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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
MOVIE NOTES

Dale Fuller, who scored a hit as the
maid in Foolish Wives" has been cast in
a similar role in "Borderland," the new
Agnes Ayres Paramount Picture which
Paul Powell is directing.
eastern r. r. viii musta been practicing
raiIrOadin Fatty:
For the first time in his screen career,
chubby Walter Hers is to appear in black
face in Paramount's The Ghost Breaker"
starring Wallace Reid.
Now comes a film that admits it is
stranger Than Fiction" 1t must be
based on incidents In real life
No contest of Constance Talmadge's di-
John Ptaloglou. He has entered appear
thru attorneys a formanty ito
protect his interests"
Elaine Hammerstein Is said t. be max
ing a picture Under Oath"
Why not take the lady's word for it?
Miss Betty Blythe wears at least $50
pounds of beads in Queen of Sheba''-
not all at time, but distributed among
the twenty-six costumes she has for this
production.
1t is now disclosed that Owen Moore
was Reported Missing" because he had
"a Previous Engagement"
An incident that was not down on the
schedule, in which Pearl White, famous
motion picture actress, had a narrow es-
cape from death or serious injury by an
enraged lion, occurred while the star was
making scenes for "A Virgin Paradise"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
At the Orpheunl.

Smiling Bill House and his Midnight
Whirl company will remain over an
other week and entertain Topeka at
the Orpheum For the first three
DAYS the company will play the farce
comedy Rainbow Trail which IS
marriage tangle wherein the happy
couples get into a miXup that equals
tanglefoot. If you have seen the Two
bills already put on by Billy you know
inst what to expect. At that you are
not fully prepared for what you will
see in RAINBOW Trair'-much funnler
than most of the bills played by the
For the first half of the week the
feature picture will be Too Much
Business If you like your pictures
full of pep, comedy and action you
can't go on TOO Much Business
The picture is a satire on modern
American business and the tired bust
ness man. the stay-at-home wife, the
children of both will see just now II
is done.
The Billy House company win play
the farce comedy 1T Can't Be Done"
When you say it can't be done, you
mean it can't be done. But Billy
House does it in 1T Can't Be Done.
1t is all about a boy who will not tell
lie and he is penned up over night
while he is being forced to tell lie
That is just the center of the plot and
Billy House cavorts around the edges
in true Billy style.
Woman" is the feature picture for the
last half of the week. It is another
laugh producer. This collection of
bills for the Orpheum next week make
up a complete program of laughs
come early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

Through all the ages has loved, the lure Of
superb beauty has moved armies and displaced
monarchs; desired, besought, the vortex of whirl-
ing strife, yet disdainful, only woman and one
age could ever produce this tremendous tale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

women offer Betty Wake Up for
the feature of this bill and are fol-
lowed by Bogart and Nelson in The
Advertiser a specially written sketch
new in vaudeville.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

Lands Sake will be shown. Such a
program has not been seen at the ISIS
for a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

A recently published review of MY
Boy" the film which will be at the
Isis theater all next week, in Life,
comes from a non-theatrical magazine
and its announcements are, therefore,
the more interesting.
Life says:
Nineteen twenty-one will be nota-
BILE, in years to come, for a number
of reasons, among which might be
mentioned Disarmament, Babe Ruth 5
home run record the Irish peace and
the discovery of Jackie Coogan- The
last. in many ways, is the most inn
portant
For Jackie Coogan's performances
on the screen this year will remain for
men to marvel at, after the world has
forgotten that there ever were battle
ships. or differences in Ire1and-even
after Babe Ruth has gone to the minor
leagues and the small-time vaudeville
circuits. Jackie Coogan himself may
grow up to be a ham actor, wearing
hired dress suits in society dramas,
he may even descend to the speaking
stage and hide under beds in farces by
some future Avery Hopwood. But no
one can ever take from him the glory
he has gained as a child of five. The
fame he has already achieved is per-
manent. And when at last he has
reached the Old Actors Home on
Staten Island, he can sit back of
winters evening with his gray-haired
cronies and watch the movies that he
starred in seventy-five years before.
He will find nothing to be ashamed
of in My Boy"-that is, in so far
as his part in it is concerned. With
out being forced to resort to any of
the smart Cute tricks, he is notably
clean and well behaved and will
serve as an excellent model for less
exemplary children.
MY Boy is sentimental turnout,
but where Jackie Coogan is concerned
4I,o &c
who can watch him unmoved is indeed
a master in the art of calIousthenics.
Added to Jackie Coogan in my
Boy" will be an unusual picture of
short length of feature Value-I.y-
man Howe's ride on a Runaway
Train" You get the thrill of your
young life and laugh yourself sick In
addition to the above the comedy For
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

thousand extras, one of the teams
spilled" and the driver was thrown
thru the air and directly in the path
of another racing vehicle. The other
team and chariot passed over his body.
The driver of the spilled chariot es-
capped with his life but spent a long
period in the hospital And he drew
huge bonus from William Fox, as
the accident happened directly in front
of one of the cameras and is now one
of the big thrills of the production.
The Queen of Sheba" appears in
Topeka a year after it was released
but only two weeks after its Kansas
City showing 1t was held in the big
ger cities of the country for extended
runs, one print being exhibited
solid year on Broadway. before the
New Workers would allow it to move
on ITO the provinces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
LYMAN HoWE'S
Ride on a Runaway Train

The thrill that comes
once in a life time
The realization of that
old bugabOO dream of
falling thousands of
feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
At the Novelty.


Once in a while we get exuberant
over a bill at the Novelty theater-it' 8
not the spring -weather-nor anything
else except the bill itself. Well here
is one to get eXuberant over.
For the first half of the week the
program is opened with the third cpl
sode of THE Adventures of Tarzan'
with Kimball and Conan as the first
act of the vaudeville bill-an eccen-
trio pair in out of the ordinary stuff.
Charles GirarG & Company follow.
Girard is a wizard at the piano. Jean
Mozer & Company occupy the feature
position. The four have a comedy
variety offering filled with surprises.
Elliott and Linkley have a fast line of
chatter with a song or two, making
up the skit they call Married Life
Sometimes The bill is concluded by
Paul and Pauline in an athletic nov
city.
Robinson Crusoe' is back again for
the third time the last half of the
week. This serial, good as it is, gets
better as it goes on. For the first
offering of the vaudeville bill Savoy
and Caps appear in a medley of
things and are followed by Jack Lee
in a monologue 1.-The Salesman"
Frank Ford with a company of two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03

1t is now disclosed that Owen Moo
was Reported Missing" because he hs
"a Previous Engagement"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-03
MERMAID COMEDY
For Lands Sake

They use fertilizer for
the L an DIS Sake
which is also an ex-
clamation-But this is
neither-It's a side
buster of a comedy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
DAWES ATTACKS
POSTAL BUDGET
Claims Submerged" Balance Sheet
Shows Deficit of S16,I9s.0O for
First Three Months of This Year.

CHICAGO. Dec. 22.-General Charles
e.. Dawes, former director u the MAJ
ti0nal budget. today made public what
he termed the Submerged balance
sheet of the postoffice department 1t
showed deficit of $1G.t9S,0U0 for the
first three months operation of the
postal service this year.
The Chicago Tribune printed what it
said was a reproduction of the balance
sheet. accompanied by q letter from J..
g. Knapp vice president of the Otis
Elevator Co. who assisted in making out
the report.
Liabilities Of the postofice DEPART
ment. according to the reproduced re-
port. were SI40.S46,590 for the first
three months of the year and assets
were SI246IS. $50
"BureaucratS@ were charged with at
tempting - throttle the government I'M
a statement BY General Dawes regard
ing the pustofficc balance sheet
Although the balance sheet had been
/ approved by VIII HAYS. former post
I master general, General Dawes said he
had heard nothing Of the poStofice bal.
anee sheet could not be dismissed as "a
mcnt'S accouuJ-ng toouy 70 DE n dis
graceful and archaic system.
lie said the disappearance Of the bal
ance sheet iould not be dismissed as "a
great fuss about nothing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
cH1NAsrEN BUY GERMAN GUNS.
Sending Munitions 20 Rival Forces
Through Port of Seattle.

SEATTLE. Wash. Dec. 22.-Expecta-
ton that the seizure here of 30 German
made AIauSer rifles and $4,000 cartridges
consigned to China would lead to arrest
of members Of a ring engaged in getting
munitions to rival forces in China was
expressed by federal agents today The
rifles and cartridges We're detected "a
they were about TO be taken aboard the
steamer proteSilaus
Hundreds of rifles that are bought in
Germany for about $3.50 each are comine
into this city daily by mail and express.
according TO the agents, and are being
bought up by agents of Chinese faction.
shipments being made across the Pacific
when several dozen have accumulated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
DECREASE POTATO
ACREAGE THIS YEAR
Middle Western Growers Lost Money
Last Season Millions of Bushels
Indug In Minnesota.

CHICAGO, Dec - tAssociated
Press acreage. better mar
keting plans, increased storage facilities
and markets are being considered
by Middle Western potato growers who
lost money this year.
Mlcnlg;Iii. Kansas, Nebraska. North
Dakota, and Minnesota raised approx
mately 100,000,000 bushels this year.
but reports indicate the growers lost
money. The reason is variously as
cribed to over-production, car shortage
and lack of storage facilities.
Twelve million bushels Of potatoes re-
main undug in the Red River valley of
Minnesota. according to O. p. b. Jacob
son. chairman of the Minnesota railroad
and warehouse commission.
Michigan. which led the country as
ii potato producing state. according to
the 1920 census produced 1856 900
bushels this year, an increase of 10000
700 bushels. But the price dropped
from an average of % cents a bushel IN
1921 to - cents this year.
To meet the situas Son. state agricul-
tural officials advised Michigan farm
ers TO devote more attention. to rmslng
seed potatoes, which command a better
price than the commercial grades.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
FALLING WALLS
HURT n. Y. FIREMEN
Baby Carriage Plant and Five Dwellings
Damaged-Fifty Families Driven
From Home

NEW YORK. Dee. 22.-Deputy Fire
Chief John f. O'Iara and l. fremen
We're injured today by falling walls COM
batting blaze that damaged the Auto
joining dwellings in Harrison street.
Brooklyn.
0'Hara was directing the fremen
when startled cries of spectators warned
him that the front wall was falling. He
Owed through a window but was pinned
down. Assistant Chief smoky joe"
Martin and two policemen plunged
through the wreckage and rescued him.
He was rushed to a hospital in an ann
bulance.
More than 30 families were driven
from their homes by the blaze.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
TO TAKE LONG TRIP.
tContinued from Page One J

weeks in Pasadena and Los Angeles.
They also will visit the Grand Canyon
and spend L few days with relatives in
Denver. Col. before coming to Wash
ingUon. D. G.. where they plan to ar
rive April Is and where Mrs Holden
will attend the national congress,
Daughters Of the American Revolution
which will open April - Their travel
by land from the time they leave Brat
tleb0ro until their return will be about
10000 miles and the ocean trip VIII
cover about 1900 miles
The itinerary calls for arrival ut
Honolulu Jan. 16, leaving the next day
for Yokohama, where they are scheduled
10 arrive Jan. 70, leaving there the 9th
for arrival in Shanghai Feb J. They
expect to be in Hong Kong Feb. and
at Manila Feb. T. staying ashore at
Manila hotel three days and the Shrin-
erS attending the ceremonial. Arriving
again at Hong Kong Feb. -, they will
remain on boat or at hotel rs desired
two days, arriving in Shanghai Feb. Is
for another tw0-days' stay.
The China-Iapan railway tour calls
for departure from Shanghai Mt go
a. IN. Feb. Is, stopping af Marking
IlentSln and Picking, arriving at the lat
ter place at 1906 p. m Feb. 10. Here
they stop until Feb. 26, making Il three
day trip to Ming TombS and Great Wall
and other places of interest. Leaving
Picking at $40 the night of Feb. 26
they stop at Tientsin. Mukden. and ar
rive at Seoul VAT o'clock the evening of
AIarch l. 0ne day is spent nj Seoul
leaving the night Of March > At Fusan.
where the tourists arrive early the
morning of March 3. they board the
channel steamer from Korea to Japan.
which takes them to Shimonoseki, ana
Miyajima. One day is spent there Wis
ting the great Tori. shrines, etc An
other night on the water takes them to
Kobe and kyoto, arriving at the latter
place March ,. They Will see the ia
nous temples-Lake Biwa and Arashi-
yana Miyako: Geisha dance
with a side trip to Nara and Osaka
from Kyoto. March 6 viii find them in
Toxic, whence they leave by electric
train March { for Yokohama An auto
mobile trip of few hours will afford
a visit 10 kamakUra.
On March S the tourists leave Yoke
hama on the President Taft for the
United States, arriving eighr days later
at Honolulu and at San Francisco
March -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
GIVES EMPLOYEES
RECREATION FIELD
Ernest w Marland of Ponea City. Okla,
Has Many LabOrers Who Are
Golf Fans.
pNNCA CITN al - .

PONCA CITY. Okla. Dec. 22.-ThC
magic of black gold that spurts from the
oil fields of oklahoma and Texas which
has made millionaires over night, Is seer
perhaps in few places more clearly than
in this active little city Of some 1000
persons
Ponca City boasts the distinction OF
having more laborers who are golf fans
than any other city in the world-the
result OF nm oil millionaire's riches
which have enabled him TO realize an
ambition To make others happy. The
man IS Ernest w. Marland, head of the
oil company that bears his name, and
pl0yeS who. with the general public, are
invited to use his private course, recog-
nized as one of the best and most beau
tiful in the Southwest. 1t is no unusual
sight to see Il fourSome of bankers teeing
off behind group OF men in jumpers and
overalls.
MarIand's golf course is part of his
estate. Deciding 10 make ponca City
his permanent home in 1916, Marland
selected a cornfield on the city's out
skirts as the desired site. To-day the
southern part of the field has been
transformed into the most elaborate
garden in the Southwest. and by the side
of the garden is his palatial residence
reputed to have cost approximately
SI0000OO
At the opposite end of the estate is
the golf course. This. too, has been
l3ndscaped and beautifed. A small
stream flows through the course and has
been damned to form several small fakes
Clumps of Nrees and shrubs combine
beauty with utility in providing hazards,
Two years ago Mr.. Marland an
nounced that he would build an athletic
park, which. like his golf course and his
garden, should be open to the public
Thirty acres adjoining the Marland re-
filming plant were purchased and work
commenced. The park wars opened this
spring. 1t is one of the most modern
in the state, containing playing fields
for football and baseball. running
tracks. tennis courts and open sward Ia
be used as desired. The concrete grand
stand seats 1.S00 and is equipped with
club rooms. showers and other modern
C0nvenlenceS.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
GUARDSMEN SHOOT
AT MEN IN LAKE
Diver to Continue Search For Masked
Mems Yietims-Tior0ughiy Investi
eating kidnapping.
MER ROTGE. -. Dc. p

MER ROUGE. La, Dee. 22.-State
guardSmen early today shot ut men they
saw moving about in Cooper lake, near
here. which was searched yesterday for
the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards. who were believed to have
been victims of masked and white-robed
men who abducted them and three COM
panions last August. Two Of the detail
of six soldiers at the lake hurried 10 Mer
Rouge and department Of justice agents
and the entire company of militiamen
stationed here went to the lake in auto
mobiles.
Further search Of La Fourche lake
partly searched Wednesday, was the
effort outlined today for the guardsmen
and diver. The plan of search includes
exploration of every lake in Morehouse
Parish.
The investigation which resulted in
decision by the state authorities to
search the lakes has been under way
nearly four months. it was said today.
Governor Parker and Attorney General
Coco are reported to have begun their
inquiry Immediately after the kidnap-
ping but have declined TO divulge its
results.
The investigators are said To have OBJ
tanned evidence that on the nioht of the
kidnapping all telenhone wires between
Aler Rouge and Basrop We're cut. The
identity of the man who ordered the cut
ting of the wires, il was stated. is
known to the investigators. \ number
OF civilians who accompanied the troops
To Cooper lake returned to Mer Rouge
and reported that no one had been found
near the point where the guards reported
having seen a number of men wading
about.
The militia company was ordered kept
on guard at the lake.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
Royal Poinciana OF Tropics.

The Royal PoinciGna is the most
striking Of Hawans ornamental trees.
Its smooth, spreading branches, when
not clad with horizontal layers of
dainty foliage, are one mass of flaming
blossoms that may be plainly seen
from considerable distances. Viewed
from an elevation, this outburst Of
vivid colors resembles Il sun-fecked
crimson pool reposing iii q field OF
green. The flowers are generally sue
ceeded by great. dangling pods, from
one 10 three. feet in length, by one or
more inches in diameter Different
varieties OF the Poinciana are fairly
well distributed throughout the trop-
les 1t is sometimes called the pea
cock flower on account Of its SNOWY
blooms, but Hawai.ans consider the
flame tree better descriptive title.
The Poinciana was named In honor of
NJ. dc Polnci, governor general Of the
French West Indies, who wrote csc
natural history Of TART. country in the
Seventeenth history, the Detroit E,ews
observes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
CATHOLICS PROTEST
ARBUCKLE FILMS
National Catholic Welfare Council VIII
Ask Affiliated Organizations

W WASHINGTON, Dee. 22-The Ma
tional Catholic Welfare council, acting on
the decision of its motion picture bureau,
viii call upon is affiliated organizations
TO prevent the showing of Arbucklc
films" Charles y Mcmahon. director Of
the bureau, said today.
Mr.. McNiahon, who Is a member of the
executive committee ON public relations
organized by VIII II. Hays. said the bu-
reUI condemns Mr.. Hays reinstate-
ment of Roscoe {. Arbucklc, as Il screen
actor. adding:
II feel that MIR. Hays has misjudgcd
the temper of the American people ii he
THINKS they Will agree with his action in
the Arbuclle case"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
NEST DTNIMERSTON.

Schools in districts No. l and 6 closed
today for a two-weeks' vacation.
Miss Dora Clark began work Monday
in the Holstein- Friesian Office nj Brat
tleborO.
Mr. and Mrs w Brady of Spring
field Mass. visited over Sunday at w
a. Halls.
Miss Elizabeth Amidon of Brattle
boro visited over the weekend at W. W
Burnham's
There viii be Christmas exercises ant
a tree Mt the Baptist church Saturday
evening. All are welcome.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
900 PER CENT DIVIDEND.
American Electrical Heater Co. In
ereases Capital-FOur Others Act.

DETROIT, Dee 22.-Stock dividends
ranging from 10 to 800 per cent await
investors in FIVE local concerns, it was
announced today.
The American Electrical Heater Co.
plans the 800 per cent dividend with an
increase in capitalization from 100000
to 81 100000 Dividends of 100 per
cent are announced by the Bull Land
Co. and the Bull Stamping Co, while
stock dividends of 80 to 40 per cent were
announced, respectively, by the Bull
MaIleabIe Co. and the Bull Sons Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
Orders New Detachment

MONROE. La, Dec 22.-Lieutenant
Louis Hayden, this morning. received n
message from Captain W. w Cooper at
AIer Rouge TO mobilize detachment of
40 men and rush them to Morehouse Par
iSh to reinfOrcs the members of company
q. Louisiana national guard, now ON
duty thore.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
STEPS IN FRONT OF TRUCK.
Man Trying to Escape Death on Slippery
Sidewalks Meets Ii i'm Street

PAWTUCKET. Il. l., Dee D.
Forced to take the streets because of the
Slippery condition of the sidewalks Rob
ert O. Burnside. an engraver. when on
his way to work in PhillipsdaIe today
was struck and killed by an automobile
truck lie stepped out of the path of an
automobile right in front of the truck.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
TO RELEASE sPEEDsTERs.
Twenty TO BE Let Out OF Jail as Christ
mas Gift

DETROIT. Dec 22.-AIore than &C
persons connected with traffic law yio-
lations and sentenced to short jail terms
learned today that they would be given
their liberty as a Christmas gift.
Their release was ordered by Judge
Charles L. Bartlett. who has sentenced
several hundred reckless drivers during
she past year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
MANY Letters to Santa.

heaviest Christmas mail on record in
this city. are many letters from children
addressed to Santa Claus. The address
varies from The North Pole. America, =
to To Iceland, Mass, "Sleet Street.
Iceland" and "Icicle avenue. Snow
land -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
sT. JoHN,s cHURcH BURNs.
Blaze Discovered While Worshipper,
Are I'm Attendance

PAWTUCEET. r.. L.. Dee. 22-Wor-
shippers in St Johns church early today
discovered fire in the basement and after
the firemen had fought the blaze for over
two hours. little more than the she'll Of
the building was left The damage is
estimated at 100000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
HINsDALE. \. II.

Miss Marion Dickerman i spending
her Christmas vacation with her par
entS. Mr. and Mrs Frank o. Dicker-
man. Miss Dickerman is student ut
BAY Path Institute. school Of business
training IN Springfield. Mass. whore
SHE Is entered in the Secretarial depart
ment Miss Helena Splaue took the
same course last year and Is now eIu-
ploycd at the Orr Motor Co. Inc. in
Springfield
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-22
o.ooo.o0o LETTERS YESTERDAY.


NEW YORK, Dee. 22.-New York S
Christmas mail is expected to be the
heaviest in the city's history today.
Yesterday outgoing parcels were 30 per
cent greater than on the same day a year
ago. and incoming letters tOtalled
100000. The average number of let
tiers received daily is 100000.