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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-12-30
CHAPTER v.
A Strange Appointment.

- 0SI 0i8V NPP~t'ShESp%
! must have failed to grasp the full
meaning Of what she said, or else 1t
never occurred to me that her retire
ment would be made through this par
dcular door. At least she bad pushed
II wide open before realized the ne
cessity of retreat, and / was hemmed
in behind its barrier, fortunately Sc
curely hidden from the eyes of those
in the larger apartment. Some one
Alva, no doubt, from his words and
vOice-was beside her as she emerged,
and, indeed, it might have been his
hand that swung the door back against
me- l stood there startled unable to
move, afraid that my very breathing
might be overheard.
"You leave at midnight, you say.
senorita," he protested in Spanish;
"but surely you intend to remain at
PRESENT.
until you reach some final decision
yes; that is my mission"
II shall see to that at once; we will
draw lots. You can wait either in this
room, or another just beyond Prom
ise you will not go until l see and talk
with you again."
II promise that-so you are not too
long. l must make that train.
you shall make it. My car is only
two blocks away, and I pledge myself
to have you there on time. All this
business can be attended to in half an
hour
He stepped back, partially closing
the door, while she turned, her own
hand on the latch, facing me. Her
eyes stared directly into mine, her
face whitening under the light, her
teeth shutting down close against the
red lips as though to repress a scream
She was startled almost beyond con-
troll, yet mastered the fright instantly.
She glanced about at the partially
open door, and silently closed it tight
ly.
"What-what are you doing here?"
she gasped in English, her voice trem-
bling. "ListeningY
"No" I lied, seeing but one pos
sible means Of escape, and hoping
thus to prevent her sounding an i'm
mediate alarm II was waiting for
friend who is inside. I just came into
this room"
"You actually belong here, then2
You are one of these men?"
"Not exactly" I had to admit. Il
know one of them very well, and he
stationed me out kere."
She appeared puzzled, doubtful, yet
to my surprise still held the door tight
ly closed, her eyes searching my face.
"Who is the man you knOw-yOur
particular friendY'
I hesitated an instant, the name es
Gaping me.
"HOrner"
"Oh, indeed; you were not very
prompt to answer"
"Well," I said, and managed to
smile, as though 1t was Of little cOnse-
Quence, "you see I have not always
known him by that name. There are
times when names need to be changed
occasionally"
"True," she admitted soberly. do
you mind gratifying the curiosity Of a
woman as to what his real name
might beT"
II could not, If I so desired. Ever
since I knew him he has been called
Harris. That is all I can say"
Harris Then he is not Chilean,
and never before pretended to be. I
thought that from the first. Is the
man American, English or Irish?"
/ shook my head
"You won't answer. That may be
ignorance or it may be pretense. Never
mind. Iracognize your face now. You
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1921-12-30

lips, the blue smoke curling up before
his face. l ignored the invitation to
drink, but helped myself to weed,
waiting for him to open conversation.
"Well," he said finally, Everything
is going according to Hoyle, but there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11
CHILD OF TEN is STAR

Nell Roy Buck. child of ten years,
who plays M6Rnsi in the Juvenile cpl
sodes of George Fitzmaurice's pro-
duction of Peter 1bbetson." is the
source of constant amazement in the
Paramount eastern studios where the
picture is now being filmed. She was
born in Arkansas and never before
mas worked in motion picture studio,
She is the daughter Of a railroad
conductor who moved to New York
with his family for the purpose Of
educating his children, and two
months after their arrival Nell Roy
was playing in stock in and near New
York city.
Since her appearance on his set Mr..
Fitzmaurice has been delighted with
her ability to act, and with her
strange resemblance to. Elsie Fergu-
son, who plays the grown Mimsi
None of Nell Roy's people were of the
stage, altho her mother admits that
twice in her childhood she ran away
from home to join Rfngling's circus,
her parents following and bringing
her home each time
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At the Grand.
(By Elizabeth ANN

Little more than a year ago Harold
Lloyd made his first appearance in a
photoplay comedy of feature-length.
1t was Dumping Into Broadway" and
so unanimous was the praise of the
critics and the public, that this one
picture placed the begoggIed comedian
in first class and a dangerous con-
tender for honor place.
Now or Never" Harold Lloyd S
newest play. marks a noticeable epoch
in the young mans interesting career.
1t is his first picture under a new
contract that puts two hundred and
fifty thousand round dollars for each
comedy in his own bank account! Also
it is his first three-reel' comedy and
three reels does not mean that the
laughs are spread farther apart, but
that there is more room into which
to crowd said laughsi
'Now or Never" Lloyd's most side
splitting production, will be the fea-
ture at the Grand theater all next
week and if records made in Kansas
City, st. Louis and Oklahoma City are
taken as a criterion, the Grand will
pull the heaviest crowds it has had in
MANY months.
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The picture shows specially selected
for children by this committee have
become a part of the interests of many
of Topeka's school children and ex
cept where bad weather interfered,
they have always been heavily at
tended. 1t is expected that one of the
biggest crowds of the season will see
the picture offered at the farewell
performance.
For this occasion the committee has
selected Little Orphan Annie" fea-
turing Colleen Moore in one of her
most Iovab Bile roles. The story of the
picture is taken from the poem by
the same name by James Whitcomb
Riley, the "ChiIdren's Poet"
The Director for this production has
presented his play in a novel fashion,
using scenes of the poet himself and
a group of children as a prologue and
an epilogue. The lines of the poem
are used as the sub-titIes so that any
one who has not read it can easily fol-
low the rhythm and meter in the pic
ture itself.
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SIX BEST FOR JUNE.

Miss AnnaIee Vernon. the Broad
way critic whose monthly selections
of photoplays are. awaited with inter-
est by pIaygoers Awho like the cream
of film entertainment, has made these
selections of the six best June pic
lures:
white and Unmarried" a Para
mount picture starring Thomas Meig.
han.
Carnival" a Harley Knoles pro-
duction filmed in Italy.
"a Wise FOOL Sir Gilbert Parker's
story filmed under his supervision at
the Lasky studio.
SHAM" starring Ethel Clayton.
THE Cabinet of DR.. Ca1fgari," q
European production.
1.-THE Travelling Salesman" Roscoe
ArbuckIe in a Paramount picture.
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The story, by Victor Herman, is
straight comedy verging into farce,
and the hero is young man
who tries to delude his aunt, who is
also his financial guardian, into be-
lieving he has married and settled
down, whereas he is merely single and
trying to get enough money to settle
up To carry out the deception he en-
lists the aid of his pal, Percy Jones.
from whom he persuades the loan of
his newly acquired wife. What hap
pens from then on is better described
in action than in words. and the ac-
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has at one time or another seen Al.
Wild, the male member of this COM
bination, and remembers him as a fat,
joYial, good fellow. Miss Sedalia, his
partner, is pretty, attractive and
charming.
The second episode of Diamond
Queen" the new serial photoplay
which had its initial presentation last
week, will be shown at the Novelty
the first three days of the week. The
Diamond Queen" unlike some serial
pictures, seems to carry a well con-
nected plot and story, as we'll as being
an outlet for some most thrilling stunt
scenes,
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At the Novelty.

"Fick1e FroHcs' is a big-tin fea-.
ture act billed to head the vaudeville
program at the Novelty theater for
the first half of next week. Tickle
Frolics" has been the hit of the sum-
mer season in several of the larger
cities and Topeka is fortunate to be on
the schedule at so early a date.
Paul kirkland, withs an unsupported
ladder act, will contribute some of the
most difficult balancing act attempted
on the stage today. Princess Mai Tai,
who has been frequently termed the
Oriental lark" offers a vocal act of
unquestioned merit. She possesses a
vo &c of rare sweetness. Hill and
Crest, in their sketch entitled "Natu-
r1ltzat.on," carry the big end of the
comedy section of the Novelty's pro-
gram.
Wild and Sedalia, a team of artists
whose ,'Snappy Songs and Sayings" in
an act they present under that title.
bear all the earmarks of class, ability
and versatility. Every vaudeville fan
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sailors of the vessel were swapping yarns
In the midst of the banter one Of the
Sailors taking good look at H. d. Blake
more, who was dressed to represent an "o1d
dog of the sea" = inquired:
wy. H9wd you happen to go on the stage r.
me and I fell Oh my head" was Blake
~oht 1 see, acrobat" said the sailor
solemnly.
Everybody laughed but the sailor who
didn't see the joke at all.
A trip to italy for the purpose of making
costume picture is among Allen Holubar's
undertaEen H1t nsx+ Iesr arcprd.n G f
Mr.. Holubar. The story, he says, will be
an adaptation of a famous old work of
literature
Zena Keefe, the selznick star, bIames
present fashions for the high cost Of street
fngs with their trains.
Arrested on the charge of reckless driv
ing, Richard Dix. well known motion pic
ture actor, was fined $50 recently by a
Poi S1ld5ce Judge in Santa Monica, Cal Dix
| leading role in the First National film
! Not Guilty he guessed he was guilty this
time. He paid the fine.
I 'Rough Stuff in subzTitles.
"Dashing" mad1y away
dropping to his knees.
| Folding her to his breast
Holding" her at arms length.
Crushed" In strong embrace.
Eileen sedgwick serial star, who has been
| in the hospital for the last few weeks re-
has rn a er health 9r aa9 Sas BEEN
| visiting the studio for the past several
/ days.
Enjoyed Free C1ose-Ups.
When a famous screen queen reverted to
| the the. stage sta. she proved a financial failure
Her audiences" waited at the stage door
! to see the star DaSS in and ont 4
/ ? Sheldon Lewis, who has been appearing
| in vaudeville with his wife, Virginia Pear
son. has signed a contract with D. w.
Griffith to pfay the part of Jacques in the
forthcom1ng production, THE Two
Tom Mix has another new gun. This
| The latest acquisition was presented to him
by contingent of Boy Scouts.
David Butler has discovered that can
ned" music is just as good to work from
while making pictures as a troupe of tenn
ter at times. While filming " aBing si Bang ing
Boom" his latest independent production,
Mr.. Butler uses victrola that is placed
| on small rubber wheels and pushed about
from set to set with ease.
There's a reported break in the E. Mason
Hopper family. Hopper is q Goldwyn di-
rector. He is being sued by his wife for
I a divorce, custody of their three old
daughter and alimony. The case is not
| settled.
Increasing interest among exhibitors and
theater patrons in the short screen subject
has led Educational Film Exchanges to
plan daring novelty for the coming year
| 1t will take the form of a series of dramas
| OF feature caHber, made from stories of
famous authors, but not exceeding two reels
| in length.
| Henry Murdoch. one of the stars in Edu-
I r6l frar he briS ffn TArr, ~,
studio, is at home suffering from a broken
nose at the result of automobile ac-
cident a few days ago. Murdoch was try
ing to keep his nose dry by holding his
head down in a rain storm when the acct
dent occurred He will be absent from the
studio for several weeks.
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haunted rooms. such as trap doors,
and the like, the rooms being sup
posedly the rendezvous for a band of
anarchists.
The story is written around the
familiar amateur detective who was
so conspicuous during the late war.
1t deals with the adventures of
former dollar a year man Roscoe
Arbuckle, as Franklin Pinney, doesn't
win the hero's medal, however, until
he has had many laughable ad-
ventures and which make this>picture
one of the funniest in which he has
been seen since becoming a Para
mount\star
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At the Orpheun.
(By Jones. }

Coming to the rescue of ones self
sounds like a difficult proposition, but
it can be done in motion pictures if
one is playing a dual role. The i'm
possible" has been accomplished by
Jack Holt, who has the leading role
in 1.-THE Mask" which comes to the
Orpheum theater for an cement
OF three days, beginning Monday.
Holt plays a double part, that of
twin brothers, Kenneth Traynor, a
young American business man. and
Handsome Jack" black sheep OF the
Traynor family. Attacked by a gang
of ruffians bent on robbing him of the
priceless gem he carries, Kenneth is
saved by his brother, whom he had not
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At the Isis.

Fatty ArbuckIe's latest Para
mount photocomedy, THE Dollar a
Year Man" which is on view all next
week at the Isis theater, is one of the
cleverest pictures in which Mr.. Ar
buckle has thus far starred. The
comedy situations are plentiful and
the support rendered by Lila Lee, as
leading woman, is far above the
ordinary.
If you care to laugh with Fatty
Afbuckle until your sides ache you
will have the opportunity to do so.
This is said to be a capital production.
hearty laughs.
One Of the most sensational comedy
fights ever staged for a motion
picture is a feature. The fight was
staged in an interior setting represent
ing several rooms in a haunted house.
There are many trick surprises in the
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ton, and there is lots of it, will be
found in this most hilarious screen
comedy
Victor Herman, in addition to be-
ing the author of the story, is also
the director of the picture and it is
claimed that THE Chicken in the
Case" will place him in the front
ranks of comedy producers
For the last three days of the week
Ray Stewart in 1.-The Lone Hand" will
be shown, also Larry Semon in the
HHick" a two reel comedy
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seen in years In this way Holt, who
plays both parts, gains the distinction
of having come to his own rescue.
Some of the most remarkable pieces
of dual photography ever screened are
accredited to this film. In the leading
feminine role opposite Holt is Hedda
Nova. other members of the cast,
well known to picture fans, are little
Micky Moore, Fred Malatesta, Harry
Lonsdale, Byron Munson, Janice Will
son and William Clifford.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-11

In addition to "Now or Never" the
Grand theater will show 1.-The Sage
Hen" a dramatic story of mother love,
as it is capable of the greatest sacri-
fees and the greatest heroism in the
world. Gladys Brockwell, Lillian Rich
and Wallace Macdonald, supported by
a uniformly strong cast, carry the
principal roles in this poignant story
of the early west.
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|n9WESQUlBS
Cleaned y 'W;.
/FlLnS BE6AN !
GET TING 6OODE
FROM |
\ THE START !

In early days of
"the movies" empty
stores were con
verted" and livery
stables were re-
formed" S C r e e n s
were called picture
sheets and piano,
stool and cover was
a three-piece orches-
ira. Since that ex-
cellent start, the
poor man's/amuse-
ment" has become
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almost a family need.
For the next SIX months Paramount
pictures will be produced in California
in the interests of economy, according
to an announcement from Jesse L.
Lasky, vice president of the Famous
Corporation, explaining
1.-THE closing of the huge enclosed Para
mount studio on Long Island, New
York.
Big Tom Woods, largest Elk in the world,
of a wicked ukelele, who weighs in around
the 52o-pound mark, is playing again with
Jimmie Adams in Adams latest mirth-
Another experiment with talking pic
lures" has been made. but the audience is
still master of the subtitle situation.
Douglas Fairbanks has a new pet ann
bition. He wants to climb to the top of Mt.
Everett, the worlds highest peak and one
which thus far has defied mankind to find
out what's upon its top.
Roberts Is Broad Minded.
Theodore Roberts, veteran Paramount
actor, was in the hospital recently for ex-
animation during his indisposition, from
ordered a pretty nurse, feeling that Mr..
Roberts would much prefer a comely one
Mrs Roberts bent over him and asked:
Which do you prefer-blonde or bru-
nette?"
Mr.. Roberts answered family:
I'm broad minded-either will do ~
The veteran character actor of Paramount
is now on the high road to recovery.
Larry Semon was laid up in Los
Angeles hospital for two days last week.
as a result of minor injuries sustained in
filming a scene for his newest comedy.
1.-THE Fall Guy" He was fraction Of a
second late in leaping from the top of a
garage which, in a comedy scene, was be-
ing carried over a cliff.
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AT the Crystal.

Owen Moore and THE Chicken In
the Case That will be the comedy
combination on view at the Crystal
theater for three days starting Mon
day, so Mr.. and Mrs. Screen Fan, if
you have smiles to smile, prepare to
smile them then
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ChiIdren's orpheum Program.

The Social Service club committee
in charge of the bi-monthly motion
picture shows given at the Orpheum
theater announces that the program
Saturday, June IS, will be the last
until after the opening of school in
the fall
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Jus as CIelr as MUd.
The five-masted schooner, Retriever. was
Juggling at her mooringS at the State pier in
South Boston. The members of the Para
mount company who are making the pic
turization of Peter B. Kyues "Cappy
Kicks" stories under the direction of Tom
Forman, were eating their lunch and the
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trip to italy for the purpose OF making
a costume picture is among Allen Holubar S
most cherished plans. This trip will not be
until next year, according to
Mr.. Holubar. The story, he says, will be
an adaptation of a famous old work of
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Zena Keefe, the Selznick star, blames
present fashions for the high cost of street
cleaning. Women formerly swept the cross
tngs with their trains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-09-17
Killed by Live Wire
Young Man Carelessly Grasps
High Power Cable

Springfield, Sept 13.-Saturday
afternoon young man by the
name OF George Grey, from across
the river. in Barnwell county. to-
gethcr with several companions.
came over 20 the electric power
plant. some of them bringing corn
to have ground. and While loiter-
ing around the large pond they
concluded they would hathe, ac-
cord;ng to eye witnesses. and start
ed down the dam, which direction
led directly under a heavily chars-
cd wire leading from the power
plant to Springfield. The Wire was
said to be seven or eight feet above
the path and rs young Grey reach
ed a point directly Under the wire.
he is said 20 have mechanically
reached up and graspcd the Wire
with both hands, and was imme-
diately electrocutcd by the heavily
charged conductor An inquest
was held over the BODY by Mag
iStrate Corbitt and The body pre-
pared for burial. the rower plant
furnishing the casl"t and such
other things Us We're necessary.
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Kirby Found Guilty.

Guilty of first degree murder was
the verdict Of the jury in the S.
J. Kirby case, returned at eleven
O'Clock this morning, after a half
hours deliberation. Kirby will be
sentenced when the cases against
Fox and Gappins have been COM
pleted. The case against them
Jointly having been started at once.
The trial of Fox and Gappins
started Immediately after the Kir-
by case was disposed of. 1t was
not expected to take more time
than that occupied by the Kirby
case The two men are being tried
together.
The cross examination of kirby
by the Solicitor was the first
thing of the morning. A. B. Martin
attorney for Kirby, appointed
Monday by the court, spoke for
three and half minutes. He in
timated that the jur..- might recon-
mend mercy for his client. Solici-
tor Callison's argument occupied
five minutes. He urged the jury
to bring a verdict of first degree
guilt as an example to the public.
He referred to the prevalence OF
crime and urged that the punish
ment in this case should be in the
extreme. The charge Of Judge
Sease to the law in. the case was
brief,
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Far Eastern Problem
France and Japan Consent to
Admission Of Holland and
Belgium to Conference

Washington, Sept. 12.-Japan
and France have formally given
assent to the American proposal
that Belgium and Holland, because
of their large interest in the Orient,
be invited to the discussion of Far
Eastern questions at the conference
on limitation of armament. Favor
able responses from other powers
are expected at the state depart
nent within the next few days, but
no formal invitations will go for
ward to the Belgian and Dutch
governments until there is unanl-
nous agreement on the subject.
While these negotiations are
pending state officials are feeling
out the attitude of the other par
ticipants on what subjects are to be
considered at the conference. The
British ambassador, Sir Auckland
Geddes, conferred with Secretary
Hughes today, and it is understood
the problem Of framing a confer
ence program was considered, al
though there was no indication
that the embassy had received de-
tailed instructions from London or
that the secretary had formulated
any definite proposal on the part OF
the American government.
Conferences of similar nature
have taken place between Mr..
Hughes and other ambassadors, the
intention being to, keep the nego-
tiations in an informal phase until
the views of all the interested ma
tions have been more or less clear
lY defined.