THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1921.
istory s Mysteries
to. 39-The Death Of Lord Bentinck
Copynr, ivzi, by The Wheeler Syndicate, rnc.
?ou of the fourth Duke of Portland,
t. of the most famous Sportsmen of
l is day, there is little reason to wonder
it the fact that Lord William George
Vi-ederick Cavandish Bentinck had a
passionate love of sport in his blood
,'"d that racing was the dominant not!
in his brief life from the day when he
started to accumulate a stable of his
Avn to the time when, having failed to
win the Derby, he sold all 'his horses
and abandoned the turf in despair.
One by one all the prizes of the race
. ourse had come to him with one
tnticn. But the blue ribbons which
: own the winner of the Derby seemed
kstinori never to be his, -despite the
i.ut that upon several occasions they
aiH ared to be within his grasp. So
:ev5 at last became his chagrin at the
ununited failure of his horses to win
the Lji-and prize of the racing world
that, in a moment of pique. Lord Ben
tinck decided to sell all his stable and
remove his colors from the field.
Among the horses which Iprd George
. unused of at figures which represent
a tar less than their actual value was
none other than the great Surplice,
the winner of the next year's Derby
and the St. Leger Stakes. Lord Bent
nick had actually had Ihe coveted
prize in his hands, ony to let it go!
How keenly he felt th? Mow may be
gathered from the following entry on
the diary of Lord Beaconsfield:
I met Lord George Bentinck in the
library of the House of Commons. He
u-as standing before the shelves with a
volume in his hand and his counten-
whonAaS atly tbed. Surplice.
es? of w?adt Prled With amon the
lest of his stud, had won that nara
mount and Olympic stak ? whlchXd
fnTtPn0 hiS Hfe- He had noth
lf t".coniJO" mm and nothing to sus-
devli1', eXCtpt, his pride- Even that
te hm tbefore a "eart which he
natbl w east would yield hlm sym-
a",, save a sort of superb groan.
u- A11Jmr hfe I have been trying for
this and for what have sacrificed if'
he murmured. It was in vain to offer
afe,e, :t ts the blue riband of the
tint, he softly repeated to himself and,
sitting down oefore a table, buried him
self in statistics."
yas,hls disaPPointment the cause
ot Lord Bentinck's death, or was there
toul play connected with it? was the
question which all England asked,
hen. only a short time later, his body
was found in an open field not far
from his home. He had risen that
mornmg.aparenttly full of health and
spirits and; at four o'clock in the after
noon, had set out to walk 'closs coun
try to Thoresby, Lord Manvers' estate
wnere he was to spend the week-end!
His valet, who had gone on in advance,
awaited his arrival but, when night
tell and the nobleman did not put in
an appearance, a searching party was
made up and it was not long before
one of the members discovered the body
cold and stiff. Lord Bentinck had evi
dently been dead for some hours bue
what had been the cause of his myste
rious death?
The coroner's jury, after considering
the evidence for somte time, finally
agreed to commit themselves and re
turned a verdict of "Death due to the
visitation of God; to wit; a spasm of the
heart." . .
But there are many who were by no
means satisfied with the vague "ver
dict of the inquest.. Lord Bentinck had
vigor and robust health and he had ap
parently never been feeling better than
on the dav of his death. Was it liiely
that such a man would drop dead dur
ing a quest and unexciting stroll across
the country? Was it not more liKely
that he had met someone closely related
to him someone who rumor credited
with having been the cause of a violent
quarrel only a few days before nd
that a scene had ensued, in the course
of which Lord Georgs had either fallen
or had received a fatal blow?
Unfortunately, the ground had been
trampled and all footprints which
might have told of such an encounter
had been obliterated by the time the
officers of the law arrived upon the
scene, and, as the verdict of the Cor
oner's jury gave an excuse for dropping
the case, the truth as to whether Lord
Bentinck was struck down by "the
hand of God" or by a much more hu
man agency remains one of the myster
les which will never be solved.
Next "The Koyal Riddle."
DR. DANIEL WILL BE
BANQUET SPEAKER
Dr. D. W. Daniel, former dean of the
English department of Clemson Col
lege, S. C, and widely known as one
of the most entertaining after-dinner
speakers of the country will be the prin
cipal guest at the banquet which the
American Trust Compnay is to give
here September 22 to 2,000 prominent
business men, including bankers, during
the period of the Made-In-Carolinas'
Exposition.
Definite acceptance by Dr. Daniel of
the invitation to be the principal speak
er at the banquet was made Monday
afternoon to members of the Exposition
staff.
Senator F. M. Simmons, Governor W.
P. G. Harding, of the Federal Reserve
Board, and Angus W. McLean, of the
War Finance Corporation; will also be
among the guests of the occasion. Oth
ers are to be announced later.
Governor Harding will speak to th
visitors in the airdrome of the Exposi
tion at 3:30 o'clock on the day of his
visit.
NEW COTTON FIRM IS
OPENED AT CHESTER
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Chester, S. C, Sept. 6. H- S. Mcln
tyre has come here from Woodruff
to be associated with R. A. Oliphant in
the cotton business.' Mr. Mclntyre is
originally from Laurens, but has been
at Woodruff the past two years as
buyers for one of the big mills. Messrs.
Oliphant and Mclntyre will have head
quarters for the present at the Chester
Cash & Carry Grocery Co. They will
buy seed for Swift & Co., and will rep
resent Sprunt & Son and several other
big cotton concerns.
LIQUOR PERMITS TO
BE RIGIDLY PROBED
THE A TERS
"Appearances" At Ottoway.
Setting a new high standard for ex
cellence, Donald Crisp's Paramount
production of "Appearances," which
comes to the Ottoway theater for two
days, oeginning Wednesday, is in many
respects a remarkable photoplay.' In
point of players and settings it is not
surpassed by any photoplay production
presented here this season.
The story itself is unusually captiva
ting. It was written by Edward Knob
lock, a playwright of international
fame. The theme deals with that class
that is given to living far beyond its
means in orders to keep up appearances
in society a class not confined to Eng
land alone. This propensity all but
leads ;o a tragedy in the lives- of sev
eral persons, and in the development
of the btory many scenes of great dra
matic power arise.
The players, appearing in the pic
ture are thorough artists. Mary Glynne.
the beautiful English actress who mis
seen in '"The Call of Youth," has .th.
leading feminine role, while David
PoweU, popular with Paramount audi
ences, has the leading man's part.
"The Lost Romance" Makes Hit At
Imperial Theater. j
The best screen stories should de
pict those situations which occur in
the life of the average individual! This
is the conviction of William deMille,
Paramount producer, whose latest pro
duction; "The Lost Romance," opened
a three days run. at the Imperial thea
ter yesterday.
There is sufficient selfishness in the
average human mentality to cause pic
ture spectators to be most interested
in situations in which they might im
agine themselves the principal actors
to try and place themselves in thi
positions in which they see the 'actors
and actresses on the silversheet, .is
the story unfolds before their eyes.
The can easily imagine themselves in
a situation if it is a natural one and
which they realize could logically and
consistently happen in their own lives.
The principle has been faithfully
carried out in all of William deMi.le's
latest productions, including "Conrad
in Quest of His Youth." "Midsummer
Madness," "What, Every Woman
Knows," and his latest picture, '"The
Lost Romance."
Lois Wilson plays the girl ?.nd
others are Jack Holt. Conrad Nagel and
Fontaine LaRue.
The added features in connection
with "The Lost Romance" are th.
latest issue of the International News
which brings before your eyes the
many current happenings of interest
throughout the world and Pathe's "Top
ics of the Day," featuring the witty
sayings taken from The Litei,-y Digest.
ture shown yesterday at the Broadway
theater, a comedy drama he has a riarht
to be chesty about only be isn't that
sort.
Not a single scene was photographed
in a studio. The background is a fas
cinating, ever changing panorama of
London buildings, streets and squares
everyone has heard of; of the Thames
river as it winds through citv and
country; of wonderful English roads
stretching out through beautiful rose
bowered suburbs; of old Windsor cas
tle, whose ruins tell said stories.
The truth about "The Road Tc Lon
don" is that you'll want to see it twice;
once to give yourself up entirely to the
amazing adventure and romance cf the
story, and again to take in thoroughly
the beauty and charm of the secnery.
This play will be shown today and
tomorrow.
Scene from "The Road to Randon7 f eaturing Bryant Washburn, which will
be shown at The Broadway Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
Washington, Sept. 6. Investigation
of all outstanding liquor permits is
to be begun shortly and many cancella
tions may follow, prohibition enforce
ment officials .said Monday.
Some time will be required, officials
declared, to subject to close scrutiny
the thousands of permits authorizing
the withdrawal and sale of intoxicating
beverages but it is the intention of dry
authorities to' comb out all but bona fide
users of the certificates.
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ORIGIN OF SABBATH.
Cambridge, Eng., Aug. 20. Sabba
tarianism had a ' very materialistic
origin, according to Canon Glazebrook,
well-known local cleric.
He told the Modern Churchmens's
Congress here that the multitude want
ed to make sure of one day's holiday
a week and the church gradually gave
in to outside pressure. He said it wa-i
the ingenious humbug of theologians .n
difficulties.
ANNIVERSARY OF
BATTLEOFMARNE
Country Observes Lafay-ette-Marne
Day ; Harding
Sends Message.
New York, Sept. 6. The country to-
j day celebrates Lafayette-Marne Day.
j Many cities have arranged civic ceremo
nies appropriate to the day that marks
the birth of Laf ayette ' and the seventn
anniversary of the first battle of the
Marne in 1914.
The keynote of the celebration this
year, the Lafayette Day National com
mittee announced, would be found in
the message of President. Harding to the
committee at last year's celebration.
"Twice has France contributed to
our liberty," he said. "Once when La
fayette came to the aid of America in
her tight for independence, again when
France stood as a bleeding bulwark
for the freedom and democracy of the
world against the military onslaught
of an autocracy.
"The name of Lafeyette brings to
our hearts the name of France, it
calls forever to our gratitude. If the
opportunity ever comes to me I will
represent the American people in giv
ing practical proof of our national
friendship. Our true friendship may
only be effectively expressed in deed -5
rather than in words, in a relationship
that will stand rather than fall, in
workable machinery of international
goodwill and good faith. Such a rela
tionship can only have permanence and
value to France when it is approved not
by a part but by the whole of the Amer
ican people."
Andrew Jackson, president of the
United States, in his general order of
June 21, 1834, announcing to the army
the death of Lafayette, said of him
"his memory will be second only to that
of Washington in the hearts of the
American people."
ANDERSON OPENING CAMPAIGN.
Lexington, Va., Sept. 6. Henry W.
Anderson, Repiiblican nominee for Gov
ernor of Virginia, formally opened his
campaign here Monday in .a speech in
which he scored the Democratic party
as a "political machine,' demanded a
"business" administration of the state
government and outlined his party's
platform.
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B'g Hit For Bryant Washbuvn.
Three cheers for Bryant Washburn,
who has the courage of Ibis convic
tions! AVe have often wondered why
specific locations have not mor-3 fre
quently been used as the background
for a story, with credit givr: to ihe
scenery as generously as 'o t?i-j ac
tors. Bryant AAfashburn went (o London
with a director", a cansraman rind a
rattling good scenario all abr-nt on
American with pep who rescips :. beau
tiful English girl from an undesirable
marriage, and weds her himself. Hi
came back with "The Road To Lon
don," the Associated Exhibitors Jea-
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Today and Tomorrow
WILLIAM DeMILLE'S
Production of Edward Knoblock's
.'"The Lost
Romance" , .
with
CONRAD NAGEL, LOIS
WILSON and JACK
HOLT
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i International , News
Topics of the Day
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"Toonerville Tactics"
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