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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, - 1928.

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MISS EVELYN BRENT ON LANGUAGES

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Tokyo, Feb. 8. In H.M. Supreme Court at

Violent snowstorma in North-1 Shanghai before Judge Sir Peter

tern Japan have caused a number Grain, the case was resumed in which D. Arakio is the plaintiff

of deaths, damage to shipping land general disruption of com- In an action against C. D. Komar-

include Hollywood, Calif., Jan. 3. munications. Wrecks of to recover Tis. 1,410,75 for an alleged breach of contract in re-

Knowledge of a foreign langu-eight motor boats which capsized ference to the purchase of 3,000 age is important if you are to be off the Hokkaido coast. The Tanah Merah ehares. Mr. Tycho a success in the, motion picture bodies of thirteen fishermen were Wing appeared for the plaintiff world, is the belief of Evelyn washed ashore and many others are believed to have been drown- and Mr. M. B. Brown represented Brent. the defendant.

"I never realized the imported.Reuter. Y The defendant in the witness ance of being able to speak a for- box stated that there was a poten-eign tongue until I started work-

the ing with Emil Jannings," remark! tial arrangement between plaintiff and himself whereby in-ed Miss Brent. "I couldn't se formation regarding the share what difference it made how a market would be given to him by person talked before,. the camera the plaintif and he (the defen- and I often used to just pretend dant), in return, would write I was talking. I figured that the articles for the newspaper in title writers did my speaking for which the plaintiff was interested, me, Defendant went on to say that he came to the conclusion that the: plaintiff was a member of a share- brokers' association although he had not made any inquiries in re- Kard thereto,

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Madras, Fab. B. The chief magistrate of the Presidency has banned. for s „Jannings Talks.

month all meetings by the boy. "Since working with Jannings colt committee for the purpose of hartal during the have come to regard my talking organising." as Important as any other phase Simon Commission's visit to Ma dras. The publication of posters of acting. Jannings <

speaks German-in fact he knows and the organisation.of volunteers only a few English words. And for propaganda work are also pro- when he talks he has more forcohibited. Reuter.

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Tips in Return for Articles. Mr. Brown: When Mr. Arakte suid that he rang you up twice on the screen than any other ac-

tor, I have seen. The reason offering the shares, is that rect? No. He rang me up once. that foreign words as a rule aro It was about 4 o'clock in the after longer than ours. The additional

are syllables seem to put life into an ADMIRAL JELLICOE OFFERED noon, and in the course conversation, he told me that the otherwise dead speech." transaction was completed. I was not surprised when he telephoned me offering the shares consider- ing the previous conversations when Mr. Arakie had suggested that he would give me tips in re- turn for my writing articles in his paper. I was not surprised when he called up, for I took this to be one of the tips. ..

Mr. Brown: And from whom enme the suggestion for this par- ticular deal? From Mr. Arakié.

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Evelyn now lugs a German book almost everywhere she goes and

The National Executive Council French Bank Building, she actually works at learning the language between scenes in her of the British Legion has invited picture. By the time the finishes Admiral Jellicoe to become Presi her roles with the groat German dent of the Legion in succession actor, Evelyn probably will speak to the late Earl Halg-Reuter. his language better than he does hers-that ia unicas she tires of the strain of studying.

Adds to Effect. Early "rushes" of "The Road to. ing with Jannings, prove that the

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Havana, Feb. 8. The Pan-American Conference

Mr. Brown: What was the next Glory," which Miss Brent is playhus adopted a project far a'trans- thing that happened after you foreign language actually is an continental highway to stretch

know the entire length of North, "and South America. -Reuter's American Service,

had seen Mr. Arakle in his office. and repudiated the purchase of asset. Even her meager

a not-ledge has added a sparkle she Central

lacked before.

the shares! I received neation that I would be sued for not taking up the shares, or rather, 1 received a tender of the script and the statement of account.

In reply to Mr. Tycho Wing in cross-examination, defendant sald arti- that he had written 1171 cle for Mr. Arakie, but he was not quite sure on what subject. He thought it might have been some phase of Chinese trade-on the subject of Chinese produce. In regard to the shares, he had accepted them in good faith and had signed the confirmation note which had been sent to him,

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Mr. Wing-1If you had any doubt as to whether it was a good purchase or not, why did you not ring up somebody-one of your financial friends-and find out?- I had no doubt that the price re- presented was the best price. at which the shares could be bought on the market. 1 did not know he was an outalde broker, I thought he was a legitimate broker.

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Did you think he belonged to un Association?Yes, to Sharebrokers' Association. I he- Heved that and that is what I have always said.

Defendant and Plaintiff's Status. You realize, that a charge of fraud is a very serious charge?- Yes.

And you would not want to have auch a charge preferred against you?-No.

Witness went on to say that he bad never asked anyone whether plaintiff was a member, of any sharebrokers' association.

Mr. Wing: I put it to you that Mr. Arakle never gave you any ground for thinking that you ahould believe anything of the kind, and in order to get out of the contract you are saying all these things? That is not no.

You said that. Mr. Arakle offer- ed to rescind the contract7-Yes. His words were, "If you think you have not bad a square deal you are under no obligation," and I said that I would have nothing

to do with the shares..

Counsel referred to some cor respondence which had passed be- tween the partics and witness said that it had never been in his mind to sell the shares because he re- pudiated the transaction.

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Mr. Wing-Why did you sell the shares?-It did not occur to me that I should sell. I did not have the shares.

You had bought these shares for December delivery and you are now complaining that they were not sold to you on Novem ber 8 or 9.1 am asking you if it never occurred to you to sell?— Yus.

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Not Waiting for the Cat. You were waiting to see which way the cat would jump7--No.

You thought that if we carried the shares for you, and if the price would rise in December, yon would take them up-you were gambling with our money?—Ab- solutely no.

Counsel briefly reviewed the evi- denco and addressed the Court, after which his Lordship reserved judgment..

Evelyn Brent has climbed the cinema ladder two rungs at a time ed for her the feminine lead in during the last six months. She "Beau Sabreur."

Now she is trying something was given the leading feminine

role in Ben Hecht's "Underworld" entirely new-and if she's success with George Bancroft and Clive ful, foreign language teachers are Brook. That picture is one of the going to be in great demand great films of 1927. And it gain-around Hollywood.

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