Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 203, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1924 — Page 3

MONDAY, -JAN. 7,1924

FOUR DIE UNDERTUMBLING ILLS Fire Sweeps Business Section of Rushville, 111. By t'nitea Press RUSHVILLE, 111., Jan. 7.—Fire swept the business district Sunday, taking a toll of four dead and three injured. The dead: Elmo Burns, 16. Raymond Briggs. 22. Maurice McFesters. 28. John Stever, 22. The injured: George Purcell, Marion Harris and Vernon Unger. Falling walls lulled the four. Seven business establishments were destroyed. RELIEF BOARD PROPOSED County Clerk Losche- Announces Plan to Care for Insane. Special board at Marion county jail for care of the insane was proposed by Albert J. Losche. county clerk, following receipt of a letter from City Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth, describing conditions at the jail. Persons declared insane often are held for a long time before they can be transferred to institutions. Losche said. Insane persons are placed in cells with other prisoners, and no special attention given them, he said. Commitment papers have been issued for all insane persons in the jail, Losche said. It will be necessary to wait until there Is an opening In one of the institutions, before they can be moved. ISLAND PLIGHT DEPLORED Former Postmaster in Virgin Group Explains Economic Conditions. Conditions in the Virgin Islands are according to Albert L. Lockwood, new immigration Inspector for Indiana. Lockwood was postmaster of the Islands last year. "Most of the Island inhabitants are of negro extraction,” he said. “Lack of employment has forced thousands o emigrate. More than 10.000 of them now- are in New Vork." Cornelius Richardson, colored attorney, Richmond, was conferring Suncay with Lockwood. He is vice chairnan of a Government commission which will investigate economic coneitions in the islands.

FLOWER SHOW TUESDAY State Exhibits to Be Displayed at Public LibraryThe third annual Stare Plower I Show, under auspices of the Indiana I State Florists' Association, will be 1 held at the public library Tuesday and j Wednesday. Certificates of merit will be given to exhibits of Indiana flowers to.be arranged on the stairways and balconies. Edward Larsen is chairman of the committee on arrangements. Other members: Charles E. Pahud and Edward C. Grande. OLD DANCES ON PROGRAM lliiadriUes to Be Feature of Ball of Woodmen Booster Club. The Modem Woodmen Booster Club will give a dance and card party Wednesday evening at the Denison, with music by Hornberger's novelty entertainers. The committee in charge announces '.hat quadrilles, waltzes and circle wo-steps will be on the program. DIVORCE FEES SCARCE Judge Says Delinquencies in Court Payments Are in Domestic Cases. More fees are due Marion County from divorce cases than from any other kind and probably as many as from all other cases combine, is the opinion of Judge T. J. Moll of Superior Court. Room 6. Payment of fees by the six county i-ourts would net $7,600, Judge Moll ■‘aid. Burglar Makes Second Visit Police are searching today for the man who obtained five hats valued at $47 in two visits Saturday to the Mauer-Stutdart Hat Shop, 835 N. Illinois St. Grace Stutdart, one of the operators of the shop, said that while she was in the back of the store in the afternoon a man entered and grabbed three hats, and repeated his performance in the evening, according to police.

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Brave Director Filmed ‘Black Oxen’; Will Rogers Goes in for Smart Fun

By WALTER D. HICKMAN ! EILMING of Gertrude Atherton's ‘‘Black Oxen” was looked upon as an important event in Filmland Frank Lloyd, the director, faced the serious problem of screening the \ story just as the author wrote it, with its unroTli"- •<u<! ii. g Igy** *63 ! i■'. I-.' well rus ’ , " ttie theater going Kg* public. is well versed upon the theme of "Black k* H Oxen." Asa book f it has been a If. "best .seller" for fljt * ' months, and if i tm am not all wrong R- it is going to be Bat' as popular on the screen, ‘ beCORINNE cause the director GRIFFITH has been wise enough to follow the story- as written by Gertrude Atherton. When I entered the Circle yesterday I did not know what to expect. but sdon I realized that a highly interesting photoplay had been made from the story-. The characters as Atherton drew them in her ocok have been transferred to the screen. But the test of bringing “Black Oxen" to the screen was not getting around the cause or the operation which made a woman of 60 as youthful and as pretty- as a woman of 25 or 30 but rather the problem rested upon the ending. I believe that most people really like the “happy ending.” but Gertrude Atherton does not give you the happy finale. The director stuck to that phase of the story’, but he slips in a few feet of film which give one the Impression that Claveriftg Is going tc marry the terrible flapper. It seems that the director had to slip In a ray of sunshine somewhere, since the author would not permit Clavering and Mary Zattiany to marry. In my years of reviewing films I have seen many books and stories turned Into movies, but the best job ever has been done in placing “Black Oxen” on the screen. The direction is masterful, the cast, headed by Corinne Griffith. Conway Tearle and Clara Bow (the flapper). Is wonderful and the photography and the sets could not be improved upon. “Black Oxen" belongs to the better class of photoplays because the i director has tried’ to film a story just as the author wrote it. Mighty tine judgment and I can excuse the liberty he took at the very end of the story. Thi* happy ending is a terrible curse, you know. I hope some day- that movie directors will be allowed to give us logical endings, although the finale is wrapped in crepe.

I have only praise for the work of Miss Griffith and Tearle. Both have tried and succeeded in drawing characters as the author intended. The work of Miss Bow as the young flapper is of such high order that she has made herself famous in this picture, j My advice to you is to see “Black j Oxen” at the Circle this week. We expect more than good music I at the Circle. We expect and receive perfect music' For that reason. Axel Christensen, a pianist, is present this week. He plays the classics ard then he “rags" these numbers. He Is a great showman as well as a splendid pianist. His method of presenting Riley’s ‘ An Old Sweetheart of Mine is really beautiful. He received a real ovation when I was present. The bill includes orchestra music and a news weekly. A whale of a great show at the Circle this week. DEO PEPPER WILL HEAT AWAY PAINS OF RHEUMATISM Red Pepper Rub takes the “ouch” from sore, stiff, aching joints. It cannot hurt you, and it certainly stops that old rheumatism torture at once. When you are suffering so you can hardly get around, just try Red Pep per Rub and you will have the quickest relief known. Nothing has such concentrated, penetrating hea{ as red peppers. Just as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you will feel the tingling heat. In three minutes it warms the sore spot through and through. Pain and soreness are gone. Ask any good druggist for a jar of Rowles Red Pepner Rub. Be sure to get the genuine, with the name Rowles on each package.—Advertisement.

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In Which Will Rogers Goes in for Some Merry Burlesque We have had the intimate stage revue for some time. Why- can’t we have the intimate movie? Will Rogers must have asked himself that question and after answering it in the affirmative he made “Uncensored Movies.” Here is a successful attempt to bring the intimate or personal burlesque touch to the screen. Rogers is a droll comedian. Much of his comedy is satire or burlesque. In this short little movie affair he has turned out a smart intimate movie burlesque. Will Is cast as a member of the Cleaner Screen League, who is dispatched to Hollywood to dig out all the “dirt.” He returns to the league and shows them a movie which is supposed to show up the secrets of the film colony-. In this "expose,” Will is seen is Tom Mix. Will S. Hart, Valentino and some others. AVe learn from Will that Bill Hart gets the heartache when he fires at a man and misses. We also discover that the famous Will Rogers is accused of appearing in movies which have no sex appeal. So to correct tfiat. Will appears In a movie to please the ladies. In this movie, AVill is seen clad only In his night gown. He then jumps into bed and the movie is over. I found “Uncensored Movies” at the Apollo to be really smart fun. The bill also includes a regulation William Fox melodrama, “The Temple of Venus.” As usual it is a mixture cf about everything, ranging from bathing girls to seals. Personally. I am not fond of this brand of entertainment. Be your own judge. At the Apollo all week. J- -I- -I* “The Acquittal,” a Highly Dramatic Film, Is at the Ohio Sherlock Holmes himself might well have been forced to admit that he could not solve the mystery of who killed Andrew Prentice, had he been assigned to the case. Even after the trial, the mystery- in “The Acquittal” is as Impenetrable as it was before. In some ways the plot Is more remark--1 able "than that of r - at -” Mary jFlisiMpjijfflpfc’wSi Roberts Itinehart’s thriller. w The method of • J hurdling the uc- ‘ .J ''' ■ f ' the 1’ is ■‘4 *4aji|jßpKsPSS ’ * h the testimony of witnesses in the CLAIRE trial of Kenneth WINDSOR Wlnthrop, played ' by Richard Travers, accused of Prentice's murder. Unfolding of the whol eplot, save the denouement, is manager, apparently.

“An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure ” EFFECTIVE FIFE FIGHTING is based upon an efficient Fire Department and a dependable WATER SUPPLY. Indianapolis has both. A WISE POLICY has provided our City with thoroughly modern fire fighting apparatus, and our Fire Department ranks second to none. 4,325 public fire hydrants, connected with m%ins of ample size, stand as silent sentinels protecting life and property against destruction by fire. PREVENTING A FIRE is, however, far better than putting it out, even with the best fire fighting equipment in the country. . " 65% OF THE FIRES in America are in dwellings, and 80% of these fires originate from easily preventable causes. 50 ALARMS OF FIRE were responded to by the Indianapolis Fire Department on New Year’s Day, 41 of which were for fires caused by sparks falling on wooden shingle roofs. CHIEF JOHN J. O’BRIEN, after thirty years’ experience in fighting fires, says that the 50,000 wooden shingle roofs, still remaining in the city, constitute our worst fixe hazard. 10,000 WOODEN SHINGLE ROOFS have been replaced with fire retardant roofs since May, 1921, and during 1923 we had 500 less roof fires than during the year 1922. ' FIRE PREVENTION is simply good housekeeping, and Indianapolis has made a long stride in removing the causes of fire. Not a single one of the 50 fires on New Year’s Day was due to rubbish or neglected and littered premises. CAPTAIN W. J. CURRAN of the Salvage Corps says that the basements in the downtown districts are cleaner than at any previous time. v CAREFUL HABITS on the part of ALL Indianapolis citizens will further reduce our fire losses by more than One Million Dollars Annually. I Indianapolis Water Company

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through the skillful manipulation of witnesses by a shrewd district attorney intent upon winning his case. The apparent pitfalls lurking In such a method of presentation have been avoided 1 carefully. It easily could have been mediocre: it Is brilliant. Norman Kerry has a difficult role to account for in the person of Robert Armstrong, foster-son of the murdered man. Perhaps u though It 1b not noticed, he experienced some difficulty in not over playing the role. The part is not one in which tjie character is “popular” with the audience throughout the* picture; It requires ability to overcome this disadvantage. Excellent work also is done by Qiare Windsor as Madeline Winthrop, whom both foster-brothers love; by Barbara Bedford, the “other woman,” and by Richard Travers as Kenneth Win throp, accused of the murder. Even the minor characterizations are well-acted. Comedy inserted in the trial by introduction of the scrubwoman of the Prentice home is well done and does much to lighten the court scene. / The cyc'on© in A1 St. John’s comedy is sure-fire fun, but is not slow, as the title, “Slow and Sure.” would indicate. It is so overdrawn that it is screamingly funny.*- You will burst at the picture of a man whirling about above a church steeple,as the grotesque tail of a weathervane that cannot make up Its mind where the darned wind Is coming from anyway. The only apparent support for the gentleman in question is one hand

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holding frantically to the tail of the bewildered weathervane. At the Ohio all week. (By Observer) -I- -I- -iNOW WE KNOW WHAT A ‘COW VALET IS Hoot Gibson starts out with the best of intention of being a "cow i valet” In "Hook and Ladder,” but is . forced to don a flro helmet to escape ; a policeman. The play sparkles with bits ol comedy, and is seldom seriously inclined, except at the climax, where, of course. Hoot rescues the fire cap tain’s daughter and marries her. The situation of Hoot working | almost shoulder to shoulder with the j cop, who was chasing him, in putting j out a fire is laughable. “Hook and Ladder” is enjoyable en I tertalnment. The comedy, “Down to the Ship to I See,” is good comedy of the variety | in which half the cast chases pellmell after the other half. ' At the Isis the first half of the week. Beginning Thursday, the feature picture will be “Crooked Alley," from one of the "Boston Blackie” stories. (By Observer.) -I- ‘I- -IMister Smilh's Presents Glyn’s “Six Days”. Film Mister Smith’s this week is presenting “Six Days,” said to be based upon an original story by Elinor Glyn Corinne Griffith is the featured mein ber of the cast. When I first reviewed this film I found that it had more brains and good theater in it than most of the Glyn stuff. It Is good theater. The bill includes a comedy. “Treas ure Island.” -M* -I--IJneoln Square Features Beach’s "The Spoilers” The movie feature at the Lincoln

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