Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 127, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1924 — Page 7
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m WILL TOP NEW BILL AT B. F. KEITOJNDAY Renault to Be at Lyric and Sara Vernon at Palace, S' - ECOND week of the big time vaudeville season at Keith's i will feature Wellington Cross, a somebody of importance on both the legitimate and variety stage. Cross will be supported by Augustus Minton, Marion Trabue and George Fredericks. Cross will offer "Anything Might Happen,” a 6ne-act comedy by Edgar Selwyn. Other acts will include: WELLINGTON CROSS—A wellknown player, is one of the stellar attractions. With a suppQrting company, including Augustus Minton, Marion Trabue and George S. Fredericks, Mr. Cross will offer a cneact 'comedy by Edgar Selwyn called "Anything Might Happen.” MARY HAYNES—In "Exclusive Songs,” will offer a group of original numbers. She will be assisted the piano by Eddie Litchfield. I ELSIE PILGER AND DUDLEY r DOUGLAS —Are back on the Keirn circuit, after a fling into the legitimate. in which they produced and managed "Lilies of the Field.” This season they have added George Raft, a dancer, to their act, which they title a “Syncopated Repartee ” Songs, dances, music and gowns worn by Miss Pilcer feature the act. CARLETON EMMY AND ft IS MAD WAGS —Will be a special attraction for the kiddies. The mad wags are a group of Scotch terriers who offer a miniature show of there own, HANDERS AND MILLIS—A pair of eccentric comics. They include original comedy hits, hat juggling and dancing in their act. EVANGELINE AND KATHLEEN MURRAY—A duo of pretty misses who have new ideas for a singing and dancing act. . AL STRlKEß—Describes his act as “Positions Is Everything in Life.” His is a surprise act and, one out of the ordinary. THE WILSON AUBREY TRIO— Comedy gymnasts. They offer an exceedingly funny'burlesque on a wrestling match. The bill will Include the Pathe News, Topics and Fables. FEMALE IMPERSONATOR BOOKED AT LYRIC Francis Renault, an Internatibnal star of the vaudeville and musical stage, famed as "The Slave of Fashion,” comes to the Lyric next
SUNDAY AND ALL WEEK ' W I THEDUST^ OR CAN P'OiiA i\EUKI is at her fiery best in this drama UKO/tr* of a g i r j > s struggle for happiness against' heavy Organ Solo odds, and among all kinds of men. The woman’s A T R e side ot an evei T da y story—frank, heart-winning, L_ 1 .. unforgettable. Ben Lyon, Noah* Beery and other favorites in support. CHARLIE DAVIS OftCHF.STRA | Powers fy K fs tya&^G<xWhizqenevieve’fW£3ml
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week with a lavish assortment of beautiful costumes. Renault recently completed an engagement of six months at the Alhambra in Paris, and is parading an array of gowns made by Zanel of Paris, including a copy of Marie Antoinette's wedding gown, a marvelout creation costing a sizeable fortune in itself. A kimono which Renault wears will also evoke a chorus of "Oh’s” and "Ah’s” from the feminine portion of the audieijce. It Is covered with roses of gold nand efnbroldery. has a trail four yards long and Is lined with vivid red satin. Renault introduces a group of exclusive song hits. The bill will Include: JOHN KING AND DAVE IRVIN —Two of vaudeville’s blackface comedians in a brand new version of “Coontown Divorcons,” with Irwin as Alexander Shreveport Moore and King in the dual characterization of Mr. and Mrs. Salamander Blue, always quarrelling and seeking a divorce. JAZZMANIA REVUE—A pretentious syncopated sofig and dance production presented by a clever company of jazz specialists. DEVINE AND GOULD—Dispensing breezy humor in a typical variety skit called "Post Haste.” CORTELLI AND DOWN—Eccentric merrymakers who style themselves "Two Ambassadors From the Land of Mirth.” , WESTON’S MODELS —Introducing a series of art studies repro duced from the work of old masters
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and enhanced by colorful light effects. HAI YUNG TROUPE—Chinese acrobatic. marvels from the city of Pekin who perform a wonderful routine of gymnastic accomplishments. ON THE SCREEN —Sunshine comedy, “The Unreal News steel,” Kinograms and the fourth episode of the Jack Dempsey series, "Fight and Win.” * -I- -I- -ISONG WRITER DI E AT PALACE SUNDAY Egbert Van Alstyne, composer, heads the shjw at the Palace the first half of the week having as cofeatures Irene Berry and her "String quartette,” and Van and Vernon in a “Peach and a Stew," all special comedy acts. Bill Includes: EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE—- ! Popular composer’ whose past hits have been “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree,” "Old Pal.” "Memories.’’ land ."Afraid to Go Homo in the S Dark.” Clem Dacey and John Griffith sing some of the newest songs. IRENE BERRY Who has a I woman's string quarette that plays jazz from the violin, cello, and bass. ; Miss Berry is a well known maker of piano rolls. VAN AND VERNON Offer "Their Peach and a Stew.” TOWA AND D’HORTYS—Who with their puppy "Kid’’ are "Jugglers All." Acrobatic waltzing is one of their features. Bits of singing dancing, and
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No. I—Georgel—George Billings as Lincoln in “Abraham Lincoln” at the Circle all next week. No. 2—Douglas Fairbanks in a picturesque scene in "The Thief of Bagdad,” feature movie, at English’s, opening a limited engagement Sunday night. No. I —Hoot Gibson in baseball attire, in "Hit and Run” at the Isis the first half of the week. No. 4—Pola Negri in a special
comedy acting are contained in "Footlights Fantasies,” an act that should transport the audience into a fairyland of music the latter half of the week. Foster Ball, a character comedian, plays the role of an old Civil War veteran, who lives constantly in the past. In "Since the Days of til.” are also Billie Adagjg and Emmet Briscoe. The Countess Rosanaka, singing comedienne, has a mystery farce on her program as well as many songs. Frolicking about the stage in their difficult acrobatic feats the Lutes brothers are quite at home. On the screen are: "Missing Daughters" with Eva Nbvak, Claire Adams, Pauline Starke, Walter Long, and Roekcliffo Fellows, the first half and “Three Miles Out," with Madge Kennedy and Harrison Ford the last part of the week. The otlvr screen attractions are Pathe News, a comedy and an Aesop Fable. WHY REPUBLICAN COFFERS SWELL L Democrat Officer Delates $2 for^Campaign, You have to get up early andstay up late to beat the Republicans when it comes to raising campaign funds, an old timer at police headquarters remarked as he saw a Democratic cop coming out of the office of Oscar Queisser, secretary to Chief Herman F. Rikhoff. Queisser is collecting “contributions" for the Republican county campaign fund from officers. were handed all Republican cops advising them to see Queisser. One of the Democrats wondered why he didn’t get a notice and went to see Queisser, it is said. The officer said when he came out that Queisser said he didn’t have to contribute, being a Democrat, but it wouldn't be a bad Idea for him to donate voluntarily. The officer, it is said, thought it not a bad idea and now he's minus $2.
HAWKINS MOVE IS RULED OUT Intervening Petition in Bankruptcy Case Stopped, Motions to strike from the flies of the Federal Court the petition, filed by Morton S. Hawkins, charging Homer Elliott. United States district attorney, and over sixty other attorneys with "conspiracy* 1 to dissipate the assets of the Hawkins company, were sustained by Judge A. B. Anderson Friday. Hawkins’ petition was “scurrilous, scandalous, libelous, impertinent and irrelevant," the motions stated. The motions, filed by Solon J. Carter and Charles Martindale, Indianapolis attorneys named in the Hawkins petition, asking the order granted by Judge George W, English, bankruptcy proceedings against Hawkins, be vacated also was sustained. Hawkins, who defaulted bond of $7,500 in his criminal trial Wednesday, has not been found. MOTION PICTURES
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pose. She will be seen at the Ohio next week in “Lily of the Dust.” No. s—Madge Kennedy in “Three Miles Out,” opening Thursday at the Palace. No. 6 —Belie Daniels as one of the sinners in “Sinners in Heaven,” at the Apollo next week. No. 7 —Annette Kellerman In “Venus of the South Seas,” at Mister Smith’s all next week.
DIES SAYS IB ROLE IS ISSUE Winds Up Day's Tour in; State at Ft. Wayne. J By Timex Special FT. WAYNE. Ind.. Oct. 4.—The one Issue of the campaign is const! i tutional government against mob! rule. Charles G. Dawes, Republican! vice presidential nominee, declared here Friday night in winding up a! day’s speaking campaign in Indiana.] “We talk about the tariff and taxa-i tion and the League of Nations and other questions." Dawes said. "But there is a greater issue at stake than Jhese. It is whether we are going to* let our constitutional guarantees of personal liberty be by radicals who would tamper with the powers of the sourts.” * Throughout tfhe day, in half a dozen rear platform speeches. Dawes directed his attack at the independent presidential candidacy of Senator La Foilette. At every station on the way from Terre Haute to Ft. Wayne, large crowds gathered to hear Dawes. An entire city block was jammed with people at Lafayette waiting to heir him when he reached there. In hisj Terre Haute speech. Dawes mentioned Eugene V. Debs, who lives in Tetj;e Haute, and paid tribute to him for "having the courage to fight for the things he believed in”. \ Pure Breda Growing Washington has one pure bred .tire for every seven'' cows In the State. Nebraska baa one to every 225 cows.
TOMORROW NIGHT’S THE NIGHT THE WHOLE TOWN WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT MONDAY. INDIANAPOLIS CRAVES THE BEST—THIS IS POSITIVELY THE BEST. THE CRITICS ALL OVER THE WORLD ACCLAIM IT THE GREATEST ENTERTAINMENT OF THE MODERN STAGE OR SCREEN.
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Symphony Orchestra Car load of gorgeous oriental stage settings IS YOURS IF THE FOLLOWING CRITICISMS CLIPPED FROM THE CINCINNATI ipOjVW.W NEWSPAPERS OF RECENT DATE ARE —| NOT GENUINE: Dong’* "The Thief of Bagdad" 1* a picture "knockout.”} We went "The Thief of Bagdad" is n romantic miracle—Fairbanks has made v „ a masterpiece—difficult to compare it with other motion pictures, to the Grand to see Douglas Fairbank’s picturizatlon of the Arabian ANDRUE H. BERDING in The Times Star. Night tale, "The Thief of Bagdad,” and wllat a “pip” it is—Did we We are not prone to exaggeration. But "The Thief of Bagdad” , unauestionably is the greatest that Douglas Fairbanks lias made, like it , lou can Just bet your sweet life we liked it, and so did the j f there has'Vvee been a more entertaining picture, we have not seen capacity audience. CHARLES O’NEIL in The Post. it. WILLIAM SMETH GOLDEN BURG in The Enquirer. Watch the newspapers for what the Indianapolis critics have to say ICf-l’C TOMORROW THEREAFTER \ J IjllJl J. hj NIGHT , Mats.,2:ls; Nights, 8:15 reserve) PRIfFQ Nights, 50c, SI.IO and 51.65 now on sale * ivivDO Matinees, 50c, 83c and sl.lO in line, T 1 * *
ROBERT BRACKEN QUOTES FIGURES ON STATE DEBT Democratic State Auditor Challenges Jackson in Talk. By Timex Special UNIOI* CITY. Ind., Oct. 4 Robert Bracken, State auditor and Democratic candidate for re-election, 1 in a speech here Friday night challenged statements of Ed Jackson. Republican candidate for Governor, on the State debt. He cited figures] showing the debt is 23,740,000 and there is only a cash balance in the treasury of 2315,415.61. Br&cken said: “The State debt had been in exI istence for more than eighty-one j years prior to 1916. Ed Jackson, in I his speech at Newcastle Sept. 27, said ; the Republicans had inherited from the Matthews administration a i $6,436,615.12 debt, inferring that the ] debt was the creation of the Mat- : thews administration. State Debt Inherited "Governor Matthews Inherited a ] State debt from his predecessor of ,826,145.13. Prior to that time the legislature had provided a sinking fund levy of 3 cents and revenue dej rived went for the purpose of reduc- | ing the State debt. At the end of i the administration the debt had been reduced to $6,436,615.12, almost two and a half millions. At the end of the Mount administration the debt had been reduced to $4,704,615.12. In ! 1904, end yf the Durbin rule, debt had been reduced to $1,902,615.12. ’ However, in the 1905 Legislature : Governor Hanley had a law passed authorizing the receipts from the 1 sinking fund be merged with the general fund. Thus, Instead of applying on the State debt, the sinking
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fund receipts were spent for operation of State government. Sinking Fund Restored "In 1908, at beginning of the Marshall administration, the State debt was still $1,510,163.12. One of his first acts was to restore the sinking fund levy former payment of the State debt. Balance in the general fund at end of Hanley administration was $493,f17.56, only enough to run the State a short time. Total of all funds was $585,845-92. Through two Democratic administrations, Marshall and Ralston, at the close of business Jan. 9, 1116 when Ralston went out of office, condition of Stmt finances were a sfallows. Balance in general fund, $1,751,048.09; balance in benevolent fund. $272,693 44; sinking fund, $322,622.69. Total funds in State treasury, $.3,755,997.98 and the entire Srate debt had been w.ped out. This was the largest general fund ever turned over from one administration to another.” Bracken set out the State'debt, as 8? 740.000 instead of $2,5C0,000 at Jackson stated.
SUNDAY AND ADD WEEK Ml S m^h’s T^ eatre m . Mr 39 NORTH ILLINOIS STREET It WAnnette KeUermann lirlmS, vpl The Wonder Girl of the Water • THRILLING—SPECTACULAR ’ Wrtf DRAMA OF LIFE : q / ’.jffiglg BENEATH THE WAVES JyfS “Venus of the BP j/ South Seas’ ’ I I Liege Conley Comedy // “WILD GAME” Ii Admission, 20c, All the Time J J Continuous from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m. [ f Sunday 1 to 11 p. m.
SCOHISH RITE MARSHAL FORCE . FOR INITIATION Annual Convocation and Reunion to Be Held Here Nov, 17-21, Louis G. Buddenbaum, thrice potent master of Indianapolis Scottish Rite, ,s marshaling his forces for the ftfty-nirith semi-annual convocation and reunion, Nov. 17-21. All but five degrees of Scottish Rite work will be exemplified in full form. Rehearsals are in chargt of Horace Mitchell. The choir, under direction of George W. Kadel, with Clarence Carson, organist, includes a double quartette for ritualistic music proper and a volunteer chorus from Murat Chanters for work on the floor. Brewer T. Clay again will direct the orchestra. , The class will be unusually large, since no early fall initiation was held. The general reception committee is headed by William E. Henkel, chairman; Otto Miller, vice chairman; Charles U. Patton, vice chairman; Fred R Clarke, vice chairman; Hershel G. Wray, vice chairman; Walter F. Johnson, vice chairman. The State membership committee is headed by Charles C. La Follette, Thorntown, Ind., chairman; Harry G. Strickland, Greenfield, Ind., vice chairman; William H. Baugh, Terre Haute, Ind., vice chairman; Leroy E. Brown, Richmond, Ind., vice chairman; Elwood Barnard, ftden, Lnd., vice chairman. Secretary' Robert G. McClure announced Oct. 29 Is the final date for receiving petitions. Youths -Lid “Y” Membership Youths in theßoys* department of thfe Y. M. C. A. enrolled 100 new members during September, bringing total membership to 1.329, it was reported today. A. R. Spangler of Bicknell College has been engaged as assistant boys’ work secretary. Peru Tourist Killed By Timex Special PERU. Ind., Oct. 4.—Word has been received here of the death of Orland C. Hatfield, killed at David City, Neb., in an automobile accident. He was en route to California.
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