Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1914)

22,2 THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD feur to speed up Iiia macliine. Nell and Lane ar« anionj? the occupants of the car. The deteetiv.-;takt' up the pursuit in another ciir. Bud is cap tmerl, li'.K Brent escapes by boarding a speeding: freiphl train. The crook hides himself in tl>e water tank oi: the tender. Shortly afterward the train f-tops for wat*-::-. Caught In the tank. Brent '« drowned like a rat in a trap. THE PALEFACE BRAVE (Special— 2 partsJan. 21). — <:'oIonel Peck, about to leave for thiWest with his wife and son. Paul, to take up a government grant, is presented with an engraved bowie knife by the former members of his troup. Paul, who is ten years old, kisses his little sweetheart, Martha, good-bye. Several weeks later. Pedro, a bandit, and his men descend upon Peck's camp and steal his horses and water. As a result the colonel and his wife perish with thirst. When Big Eagle and his tribe come upon the camp they find Paul the only survivor. At the sight of (he redskins, the lad seizes his father's bowie knife and attempts to slash the Indian chief. Pleased at the lad's pluck. Big Eagle takes him back to his tribe, where the boy is adopted by an old squaw. Sixteen years later, Paul, now a full-fledged brave, is betrothed to Little Antelope, an Indian maid. Pedro, the bandit, has covered up his crimes and now poses as a respectable citizen. Juajor Blake, a former friend of Peck, is ordered to take command of the post near Paul's tribe. His daughter, Martha, accompanies her father. Pedro sees the girl and falls in love with her. Martha spurns the man. The Mexican concocts a scheuie which will make him a hero in h^r eyes. Several of his men capture the girl. Paul hears Martha's cries for help and goes to the rescue. He lays the bandits low. Pedro, who witnesses this, is furious and tries to kill the paleface bra^e, but is himself slain. Paul is seriously injured. Martha's father and several troopers come upon the scene. Paul is taken to the fort, where he is tenderly nursed by Martha. Paul's bowie kni*e leads to his Identification by the major and lis daughter. The girl falls in love with him. Little Antelope learns of her lover's injury. She arrives in time to see Martha bend over and kiss him. Furious, the Indian maid hurls the white girl across the room. Paul is ordered to choose between thaiu. With a smile, he turns to his Indian bride and takes her in his arms. AT LAST THEY EAT (Jan. 28).— Waddle and Weary arrive at a town, which unknown to them has been made tramp-proof. Hungry, they aiiply at one of the houses for a bite to eat. The lady of the house presses a button. The next mo.ment. two hooks catch the tramps by the rear and toss them into the next yard. An attempt at another house results in their being drenched to the skin by an automatic tramp trap. Filled with trepidation, the hoboes climb the steps of a third house. This tvme their perseverance is rewarded. Each receives a suit of discarded clothes, but as they descend the steps, rhe latter suddenly straighten out and the hoboes slide to the bottom. The hoboes accost a theatrical manager, but nnd that his show is bankrupt and that he is as hungry as they. The three concoct a scheme whirh promises to feed them. Weary is billed as a famous comedian, while Waddle spreads the news that his pal is a fakir and urges the villagers to attend the show well stocked with eggs, vegetables, etc. The people fill the theater that evening, and upon Weary's appoaranee pelt him with the stuff they have brought for that purpose. The curtain is immediately rung down. Immediately after. Weary, Waddle and the manager make a feast of the audience's contributions. UNVEILIWG THE PILGRIM FATHER'S MONUMEKT (Jan. 23).— Over in Southampton, Englan.l, there was recently unveiled a monument dedicated to the Pilgrim Fathers who left England in 1020 to come to America. Tliis feature shows the ceremonies commemorating the event, and the part played by the American ambassador. Thomas Nelson Page, who unveiled the monnment. Other interesting topical views show the golf match playi-d by the English peeresses for the silver challenge cup; the Children's Regatta held on the Thames at Twickenham, and divers at work laying electric cables at the bottom of the Regent Canal. EXPLOSIVE "D" (Jan. 24) Alstyne, Col. Fra sler's guest at Fort Brandon, is a foreign spy. The man witnesses a test which proves the terrific power of an explosive invented by Captain Morton. The spy determines to steal the formula, which is hidden in the colonel's desk. To further his ends, Alstyne makes violent love to Millie, Frasier's daughter. Fascinated by the man, Millie forgets her sweetheart, Morton. The young captain views the situation with apprehension. Alstyne calls to take Millie out riding. As he enters the house, he sees Col. Frasier place the paper containing the formula in one of the desk drawers. Later, when the colonel leaves the room, the spy enters and steals the document. Millie enters the room jush in time to witness the theft. She attempts to wrest the paper from Alstyne's grasp, but is hurled to one side. Alstyne dashes from the house. Mounting his horse, the man dashes toward a spot where an accomplice in a motor boat is waiting. Millie glyes the alarm, after which she mounts her own horse and goes in pursuit. The spy discovers he is being followed and fires several shots at the girl. None of tliem take effect, however. WHEN YOUR PICTURE MACHINE NEEDS REPAIRING WHY DON'T YOU SEND IT TO US? We have the best equlppetl machlDe shop in the country and can repair any make of machine. Write us and get acfiuainted. WE BUY SECOND-HAND MACHINEa. GEO. M. HOKE SUPPLY CO. 176 N. State St., bet. Lake and Randolph, Chicago, 111. 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CONCENTRATION (Jan. 12) .—The dead mau's decentralized life is exemplified in a half -finished will and an incompleted invention of a printing press. The mother impresses uix>n her two sons the power of concentration by a magnifying glass held to the sun's rays. Doe accepts the lesson and finishes the work of the father. The other becomes the tool of the rival printer. His lesson was to come through experience and the suffering of others. WAIFS (Jan. 17). — The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One friendly heart bred another. That was too much for the proud, wealthy widowed sister. She declared she would have no orphans wislied on her. Stilling her conscience, she took the cJiildren's legacy, but one Sunday morning after the war, peace silenced all conflict. OUT-BLACKED (Jan. 15). — The Black Four were a hand of desperate kidnappers. They hit on I'runella, the daughter of Judge Meek, now long past the age of discretion, and desperately hungry for the society of the other sex. They found her a tartar and she proceeded to put them under the iron rule which had enslaved her father. He was now enjoying his first vacation for years, and refused to take Prunella back. Never did kidnappers suffer as these. HOW THEY STRUCK OIL (Jan. 15).— A party of city folks is stranded on a country road, their automobile having become disabled. Several of the farm folks gather around them and become the object of the city folks' derision. Chance gives the farm folks a glorious opportunity to retaliate. GENERAL FILM COMPANY LUBIN. THE THIRD DEGREE (Five parts). — Howard JetTcries, Jr., and Robert Underwood are warm college ohviins, the latter, a boy of moderate circumstances has a penchant for art and devotes most of his spare time to the canvas, but Howard having a rich father is indifferent to the future and indulges in drink and other excesses. One night in a restauant, a pretty waitress seeing that he is intoxicated, refuses to wait upon him; he insults her and is requested to leave. Next day he goes back to apologize and the two become friends and c.-rntually get married. Howard's father, who f:.r some years had been a widwer, marries again, the lody being au old friend and patron of Bob Underwood. Eventually the two boys leave colIe,'e: tl".' young artist establishes a studio and quotes Mrs. Jefferies Sr.'s name as a patron to induce an advantage. The lady, however, withdraws lier pr.tronage and Underwood finds himself moke. On Ko" ard informing his father of his iiiiirriage tn a pretty waitress, the father turns him H'-lrift and cuts ff al alloftTince. Both Howard and An.iie st-ck \A'ork, hut find nothing but discourageni*>nt. T"u Iv-rvTood not being able to borrow any more niciu-y fiom Howard, makes a last desperate ;"Ppeal to the eldor Ma-s. Jefferies, informing her that he ccntemplates suicide. One night Howard luiich Intoxii-at(d enters Underwood's studio and lying down en tie hdi falls asleep. Bob finds him and ilacos a .^J'-rtcu around the couch; shortly after Mrs. Jefferies Sr. enters. Not seeing Howard, she has an interview with Underwood and refuses him any monetary assistance or further influence and leaves, declaring their association at an end. Robert then enters his sleeping room and placing a revolver at his head, fires. His bell boy raises an alarm, the police arrive and find young Howard leaning over the dead man's body. He Is placed under arrest and on the spot Captain Clinton in the presence of other.s, puts him through the third degree. The terrible ordeal lasts for hours until the boy hypnotized and overcome with fright and need of rest, confesses that he had killed his friend. Howard is thrown into jail and his fatlier unrelenting not onlj' refuses aid. but Instructs his own lawyer that the boy is a murderer and he must suffer, also that if the eminent attorney takes the case, that he must not look for any more of the Jefferies' patronage. Aside from the false confession wrung from the boy, the only clue to the mystery is the fact that a woman visited the studio on the night of the tragedy. Howard's young wife after much endeavor induces Mr. Brewster, the corporation lawyer, to take the case in defiance of Jefferies* .orders. At tlie trial Mr. Brewster intro(hi( OS I>r. Bernstein, an expert on hypnotism, who rigorously conroiiinlcil the |iolice captain who