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Show FRANCIS MACMILLEN, the American violinist, recently cited by General Pershing for conspicuous con-spicuous service with the United States army in France, is planning to return to America soon. With him in the photograph is Sergeant Hill, an alumnus of Harvard, who accompanied the violinist on several tours in France following the armistice. armis-tice. Mr. Macmillen enlisted in the corps of interpreters. trJCy ACTORS' STRIKE is moras Two More New York Playhouses Play-houses Closed by Sympathy Sym-pathy Walkout. ,KEW YORK, Aug. 23 Two more theatres, the Casino and Liberty, were forced to close tonight by a walkout of stagehands and musicians in sympathy with the striking Actors' Kiuily .association. .asso-ciation. Thi.H brings the total of New' York's piayhouses closed by the strike to 23, and leaves vaudeville houses al- most supreme on Broadway, lint three "legitimate''' houses remain open and two of these arc not affiliated with the Producing Managers' Protective assoei- ; ation. The Independent Actors '' association, j sponsored by George' M.' Cohan to fight the Kquify, held a mass-meeting late j this afternoon, which whs the scene of lively recruiting. for new members,, more than 100 having been enrolled. Mr. Cohan was elected president. The other officers elected -were Louis Mann, vice president; William Collier, treasurer, and Alan J'inehart, secretary. Tho board of directors included: Pavid "Wart'ield, Mrs. Minnio Maddern Lisko, Holbrook Llinn, Marjoric Wood, Leu ore I'lrich, Janet lieeidmr, ArUmr Ashley, Zehla Sears. Jose Rubin, (lladvs Hanson, Willai'd Mark,' Letter Loner-gan, Loner-gan, George Harnum,- (ieore -Mcfar-land, John llalliday and Julia Dean. At a meeting ot the Lopiitv, it wag announced that 'Prune is Jmou, president presi-dent of the association, -would return to the stage after an absence of ei'lit years. He wiill appear in lhe Lexington Avenue opera liotr.e where Ivjuitv benefit bene-fit are beirg held. The entertainment 'ouiini H ee of the Lrpnty announced that -S'l'i.'H 11 1 had )- ru taken in at the L-vi n gl n during the week and that of thi ainunt 000 was profit which would be dew, ted to the relief fund. CHTCAGO. Aug. Manages "f moving pict ure 1 h ea i ers v.-ere n( j f j t oday to ba r all pict ure r. ma n u f ae t u red bv corn pa n ies ;iffiliated v. ith tji; f'ro-ducing f'ro-ducing M a naL'-'r;: ' a1 'o"ia I i on. Thi-w Thi-w a t h e la t y t m n ; in i h e actors' ?-t ri k p. With the flowing of the enga'rnent nf ri"kr (I "H :i ; a in ' ' 'own 1 ,i m -ri e I; j Wav." at the Olvmpic t'.tnght. ih- to- j tal'of clo?od thea'ier reaehed G-n. A r, v effort"- to reopen th'-.-e ,ouw v.-'fli i;o- i tinn pictures will be bioid'.ed, union of-j flcia is ("i'-clarerj. |