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Evening star., 1921-06-03

prevailing abnormal conditions. Com.
nerce In general Is at a standst1ll.
Prices still are erratic. The move
ment. as rule, Is downward, even to
poihts below what Is regarded as the
normal level. but each trace Of favor
advances or declines. -
An outstanding feature Of May was
an increase Of 20 per cent in the re-
ceipts OF sheep and lambs at the Ma
tional Stock Yards, as compared with
May. 1890. The receipts were the
largest In many years. Cattle receipts
Tor May were 6S,321. decrease Of 1856
head. compared with May last year:
hog receipts were 260,7s3. a decrease Of
57.6S3; horses and mules were 3,184, a
decrease of 2,412.
Prices Lowest I'm Years.
Prices are at the lowest level in
years. with packers showing reluctance
to purchasing on large scale.
In the grain market foreign demand
remains stabilizingsfactor. and reports
from grain-producing territories Of dam
age caused by severe weather are stimu-
iatlng the markets.
Final reports from the fruit-growing
signify that the crops will be the poor
est OF record. due to frosts and rain.
partial crop Of late apples is promised.
Yard Goods In Demand.
Demand for yard goods. the heaviest
IN several years. is said by dry goods
men to be the principal indication in
their business. implying that women are
dqbng their own sewing. To less ex-
tent. clothing manufacturers report a
similar movement.
Coal production so far this year in
Illinois Indiana and RanfncsSy iS "a ia m
be rs per cent less than for a similar
period in 1920. Automobile price reduc-
tons have accelerated sales in this line.
The chemical industry remains un-
changed but there is some Improvement
in the drug business and a growing vol
ume Of candy trade. with lower prices
Investigation shows the public is buy
ing to suit real requirements, and there
is manifest a waiting disposition among
retailers.
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the best ever experienced by the
company.

CouPahS.
BOSTON. June 3.-The tone OF the
leather market is substantiating the
opinion expressed by leather men
tEat the trade would continue on the
upgrade. A slightly larger volume
of orders for sole leather IL noted.
with firmer prices. The supply Of
sole leather still is large. but the
orders from shoe manufacturers are
Of a volume to inspire confidence.
Fancy feathers have by no means
dropped out Of the market. but are
enjoying a good demand at prices
that are nominal
NEW YORK. June 3.-Repeatei
statements that the volume of retail
trade in the department stores OF
tho country this spring has been well
above the normal are verified by q
report just issued from the bureau
Of research and information OF the
National Retail Dry Goods Associa-
ton.
The report says: Sales by 2S2
stores for the first four months OF
this year, compared with sales for
Tn. same period in 1920. were only
s.2 per cent less in dollar volume.
Stocks were 90 per cent smaller at
the end of April, 1921. than at the
same time in 1920, but were c.46 per
cent larger than at the end OF the
preceding month, March. 1921. This
decrease in the value Of stocks re-
fleets the lower price levels"
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in better financial condition than be-
fore tho period Of depression.
r. r. Bennett. state superintendent
of banks. attributes the reopening OF
these banks to fundamentally SOUND
conditions In the country districts
unmistakable sign Of returning pros
psrity.
banks which closed their doors would
reopen within a few weeks, adding
that in no instance would a depositor
have lost 2 cent through their period
Of inactivity.
Squirt In Auto Trade.
A sudden spurt in the automobile
business in this section. stands out as
one of the hopeful signs Of the busi-
ness world. with few exceptions.
branch managers in Atlanta, which Is
the distributing point for the south
east. report an unusual demand. which
they frankly attribute to factory re-
ductions In prices.
The bulk Of the sales. however. are
being made in the cities. and II Is
obvious, in the automobile business,
as in other lines. that the country dis-
tricts were harder hit and are reriV-
ing more slowly than the urban COM
munities.
Hardware and Lumber Active.
There has been for the last month
good demand for building hardware
and lumber throughout the section at
prices far below the level which has
obtained heretofore. the demand COM
ing from the cities and larger towns.
Atlanta and several other cities
showed more activity in May than in
the corresponding month a year ago.
practically all the building being con-
fined to dwellings of moderate cost.
The larger retail merchants report
well. but that it requires more effort
and expenditure to stimulate sales. as
the people are buying only when salts
fed with values and for actual re-
ouirements
Evening star., 1921-06-03
WOOL MARKET QUIET.

BOSTON, June 3.-The Commerce.
Bulletin tomorrow will say: The
wool market is Quieter, manufactur-
ers apparently having covered tneir
immediate requirements and finding
no necessity for further buying Of
moment, although the goods market
is reported in a healthy condition ana
the mills are we'll occupied. Buying
is rather more general In the west
ana values are very firm. on about the
levels of a week ago. Comparatively
little is being done,in thea bright wool
states"
Evening star., 1921-06-03

banks In, the smaller towns Of Geor-
gia. which had been forced to close
during the period Of depression, have
been reopened since January !. ac-
cording to an announcement today
by the state banking department.
These banks, the announcement de-
clared, now are functioning in a man
ner entirely satisfactory to the de-
partment and to their patrons and are
Evening star., 1921-06-03
Auto Price Cuts in Detroit
Said to Be Check on Trade
BY PHIL 9, HANNA.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
DETROIT. June 3.-Sentiment in re-
gard to the immediate future of busi-
ness here continues unchanged. all
though the continued price cuts an
nounced by automobile manufacturers
are tending to keep the public upset
as to the buying Of cars
There is expression of opinion on all
sides to the effect that il only the
manufacturers would lay all the cards
face up on the table and put up a
price list which would stand more. or
less permanently the industry would
benefit by the stimulation OF many
Evening star., 1921-06-03
20 CLOSED BANKS IN GEORGIA
HAVE REOPENED SINCE JAN. 1
Reported to Be in Better Condition Than
Before Period of Depression-Trade
Situation Elsewhere.

(Dispatehes marking the progress
of the denation and readjustment
process in business throughout the
country. giving the conclusions Of
special correspondents, who have been
instructed to present conditions and
indications aS they really exist, are
printed daily In The. Star.)
BY RALPH SMITH.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTA, June 3.-Twenty state
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PARIS BOURSE HEAVY.

PARIS. June 3.-Prices weres heavy
on the bourse today. Three per cent
rentes, 81 francs 80 centimes. Ex-
change on London, 4s francs So CEN
times. Five per cent loan. 80 francs
20 centimes The dollar was <1uoted
at 12 francs l centime.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Quotations furnished by ". B. Hibbs 4 Co.
Selling checks: Dollar value at noon today.
Evening star., 1921-06-03
FOREIGN BONDS.

Quota tons furnished by ". B. Hibbs 4 Co.
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Shoe Trade at St. Louis
Active; Other Lines Quiet
By J. n. FINING

Bf j. n. FININU.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS, June 3-Rusiness con-
tinues to improve in the shoe industry,
but in all other lines of trade and man
ufacture in this section it seems to
have settled to the usual summer level.
with the modification resulting from
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SUMMER CAMPS.
PROPOSALS.

WALTER REED GENERAL HOSPITAL
sealed proposals in triplicate will be re-
eeiyed until IL an. June 10, 1921, and then
opened, for improvements to water supply sys-
TEN at Walter Reed General Hospital. Wash
ington u. c. Information upon applica tion
TO Constructing Quartermaster. Room 24l6
War Trade bldg. Washington. d. G.
je2tt .eSSu
SEALED PROPOSALS will he received by
the Bureau Of Standards and opened at
pm. June 10. 1921. fog plastering in miscel-
laueeps places in Industrial Building. total
WORK to be done is approximately 1000 square
yards Specifca tioas may be obtained on ap-
plcation to the Superintendent, Mechanical
Plant. Bureau Of Standards. Jest
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nan sTLvH QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK. June 3.-Bsr silver
Domestic, SSx: foreig1. S3x: 4exi-
II1SS0E IenS a-Rar oliver. sKd
~ aGnao: In9a0. 81 pR eGat; ais
|eoant l1k1G 0iSOft mis- 81 per cer.:
|thfoesI sIsaaf&- HArS1SUS3.1e Do4- cenAe
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29

In comparison to Toto" the efforts of
Madame Olga PetrOva as q playwright
and the author of 1.-THE White Peacock, "
in which she was recently seen at the
Murat, become highly questionable. When
/ reviewed the Petrova play was con-
fused and was unable to grasp the mean
ing Of what was going on. At times the
associates of Petrova in the cast ap-
peared to be completely lost.
1t is evident that Madame Petroya only
had herself in view when she wrote or
attempted to write q play. 1t is simply
a bag Of theatrical tricks 70. the purpose
Of showing off, Petrova as "a star.
She attempts to tell a story in which a
prostitute is the companion Of a temper
mental Spanish woman. The woman ac-
cuses her husband OF cOnsorting with bad
women and draws the fine lines OF dis
tinction between the object Of her sym
pathy who has become a mother without
first being married and with the women
whose "cOmpanionship" IS sought by her
husband. Such talk as this Is just plain
bunk and is not a truthful discussion of
the subject.
l stated in my review that 'The White
Peacock" could not live long on the
American stage. There is no room on
the stage today for such idle. foolish.
'untruthful" argument as attempted by
Petrova in her play. The sooner that
certain so-called stars realize that past
reputation is not a wagon on which 70
ex plot future box office value. the better
of they will be, as well as the public.
Petrovas place In in vaudeville. where
her strange mannerisms and foreign &C
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
Films at Both
English s and
Shubert MurUt
Birth of Nation at Former
House and -Four Horse
men at Latter.

On Sunday night at the Murat, THE
Four Horseman OF the Apocalypse" one
Of the most discussed movies Of tho year,
will open weeks engagement
On Sunday afternoon. Grifith's THE
Birth Of q Nation" will begin the last
week Of its engagement at English's
CONCERNING MISS TERRY
WITH THE FOUR HORSEMEN,"
Alice Terry's rise In motion pictures
has been little short Of phenomenal. One
promotion after another gained by this
young artist, has placed her In the fore
most ranks Of moviedom. From OBJ
security to success IN little more than
a year, is the sum Of her meteoric hIlA
career.
Miss Terry's experience In the realm Of
pictures has been limited She has had
minor parts in several productions during
the short space Of her acting life. but
her real chance did not come until Rex
ingram began casting for his alI-star
production Of Hearts Are Trumps." He
had seen tho blonde and youthful Alice
in the role Of an extra" In one of his
other pictures, and realizing that sAa
possessed that indefnable something
which is so necessary to screen require
ments, he right away selected her for an
important role in Hearts Are Trumps. d"
She enacted her difficult role in this
, production so capably that she was i'm
Immediately engaged Tor the leading femin-
aSne role In Rex Ingrams colossal produc-
sJs.zson for Metro Of The Four Horsemen of
S15e Apocalypse" adapted to the screen by
xS1ne Mathis Mr.. Ingram realized that
sskse possessed besides youth and beauty
ost pleasing personality. without the
- st CHOW of afrectation. which seems
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
In The Land Of Make Believe


cent can flourish. The truth remains, as
stated in my opinion on the Petrova play,
that only on several occasions did tho
star rise to anything approaching high
dramatic acting.
The sooner that Petrova calls the the
atrical undertaken for THE White Pea
artistically and financially.
On the other hand, Toto" a gay and
spicy French comedy by Maurice Henne-
quin and Felix Duquesnal. which was on
view at the AIurat the first half Of this
week, is nearly perfect from a struc-
tural standpoint In the hands Of Mr..
Leo Ditrichstein, the play was given
added polish. The play was rather rapid
as tho central character was as rapid
as the spirit Of the theme, but the clever
handling Of the lines and the situations
By Mr.. Ditrichstein and his associates
stamped Toto" as a highly pleasing en-
tertainment for those who possess keen
theatrical appetites.
A person does not have to be "ofT color"
to enjoy Toto" because the acting OF
the company shaded some pointed infer
ences.
Toto" can stand alone on its merits,
while THE White Peacock" deserves i'm
mediate death unless PetroTa improves
her play.
The shuberts have informed this de-
partment that E. II. sothern and Julia
AIarlowe, absent from the stage for a
year, viii begin their brief season OF
Shakespeare's plays ar the Century Tho
Continued on Page seven.)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
ELABORATE GIRL
ACT DUMMIES
ON KEITH'S BILL
Different a Vaudeville Revue
Feature Offering at
Lyric.
FROLICS' AT THE PARK

With English's and Murat offering
big movies next week, the vaude-
vile houses of the city. as well as
the Park, will be relied upon to
furnish entertainment on the part
of living actors.
English's tomorrow will begin the
second week of an engagement Of Crit
hth's The Birth Of a Nation" and on
Sunday night The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse" viii open a weeks engage
ment at the Murat.
The headline attraction at B. F. Keith
will be Dummies" with Ernest Wood,
a musical comedy player.
The Lyric will top its ill next week
with a vaudeville revue called Different"
The Park viii offer The French Frol-
les" next week.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29

foreign to most actresses who have made
rapid rise IN pictures.
The role Of Marguerite, the little French
girl heroine Of the famous novel by Vi
cente Blasco IbaDez, is one that requires
genuine dramatic ability, and according
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10 those w.,o have seen early showings Of
the picture, Miss Terry has evidenced
potential powers shat foreteIl great pos
s-bii.ties for her future.
THE Four Horsemen" Will open a
weeks enRa cement at the Aiurst tneater
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
DOUBLE HEADLINE BILL
ANNOUNCED At KEITH's.

Headline honors at B. F. Keith's next
week win be shared by the musical COM
edy, Dummies" with Ernest Wood.
musical comedy star, in the principal
male role, and "Blackface" Eddie Ross
and his African Harp"
Dummies" Is the story Of an exceed
ingly shy window dresser who is even
shocked by the wax figures he Is com
PEELED to dress IN the window OF bis
shop. The coy youth has sweetheart,
put he freezes up every time he would
pop the question, and SO the girl, with
some friends, devise a scheme ly re
placing the figures IN the window and
then the fun begins.
In the cast supporting Mr.. Wood are
Evelyn MacVey, Bertha Mann, Dawn Rem
ard. Esther Muir and Florence Carroll.
They assist the principals in the numer-
Gus song numbers that are interspersed
throughout the life Of the act.
Eddie Ross has long been a favorite
with local Keith audiences. His African
Harp" is 8 banjo Of which he is a mas
ter.
wallace and Bradley and Gretta Ar
dine with John Irving Fisher will be
seen in their new creation The Follie Of
Song and Dance"
Frank Gaby is a monologist who viii
be seen In an act called ION and OF"
SO named because he talks about himself
on and of the stage.
Ralph Bevan and Beatrice Flint, pair
Of well known vaudevillians, come with
new act, a Slight Interruption" The
Interruptions come with singing. dane
ing and talking With the precision Of
a picked squad Of soldiers the Mcdonald
trio is said TO perform en- athletic rou-
tine that is both picturesque and daring.
The trio is composed Of two girls and
man.
Dallas Walker, The Girl From Texas"
will hold an important position on the
bill with her singing aud story telling.
The screen features VIII include the
Pathe News. the Digest Topics aud Ae-
Eop's Fables
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29

screen spectacle THE Birth OF Nation.
which II TO be held over another week
at Engllshs.
This particular production sgrang into
game and fortune in q night on Broad
Continued on Page Severn
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29

Sunday night with matlnees daily there
after.
Few II any literary subjects IN America
have passed through such a series Of
successes as has come 10 the story which
Is covered in D. W. Gririth's marvellous
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
DIFFERENT" TO HEAD
NEW BILL AT LYRIC.

Now comes the latest vaudeville revue
under the title Of Different which VIII
be on view at the Lyric next week. II i
a melange Of song and dance described
as being different by reason OF the fact
that the company is minus a chorus, be
ing made up entirely Of principals. Tn
act IS a brand new vaudeville ConcOctiOu
"a Christmas Letter" an old dramatic
sketch, will be the Offering OF Charles
Gill and company. It is enacted by men,
the scene being laid In 4 theater dressing
room. Lawrence Crane a magician
known as The Irish Wizard" viii In
troduce a new series Of battling Illusions
and feats of legerdemaiu.
Other acts viii consist Of John and Ella
Burke in bits of variety; Bonner and
Powers, entertainers from the field Of
musical comedy; the Paramount Four q
quartette OF harmony singing comedians
in typical and topical tunes and the
Florence duo Of comedy acrobats.
On the screen viii be shown Never
Weaken" q Harold Lloyd farce. the Bray
Photograph and other film advertisements.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-29
TRENCH FROLICS"
BOOKED AT THE PARK.

BOOkED AT THE PARK.
1.-THE French Frolics" IS the we'll known
attraction that viii be seen a the Park
next week, presenting a brand new two
act travesty called Here. There and
Everywhere" The piece is said to tell
an amusing story with an original idea.
During the performance q long program
of novel vaudeville speclalties is given
together with many tuneful musical num-
bers that afford a large chorus a chance
to sing and dance
More than ordinary claims are made
for the entertaining abilities Of the prin-
cipals in the cast, among whom are Hal
Sherman, Ben Burt. Billy Mack. Eddie
Burke, Mary Hastings, Lillian RusseIle
LilIette and others. all new faces in this
line Of entertainment. The scenery, cos
tunes and electrical effects employed in
the presentation Of the French Frolics
this season are upon q scale OF unusual
magnitude and beauty, 1t is said. The
usual matinee performances viii be given
during this engagement.
The New York herald., 1921-09-17
RULES HARDING CAN
APPOINT IN RECESS
Ddugherty ReUerses Knox on
Presidential Pouers.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. - President
Harding's power to make recess appoint
ments during the present adjournment
OF Congress has been affirmed by At
torney-G General Daugherty In a formal
opinion made public tonight by the De-
partment of Justice.
In his opinion Mr.. Daugherty dissents
from ruling of Attorney General Knox
handed down In 1901 and holds that
where the Senate has adjourned to a
specified date the President must de-
termine In his discretion whether in a
practical sense" that body is in session
so that its consent can be given TO APP
pointments requiring confirmation.
IF the Presidents power or appoint
ment Is to be defeated because the SEN
ate takes an adjournment to a specified
date" Mr.. Daugherty says. the pain
ful and inevitable result will be meas
urably to prevent the exercise of Gov
ernmental functions. l cannot bring my
self to believe the trainers OF tne Con-
stitution ever intended such catas-
trophe to happen"
Mr. Daugherty adds. however. that ne
does not think the power would exist
In the case of an adjournment of five or
even ten days instead OF twenty-cght, as
such a period would not constitute the
recess intended by the Constitution In
vestine the President with the power
to MAKE recess appointments. although a
line OF dcmarcation could not be ac-
curately drawn.
The New York herald., 1921-09-17
SMALL FILES PLEA
FOR VENUE CHANGE
Insists Fair Trial Is Impossible
IN Cook County.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HraALp.
SPRiNoFiELD. Ill, Sept. 16.-Gov. Len
Small's petition for change OF venue
from Sangamon county In tho case
where he Is charged with ombezzling
100000 OF State funds while State
Treasurer, was presented for petition
with supporting affidavits TO Judge T.. s.
Smith to-day.
Tho Governor. whose petition was
presented by G. c. Laforgce OF Decatur
and Werner Schroeder OF KankaIxec,
makes II plain In the document that he
has not forsaken his belief he is not
subject 10 arrest or trial during his
term of Office. The preface OF the petit
tion says:
"Waiving mono OF his constitutional
rights vested In him by virtue OF his
official position as Governor OF tho
state OF Illinois. the affiant respectfully
requests n change OF venue to some
county where nc can be given an I'm
partial hearing OF the charges preferred
against him In the Indictment"
A similar petition with supporting
afldavits was 1led for Vernon Curtis.
co-defendant IN the embezziemcnt and
conspiracy charges returned by the
Grand Jury.