Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 164, 21 May 1921 — Page 8

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1921.

PRESBYTERIAN REPORT SHOWS MORAL GAINS, LOSSES, IN PAST YEAR (By Associated Press.) TVINOXA LAKE, Ind.. May 21 Corrupting movies, easy divorce, helpful prohibition, moral gains through woman's suffrage and detrimental results to Christianity s an outgrowth of the world war, are features of the report of the special committee on Christian life and Work, submitted tooay to the Presbyterian General Astembly here. The report Is signed by Rev. Hugh B MacCauley, D. D.. of Paterson, New Jersey. "If the nation should fail," says the committee, "a faithTul church would Furvive, but if the church should fail ', ihe nation woald fail also." War Results Shown. Summarizing the results of a questionnaire addressed 1o stated clerks ; throughout the country, the committee finds: "Many home ties were broken ; by the war. Many drifted away from the church. New standards of be- ; havior are set up. Temptations swarm around the young. The crowds throng the corrupting movies. Foreign propaganda is strong, mak

ing us suspicious of our Allies, Divorce is easy and increasing. Crimes of violence are multiplied. The church has her troubles. Even the Lord's Supper reaches only 50 per cent of rhurcii '. members. In . many quarters i he -prayer meeting Is neglected, the Sunday evening service is failing, and

family worship and even religion fading from the home. '"But on the other hand, the tide f-cwns to be rising. Converts are being : added in large numbers. Our net decrease of 28,715 in '1019 was changed info a net increase of 34,072 In i??o." : . Would Preserve Homes. The committee urges the. church to try to ave the unity -of . the hone, and . holds that family 1 worship alone ovilT save the. homes lin: America. v It '. Pleads for the promitlon. of lheJ,upity of the churches and says; .""Let all the ; churches of Jesus. Prince of Peace, . work 'and pray .that God's blessing may be on..' every man. Christian, Mohammedan,, or Jew,, who,., will do anything to heal this open Eore of the w-orld and prevent war." ' , Special emphasis' is expressed on t he Movie Situation." - The commitele finds: While recognizing the value :of many of the better films, yet these ;ir. a great degree make for evil, and ' rur. young people are being seriously . hattned by them. Our communities are f oirg amusement-road over movie s-cenes that defy the Decalogue. The committee laments the poor church attendance' and urges special pfforts to-reach-the masses and bring them into church. '

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WASHINGTON. "Buried Treasure," the ParamountCosmopolitan picture in which Marion Davies scored Friday night at the Washington Theatre, shows the fetar as a wealthy New York girl who goes into a trance and sees her parents and friends as Spanish pirates ar.d prisoners, their real antecedents. She succeeds in guiding her lover to a spot where treasure is buried and they are able to many. Miss Davies wears jewels of great beauty in the picture. MURRAY. Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran, almost as famous for making stars of their leading women as they are as screen jesters, have two new and decidedly pretty feminine foils in "A Shocking Night," which opens at the Murray Theatre on Monday. The fortunate girls, whom precedent would Indicate would become star, are Alta Allen and Lillian Hall. yMiss Allen played with Max Under, the French "comedian in "Seven Years Bad Luck" while Miss Hall has just completed an important role in "The Last of the Mohicans." In "A Shocking Night" both girls have a splendid opportunity for dramatically humorous work. MURRAY VAUDEVILLE. Male quartettes will occupy the headline position both the first and last half on the Murray bill, next week. Opening Mondey, The Copper

City Four, a quartet composed of four

young chaps who hail from Butte, Mont., will top the bill, and from all reports, and from the way they have been going over this season, they will not be destined long for vaudeville, as some production manager will pick them off. They played the Lyric Theatre this week at Indianapolis, and press reports say .they "stopped the thow" at' every performance.

They-Interpolate comedy with their

excellent voices, and the result i3 just

what vaudeville audiences apparently

relish. - The supporting acts will be Genevieve May and Company in "A Dancing ' Oddity With Music, and Songs": Lee Barth, a "Dialect Comedian"., and Henry's Pets; ."A Clever Canine Oddity", with Lyons and Moran on the screen in their latest five-reel Scream" entitled "A Shocking Night." . What portends to be the biggest laughing act ever seen locally is "A Hungarian Rhapsody" booked to open Thursday and headlining the bill for the last half. This; act features Murray Kissen. well-known songwriter and comedian, supported by Harry Weston. Pen Reubens and Frank Corbett and is. the same act offered by The Avon Comedy Four when they topped every Keith , bill on the circuit, and were finally injected into The Shubert Winter Garden Show, where they carried off the comedy hit. This is a quartet act with the scene laid in a Hungarian restaurant, and while some singing is offered, it is soon lost sight of for the comedy is of

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SATURDAY. Washington "Buried Treasure" with Marion Davies. Murray Gladys Walton in "All Dolled Up"; Vaudeville. Murrette Lionel Barrymore in ."The Great Adventure." SUNDAY. Washington "Too Wise Wives." Murray Gladys Walton in "All Dolled Up"; Vaudeville. Murrette Wesley Barry in "Bob . Hampton of Placer."

fich a hilarious nature, that even Caruso could not be heard. This act has long been known in show circles as the best comedy act ever devised for vaudeville. Three other strong acts are also on this bill including Rood and Francis in "A Novel Wire Offering"; Aklund and Mae is "Versatile Pep"; and Doyle and Elaine, two clever girls in "A Study in Tan", offering songs and dialec. comedy of the Southland, crooning those old-time

melodies dear to the hearts of everybody. "The Luck of the Irish" featuring James Kirkwood will be the Bcreen feature. The Murray management states there will be no curtailing of cost of vaudeville bills during the heated term, playing the same as Keith's, Indianapolis, and a fact which is substantiated by the bill for the nxt week which is of big-time calibre, and which is booked at a cost to exceed tome of the mid-winter bills.

PILOT AND WOMAN KILLED IN 2,000-FOOT PLANE FALL PATERSON, N. J., May 21. Lieut. William Coates and Mrs. John Brady

were killed Friday when an airplane

in which they were riding fell 2,000 feet to tho ground at the Preakness flying field, near here. Spectators told the police that the machine had just come out of a loop and was making a bank when the wings crumbled and the plane fell.

CONDITION OF COOLIDGE REPORTED MUCH BETTER. WASHINGTON, May 21 The condition of Vice-President Coolidge, who has been confined to his bed for several days with a severe cold, was reported to be much improved.

HARDWARE

(Continued from Page One) high rail freight charges in favor of New England manufacturers, who enjoy the advantage of the much lower water freight rates. Water Rate Cheaper The railroad freight rate on agricultural implements shipped from Cincinnati. Indianapolis, Richmond, Ind., Lexington, Ky., Lima, O., Toledo. O..

and Lansing, Mich., to San Francisco and Seattle is $2.76 per hundred

pounds. The water rate from Boston to San Francisco and Seattle for the same class of freight is only $1.70.

The railroad rates on fresh fruits shipped from Seattle to various points

in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ken

tucky is $2,081,6 per hundred pounds.

while fruit shipments can be made by

water from Seattle to Boston at a

rate of only $1.25. Canned fish and

fruits are shipped from Pacific coast

points to the central west at a rate

of $1.20Vs. while Boston enjoys a wa

ter rate of 65 cents. May Abandon Rails. It is apparent that middle western business interests, suffering from the blight of excessive rail freight charges

have lately been giving serious consid

eiation to the development of their waterways as a measure to offset the advantages enjoyed by the eastern and western seaboards. Government officials who have been close students of economic conditions believe that with the proper development of its waterways the Mississippi valley region, which is the industrial heart of the nation, can carry its products by rivers and canals to the seaboard for 50 per cent, less than the raolroads do. Recently a river seamer with the west coast as its destination sailed from Cincinnati ladened with products of a number of factories located throughout Indiana and Ohio. The enterprise proved practical and officials of the department of commerce are confident that the time is not far distant when the Mississippi and Ohio rivers will once more be generally used for the shipment of the valley's products to the seaboard, except in the case of immediate demand or perishable freight Welty Protests. In a letter he has addressed to President Harding, former Congressman Welty says: "Fruit in California. Oregon and Washington is going to waste because of the high rail freight rates to the Mississippi valley, and for the same reason the states west of the Rockies are not using the pro

ducts of the mills and factories in the valley. Why should it cost the manu facturere in Ohio $3.03 per hundred

pounds to ship his products to states west of the Rocaies. while his com petitor in Boston. Mass .pays onlv $2.00? Why should the consumers in the states of Kansas and Ohio pay $1.66 per hundred pounds for fruit from the Pacific coast, while those in Massachusetts only pay 75 cents? This injustice to the west and middle west can only be remedied by the proper development and use of outinland waterways."

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SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY A Two-Fisted Frontier Gambler and

A Freckled-Face Kid

That's Bob Hampton of Placer, the man who was "always searchin' fer someone," and Buddy, the Boy Scout, who roamed the West with him. Inseparable pals. But the pair became a trio when Bob snatched a timid white girl from the Indians and came mighty close to the "someone he was always searchin' fer." But Buddy sure did hate that dame!

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A FIRST NATIONAL AT T R A C T I ON

Think of "Dinty and "Go and Get It" and then find their power eclipsed in this current Neilan production. Hundreds of Indians, scouts and frontiersmen in prairie fights and the stirring climax CUSTER'S LAST STAND. Thrilling frontier days brought back ! Vast scenes set in the splendor of Glacier National Park.

Dwight Crittenden as General Custer

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"Scrambled Wives"

You'll Die Laughing at the RECKLESS SEX" A Christy Comedy

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James Kirkwood as Bob Hampton

Wesley Barry as Buddy

Pat O'Malley as Lieut. Brant

Frank Leigh as Siient Murphy