Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1924 — Page 3
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924
SITU BOOSTERS CLAIM STOCK IS CLIMBING FAST Farmers Skeptical of New Yorker's Nomb nation. By Cnitrd Frets % SMITH HEADQUARTHRS. NEW YORK, June 24.—When the national Democratic convention opens here today, William G. McAdoo will be away out in the lead, with Governor Alfred E. Smith a poor second, on the face of available information* Smith has behind him only the solid delegation of New York —his own State. But sections of New England, according to the Smith claims, will line up with the Empire State and on the first hallo,. Smith will poll “nearly 200 votes," his pre-convention managers claimed. More Help wAs nearly as can be figured SmifT? will receive the following votes on the second ballot: New York. 90; Massachusetts, 35' Pennsylvania. 36; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 10; Illinois, 38; M isconein, 3. The table shows very clearly, the Governor will have the support of industrial States and large centers of population. This situation is working against him. delegates from the agricultural States declaring tha* if Smith is elected the rural life of the country will not receive the attention is should from him. Still Confident The air of confidence at the Smith headquarters is increasing hourly. Early today it was claimed that Smith is gaining western delegates and that eventually most of them will be for him. So confident are the New York Staters of winning that they are not thinking of second choices—at least if they are they won’t admit it. The Governor will not attend any sessions of th convention, he said today, but he will keep in touch with the situation either from his headquarters or from his hotel suite. Filling Station Robbed By Time* Snrt’nl MARION. Ind.. June 24.—County authorites today joined police in seeking four bandits, who robbed a filling station of Sl5O, after blowingthe door off the safe. Patrolman William Miller surprised the men as they tried to rob a grocery store in the same neighborhood and fired at them. The men escaped.
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Deaf Woman and Blind Man Solve Mystery; Eddy Waller Uses Cohan’s Method in Comedy
By WALTER D. HICKMAN | ■ DEAF woman saw- a man I and a woman quarrel. I They then moved out of her sight. The man returned fatally shot. The woman returns and stands over the man's body as she h4lds a revolver. Several hours later, in the Grand Central Station in New York, a blind man heard a woman confess the murder of the man. This forms the background for the plot of “A Voice in the Dark," which is being presented for the first time in this city by the Murat Players this week. The author, Ralph V. Dvar, has written a clever murder mystery | from a technical standpoint. The I stage flashback has been I used to solve the mystery surrounding the murder of Hugh Sainsbury. In the proluogue you look upon the corpse of the murdered man in the, coroner’s office. You hear a deaf woman telling what she saw. but did not hear, prior to and just after fatal shooting. This is done by the use of the flashback. In this scene the characters do not speak. In the second act a girl, unjustly accused of the crime, tells her version of the shooting. She did not see the shot fired. In the third act. a blind news dealer in a New York depot tells what he he ird said between a mar and a woman at the station relative to the crime. In this scene you hear the characters speak, but do not see them. "A Voice in the Dark" is clever melodrama. It will hold your interest and will really get you all excited before the mystery is solved j As usual, I refuse to tell the j solution of this murder myrteiy as it will spoil lot of fun for >ou. This j play has been carefully mounted | ind di’-ecte.i by Melville Burke. It ; is quite some little job to stage this show as it is in a prologue and three ; acts with three scenes ti each act. | There are two really marvelousj pieces of character -work in this i play. Topping ill of them -his j week is Jessamine Neweoml e as • Mrs. Maria L.vdiard, the deaf woman Next tc her was !he| realistic work of Tom Williams as | Joe (.Tampon, the blind man who j never forgot a voice that he has j heard. Here are two examples of ; satisfying acting that will compare j favorably with any on the stage to-: day it: this class of work. Dana Desboro has a splendid j emotional scene at the close of the j show. More splendid work. Genevieve Frizz*. I as Madge Uonroy. a! tough but shrewd w naan-of thi half world, contribufes her share of satis factory work. The cast is as follows: PROLOGDE Mrs. Maria Lydiard. . Jessamine Neweombe j Rufe Billings Du , an Pen warden Tip Wilkins Tom Williams Amelia Ellingham Dana Desboro Harlan Day Harold Vernuiye Mange Conroy Genevieve Frtzzel Hugh Sainsbury. Claude Kimball PI.AT s am Cloyd Richard Thornton Robert Parrell Elliot Cabot Harlan Day. Harold Vermtlye Tom Hemingway W. F. Watts Ari‘-le Warren. ... Genevieve Addleman Blanche Warren Julia Cobb Mrs Maria I.ydiaid. Jessamine Neweombe Amelia Eilingham Dana Desbbro H -gh Sainsbury Claude Kimball Madge Conroy Genevieve Frizzej John Malone ". . . .Dunean P>nwnr,l r n Jo“ Crampton Tom Wili ams Here is a mystery play presented with as much care, both as to settings and acting, as I would expect of a touring road company at two and a half times the prile that the Murat Players are charging. If you are looking for an enjoyable evening then do not dare to fass up “A Voice in the Dark.” At the Murat all week.
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BILLY FAY. Iq the cast of "Abie’s Irish Rose,” at the Capitol, Billy Fay plays the role of Patrick Murphy, who discovers that his daughter has married a young Jewish boy. A good comedey part well acted. WALLER I'SES (OMAN'S TOlfli IN ‘BROADWAY JONES' George Cohan has been known for years as the man who puts pep of his own brand in his khows. "Broadway Jones" is a Cohan show The Cohan touch is there, and it must not be removed if this play is to lx; entertaining This week at English’s Eddy Waller as Broadway Jones uses the Cohan touch to advantage. Wniler breezes through this comedy a good deal like Cohan did. This show is a speed play. It has to move rapidly. and yet the comedy situations must be planted solidly to go? laughs. Waller is on the stage most of the t.nif and he gives a corking good performance. Miss Jean Oliver hasn't so much to do this week hut to look sweet and business-like at the same time. Next to Waller is Idabelle Arnold as the small town girl who just loves orange ice cream sodas. Clara Spotswood. the character acted hv Miss Arnold, would be called a small town flapper these days. She giggles and vamps at the same time La* ry Sullivan. as a small town "wise dumbbell.” at- times comes dangerously near walking away with the coot dv honors The part Is a "fat” one and Sulllv; n certainly puts it over. Again we have a chance to admire the ex -client character work of Her bert Dobbins as Judge Spotswoo I. Here is a man who is a careful artist. One of the best character men I have ever encountered in stock. Mary Mill, as a sweet mother role, who "spikes" the lemonade she makes for her guests. Robert Fay and Alexander Campbell also give splendid performances. At this late hour of the life of "Broadway Jones.” it is not neves- [ sary to discuss the play. 1 have al- ! ways liked this small town hokum show because it is Cohan. It seems to me that Cohan has given us a too conventional ending. But “Broadway Jones" is mighty good hot weather entertainment. Y<>u will enjoy the Berkell Players in it at English’s this week.
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RAYMOND FAGAN HAS GOOD ORCHESTRA AT LYRIC At the Lyric this week is the best bill seen in this house for some time. Five of the seven aets presented belong in the very best company. Heading the bill is Raymond Fagan’s orchestra. This is a real jazz organization that knows how to play music and how to present a vaudeville act. Their opening is a great novelty number and they follow it with more novelties, a couple of good solos, some comedy and a lot of real jazz music. Fagan is a first-class leader, has personality enough to get a lot of laughs without sacrificing the dignity of his posy ion. And he knows how and when to quit. The best orchestra I jtave ever seen in the Lyric. Big George is a Siberian bear of monstrous proportions. He does several “dance numbers” including a hula dance that is a scream. He also wrestles and proves himself a capable comedian. There are two first-class comedy teams on the bill. The man in the act of Rogers and Donnelly uses a trick tie, a trick fiddle, a little tin whistle and a funny pair of feet to make the audience roar. White and Britton dispense wise remarks and then indulge in acrobatics and pccordian playing by way of diversion. The hill is opened by Rasso, one of the best jugglers I have seen Grazer and IxtWlor would not have a bad act if they would stick to their trade —dancing. But they try to sing and talk and know how to do neither. Currier and McWilliams go in for antiques in the way of material. Both their comedy and their song nun] hers are so ancient as to have lost their entertainment v™ues. A girl planted in the audience helps the act some. Movies of the short type complete the bill. At the Lyric all week. (By Observer.) -!- -I- -I\l DIEM E PICKS FAVORITES ON NEW RILL AT PA LAC E Am going to let the audience pick i the winners on the new bill at ftie Pa lace. That is. I am going to attempt to report how the.audience received the various acts. Judging by the applause accorded (volume) the winners are Kranz and White, two men who sing They in dulge in melody and polish it up
with some individual comedy. They have a sort of a breezy and cheerful way ni develop in>: their comedy which received the applause of the au dience when I was present yesterday The Stuart Girls. two sisters appear as two infants terrible who sing about their ill t r e a t m e n t at hone and how their elders do not understand them They
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decide that this affair was nearlrv hopeless. Anderson and Yvell open the show with a roller skating offering in which dancing is featured. DeWltt. Burns and Torrence close the show with a combination acrobatic and novelty turn. The movie feature Is Katherin MacDonald in “Chastity." At the Palace today and Wednesday. ‘‘‘ARIF” STARTS THIRD MEEK \T THE CAPITOL Anne Nichols' "Abies Irish Rose” is now in its third \\'-ek of a run at the Capitol. "Abie” will he at the Capitol for | some time, as I understand it, and; has not had a losing week here as i yet. The more I study this gigantic : money maker of the theater, thmore impressed am I with my first verdict - it is on*- of the greatest fun j shows ever produced. The success of "Abie" in New York, Chicago and other citiej, is not an accident. The show is there forty \ ways You do not have to go to i Chicatjp or New York to see it. See 1 it in Indianapolis, where it is being presented by , satisfactory type cast At the Capitol all week. -X 1 '• + The movies on view today include; Baby Peggy in "The Darling 1 of New York." at the Apollo: "The Marriage Cheat." at the Circle; "Powder River,": at the Ohio; "Three Weeks," at the Lincoln j Square; "Broadway or Bust." at the Isis, and "Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model," at Mister Smith's. CIVIC CLUBS TO MEET Paul Dresser Memorial Leader to Speak Friday. Myron Green, executive secretary of the Paul Dresser Memorial Association, will he the principal speaker Friday night at the monthly outdoor j meeting of the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs at the home of William M. Swain. 2537 E. Riverside Dr. All civic organizations. whether affiliated with the federation or not, are invited. Sonia Gregress, said to he a Russian princess, will give a musical program. Junior Chamber Meets First and third Mondays of each month were established as regular meeting nights of Junior Chamber of Commerce, Monday night. Officers, elected several weeks / ago. were installed. Mayme English Lillotte gave a reading. Howard Haire of Atlanta, Ga„ attending Grotto convention, spoke. Husband Acts Quickly Earl Stump, 1458 Reisner St., knocked a bottle of poison out of the hands of his wife after a quarrel today, police said they were told. Mrs. Mary Stump suffered only sligt burns about the mouth.
Library Books New books of Action at the Public Library include: “Patricia’s Awakening,” by H. J. Barrettt; “House by the Road,” C. S. Dutton: "None So Blind,” A. P. Fitch: “Valley of Headstrong Men,” J. S. Fletcher' “Children of the Age,” Ivnut Hamsun: “Commandment of MoseSP* Stephen McKenna: “Jenr.j' the Joyous,” Mrs. C. (S.) Parker: “Atavar,” A. B. Reeve; “There Is a Tide,” J. C. Snaith; “Red Sand." T. S. Stribling; "Clubfoot the Avenger,” Valentine Williams. New children’s hoc’ include: “Judy,” Temple Bailey; “Pan the Piper and Marvelous Tales,” A. C. Chandler; “Come Hither,” W. J. De Mare; “The Torch Bearers,” B. G. Marshall; “Buff, a Collie, and Other Dog Stories,” A. P. Terhune. New books of religion, sociology, psychology, philosophy and economics include: "Catholic Church in Russia Today,” M. E. Almedingen; “World’s Living Religions,” R. E. Hume; "Conditions of National Success,” Hugh Taylor; “psychoanalysis and Aesthetics,” Charles Baudouin; "You Can Change It (Though you Won’t),” C. F. Lawson; “Immigration,” Edith Abbott; “Federal Reserve Notes,” H. C. Rawie.
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MOTORIST SHOT IN RACE Man Held at I/Ogan.s|x>rt—Says He Feared Hold-up. I Rjj f'nitetl Prtits I/XUNaSPORT. Ind.. June 24. 1 Herbert Pullen. 20, is in jail here today charged with shooting with intent to commit murder in connection with the * woundhpg of Richard Wood. 25. Wood was shot in (he back during an auto rare between the two. When Wood passed hint. Pullen said he shot, thinking Wood was trying to force him to stop to hold him up. J* Postmaster Threatened By limes Spn-inl EVANSVILLE. Ind., June 24 Postoffice inspectors today were investigating the robbery of the postoffice at Griffin, Ind., near here. Thieves disappointed at the small sum they found in the safe, warned tile postmaster by letter they would burn his store if he did not have more money on hand the next time they call.
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Weekly Book Review —— A Wife Recalls Living Spirit of the Man She Calls Husband
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