Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 147, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1921 — Page 4

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3totoana Jlaite QTimrs INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dal y Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stret. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, G. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising offices j jjew York, Boston. Payne, Burns A Smith. Inc. THE MOST unfortunate thing that can happen to a candidate is to have some people for him. SOME ONE has risen to inquire if that hybrid animal represents the “Republican movement for Ralston.” EX-EMPEROR CHARLIE ia said to have failed in his attempt to regain his throne because he stopped to take a drink. Another argument for prohibition. IT IS quite certain that Mr. Thomas Garvin will not* lose any votes through the speeches he makes in response to an almost universp.l demand for his appearance. A Disgraceful Campaign The last week of the municipal campaign opens today and as usual finds Indianapolis in a turmoil in which political expediency has overridden the bounds of decency. Thus far in the campaign one candidate for mayor has been termed a menace to the city, another a gambler. The election of one has been declared to mean a disgrace to Indianapolis and of the other to mean the incumbency of an incompetent. No credence can be placed in the estimates of either candidate that have been promulgated from the stump, and the average voter must be excused if be turns from the polls in disgust. Mr. Shank has been viciously attacked because among his followers are men who have heretofore been held up as gamblers and law breakers. Mr. Ralston has been unfortunate in having been saddled with the support of a discredited newspaper and more recently with the laudations of an ex-prohibition officer who betrayed his trust and dispensed confiscated liquor to his friends. It is exceedingly difficult under these circumstances for a voter to form a conclusion as to the desirability of the candidates. Party lines have been largely effaced and an organization of Republicans is working for a Democrat, while an army of Democrats is mobilized to elect a Republican candidate. A candidate on the Republican ticket has been removed because of his conduct in the primaries and the efforts of a mayoralty candidate's enemies to link him with the deposed candidate have proved a boomerang. In no other community of the size of Indianapolis would this kind of a campaign be tolerated. Here, there seems to be an utter lack of the restraining pride that should keep citizens, even in the heat of a campaign, from doing and saying that which will later tend to injure the community in the eyes of the nonresident. If Mr. Shank is elected, none will profit by the dire predictions that ho will endanger the "safety, welfare and good name of Indianapolis.” If Mr. Ralston is elected none will profit by the senseless defamation of him as a "gambler and a rent profiteer.” The truth is that neither of these gentlemen can in any way injure Indianapolis througn Incumbency of the mayor's office. The big question is as to their relative ability to benefit the city, yet that question has been buried beneath an avalanche of abuse and slander poured out with utter disregard of the welfare of the city as a whole. The citizen who really desires to exercise his franchise in accordance with the dictates of the welfare of Indianapolis will not be influenced by anything that has been said against either of the candidates for mayor. His task is to find the real reason why he should favor either of the candidates. In this connection it must not be forgotten that while Mr. Ralston has not been active in municipal affairs in the years gone by, he has the advantage of possessing no record that needs either defense or explanation. There is nothing In the life of Mr. Ralston that,will excuse any Democrat In deserting the party nominees at this critical time. How Will They Do It? Before this so-called "citizens committee” proceeds further in Its efforts to elect a school board hand-picked by the newspaper of doubtful ownership, has it the courage to answer these two questions: 1. DO its candidates contemplate or approve a reduction In the salaries of teachers with attendant disorganization of the school faculty? . 2. How do Its candidates propose to provide “a seat for every pupil In a fire-proof structure” arid at the same time sell no school bonds except at par when school bonds bear only 5 per cent interest and never can be sold at par? Carrying out those two platform pledges which have been made in behalf of the candidates by this committee, headed by Two-and a-Haif-Doilar Testimonial Tyler, can only be accomplished by saddling a tax burden on the people of Indianapolis greater than any one can bear, or reducing the wages of teachers to snch a point that only the misfits of the profession can remain In the schools. To provide all the school buildings needed in Indianapolis without a bond Issue is an impossibility without making taxes a prohibitive burden. To sell bonds for par Is another impossibility. The only other possibility of raising the money needed for the constructive program is to save it out of the assessments made for maintenance of the schools, and thereby permit an excessively heavy levy for building purposes. The personality of this socalled "citizen’s committee" is proof that its candidates will never increase the school taxes. The obvious conclusion is that if these candidates have any intention whatsoever of providing a "seat for every pupil” they Intend to do so at the gxpensa of the school teachers and eventually the pupils. Thanks for the Light This community is certainly indebted to U. S. Leah, Attorney General, and his associates for the illumination that has been thrown on the ice business in Indianapolis and the close association of Stanley Wyckoff with the ice dealers during the period wyckoff was posing as a "friend of the consumer” and acting as "fair price director” for the county. There is every likelihood that before the Attorney General completes his legal proceedings to dissolve the Ice trust he will uncover the reason Indianapolis paid 60 cents for ice which could easily have been sold at a fair margin of profit at considerable less. The Attorney General might even disclose L- n- financial interest in ice manufacture served to close one of the avenues of publicity of this city and protect an office holder In his inefficiency. Already, the Attorney General has disclosed some concealed identities and some of the methods that were used to set and maintain a high price level. Already he has made it necessary for Mr. Wyckoff to "explain” and deny, forget and fidget. There is no one in Indianapolis who does not wish the ice manufacturers to have a fair profit on their commodities. There are few who do not know that 60 cents is high enough a price level to afford ice men more than a reasonable profit. Apparently, we are about to learn how it was possible for the ice dealers to take down the excess profit while defending themselves on the ground that the Government had established that figure as a fair price. Mr. Or bison* s ‘Sermons* It is scarcely fitting that Charles J. Orbison, tritely named "One Quart Orblson,” should he chosen by the Indianapolis News to be its mouthpiece in the reading of stories from its files which pertain to the last year of the previous Shank administration. This material was gathered and written by one who is no longer connected with the discredited newspaper, but is prepared to prove that there was little which transpired in that period with which Mr. Orbison was not fully acquainted. In fact, Mr. Orbison had personal knowledge of the conditions in the roadhouses and winerooms of that period and doubtless remembers the conditions very well. If he were to strain his memory he might recall the time he refused to accompany a number of boon companions on a round of these places unless they could induce the writer whom he is now quoting to become one of the party. Mr. Ralston’s chances of election might be enhanced by an expose of the last year of Mr. Shank’s previous administration were the expose to come from a reliably source, but C. J. Orbison of “Dear Jerry” letter fame is hard’;' pure enough to be "preaching & sermon" on theae subjects.

CHARIOT RACE IN ‘SHEBA’ MOVIE IS REALISM ITSELF Ray Plays Football—Lloyd Plays With Skyscrapers—Griffith Movie Continues

Is that what you *' allt ' L&h Well our ancestors ln t>ie rtaj ’ 8 pf KlnK c Solomon dldu't have Mi the Indianapolis ! Svfjf v! speedway hut they did possess chariots tM utn. last horses. -You will have a ' & jPt* chance to see * the ancients ob- ~ f tallied a thrill at a . t ~v jf. i * chariot race ln the -I William Fox pro- > Cu-tion ol' "The • Queen of Sheba," j which opened a * : weeks engagement - . ‘ \■/ at Loew’s State yesBettv Blythe. terday. When It comes to realism on the screen this Fox movie hus anything beaten that I have even seen. 1/ I ant not mistaken, nine chariots whirl around a course, each drawn by horses. Chariot wheels roll off, drivers are hurled directly in the path of other chariots which seam to pass over tlioir bodies, and before you know It you are ln the mood to stand right np ln your seat and yell Just as you do at a good horse race, ln one scene, Betty Blythe drives four prancing steeds hitched to a chariot sgainst four wonderful horses driven by Nell Craig as the Princess Vaslitt. The directing of these chariot race scenes reach the very ptnacle of realistic direction. I am told that Tom Mix aided the directors In obtaining the extreme in realism in these scenes. I never have witnessel better directed scenes on the scroeu than those devoted magnificent chariot races in "The Queen of Sheba.” I haven't the space or the time to go into detail rega-ding the work of the individual members of the cast. Betty Biythe is cast as the queen and when It comes to regal love making Betty is in a clast by herself. The object of her love, of course, is that wise old bird. King Solomon, whom history contends had a corner on knowledge and good looking women. Solomon in this movie is Impersonated by our frlenj, Fritz Llcber. Os course, you remember I.teber as he is the actor who has appeared in person so much at English’s with Bobert

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright, 1821. by Star Company. By K. C. B. XT WAS ln a train AM) ACBOS9 the aisle. THEKE WAS a girl. A NTCK looking girl WITH A lot of wraps. AM) A lot of bags. AVP WHIT E the porter. WAS SETTLING her. • • • I SETTLED myself. AXD GOT my book. • • e "IF WINTER Comes.” AND FORGOT all else. rOB QUITE some time. • • AND THEN looked tip. FROM OFT of the book. # • • AND STRETCHED a little. AND KETTLE I) hr oh. TO ar vo-again. "- • • * AND TOOK one glanc. At ROUS THE alkie. ANI) THE pretty girl. WAS READING a book. AND WAS sitting so THAT ONE of her knees WAS WANDERING out •• * * AND INTO the light. # • • AND WAS quite bare. AND I knew very well. SHE DIDN’T know. AND I wanted to tell" her. • e • UCT DIDN’T dare AND THE porter earn*. • • • AND GLANCED nt her AND HESITATED. V• • * AND WENT right on. , • * e AND THEN came back. • * • AND SAID to her. “EXCrSE ME, Jndy. • * * "BUT I gotta fix somethin'. * • • •TNDE’NEATH FO R seat ” AND SHE arose. • • • AND HE knelt down. AND FOOLED around. UNDERNEATH THE seat. FOR A or two. • * • AND THEN got up. * • • AND SHE sat down. * * * WITH HER knees all covered. m * * AND H*E both went bark. * # + TO ROTH onr books. + * • WHILE TnF, porter nodded ON HIS little camp stool. • 0 I THANK yon.

BRINGING UP FATHEB,

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 51, mi.

Mantell in plays of Shakespeare an 1 in 01 her classic. The acting of Lleber is especially line and Miss Blythe is a mar velous looking fashion plate of the ancient days, especially when she is decked out ln beads and the like. , In the first place, allow me to set you right about one phase of this movie. It is not an indecent movis nor has the director been so foolish to attempt to parade naariy naked women up and down before the camera. You must remember that Sheba lived ln those day# when the wsather generally was always sum mer. I am glad that the director didn't mess up this roally beautiful movie by close ups of scantly attired women at was' done ln one of Theda Bara's movies the name I believe was "Cleopatra.” The religious attitude of Solomon hns been carefully, wisely and reverently handled. I am sure there can be no serious objection to that portion of the film. Even the ancient “cabaret" and festival scenes have been discreetly haudlod. The desert scenes are marvels In photographic art and beauty. Some of th scenes will recall to you childhood dreams of fairyland. Here is the cast ln full: Queen of Sheba Betty Blythe King Solomon Fritz Lieber Queon Amarnth, wife of 5010m0n.... Ch Ire Ho Lores King Armud of Sheba. .George Siegmann Tgmaran, a courtier of Sheba Herbert Heyes Mentor, Sheba's minister of Suite. .. Herschel Mayall Adonljah, brother of Solomon G. Raymond Nye Kink I'uvld George Nlcholls Beth-Sheba Genevieve Biinn Sheba's son, aged 4 Fat Moore No mis. Sheba’s sister Joan Gordon Oio#, Sheba's giant slave. . William Hardy King of Tyre John Cosgrove Envoy of King Pharonh.. Faul Caaeneuvc Princess Vasiitl Nell Craig A captain of Adonljah's army Jonh, a scldter Earl (Iran# "The Queen of Sheba” ia the hippodrome of the movies. It appears to be a sincere attempt on the part of Fox to give to the movie world a Aim entertain inent of rare beauty and of Burnt hie torlcal worth. Tho theme hat not been cheapened by sensuou* directing anil over emphasized feature* which might have made this picture a burlesque of the lowest order. The fact remains that ’ The Queen of Shaba” Is a dignified attempt to tell a story that is known to ail people “Tii* Queen of Sheba" remains on view at Loews Stat.- ail week.—W. D. 11. n\Y IS SOME FOOTBALL FLAYER IN MOVIE AT CIRCLE. "Two Minutes To Go,” la a football Picture. This is the football season ar.d the Clr.-ie wisely booked this new Charlie Hay movie fur presentation this week. Judging (he way 'his picture went over yesterday afternoon. got the Impression that the audience forgot that it was In a theater witnessing only a movie of a football game because eonio of the customers started "rooting" and yelling Just i a* they do at m STOg- say: Ntt-* l * r *Mlar game I •, ft? noticed that the ... .. *■J• ‘ ... v; JB younger ones in the *‘ 'ML. ."‘Tier-*' audit*:. *. I heard M one proud father re mark us Hay *;>- •1 In f ’4 r l ' •;•*.' rgtfti toge. "Well. tno'l ti 'VS* o!ir Johnny . kefi ij' tg&tk.,/ V: Just ilk* that when SlWll-gv bo was in college ” ■Mi T!i#t ■’ *"•’ , ot t! r ?W% secrets of this IU v ! *—! t takes Psp, W& ‘.V. .To,: * ' ■” 'V. ■ • v NA-~ • .v" of the screen and N- -GSa* with a theme that Charles Ray. the while country lore., at this time of the year. There is a whole lot f honest humor in Two Minutes To Go.” Ray 1* cist *s Chaster Burnett, a corking good football ptnyer anil a l"*er of society and tl-.e clothes. Chester nt first Is a regular whirlwind nt college because he sports nn evening dress sr.lt. goes to ail the dances with the be-.t looking girl in the college and makes good in football. No one could find out where Cheater got his money. One night nfter a danc. Chester was discovered hy Id* best girl delivering tr.Uk early in *ha morning. Chester was still attired 1> his evening clothes. It leaked out that the fashionable Chester was only it rn’ikman Tho bays of the college then proceeded to stage one trick af'r another on Chester In tho end <*hestor wins a football game fur IPs college ln the last tv.o min Utes of th game. These football scenes -vHI certainly get you all worked np Vary A iderson plays the rule of Hay's sweetheart ln this movie and she !• a cute little dear. Tho cast as a whole is good nnd the directing of th* football scenes is very •tractive. I have the hunch that "Two Minutes to Go” will piense ninety-nine out of every hundred movie fans At the Circle all week/ —W. D. 11. -F *1- + CONCUR NTNO HAROLD LLOYD. Till* thing Is c-edent —Harold Lloyd is not taking any old vehlule that might be presented to him. TTe waits until he gets nr think* up a yarn which gives him a chance to exhibit his own brand of fun making. In “Never Weaken," Lloyd bn* a vehicle which is a winner.. Some months ago, Lloyd produced a comedy in which he romped on top of ft Now York skyscraper and caused every one to hold his breath In his latest comedy. Lloyd stages even more startling stunts than he did In his first skyscraper morle. In "Never Weaken,” Lloyd Is employed ln ft big office building and he is ln love with n pretty miss who works in a doctor's office. When business gets bad. the doctor “flri-s” the girl but Lloyd promises to got business for the doctor. Lloyd starts out with n bunch of the doctor's cards In search of pn‘ttents He sprinkles soap on tho pavement nnd when n water sprinkler passes over tho soap, the sur face of' the pavement becomes as slick ns glass. About two dozen pntlcnts literally fall Into the doctor's office. After Lloyd by numerous stunts fills

the doctor's office with patients, he discovers his girl In the arms of another man (Lloyd not knowing? that the man was the brother of the girl). Lloyd plans suicide in his office. Pie ties a string to trigger of a revolver, ties the string to the door and calls the Janitor by telephone. Hi then sits down ln a chair in front of the revolver ester blindfolding' himself. Just back of Lloyd is an open window and a skyscraper is being Built on the adjoining lot. An iron beam happens to come through the open window, hooks onto the chair in which Lloyd is sitting blindfolded. As the beam moves out of the window, an electric light globe falls to the floor causing a terrible report. As Lloyd soars upward, he thinks he is going to heaven. Especially when he passes a floor on which is located the studio of u teacher of sacred music but when Lloyd is hoisted over the roof garden of an nd Joining building, he hears jazz music. He then removes the handkerchief over his eyes and learns the terrible truth. His stnnts of balancing himself on the beams of the skyscraper afford some gennine thrills as well as mnch comedy. Although this Lloyd comedy is the* chief offering at the Alhambra this week, the bill includes “Moongoid,” which is an artistic departure in movie entertainment, she photography in "Moongoid" Is beautiful. This double bill remains on view all v\ eek. -1- -I- -IVTAI.LI, JR., IS A CHIP OFF OF THE OQ) BLOCK. Wallingford, Jr., Is a chip off of the old block. IT> wanted to b straight but he cotildn t help being a wlthtn-the law crook because be wag tho son of Walling-i-'fi! and also btcaus# he had lobelias ears. Science oontonls that the possessor of a lobeless cur must be a r molt. Anyway that is the theme of "The Son of Wallingford," a movie which Introduce* the characters made famous by Mr anti Mrs. George Handolph Chester. The Chesters have written muny stories about "Get Rich Quirk Wallingford.” and these stories have made them famous, ihe'.r characters make splendid movie mart-rial. In this movie, one obtain* a close Ylew of such characters as J. Rufus Walling surd, "Bln-kle” Daw of the *vll-look!ng mustache and companion of old man Wallingford in his get rich quick schemes: Mrs. Wallingford, who wants her hni-ha.n-1 and son to he honest, and Jimmy Wallingford, tho son, who inherits ht* father's tri-ks fur making eaay money. The difference between Jimmy nnd his father is that the sun's Investment*, especially ln oil, turn out to he the real thing. In the etii. Jltniny nearly conrimes hi* father of the folly of being rrof ked. TMi WnUlnjfrrd movie is * b.eevy *tvi eritertal: ing film t:-. which there are some splendid character work. Th* photography Is excellent ar.d tho rubt'tles are clear end nr® easy to be read. 0.-ie of the Keversi hig scene# of the movie la ij flro s-ene which follow* an explosion of some oil tacks. The fire Is staged or. a Mg scale ar.-l look# like It bad th® power to wipe out a whole town 01! was Jumped Into a lake nad the finn.es spren 1 to It, causing the lake to be tr*r.-f -rmed Into a great furnace. The pr .gram Include* a Harold Lloyd rn Vie. called Tho Tip” In which I.loyd docs some com! n! crystal gazing. 1: 'h pictures remain on view all week at the Ohio. r.riFTTTH’fi M A*tTF IUTECK REMAINS ON VIF.W AT ENGLISH’S. 1). W, Griffith's "The Firth cf n Na tl<ji" U now on Its **, nd aid last week t its engager) it at Engl'vh's Tho merit* of this movie bar® been discussed at length In this department on numerous o casiocs, and 1; is not necessary to repeat them hro This picture should be seen by ill! sch- ol children •eew-f *. b“ O'* of the many • historical character* -od. each as JkKhmS - Abraham "v, i.&Jf Genera'. Grant, Gen- ,£** pr; ’-' 1-e®, member* ilJ&iv* *' °f Gatdnet of v'th President Lincoln sass •n , l others. The w '°tk of Donald H < ' r ‘*P • Gen 1 K B,jfiVf.r'■ Gran- is faithfully Although not „i.-A ./1 j much space is d*. r "t'il to him, yet the work of Crisp Crisp m Gen. Grant. In this |e eo satisfying that one easily recalls it. The work of Joseph Her nherv ns Abraham Lincoln is another splendid characterlm tlon, th* make-up being of high order Matinees and night performances will be given dally at English's all week not ISI.r BILL AT THE 1-rIS AI.L B EKK. The !*!* this week is offering a donbl® bill, consisting of Anna Q. Nilsson lu "What Women WUI Do" and ChurU-s Chaplin In a movie announced os "The Woman.” In the cast supporting MUs Nilsson in "What Worna Will Do” are Earl* Metcalfe, Jane Jennings. Rtley Hatch nnd others. This movie is of the melodrama order and depict* life In New York City as written by Charles O. Logua. The melodramatic element is Injected when the theme concerns tho efforts of a woman to swindle a woman of fashion and wealth out of large sums of money by using tile suicide of the latter * son as th® means of accomplishing her schemes The scans doesn't work ont. ne the scheming woman get* right with the world by being mad® decent by the sincerity and beautiful life of the women she sought to swindle. There ore numerous thrilling scene* one being ft hors® race at the fashionable Jamaica, L. I , course. At the Isis nil week. -j- -|- -J. THIRD WEEK OF “OATS” MOVIE. Yesterday marked tho beginning of the third week of the movie, "Nome Wild Oats.' It Is announced for this week ttmt Dr. James Burry will lecture on the subjects shown ln the movie nt each performance. This picture deals with the social evil. Mixed audiences are not permitted as certain performances are given for men nnd others for women. This movie started two weeks ago at the Broadway and moved yesterday to

MONEY CAN NOT BUY THE HEART OF MAY

May McAvoy In a Scene from “Everything for Sale.”

At Mister Smith’s this week. May MeAvoy is being starred in “Everything for Sale," in which she has the assistance of Eddie Sutherland, Edwin Stevens, Kathlyn Williams, Richard Tucker and others. She is cast as a young girl of careful

! the Keystone, where it will be on view I all week. -i- -|- -I----AT TIIE COLONIAL, i The feature offering at the Colonial I his week is the latest Eugene O'Brien : movie called "Clay Dollars." The movie Jis based upon a story by Lewis Alien | Browne. Most of the. scenes are placed |!n a small country town. O'Brien has the rois of a chap, who after making a ; failure at coin gathering in a large city, returns to hi* small town to claim his heritage. He is heir only to some swamp lands and the remainder of th# movie , concerns the efforts to O'Brien to obtain his Just inheritance because he has been cheated. -I- -i- -I----AT THE REGENT. Harry Carey ln "Desperate Trails," r IV.s*ern movie, Is the chief offering at the Regent this wvek. "Desperate Trails" Is s movie version of a magazine story by Courtney Cooper. Irene Rich and Barbara LaMar, both well known screen people, are also in the cast. -i- -i- -I----OX Tins STAGE. The following offerings are on view at the local theaters: "Dummies" et It. F. Keith’s; "Different” at the I-yrlc; "The French Frolic#'' at the Park, and vaudeville st the Rialto. COXCERXING •FOI II HORSE MEW At last "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” a movie adapted from the novel by Vlecnte Blasco Ibnnes, opened an engagement yesterday evening at the Murat Theater for one week only. This mi vie is s superior film and is characterized by superior direction, marvelous acting and excellent photography. ~,.,t . > “The Four Horse- > - men" is a picture o '™"'v in which the mov- \ ; \ ing elements of the . " - ■ v. -r ' +<&&&? f-re as th* back-jk*3%-'Tvfs ground for the ' . ' * ” I®;, author It Is much better than - ,'Sw' the average war : • movie because the * - * , Influence of war ■A react* directly up r % . f * i. ’■ cn th ’* rh1 * f rhnr ' ” -pi \ \ actors of the story 1 j " ' j The horsemen of -'■cj&v f the story are the nW* ‘,’J four agents of the . ".vj) former Kaiser— Conquest. W ar . Rudolph Valentino. Famine and Death. The lust half of the movie is devoted to the influence of these four horsemen upon th# world The personal attitude of the patron of the Murat this week toward war movies will determine to a great extent the amount of satisfaction one will n -elve in seeing this movie. This we can all ngree to—" The Four Horsemen" If a superior movie of compelling fore* to make ail admit that It is one of the most powerful arguments against war ever filmed I am going to rely upon the printed ■ tory of this movie which is contained la tho program, which Is as follows; "The father of Julio Deßiioyer# is Marcelo De-noyors, a Frenchman, but his grandfather, old Madariaga, the Centaur, Is a Spaniard, and so, indeed, must Julio be Spanish, with tlva reckless daring of the Argentina, nnd the hot blood of his forefathers from the Pyrenees. It is In Buenoa Aires that Julio learn* the vices that the old Centaur learned before him, and when Madariaga, true to his creed, dies in the open, with hi* boots on. and his great estate 1* divided between his two daughters, with their French and German husbands, respectively, and the families leave tho Argentine pampas to begin anew life In Europe, Julio takes with him a legacy or artistic wllfulnes*, which find* expression in the life of the studio and the sensuous enjoyment of the imported Tango, which has taken Puri* by storm, it is inevitable that he shall meet Marguerite and that they shall lovo, for, like Julio, Marguerite Is young and Impressionable. Moreover. Marguerite lias been forced Into an unwilling engagement, and doe* not love the austere l.aurter, and so tho love-making goes on apace, until the inevitable tragedy of discovery, which In turn Is dwarfed by the black tide of the World War, lu which, at last, all the character® are engulfed. "Karl Von Hartrott and his Spanish wife, with their characteristically Teutonic trio of sons, hare settled ln Germany, where the boys absorb Prussian kulturo nnd ultimately becomo parts of the kaiser’s war machine. Marcelo Desnoyers.'wlth unlimited resource# to sat-: lsfv his craving for antique art, purchases n caslle on the Marne overlooking VUlublanche, and furnishes it with regal j magnificence. Aud it Is there, at his

training, who is brought up to understand that her chief object lu life Is to marry a wealthy man. Such a marriage of convenience is arranged, but May decides that her heart is not for sale when she does not love tho prospective purchaser.

old castle, that Marcelo Desnoyers gets his first breath of the war beast, and goes through experiences with the German invaders of France that subsequently cause him to declare: 'I have been in hel! 1’ Ho sees the village destroyed I and look* with unutterable anguish upon i th® shelling of th® castle. I "To Julio there ha* come Tchernoff, I the prophet, who visualizes for him tho ; four horsemen of St. John —Conquest, j War, Famine or Pestilence, and Death on j the Palo Horse. Marguerite has an- | swered the call of patriot'.sm, and as a j Red Cross nurse encounter* Laurier, who has gone to the front and g ! ven his eyes for I-a Pa trie! It la duty, then, and renunciation while Julio enlists to fight for his father's France, and to forget. If h may, his grande passion for Marguerite. And at the front, in No Man a Land, as Vicente Blasco Ibanez wrote it and us Rex Ingram screened It ln 'The j Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,’ he I meets one of his enemy cousins and they i are killed by a bursting shell." | Opinion—lntereat will center to a large extent upon th® work of Rudolph [Valentino as Jnllo and to my standard* | of movie criticism. I have never *een a ! better drawn charaetf rlzation than that accomplished hy Valentino. His tango dancing is really wonderful. Tho work of Pomeroy Cannon as Madariaga is a gem of convincing acting. Tha cast baa been carefully selected for tho right person for certain tyrea. The direction is specially fine and so is the photography. This picture is on# that lives up to its roputation cf success in other cities. "The Four Horsemen" remains on view all week at the Murat with two shows dally.—W. I). H. BANKERS FEEL GLOOMY DOWN IN OKLAHOMA (Continued From Page One.) plaints. They are getting fat. They give three cheers for Victor Berger of Milwaukee and other places VIC BERGER PLAYS PART IX LABOR CIRCLES. Berger played a psrt in labor cir lea here and launched a labor paper. It is a!d to be withering now. but the union labor scale of from ?1 to $i ”o an hour for men in the building trade s still atand*. The onions have been In full control locally They still dominate. Some effort has been made to bring about a reduction of wage*, but the unions nr® stubborn and construction in the busl ness district seems hopeless. Meanwhile a wholly different labor story come# from other sections of thi State. Report* from Ardmore are that ext aordinary efficiency Is obtained la a rubber tire plant there ln which seventy five men are working on a piece basis Bcpllpa. Tulsa and various other centers have a steady stream of men applying for work at any wage sufficient to carry them through the winter. Stagnation In the oil territory together wiih the drift of harvest hands back from the grain, fruit nnd cotton lands accounts for a goodly part of this labor surplua. ODD THING ABOI T OKLAHOMA CITY. On® of tlie odd things about Oklahoma City is that it is closed shop so far as business structures are concerned, but open shop as to dwellings. Th! hns produced some queer r*-snlts. Today, for example, there are 325 homes being built. Hermits for dwellings average nearly $71)0,000 a month. All but 5 per cent of the structures built in Oklahoma City In a year cost sl2.C*X> or less. Union labor leaders Justify the open shop as to dwellings and the closed shop as to buslnes* structures on this basis: “The house is where the family lives: the business building Is where the capital Ist has his headquarters. The small house job can be union or non-union. It doesn't matter. But the big job—that m‘ußt be union. That sets the wage scale* establishes working conditions, controls th® labor market. The big interests arc trying to freeze us out, starve us out 1n Oklahoma City, but they can't do it. We're stronger today than ever before.” TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS. Transportation rates is a live subject of discussion ln Oklahoma. Outside of the two great packing establishments (and they are big ones) there is not a large Industrial establishment ln the sense "large” Is used generally. There are four oil refineries, but only one or two are operating to any extent. Tho metal industries are small—some foundries, structural steel concerns, wood making plants and good variety of other establishments. The big business of the city Is In merchandise dlstribp tlon, to a fair degree, distribution of some heavy commodities. When business men are making little money they are prone perhaps to he more captious and complaining. That may explain the whole-souled manner in which they express their opinion regarding

rates on lumber, coal, cotton, steel, gen- | era! merchandise everything. ; FREIGHT RATES HALT CONSTRUCTION. Steel men say nothing will stimulate busines more than a reasonable transportation rate on steel. Then they tell you how much it costs to lay steel down in Oklahoma and how much of the amount 1 Is absorbed in transportation. Next the lumber men wBl tell'you the construction industry ia America is hamstrung by high railroad rates. The railroad, he will declare, gets more out of lumber than ail the peojde who cut the trees, moved them to mill, manufactured them Into sizes and put them on tha cars for transportation. Then the coiton man, the cotton sead man, and all the others chime la. One genileman of Oklahoma City said every branch of business bad to move on a hand to mouth basis by reason not only of the high railroad rates, but the doubt about their maintenance. If freight rates were adjusted, he declared, he would place an order at once for 5,090 tona of steel for immediate delivery. I Even the steel mil! people, he added, informed their customers 'we cannot reoomeud that you buy for stock. We don’t know what railroad rates are going to be. PREVALENCE OF UNCERTAINTY. , Anything, this gentleman said, is better than uncertainty. A business man j couid proceed intelligently if he knew conditions, but this railroad matter had beI come a national bugaboo. Every lntellt- ■ gent person knew railroad rates were ! too righ nnd had to come down. IVith all due respect to the railroads they were not a privileged institution. He believed lower rates would greatly increase thel* net revenue. Lower rates had to come and the lunger they were delayed the longer the sound adjustment of business would be halted Railroad men in this territory say tha railroad rates matter is for the Interstate 1 Commerce Commission, not the railroads, to determine. Meanwhile they point to the improvements they have inaugurated in freight handling and the economic# introduced. They have what practically i# regular '•sailings'’ and have established regularity of service that is highly appreciated. There has been better loading, more of cooperation anl more of, achedule to the railroading situation than heretofore. Freight trade is off decidedly, but passenger traffic is nearly as ; heavy as last year. Hotel men report they are off 23 per cent la patronage. You wouldn't belie to it If you tad th? difficulty some travelers experience ln getting quarters. Traction men In Oklahoma say laterurban traffic is off 4 to 5 per cent from last year. Higher fares, however, his made the net 10 to 15 per cent better. There ia more population and less riding. This they ascribe to shortage of money among the masses. Amusement parks suffer particularly. They are off 25 per cent in patronage from last year. Department store trade Is excellent Building and loan people say Oklahoman* are wonders. On® secretary said his company had put out $700,000 la 3.04S loaas and there were only seven foreclotures aggregatl g $25,000. —Copyright, 1021. by Public Ledger Company. WALLICK RITES ON WEDNESDAY Veteran Telegraph Chief Dead at Advanced Age. The funeral of John F. Wallick, 91, one time superintendent of the Western t'nloa Telegraph Company In Indianapolis, who died last nighr. will be held at the Second Presbyterian ChurA Wednesday afternoon. Burial will be ln Crown Hill , Cemetery. Mr. Wallick died at hit home, 94(J North Meridian stree-, after a severe illnes* of several weeks. He was bom in Pennsylvania ar.d remained la that State until he was IP when he went to Ohio to work ln the postoiSce at Wooster. In IS-51 he entered the employ of th# Wad® Telegraph Company of Wooster and a year later came to Indianapolis with the same concern. This company i was merged with the Ohio. Indiana and IHincd* Telegraph Company and later became the Western Fn’on. Sir. Wallick was manager o' the Western Union and later superintendent. P-veu children survive: Martin Henry Wallick. Mrs. John A. Butler and Frederick Wallick of Indianapolis; Mrs. Winifred Dean Loudon of Scarsdale. N. Y.; Mr*. Fred L Tone of Marysville, Mich.) John Glenn Wallick of Pea Moines, and Ekln Wallick of New York. Normal Xotes DANVILLE. Ir.d.. Oct. SL—Friday. Nov. 4, hns been set aside as a holiday, that the student body may be In Indianapolis on Foeh day. President Rigdon's new book, "The English Santen-e, A Grammar Text Book for Schools and Colleges," has recently been issued by The Indiana Publishing Company. Tbs Ciceronian Society has elected the following officers: President, Carl Wilson; vice president. C. B. Tapscott; secretary and treasurer, Charles Emery, Officers of the Pel Chi Omega aro; President, Unity Thomas : vice president, Ellice Presnall; secretary, Ruth Patterson : treasurer, Jessie Arnold. The Sagerlals Society elected the followings President. Mrs. Charles Dooklns; secretary, and treasurer, Alice Bird. School will be closed for Thanksgiving. NEGRO SHOOTS IllS SPOUSE. LAURA HARRIS. 22, Degress. 730 South Caiptol avenue, is ln a critical condition at the city hospital today ns aresult of a bullet wound. The police are searching for her husband. Joe Harris, negro, whoso home is in East St. Louis. Th® shooting occurred at the South Capitol avenue address yesterday. The Harris woman had lived there four days and when she refused to return to h?r husband he shot at her five times, the ) o’ica were told. One bullet hit her in the abdomen. SEEKS FAY FOR CHIMNEY. RERUN, Oct. 31. —Tne owner of a factory whose chimney was wrecked by a balloon hitting it hns sued the owners of the balloon for damages. Four passengers of the balloon were killed by the collision.

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