Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 272, 26 September 1921 — Page 9

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KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 2. Advices received by M. L. Rosenbush, secretary of the Kokomo Klwanis club, indicate that the anticipated attendance or 2,000 at the district convention to be held here September 29 and 30 will be reached. From all sections of the state come reports that local clubs will send large delegations by train, traction and automobile. The Indianapolis club, 100 slong, has chartered a special train and .will be accompanied by the Indianapolis Newsboy's band and a drum corps. A delegation from Bedford will come in a Pullman coach, which will be side-tracked here for the accommodation of club members during the two days of the convention. Cities Ask Reservation. South Bend, always conspicuous at Klwanis gatherings, will send a half hundred or more, and Logansport has asked for reservations for 80. Marion, although directly connected with Ko komo by traction, will utilize automo biles and will have o persons present. The Teni club will come in a special interurban car, and Frankfort. Noblesville, Tipton and other neighboring cities also will find traction accom modations convenient. Frankfort will bring a "rube band' to compete with similar organizations from other cities in noise making. Anderson, it is understood, will ask for the 1922 convention and will have two or three scores of club members and their wives on the ground to enforce the request. Muncie, although more out of the way as transportation facilities go, will not be far behind Anderson and other cities more conveniently situated. Richmond will be represented by a delegation of between 15 and 20. Richmond Man is Selected Phi Delta Theta Secretary Thomas E. Bell, son of Mrs. E. H. Bell, National road east, has been selected as assistant executive secrets ry of the national college fraternity of Phi Delta Theta. Headquarters nf the organization will be at Indianapolis. Boll has been a student at Miami university for the past three years and was a member of the Ohio Alpha chapter of the fraternity at that institution. Headquarters are to be installed at Indianapolis by Oct. 1. At the last convention of the organization it was decided to move . the executive offices from Oxford, O., to the btato capital of Indiana. Headquarters will be establishet in the People's bank building or in the Hotel Severiu. Postmaster general Will H. Hays is national president of Phi Delta Theta. The Theatres RICHMOND Almost any girl would consider it a great distinction to be known as the possessor of the most wonderful eyes in the world, but Jane Novak who plays the role of the millionaire's daughter in "The Barbarian," a Pioneer attraction starring Monroe Salisbury, at the Richmond theatre, can't seem to appreciate, so she says, the honor which has been conferred upon her by a famous portrait painter. No one who has sen Miss Novak either on the screen or off will dis pute her right to the distinction, butj the charming featured player of "Thej Barbarian" carries her honors lightly because she places more stress upon Avhat'fi in one's head than upon what's on the outside of it. "There is only one aristocracy that is worth while." said Miss Novak recently, "and that is the aristocracy of brains. Everything else means nothing, and that goes for beauty, money, social position, etc. I would far rather be known as a girl of intelligence than a girl of beauty if I had my way." Among those who know her Miss Novak is considered a girl of exceptional intelligence and accomplishments. MURRAY When Lewis S. Stone played the lead in "The Concert," Leo DitriehMcin's famous starring vehicle, at the Mason theatre. Los Angeles, a score of years ago, Victor Schertzinger conducted the orchestra. When the Goldh'yn company decided to film the dramatic masterpiece it selected Schertzineer for director and Stone for the leading role. The picture will be seen at the Murray theatre for three days, beginning Monday. It is significant that Mr. Schertzingrr was selected to supervise the making of the film, for it deals with the life of a famous musician. Mr. Schertzinger was with the Boston Symphony orchestra for two years as violinist, he toured with Nordica, Calve and Sembrich and he has acted as soloist ' with tha Boston. Philadelphia and Minneapolis orchestras. MURRETTE A thrilling example of what happens when a king "falls for" a grand lady f'f winning ways is set forth in the super-dramatic success, "Passion," which is now playing at the Murrette Theatre, where it is enthralling capac ity houses nightly. As the story goes a little French milliner through sheer politeness and charming ways attracts the eye cf the king of her country and she experiences little difficulty in "vamping" him into making her the real ruler behind the throne. For-f-ooth, the king is so enamored of her that he defies all obstacles to his pursuit of her smiles. The final results of the whole affair are not very happy for ihe two principals, but it is certainly not a waste of story-telling ability, because not only does the plot afford most engrossing diversion, but it drives home plenty of food for thought for people in all stations of life. Dr. J. A. Thomson Dentist Murray Theater Building Hours: 9-12, 1-5, 7-8; Sunday 9-12 Phone 2930

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Wrecked bridge over IJttle Patuxens river. Note the severed telephone cable in the foreground. Arrow point to truck which wrecked bridge. ...:,.. Three men and two women narrowly escaped death when a fiveton truck loaded with concrete sides wiped a touring car and plunged through a bridge over the Little Patoxent river at Savage, Md. The American Telephone Company's two big underground cables carrying S00 wires connecting Washington with all cities m the north and northeastern part cf the United States were severed when the bridge buckled.

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement with The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

It is years since the incidents of' which I speak took place, and yet It is with diffidence that I allude to them. For a long time, even with the utmost discretion and reticence, it would have been impossible to make the facts public, but now the principal person concerned is beyond the reach of human law, and with due suppression the story may be told in such fashion as to injure no one. It records an absolutely unique experience in the career both of Mr. Holmes and of myself. The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence. . - ; We had been out for one of our evening rambles, Holmes and I, and had returned about 6 o'clock on a cold, frosty, winter's evening. As Holmes turned up the lamp the light fell upon a card on the table. He glanced at it, and then, with an ejaculation of disgust, threw it on the floor. I picked it up and read: Charles Augustus Milverton, Appledore Towers, Agent. Hampstead. "Who is he?" I asked. "The worst man in London." Holmes answered as he sat down and stretched his legs before the fire. "Is anything on the back of the card?" I turned it over. "Will call at 6:30 C. A. M ," I read. "Hum! He's about due. Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Wat son, when you stand before the ser pents in the Zoo, and see the slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flatten ed faces? Well, that's how Milverton impresses me. I've had to do with 50 murders in my career, but the worst of them never gave me the repulsion which I have for this fellow.' And yet I can't get out of doing business with him indeed, he is here at( my invitation." "But who is he?" "I'll toll you, Watson. He is the king of all the blackmailers. Heaven help the man, and still more th woman, whose secret and reputaion come into the power of Milverton! With a smiling face and a heart of marble, he will squeeze and squeeze until he has drained them dry. The fellow is a genius in his way, and would have made his mark in some more savoury trade. His method is as follows: He allows it to be known that he Is prepared to pay very high sums for letters which compromise people of wealth and position. He receives these wares not only from treacherous valets or maids, but frequently from genteel ruffians, who have gained the confidence and affection of trusting women. He deals with no niggard hand. I happen to know that he paid seven hundred pounds to a footman for a note two lines in length, and that the ruin of a noble family was the result. Everything which is in the market goes to Milverton. and there are hundreds in this great city who turn white at his name. No one knows where his grip may fall, for he is far too rich and far too cunning to work from hand to mouth. He will hold a card back for years in order to play it at the moment when the stake is best worth winning. I have said that he is the worst man in London, and I would ask you how could one compare the ruffian, who in hot blood bludgeons his mate, with hi3 man, who methodically and at his leisure tortures the soul and wrings the nerves in order to add to his already swol len money-bags?" I had seldom head my friend speak with such intensity of feeling. "But surely," said I, "the fellow must be within the grasp of the law?" TIGRAN'i Ladies' Shonl FOR BETTER VALUES ttimtMiiraiuuiiiimuuiiniMranuuiiiiititniniintiUHmiiiiftimmfmlHimHTit See Us for Prices on Stoves I and Ranares I HOLTHOUSE S I 530 Main St. f liuutimtHniHftmmHiituiiuiiiimuuiminiiiniiiiiuinnMrntHiinmttiuimniif

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"Technically, no doubt, but practically not. What would it profit a woman, for example, , to get him a few months' imprisonment, if her own ruin must immediately follow? His victims dare not hit back. If ever he black-mailed an innocent person, then indeed we should have him, but he is as cunning as the Evil One. No, no, we must find other ways to fight him." "And why is he here?" - "Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands. It is the Lady Eva Blackwell, the most beautiful debutante of last season. She is to be married in a fortnight to the Earl of Dovercourt. This fiend has several imprudent letters Imprudent, Watson, nothing worse which were written to an impecunious young squire in the country. They would suffice to break off the match. Milverton will send the letters to, the Earl unless a large sum of money is paid him. I have been commissioned to meet him, and to make the best terms I can." At that instant there was a clatter and a rattle in the street below. Looking down I saw a stately carriage and pair, the brilliant limps gleaming on the glossy haunches of the noble chestnuts. A footman opened the door! and a small, stout man in a shaggy astrakhan overcoat descended. A minute later he was in the room. Charles Augustus Milverton was a man of 50, with a large, intellectual head, a round, plump hairless face, a perpetual, frozen smile, and two keen gray eyes, which gleamed brightly from behind broad, gold-rimmed glass es. There was something of Mr. Pick wick's benevolence In his appearance, marred only by the insincerity of the fixed smile and by the hard glitter of those restless and penetrating eyes. His voice was as smooth and suave as his countenance, as he advanced with a plump little hand extended, murmuring his regret for having missed us at hi3 first visit. Holmes disregarded the outstretched hand and looked at him with a face of granite. Milverton's smile broadened, he shrugged his shoulder, removed his overcoat, folded it with great deliberation over the back of a chair, and then took a seat. "This gentleman?" said he, with a wave in my direction. "Is it discreet? Is it right?" "Dr. Watson is my friend and partnes." "Very good, Mr. Holmes. It is only in your client's interests that I protested. The matter is so very delicate" "Dr. Watson has already heard of it." "Then we can proceed to business. You say that you are acting for Lady Eva. Has she empowered you to accept my terms?" "What are your terms?" "Seven thousand pounds." "And the alternative." "My dear sir, it is painful for me to discuss it, but if the money is not paid on the 14th, there certainly will be no marriage on the 18th." His insufferable smile was more complacent than ever. Holmes thought for a little. "You appear to me,' 'he said, at last, iutMiitiuiiimnimiminitmmiiiiiiMHiirftiiiiii!iiiiiintiiiiiiHiiiiiinnutHitiim Home-Made . Pressed Chicken ! and Beef It's Delicious i STERLING Cash GROCERY A. R. Bertsch, Prop. 1035 Main St. 1 iiiiiMniiiHaNtiHtiiiitiiniintniMiliiiniiiiiiiiHtiuiMiiMuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiuliiii All Scrap Tobacco 3 for ............. 25c TRACY'S Coffee Fresh Roasted Daily we seii skinners tha highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti, Eg; Noodles and other Macaroni Products.

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"to be taking matters too much for granted. I am, of course, familiar with the contents of these letters. My client will certainly do what I may advise. I shall counsel her to tell her future husband the whole story, and to trust to ha generosity." Milverton chuckled. "You evidently do not know the Earl," said he. From the baffled look upon Holmes' face, I could see clearly that he did. "What harm is there in the letters?" he asked. "They are sprightly very sprightly," Milverton nswered. "The lady was a charming correspondent. But I can assure you that the Earl of Dovercourt would fail to appreciate them. However, since you think otherwise, we will let it rest at that. It is purely a matter of business. If you think that it is in the best interests of your client that these letters should be placed in the hands of the Earl, then you(would indeed be foolish to pay so large a sum of money to regain them." He rose and seized his astrakhan coat. AIRPLANES OUTSPEED FEATHERED FLIERS From Scientific American Everyone surely who has watched the flight of the swifter birds has made his own estimate a3 to their speed. The speeds attained by the carrier pigeon, the duck and the faster of the sea birds have formed the subject of endles3 guesswork and in evitable exaggeration. Birds which are incapable, even when at full stretch, of doing more than 40 to 50 miles an hour have been credited with 100 and more. Now the fact of the matter is that nothing is more difficult than to judge of the speed of any object through the air by mere human observation. Fore-shortening due to perspective alone renders it impossible to tell just when a moving object passes above some fixed point on the ground, and almost invariably the estimated speed is far beyond the actual. At the present time the highest well authenti cated speed is that of homing pigeon3, some of which have reached a speed of CO miles an hour over comparatively short distances. But now comes Colonel Meinertzhagen, a noted ornithologist in Great Britain, with the statement that dur ing his anti-aircraft duties in the war he trained his men in instrumental work by making them take observa tions of the flight of birds. These he collected and then confirmed theiire suits by instrumental work himself. He tells us that the speed of birds, as thus accurately ascertained, is far be low what is popularly believed to be varying from 20 to 40 miles for the smaller passeres to from 40 to 50 an hour in case of waders. Those speeds represent steady flight; but when a bird is frightened by an enemy, or when it is pouncing upon its prey, it can accelerate greatly for a limited time. He estimates that for a short distance the swift can reach a speed of 100 miles an hour. The airplane, therefore, has greatly surpassed the swiftness of the birds both in its power of sustained speed and in its maximum speed. From 100 to 120 miles an hour can be maintained by many of the standard machines, and we know that last year the racing speed was carried from 180 to 190 miles per hour, while recent models are credited to be even faster. Where the birds still greatly surpass the human flying machines is in the matter of taking off and alighting. The seabirds, and all birds, in fact, by changing the angle of incidence of their wings, are able to reduce their landing speed at a rate which the airplane and the seaplane cannot at present approach. TOBACCO UNION HEAD DIES. CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 26. Anthony McAndrew, 60 years old. vice president of the International Tobacco Workers' union, and well known among tobacco growers and shippers throughout the country, died Sunday at his home in Norwood, a suburb of Cincinnati. All This Week JACK BESSEY STOCK CO. Presents Oliver Morosco's Great New York Success You've seen the "movie" now see the play. A sure-fire comedyMatinee Wednesday, 2:30 Adults 35c, Children 20c Seats Reserved and Now Selling for All Evening Performances. NEXT WEEK "Nothing But the Truth"

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AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKE'S CASTLES ARE PURCHASED BY AMERICAN SYNDICATE

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One of the castles of Archduke Frederick, now owned by the American syndicate. group of Americans headed by Henry P. Davison of Morgan and Co. have practically purchased for $200,000,000 land in Austria which includes several castles belonging to Archduke Frederick. The other members of the group are bankers and business men.

ttr ... t . t r cmpiy m racior 1 ann Explodes, Youth Injured WINCHESTER, Ind., Sept 26. Herman J. Slack, 17 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slack, living seven miles southwest of this city, was injured seriously in an explosion which occurred while he was soldering a gas oline tank that had been taken from a tractor. His right eye was injured and he received severe cuts and bruises about the chin, right arm and right leg. The tank had not been used for several weeks. It was removed five weeks ago and drained, according to the fa Mother Saved Her Baby From Skin Suffering by use of Sykes Comfort Powder Ashaway, R. I. "With a large family of children and 17 grandcnuaren I have had a wide experience and I want to tell .mothers that I 'have never found any powder that would keep a child's skin so free from chafing,ltching,scalding,rashes and all irritations and soreness as Sykes Comfort Powder. There is nothing like itto heal the skin-"-Mrs. Charles A. Brown, Ashaway, KThe reason Sykes Comfort Powder is so successful in such cases is because it contains six healing, antiseptic ingredients not found in ordinary talcums. For twenty years it has been used and endorsed by physicians and mothers, and nurses call it"A Healing Wonder." - URRAy "BETTER COME EARLY" Pipe Organ Concert Orchestra A GOOD BILL Monday and Tuesday Only Tim and Kitty O'Meara In "Memories of the Dance". The classiest and most versatile dancing team in vaudeville. Direct from a Broadway production where they appeared with Bessie Clayton. Special and artistic stage settings. Jack George Duo In "Who Dat Said Who?" We claim Jack George to be one of the funniest artists who dons burnt cork. You will say so too after you see him. A barrel of laughs in this act. Special scenery. Lamonts Cockatoos and Magaws In "Eirdland". See the conflagration in "bird town" and bird fire department. A wonderful and novel offering. Ross and Foss "Versatile Instrumentalists and Vocalists" featuring Olga Foss, "The Swedish Nightingale". A high-class act of merit and refinement. THE CONCERT Five-reel feature from the play as presented by David Belasco. NEIL O'BRIEN'S MINSTRELS Wednesday, Sept. 2S Matinee and Evening. Seats now selling. Coming - Thursday The Capps FamHy: Pa, Ma and Seven Kiddies, in "An Evening at Home"

ther of the boy. It is supposed that fumes were ignited by the blow torch

used by Slack. MERCURY 96 IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 26. Un usual temperatures for this season were recorded in South California Sun day. San Bernardino with 108 de grees, had the warmest day for this season in 30 years. Los Angeles had a temperature of 96, the warmest SeplemDer aay since 1913. ICHMOND THEATRE TODAY MONROE SAILSBURY in "THE BARBARIAN" With it a Great Comedy "ARTS and HEARTS"

Grace M. E. Church COMMUNITY NIGHT

Tuesday,

Mary Pickford

The Little Princess The adventures of Mary Pickford as Sara Crewe In the role of scullery maid in the boarding school, her lonely position, hunger and craving for sympathetic companionship of girls of her own age, are all remindful of the adventures of Oliver Twist in the famous Dickens story. She confides to her companion, Becky, that she hasn't eaten well for so long she knows she must be full of "hollows", her feelings remind us of the forlorn Oliver when he passed his porridge bowl for more and didn't get It. Truly a good picture. Admission 15c 1 Hour of Play After the Picture

urrette "Where the Stars Twinkle

ONLY 3 DAYS MORE The crowds marveled yesterday. They are coming again to see the wonder picture of the Old Land across the sea.

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Two Years to Produce - - - Love, Laughter,, Tears 9 REELS THAT SEEM BUT 5 What YouU See in This Masterpiece - The romance of a strong man and a wilful woman. " The true story of the little French milliner whom the whole world came to know as Madame Du Barry. Intimate Drama, Mighty Spectacle, De Luxe Presentation Augmented Orchestra

Attend the Matinees No Advance in Prices' - - Evening Adults, 35 cents; Children, 15 cents. Bargain MatineeAdults, 25 cents; Children. 15 cents.

Coming Thursday Another of the Big 5 Productions, the drama ot today's problem. Don't miss "THE OATH."

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Two Prisoners Fail ; r To Escape From Jail SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Sept- 21An attempted jail delivery was frustrated here Sunday morning when. Mrs. Ray Stinson, wife of the county' 'sheriff, found that bolts " and a part ot . the plating had been pried from a cell door opening into an outside halt J. C. Howard, awaiting trial for burglary and grand larceny, and Paul Tanner, colored, of Lndianapolis. charged with an auto theft, admitted the work They said they had used a lead pipe taken from the plumbing fixtures in their cells. Howard was arrested here two weeks ago after two farm houses had been robbed. Tanner is said to havo stolen an automobile here. He was arrested in Indianapolis with the stolen car. - The house selling things in Richmond Palladium Want Ads. - BUTTER-KIST POPCORN Made by a new H. & H. Machine!. Untouched by hands. . Every, grain "kist" by pure creamery butter. Try a bag today. SoldbyH-E-P at '".;'.'.- The Yes & Now Drug Company Phone 1217 22 N. 9th St. TODAY 4; A Big Western ' "THE CALL OF THE WEST" A picture full of thrills and action " Showing an old time Colorado Rodeo Sept. 27 -InTheatre First" Theatre Beautiful ooo iinentalita1'" -t

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