive Borden heads the all-star cast in F B O's latest release, "Sin~ ners in Love," running' Monday at the New Martin Theatre. This is her second picture for F B O, the first being "Gang War," in which she co-starred with Jack Pickford. Since she began to free-lance, Miss Borden's services have been very much in demand, and within a few months she has completed four pic- tures, In "Sinners in Love," Miss Bor- den renders a characterization en- tirely different from anything she has cver done. It is a sympathetic role --that of the eldest daughter, BANK. LOOT HIDDEN BENEATH HAYSTACK SAYS CONFESSION Will Ask Extradition of Five Men to Beams- © ville Toronto, Mav 11.--Carrying with him a copy of a confession said to have been made by one of the five men under arrest at Niagara Falls, N.Y, and at two points in Massa- chusetts, Clifford Magone of the At- torney-General's Department left yesterday for Buffalo, where he will launch extradition proceedings again- st all five prisoners. The five prison- 'ers all have homes in Niagara Falls and have agreed to return there with- out any proceedings, but not to Beamsville, therefore Ontario's fight will be directed from Buffalo. The At- torney-General of Ontario has 30 days in which to complete the proceedings. Henry Hisceck, aged 19, is the pri- soner who has told his story to the police of Niagara Falls, N.Y. and to Chris Airey, District Inspector for the Ontario Provincial Police at Nia- gara Falls, Ont. He is the only Can- adian among the five prisoners and while he gave his home address as 1511 Pine avenue, Niagara Falls, N. Y., he is well acquainted with the district around Beamsville, where the bank robbery took place. The con- fession corresponds to the published accounts of the bankrobbery. The four other prisoners besides Hiscock are: Joseph Di Silvio, Anthony Con- solo, Joseph Mussari and Louis Ber- nie, led Near A t Hiscock said in his confession, ac- cording to the Provincial Police, that the $2,000 stolen from the bank ai- ter the sensational hold-up in which the robbers exchanged shots with Town Constable Juhlke was hidden beneath a haystack on a farm near Ancaster, and that one of the five returned the evening following and secured the money, which was "split" in Niagara Falls, N.Y, Hiscock's statement names Di Sil- vio as the man who came from the bank armed with two revolvers, and fired upon Constable Juhlke. Hiscock says he remained in the machine out- side the bank fearing that he might be recognized by some ofe the res- idents who knew him. He was arm- ed with a shotgun, he says. When he discovered the constable, and saw him draw his revolver, he fired at him, he says. The shot, he claims, at- tracted the attention of Di Silvio, who had entered the bank with Ber- nie and Consolo, and Di Silvio ran out and fired upon the constable, re- turning again to the bank and assist- ing his two companions in the hold- ONTARIO FARMERS WILL BENEFIT BY NEW DISTRIBUTION 1,000 Miles in Addition to 4,000 Already Con- structed Toronto, Ont., May 11.--Farmers of Ontario will benefit from Hydro ru- ral distribution once the 1929 plans proposed by the Hydro Commission in rural districts are completed, ac- cording to a report issued by the Commission here yesterday. The Hydro Commission propose to build during 1929 over 1,000 miles of primary lines in addition to the 4,000 miles already constructed. These ad- ditional lines will serve over 6,000 rural consumers and will cost approx- imately $2,500,000. : There are at present over 377 miles of lines constructed, or about to be constructed, which will serve over 1,- 400 additional consumers and will cost approximately $835,000. Motor trucks -are taking the place of animal caravans in trans- porting freight over the highways of Persia. Touching scenes from the photoplay 'Mother Machree" which comes to the Regent Theatre on Monday of next week. J ONG SHOTS AND CLOSE IPs America, debut in "Marianne," Oliver Hardy, production ventures, Days." . Wyndham Standing, who has appeared in several outstanding produc- tions in America, has returned to England and is appearing in British In- ternational Pictures which are being imported by World Wide Pictures. Mr. Standing was among the first Englishmen to appear on the screen in Anna May Wong, the little Chinese American actress, who has made such a hit in "Piccadilly," never even visited China. ese parents in Los Angeles and was educated there. She first came into prominence in "The Thief of Bagdad." She was born of Chin- Robert Castle, Viennese actor-author, will make his American screen « Marion Davies' picture. Robert Z. Leonard is directing this all-talking and singing film, which has a French background. Oscar Shaw and Cliff Edwards, musical comedy stars, have featured parts in the production. new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Leo McCarey has been signed by Pathe to direct "Joe College," in which Eddie Quiilan, Sally O'Neill and" Jeanette Loff will be featured. Carey for the past two years has been supervising director of the Hal Roach comedies, and is generally credited with the success of Stan Laurel and Mec- : When Capt. J. T. Randell, famous skipper of the "I'm Alone," sunk by us. Coast Guard cutter, paid an official visit to Ottawa, the Canadian Capital, on April 18, announcement was made that he had beconie associated with Ernest Shipman, film producer, for a moving picture stunt in South America. Shipman was referred to as being "of Ottawa" but he probably has not seen Ottawa since scores of local people lost heavily in two of his "The Man From Glengarry" and "Glengarry School Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, Premier of Ontario, refused permission to the trustees of Canadian International Films, Limited, Toronto, to make use of the Ontario Government studio at Trenton, Ontario, for the purpose of revamping the highly-criticised feature "Carry On, Sergeant", ture having been produced there in two years time at a cost 'of $500,000. the pic- In Apr Philadelphia, May 11. -- With many of the quantity producers of automobiles reporting a record output for April, it is not improb- able that complete figures on pro- duction last month will reveal a new alltime record in the history of the industry. Automobile ex- ecutives declare that a strong re- tail market exists which fully jus- tifies the stupendous rate of pru- duction. " It is further stated that the condition is so favorable that several manufacturers 'plan to equal -- and in a number of cases exceed -- the April output during the month of May. However, tne belief is held among some students of production trends that a slack- ening in output is likely to be not- ed during the latter part of this month, While it would appear nat large stocks of cars are on hauu, executives in many instances indi- cate that retail sales are consider- ably ahead of the factories man- ufacturing capacity. Some of the larger producers, notably Chevro- let and Hudson-Esex, report their stocks in the field as far below normal, The Chevrolet Motor Co., which set a new all-time rec- ord with 157,000 cars in April, will attempt to exceed the 160,000 mark this month, and the Hudson Motor Car Co, announces that it will maintain a peak production schedule throughout this month, The present high rate of new car sales has naturally resulted in large numbers of used cars coming into the dealers' hands, but re- ports reaching factories from var- ious sections indicate that the de- mand for cars of this class 1s also good and that there is mo serious backing up of used car stocks. Sev- eral of the larger companies have launched aggressive campaigns «s keep used cars moving in a favor- able ratio 'with new car sales. Dealers in several parts of the country have responded with special campaigns to keep their used car stocks moving. Chevrolet Motor Car Co. reports that for the second successive | month it set a new all-time produc- Automobile Production il May Set a New High Record of All Time tion record, turning out 157,134 cars and trucks. This compares with 135,832 in April, 1928, and with 147,274 in March, 1929, 121,- 249 in February, 1929; and 8 ,- 178 in January, 1929. ,The company reports excellent condqi- tions in field and plans to build more than 160,000 units in 'May. Cadillac Motor Car Co. shipped 4206 cars in April, an increase of more than 15 per cent, over Apt of last year according to Presiden. Lawrence P. Fisher. The April output also marks a healthy in- crease over March and Mr. Fisher stated that Cadillac-La Salle w»aip- ments for the first four monsus totaled 14,619 or the largest first four months' business in the com- pany's history. Olds Motor Works announces shipments of 15,752 cars, a gain of 43 per cent. over April, 1928, when shipments totaled 11,088. Total shipments of Oldsmobile and Viking cars from January 1 to Ap- ril 80 were 45,194, slightly more than 2,000 in excess of shipments during the entire calendar year of 1925. The company reports that its May production schedule calls for 17,000 cars, of which about 3,000 are to be Vikings, Oakland Motor Car Co. reports the production of 36,384 Oakland and Pontiac cars last month, Buick Motor Co. built 11,198 automobiles last month, according to Arther Sarvis, assistant geucral sales manager who states that the company plans production of ap- proximately 15,000 units in May. ALBERTA'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS Alberta's agricultural schools, op- crated for the young men and women of the farms by the provincial gov- crnment, have just closed a most suc- cessful season. The total enrolment of students in the four schools oper- ated was 325. The courses are for OLDFST COTBIET RETIRES AT 74 Advices Long Hours To Teach Boys of Tcday What Work Is Salem, Mass.,, May 11.--Salem's oldest mender of boots and shoes has retired at the aze of 74. He is Frank Pearl, who learned his trade many years aco in his home town. Waterville, Can, During his apprenticeship of four years, he re- lates, he'had to sustain himself on and annual allowance of $24 and worked from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. 1 is his opinion that if youths of today had some such hours it would benefit them and teach them what hard work really is. It was his custom, he recalls, to make and repair shoes during the day and then make wooden pegs at night for the next day's requirements, In the early days of shoemaking Pearl says shoemakerg tanned their own leather and that their product was better because of it, Home made patterns were used. The shoemakers cut their own shoes and the apprentice fitted them to the wearer. The shoemaker and his apprentice could make two pairs in one day. It was the cus- tom of shoemakers to travel from house to house, repairing and mak- ing shoes a family might require. fast freight at a blind crossing, about the most dangerous thing in motion 1s a short woman with an open umorel- la in a crowd.--Detroit News. Next to the Who's Who and What's What in the Amusement World _--_ === Irish Romance : Is There Aplenty In "Mother Machree" Beautiful Irish romance and a mo- ther's inherent love for her only son gave John Ford some marvelous op- portunities for fine drama in "Mother Machree," Fox Films' version of Rida Johnson Young's dramatic story which launches a three day run at the Regent Theatre next Monday. Belle Bennett has the featured role. Ford, who gave the photoplay world "The Iron Horse" and "3 Bad Men," has made the most intelligent use of the Irish background, rich in screen values, and it is said that Miss Ben- nett has brought to her part a ten- derness seldom seen in motion pic- ture endeavor. Surrounded by an all-star cast she eclipses her work in "Stella Dallas" and her recent per- formance in "The Lily." Cast with Miss: Bennett are many of screenland's favorites. Ethel Clay- ton is cast as Mrs. Cutting; Victor McLaglen, who played Captain Flagg "In What Price Glory," is seen as the Kilkenny Giant, and Ted McNa- mara plays the part of the Harpist of Wexford. Others in the cast are Eulalie Jen- sen, Constance Howard, Neil Hamil- ton, Philippe De Lacey, Pat Somer- set and Rodney Hildebrand. John MacSweeney is cast as a jolly priest of Galway. The screen-play by Orr. SLAY THIS BAI N:BBED IN STO Ralph Mclauchklin Admits Part in Ho'd-up of De- troit Officer is Gertrude TRAPPED BY CHANCE Windsor, May 11--The resource- fulness of a Riverside constable on his off shift led to the arrest in De- troit late yesterday of Ralph M=- Laughlin, 23, Windsor taxicob ari- ver, wanted for complicity in the recent ill-fated holdup near Lon- don of Dilworth McClellan, Detroit police officer. He was transferred to Windsor police headquarters last night, where to Detective Inspecto: Claude Renaud and other poli-e he admitted participation in the Lon- den affair which terminated with the death of Robert Schacht and the wounding of Leo Desroches, Ford City taxicab drivers. Constable Edgar Gagnfer of Riv- erside was enjoying the afternoon performance in the Gayety theatre, Detroit, when McLaughlin dropped into a seat near him. Gagnier knew McLaughlin and knew a war- rant had been issued for his arrest. McLaughlin knew Gagnier. but did not know he had joined the River- side police department recently. Af- ter a reasonable lapse Gagnijer bid McLaughlin a farewell and sought the aid of a Detroit patrolman, who arrested McLaughlin as he left the show. EE -- 'SINNERS IN LOVE OUTSTANDING FILM OF THE SEASON Olive Borden Heads All-Stas Cast of Latest Dra- matic Epic Based on the true life of a small town girl, "Sinners in Love FBO's latest dramatic epic, will make its debut Monday at the New Martin Theatre. Advance reports of this film indicate it is one of the out standing pictures of the season. Heading the all-star cast is Olive Borden, in the role of a small town girl who, discouraged and disgusted with her lot, journeys to New York, only to find it the loneliest place of all for a stranger. She becomes in- | volved in a series of experiences ' which, according to those who have read "Sinners .in Love," now rune ning in the True Story Magazine, constitute one of the most fascine ating stories of metropolitan life ever written. The leading male role is acted by Huntly Gordon, who portrays a night club manager, while Senna Owen is shown to advantage as the "come on" woman for a group of rackateers. "Sinners in Love" is an original story by an anonymous writer, and was awarded first prize in a contest by True Story Magazine. George Melford directed the pie- ture from a scenario by J, Clarkson Miller. The cast also includes Ere nest Hilliard, Daphne Pollard and Philip Smalley. STRIKE SETTLE [17 FUPIOYFRS AT WEN YIELD 110 Members of Stonecut- tors Union Involved in Strike Toronto, Ont.,, Mav 11.--A settles ment of the stonecutters strike, ine volving some 110 members of the stri- king stone cutters union, was reach- ed yesterday afterpoon at a meeting between delegates of the organization and the committee appointed by the union to negotiate for an agreement. Terms of the new agreement show that both the employers and the men have yielded ground, insofar as the men insisted on the 40-hour week and a raise, but now were sassfied with a raise and the 44-hour week. In' the two-year agreement now. consumma- ted the hourly wage is raised from $1.12 to $1.20 for the first year, while the second year will bring the men another five cents increase per hour, Scientific research is being ap- nlied on extensive European plan- tations in Sumatra. 5 J] qe 1: a) vital with life-- sparkling with Irish wit, Smiling" Irish Eyes and Aching Irish Hearts, wit! VICTOR MELAGLEN LLE ENNETT EL HAMILTON five months in agriculture and do- | mestic science and other subjects. and are open to boys and girls of the farms over 16 years of age, there being no tuition fcc. STARTING MONDAY; FOR